Mumbai

eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai

Name: eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai
Start: 2023-02-25T11:00:00+05:30
End: 2023-02-25T13:00:00+05:30
Location: DevX, 7th Floor, A Wing, Dynasty Business Park, Nr. JB Nagar Metro Station (Chakala), Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400065.

eChai Ventures and DevX Venture Fund are hosting the February 2023 edition of eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai on 25th February, Saturday from 11 am to 1 pm.

Saturday, 25 February 2023

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM IST

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

Hosts & speakers 5

India Investments Lead, Rise Capital

Jatin Chaudhary Speaker

CEO · eChai Ventures

Pranav Sanghvi Speaker

Principal, Merak Ventures

Udit Goenka Speaker

Founder, PitchGround & FirstSales.io

Starting Up

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Shipping, iterating & roadmap What is a sane way to prioritise between fixing bugs, paying customer promises, and building the exciting new thing? Founders default to the exciting new thing and let bugs and promises rot, which quietly...

Defining your ideal customer How do I define an ideal customer for a two-sided marketplace where I have to pick two of them? In a marketplace you have two ICPs, but they are not equal partners: pick the harder...

Understanding the problem (JTBD) My product is for Indian small businesses who mostly run their operations on WhatsApp. How do I frame the job against a free tool they already love? The job isn't "replace WhatsApp", it's whatever WhatsApp does badly at scale: losing...

Productivity & time for founders What's a realistic time-management system for a founder with zero spare hours? Skip the elaborate app stack, pick a weekly priority (the one thing that matters most),...

Growth fundamentals & metrics What is a growth loop and why is it better than a funnel? A funnel pushes users in one direction and dies at the bottom; a growth loop is a...

Validating your idea How do I validate demand in India when people love a free product but won't pay for it? Free love is not demand, and India will happily consume anything at zero rupees, so...

Market size & timing Why does 'why now?' matter so much for a startup idea? Most great startups ride a change that just made something newly possible or newly...

Founder-market fit Can I build founder-market fit over time, or do you either have it on day one or you don't? You can build a lot of it, but not all of it overnight. The network, the reputation,...

Selling to government How do I turn one government pilot into a repeatable business? The GeM Startup Runway is built for exactly this, a 15-day product trial (or 8-16 week...

Finding & working with developers How do I actually find a technical co-founder? Treat it like sales, not luck: build a pipeline, expect many nos, and follow up. Go...

Polls

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Sales & Marketing What do you publish your newsletter with?

Mailchimp 3 votes · 33%

Substack 3 votes · 33%

Zoho Campaigns 2 votes · 22%

Brevo 1 vote · 11%

Beehiiv 0 votes · 0%

Kit (ConvertKit) 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal Who did you incorporate your company with?

LegalWiz.in 3 votes · 60%

A local CA 2 votes · 40%

Vakilsearch 0 votes · 0%

IndiaFilings 0 votes · 0%

ClearTax 0 votes · 0%

Razorpay Rize 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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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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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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Product & Engineering What is your website built on?

HTML 2 votes · 40%

WordPress 1 vote · 20%

Shopify 1 vote · 20%

A custom build 1 vote · 20%

Wix 0 votes · 0%

Squarespace 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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Money & Legal What manages your cap table and ESOPs?

Carta 0 votes · 0%

AngelList 0 votes · 0%

Pulley 0 votes · 0%

Cake Equity 0 votes · 0%

Qapita 0 votes · 0%

Trica 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Which internet provider keeps your team online?

Jio (JioFiber / Jio Business) 9 votes · 50%

Airtel (Xstream Fiber / Airtel Business) 7 votes · 39%

BSNL 2 votes · 11%

ACT Fibernet 0 votes · 0%

Tata Play Fiber 0 votes · 0%

Spectra 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing How do you track product and web analytics?

Google Analytics 5 votes · 45%

Microsoft Clarity 5 votes · 45%

PostHog 1 vote · 9%

Mixpanel 0 votes · 0%

Amplitude 0 votes · 0%

Plausible 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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Why AI Agents Need Context | Deep Dives with a16z a16z

The Most Incredible Transformation I’ve Ever Seen — Jerzy Gregorek on Cerebral Palsy and Coaching The Tim Ferriss Show

Latin America's Global Bank Y Combinator

Understanding & Controlling Aggression | Huberman Lab Essentials Huberman Lab

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

The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (FarmVille, Words with Friends, & more) Lenny's Podcast

The Science & Process of Healing from Grief | Huberman Lab Essentials Huberman Lab

Money is Running Out for the Biggest IPOs in History Bankless

This Anti-Slop AI Tool is Being Used by the World's Best Creative Agencies The Logan Bartlett Show

Michael Dell – Invest America Act Becomes Law, AI Talent Wars, Compute Demand, Market Update | BG2 BG2 Pod

Books

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Radical Candor Kim Scott

eBoys Randall E. Stross

Value Proposition Design Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, and Alan Smith

Badass: Making Users Awesome Kathy Sierra

When Genius Failed Roger Lowenstein

Lovemarks Kevin Roberts

Hatching Twitter Nick Bilton

One Up on Wall Street Peter Lynch with John Rothchild

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

Selling the Invisible Harry Beckwith

Watchlist

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

Docuseries Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates A study of how a founder mind approaches problems at scale.

Film Band Baaja Baaraat A genuine Indian founder story on cofounders, cash flow and mixing work and feelings.

Docuseries LuLaRich A study of distribution models, incentives and how a sales machine can turn predatory.

Documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room A definitive case on culture, incentives and accounting that hides the truth.

Film BlackBerry One of the best recent founder films on product, hubris and missing the next wave.

TV Series Guilty Minds Useful on building a practice, ethics and the business behind the law.

TV Series Bombay Begums Strong on women in leadership, finance and the politics of climbing inside a company.

TV Series Entourage A fun look at agents, deal making, personal brand and managing a small team.

TV Series City of Dreams A succession and power story that rhymes with founder families and control of an...

AI tools

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Writing & content Sudowrite

Coding Tabnine

Coding Replit

Assistants Gemini 3 founders use it

Design & images Stable Diffusion

Coding v0

Video & audio Kling

Design & images Krea

Automation & agents Make

Assistants Microsoft Copilot 1 founder use it

eChai Partner Brands

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