Cover for Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Vadodara
Vadodara

Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Vadodara

eChai Ventures and DevX Venture Fund will be hosting the in-person Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Vadodara with founders and leaders on 24th September, Saturday from 6 pm to 8 pm

eChai Ventures and DevX Venture Fund will be hosting the in-person Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Vadodara with founders and leaders on 24th September, Saturday from 6 pm to 8 pm

Saturday, 24 September 2022
6:00–8:00 PM IST
DevX, 10th floor, Notus IT Park, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Marg, Vadiwadi, Vadodara - 390007.
Vadodara
More from the eChai network

While you're here, take a look at what the network is reading, rating, and building with.

Starting Up

See all →
Should you raise? VC vs bootstrap Should I raise money from an accelerator like Y Combinator or an Indian program, and is the equity worth it? Join an accelerator for the network, forcing function, and credibility, not for the...
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...
Website & landing page Why isn't my landing page converting visitors into signups? Usually the headline is vague, the value isn't visualisable, or there's too much...
Productivity & time for founders How do I stop saying yes to every coffee, podcast, and networking event and getting nothing shipped? Make your default no and your calendar do the enforcing. Batch all external requests...
Paid acquisition basics How do Indian D2C brands keep paid acquisition sustainable as CACs rise? Winning Indian D2C brands stop renting attention and build owned media, content...
Website & landing page How do I set up a landing page in both English and a regional language for customers outside the metros? Only translate if your actual customers read that language better than English,...
Bootstrapping & profitability How do I grow a bootstrapped business without burning cash on marketing? Lean on channels that compound for free: content, SEO, community, founder-led sales,...
Paid acquisition basics How do I know if my paid ads are actually profitable? Compare customer acquisition cost to the contribution margin a customer generates, and...
IP, licenses & regulatory Do I need employment contracts and IP assignment from my co-founders and first employees, or is a handshake fine? A handshake means your co-founder can legally walk with a chunk of the IP and equity,...
Getting your first 10 customers I run a two-sided marketplace. Do I get my first customers by starting with supply or demand, and how do I avoid the empty-restaurant problem? Marketplaces die empty on both sides, so pick the side that is easier to bootstrap...

Polls

See all →
Operations How do people book time with you?
Jay Dobariya Ahesan Ali Harsh Luhar Amish Trivedi Kishan Parekh Haripriya Epuri Yash Shah Rohan Shah +12
Google Calendar appointments 9 votes · 32%
Calendly 7 votes · 25%
Cal.com 4 votes · 14%
Phone Call or Whatsapp 4 votes · 14%
Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 7%
Zoho Bookings 1 vote · 4%
See all 11 options → Sign in to vote
Operations Where does your team work from?
Aishwarya N Tushar Prajapati Rahul Sharma Pragnesh Shah Anil Motwani Ritwik Joshi Rushabh Shah Kush Prajapati
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%
See all 15 options → Sign in to vote
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%
See all 14 options → Sign in to vote
Essentials Which email service runs your work inbox?
Hirva Bhatt Aishwarya N Akshay Solanki Jatin Chaudhary Harry Rajput Rahul Sharma Chaitanya Badave Ayyan Karmakar +19
Google Workspace 20 votes · 61%
Microsoft 365 (Outlook) 6 votes · 18%
Zoho Mail 6 votes · 18%
Superhuman 1 vote · 3%
Titan 0 votes · 0%
Neo 0 votes · 0%
See all 18 options → Sign in to vote
AI Which AI assistant do you reach for first?
Aryan Panchal Jatin Chaudhary Kush Prajapati Rushabh Shah
Claude 3 votes · 60%
ChatGPT 1 vote · 20%
Gemini 1 vote · 20%
Perplexity 0 votes · 0%
Grok 0 votes · 0%
Microsoft Copilot 0 votes · 0%
See all 13 options → Sign in to vote
Product & Engineering Where do you manage projects and tasks?
Justin Lord Aishwarya N Siddhant Trivedi Amish Trivedi Pragnesh Shah Viraj Rajani
Jira 2 votes · 33%
Others 2 votes · 33%
Asana 1 vote · 17%
ClickUp 1 vote · 17%
Notion 0 votes · 0%
Linear 0 votes · 0%
See all 15 options → Sign in to vote
Sales & Marketing What powers your customer support?
Akshay Solanki
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%
See all 13 options → Sign in to vote
Sales & Marketing What do you use for forms and surveys?
Ahesan Ali Harsh Luhar Sharib Sultan Akshay Solanki Anmol Parimoo Haripriya Epuri Rohit Jain Yash Shah +5
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%
See all 12 options → Sign in to vote
Essentials Where does your team chat all day?
Ahesan Ali Himanshu Patel Jignesh Thakkar Rakesh Hansrajani Sharib Sultan Aryan Panchal Hirva Bhatt Tushar Prajapati +36
WhatsApp 23 votes · 43%
Microsoft Teams 12 votes · 23%
Google Chat 6 votes · 11%
Slack 5 votes · 9%
Zoho Cliq 3 votes · 6%
Discord 1 vote · 2%
See all 14 options → Sign in to vote
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%
See all 10 options → Sign in to vote

Asks

See all →
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

See all →
Devin’s 80% Moment: Background Agents, 7x PRs, & End of Hand-Held Coding — Walden Yan & Cole Murray Devin’s 80% Moment: Background Agents, 7x PRs, & End of Hand-Held Coding — Walden Yan & Cole Murray Latent Space
Building a 130K-Person Audience With a Team of One Building a 130K-Person Audience With a Team of One Marketing Against the Grain
Easy Way to Get Clients Without Ads or Cold DM's - FREE 2 HOUR MASTERCLASS Easy Way to Get Clients Without Ads or Cold DM's - FREE 2 HOUR MASTERCLASS The Futur
Why the Future of Video Games is Moving Back to the Dinner Table Why the Future of Video Games is Moving Back to the Dinner Table This Week in Startups
Customer-Led Growth: The SaaS Moat That Beats Better Marketing Customer-Led Growth: The SaaS Moat That Beats Better Marketing Startups for the Rest of Us
We've Never Seen an AI Like This (Claude Fable 5) We've Never Seen an AI Like This (Claude Fable 5) Bankless
Goodbye Starbucks! This is the New "Third Place" that Defeated Coffee Shops Goodbye Starbucks! This is the New "Third Place" that Defeated Coffee Shops Behind the Brand
D2C 3.0 - How to build a successful brand in India in 2026: Indian Startups News 317 D2C 3.0 - How to build a successful brand in India in 2026: Indian Startups News 317 Backstage with Millionaires
Essentials: The Science of Eating for Health, Fat Loss & Lean Muscle | Dr. Layne Norton Essentials: The Science of Eating for Health, Fat Loss & Lean Muscle | Dr. Layne Norton Huberman Lab
This VC of 10 Years Quit to Build a New AI Startup | Brij Bhasin on The Desi VC This VC of 10 Years Quit to Build a New AI Startup | Brij Bhasin on The Desi VC The Desi VC

Books

See all →
The Ideal Team Player The Ideal Team Player Patrick Lencioni
Founders at Work Founders at Work Jessica Livingston
Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Security Analysis Security Analysis Benjamin Graham and David Dodd
M
The Cold Start Problem The Cold Start Problem Andrew Chen
Work Rules! Work Rules! Laszlo Bock
How Brands Grow How Brands Grow Byron Sharp
The Total Money Makeover The Total Money Makeover Dave Ramsey
Secrets of Sand Hill Road Secrets of Sand Hill Road Scott Kupor
Masters of Scale Masters of Scale Reid Hoffman with June Cohen and Deron Triff

Watchlist

See all →
Docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires: India Cautionary founder cases on ambition, leverage, fraud and what happens when growth...
TV Series Made for Love A pointed look at surveillance products and founder god complexes.
TV Series Industry Honest about ambition, performance pressure and the culture of high finance.
Jaymin Bhavsar
TV Series Silicon Valley Four engineers try to build a company without losing the company.
Viraj Rajani Jatin Chaudhary Jaymin Bhavsar Harsha Bhurani Yash Shah +2
TV Series Breaking Bad Often read as a study of product quality, scaling, distribution and ruthless growth.
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 Guilty Minds Useful on building a practice, ethics and the business behind the law.
Docuseries Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. A reminder that operators can be manipulated and businesses can unravel fast.
Docuseries Abstract: The Art of Design Excellent on craft, taste and how design shapes products and brands.
Film Padman A social entrepreneurship story about solving a real problem against ridicule and...
Rahul Sharma Dhruv Dattani

AI tools

See all →
Writing & content Notion AI Share how you use it →
Assistants Gemini 3 founders use it
Rushabh Shah Vishal Tiwari Dhruv Dattani
Share how you use it →
Assistants DeepSeek Share how you use it →
Meetings & notes Fireflies.ai 1 founder use it
Vishal Tiwari
Share how you use it →
Assistants Le Chat Share how you use it →
Design & images Ideogram Share how you use it →
Coding Replit Share how you use it →
Video & audio Suno Share how you use it →
Video & audio CapCut 1 founder use it
Anil Motwani
Share how you use it →
Automation & agents Zapier 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.

Hungrito Upsquare Growth Iris ES Healthcare Centre Tej SolPro 58Miles Hearty Mart Magenta Insights Retner LegalWiz.in
Past events
Getting to your first 100 paying customers
Jul 2026 · Ahmedabad
eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad
Jul 2026 · Hyderabad
eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
Jul 2026 · Bengaluru
FailCode Bengaluru: Failure lessons from startups and operators
Jul 2026 · Bengaluru
Bengaluru Startup Meetup
Jul 2026 · Bengaluru
Scaling Your Startup : Surat edition
Jul 2026 · Surat
Marketing Strategies for Startup Meetup Pune
Jul 2026 · Pune
Women Founders x AI : Ahmedabad edition
Jul 2026 · Ahmedabad
DeepTech Startup Meetup Pune
Jul 2026 · Pune
Surat Startup Meetup
Jul 2026 · Surat
Mumbai Startup Meetup
Jul 2026 · Mumbai
Delhi-NCR Startup Meetup
Jul 2026 · Delhi-NCR
AI x Marketing : Ahmedabad edition
Jul 2026 · Ahmedabad
Ideation and early struggles of a startup founder : Hyderabad edition
Jul 2026 · Hyderabad
AI Cafe | Ahmedabad edition
Jul 2026 · Ahmedabad
Product Growth Playbook : Ahmedabad edition
Jul 2026 · Ahmedabad
eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
Jun 2026 · Bengaluru
eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad
Jun 2026 · Hyderabad
Bengaluru Startup Meetup
Jun 2026 · Bengaluru
eChai Startup Demo Day in Hyderabad with CoKarma
Jun 2026 · Hyderabad
FailCode Ahmedabad: Failure lessons from startups and operators
Jun 2026 · Ahmedabad
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru
Jun 2026 · Bengaluru
eChai Startup Demo Day in Surat
Jun 2026 · Surat
eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune
Jun 2026 · Pune
FailCode Surat: Failure lessons from startups and operators
Jun 2026 · Surat
Women Founders x AI : Ahmedabad edition
Jun 2026 · Ahmedabad
eChai Startup Demo Day in Delhi-NCR
Jun 2026 · Delhi-NCR
eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai
Jun 2026 · Mumbai
FailCode Pune: Failure lessons from startups and operators
Jun 2026 · Pune
AI Cafe : Ahmedabad edition
Jun 2026 · Ahmedabad
See all past events →
Getting there
DevX, 10th floor, Notus IT Park, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Marg, Vadiwadi, Vadodara - 390007.
Vadodara
Open in Maps
Past event happened on 24 Sep 2022

eChai · bringing founders together since 2009. More on eChai.Ventures →