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Vindhya C on demystifying product management and how to go from MVP to 'minimum loveable product'
Our guest today is Vindhya C, who is something of a products management aficionado. In 2019, Vindhya was named product manager of the year by Hacker Noons, an online community of techies. She is a co-founder at OnThatJob, an e-learning startup, and currently works on products at Pexels, a curated photos and videos platform. Vindhya writes a blog on the subject and consults with startups on launching and improving their software products
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Tyler Sloat on selling marbles in fifth grade, products culture, the IPO and the billion-dollar aspiration at Freshworks
Our guest today is Tyler Sloat, CFO at Freshworks. Tyler is a software industry veteran and, most recently, is credited with being instrumental in Freshworks's successful IPO. Six months on, Freshworks crossed the $100 million quarterly revenue mark. In this conversation, Tyler looks back at how he got onto a career track that made him a successful CFO. He also talks about Freshworks's next target of a billion dollars in revenue, and how the products culture within the company will get it there
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Founding partners at Upsparks on going from bootstrapped CPaaS venture to IPO to micro VC investors
Our guests today are Mohamad Faraz, Shivam Prasad, and Vinay Jain, founding partners at Upsparks, a micro VC firm that the entrepreneurs-turned-investors started in 2020. In this conversation, they talk about bootstrapping a communications platform-as-a-service business at a time when there were no playbooks in India and seeing it go through an acquisition and eventually the IPO of the parent business—an experience that they want to offer startup founders, along with their cheques
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30 Under 30 Class of 2022: A quick low down
The 2022 Class of Forbes India 30 Under 30 is the epitome of diversity, excellence, and the spirit to make the most of the odds that life throws at us. Forbes India's Ruchika Shah gives you a quick low-down in the list. Best heard while browsing through the full list
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Ritu Verma at Ankur Capital on a journey from squishy molecules researcher to venture capital investor
Our guest today is Ritu Verma, cofounder and managing partner at Ankur Capital. Ritu started as a physicist but wanted to be in a world where science is applied to make useful things. In today's conversation, Ritu talks about realising that ambition as a venture capital investor backing science-led startups and the challenges it presents. By the way, it's the international day of women and girls in science today
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Amitava Saha at Xpressbees on the convergence in the logistics industry, the path to IPO
Our guest today is Amitava Saha, co-founder and CEO of Xpressbees. He has just taken his company to a billion dollars in valuation and has an IPO on the horizon. In this conversation, Amitava talks about how the logistics industry is becoming much more tech-enabled and a convergence he sees in the operations of his largest customers
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Aayush Ghosh Choudhury at Scrut Automation on bringing SaaS innovation to governance, risk and compliance
Our guest today is Aayush Ghosh Choudhury, co-founder and CEO at Scrut Automation, a venture focused on automating processes related to governance, risk and compliance. In this conversation, Aayush talks about the innovations that are built into Scrut, and plans ahead, after a recent funding round that saw the young venture get the backing of Endiya Partners and Lightspeed
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Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka at Skyroot on their ambition to launch a rocket a day
Our guests today are Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka, co-founders of Skyroot Aerospace, who are preparing to flight test their first space rocket by the end of this year. In this conversation, Pawan and Bharath talk about their aspiration to be a launch vehicle provider of choice, with the ability to launch a rocket a day, on demand
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Dinesh Varadharajan at Kissflow on how less can be more in a highly relevant product
Our guest today is Dinesh Varadharajan, vice president and chief product officer at Kissflow, a no-code software pioneer. In this conversation, Varadharajan talks about lessons in perfecting a product, like how less can be more and pitfalls to avoid. He also talks about Kissflow's next product—a low-code software package with advanced customisation features aimed at the IT team
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Achuthanand T Ravi, co-founder and CEO at Kula, on surfacing passive, hidden talent for recruiters
Our guest today is Achuthanand Tanjore Ravi, co-founder and CEO of Kula, a startup that is aiming to make life easier for recruiters around the world. In this conversation, Achuthanand talks about his own experience dealing with the frustration of finding the right talent quickly in multiple companies that he worked with, and the lessons and customer feedback that has gone into some of the innovations in the product Kula.ai
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Arun Vinayak, CEO of Exponent Energy, on the quest for ultra-fast charging for EVs
Our guest today is Arun Vinayak, co-founder and CEO of Exponent Energy, a battery and charging technologies provider for the electric vehicle market in India. Vinayak, who was part of the founding team and chief product officer at e-scooter maker Ather Energy, started Exponent in 2020 to tackle the problem of quickly getting power into EV batteries from the grid. He has raised about $6 million in funding so far and expects to see his products in the market this year