Surat

Founders who have made it to Shark Tank India: Surat edition

Name: Founders who have made it to Shark Tank India: Surat edition
Start: 2024-02-16T18:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-02-16T20:00:00+05:30
Location: Logicwind, 3rd Floor, Altair, Besides Vijay Sales, Piplod, Dumas Road, Gaurav Path, Piplod, Surat, Gujarat 395007.

<div>eChai Ventures  will be hosting the the interaction with founders from the community who have made it to Shark Tank India.</div>

eChai Ventures will be hosting the the interaction with founders from the community who have made it to Shark Tank India.

Friday, 16 February 2024

6:00–8:00 PM IST

Logicwind, 3rd Floor, Altair, Besides Vijay Sales, Piplod, Dumas Road, Gaurav Path, Piplod, Surat, Gujarat 395007.

Surat

Manoj, Adil + 13 others went See who came

Hosts & speakers 6

Manoj Adwani Host

Founder · narad.io

Adil Qadri Speaker

Founder & CEO, "Adilqadri" D2C Perfume Brand

Anand Nahar Speaker

Co-Founder, Zorko

Chetan Kanani Speaker

Co-Founder, Alpino Heatlh Foods

Mohit Gadhiya Speaker

Co-Founder, Raja Rani Coaching

Nachiket Patel

Founder, Logicwind

Going 9

Hardik Kukadiya

Founder · Tattvam Solutions

Jatin Dudhat

CEO & Founder · Sarvadhi

Karan Chandwani

Financial Clarity Partner

Saina Shaikh

Growth & Delivery Manager · webosmotic.com

Ashish Jaju

Bhavik Chavda

Co-Founder · impler.io

Grishma Doshi

Software Development Manager

Parth Kanani

Shubham Agarwal

Founder · GIRI FINCONSULT

Starting Up

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Cold outreach & email When does cold outreach stop scaling, and what do I move to next? Cold email is a great zero-to-first-customers engine, but it hits a ceiling: reply...

Investor updates & relations What do I actually do at a board meeting, and how do I run one so it helps me instead of wasting a day? A board meeting is not a status report, it is where you get help on your two or three...

Defining your ideal customer What's the difference between defining a niche and just being too small to matter? A good niche is small in headcount but deep in pain and willingness to pay, while a bad...

Naming your startup & domains What are the most common naming mistakes that hurt early startups? The usual traps: names nobody can spell after hearing them, clever misspellings that...

Shipping, iterating & roadmap How do I stop myself from adding features nobody asked for just because I enjoy building? Building is a genuine addiction for technical founders, and it feels like progress...

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...

Bootstrapping & profitability What are the most common ways bootstrapped founders accidentally kill their own margins? Bootstrapped businesses rarely die from one big mistake, they bleed out through...

Social media & personal brand Why should I build a personal brand as a founder? An audience you build before you need it is the cheapest distribution you'll ever have:...

Copywriting & messaging My product is genuinely technical, but every copywriting guide says to avoid jargon. How do I sound credible to expert buyers without dumbing it down? Jargon is fine when your reader uses that exact word themselves, it is a problem only...

Making the leap How much personal savings or runway should I have before I quit? Aim for 12 to 18 months of bare-bones personal expenses in the bank before you go...

Polls

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AI Which AI agents are running in your stack right now?

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Claude Code 19 votes · 31%

Claude Cowork 9 votes · 15%

Cursor 7 votes · 11%

Gemini Spark (Google) 5 votes · 8%

OpenAI Codex 4 votes · 7%

OpenCode 3 votes · 5%

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Sales & Marketing What powers your customer support?

That Was AI 1 vote · 100%

Zendesk 0 votes · 0%

Freshdesk 0 votes · 0%

Intercom 0 votes · 0%

HubSpot Service 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Desk 0 votes · 0%

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

ICICI Lombard 1 vote · 25%

Star Health 1 vote · 25%

HDFC ERGO 1 vote · 25%

Through a broker 1 vote · 25%

Plum 0 votes · 0%

Onsurity 0 votes · 0%

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Operations What do you get documents signed with?

DocuSign 2 votes · 40%

Adobe Acrobat Sign 1 vote · 20%

PandaDoc 1 vote · 20%

Others 1 vote · 20%

Zoho Sign 0 votes · 0%

Dropbox Sign 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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AI Which AI image or video tool do you create with?

Google Veo 5 votes · 38%

DALL-E 2 votes · 15%

Adobe Firefly 2 votes · 15%

Midjourney 1 vote · 8%

Ideogram 1 vote · 8%

Leonardo AI 1 vote · 8%

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Sales & Marketing Which CRM do you use?

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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Operations How do people book time with you?

Google Calendar appointments 8 votes · 32%

Calendly 7 votes · 28%

Cal.com 4 votes · 16%

Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 8%

Phone Call or Whatsapp 2 votes · 8%

Zoho Bookings 1 vote · 4%

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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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Essentials Which tool do your video meetings run on?

Google Meet 10 votes · 53%

Microsoft Teams 6 votes · 32%

Zoom 3 votes · 16%

Webex 0 votes · 0%

Whereby 0 votes · 0%

Around 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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Aaru is Going After the World's Oldest Problem: Predicting the Future The Logan Bartlett Show

The Power of Habit Summarized by the Author | Charles Duhigg My First Million

How to Build a Manufacturing Company in America | Jim Belosic, SendCutSend The Peel

Instagram failed until it made THIS simple change Nudge

Geoffrey Hinton Just Said AI Is Already Conscious Big Technology Podcast

The First App I Ever Built Makes $25K/Month Starter Story

How to use Codex as your AI data analyst Marketing Against the Grain

How Digital Credit Could Usher In A Bitcoin Future The Pomp Podcast

Fixing his YouTube Channel in 24 minutes The Colin and Samir Show

Fixing AmandaRachLee’s YouTube Channel in 17 minutes The Colin and Samir Show

Books

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Obviously Awesome April Dunford

Traction Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares

The Practice of Management Peter F. Drucker

Work Rules! Laszlo Bock

Fooled by Randomness Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Advantage Patrick Lencioni

Seductive Interaction Design Stephen P. Anderson

The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell

Dare to Lead Brené Brown

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni

Watchlist

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TV Series Masaba Masaba A look at running a fashion label, building a personal brand and rebuilding a business...

Documentary Something Ventured Origin story of venture capital and the founder investor relationship.

Documentary Fyre Fraud A complementary view of the same failure focused on the founder.

Docuseries Abstract: The Art of Design Excellent on craft, taste and how design shapes products and brands.

Film The Current War A founder rivalry on standards wars, capital and commercializing technology.

TV Series Betas Light but recognizable picture of early stage hustle, pitching and cofounder friction.

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

Documentary The Pixar Story A creative company story about culture, technology and patient bets.

TV Series The Bold Type Light but useful on media, personal brand and ambition in a changing industry.

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

AI tools

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Coding Replit

Writing & content Jasper

Design & images Recraft

Video & audio Suno

Research & search Elicit

Writing & content Notion AI

Writing & content Sudowrite

Assistants ChatGPT 3 founders use it

Coding Claude Code 3 founders use it

Design & images Ideogram

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