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Three days later, still thinking about GTM in Surat

Herik Jaguwala on the Surat edition of GTM & Distribution for Startups: how startups actually find their first customers and turn free users into paying ones.

Herik Jaguwala 25 Aug 2026

3 Days Later, But Still Thinking About It !!!

On 22nd August, I attended โ€œ๐†๐“๐Œ & ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ: ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ ๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€ by eChai Ventures .

It was not just about GTM theory. What I really liked was learning how ๐†๐“๐Œ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ at the ground level, how ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, build ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, use ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , create ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐, and turn free users into ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

A few things I took away:
โ€ข Start with the customer, not just the product.
โ€ข Use education and value to build trust.
โ€ข Networking can become a strong distribution channel.
โ€ข Test paid + organic channels and see what actually works.
โ€ข For B2B, understand the use case and teach the customer how to use your product.
โ€ข Keep multiple touchpoints before expecting a conversion.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž: "A good product is only half the game. Distribution and GTM decide how far it can actually go."

Thanks to the ๐ž๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ (Vishal Chopra, Chintan P. & Yash Agarwal) For sharing such amazing insights that make any founder or GTM person think twice while creating a strategy for their product or startup! ๐Ÿ™Œ

#GTM #Startups #Distribution #Entrepreneurship #eChai #Surat #StartupIndia #B2B #Growth #GTMStrategy #GoToMarket #TechStrategy #B2BSaaS #StartupGrowth

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