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eChai Startup Pickleball Night in Ahmedabad

<div>Friends of eChai. Pickleball. Networking. Super Fun.</div>

Friends of eChai. Pickleball. Networking. Super Fun.

Wednesday, 27 December 2023

9:00–11:00 PM IST

Jatin, Aalap + 8 others went See who came

Hosts & speakers 9

Jatin Chaudhary Host

CEO · eChai Ventures

Co-Founder, Immersfy

Bhavin S Bhagat

Co-Founder & CEO, IndiaBiz

Co-Founder, Redicine

Prafull Billore

Founder, MBA Chai Wala

Umesh Uttamchandani

Co-Founder, DevX

Co-founder · Momentum91

Going 1

Co Founder · Digipple

More from the eChai network

While you're here, take a look at what the network is reading, rating, and building with.

Starting Up

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Branding & visual identity How do I get a decent logo and brand look on a near-zero budget without it looking like a template everyone else uses? You can get surprisingly far with a clean wordmark in a good font plus one distinctive...

Product design & UX basics How do I know if my product is confusing to users? Watch five real people try to use it without your help, you'll spot more problems in an...

Incorporation & legal setup Can I keep my day job while I incorporate and start building, without losing my startup's IP? Be careful: your employment contract and its IP-assignment and non-compete clauses may...

Unit economics & modeling My CAC looks great but I paid for it with a founder-led discount. How do I know my unit economics without the promo? Discounts and founder hustle hide your real acquisition cost, so run two versions: the...

Growth fundamentals & metrics What is a good retention curve and how do I know if mine is flattening? Plot the percent of a cohort still active by week or month since signup, not cumulative...

Founder-market fit I'm passionate about an idea but have zero background in it. Should I still do it? Passion is cheap; earned insight is what wins. If you have no background, spend a few...

Branding & visual identity Do I need to hire a designer for a logo, or can I DIY it? For v1, DIY or a cheap wordmark is completely fine, a clean typeset name in a good font...

Product design & UX basics I keep hearing "don't make me think" but what does that actually mean when I'm designing a screen? It means the user should never have to stop and figure out what a button does, where...

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

Angel & seed fundraising How is raising a seed round in India different from the US? The instruments and paperwork differ: India commonly uses the iSAFE (a CCPS-based...

Polls

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AI Which AI coding tool do you build with?

Claude Code 4 votes · 50%

Cursor 1 vote · 13%

OpenAI Codex 1 vote · 13%

Replit 1 vote · 13%

Lovable 1 vote · 13%

GitHub Copilot 0 votes · 0%

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Product & Engineering Which no-code builder do you ship with?

Framer 3 votes · 43%

Webflow 1 vote · 14%

Wix 1 vote · 14%

WordPress 1 vote · 14%

Shopify 1 vote · 14%

Squarespace 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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Essentials Where does your team keep passwords and secrets?

Google Password Manager 6 votes · 55%

Apple Passwords 3 votes · 27%

LastPass 1 vote · 9%

Dashlane 1 vote · 9%

1Password 0 votes · 0%

Bitwarden 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing Which CRM do you use?

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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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Product & Engineering Which design tool does your team use?

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Canva 7 votes · 50%

Figma 3 votes · 21%

Framer 1 vote · 7%

Adobe Photoshop 1 vote · 7%

Adobe Illustrator 1 vote · 7%

Webflow 1 vote · 7%

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People & Hiring Which accelerator or incubator were you part of?

IIMA Ventures 3 votes · 43%

A state or govt incubator 3 votes · 43%

i-Hub 1 vote · 14%

Y Combinator 0 votes · 0%

Techstars 0 votes · 0%

Antler 0 votes · 0%

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Product & Engineering Which cloud or hosting is your product on?

AWS 4 votes · 33%

Google Cloud 2 votes · 17%

Others 2 votes · 17%

Cloudflare 1 vote · 8%

Railway 1 vote · 8%

Supabase 1 vote · 8%

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

HDFC ERGO 2 votes · 40%

ICICI Lombard 1 vote · 20%

Star Health 1 vote · 20%

Through a broker 1 vote · 20%

Plum 0 votes · 0%

Onsurity 0 votes · 0%

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Operations How do people book time with you?

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Google Calendar appointments 9 votes · 32%

Calendly 7 votes · 25%

Cal.com 4 votes · 14%

Phone Call or Whatsapp 4 votes · 14%

Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 7%

Zoho Bookings 1 vote · 4%

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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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Typeform CEO on Why Going Broad Now Beats Going Deep as an AI Moat | Jay Choi | E301

Typeform CEO on Why Going Broad Now Beats Going Deep as an AI Moat | Jay Choi | E301 The Product Podcast

Zerodha pe Commodities kaise trade karein

Zerodha pe Commodities kaise trade karein The Daily Brief

D2C 3.0 - How to build a successful brand in India in 2026: Indian Startups News 317 Backstage with Millionaires

What Silicon Valley Teaches You About Success

What Silicon Valley Teaches You About Success The Desi VC

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

From Stanford Chip Designer to Decoding the Human Brain | Siddharth Panwar @ NeuroDx

From Stanford Chip Designer to Decoding the Human Brain | Siddharth Panwar @ NeuroDx Founder Thesis

How to Overcome Social Anxiety | Dr. Nick Epley

How to Overcome Social Anxiety | Dr. Nick Epley Huberman Lab

Essentials: Sleep Toolkit for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing

Essentials: Sleep Toolkit for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing Huberman Lab

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

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

I Wasn't Trying to Build AI — Godfather of AI

I Wasn't Trying to Build AI — Godfather of AI Big Technology Podcast

Books

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This Is Marketing

This Is Marketing Seth Godin

How Brands Grow

How Brands Grow Byron Sharp

The Power Law Sebastian Mallaby

Losing My Virginity

Losing My Virginity Richard Branson

The Psychology of Selling

The Psychology of Selling Brian Tracy

Words That Work

Words That Work Frank Luntz

Naked Economics

Naked Economics Charles Wheelan

Matchmakers David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee

The Practice of Management

The Practice of Management Peter F. Drucker

The Outsiders William N. Thorndike Jr.

Watchlist

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TV Series Misaeng: Incomplete Life Honest on corporate life, hierarchy and proving yourself inside an organization.

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

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

Film Flash of Genius A story of inventors, intellectual property and standing your ground.

TV Series StartUp A darker take on what founders will tolerate to keep a company alive and funded.

Documentary Betting on Zero A deep look at business models, distribution and short selling.

Film The Big Bull An Indian markets story on ambition, leverage and the limits of hype.

TV Series Call My Agent: Bollywood A look at running an agency, handling demanding clients and keeping a firm afloat.

Documentary Print the Legend A real time look at hardware startups, funding pressure and founder fallout.

Docuseries The Cars That Built America Good on manufacturing, competition and scaling a hard product.

AI tools

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Video & audio Descript

Coding bolt.new

Data & analytics Rows

Design & images Adobe Firefly

Video & audio CapCut 1 founder use it

Writing & content Sudowrite

Assistants Microsoft Copilot 1 founder use it

Automation & agents Gumloop

Assistants Gemini 3 founders use it

eChai Partner Brands

eChai Ventures partners with select brands as their growth partner. Together we explore new ideas, open doors, and build momentum across the startup ecosystem.

ES Healthcare Centre

Bignano Ventures

Parikh Assurance LLP

Magenta Insights

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