Bengaluru

Product Growth Meetup in Bangalore

Name: Product Growth Meetup in Bangalore
Start: 2023-03-04T17:00:00+05:30
End: 2023-03-04T19:00:00+05:30
Location: No: 78/9, Onsurity Technologies, Wework Vaishnavi Signature besides to Central Mall, Outer ring road Bellandur village, Varthur, Hobli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560103.

eChai Ventures and Onsurity will be hosting the Product Growth Meetup in Bangalore with founders and product leaders on 4th March, Saturday from 5 pm to 7 pm.

Saturday, 4 March 2023

5:00–7:00 PM IST

No: 78/9, Onsurity Technologies, Wework Vaishnavi Signature besides to Central Mall, Outer ring road Bellandur village, Varthur, Hobli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560103.

Bengaluru

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Hosts & speakers 4

Ayushi Goel Speaker

New Business & Monetization, MX Player

Gunjan Maheshwari Speaker

Product - Global E-commerce, Dell

Manoj Adwani Speaker

Founder · narad.io

Vaibhav Saxena Speaker

Co-Founder, infer.so (YC S21)

Going 1

Jeet Dhokiya

founder · aerocraft / colpare

Starting Up

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Business models explained How does a lending or fintech startup actually make money in India, beyond just interest? Lending revenue comes from the spread (what you charge borrowers minus your cost of...

Grants & non-dilutive funding What free money and support exists specifically for first-time and student founders who've never raised anything? If you've never raised, start with the schemes designed to give you a first push...

Hiring your first employees How do I hire a great salesperson early when I've never sold or managed sales myself? Don't hire a senior sales leader as your first sales hire, you can't manage or evaluate...

Business models explained What does 'take rate' mean and how do I set the right one without scaring off my users? Take rate is the cut you keep from each transaction flowing through your platform, and...

Productivity & time for founders How do I protect my building time when I still have a full-time job and I'm doing this on nights and weekends? Stop relying on scraps of leftover energy and reserve one real block instead. Two...

Shipping, iterating & roadmap Every user interview gives me a different feature request. How do I turn messy feedback into a real prioritisation decision? Raw feature requests are the worst input to a roadmap because users describe solutions,...

Unit economics & modeling What is contribution margin and why do people say it matters more than gross margin for a startup? Gross margin is revenue minus the direct cost of delivering your product, while...

Selling to enterprises (B2B) A big company wants to acquire us instead of buying our product. How do I even think about this? Treat an early acquisition offer as a signal that you're onto something, not as an exit...

Culture, remote & operations How do I keep a distributed team genuinely async so people in different time zones and cities are not always waiting on me? Make writing the default and meetings the exception. Every decision, spec, and update...

Finding & shaping ideas My co-founder and I keep debating two ideas and cannot agree, how do we decide? Stop debating in the abstract, because opinion versus opinion never resolves. Agree on...

Polls

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Money & Legal Who did you incorporate your company with?

LegalWiz.in 3 votes · 60%

A local CA 2 votes · 40%

Vakilsearch 0 votes · 0%

IndiaFilings 0 votes · 0%

ClearTax 0 votes · 0%

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

Google Forms 9 votes · 60%

Microsoft Forms 2 votes · 13%

Typeform 1 vote · 7%

Zoho Forms 1 vote · 7%

Others 1 vote · 7%

Youform 1 vote · 7%

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People & Hiring How do you run payroll and HR?

Keka 2 votes · 67%

RazorpayX Payroll 1 vote · 33%

GreytHR 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Payroll 0 votes · 0%

Kredily 0 votes · 0%

Darwinbox 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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Operations How do people book time with you?

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Google Calendar appointments 8 votes · 31%

Calendly 7 votes · 27%

Cal.com 4 votes · 15%

Phone Call or Whatsapp 3 votes · 12%

Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 8%

Zoho Bookings 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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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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The Truth About AI Running Companies My First Million

The search for the "God Particle" - physicist explains discovery of the Higgs bosons | Don Lincoln Lex Fridman Podcast

Why India Hasn't Built A Global Company Yet WTF is with Nikhil Kamath

LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!? The Pitch

The Simplest Fat Loss Plan Ever? The Pat Flynn Show

Where is antimatter hiding? - Physics explains the mystery of missing antimatter | Don Lincoln Lex Fridman Podcast

Pelted With Bricks for 5 Days as a Rookie Cop — Cathy Lanier The Tim Ferriss Show

Know Your "Enemies" — A Practical Guide to Competitive Intelligence Everyone Hates Marketers

The What the Hell Effect of Kettlebells (Explained by Dan John) The Pat Flynn Show

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

Books

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Built to Last Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras

The Personal MBA Josh Kaufman

Everybody Writes Ann Handley

Now, Discover Your Strengths Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

Decode and Conquer Lewis C. Lin

SPIN Selling Neil Rackham

Value Proposition Design Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, and Alan Smith

The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton M. Christensen

Primal Leadership Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee

Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind Al Ries and Jack Trout

Watchlist

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

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

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

TV Series StartUp A darker take on what founders will tolerate to keep a company alive and funded.

TV Series Scam 2003: The Telgi Story Another study of scaling an operation, in this case a criminal one, and how systems are...

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

Film Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year A beloved Indian story on values, sales and building a team you trust.

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

Documentary Generation Startup An honest look at the daily grind of early founders.

Film The Intern A warm and practical picture of a founder chief executive managing growth and pressure.

AI tools

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Automation & agents Zapier

Coding Cursor

Writing & content Jasper

Video & audio ElevenLabs 1 founder use it

Writing & content QuillBot

Design & images Leonardo AI

Design & images Midjourney

Design & images Krea

Writing & content Writesonic

Video & audio Synthesia

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