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Scaling Up Globally

eChai Ventures will be hosting the curated gathering with the founders and leaders building global businesses to connect, share and collaborate.

eChai Ventures will be hosting the curated gathering with the founders and leaders building global businesses to connect, share and collaborate.

Thursday, 6 July 2023
6:30–8:30 PM IST
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Starting Up

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Selling to enterprises (B2B) Should I hire a salesperson yet, or keep selling founder-led until I hit a certain revenue? Keep selling founder-led until you've closed roughly your first 10 enterprise deals...
Naming your startup & domains How do I come up with a good name for my startup? Pick a name you can spell out loud once and have someone type correctly. Short, easy to...
Finding a co-founder What should I look for in a co-founder, and what are red flags? Look for complementary skills, shared values on money and ambition, resilience under...
Should you raise? VC vs bootstrap SAFE or priced round: which instrument should I use for my first raise, and does it work in India? Use a SAFE or convertible note if you want to close fast and defer the valuation fight,...
Startup finance & accounting How do I build a simple financial model for a pitch deck without pretending I can predict revenue three years out? Investors know your five-year forecast is fiction; what they're really testing is...
Mentors, advisors & network How do I know when an advisor or mentor relationship has run its course, and how do I gracefully end it? An advisor who stops adding value but keeps vesting equity is a slow tax on your cap...
Business models explained What business model can I realistically run solo as a bootstrapped indie founder in India? Solo-friendly models are ones where you can deliver value without a big team or heavy...
Finding a co-founder My co-founder and I are drifting on commitment. One of us is all-in, the other has a job. What do we do? Unequal commitment is the most common way early teams quietly break. Name it out loud...
Grants & non-dilutive funding Are startup pitch competitions and grand challenges worth entering for the prize money? Enter them for the deadline, the deck reps, and the network, not the cheque. Most...
Distribution & channel strategy Should I launch on Product Hunt, and does it even matter for an Indian startup? Product Hunt can give a real spike of early adopters, feedback, and a few backlinks,...

Polls

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Sales & Marketing Which CRM do you use?
Harry Rajput Bhavesh Patel
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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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Product & Engineering Which design tool does your team use?
Aryan Panchal Aishwarya N Siddhant Trivedi Manan Maheshwari Dhruv Dattani Apurvv Pakhmode Viraj Rajani
Canva 5 votes · 42%
Figma 3 votes · 25%
Framer 1 vote · 8%
Adobe Photoshop 1 vote · 8%
Adobe Illustrator 1 vote · 8%
Webflow 1 vote · 8%
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AI Which AI image or video tool do you create with?
Manan Maheshwari Satish Kumar Pabbathi Anmol Parimoo Harry Rajput Jatin Chaudhary Bhavesh Patel Ritwik Joshi Viraj Rajani
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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Product & Engineering Which no-code builder do you ship with?
Satish Kumar Pabbathi Haripriya Epuri Manan Maheshwari Viraj Rajani
Framer 3 votes · 43%
Webflow 1 vote · 14%
Wix 1 vote · 14%
WordPress 1 vote · 14%
Shopify 1 vote · 14%
Squarespace 0 votes · 0%
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Operations How do people book time with you?
Harsh Luhar Amish Trivedi Kishan Parekh Haripriya Epuri Yash Shah Rohan Shah Anil Motwani Anuj Dalal +10
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 Where do you get your team's health insurance?
Sharib Sultan Amish Trivedi Nadeem Jafri Kush Prajapati
HDFC ERGO 2 votes · 40%
ICICI Lombard 1 vote · 20%
Star Health 1 vote · 20%
Through a broker 1 vote · 20%
Plum 0 votes · 0%
Onsurity 0 votes · 0%
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Sales & Marketing What do you publish your newsletter with?
Harry Rajput Naitik Panchal Nandan Shukla Ritwik Joshi Viraj Rajani Rushabh Shah
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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Operations How does your team book business travel?
Jatin Chaudhary Manan Maheshwari Rushabh Shah Kush Prajapati
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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People & Hiring Which accelerator or incubator were you part of?
Akshay Solanki Nandan Shukla Ritwik Joshi Rushabh Shah Kush Prajapati
IIMA Ventures 3 votes · 43%
A state or govt incubator 3 votes · 43%
i-Hub 1 vote · 14%
Y Combinator 0 votes · 0%
Techstars 0 votes · 0%
Antler 0 votes · 0%
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Essentials Where does your team keep passwords and secrets?
Haripriya Epuri Yash Shah Vishal Tiwari Ritwik Joshi Viraj Rajani Rushabh Shah
Google Password Manager 6 votes · 60%
Apple Passwords 3 votes · 30%
LastPass 1 vote · 10%
1Password 0 votes · 0%
Bitwarden 0 votes · 0%
Dashlane 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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Punch the Clock Workouts, Fascia Training, and Overcoming Beat Down Routines w/ Dan John Punch the Clock Workouts, Fascia Training, and Overcoming Beat Down Routines w/ Dan John The Pat Flynn Show
The Smart Money Is BULLISH On These Two UNDERVALUED AI Stocks The Smart Money Is BULLISH On These Two UNDERVALUED AI Stocks The Pomp Podcast
The College Affordability Crisis: Is a Degree Still Worth It? | Office Hours The College Affordability Crisis: Is a Degree Still Worth It? | Office Hours The Prof G Pod
⚡️Every product of the future will be a living system — Ronak Malde, Trajectory.ai ⚡️Every product of the future will be a living system — Ronak Malde, Trajectory.ai Latent Space
Announcing... My new mini-series (and YouTube channel) Announcing... My new mini-series (and YouTube channel) Everyone Hates Marketers
Building the Future of Image Generation with Ideogram's CEO Building the Future of Image Generation with Ideogram's CEO a16z
Social Stock Exchange (SSE): India ka regulated platform social causes ke liye kaise kaam karta hai Social Stock Exchange (SSE): India ka regulated platform social causes ke liye kaise kaam karta hai The Daily Brief
Inside The AI Race: DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, China, and The Race to Superintelligence Inside The AI Race: DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, China, and The Race to Superintelligence The Tim Ferriss Show
Dark matter explained by physicist | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman Dark matter explained by physicist | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast
How 3 Friends From Coimbatore Ended Up Running American TV | The Untold Amagi Story How 3 Friends From Coimbatore Ended Up Running American TV | The Untold Amagi Story The Neon Show

Books

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Contagious Contagious Jonah Berger
Lean Analytics Lean Analytics Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz
The Sales Acceleration Formula Mark Roberge
The Wealth of Nations The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
Modern Monopolies Modern Monopolies Alex Moazed and Nicholas L. Johnson
On Becoming a Leader On Becoming a Leader Warren Bennis
The Millionaire Next Door The Millionaire Next Door Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko
Marketing Management Marketing Management Philip Kotler
The Elements of User Experience The Elements of User Experience Jesse James Garrett
Super Pumped Super Pumped Mike Isaac

Watchlist

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Docuseries The Romantics A founder and family business story about building one of India's largest film studios.
Film Super 30 A mission driven founder story on education, access and conviction.
Rahul Sharma Dhruv Dattani Jaymin Bhavsar Kunjan Atara Hirva Bhatt
TV Series Jubilee A rich story about building an entertainment business, fighting for talent and...
TV Series The Morning Show Strong on crisis management, leadership and power inside a media business.
TV Series TVF Pitchers The defining Indian startup story, widely watched in the founder community for its...
Viraj Rajani Jatin Chaudhary Kunal Chaudhari Dhruv Dattani Yash Shah
Film Tucker: The Man and His Dream A classic founder story on innovation, incumbents and idealism.
TV Series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story A landmark Indian series on ambition, markets, risk and the thin line between genius...
Utpal Vaishnav Jaymin Bhavsar Kunjan Atara Yash Shah Jaydeep Ghevariya +2
TV Series Entourage A fun look at agents, deal making, personal brand and managing a small team.
Film The Founder A definitive case on systems, franchising and the ruthless side of scaling.
Viraj Rajani Dhruv Dattani Jaymin Bhavsar Jatin Chaudhary
Reality Shark Tank India The most influential mainstream show for Indian founders on pitching, valuation and...
Rahul Sharma Jatin Chaudhary Kunjan Atara Yash Shah Hirva Bhatt

AI tools

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Coding Tabnine Share how you use it →
Design & images Krea Share how you use it →
Video & audio Veo Share how you use it →
Video & audio Sora Share how you use it →
Meetings & notes Granola Share how you use it →
Assistants Poe Share how you use it →
Assistants Grok 1 founder use it
Rushabh Shah
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Design & images DALL·E Share how you use it →
Design & images Recraft Share how you use it →
Writing & content Notion AI Share how you 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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