Mumbai

Mumbai Startup Meetup

Name: Mumbai Startup Meetup
Start: 2024-09-21T11:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-09-21T13:00:00+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 September 21, Saturday, 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 September 21, Saturday, 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, 21 September 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.

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Harshit Gala Host

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

Starting Up

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Mentors, advisors & network My network is all corporate colleagues, how do I actually meet founders and investors? Stop trying to 'get introduced' to investors and start showing up where founders...

Retention, referral & virality What actually makes a product spread by word of mouth versus needing an explicit referral program? Word of mouth is organic (people tell friends because the product is remarkable or...

Finding & shaping ideas Should I build for a market I know from home, like agriculture or local retail, or chase a global software idea? If you have real, lived access to a market that most founders in the big hubs cannot...

Understanding the problem (JTBD) How do I know if the job I'm solving is a painkiller people will pay for or just a vitamin they'd like? Watch for what they're already doing about it: a painkiller job has people spending...

Talking to customers & user research What's the difference between a customer saying they'll pay and actually pulling out a card, and how do I test the real one early? Verbal commitment is close to worthless because saying yes costs nothing, so people say...

Copywriting & messaging What are the most common copywriting mistakes first-time founders make on their website that quietly kill conversions? The big three: leading with what you built instead of what it does for the reader,...

Building your MVP I'm non-technical and can't afford a developer. Can I ship a real MVP with no-code tools, or will that trap me later? You can absolutely ship and even get paying users on no-code (Bubble, Glide, Softr,...

Spotting trends & opportunities A regulation or policy just changed in my sector. How do I read it as an opportunity instead of just a headache? Regulatory shifts are one of the most reliable sources of new opportunity because they...

Bootstrapping & profitability How do I fund a bootstrapped startup with a services or consulting arm without the services work eating the product forever? Using services to fund product is a legitimate and very Indian way to bootstrap, but...

Validating your idea How do I run a customer interview without leading them to the answer I want? The whole game is to talk about their past, not your future. Ask what they did last...

Polls

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

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Claude Code 19 votes · 32%

Claude Cowork 9 votes · 15%

Cursor 7 votes · 12%

OpenAI Codex 4 votes · 7%

Gemini Spark (Google) 4 votes · 7%

OpenCode 3 votes · 5%

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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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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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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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Sales & Marketing What do you publish your newsletter with?

Mailchimp 3 votes · 33%

Substack 3 votes · 33%

Zoho Campaigns 2 votes · 22%

Brevo 1 vote · 11%

Beehiiv 0 votes · 0%

Kit (ConvertKit) 0 votes · 0%

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AI Which AI coding tool do you build with?

Claude Code 3 votes · 43%

Cursor 1 vote · 14%

OpenAI Codex 1 vote · 14%

Replit 1 vote · 14%

Lovable 1 vote · 14%

GitHub Copilot 0 votes · 0%

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

Google Forms 8 votes · 62%

Microsoft Forms 2 votes · 15%

Typeform 1 vote · 8%

Others 1 vote · 8%

Youform 1 vote · 8%

Tally Forms 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal What manages your cap table and ESOPs?

Carta 0 votes · 0%

AngelList 0 votes · 0%

Pulley 0 votes · 0%

Cake Equity 0 votes · 0%

Qapita 0 votes · 0%

Trica 0 votes · 0%

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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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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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What is Pronto's "Data Stealing" Issue all about? - Indian Startups News 315 Backstage with Millionaires

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

How Top 1% Marketers Are Shifting Their Strategy in Q3 2026 Marketing Against the Grain

Why KFC Spends Millions Promoting a Fake Secret Nudge

Ellen Ochoa (NASA) - Leadership Lessons from Space [Entire Talk] Stanford eCorner

Is loop quantum gravity wrong? - physicist explains | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast

AI Generated Apps vs SaaS: Which Moats Still Work in 2026 Startups for the Rest of Us

Is There an AI Bubble? Two Top VCs on Valuations and ARR Inflation | StrictlyVC LA 2026 TechCrunch Equity

How to avoid distractions - Use the 10 Minute Rule - Nir Eyal Mixergy

The Startup Club by Slidebean Live Stream Slidebean

Books

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What You Do Is Who You Are Ben Horowitz

Outcomes Over Output Joshua Seiden

Too Big to Fail Andrew Ross Sorkin

The E-Myth Revisited Michael E. Gerber

Lean UX Jeff Gothelf with Josh Seiden

eBoys Randall E. Stross

Chaos Monkeys Antonio Garcia Martinez

How Brands Grow Byron Sharp

The Little Book of Behavioral Investing James Montier

Pitch Anything Oren Klaff

Watchlist

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

TV Series Physical A founder origin story about turning an idea into a personal brand business.

Film The Social Network The most influential founder film for a generation on cofounders, equity and speed.

TV Series City of Dreams A succession and power story that rhymes with founder families and control of an...

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

Film The Founder A definitive case on systems, franchising and the ruthless side of scaling.

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

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

TV Series Call My Agent: Bollywood A look at running an agency, handling demanding clients and keeping a firm afloat.

Film Super 30 A mission driven founder story on education, access and conviction.

AI tools

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Writing & content Jasper

Meetings & notes Fireflies.ai 1 founder use it

Video & audio ElevenLabs 1 founder use it

Video & audio Pika

Video & audio Veo

Coding Zed

Coding Devin

Coding bolt.new

Automation & agents Lindy

Assistants ChatGPT 3 founders use it

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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