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eChai Startup Social in Hyderabad

<div>Small Group. Candid Conversations. Startup and Marketing Folks.</div>

Small Group. Candid Conversations. Startup and Marketing Folks.

Sunday, 19 May 2024

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM IST

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Starting Up

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Community-led growth When is a paid community worth it versus keeping it free, for a founder just starting out? Charge only when the community already delivers value people would miss if it vanished,...

Paid acquisition basics What's the minimum data I need before I trust that a paid campaign is actually working? Roughly 30 to 50 conversions per variation before you read anything into a result, and...

Retention, referral & virality How do I measure and analyze retention properly? Use cohort retention curves, not a single churn number: group users by signup period...

Hiring your first employees When should I make my first hire? Hire later than feels comfortable, the best YC companies wait, because employees add...

Selling to government Do I need certifications or empanelment to sell to a ministry? For GeM, no upfront empanelment, you register, complete vendor assessment for OEMs, and...

Founder-led sales I'm a technical founder and I hate selling, do I really have to do sales myself? Yes, and you can't outsource it early. Nobody understands or believes in your product...

Unit economics & modeling I sell a one-time product, not a subscription. Do unit economics and LTV even apply to me? They absolutely apply, but LTV comes from repeat purchases and referrals rather than a...

Making the leap Should I quit as a solo founder or wait until I have a co-founder locked in? Do not quit your job to go hunting for a co-founder; that is the most expensive way to...

IP, licenses & regulatory I'm DPIIT-recognised, what IP benefits does Startup India actually give me? Real, usable money: an 80% rebate on patent filing fees, a 50% rebate on trademark...

Unit economics & modeling What metrics should I actually track as an early-stage SaaS founder? Early on, obsess over MRR growth, churn, gross margin, and CAC payback, ignore vanity...

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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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Product & Engineering What is your website built on?

A custom build 2 votes · 33%

HTML 2 votes · 33%

WordPress 1 vote · 17%

Shopify 1 vote · 17%

Wix 0 votes · 0%

Squarespace 0 votes · 0%

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AI Which AI coding tool do you build with?

Claude Code 4 votes · 44%

Cursor 2 votes · 22%

OpenAI Codex 1 vote · 11%

Replit 1 vote · 11%

Lovable 1 vote · 11%

GitHub Copilot 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal How have you funded your business so far?

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Bootstrapped 16 votes · 89%

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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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 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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Essentials Which tool do your video meetings run on?

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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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Sales & Marketing What do you publish your newsletter with?

Mailchimp 3 votes · 30%

Substack 3 votes · 30%

Zoho Campaigns 3 votes · 30%

Brevo 1 vote · 10%

Beehiiv 0 votes · 0%

Kit (ConvertKit) 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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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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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

Podcasts

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Episode 261: AI Implementation in Regulated and High-Trust Industries

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⚡️Every product of the future will be a living system — Ronak Malde, Trajectory.ai

⚡️Every product of the future will be a living system — Ronak Malde, Trajectory.ai Latent Space

Mozilla Head of Firefox on The Future of Agentic Browsers & Open Internet | Ajit Varma | E300

Mozilla Head of Firefox on The Future of Agentic Browsers & Open Internet | Ajit Varma | E300 The Product Podcast

Episode 260: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Org Design

Episode 260: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Org Design Product Thinking

Revolt of the Rich

Revolt of the Rich Radical Candor

Are We About to Lose Control of AI? (*sighs*)

Are We About to Lose Control of AI? (*sighs*) Deep Questions

China Just Built a Claude Mythos You Can Download (GLM 5.2)

China Just Built a Claude Mythos You Can Download (GLM 5.2) Bankless

Rethinking Authenticity and What to Do Instead with Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic 8|5

Rethinking Authenticity and What to Do Instead with Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic 8|5 Radical Candor

The AI-Native GTM Playbook | Sam Blond, Monaco

The AI-Native GTM Playbook | Sam Blond, Monaco The Peel

Books

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The Everything Store

The Everything Store Brad Stone

The Millionaire Next Door

The Millionaire Next Door Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

The Manager's Path

The Manager's Path Camille Fournier

Product Management in Practice Matt LeMay

Beating the Street

Beating the Street Peter Lynch with John Rothchild

Modern Monopolies

Modern Monopolies Alex Moazed and Nicholas L. Johnson

The E-Myth Revisited

The E-Myth Revisited Michael E. Gerber

Sense and Respond

Sense and Respond Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden

The Advantage Patrick Lencioni

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive Peter F. Drucker

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TV Series Jubilee A rich story about building an entertainment business, fighting for talent and...

Film The Big Short Excellent on contrarian thinking, conviction and reading markets.

Film Padman A social entrepreneurship story about solving a real problem against ridicule and...

TV Series Severance Work-life balance, taken literally.

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

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

TV Series Halt and Catch Fire The people behind the personal-computing and internet booms.

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

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Scaling Your Startup : Surat edition

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DeepTech Startup Meetup Pune

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AI x Marketing : Ahmedabad edition

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Ideation and early struggles of a startup founder : Hyderabad edition

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AI Cafe | Ahmedabad edition

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Product Growth Playbook : Ahmedabad edition

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