Bengaluru

Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Bangalore

Name: Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Bangalore
Start: 2022-12-17T17:00:00+05:30
End: 2022-12-17T19:00:00+05:30
Location: Draper Startup House Flagship, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House will be hosting the in-person Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Bangalore with founders and leaders on 17th December, Saturday from 5 pm to 7 pm.

Saturday, 17 December 2022

5:00–7:00 PM IST

Draper Startup House Flagship, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

Bengaluru

Hosts & speakers 2

Aditya Dave Speaker

Founder, Cibos Techno Solutions

Shivam Tiwari Speaker

Co-Founder & CEO, Apli

Starting Up

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Naming your startup & domains My perfect .com is taken but the owner wants a huge price. What are my real options? You have four honest paths: negotiate quietly through a broker (owners often settle far...

Angel & seed fundraising What traction or metrics do I actually need to raise a seed round, and can I raise on just an idea? You can occasionally raise on an idea plus a strong team and a clear insight, but for...

Bootstrapping & profitability What's the smallest team I can grow a bootstrapped startup with, and when does staying tiny start costing me more than hiring? Staying small is a genuine advantage until it isn't: a lean team keeps you profitable...

Copywriting & messaging How do I turn a boring feature list on my pricing page into copy that actually makes people pick a plan? Stop listing features and start naming the outcome each plan unlocks, "5 seats" means...

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...

Startup finance & accounting Do I need an accountant and proper bookkeeping from day one? Yes, set up clean bookkeeping and a separate business bank account from day one, even...

Startup finance & accounting Do I need to understand accrual accounting and things like deferred revenue, or is cash-basis enough for a SaaS just starting out? Cash-basis is simpler and fine for very early days, but the moment you sell annual SaaS...

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...

Incubators, accelerators & competitions An accelerator rejected me. Should I reapply, apply elsewhere, or drop the idea? A rejection is almost never a verdict on your idea, it is a snapshot of your traction...

Valuation, SAFEs & term sheets Can I even use a SAFE in India, or do I have to do a CCPS or convertible note? A US-style SAFE has no clean legal home under Indian company law, so most...

Polls

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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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Sales & Marketing How do you track product and web analytics?

Google Analytics 6 votes · 46%

Microsoft Clarity 6 votes · 46%

PostHog 1 vote · 8%

Mixpanel 0 votes · 0%

Amplitude 0 votes · 0%

Plausible 0 votes · 0%

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People & Hiring Where do you hire your team from?

LinkedIn 1 vote · 20%

Wellfound 1 vote · 20%

Referrals 1 vote · 20%

A recruitment partner 1 vote · 20%

Internships converted to full-time 1 vote · 20%

Naukri 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Which cloud telephony runs your business calls?

Exotel 0 votes · 0%

Knowlarity 0 votes · 0%

MyOperator 0 votes · 0%

Servetel 0 votes · 0%

Ozonetel 0 votes · 0%

Kaleyra 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 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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Product & Engineering Which no-code builder do you ship with?

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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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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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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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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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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Funnels Don't Build Businesses: Here's What Does Everyone Hates Marketers

Why AI Robotics Is Stalled The Information

Kent Yoshimura, an Artist with a Dream, Made One Pivot that turned into a $100 Million Brand Behind the Brand

Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” Deep Questions

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

Fixing His YouTube Problem in 19 Minutes The Colin and Samir Show

How to Make $1M With Only 4 Clients The Futur

Episode 267: How OKRs Become Outputs Instead of Outcomes Product Thinking

Oliver Burkeman: “Why most scholars worked for only 4 hours a day” Nudge

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

Books

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Bargaining for Advantage G. Richard Shell

Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh

Lean UX Jeff Gothelf with Josh Seiden

Pitch Anything Oren Klaff

Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki

The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith

The Coaching Habit Michael Bungay Stanier

Made in Japan Akio Morita with Edwin M. Reingold and Mitsuko Shimomura

Invisible Engines David S. Evans, Andrei Hagiu, and Richard Schmalensee

The Total Money Makeover Dave Ramsey

Watchlist

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Docuseries The Cars That Built America Good on manufacturing, competition and scaling a hard product.

Film Tetris A surprisingly tense lesson on licensing, deal structure and global business.

Documentary Print the Legend A real time look at hardware startups, funding pressure and founder fallout.

Documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley A factual companion to the Theranos story on belief, ethics and investors.

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

TV Series Bull A homegrown window into markets, brokers and financial ambition for an Indian audience.

TV Series TVF Pitchers The defining Indian startup story, widely watched in the founder community for its...

TV Series Halt and Catch Fire The people behind the personal-computing and internet booms.

TV Series Mismatched Features a young woman determined to build her own app, which speaks to early founder...

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

AI tools

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Coding Windsurf

Writing & content Sudowrite

Meetings & notes Fireflies.ai 1 founder use it

Writing & content Copy.ai

Writing & content Grammarly

Assistants ChatGPT 3 founders use it

Video & audio Runway

Automation & agents Gumloop

Design & images Leonardo AI

Writing & content Writesonic

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