How to build successful startups. Watch this 30 mins MBA (well, almost) with K Ganesh - serial entrepreneur and investors behind successful startups like BigBasket, Portea Medical, Bluestone, HomeLane, Freshmenu.In this episode (the last one in the series), Ganesh and Ashish discuss several topics ranging from the next big opportunities in India to…

Akshayakalpa is a weird business (weird in a good way) - it is one of the largest soil management companies in India - but ended up selling milk to create a sustainable business for its stakeholders (primarily farmers). And in the process, created a 400 cr+ (~$50mn) revenue business - accidentally! My next guest in #UnPluggdWithSinha podcast is Sha…

He is one of the OGs of new age retail businesses. Raised funding - as expected great expansion plans et al. The money didn't hit the bank account (some % did) Almost lost his startup to investors - somehow got it back (had to take a loan) Activated the 'sane' mode - survived, scaled up. Meet my next guest in #UnPluggdWithSinha show - Manish Sharma…

Balkrishna Birla has started 2 of India's hottest startups - ZopNow and Asklaila. In this conversation with Ashish Sinha, he shares lessons learned building these companies - his 'Steve Jobs' moment, where he was fired from his startup to his candid take on startups - I.e startups are not sexy, there are many ways to make good money (and handling #…

Deepak Shenoy is founder and CEO of Capital Mind, a pioneering financial analytics and investment research firm. Deepak and I talk about his first startup, the early days of building CapitalMind, being rejected by VCs (heck ! this is just a blog!!!!) to building a solid business…and lessons learned scaling CapitalMind. building capitalmind from a b…

Introducing : UnPluggd with Sinha - a new show, and a refreshingly new format (none of those standard studio setups)!UnPluggd with sinha is the show where real, raw, and refreshingly candid conversations happen on the move - no made-up studios!Because the best ideas don’t need a stage – just a car, a drive, and a great guest.We are breaking away fr…

In this conversation, Ashish Sinha interviews Arvind Narayanan, professor of computer science at Princeton University and co-author of the book AI Snake Oil (https://amzn.to/402Ayiw), discussing the impact of AI on various sectors, the differences between generative and predictive AI, the challenges of AI agents, and the future of AI technology. We…

Manasij is the founder of o-founder and CEO of ZapScale, a B2B SaaS platform aimed at enhancing customer success for small businesses. Before this he started ThreadSol, a very boring B2B company building fabric management solutions for the apparel industry which was acquired by Coats. Manasij has written a wonderful book : The Economy Class founder…

Contact centers/ support offices are changing and what was seen as a boring space is..the HOTTEST space in the Gen AI world! In this episode of the Ashish Sinha Show, I talk to Gaurav Singh, founder of Verloop on how contact centers are evolving, how the ICPs are evolving and importantly, how does BPO2.0 will look like. In this episode, we talk abo…

Welcome to a new season of this podcast where I speak with Masters of AI, i.e. founders / leaders building AI applications using AI. Expect a mix of SAAS, prosumer and consumer startup founders and leaders sharing their learning building a growing AI native businesses. ------- Vijay Rayapati is a tech entrepreneur who earlier sold Minjar to Nutanix…

Welcome to one more edition of 2by2 - wherein I attempt to demystify big questions using the power of 2by2. Today, the big qn is whether your AI tool is a feature or a product. There are 2 broad parameters to look at when answering this - customer benefit (i.e. value as perceived by your customers) AND integration / implementation effort. Do listen…

Founders are often confused whether to bootstrap or raise funding? First of all, there is no right or wrong answers here. "What'ever floats your boat" is a generic advice, but there has to be a better framework for founders to make a well-informed decision. At scale (say $100mn+ revenue or Series D onwards_, startups are all about 2 things Control …

The ixigo story by Aloke : On being a cockroach to surviving and thriving! This episode brings you insights from the keynote delivered by Aloke Bajpai at UnPluggd conf, India's largest startup conference. Aloke shares the early days of ixigo and how the company survived economic downturn to VC rejections..and everything else!…

Welcome to BigIdeas - a show where I bring to you, big ideas from some of the world’s best thinkers across a diverse set of topics ranging from AI to mental health, science to philosophy. Today, my guest is Shane Parrish. Shane Parrish is widely known for creating Farnam Street, a blog, podcast and learning community. He is also the author of sever…

Writing the Amazon way: With Kintan, Ex-GM of Amazon Podcasts

Koo’s Aprameya on building, scaling a global product The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Ajey Of Sequoia Capital On How Can Founders Go about Managing Teams | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Understanding Bharat: how to speed up your GTM The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kunal Shah On Maintaining Journal And Decision Making Process | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kailash Of Zerodha On The Thinking Behind Zerodha's Scalable Architecture | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Ajey Of Sequoia Capital On Attributes That Define A Great Startup | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kunal Shah Of CRED On Idea Evaluation & Delta 4 | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Sumit Of Chingari On NFT'S : All You'd Need To Know | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Prukalpa Of Atlan On How to Control CAC In The Early Days | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kailash Of Zerodha On Zerodha's Way Of Making Technical Decisions | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Ajey Of Sequoia Capital On Prioritizing Tech vs speed: How Does One Go About It? | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Scaling your GTM for Bharat: With Reverie’s leadership team The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kunal Shah Of CRED On Founder - Cofounder Relationship | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Sumit Of Chingari On Lessons Learned Building Chingari | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Sajith Of Blume On - Is Growth Really An Important Part Of The Product Market Fit? | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kailash Of Zerodha On How Zerodha Approaches Product Development | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Ajey Gore Of Sequoia Capital On Building Empathy In Teams | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Sumit of Chinagri on DAO and impact of Chingari’s token on the structure | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Sajith Of Blume On Measuring PMF And It's Process | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kailash Of Zerodha On How Zerodha Hires Engineers. The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Ajey Gore Of Sequoia Capital On Staying Focused In the Early Stages Of Startups | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Reverie co-founder, Vivek on building for Bharat market [Part 1] The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kunal Shah Of CRED On Fund Raising | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Prukalpa Of Atlan On Atlan's GTM In Early Days | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kailash Of Zerodha On Early Days Of Zerodha | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Ajey Of Sequoia Capital On Decisions That Help Early Stage Startups | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

On Building For Bharat: Vinay Singhal Of Stage The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Kunal Shah Of CRED On Building A Great Design Team | #Shortcasts The community conversation was recorded on the award-winning FWD app, Follow ‘The Ashish Sinha’ show on your favorite podcast app Spotify | Apple | Google | Amazon | More

Decisions that help early stage startups: Ajey Gore of Sequoia Capital

Each and every startup has its own unique journey of finding Product market fit. But a broader theme is to understand what goes inside PMF, what are some of the core challenges, decisions that a company can look at and more. In this episode, Sajith Pai of Blume Ventures and Prukalpa of Atlan share their experience of PMF - Sajith as a VC and Prukal…

Startups are an act of balance – especially in the early days when you are setting up the foundation for scale. Are you spending the right amount of effort in engineering? Are you *over-engineering* the product? How can you get the architecture right? Well, there are no right or wrong answers – but all we need is access to great perspectives. In th…

This conversation, recorded as part of Productgeeks Conf brings you a lot of great insights from Kunal Shah. Some of the topics we discussed: What is your take on fund raising spree? How do you build a team? How did you build a good design team? Do you maintain a journal of sorts, what's your decision making process and how has it evolved? Being a …

Zerodha defies all standard norms of building a tech startup. While the world is going gaga over number of engineers, Zerodha builds and scales with..well just a handful of engineers. 33 member team powering the country’s largest stock brokerage platform! In this deep community cast, Zerodha's CTO, Kailash shares it all in conversation with Ashish …

Bharat is not a homogeneous lump of 500+ Mn basis access to Internet, Socio-economic background or a vernacular cut. It has more refined layers and sub-cultures that drive it. With a stronger aspirational participation to the Indian economy & shift to producer mindset than consumers - building for Bharat means getting away from the mindset of strip…