Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru

Name: eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru
Start: 2023-07-29T18:00:00+05:30
End: 2023-07-29T20:00:00+05:30
Location: Draper Startup House Flagship, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House are hosting the July edition of eChai Startup Demo Day in Bangalore on 29th July, Saturday from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Saturday, 29 July 2023

6:00–8:00 PM IST

Draper Startup House Flagship, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

Bengaluru

Nikunj, Ca + 1 other went See who came

Hosts & speakers 1

Nikunj Thakkar Host

Product Management & GTM Strategy Consultant

Going 1

Prabhav Agarwal

Founder · Crea8

Starting Up

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Valuation, SAFEs & term sheets An investor wants a pro-rata right. What am I giving up and is it standard? A pro-rata right lets the investor put more money in at your next round to keep their...

Finding & shaping ideas How do I turn a vague hunch that something is broken into a sharp, testable idea? A hunch becomes an idea when you can name the person, the moment the pain hits, and...

Investor updates & relations What do I actually do at a board meeting, and how do I run one so it helps me instead of wasting a day? A board meeting is not a status report, it is where you get help on your two or three...

Distribution & channel strategy What are the actual distribution channels I can choose from? There are roughly 19 well-known ones, SEO, content, paid ads, viral/referral, email,...

Talking to customers & user research How do I get honest answers when the person I'm interviewing is a friend or someone in my network? Friends want you to succeed, so they will soften everything, which is the opposite of...

Productivity & time for founders How much time should I spend on the business versus in the business, and how do I even tell the difference? In the business is you doing the operational work: sales calls, support tickets,...

Incubators, accelerators & competitions How do I run demo day so it actually converts to investor meetings and money? Demo day is a trailer, not the movie: its only job is to get investors into a follow-up...

Bootstrapping & profitability Bootstrapping vs raising VC, how do I decide? Raise only if capital genuinely buys escape velocity in a winner-take-all market;...

Naming your startup & domains Should my startup name describe what we do or be an abstract word I give meaning to later? Descriptive names help early when nobody knows you (a customer instantly gets...

Founder mental health & burnout How do I actually prevent burnout instead of just reading about it? Build guardrails before you crash: real sleep, one full day off, physical exercise, and...

Polls

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Product & Engineering Where does your team write things down?

Google Docs 6 votes · 60%

Notion 2 votes · 20%

Obsidian 1 vote · 10%

Others 1 vote · 10%

Confluence 0 votes · 0%

Coda 0 votes · 0%

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Essentials Which tool do your video meetings run on?

Google Meet 11 votes · 55%

Microsoft Teams 6 votes · 30%

Zoom 3 votes · 15%

Webex 0 votes · 0%

Whereby 0 votes · 0%

Around 0 votes · 0%

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Operations How does your team book business travel?

MakeMyTrip 2 votes · 40%

EaseMyTrip 1 vote · 20%

Ixigo 1 vote · 20%

Direct on airline and hotel sites 1 vote · 20%

Cleartrip 0 votes · 0%

Yatra 0 votes · 0%

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Operations What do you get documents signed with?

DocuSign 3 votes · 50%

Adobe Acrobat Sign 1 vote · 17%

PandaDoc 1 vote · 17%

Others 1 vote · 17%

Zoho Sign 0 votes · 0%

Dropbox Sign 0 votes · 0%

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AI Which AI image or video tool do you create with?

Google Veo 5 votes · 38%

DALL-E 2 votes · 15%

Adobe Firefly 2 votes · 15%

Midjourney 1 vote · 8%

Ideogram 1 vote · 8%

Leonardo AI 1 vote · 8%

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Sales & Marketing Which CRM do you use?

HubSpot 1 vote · 33%

monday CRM 1 vote · 33%

Notion 1 vote · 33%

Salesforce 0 votes · 0%

Zoho CRM 0 votes · 0%

Pipedrive 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal What do you use for accounting and bookkeeping?

Tally 1 vote · 100%

Zoho Books 0 votes · 0%

Vyapar 0 votes · 0%

QuickBooks 0 votes · 0%

Refrens 0 votes · 0%

myBillBook 0 votes · 0%

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AI Which AI coding tool do you build with?

Claude Code 3 votes · 43%

Cursor 1 vote · 14%

OpenAI Codex 1 vote · 14%

Replit 1 vote · 14%

Lovable 1 vote · 14%

GitHub Copilot 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal Who handles your GST and tax filing?

My CA handles it 7 votes · 100%

ClearTax 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Books 0 votes · 0%

IndiaFilings 0 votes · 0%

Quicko 0 votes · 0%

TaxBuddy 0 votes · 0%

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Essentials Where does your team chat all day?

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WhatsApp 20 votes · 40%

Microsoft Teams 12 votes · 24%

Google Chat 6 votes · 12%

Slack 5 votes · 10%

Zoho Cliq 3 votes · 6%

Discord 1 vote · 2%

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Asks

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Partnerships & BD I'm looking for a strategic partner in my space. Darshan Thakkar

Product & UX Product leader\managers\owners, looking to collaborate on a market research effort for my startup. Need... Chaitanya Joshi

Looking for an open-source video generator for education/ career development program. Riya Shah

Planning Solo Founders Socials at eChai across cities. A lot of founders are building alone. Different... Jatin Chaudhary

Marketing & brand I’m currently exploring opportunities in Ahmedabad. I have 11+ years of experience in Food FMCG and... Chinmay Parekh

Partnerships & BD Looking for a professional video studio in Delhi for a long-term partnership — not a standard booking. We... Mr Mujtaba

Partnerships & BD I'm looking for resellers or agency partners. I'm open to co-marketing or a partnership with another... Pragnesh Shah

Looking forward to connecting with startup folks in Ahmedabad who play cricket. We are hosting eChai... Jatin Chaudhary

Fundraising & investors I'd value help building a tight list of the right investors to approach. Sudheer Panyam

Mentorship & advice I'm looking for a small peer group of founders to think with. Also need mentoring support from... Vivart Patel

Podcasts

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Instagram failed until it made THIS simple change Nudge

Episode 269: Continuous Discovery Habits That Actually Work Product Thinking

He Quit His Job, Sold His House, and Only has 7,000 Subscribers The Colin and Samir Show

How Do I Fix My Motivation System? Deep Questions

How to Remake America Radical Candor

You Know This Song (but the Orchestra Doesn’t) | Jacob Collier & VSO School of Music Orchestra | TED Startup Grind

Experiment: Can you tell when he lies? Nudge

Mixergy's recording setup Mixergy

Can Meta Make the Next Polymarket? The Information

The College Affordability Crisis: Is a Degree Still Worth It? | Office Hours The Prof G Pod

Books

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The Simple Path to Wealth J. L. Collins

Death by Meeting Patrick Lencioni

The Cold Start Problem Andrew Chen

Tribal Leadership Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright

Angel Jason Calacanis

Never Split the Difference Chris Voss with Tahl Raz

Founder's Pocket Guide: Startup Valuation Stephen R. Poland

Gap Selling Keenan

Interviewing Users Steve Portigal

Pitch Anything Oren Klaff

Watchlist

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TV Series Rocket Boys Inspiring on vision, institution building and backing big bets against the odds.

Film Tetris A surprisingly tense lesson on licensing, deal structure and global business.

Documentary General Magic A moving study of timing, vision and how failed companies seed future giants.

Film Dumb Money A timely look at markets, community and the power of distribution online.

Documentary Console Wars A vivid case on competition, marketing and category positioning.

TV Series Itaewon Class A pure underdog founder story about grit, values and competing with an incumbent.

Web Series Hustle Captures the energy and chaos of early founders in the Indian context.

TV Series Mythic Quest One of the most accurate comedies about product teams, releases and engineering culture.

TV Series The Bold Type Light but useful on media, personal brand and ambition in a changing industry.

Docuseries Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. A reminder that operators can be manipulated and businesses can unravel fast.

AI tools

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Data & analytics Julius

Video & audio Descript

Design & images Ideogram

Coding Cline

Coding Lovable 1 founder use it

Coding Claude Code 3 founders use it

Assistants Gemini 3 founders use it

Assistants Poe

Assistants Microsoft Copilot 1 founder use it

Design & images Leonardo AI

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