Mumbai

eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai

Name: eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai
Start: 2024-12-28T11:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-12-28T13:00:00+05:30
Location: DevX Andheri East, 7th Floor, A Wing, Dynasty Business Park, Nr. JB Nagar Metro Station (Chakala), Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400065.

<div>eChai Demo Days are held every month in Mumbai.<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 Mumbai.
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, 28 December 2024

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM IST

DevX Andheri East, 7th Floor, A Wing, Dynasty Business Park, Nr. JB Nagar Metro Station (Chakala), Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400065.

Mumbai

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Going 3

Abhirath Dubey

Building in voice AI · HollrAI

Archana Manjrekar

Executive Operations Lead | Program Management & Delivery | 18+ Years Helping Founders Build Scalable Operations, Lead Teams & Deliver Results · Diageo

Ankesh Maradia

CEO · Xtreme Thoughts Softtech

Starting Up

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Selling to enterprises (B2B) How long is a B2B sales cycle and how do I not run out of money waiting? Enterprise cycles routinely run 3 to 9 months (longer with security and procurement),...

Cold outreach & email What are the most common cold email mistakes that make people delete on sight? The killers are predictable: a wall of text, making it about you instead of them, a...

Bootstrapping & profitability What are the most common ways bootstrapped founders accidentally kill their own margins? Bootstrapped businesses rarely die from one big mistake, they bleed out through...

Founder-led sales How do I write cold emails and LinkedIn messages that founders actually get replies to? A cold message gets replied to when it is obviously written for one specific person...

Social media & personal brand How do I move followers off social platforms and onto something I actually own, like an email list? Your follower count is rented, and any platform can throttle your reach or shut your...

Launching (again and again) What does a 'soft launch' actually look like, and is it just a cop-out for being scared to ship? A soft launch is putting the product in front of a small, warm group before you make...

Startup finance & accounting Do I need to understand accrual accounting and things like deferred revenue, or is cash-basis enough for a SaaS just starting out? Cash-basis is simpler and fine for very early days, but the moment you sell annual SaaS...

Unit economics & modeling How do I model unit economics for a marketplace where I have to acquire both supply and demand? A marketplace has two CACs (one for each side) and its economics only work when the...

Copywriting & messaging How do I find the exact words my customers use to describe their problem? Mine their language directly, sales calls, support tickets, reviews of competitors,...

Launching (again and again) How often should I be launching, is once a quarter too much? There's almost no such thing as too often. Every meaningful feature, integration,...

Polls

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

Google Forms 10 votes · 63%

Microsoft Forms 2 votes · 13%

Typeform 1 vote · 6%

Zoho Forms 1 vote · 6%

Others 1 vote · 6%

Youform 1 vote · 6%

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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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Money & Legal What do you send your invoices with?

Zoho Books 2 votes · 50%

Others 1 vote · 25%

Email 1 vote · 25%

Refrens 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Invoice 0 votes · 0%

Vyapar 0 votes · 0%

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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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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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Money & Legal Which bank do you use and recommend for your startup?

+25

ICICI Bank 14 votes · 37%

HDFC Bank 9 votes · 24%

Kotak Mahindra Bank 9 votes · 24%

IDFC First Bank 2 votes · 5%

State Bank of India 1 vote · 3%

Yes Bank 1 vote · 3%

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AI Which tool do you vibe code with most?

+10

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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Sales & Marketing What powers your customer support?

That Was AI 1 vote · 100%

Zendesk 0 votes · 0%

Freshdesk 0 votes · 0%

Intercom 0 votes · 0%

HubSpot Service 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Desk 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing What do you schedule and manage social media with?

Sprout Social 1 vote · 25%

SocialPilot 1 vote · 25%

Others 1 vote · 25%

Brands.live 1 vote · 25%

Buffer 0 votes · 0%

Hootsuite 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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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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Make your own luck Mixergy

Ellen Ochoa (NASA) - Leadership Lessons from Space [Entire Talk] Stanford eCorner

Why startups should 'be more concerned' about competition in VCs' portfolios l Best of Build Mode TechCrunch Equity

SingleGrain Promo Song Single Grain

Here's Why Brands Fail on Youtube Behind the Brand

I Left 8M Subs to Relearn YouTube The Colin and Samir Show

How to Launch a Viral Beauty Brand in Under a Year | Brunel Foundr

Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurley The Knowledge Project

The Millionaire Fitness Coach - Adam Gilbert Noah Kagan Presents

Episode 264: Product at Scale Inside the World’s Largest Financial Institutions Product Thinking

Books

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The Making of a Manager Julie Zhuo

Good to Great Jim Collins

Marketing Management Philip Kotler

Designing for the Digital Age Kim Goodwin

The Personal MBA Josh Kaufman

Lords of Finance Liaquat Ahamed

Super Pumped Mike Isaac

Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh

Resonate Nancy Duarte

Only the Paranoid Survive Andrew S. Grove

Watchlist

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Documentary The Pixar Story A creative company story about culture, technology and patient bets.

TV Series Masaba Masaba A look at running a fashion label, building a personal brand and rebuilding a business...

Film Steve Jobs A sharp portrait of product launches, leadership and difficult genius.

Film The Founder A definitive case on systems, franchising and the ruthless side of scaling.

Film Bazaar An Indian markets drama on ambition, mentorship and the cost of winning.

Docuseries Dirty Money Useful cautionary cases on governance, ethics and incentives in business.

Miniseries The Playlist Useful look at how a product wins through licensing, deals and stubborn product belief.

TV Series Mad Men Deep on brand, persuasion, agency building and reinvention of self and company.

TV Series Succession A family business is still a family.

Film Swades A social entrepreneurship story about coming home and building something that lasts.

AI tools

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Video & audio Kling

Design & images Krea

Data & analytics Hex

Design & images Recraft

Research & search Elicit

Automation & agents Lindy

Writing & content Writesonic

Coding Replit

Video & audio Sora

Design & images DALL·E

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