Hyderabad

eChai Startup Social in Hyderabad x National Startup Day

Name: eChai Startup Social in Hyderabad x National Startup Day
Start: 2023-01-16T18:00:00+05:30
End: 2023-01-16T20:00:00+05:30
Location: CoKarma - Coworking Space, Terrace, 5th Floor, Plot No 5, Survey No 62, Inorbit Mall Rd, HITEC City, Madhapur, Hyderabad, Telangana 500081.

eChai Ventures and CoKarma will be hosting the small gathering with the startup folks to connect, share and collaborate.

Monday, 16 January 2023

6:00–8:00 PM IST

CoKarma - Coworking Space, Terrace, 5th Floor, Plot No 5, Survey No 62, Inorbit Mall Rd, HITEC City, Madhapur, Hyderabad, Telangana 500081.

Hyderabad

Hosts & speakers 1

Charu Dhyani Speaker

Founder, Pro Zero Carbon

Starting Up

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Finding your niche / beachhead How do I find a defensible niche in a market full of big incumbents? Find the customers the giants ignore or serve badly, too small, too specific, too weird...

Market size & timing My market is small right now but growing fast. Is that a problem? A small, fast-growing market often beats a big, flat one, because you can ride the...

Incubators, accelerators & competitions Should I join an incubator or an accelerator, and which one? They're different tools: an incubator gives you space, mentors and time at the...

IP, licenses & regulatory Do I need employment contracts and IP assignment from my co-founders and first employees, or is a handshake fine? A handshake means your co-founder can legally walk with a chunk of the IP and equity,...

Understanding the problem (JTBD) Who are my real competitors once I think in jobs to be done? Anything the customer currently 'hires' to get the same job done, including a...

Selling to enterprises (B2B) How do I negotiate multi-year contracts, discounts, and renewal terms without training customers to always squeeze me? Never give a discount for free: trade it for something you want, like a longer term, an...

Building your MVP Should I open-source my MVP or build in public to get early users, or does that just help competitors copy me? For most early founders, the attention and trust from building in public outweigh the...

Co-founder agreements & equity What must go into a co-founder / founders' agreement in India? Cover equity split, vesting and leaver clauses, roles and time commitment, IP...

Solo founder survival guide How does a solo founder do everything without drowning? You don't do everything, you sequence ruthlessly, automate aggressively, and buy help...

Community-led growth How do I solve the cold-start / chicken-and-egg problem for a network or community? Build the smallest 'atomic network' that can stand on its own, focus obsessively on the...

Polls

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

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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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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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Money & Legal How do you manage company spends and cards?

IDFC Business Card 1 vote · 100%

Volopay 0 votes · 0%

Happay 0 votes · 0%

EnKash 0 votes · 0%

Kodo 0 votes · 0%

Zaggle 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing What do you run WhatsApp for business on?

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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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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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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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 How do you track product and web analytics?

Google Analytics 6 votes · 46%

Microsoft Clarity 6 votes · 46%

PostHog 1 vote · 8%

Mixpanel 0 votes · 0%

Amplitude 0 votes · 0%

Plausible 0 votes · 0%

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Essentials Where does your team chat all day?

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WhatsApp 23 votes · 43%

Microsoft Teams 12 votes · 23%

Google Chat 6 votes · 11%

Slack 5 votes · 9%

Zoho Cliq 3 votes · 6%

Discord 1 vote · 2%

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AI Which AI assistant do you reach for first?

Claude 3 votes · 60%

ChatGPT 1 vote · 20%

Gemini 1 vote · 20%

Perplexity 0 votes · 0%

Grok 0 votes · 0%

Microsoft Copilot 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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Mumbai Real Estate Reality Check: Inside India’s Costliest Market | IBP CLIPS Think School

The Enterprise AI Reality Check: From Dashboard Graveyards to 30-Day Migrations with Databricks SaaStr

Why antimatter costs $63 trillion dollars to produce | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast

Try it For 1 Week: Small Ways to Make Your Life Fun & Exciting Again The Mel Robbins Podcast

SpaceX's IPO Made Elon Musk a Trillionaire...Now What?│Equity Podcast TechCrunch Equity

GitHub’s Agent Era: 14x Commits, 200M Developers, Copilot’s Next Act — Kyle Daigle Latent Space

Where to Find Influencers and Companies Who Will Send You Qualified Customers Mixergy

How Google is Trying to Catch Anthropic The Information

The Tool the Best Engineers Are Using Right Now Y Combinator

The surprising true story behind “the greatest ad ever made” Nudge

Books

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Difficult Conversations Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen

The Little Book of Behavioral Investing James Montier

Getting (More of) What You Want Margaret A. Neale and Thomas Z. Lys

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni

Powerful Patty McCord

Building a StoryBrand Donald Miller

Made to Stick Chip Heath and Dan Heath

The Little Book That Still Beats the Market Joel Greenblatt

The Elements of User Experience Jesse James Garrett

Elon Musk Walter Isaacson

Watchlist

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TV Series Farzi A dark entrepreneurship story about building an operation, scaling risk and getting in...

Documentary Console Wars A vivid case on competition, marketing and category positioning.

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

Documentary WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn A clear eyed companion to the WeWork story on hype and valuation.

Film Corporate An early Bollywood look at corporate strategy, rivalry and the ethics of winning.

Miniseries WeCrashed A vivid study of hype, charismatic founders, blitzscaling and the limits of a growth at...

Documentary Becoming Warren Buffett Foundational on long term thinking, compounding and clear principles.

TV Series Billions A masterclass in power, negotiation, performance and high stakes decision making.

Film Joy An inventor to entrepreneur story on patents, manufacturing and selling.

Film Dumb Money A timely look at markets, community and the power of distribution online.

AI tools

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Assistants Meta AI

Automation & agents Zapier

Meetings & notes Otter.ai

Research & search Consensus

Coding Devin

Automation & agents Gumloop

Coding bolt.new

Assistants Poe

Design & images Canva Magic Studio

Video & audio Veo

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.

Parikh Assurance LLP