Mumbai

Mumbai Startup Meetup

Name: Mumbai Startup Meetup
Start: 2024-06-15T11:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-06-15T13:00:00+05:30
Location: DevX Andheri East, 7th Floor, A Wing, Dynasty Business Park, Nr. JB Nagar Metro Station (Chakala), Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400065.

<div>Join us for the Mumbai Startup Meetup on June 15, 2024! Connect with fellow entrepreneurs, share insights, and collaborate on innovative ideas. This event is a fantastic opportunity to expand your network and grow your startup.<br><br></div><div>Expect engaging discussions, inspiring stories, and valuable networking. Whether you're a seasoned founder or just starting, you'll find immense value in this meetup. </div>

Join us for the Mumbai Startup Meetup on June 15, 2024! Connect with fellow entrepreneurs, share insights, and collaborate on innovative ideas. This event is a fantastic opportunity to expand your network and grow your startup.
Expect engaging discussions, inspiring stories, and valuable networking. Whether you're a seasoned founder or just starting, you'll find immense value in this meetup.

Saturday, 15 June 2024

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM IST

DevX Andheri East, 7th Floor, A Wing, Dynasty Business Park, Nr. JB Nagar Metro Station (Chakala), Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400065.

Mumbai

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Hosts & speakers 1

Rohan Sharan Speaker

Founder, TimeChain Labs

Going 1

Harshit Gala

personal coach + mentor · slightlybettershit | ohhphish branding solutions & co.

Starting Up

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Hiring your first employees How do I write a job description that actually gets good people to apply to an unknown startup? Stop copying corporate JDs. Lead with the problem you're solving and the specific...

Failure, pivots & shutdowns How do I decide between selling my failing startup for parts and just shutting it down? Run the acqui-hire and asset-sale option in parallel with shutdown prep, because a soft...

Investor updates & relations How do I actually get value out of my investors beyond the cheque? Make specific, concrete asks in every update, whether it's an intro to a hire, a...

Valuation, SAFEs & term sheets What's the difference between a valuation cap and a discount on a SAFE? A cap sets the maximum valuation at which your SAFE converts, protecting the investor's...

Co-founder agreements & equity I am a first-time founder outside the big metros and my co-founder is in Bengaluru. Does where we are based change how we split equity or set up the company? Location does not change the split: contribution, risk, and role do. What it does...

Competitive & market research How do I do competitive research for a brand-new category where there are no direct competitors yet? No direct competitors almost never means no competition, it means you're competing...

Incubators, accelerators & competitions As a woman founder, are there incubators and accelerators built for me, and are they worth choosing over a general one? Yes, programs like NSRCEL's Women Startup Program and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women exist...

Hiring your first employees How do I make my very first hire feel productive in their first two weeks instead of lost? Have a written onboarding plan before they walk in, even if it's a single doc. Give...

Founder-market fit How much does 'why you?' actually matter to investors and to success? It matters enormously, because early-stage investors bet on founders more than on...

No-code & low-code building Can I really build a serious business on no-code, or will I hit a wall? Yes, plenty of six- and seven-figure businesses run on Bubble, Webflow, and Airtable,...

Polls

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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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Product & Engineering Which design tool does your team use?

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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Product & Engineering Where do you manage projects and tasks?

Jira 2 votes · 33%

Others 2 votes · 33%

Asana 1 vote · 17%

ClickUp 1 vote · 17%

Notion 0 votes · 0%

Linear 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing What do you use for forms and surveys?

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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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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Operations Where does your team work from?

Our own office 4 votes · 44%

Work from home 4 votes · 44%

DevX 1 vote · 11%

WeWork 0 votes · 0%

Awfis 0 votes · 0%

91springboard 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing What runs your marketing automation?

HubSpot 1 vote · 25%

MoEngage 1 vote · 25%

Others 1 vote · 25%

Retner.ai 1 vote · 25%

Customer.io 0 votes · 0%

Braze 0 votes · 0%

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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 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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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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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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Strong Enough Standards, Fitness Maintenance, and the RKC w/ Dan John The Pat Flynn Show

Why Pre-Seed Investing Has Never Been Harder | Charles Hudson, Precursor The Peel

Live QnA w/ Dan John and Pat Flynn The Pat Flynn Show

The ERP for the AI Revolution is here Y Combinator

China Open-Source, Compute Arms Race, Reordering Global Trade | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner BG2 Pod

Inside OpenAI’s New AI Chip The Information

Build Muscle, Great Posture & Resilience to Injury | Jeff Cavaliere Huberman Lab

Clay’s Unusual Path to Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Company Invest Like the Best

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

Is string theory dead? | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast

Books

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Nawabs, Nudes, Noodles Ambi Parameswaran

Influence Robert B. Cialdini

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay

Reinventing Organizations Frederic Laloux

Turn the Ship Around! L. David Marquet

Cracking the PM Interview Gayle Laakmann McDowell and Jackie Bavaro

Start with Why Simon Sinek

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni

How Google Works Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg

Team of Teams General Stanley McChrystal with Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell

Watchlist

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

Docuseries The Food That Built America Strong on branding, distribution and category creation in consumer goods.

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

TV Series The Wire A deep look at systems, incentives and organizations that any operator can learn from.

Documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine A critical companion to the Jobs story for founders studying leadership.

TV Series Made for Love A pointed look at surveillance products and founder god complexes.

TV Series GLOW An underrated story about getting a risky new venture off the ground with a scrappy team.

TV Series Itaewon Class A pure underdog founder story about grit, values and competing with an incumbent.

Film 3 Idiots A cultural touchstone on innovation, following your passion and inventing rather than...

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

AI tools

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Writing & content Notion AI

Assistants Claude 8 founders use it

Automation & agents Manus

Video & audio Suno

Research & search You.com

Assistants Meta AI

Automation & agents Lindy

Coding Aider

Design & images Recraft

Design & images Canva Magic Studio

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.

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