Delhi-NCR

eChai Startup Demo Day in Gurugram

Name: eChai Startup Demo Day in Gurugram
Start: 2024-11-30T16:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-11-30T18:00:00+05:30
Location: Nasscom CoE Gurugram, Hartron Multi Skill Development Centre, First Floor, Plot No-1, Udyog Vihar Phase-I, near Border Foot over bridge, Old Delhi-Gurgaon Rd, Dundahera, Gurugram, Haryana 122016, India.

<div>eChai Demo Days are held every month in Dehi-NCR.<br><br></div><div>It is a platform for promising startups from the community to present their ventures, get early feedback and engage with investors, enablers & the community.</div>

eChai Demo Days are held every month in Dehi-NCR.
It is a platform for promising startups from the community to present their ventures, get early feedback and engage with investors, enablers & the community.

Saturday, 30 November 2024

4:00–6:00 PM IST

Nasscom CoE Gurugram, Hartron Multi Skill Development Centre, First Floor, Plot No-1, Udyog Vihar Phase-I, near Border Foot over bridge, Old Delhi-Gurgaon Rd, Dundahera, Gurugram, Haryana 122016, India.

Delhi-NCR

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Hosts & speakers 1

Megha Verma Host

Founder · Growth Iris

Starting Up

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Selling to enterprises (B2B) As a technical or first-time founder, how do I actually run a good sales call? Selling is a learnable muscle, not a personality trait, and the single biggest lever is...

Bootstrapping & profitability What does healthy cash flow actually look like for a bootstrapped business, and how do I stop confusing revenue with money in the bank? Revenue is a promise, cash is what you can actually spend, and bootstrapped founders...

Finding a co-founder What does co-founder vesting actually mean, and why do I need it even if we trust each other? Vesting means neither of you owns your shares outright on day one. You earn them over...

Founder-market fit I have deep experience but only as an employee, never a founder. Does that still count as founder-market fit? Yes, and it can be your strongest card. Years of watching a problem from the inside...

Founder-led sales When do I know it's time to hire a salesperson instead of doing it myself? Not until the motion is repeatable and you can predict it. A useful bar: do at least...

Branding & visual identity I've outgrown my scrappy first logo and name. How do I rebrand without confusing existing users or killing my SEO? Rebrand when the old identity actively holds you back, not just because it feels stale,...

Product design & UX basics How do I design an app that works well for users who aren't fluent in English and may switch languages? Lean on icons and layout that read without words, keep sentences short and literal so...

Should you raise? VC vs bootstrap What is the real difference between angels, micro VCs, and institutional VCs, and who should I approach first? Start with angels and micro VCs who write small checks fast and take real risk on...

Defining your ideal customer How do I use the customers I already have to sharpen my ideal customer profile instead of guessing? Once you have even 15 or 20 paying customers, stop guessing and let the data draw the...

Bootstrapping & profitability How do I decide between selling to Indian customers or going straight for dollar revenue from global customers as a bootstrapped founder? Dollar revenue makes bootstrapping far easier because the same effort earns multiples...

Polls

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Essentials Where does your team chat all day?

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WhatsApp 19 votes · 40%

Microsoft Teams 12 votes · 26%

Google Chat 6 votes · 13%

Slack 5 votes · 11%

Zoho Cliq 2 votes · 4%

Aookly 1 vote · 2%

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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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Essentials Which email service runs your work inbox?

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Google Workspace 20 votes · 61%

Microsoft 365 (Outlook) 6 votes · 18%

Zoho Mail 6 votes · 18%

Superhuman 1 vote · 3%

Titan 0 votes · 0%

Neo 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal How do you manage company spends and cards?

IDFC Business Card 1 vote · 100%

Volopay 0 votes · 0%

Happay 0 votes · 0%

EnKash 0 votes · 0%

Kodo 0 votes · 0%

Zaggle 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Which courier partner ships your orders?

Shiprocket 1 vote · 33%

Blue Dart 1 vote · 33%

DTDC 1 vote · 33%

Delhivery 0 votes · 0%

Ecom Express 0 votes · 0%

Xpressbees 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Which cloud telephony runs your business calls?

Exotel 0 votes · 0%

Knowlarity 0 votes · 0%

MyOperator 0 votes · 0%

Servetel 0 votes · 0%

Ozonetel 0 votes · 0%

Kaleyra 0 votes · 0%

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AI Which tool do you vibe code with most?

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Claude Code 16 votes · 64%

Cursor 3 votes · 12%

Lovable 3 votes · 12%

v0 1 vote · 4%

Windsurf 1 vote · 4%

Rocket 1 vote · 4%

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People & Hiring How do you run payroll and HR?

RazorpayX Payroll 1 vote · 50%

Keka 1 vote · 50%

GreytHR 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Payroll 0 votes · 0%

Kredily 0 votes · 0%

Darwinbox 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing What do you use for forms and surveys?

Google Forms 8 votes · 62%

Microsoft Forms 2 votes · 15%

Typeform 1 vote · 8%

Others 1 vote · 8%

Youform 1 vote · 8%

Tally Forms 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Where do you get your team's health insurance?

ICICI Lombard 1 vote · 25%

Star Health 1 vote · 25%

HDFC ERGO 1 vote · 25%

Through a broker 1 vote · 25%

Plum 0 votes · 0%

Onsurity 0 votes · 0%

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Asks

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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

Customers & demand I'm looking for first users or design partners to pilot what we're building. Vivart Patel

Podcasts

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Pregnant at 14, DC's Top Cop at 39 — The Unbelievable Story of Cathy Lanier The Tim Ferriss Show

Garner Health Founder on Measuring Doctor Quality, The AI Landscape & What Improves Healthcare The Logan Bartlett Show

This $1.5 Trillion Industry Still Runs on Paper and Fax Machines Y Combinator

Bitcoin Is Down Bad, But History Shows Us It's NOT Out The Pomp Podcast

Episode 263: From Product Leader to CEO Product Thinking

From a Bootstrapped Company to a $100M+ Revenue | Jay Ashok Modh on The Desi VC The Desi VC

Inside the AI Sprint | Tomasz Tunguz, Theory Ventures The Peel

The One Kettlebell Plan Dan John Would Give Busy Adults The Pat Flynn Show

Our Agent Negotiated a Vendor Renewal, Became a CFO and a Better SDR .. but has too many guardrails SaaStr

How Much Money Astronauts Make Noah Kagan Presents

Books

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Sense and Respond Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden

Secrets of Sand Hill Road Scott Kupor

The Network Imperative Barry Libert, Megan Beck, and Jerry Wind

Product Roadmaps Relaunched C. Todd Lombardo with Bruce McCarthy, Evan Ryan, and Michael Connors

Measure What Matters John Doerr

Articulating Design Decisions Tom Greever

Observing the User Experience Mike Kuniavsky (later editions with Elizabeth Goodman and Andrea Moed)

The Richest Man in Babylon George S. Clason

About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design Alan Cooper

The Big Short Michael Lewis

Watchlist

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Film Maska An Indian story on family business, legacy and choosing your path.

TV Film Pirates of Silicon Valley A classic on the early personal computer race and founder rivalry.

TV Series Scam 2003: The Telgi Story Another study of scaling an operation, in this case a criminal one, and how systems are...

Film Pelli Choopulu A warm and realistic story of young founders building a food business from nothing.

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

Docuseries The Romantics A founder and family business story about building one of India's largest film studios.

Reality Shark Tank India The most influential mainstream show for Indian founders on pitching, valuation and...

Anthology Black Mirror Provokes hard questions about the products founders build and their second order effects.

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

Film The Social Network The most influential founder film for a generation on cofounders, equity and speed.

AI tools

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Coding Windsurf

Automation & agents Lindy

Video & audio Synthesia

Video & audio Kling

Assistants Meta AI

Data & analytics Hex

Assistants Le Chat

Meetings & notes Fireflies.ai 1 founder use it

Video & audio Sora

Video & audio ElevenLabs 1 founder use it

eChai Partner Brands

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