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Bengaluru

Startup Growth Panel: Consumer Tech

We'll have growth-stage founders and leaders from Consumer Tech startups to share their experiences and interact with the community.

We'll have growth-stage founders and leaders from Consumer Tech startups to share their experiences and interact with the community.

Wednesday, 20 January 2021
6:00–7:00 PM IST
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Grants & non-dilutive funding BIRAC vs SISFS vs a state grant: which non-dilutive scheme actually fits my startup? Match the scheme to what you're building, not to whichever form you found first. BIRAC...
Market size & timing What are TAM, SAM, and SOM and how do I actually calculate them? TAM is everyone who could ever use your category, SAM is the slice your product and...
Distribution & channel strategy As an Indian founder, how do I think about distribution for a global product? The channel is still the strategy, but pick ones that don't require you to be...
Content & SEO foundations How long does SEO take to actually bring in traffic? Realistically months, often 6-12, before content ranks and traffic compounds, it's a...
Incorporation & legal setup What is DPIIT / Startup India recognition and is it worth getting? DPIIT recognition under Startup India is a free government registration that unlocks...
Founder mental health & burnout How do I stop my mood from swinging wildly between euphoria and despair every time a metric moves? The fix is not more discipline, it is fewer inputs. Founders who check dashboards,...
Getting your first 10 customers I'm a solo technical founder and hate selling. How do I get my first customers without becoming a salesperson? You do not need to become a salesperson, but as a founder you cannot outsource the...
Product design & UX basics Why does good design actually matter for an early-stage startup? Because design is how users decide whether to trust you in the first three seconds, and...
Retention, referral & virality When should I build a referral program? Only after you already have strong word-of-mouth; a referral program adds fuel to an...
IP, licenses & regulatory How do I check if my brand name is free, and how do I trademark it in India? Before you print a single business card, run your name through the free IP India public...

Polls

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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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Product & Engineering Which cloud or hosting is your product on?
Aryan Panchal Jaymin Bhavsar Anuj Dalal Amish Trivedi Harry Rajput Nandan Shukla Rushabh Shah
AWS 4 votes · 33%
Google Cloud 2 votes · 17%
Others 2 votes · 17%
Cloudflare 1 vote · 8%
Railway 1 vote · 8%
Supabase 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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Essentials Where does your team chat all day?
Himanshu Patel Jignesh Thakkar Rakesh Hansrajani Sharib Sultan Aryan Panchal Hirva Bhatt Tushar Prajapati Manan Maheshwari +35
WhatsApp 22 votes · 42%
Microsoft Teams 12 votes · 23%
Google Chat 6 votes · 12%
Slack 5 votes · 10%
Zoho Cliq 3 votes · 6%
Discord 1 vote · 2%
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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%
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Sales & Marketing What do you schedule and manage social media with?
Yash Shah Bhavesh Patel Manan Maheshwari
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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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%
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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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Operations Which courier partner ships your orders?
Anuj Dalal Manan Maheshwari Nandan Shukla
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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Sales & Marketing What runs your marketing automation?
Jatin Chaudhary Yash Shah Rahul Kumar Viraj Rajani
HubSpot 1 vote · 25%
MoEngage 1 vote · 25%
Others 1 vote · 25%
Retner.ai 1 vote · 25%
Customer.io 0 votes · 0%
Braze 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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Why Google Is Overhauling Its AI Coding Team, OpenAI's Jalapeno Chip, Robotics AI Rift Why Google Is Overhauling Its AI Coding Team, OpenAI's Jalapeno Chip, Robotics AI Rift The Information
Higgs field gives mass to particles - physicist explains | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman Higgs field gives mass to particles - physicist explains | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast
ChatGPT Just Designed Its Own Chip. ChatGPT Just Designed Its Own Chip. Bankless
Am I Optimizing the Wrong Things? Am I Optimizing the Wrong Things? Deep Questions
LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!? LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!? The Pitch
Sophia Amoruso | Building Nasty Gal, Turning Down $400M, and Losing it All Sophia Amoruso | Building Nasty Gal, Turning Down $400M, and Losing it All The Peel
This $1.5 Trillion Industry Still Runs on Paper and Fax Machines This $1.5 Trillion Industry Still Runs on Paper and Fax Machines Y Combinator
Episode 263: From Product Leader to CEO Episode 263: From Product Leader to CEO Product Thinking
VCs React to Shark Tank: This is Ridiculous! VCs React to Shark Tank: This is Ridiculous! The Pitch
GitHub’s Agent Era: 14x Commits, 200M Developers, Copilot’s Next Act — Kyle Daigle GitHub’s Agent Era: 14x Commits, 200M Developers, Copilot’s Next Act — Kyle Daigle Latent Space

Books

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To Sell Is Human To Sell Is Human Daniel H. Pink
Storynomics Storynomics Robert McKee and Thomas Gerace
Death by Meeting Death by Meeting Patrick Lencioni
The Psychology of Selling The Psychology of Selling Brian Tracy
Information Rules Information Rules Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian
The Transparency Sale The Transparency Sale Todd Caponi
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money John Maynard Keynes
Build Better Products Build Better Products Laura Klein
Obviously Awesome Obviously Awesome April Dunford
Same as Ever Same as Ever Morgan Housel

Watchlist

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TV Series Upload Satirizes subscription products, tiered pricing and tech company power.
Jatin Chaudhary Hirva Bhatt
TV Series GLOW An underrated story about getting a risky new venture off the ground with a scrappy team.
Film The Wolf of Wall Street A loud lesson on sales energy, culture and where ambition turns toxic.
Rahul Sharma Dhruv Dattani Jaymin Bhavsar Kunjan Atara
Film Joy An inventor to entrepreneur story on patents, manufacturing and selling.
Jaymin Bhavsar
TV Series The Bold Type Light but useful on media, personal brand and ambition in a changing industry.
TV Series Physical A founder origin story about turning an idea into a personal brand business.
Film Flash of Genius A story of inventors, intellectual property and standing your ground.
Documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley A factual companion to the Theranos story on belief, ethics and investors.
TV Series Severance Work-life balance, taken literally.
TV Series Suits Useful on closing deals, managing clients and building a firm and a brand.
Utpal Vaishnav Dhruv Dattani Jaymin Bhavsar

AI tools

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