Eventful saturday, hosted the panel discussion and eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai for eChai Ventures (Jatin Chaudhary) in collaboration with DevX 💪.

Pawan Lakhwani (Dream Incubator) & Anuvrat Pandey (Prath Ventures) have graced the panel & shared the VC perspective on how startups should approach fund raising & building a cap table. 🚀

Demoday encompassed pitches from:

1. Vaibhav Shenoy (Genius Search): A conversational search engine trying to revolutionize search experience but making it move interactive & converstational. 🔎

2. Hartaj Trehan (OptimX Sports): Helping sports team build & manage their website, online store, event roster and ticketing within 30 minutes. 🏉

3. Samar Raj (Way2Cure): Serving as a one stop solution for healthcare services and compassionate care, pre & post hospitalization. 🏥

4. Vijay Chouhan (Costan): Building a next generation tool for content creators and influencers. 🌎

5. Sneha Thakkar (Woople Foods): Pioneering in woodapple jam by combining traditional flavors with modern culinary techniques.

Had an amazing time on the eChai's panel discussion last weekend about D2C startups, alongside Sanil Jain of 'The Better Shop' and Aayush Poddar of 'The Messy Corner'. 🚀

One of the highlights of the event was the exceptional quality of questions from the audience. 💡

Drawing from my own experiences, I was able to contribute to the discussion by sharing insights from my journey of building Clapper 🎬, and working with SUGAR Cosmetics.

Building Clapper, has given me a unique perspective on engaging with a young and dynamic audience. Understanding their preferences and constantly innovating to meet their needs has been key to our success. 💪

Whereas working with SUGAR Cosmetics has helped to understand the significance of branding and marketing in the beauty and personal care sector.

I hope that the insights shared during the session will inspire others to embark on their own journey. 🙏

What a fantastic session it was! 🚀

First off, 🙌 Huge thanks to Aanchal Verma for the incredible LinkedIn post summarizing the event.

📝 Your attention to detail and the key points covered are nothing short of phenomenal.

👏 It's members like you who make these discussions even more impactful and enjoyable.

👥 Being on the panel with such insightful individuals was truly an honor!

🌐 The perspectives shared were not only eye-opening but also invaluable. As a panelist, I walked away with exceptional insights that will undoubtedly shape the way our team approaches working with the government.

🤝 Kudos to Sachin Bhavsar of Goa Myles and my fellow panelist Dhruv Chopra for inspiring this positive change towards government!

😄Hats off to Angana Chatterjee for bringing the perfect blend of humor and insight to our discussion! 🤣

🙏 Gratitude overflowing for eChai Ventures that provided an amazing platform to connect and collaborate! 🌐✨

✨Lastly, a huge shoutout to my biggest cheerleader Kanhai Porecha!
Here's to the one who believes in me even when I doubt myself. 🥂

💡 I hope my contributions added value to the discussion, and it's heartening to witness connections being forged over this social platform.

🤝 Let's keep the conversation going! 🗣️

🔍 Looking forward to staying connected with all of you.

🌐 Feel free to reach out via LinkedIn DM if you have any questions, thoughts, or just want to continue the conversation. 📬

🚀 Here's to more insightful discussions, valuable connections, and positive transformations! 🌟 Let's make a difference together!

We are coming to Delhi this Saturday, 17th February, 2024

We have fab lineup of speakers joining to highlight THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICES: IMPLEMENTING BLOCKCHAIN IN INDIA.

RSVP: https://lu.ma/nzud9v7j

Let me take you back to where it all began - how I crossed paths with my co-founders, Bharat and Vipul. We were buddies who embarked on our entrepreneurial journey in 2011 with our SAAS venture, "Depasser Infotech," where we dabbled in tech services. Fast forward to 2016, the eCommerce scene picked up pace, and we decided to dive into that realm alongside our existing venture. However, navigating the eCommerce landscape proved challenging, especially with the logistical hurdles we encountered. During this time, Vipul reached out to his friend Paresh, who had a wealth of experience in logistics, seeking advice on our predicament. The more we delved into it, the more apparent it became that many others in the eCommerce sphere faced similar issues.

That's when Paresh brought Nikul into the fold, leveraging his expertise in logistics and finance. In 2017, the five of us came together to launch iThink Logistics. We each brought something unique - Vipul's strategic acumen, my knack for communication, Bharat's tech savviness, Paresh's operational prowess, and Nikul's financial wizardry. With a shared vision to transform eCommerce logistics, iThink Logistics was born.

Today, we proudly stand with over 10,000+ eCommerce brands, providing them with a one-stop solution for all their logistics needs.

Taniya Biswas

and I are sisters – we met when she was born (since she is younger to me)! But the decision to become co-founders was made roughly a decade ago. We toyed with a few ideas before finally founding Suta in 2016.

Before co-founding Suta, Taniya (Ta) and I were both passionate about creating a venture of our own, which would serve the greater good. We both let go of lucrative corporate jobs, driven by this vision and our passion for meaningful change. Suta was born of our own nostalgic love for cotton sarees – those worn by the womenfolk in our homes. 

We wanted to bring back sarees into the mainstream as versatile garments for everyday wear, instead of being relegated to pujas and festivities alone. That’s how Suta came to be. 

Today, we’re focused on reviving heirloom Indian crafts through our products and finding them audiences across India and even internationally. Our motto is to ensure that the weavers and artisans we work with (17,000+) have a regular source of income, the means and motivation to pursue their crafts, and do not have to migrate from their ancestral homes to larger cities in search of work.

As co-founders, we follow a very fluid process and both of us jointly undertake our responsibilities. We believe that we work best when we work together, and that our two minds are better than either by itself. That said, I am better with more analytical processes and decisions, while Ta is a creative minefield. 

We are hiring! 

We have the following open positions (minimum 2 years experience for all profiles) 

- Social Media Manager
- Backend Javascript Developer (NodeJS) 
- Salesperson for closing x 3 (On high commission basis) 

Location: Remote 
Role: Full Time

If you have experience in SaaS industry, then you will be preferred 

Sales is easy people overcomplicate it.

Here are 10 sales book that everyone should read to become better with sales. (I have marked one of them as my favorite)

1. Don't Sell Make them Buy : Upgrade Your Selling Skills by R. Mukund
Link: https://amzn.to/41dF2Au

2. Secrets Of Closing The Sale by Zig Zigler
Link: https://amzn.to/3B4L6Ap

3. Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine by Aaron Ross. (One of my favorite book of all time)
Link: https://amzn.to/3IbRGt9

4. The Challenger Sale by Brent Adamson
Link: https://amzn.to/3NI5I9k

5. To Sell is Human by Daniel H. Pink
Link: https://amzn.to/3B2nI6I

6. Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Link: https://lnkd.in/d7aAJSQq

7. Way of the Wolf: Straight line selling by Jordan Belfort
Link: https://lnkd.in/dYuPXjkJ

8. The Art of Closing the Sale by Brian Tracy
Link: https://amzn.to/3M4AVSV

9. The One Minute Sales Person by Spencer Johnson
Link: https://lnkd.in/dHvJesRs

10. How To Sell Anything To Anybody by Joe Girard
Link: https://amzn.to/3ph2NKG

These 10 books helped me a lot in learning about sales, and I'm sure they'll help you too.

Do you have any recommendation? Let me know in the comments below 👇