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Startup Growth Stories from Kolkata

eChai Ventures and PitchGround will be hosting the Startup Growth Stories panel discussion and networking meetup with founders and leaders from Kolkata on 18th December, Saturday from 2 pm to 3 pm.

eChai Ventures and PitchGround will be hosting the Startup Growth Stories panel discussion and networking meetup with founders and leaders from Kolkata on 18th December, Saturday from 2 pm to 3 pm.

Saturday, 18 December 2021
2:00–3:00 PM IST
Zoom
Kolkata
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Naming your startup & domains How do famous startups actually get their names, any real examples? Most iconic names started as jokes, placeholders, or happy accidents, not committee...
Pitch deck & storytelling Should I send my deck ahead of the meeting or present it live, and how do I make a deck that works both ways? You need two versions from the same file. The send-ahead deck is self-explanatory: it...
Finding & shaping ideas Should I solve a problem I personally have, or chase a bigger market? Start with a problem you personally have or deeply understand. Founders who live the...
Founder mindset & resilience Is founder therapy or coaching actually worth it, and how do I find someone who gets startups? Yes, and treating your own head as a performance system is one of the highest-leverage...
Product design & UX basics Should I just copy the UI patterns of apps my users already use, or does that make my product forgettable? Copy the patterns, not the personality. Familiar navigation, familiar checkout,...
Getting your first 10 customers Should I charge my very first customers or give it away free to get traction? Charge them. Free users tell you polite lies; paying customers tell you the truth,...
Culture, remote & operations How do I run an offsite that actually pays for itself instead of being an expensive vacation? Pick one real outcome per offsite: align on the next two quarters, rebuild trust after...
Making the leap As a woman founder, how do I navigate family, marriage, and safety pressures specific to making this leap in India? Name the real constraints instead of pretending they do not exist: family expectations...
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Polls

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Operations Which internet provider keeps your team online?
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Jio (JioFiber / Jio Business) 9 votes · 50%
Airtel (Xstream Fiber / Airtel Business) 7 votes · 39%
BSNL 2 votes · 11%
ACT Fibernet 0 votes · 0%
Tata Play Fiber 0 votes · 0%
Spectra 0 votes · 0%
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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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People & Hiring How do you run payroll and HR?
Sharib Sultan Amish Trivedi Manan Maheshwari
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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Sales & Marketing What do you use for forms and surveys?
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Google Forms 9 votes · 64%
Microsoft Forms 2 votes · 14%
Typeform 1 vote · 7%
Others 1 vote · 7%
Youform 1 vote · 7%
Tally Forms 0 votes · 0%
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Money & Legal Which bank do you use and recommend for your startup?
Hirva Bhatt Akshay Solanki Kishan Parekh Harsha Bhurani Ayyan Karmakar Brijesh Tekrawala Chinmay Parekh Pragnesh Shah +23
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HDFC Bank 9 votes · 25%
Kotak Mahindra Bank 8 votes · 22%
IDFC First Bank 2 votes · 6%
State Bank of India 1 vote · 3%
Yes Bank 1 vote · 3%
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AI Which AI assistant do you reach for first?
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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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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?
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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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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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Essentials Which email service runs your work inbox?
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Google Workspace 20 votes · 61%
Microsoft 365 (Outlook) 6 votes · 18%
Zoho Mail 6 votes · 18%
Superhuman 1 vote · 3%
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Asks

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Partnerships & BD I'm looking for resellers or agency partners. I'm open to co-marketing or a partnership with another... Pragnesh Shah
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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
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Podcasts

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