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The Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture Conversation with Ankur Shah, Investor, Advisor, Member-Iron Pillar NetworkIn the latest episode of the @IronPillar Big Picture Podcast, I had the pleasure of having a fascinating in-depth conversation with @AnkurShah, a prolific investor, startup advisor, company builder, former CFO at @careem and @weee, and esteemed member of the Iron Pillar Network.
Ankur and I focus on his philosophy of engaging with entrepreneurs and the role that impact plays in his decision making. While he is not a prototypical impact investor, his belief that every company can indeed “do good and do well” is insightful. Do have a listen.
In th...2024-07-1745 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture conversation with Ashish Jain, CFO, Careem, Member, Iron Pillar NetworkBuilding financial discipline matters!In the latest Big Picture podcast by @ironpillar, I had the pleasure of speaking with @ashish jain, a friend, LP, member of the Iron Pillar Network and currently the CFO of @careem, based out of #Dubai.
His journey from product marketing in Silicon Valley to McKinsey, investment banking and eventually to senior finance roles at Unicorn companies has been full of ups and downs, lessons learned and milestones achieved. He shares his nuggets of wisdom around #focus, #resilience, understanding business fundamentals, unit economics, need for financial systems and processes, business expansion, fundraising and t...2024-06-2532 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture Podcast with Mark Jansen, Professor Finance, University of Utah, Investor and Member, Iron Pillar NetworkDr. Jansen in the house!!!In this version of the @Iron Pillar Big Picture Podcast, it was an absolute delight to speak with @Mark Jansen, who has had an incredible journey from @massachusetts institute of technology trained chemical engineer (where he and I were classmates) to professor of finance at the @university of utah, with tenures as an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and for good measure...a triathlete:) We, at Iron Pillar, are also delighted to have Mark as an LP and member of the Iron Pillar Network.In the episode, Mark talks not only about his passion for tea...2024-06-1232 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture Conversation with Cyrus Wadia, CEO, Activate.orgDoing good and doing well!In the latest episode of @ironpillar's Big Picture podcast, I had the honor of speaking with @cyrus wadia, a dear friend and one of the most gifted (in the mind and the heart) people I have known for over 25 years! Cyrus is a tech entrepreneur turned sustainability guru. His journey has been nothing short of phenomenal - from multiple degrees from MIT and UC Berkeley, to Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurship, to the White House helping forge sustainability policy, to heading sustainable product at Nike and Amazon, to becoming CEO of @Activate.org, the leading pla...2024-03-0931 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture Conversation with Kamal Ahluwalia, President, IkigaiIn this most recent episode of @ironpillar's Big Picture Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with @Kamal Ahluwalia, President of @ikigailabs, serial entrepreneur, seasoned technology executive, sports fanatic and esteemed member of the Iron Pillar Network. Kamal has spent over 20 years scaling companies like @apttus and @eightfold.ai, so when he speaks about Product-Market Fit and Go To Market motions, one should pay attention!The conversation was free-flowing and full of incredible "nuggets of wisdom", especially around scaling businesses, focusing on outcomes, and as described eloquently in this snippet, how to think and act like the Navy Seals...2024-02-1240 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture Conversation with Nitin Jayakrishnan, Cofounder and CEO, PandoHere is a comprehensive conversation with @Nitin Jayakrishnan, co-founder and CEO of @pando, leader in Logistics Cloud SaaS. Nitin is one of the most authentic, humble and visionary entrepreneurs I have met. His journey to founding Pando is absolutely fascinating. One of the lines from the conversation that stood out for me -- "For the brands that we love and live with, for them to keep their promises to us (customers), fulfillment and supply chain technology is the foundation". We had a wonderful conversation around various topics that should be very helpful to entrepreneurs building world class product companies -- find...2024-01-031h 15The Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture Conversation with Alan Boehme, former CTO H&M, P&G, CocaColaAnother fun podcast (despite the shaky start, a ton of pearls of wisdom for startup journeys were tossed up during the conversation:))In the latest edition of @Iron Pillar Big Picture Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with @Alan Boehme, the former CTO of @P&G, @Coca-Cola and @H&M, a prolific angel investor and an esteemed member of the Iron Pillar Network (#IPN). We talked about his remarkable journey in tech, his philosophy behind investing, the mistakes he sees entrepreneurs make and the proliferation of global startups. Alan is a wealth of knowledge, as a technologist, operat...2023-11-0147 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture Conversation with Jonathan Flesher - VicePresident, Business Dev and Partnerships-RedditThe art and science of business development!
In the latest version of @ironpillar's Big Picture Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with @Jonathan Flesher, my dear friend, business school classmate, LP, an esteemed member of the Iron Pillar Network and currently the head of business development at @Reddit.Jonathan is a philosophy major turned media and content-centric business development guru, having spent time at legendary companies including @electronic arts, @zynga, and @discord. He discusses the difference between #sales and #businessdevelopment, Jonathan's rules of business development, various BD business models and best practices for #startups. Of course, we ha...2023-05-1540 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarConversation with Steve Ciesinski, LP, Entrepreneur, ProfessorHere is the next episode of @iron pillar Big Picture podcast. In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with @Stephen Ciesinski, an LP, technologist, entrepreneur, professor, former President of @SRI and a distinguished member of the Iron Pillar Network (IPN). In this free flowing conversation, Steve takes us through his prolific professional and academic journey, but most importantly provides his own "nuggets of wisdom" for entrepreneurs:
- The long term vision
- The first product offering (getting out of the blocks)
- Don't confuse 'product' with your 'vision'
- Cre...2023-01-1341 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture conversation with 'Maha'-IIIn this latest episode of @ironpillar's Big Picture conversation, I had the opportunity to speak with @S. V. Mahadevan MD (Dr. Maha), a dear friend, an investor, entrepreneur and distinguished member of the Iron Pillar Network (#IPN). Maha is the former head of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University and practicing physician. In this fun and open conversation, he talks about the life event that triggered his interest in medicine, why he chose emergency medicine in particular and his close relationship with entrepreneurs impacting the world of healthcare.
It was especially fascinating to hear Maha's thoughts around the simi...2022-09-0624 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture conversation with 'Maha' - IIn this latest episode of @ironpillar's Big Picture conversation, I had the opportunity to speak with @S. V. Mahadevan MD (Dr. Maha), a dear friend, an investor, entrepreneur and distinguished member of the Iron Pillar Network (#IPN). Maha is the former head of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University and practicing physician. In this fun and open conversation, he talks about the life event that triggered his interest in medicine, why he chose emergency medicine in particular and his close relationship with entrepreneurs impacting the world of healthcare.
It was especially fascinating to hear Maha's thoughts around the simi...2022-09-0606 min
1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast585th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Mohanjit Jolly, Iron Pillar - 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast
Mohanjit Jolly, Partner at Iron Pillar, and a long-time player in the Indian startup ecosystem discusses Exit options for Indian startups and other topics.
2022-08-1534 min
The Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture conversation with Ankit Nagori - CEO, Cure Foods7 hours of sleep, 10 minutes of meditation and 45 minutes of workout -- that particular statement really struck a chord with me in another fantastic Big Picture conversation with @Ankit Nagori, early employee and former Chief Business Officer at @flipkart, co-founder of @cultfit and now founder/CEO of @curefoods, a star company in the @ironpillar portfolio.
Besides creating a work-life balance, Ankit talks about the lessons learned through his Flipkart and Cultfit journeys -- his philosophy of "hard work" and simply putting in the long hours; culture of "customer first"; and enjoying the often long journey of a startup through i...2022-06-0209 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture conversation with Ankit Nagori- CEO, Cure Foods- Part 27 hours of sleep, 10 minutes of meditation and 45 minutes of workout -- that particular statement really struck a chord with me in another fantastic Big Picture conversation with @Ankit Nagori, early employee and former Chief Business Officer at @flipkart, co-founder of @cultfit and now founder/CEO of @curefoods, a star company in the @ironpillar portfolio.
Besides creating a work-life balance, Ankit talks about the lessons learned through his Flipkart and Cultfit journeys -- his philosophy of "hard work" and simply putting in the long hours; culture of "customer first"; and enjoying the often long journey of a startup through i...2022-06-0226 min
Forbes India - Tech ConversationsMohanjit Jolly of Iron Pillar on bridging the mid-stage gap, beyond capital, for Indian tech startupsOur guest today is Mohanjit Jolly, partner at Iron Pillar, a relatively young, mid-stage, growth capital provider that has notched up a small roster of very promising tech startups on its portfolio, which is into its second fund now. In this episode, Mohanjit talks about his career, which had multiple interesting transitions, the companies Iron Pillar is backing, and the value that the partners bring to them in the world’s biggest tech markets.
Notes:
(00:40) Intro to The Daily Tech Conversation
(00:53) Our guest today — Mohanjit Jolly, partner at Iron Pillar
(01:30) A snap...2022-03-3038 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Jay Chakrapani (CTO, GLG) Part 1In the latest episode of @ironpillar’s Big Picture podcast, I had a delightful conversation with @jaychakrapani, my dear friend, MIT fraternity mate, former CTO of @mcgraw-hill, @barnesandnoble and an early employee of @trilogyeducation (acquired by @2U) and now CTO at @glg. Jay is a key member of the Iron Pillar Network and his expertise is extremely helpful as we evaluate and invest in companies like @skill-lync disrupting the future of work and education.
I tapped into Jay’s remarkable career and especially his insights into the future or work and future of education, domains that are deeply importa...2022-03-1613 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Jay Chakrapani (CTO, GLG) Part 2In the latest episode of @ironpillar’s Big Picture podcast, I had a delightful conversation with @jaychakrapani, my dear friend, MIT fraternity mate, former CTO of @mcgraw-hill, @barnesandnoble and an early employee of @trilogyeducation (acquired by @2U) and now CTO at @glg. Jay is a key member of the Iron Pillar Network and his expertise is extremely helpful as we evaluate and invest in companies like @skill-lync disrupting the future of work and education.
I tapped into Jay’s remarkable career and especially his insights into the future or work and future of education, domains that are deeply importa...2022-03-1613 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Babu Sivadasan (co-founder and CEO of Jiffy.ai) Part 2In this version of the Big Picture podcast, Mohanjit engages in a free-flowing, candid conversation with Babu Sivadasan, co-founder and CEO of Jiffy.ai, one of Iron Pillar's latest investments. Babu is a serial entrepreneur, having helped build Stamps.com and Envestnet from seed to large public companies. With Jiffy, he is on a mission to deliver on the promise of the intelligent autonomous enterprise through a SaaS platform combining no-code, NLP, ML, IDP and AI to automate mid and back office processes for large companies.
There are several incredible components in this conversation highlighted below (with time stamps...2022-03-1349 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Babu Sivadasan (co-founder and CEO of Jiffy.ai) Part 1In this version of the Big Picture podcast, Mohanjit engages in a free-flowing, candid conversation with Babu Sivadasan, co-founder and CEO of Jiffy.ai, one of Iron Pillar's latest investments. Babu is a serial entrepreneur, having helped build Stamps.com and Envestnet from seed to large public companies. With Jiffy, he is on a mission to deliver on the promise of the intelligent autonomous enterprise through a SaaS platform combining no-code, NLP, ML, IDP and AI to automate mid and back office processes for large companies.
There are several incredible components in this conversation highlighted below (with time stamps):2022-03-1306 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Vijay Sundaram (Chief Strategy Officer, Zoho) Part 1In this issue of @Iron Pillar's Big Picture conversation, I had the pleasure of an incredible dialog with a dear friend, an incredible technologist, entrepreneur, member of the Iron Pillar Network and now the Chief Strategy Officer at @zoho...@vijaysundaram. As always, Vijay was articulate, charismatic and had nuggets of brilliance to share:
- Belief and persistence go hand in hand as an entrepreneur. I loved the quote "rarity of the talent is not in the skill but in the persistence"
- Unconventionality. In Zoho's case, everything from their location to hiring to appraisal process, product ma...2022-02-0409 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Vijay Sundaram (Chief Strategy Officer, Zoho) Part 2In this issue of @Iron Pillar's Big Picture conversation, I had the pleasure of an incredible dialog with a dear friend, an incredible technologist, entrepreneur, member of the Iron Pillar Network and now the Chief Strategy Officer at @zoho...@vijaysundaram. As always, Vijay was articulate, charismatic and had nuggets of brilliance to share:
- Belief and persistence go hand in hand as an entrepreneur. I loved the quote "rarity of the talent is not in the skill but in the persistence"
- Unconventionality. In Zoho's case, everything from their location to hiring to appraisal process, product ma...2022-02-0440 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Aakash Kumar (Angel Investor, SVP of Growth - Disney Hotstar)The Big Picture with Aakash Kumar (Angel Investor, SVP of Growth - Disney Hotstar)2021-12-1754 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Dan Decasper (VP Engineering, Google) Part 2An entrepreneur turned tech exec, Dan has had an interesting journey from a PhD in Europe to CTO at Pure Storage (when the interview was conducted). He is now VP Engineering at Google. He has some "spot on" advice for entrepreneurs: Focus on the right team and a large addressable market; keep in mind the time to market and think about the market not as it is today, but as it will be when as and when the product is robust; and be flexible and ready to pivot if needed. Like others in the Iron Pillar Network, Dan is experie...2021-12-0615 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Chris Yeh (Managing Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures)Chris is a prolific speaker, author, entrepreneur and investor. He is perhaps best known for his top selling book Blitzscaling that he co-authored with Reid Hoffman. His concept of blitzscaling is all about a focus on hypergrowth in a winner take most or winner take all categories. It's about speed over efficiency; growth over profitability; To make that happen is all about having the best people both internally and as advisors and building incredible networks of people and also network effects where each new member of the network increases the value of the network itself. Keywords: blitzscale, networks, network...2021-12-0134 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Sreevathsa Prabhakar (CEO, Servify) Part 2Sree is a "force of nature" disrupting the post sales service and insurance business globally, initially for mobile phones. Servify is the exclusive partner for Apple and Samsung for their Apple Care and Samsung Care warranty programs. Sree has an incredible combination of humility, brilliance and aspiration. He wants to create the largest post sales, insurance tech company in the world. And he is well on his way. He talks about his journey as a new hire working for an India consumer goods company to serial tech entrepreneurship. How he was influenced by his family and how people are the most...2021-12-0116 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Sreevathsa Prabhakar (CEO, Servify) Part 1Sree is a "force of nature" disrupting the post sales service and insurance business globally, initially for mobile phones. Servify is the exclusive partner for Apple and Samsung for their Apple Care and Samsung Care warranty programs. Sree has an incredible combination of humility, brilliance and aspiration. He wants to create the largest post sales, insurance tech company in the world. And he is well on his way. He talks about his journey as a new hire working for an India consumer goods company to serial tech entrepreneurship. How he was influenced by his family and how people are...2021-12-0107 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Dan Decasper (VP Engineering, Google) Part 2An entrepreneur turned tech exec, Dan has had an interesting journey from a PhD in Europe to CTO at Pure Storage (when the interview was conducted). He is now VP Engineering at Google. He has some "spot on" advice for entrepreneurs: Focus on the right team and a large addressable market; keep in mind the time to market and think about the market not as it is today, but as it will be when as and when the product is robust; and be flexible and ready to pivot if needed. Like others in the Iron Pillar Network, Dan is...2021-12-0110 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Dan Decasper (VP Engineering, Google) Part 1An entrepreneur turned tech exec, Dan has had an interesting journey from a Ph. D. in Europe to CTO at Pure Storage (when the interview was conducted). He is now VP Engineering at Google. He has some "spot on" advice for entrepreneurs: Focus on the right team and a large addressable market; keep in mind the time to market and think about the market not as it is today, but as it will be when as and when the product is robust; and be flexible and ready to pivot if needed. Like others in the Iron Pillar Network, Dan...2021-12-0104 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Sandeep Johri (Board Member, Tricentis) Part 2Sandeep brings a really unique perspective to the Iron Pillar Network because he has been a serial entrepreneur, a prolific angel investor, a tech exec (he ran HP's cloud business) and most recently grew a company from small fledgling business to a Unicorn (Tricentis). In this interview he focused on the overall evolution of tech entrepreneurship, especially in India; what makes silicon valley so special; and his own tranformational journey at Tricentis. Key words: angel investing, serial entrepreneurship, emerging markets, unicorn, scaling, silicon valley, special...2021-12-0104 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Sandeep Johri (Board Member, Tricentis) Part 1Sandeep brings a really unique perspective to the Iron Pillar Network because he has been a serial entrepreneur, a prolific angel investor, a tech exec (he ran HP's cloud business) and most recently grew a company from small fledgling business to a Unicorn (Tricentis). In this interview he focused on the overall evolution of tech entrepreneurship, especially in India; what makes silicon valley so special; and his own tranformational journey at Tricentis. Key words: angel investing, serial entrepreneurship, emerging markets, unicorn, scaling, silicon valley, special...2021-12-0102 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Simha Sadasiva (Co-founder and CEO, Ushur) Part 2Remarkable journey from a techie to an entrepreneur. Simha had never been on an airplane till he was 23 when he moved to the US; cadid advice for entrepreneurs (serendipity matters; solve a problem that is large and worth solving; is it the right time; are we the right people to solve the problem; when to raise money and how to select the right investors. Keywords: customers, engagement, journeys, artificial intelligence, machine learning, insurance, customer delight...2021-12-0115 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Simha Sadasiva (Co-founder and CEO, Ushur) Part 1Remarkable journey from a techie to an entrepreneur. Simha had never been on an airplane till he was 23 when he moved to the US; cadid advice for entrepreneurs (serendipity matters; solve a problem that is large and worth solving; is it the right time; are we the right people to solve the problem; when to raise money and how to select the right investors. Keywords: customers, engagement, journeys, artificial intelligence, machine learning, insurance, customer delight...2021-12-0112 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Sean Atkins (President, Jelly Smack) Part 2Sean is a media guru, starting out as an entrepreneur himself (trying to automate the process of buying and selling TV ads) to a industry executive. His journey has taken him through HBO, Discovery, MTV and Bertelsmann, trying to bring innovation in terms of technology and content to various media platforms. He talks about the similarities and differences between being an entrepreneur on the outside, versus being an entrepreneur within a large enterprise. And while there may be resources available, finding the product-market fit, and being able to sell management on the overall ROI create some parallels with startups...2021-12-0126 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Sean Atkins (President, Jelly Smack) Part 1Sean is a media guru, starting out as an entrepreneur himself (trying to automate the process of buying and selling TV ads) to a industry executive. His journey has taken him through HBO, Discovery, MTV and Bertelsmann, trying to bring innovation in terms of technology and content to various media platforms. He talks about the similarities and differences between being an entrepreneur on the outside, versus being an entrepreneur within a large enterprise. And while there may be resources available, finding the product-market fit, and being able to sell management on the overall ROI create some parallels with startups...2021-12-0105 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Suryanarayan Paneeselvam (Co-founder and CEO, Skill Lync) Part 2Conversation about Surya's journey from college, finding a gap in the market, to launching, pivoting and scaling Skill-lync. The goal is to have tangible takeaways for entrepreneurs -- understanding the key learnings along the way, from the "aha moment" to "finding tailwind in the pandemic" to a "vision for creating a $1B revenue company (not a $1B value company) from India for the world". Key words: skilling, training, education, college, engineering, placement, hiring...2021-12-0120 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Suryanarayan Paneeselvam (Co-founder and CEO, Skill Lync) Part 1Conversation about Surya's journey from college, finding a gap in the market, to launching, pivoting and scaling Skill-lync. The goal is to have tangible takeaways for entrepreneurs -- understanding the key learnings along the way, from the "aha moment" to "finding tailwind in the pandemic" to a "vision for creating a $1B revenue company (not a $1B value company) from India for the world". Key words: skilling, training, education, college, engineering, placement, hiring...2021-12-0110 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Ezhilarasan Natarajan (Co-founder and CEO, Corestack) Part 2Listen to the customers, not necessarily the investors. Journey from consulting to entrepreneurship and especially getting to initial paying customer before raising a dime of external capital. Aha moment -- enterprise customers were looking for a comprehensive solution from the get-go, rather than a focused point solution (and then extending the product portfolio which is the typical advice from venture investors). Key words: cloud, cost optimization, security, compliance, governance, management...2021-11-2328 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Ezhilarasan Natarajan (Co-founder and CEO, Corestack) Part 1Listen to the customers, not necessarily the investors. Journey from consulting to entrepreneurship and especially getting to initial paying customer before raising a dime of external capital. Aha moment -- enterprise customers were looking for a comprehensive solution from the get-go, rather than a focused point solution (and then extending the product portfolio which is the typical advice from venture investors). Key words: cloud, cost optimization, security, compliance, governance, management...2021-11-2310 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Chris Yeh (Managing Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures)Chris is a prolific speaker, author, entrepreneur and investor. He is perhaps best known for his top selling book…Blitzscaling that he co-authored with Reid Hoffman. His concept of blitzscaling is all about a focus on hypergrowth in a winner take most or winner take all categories. It's about speed over efficiency; growth over profitability; To make that happen is all about having the best people both internally and as advisors and building incredible networks of people and also network effects where each new member of the network increases the value of the network itself. Keywords: blitzscale, networks, network ef...2021-11-1905 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Karthik Hosanagar (Co-founder and CEO, JumpStart)Karthik is an incredible combination of academic brilliance and business acumen. He is a serial entrepreneur, an angel investor, a renowned professor of marketing at Wharton, a one man incubator (several companies have been launched by his students including Yodle, Warby Parker etc.) with his support and guidance. His newest venture, Jumpcut, is all about democratizing TV and video using data to discover and elevate new talent. Karthik has a keen eye for using broad marketing canvas to create a connection with the customer by leveraging online and offline marketing and branding. He was influential as an advisor during...2021-11-1953 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Shan Kadavil (Co-founder and CEO, FreshtoHome) Part 2Shan is a serial entrepreneur and someone who made the not so natural leap from gaming (Zynga) to fresh fish. This is the story of bringing technology to actually having an impact and making a difference. Shan decided that there was a better way to get fresh fish and produce from sea shore to the doorstep in 24-36 hours at a competitive price point. He also decided to take the business global from India to the middle east. He dives into the how, when and why of expanding the business from one geography to multiple in India, and then...2021-11-1913 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Shan Kadavil (Co-founder and CEO, FreshtoHome) Part 1Shan is a serial entrepreneur and someone who made the not so natural leap from gaming (Zynga) to fresh fish. This is the story of bringing technology to actually having an impact and making a difference. Shan decided that there was a better way to get fresh fish and produce from sea shore to the doorstep in 24-36 hours at a competitive price point. He also decided to take the business global from India to the middle east. He dives into the how, when and why of expanding the business from one geography to multiple in India, and then...2021-11-1907 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Talal Shamoon (CEO, InterTrust) Part 2Talal is a hard core computer scientist (multiple degrees from Cornell) but with a passion for Intellectual Property. He was part of the team that developed the original water marking technology for digital rights management. And now, at the helm of Intertrust, focuses on utilizing IP as both a defensive and an offensive strategy. And while execution is still key to success for entrepreneurs, IP can play an important role in terms of differentiation and keeping competition at bay. Keywords: IP, intellectual property, patents, offensive, defensive, strategy, competition, differentiation...2021-11-1927 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Talal Shamoon (CEO, InterTrust) Part 1Talal is a hard core computer scientist (multiple degrees from Cornell) but with a passion for Intellectual Property. He was part of the team that developed the original water marking technology for digital rights management. And now, at the helm of Intertrust, focuses on utilizing IP as both a defensive and an offensive strategy. And while execution is still key to success for entrepreneurs, IP can play an important role in terms of differentiation and keeping competition at bay. Keywords: IP, intellectual property, patents, offensive, defensive, strategy, competition, differentiation...2021-11-1907 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Lars Nilsson (Global Head SDR, Snowflake) Part 2Lars has helped multiple companies go from seed stage to IPO. In the role of heading Sales Development. Now he has the same role at Snowflake. His passion is helping enterpreneurs think through the sales strategy, the sales organization and understanding the difference between sales development and prospecting versus the traditional "closing of the deal" that is associated with sales. He wants to help startups think through creating a sales machine or a sales engine (the top of the funnel as well as the bottom of the funnel). Keywords: sales, sales enablement, creating the funnel, prospecting, organization, relationships, process...2021-11-1916 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Lars Nilsson (Global Head SDR, Snowflake) Part 1Lars has helped multiple companies go from seed stage to IPO. In the role of heading Sales Development. Now he has the same role at Snowflake. His passion is helping enterpreneurs think through the sales strategy, the sales organization and understanding the difference between sales development and prospecting versus the traditional "closing of the deal" that is associated with sales. He wants to help startups think through creating a sales machine or a sales engine (the top of the funnel as well as the bottom of the funnel). Keywords: sales, sales enablement, creating the funnel, prospecting, organization, relationships, process...2021-11-1912 minThe Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Catherine Mohr (President, Intuitive Foundation) Part 1One of the rare people who is a brilliant engineering and Medical Doctor. Catherine and I used to build solar cars at MIT in the late 80's. Her journey is fascinating from aerospace to surgical robotics at Intuitive. She ran strategy, was instrumental for expanding the business globally and eventually founded the Intuitive Foundation, with the mission of promoting health and advancing health-centric education around the world. Key words: robotics, surgery, remote, health, impact, foundation, education, healing...2021-11-1905 min
The Big Picture by Iron PillarThe Big Picture with Catherine Mohr (President, Intuitive Foundation) Part 2One of the rare people who is a brilliant engineering and Medical Doctor. Catherine and I used to build solar cars at MIT in the late 80's. Her journey is fascinating from aerospace to surgical robotics at Intuitive. She ran strategy, was instrumental for expanding the business globally and eventually founded the Intuitive Foundation, with the mission of promoting health and advancing health-centric education around the world. Key words: robotics, surgery, remote, health, impact, foundation, education, healing...2021-11-1925 min
The Desi VC with Akash BhatE57: Mohanjit Jolly (Co-Founder & Partner, Iron Pillar Fund)Mohanjit Jolly is the Co-founder and Partner at Iron Pillar Fund (IPF). IPF provides growth capital to founders building from India for the world.Mohanjit has been working with and investing in technology start-ups in the US and India for over 20 years. He is one of a few VCs who has been on the ground as a partner in India and Silicon Valley. Mohanjit has led Iron Pillar’s investments in Sibros, Jiffy, Uniphore, Vyome, Ushur and CoreStack.Before co-founding Iron Pillar, Mohanjit served as a Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson for 9 years, establishing their In...2021-10-191h 09
The Desi VC with Akash BhatMohanjit Jolly (Co-Founder & Partner, Iron Pillar Fund) | Investing in startups on the 1-10 journeyMohanjit Jolly is the Co-founder and Partner at Iron Pillar Fund (IPF). IPF provides growth capital to founders building from India for the world. Mohanjit has been working with and investing in technology start-ups in the US and India for over 20 years. He is one of a few VCs who has been on the ground as a partner in India and Silicon Valley. Mohanjit has led Iron Pillar’s investments in Sibros, Jiffy, Uniphore, Vyome, Ushur and CoreStack.Before co-founding Iron Pillar, Mohanjit served as a Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson for 9 years, establishing their In...2021-09-2901 min
DrinksWithAVC (DWAVC)DWAVC: Mohanjit Jolly | Ep. 2Pour yourself a second round of DrinksWithAVC as Bree and Vik explore the interwoven narrative of technology and global living with Mohanjit Jolly. From critical repairs on the Hubble Telescope to innovating at Mattel, and now investing with the India-centric Iron Pillar Fund, Mohanjit’s journey is nothing short of stellar. Tune in for a taste of inspiration and industry savvy.Links:www.ironpillarfund.com2021-01-131h 17
Fireside with a VCEpisode #29 – Mohanjit Jolly, Cofounder & Partner of Iron Pillar, on Fireside with a VCEpisode #29 – Mohanjit Jolly, Cofounder & Partner of Iron Pillar, on Fireside with a VC talking about his strategy to invest in Indian-based growth companies and connecting them to Silicon Valley and around the globe for worldwide expansion. Brilliant VC fund strategy with a great track record and pedigree. Also talking about his time as a Managing Director at DFJ and Garage Technology Ventures working with Guy Kawasaki and Bill Reichert back in the day. Video of this podcast https://youtu.be/qEPPLMibOdg.
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MIT CatalystsMohanjit Jolly and Mark GorenbergHost Julia Yoo chats with venture capitalists Mohanjit Jolly (Partner, Iron Pillar) and Mark Gorenberg (Founder and Managing Director, Zetta Venture Partners). Tune in to hear Jolly and Gorenberg’s insider advice for founders, observations of common pitfalls facing startups and what each says is their investing “secret sauce.”2020-09-0437 min