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eChai Startup Social: Bhopal edition

eChai Ventures will be hosting the small curated gathering of founder friends from the community to connect, share and collaborate.

eChai Ventures will be hosting the small curated gathering of founder friends from the community to connect, share and collaborate.

Saturday, 15 July 2023
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM IST
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Starting Up

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Talking to customers & user research How many customer conversations should I do before I start building versus building a rough version to learn faster? There's no magic number, but the honest rule is: keep interviewing until you can...
Valuation, SAFEs & term sheets A SAFE has no valuation cap and no discount. Should I ever sign it? Almost never as a founder, because an uncapped, undiscounted SAFE means the investor is...
Getting your first 10 customers How do I actually keep my first 10 customers so they don't quietly churn while I go chasing the next 10? Landing the first 10 is only half the job: if they churn, you do not have a business,...
Branding & visual identity How much should I care about brand when almost all our growth is B2B sales and demos, not a website? In B2B your brand shows up in the deck, the email signature, the invoice, and how you...
Valuation, SAFEs & term sheets What is a SAFE and how does it actually work? A SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) lets an investor give you money now in...
Incubators, accelerators & competitions Corporate accelerators (Google, Microsoft, banks, Nasscom) versus independent ones: which serves my startup better? Corporate accelerators are worth it when the sponsor is a real customer or distribution...
Launching (again and again) How do I turn a launch into an ongoing drip instead of one spike that flatlines two days later? The spike-then-flatline pattern happens because you spent all your material in one day...
Founder-led sales How do I sell in India where buyers negotiate hard on price and payments come in late? In many Indian B2B deals, negotiation and delayed payment are the culture, not a red...
Branding & visual identity Should I put my own face and personal brand front and center, or keep it a clean company brand? Early on, a founder's face and voice often build trust faster than a logo, because...
Mentors, advisors & network How do I 'give before I ask' when I feel like I have nothing to offer yet? You always have something: attention, a thoughtful intro, a piece of research, honest...

Polls

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Sales & Marketing What do you run WhatsApp for business on?
Aishwarya N Rahul Sharma Manan Maheshwari Manish Nayee Rahul Kumar Ritwik Joshi Rushabh Shah Kush Prajapati
Just the WhatsApp Business app 5 votes · 63%
AiSensy 1 vote · 13%
BusinessOnBot 1 vote · 13%
Retner.ai 1 vote · 13%
Interakt 0 votes · 0%
Wati 0 votes · 0%
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Essentials Which email service runs your work inbox?
Hirva Bhatt Aishwarya N Akshay Solanki Jatin Chaudhary Harry Rajput Rahul Sharma Chaitanya Badave Ayyan Karmakar +19
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 What do you send your invoices with?
Anuj Dalal Amish Trivedi Anil Motwani Nandan Shukla
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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Operations Which internet provider keeps your team online?
Aryan Panchal Harry Rajput Kishan Parekh Rahul Sharma Dhruv Dattani Anil Motwani Kunal Chaudhari Vishal Tiwari +9
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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Operations How do people book time with you?
Ojas Gandhi Hanoz Jay Dobariya Ahesan Ali Harsh Luhar Amish Trivedi Kishan Parekh Haripriya Epuri +14
Google Calendar appointments 11 votes · 37%
Calendly 7 votes · 23%
Cal.com 4 votes · 13%
Phone Call or Whatsapp 4 votes · 13%
Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 7%
Zoho Bookings 1 vote · 3%
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Essentials Which tool do your video meetings run on?
Rohit Jain Sharib Sultan Hirva Bhatt Aishwarya N Jatin Chaudhary Anmol Parimoo Manan Maheshwari Harry Rajput +10
Google Meet 12 votes · 57%
Microsoft Teams 6 votes · 29%
Zoom 3 votes · 14%
Webex 0 votes · 0%
Whereby 0 votes · 0%
Around 0 votes · 0%
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AI Which tool do you vibe code with most?
Kush Prajapati Aishwarya N Siddhant Trivedi Manan Maheshwari Satish Kumar Pabbathi Ansh Varma Kishan Parekh Haripriya Epuri +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 do you use for forms and surveys?
Ahesan Ali Harsh Luhar Sharib Sultan Akshay Solanki Anmol Parimoo Haripriya Epuri Rohit Jain Yash Shah +5
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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Product & Engineering Which design tool does your team use?
Ahesan Ali Shalvi Patel Aryan Panchal Aishwarya N Siddhant Trivedi Manan Maheshwari Dhruv Dattani Apurvv Pakhmode +1
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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Money & Legal How have you funded your business so far?
Jay Dobariya Harsh Luhar Anuj Dalal Akshay Solanki Tushar Prajapati Jatin Chaudhary Rahul Sharma Pragnesh Shah +7
Bootstrapped 14 votes · 88%
Angel investors 1 vote · 6%
A VC firm 1 vote · 6%
AngelList or LetsVenture syndicate 0 votes · 0%
Venture Catalysts or 100X.VC 0 votes · 0%
An accelerator 0 votes · 0%
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Asks

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Operations & scaling I am looking for an Operations leader for the next phase at TAFCO. Reach out if you feel you are someone... Ayyan Karmakar
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

Podcasts

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The Week | Is Britain America's Future? The Week | Is Britain America's Future? The Prof G Pod
Why White Coke Failed Why White Coke Failed Nudge
How 3 Friends From Coimbatore Ended Up Running American TV | The Untold Amagi Story How 3 Friends From Coimbatore Ended Up Running American TV | The Untold Amagi Story The Neon Show
What Agents That Actually Work Look Like Right Now with Replit's CEO and Founder What Agents That Actually Work Look Like Right Now with Replit's CEO and Founder SaaStr
The surprising true story behind “the greatest ad ever made” The surprising true story behind “the greatest ad ever made” Nudge
Jatin Chaudhary
SaaS Growth Strategies That Actually Work: Pricing, Localization & Survival SaaS Growth Strategies That Actually Work: Pricing, Localization & Survival Startups for the Rest of Us
I Wasn't Trying to Build AI — Godfather of AI I Wasn't Trying to Build AI — Godfather of AI Big Technology Podcast
7 Tips on Outlasting Your Competition, From Serial Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler 7 Tips on Outlasting Your Competition, From Serial Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler Behind the Brand
The Kettlebell Exercise Everyone Overlooks The Kettlebell Exercise Everyone Overlooks The Pat Flynn Show
Our Agent Negotiated a Vendor Renewal, Became a CFO and a Better SDR .. but has too many guardrails Our Agent Negotiated a Vendor Renewal, Became a CFO and a Better SDR .. but has too many guardrails SaaStr

Books

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Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki
Mittal Agravat
What You Do Is Who You Are Ben Horowitz
The Product Book The Product Book Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia and Josh Anon (Product School)
Build Better Products Build Better Products Laura Klein
The Advantage The Advantage Patrick Lencioni
Do More Faster Do More Faster Brad Feld and David Cohen
The Undercover Economist Tim Harford
StrengthsFinder 2.0 StrengthsFinder 2.0 Tom Rath
eBoys eBoys Randall E. Stross
The Psychology of Selling The Psychology of Selling Brian Tracy

Watchlist

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Film The Big Short Excellent on contrarian thinking, conviction and reading markets.
Jaymin Bhavsar
Film Moneyball A favorite among founders on data, contrarian strategy and resource constraints.
Documentary WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn A clear eyed companion to the WeWork story on hype and valuation.
Jatin Chaudhary
Film Corporate An early Bollywood look at corporate strategy, rivalry and the ethics of winning.
Hirva Bhatt
Film Sui Dhaaga A grassroots entrepreneurship story about self reliance, craft and building a brand.
Dhruv Dattani Kunjan Atara
TV Series Misaeng: Incomplete Life Honest on corporate life, hierarchy and proving yourself inside an organization.
TV Film Pirates of Silicon Valley A classic on the early personal computer race and founder rivalry.
Documentary Betting on Zero A deep look at business models, distribution and short selling.
Film Pelli Choopulu A warm and realistic story of young founders building a food business from nothing.
Film The Founder A definitive case on systems, franchising and the ruthless side of scaling.
Viraj Rajani Dhruv Dattani Jaymin Bhavsar Jatin Chaudhary

AI tools

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Design & images Midjourney Share how you use it →
Coding Cline Share how you use it →
Automation & agents Make Share how you use it →
Data & analytics Julius Share how you use it →
Research & search Consensus Share how you use it →
Coding Windsurf Share how you use it →
Writing & content Sudowrite Share how you use it →
Writing & content Copy.ai Share how you use it →
Coding Claude Code 3 founders use it
Anil Motwani Amish Trivedi Jatin Chaudhary
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Research & search NotebookLM 1 founder use it
Harsha Bhurani
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eChai Partner Brands

The companies that back the eChai network as growth partners. See all 28 →

Atoa Technologies Retner Oizom Digipple iKomatch Zestard Technologies Hungrito Hearty Mart IBGrid Parikh Assurance LLP
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