The Startup Operator

Roundup #27: Zeta achieves Unicorn status, Fundraises in the past week and more!

30 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Zeta Achieves unicorn status...

EP 94 : SaaS for Skill Assessments | Amit D Mishra (Founder & CEO, iMocha)

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amit is the founder and CEO of iMocha, a skills assessment solution API platform that helps organizations with their hiring. Previously he was the fou...

EP 93 : Digitizing Indian SMBs | Rahul Raj (Founder & CEO, Flobiz)

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rahul is the founder and CEO of Flobiz, a company that primarily builds billing and inventory management softwares for Indian SMBs and works towards d...

Roundup #26: PhonePe and Groww's acquisitions, Fundraises in the past week and more!

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Agnikul Cosmos and Skyroot Aer...

EP 92: Simplifying Compliance | Rishi Agrawal (CEO, Avantis Regtech)

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Agrawal is the CEO of Avantis Regtech, a regulatory technology startup that offers a multi-tenant, SAAS solution on its web and mobile platforms...

EP 91 : Fighting Covid with AI | Divyaansh & Utkarsh (Founders, Introbot)

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Utrkarsh Roy(@utkarsh_roy) and Divyaansh Anuj(@divyaanshanuj) are the founders of Introbot(@introbotAI), a WhatsApp chabot providing instant help for ...

EP 90 : Storytelling for Startups | Aakriti Bhargava (Co-founder & COO, Wizikey)

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Aakriti is the Co-founder and COO at Wizikey,  a SaaS-based, data-driven communications suite for PR for startups. Prior to Co-founding Wizikey, she ...

EP 89 : Managing Captables | Ravi Ravulaparthi (Co-founder and CEO, Qapita)

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ravi is a co-founder and CEO of Qapita, a digital equity management platform. Ravi is an angel investor in several startups. He has previously worked ...

Roundup #25: Wayne Burgess joins Ola electric, DRDO & 5C networks' diagnostic Algorithm and more!

09 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -    👉🏽 Rapido's fundraise  👉🏽...

EP 88 : Investing in Enterprise Tech | Shruti Gandhi (General Partner & Founding Engineer, Array VC)

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Shruti is an engineer and a data and ML enthusiast and is currently a general partner at Array VC. Previously she was an early stage venture capital i...

EP 87 : Building Food Tech | Eshwar Vikas (Co-founder & CEO, Mukunda Foods)

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Eshwar is the co-founder and the CEO of Mukunda foods, a cutting edge food tech company with inhouse R&D, that automates kitchens and is used in sever...

Roundup #24: Urban Company goes unicorn, Zomato files for IPO and more!

02 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -    👉🏽 Urban Company's fundraise ...

EP 86 : Investing in the next billion | Ritu Verma (Co Founder & Managing Partner, Ankur Capital)

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ritu is one of the co-founders at Ankur. She worked on bringing innovation from lab to the market for a decade in Unilever and Philips. She has also w...

EP 85 : Branding for Startups | Meeta Malhotra (Founder, The Hard Copy)

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Meeta is the founder of The Hard Copy, a resource for building a modern-day, digital-first, design-led brand. She has helped to create some of India’...

Roundup #23: Chargebee's unicorn status, Razorpay's new valuation and more!

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -   👉🏽 Chargebee's unicorn status 👉...

EP 84 : 'Alchemy' for Startups | Rory Sutherland (Vice Chairman, Ogilvy UK)

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rory is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, he has co-founded a behavioral science practice within the agency. Prior to becoming the Vice Chairman, Rory was ...

EP 83 : Solving Mental Health | Jo Aggarwal, Co-founder & CEO, Wysa

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Aggarwal is the co-founder and CEO of Wysa, a mental health app improvement app company. Prior to founding Wysa, she was the head of technology and...

Roundup #22: Amazon's New venture fund, Flipkart's Acquisition and more!

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha recapped last week's episodes with Satya Prabhakar and Kashyap Deorah...

EP 82 : Being a 4x Entrepreneur | Kashyap Deorah (Founder, Hypertrack)

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kashyap is a serial entrepreneur. He has successfully built and sold 3 companies and is currently the CEO of his fourth startup, Hypertrack. Prior to ...

EP 81 : Helping Indian SMEs | Satya Prabhakar (Founder, Sulekha)

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Satya Prabhakar is the CEO of Sulekha, an Indian firm funded by GIC, Norwest and Mitsui . He worked at Honeywell as an engineer and AT&T as a business...

Roundup #21: India's Unicorn Frenzy, WazirX's NFT marketplace and more!

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -    👉🏽 India's Unicorn Frenzy: Mee...

EP 80 : From Founder to Investor | Priya Mohan | Early Stage Investor, Venture Highway

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Priya Mohan is a banker and founder turned investor. She was co-founder at Vidyartha, an edtech startup that was acquired by BYJU's. In this episode s...

EP 79 : Common Business Mistakes | Andrew Stotz (Entrepreneur, Investor, Podcaster)

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Stotz is a serial entrepreneur, an active value investor and a podcaster where he talks to people about their worst investments in life. In thi...

EP 78 : Building in Fintech | Anand Agrawal (Co-Founder & CTO, Credgenics) | Engineering Manager Series

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anand Agrawal founded Credgenics, a platform working with financial institutions, Banks, NBFCs to improve their collections efficiency using technolog...

EP 77 : Design, Startups & the Creator Economy | Abhinav Chhikara (Founder, 10K Designers)

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Abhinav started his career in designing back in 2011. Since then, he has worked with 50+ founders and startups across USA, Europe and India. Buildi...

Roundup #20: SEBI's new listing norms, SPAC for Indian Startups, MOBIKWIK's IPO & more

28 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of the Startup Operator Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussed Startup fundraises in the past week, SEBI's new listing norms and ho...

EP 76 : Crypto for India | Nischal Shetty (Founder, WazirX)

27 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast does not constitute investment, financial, trading, or any other sort of advice. Do conduct your ...

EP 75 : Engineering for Scale | Anshu Prateek (Head of Engineering - Grab)

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anshu heads the SRE and engineering infrastructure (systems) operations for Grab Financial Group across SE Asia on AWS, Azure, GCP, AzureStack, and ba...

Roundup #19: Stripe, PolicyBazaar, Delhivery, Google, Zoho & more

21 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -   👉🏽 Stripe's valuation  👉🏽...

EP 74 : Behind the Big Billion Day | Deepti Agrawal, Director of Engineering - Flipkart | Engineering Manager Series

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Deepti Agrawal has been the Director of Engineering at Flipkart for over 9 years and has held multiple roles in the company. She is not only witness t...

EP 73 : Building in EdTech | Pooja Goyal (Co-founder, Avishkaar)

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pooja Goyal joined Avishkaar as the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer in September 2020. She brings with her over 20 years of global leadership e...

EP 72 : Early Stage Investing with Pratik Poddar (Principal, Nexus Venture Partners

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nexus Venture Partners (www.nexusvp.com) is India’s leading venture capital fund, with offices in India and Silicon Valley. It has over $1.5B under ...

EP 71 : Building Engineering Culture | Pankaj Risbood, Co-founder & CTO, Zendrive | Engineering Manager Series

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Solving big data engineering problems, scaling an engineering team, and building core technology products - that's Pankaj's forte.   With 19+ year...

Roundup #17: Razorpay's Esop, Flipkart plans IPO, Tiger Global's new investments and more!

07 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -    👉🏽 Startup fundraise over the ...

EP 70 - Building Enterprise Tech | Sujay Koduri (SVP-Engineering, Vymo) | Engineering Manager Series

06 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sujay Koduri heads engineering at Vymo which is one of the fastest growing enterprise tech startups in the world. Prior to working at Vymo he was the ...

The Why, What, and How of The Startup Operator - Roshan Cariappa

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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Roundup #16: Zomato, Zetwork, Doubtnut, Orios' Indian Tech Unicorn Report and more!

28 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Startup fundraise over the p...

EP 69 : Early-Stage Investing | Prayank Swaroop (Partner, Accel)

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To learn more about the nuances of early-stage startup investing, we have with us today Prayank Swaroop, a Partner at Accel, who invests in B2B, Consu...

Roundup #15 : KreditBee, Ally.io, Venture Capital, Space Innovation, Tapchief, and more

21 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Hot takes and news from the ...

EP 68 : Transitioning from an Engineer to an Engineering Leader | Chetan Kalyan (VP - Engineering, Meesho)

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Meesho is India's largest social commerce platform, on a mission to enable anyone to start their businesses with zero investment. Our entrepreneurs la...

EP: 67 | SaaS, Startups and More | Indus Khaitan ( Founder & CEO, Quolum ) | The Startup Operator

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Indus Khaitan is a serial entreprenuer, he founded one of the earliest startup accelerators in India "The Morpheus Gang", he was the head of growth at...

Roundup #14 - Koo, India Quotient, BharatPe, 2021 IPOs & more

14 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 👉🏽 hot takes on the week that was i...

EP 66 : Disrupting India's Mobile Gaming Space | Keerti Singh (Co-Founder, Hitwicket)

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hitwicket is an AI-powered gaming platform that was launched in 2015. In 2020 the startup won 1st position in the 'AatmaNirbhar Bharat Innovation Chal...

EP 65 : Being a travel startup during covid | Hari Ganapathy (Co-Founder, PickYourTrail)

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Started in 2014, PickYourTrail is India’s biggest online D-I-Y holiday booking platform that empowers users to curate customized holidays. PickYourT...

Roundup #13 - Darwinbox, PhonePe, Pinelabs, Byju's and more

07 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 hot takes on the week that w...

EP 64 : Keeping Employees Healthy | Kiran Kalakuntla (Founder & CEO - ekincare)

30 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ekincare is a healthcare startup that creates measured and personalized healthcare plans that reduce healthcare costs for employers. The startup also ...

EP 63 : How did Khatabook get 1 Cr. MSME clients? | Ved Prakash (VP, Growth & Marketing)

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Khatabook is a mobile app that facilitates bookkeeping for small businesses or "Kirana" shops. The app was launched in 2018 and has quickly gained mor...

EP 62 : The Untold Flipkart Story & More - Mihir Dalal (Journalist & Author)

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Staring as an assistant producer with CNBC TV18, India’s largest business television network, Mihir has over a decade in business journalism focusin...

EP 61 : What is the future of Indian Agritech? | Ananda Verma (Co-founder & CEO, Fasal)

10 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Farmers rely heavily on traditional cropping calendars and their experiences to maximize their yields. But even experienced farmers have not always be...

EP 60 : Investing in India | Anant Vidur Puri (Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners)

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are consumer tech & enterprise SaaS really that different?   In this episode of The Startup Operator, Roshan spoke with Anant Vidur Puri of Bessemer...

EP 59 : Sailing in a Storm: Making a crisis work for you | A discussion with the Author - TN Hari

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The COVID-19 pandemic was a bolt from the blue. The world never expected it; neither was it prepared. This is a kind of crisis that most of us are unl...

EP 58 - What did you do this year? | Devaiah Bopanna (Co-Founder, All Things Small)

27 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is it.    The end of 2020 is almost here.   We have Devaiah Bopanna (ex-AIB) with us again to round up the year that was. In this episode, w...

EP 57 : Can you fight Lifestyle Diseases with Tech? | Vivek Subramanyam (Founder, CEO @ AltLife)

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

About a billion people in the world suffer from lifestyle diseases. What’s more discomforting is that the numbers are hurtling to a staggering 2 bil...

EP 56 : Should you fund your SaaS startup with revenue? | Prasanna Krishnamoorthy (Partner - Upekkha Catalyst)

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of The Startup Operator, Roshan invites Prasanna Krishnamoorthy, who is a partner at Upekkha Catalyst. Upekkha helps founders bu...

EP 55 : Scaling a content business | Ranjeet Pratap Singh (Co-founder, Pratilipi)

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What would you do if you never got enough to read in your own language? Today, we have with us Ranjeet who co-founded Pratilipi to ensure that his re...

EP 54 : Marketing Review 2020 | Ashwin S L (VP - Marketing, MoEngage)

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

One of the first episodes that we uploaded was back during the first leg of the lockdown. It was a conversation featuring Ashwin SL of MoEngage on how...

EP 53 : Demystifying Venture Capital | Sameer Brij Verma (MD, Nexus Venture Partners)

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sameer Brij Verma, Managing Director of Nexus Venture Partners, started his journey in India’s venture capital ecosystem back in 2007. That year, he...

EP 52 : Enabling Community Commerce | Anup Pai (Founder, eSamudaay)

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anup Pai is the founder of eSamudaay, India’s first community commerce platform. eSamudaay aims to enable community commerce across cities and towns...

EP 51 : Expanding to Southeast Asia | Arijit Chakraborty (MD, Asia - Cover Genius)

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With more than 15 years of experience, Arijit Chakraborty has been in senior leadership roles with global insurers such as Manulife and Zurich. He is ...

EP 50 : Design for Startups | Deepa Bachu (Partner & CEO - Pensaar Design)

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Deepa Bachu has had an illustrious career in using technology to revolutionize the lives of millions, globally. Through Pensaar Design, Deepa has taug...

EP 49 : Building a Company | Harpreet (Co-founder, CoCubes)

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A now entrepreneur turned investor and author, Harpreet had co-founded  CoCubes, an online assessments firm, in 2007 with his co-founder Vibhore Goya...

EP 48 : Growth Stage Investing | Ashish Dave (CEO, Mirae Asset Venture Investments)

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ashish is the CEO at Mirae Asset Venture Investment (India) with a focus on opportunities in Mobile, Internet, Fintech space. With a fund size of USD ...

EP 47 : Building in Edtech | Saurabh Saxena, Founder & CEO - Uable

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Saurabh is a 3x Ed tech entrepreneur. He was earlier Co-founder at Vedantu, which is valued at $600M as of Nov 2020 and is one of the most successful ...

EP 46 : Being Future Ready | Harish & Ramanand, Co-Founders - Choose to Thinq

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There is a lot of talk about "being future ready", but most of this centers around specific technologies or certifications and don't address higher or...

EP 45 : Building Engaged Communities | Sahiba Sethi - Founder CEO, HelloMeets

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a startup operator, you would have attended many events and meetups to connect with your counterparts from other startups. HelloMeets is one of the...

EP 44 : Evolution of SaaS | Srikanth Sunderarajan (General Partner, Ventureast)

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Srikanth Sundararajan is an innovator, technologist, entrepreneur, professor, and investor.  He has 30+ years of global experience in the softwar...

EP 43 : Building in Healthcare | Rekuram Varadharaj (Co-founder, Healthi)

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rekuram Varadharaj, or RV as he is known to all, is the Co-founder and COO at Healthi, India’s fastest growing preventive healthcare company. At Hea...

EP 42 : Investing in Insurtech | Shwetank Verma (Co-Founder, Leo Capital)

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An operator turned founder turned investor, Shwetank has lived and experienced the entire spectrum of the startup journey. Based out of Singapore, he ...

EP 41 : Making Life Better Off-Screen | Lal Chand Bisu (Co-Founder & CEO - KuKu FM)

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

People lose countless hours to mundane activities such as commuting, chores, and staring at their phones. What if we could turn these little blocks of...

EP 40 : Building an App Business | Snehanshu Gandhi (Co-founder, Sorted AI / Kaagaz Scanner)

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The biggest irony about over-night success stories is that they were in years of making. Kaagaz Scanner came under the spotlight after it received a s...

EP 39 : Data Driven Execution | Vedanarayanan Vedantham (SME Business Head, Razorpay)

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Razorpay has been one of India's most prominent fintech businesses that have seen rapid growth since its inception. The company was founded in 2014 as...

EP 38 : Investing in India's growth story | Anurag Ramdasan (Principal, 3one4 Capital)

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An engineer turned investor, Anurag Ramdasan heads Investments at 3one4 Capital, that recently raised $100 Million to fund early-stage startups. Some ...

EP 37 : Evolution of Marketing | Jessie Paul (Founder, Paul Writer | ex-CMO, Wipro)

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An author, CEO, & an Operator, but firstly, Jessie Paul is a marketer. In her marketing career spanning over 25 years, she has grown from being an acc...

EP 36 : Partnerships & Remote Work | Amanda Marochko (Head of Strategic Partnerships, Buffer)

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An explorer, technology enthusiast, and entrepreneur, Amanda is currently heading Buffer's diverse group of product partnerships & integrations. In a ...

EP 35 : Building Assistive Tech | Narayanan (CEO, Avaz)

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After having completed his studies in the US, Narayanan "Nadu" Ramakrishnan returned to India to build assistive technology products that empower mank...

EP 34 : Impact Investing | Rasima Swarup (Catalyst Fund)

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After having worked with Deloitte's Identity and Access Management practice in India and later in Australia as a Senior Analyst, Rasima joined BFA in ...

EP 33 : Understanding Agritech | Rajeev & Rajkumar (Payagri) and Alekh Sanghera (Farmart)

05 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first ever panel discussion, aka Huddles, of The Startup Operator Podcast!  We hosted Rajeev & Rajkumar, Co-Founders of Payagri, and A...

EP 32 : A Junior VC | Aviral Bhatnagar (Guild Capital)

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Aviral is a senior associate at Guild Capital, focusing primarily on early-stage startup investments. He has led Guild's investments into Wink&Nod, Me...

EP 31 : Building Uber in India with Akshay BD | Founding Team Member - Uber India

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Akshay was one of the first hires from Uber's expansion to India. A lawyer turned operator turned 'Solepreneuer', Akshay currently works with founders...

EP 30 : VR for Therapy with Veena Somareddy | Co-Founder & CTO - Neuro Rehab VR

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Veena Somareddy is pioneering efforts to bring virtual reality to healthcare. She is the co-founder and CTO at NeuroRehabVR, a VR healthcare start-up ...

EP 29 : Building Shopify India | Vargab Bakshi (Employee #1, Shopify India)

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

While working with Google India after college, Vargab would write to the exec team at Shopify to express his admiration for the company, Soon later, h...

EP 28 : Building a D2C Brand with Ganesh & Utkarsh | Co-Founders - Flatheads

07 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ganesh and Utkarsh had earlier started MomoE, a fintech startup, which was acquired by Shopclues in 2016. In 2018, the duo started a D2C brand - Flath...

EP 27 : Software Testing & Quality with Pradeep Soundararajan | Moolya Testing

01 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are back with another great interview with none other than Pradeep Soundararajan of Moolya Testing. An author, evangelist, and founder, Pradeep bri...

EP 26 : Winning in the Sharing Economy | Abhishek Lahiri (Chief Strategy Officer, Zolo Stays)

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Abhishek leads strategic initiatives at India's India's largest Co-Living platform - Zolo Stays. He was a full-time trader with Deutsche Bank for 5+ y...

EP 25 : Building a SaaS business with Thiyagarajan | Co-founder - Upekkha

25 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Roshan invites Thiyagarajan Maruthavanan, or Rajan, to The Startup Operator Podcast. Rajan has been an engineer, CEO of an early-stag...

EP 24 : Building a profitable venture | Santosh Panda (Co-founder, Explara)

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Santosh is the co-founder & CEO of Explara.com - India’s leading experiences marketplace. An operator turned founder, turned mentor - he founded Exp...

EP 23 : PR for Startups with Ravi Shankar | CEO @ Aim High Consulting

17 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Co-founder & CEO of Aim High Consulting, Ravi has led some of the best-known PR campaigns for startups in India, ranging from the likes of Flipkart an...

EP 22 : Building a Super-App with Aakash Dharmadhikari | ex-CPO @ Gojek

12 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We had to talk to Aakash after hearing rave reviews from Sidu Ponappa. He joined Gojek in 2016 as Chief Product Officer with the acquisition of C42 En...

EP 21 : 0 to $50M in Sales with Abhijeet Vijayvergiya | Former President & MD - Capillary Technologies

10 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

One of Asia's leading SaaS startups, Capillary Technologies has rapidly expanded its footprint across the Asia Pacific. Abhijeet has assisted the comp...

EP 20 : Insurtech Ecosystem with Rahul Mathur | Startup Lead @ Accenture

05 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rahul Mathur works as a Startup Lead at Accenture's Fintech Innovation Lab. In this episode of The Startup Operator Podcast, we talk to Rahul about ho...

EP 19 : Engineering Management with Sidu Ponnappa | SVP - Engineering @ Gojek

27 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sidu Ponnappa spearheads engineering efforts for one of the world's most valuable startup - Gojek. His LinkedIn bio mentions that he is an engineer by...

EP 18 : Finance for Startups with Pradyumna Nag (Prequate)

21 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chartered Accountant turned entrepreneur, Pradyumna Nag calls himself a growth-focused outsourced CFO helping CxO's achieve their goals in a fast and ...

EP 17 : Evaluating early-stage startups with Anand Datta (Nexus Venture Partners)

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What makes a winning startup?  Having been a founder before becoming a venture capitalist, Anand Datta, Vice President of Nexus Venture Partners, sha...

EP 16 : Understanding Angel Investing with Dhruv & Ajay (Anicut Capital)

17 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What is it like to be on the other side of the table while raising funds?  We spoke with Dhruv Ranjan and Ajay Anand of Anicut Capital to understand ...

EP 15 : Transitioning from Services to Products with Varun Shah | Co-Founder of Eccentric Engine

14 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Varun co-founded Eccentric Engine - a creative tech company, in 2012. Eccentric Engine currently partners with leading Automotive OEMs and their Deale...

EP 14 : Media, Storytelling & Startups with Jayadevan PK (Evangelist @ Freshworks)

14 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jayadevan PK is an evangelist at Freshworks for startups. He has worked in the media for over 10 years now and has also started his media house - Fact...

EP 13 : Building an Electric Sports Bike out of India | In conversation with Narayan & Niraj - Ultraviolette Automative

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How do you build a new market category?  In this episode, we will be taking with Narayan Subramaniam & Niraj Ram, co-founders of Ultraviolette Autom...

EP 12 : Shifts in consumer behaviour & how the Product function has evolved| In conversation with Ravdeep Chawla (HelloFresh)

06 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ravdeep leads the Product Function for Berlin-based startup, HelloFresh. Prior to joining HelloFresh, he has been part of multiple leading consumer-te...

EP 11: Building and Scaling a People Function - Hari TN (Head of HR, Big Basket) | Leadership | Hypergrowth | The Startup Operator

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Over the weekend, we hosted Hari TN. - Head of Human Resources at Bigbasket. Hari has been a part of the management team at multiple startups and has ...

EP 10: Enterprise Marketing Principles - Devdutt Manay (Head of Enterprise Marketing - Exotel) | Go To Market | Expansion | The Startup Operator

31 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Driving growth for mid-sized businesses via GTM and integrated marketing strategies, Devdutt, or Dev, heads enterprise marketing for cloud communicati...