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Business TalkIs Social Ecommerce the Future? Insights from Prof. Ashish Sinha & Prof. Kiran PedadaA new wave of digital e-commerce platforms is emerging, posing a challenge to industry giants like Alibaba and Amazon. Social e-commerce platforms - such as Shopify, BigCommerce, PinDuoDuo, and SEA Ltd. have successfully established a global presence by adopting innovative business models that surpass traditional approaches. This episode delves into the factors driving the rapid rise of social e-commerce.
Firstly, these platforms prioritize an enhanced user experience, offering intuitive interfaces and an engaging, often gamified, shopping journey within a virtual mall setting. Secondly, unlike conventional e-commerce sites or social media platforms, social e-commerce effectively merges the advantages of both direct...
2025-01-1158 min
LEHI - Low Ego High Impact - Mindset#6 - Ashish Sinha | Defending Voting Rights & Building a Career in the US Democracy SpaceIn this episode, we are hosting Ashish Sinha, a distinguished non-profit leader in the US democracy space. Ashish currently serves as the Chief of Staff at the Institute for Responsive Government, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. This organization is dedicated to assisting policymakers in finding solutions that enhance government efficiency, accessibility, and responsiveness to the needs of real people.Ashish is a fellow alum of the Kellogg School of Management.
2023-11-1835 min
Ashish Vidyarthi PodcastsEp.17 AISE KAUN MAZAAK KARTA HAI.. | SUNEEL SINHA & ASHISH VIDYARTHI | MUST WATCH INTERVIEWWe are in the beautiful Rauri village in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Join us on this serene afternoon as Suneel and I chat about acting, theatre, our life experiences, and more. 39 years of friendship and counting...I have known Suneel since 1984 and our bond only grows stronger. A kind and humble human being, an amazing friend with whom I can sit for hours and chat about anything, he has been a constant source of support, laughter, and joy in my life. An alumnus of NSD, an...
2023-02-0726 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowKoo’s Aprameya on building, scaling a global productKoo’s Aprameya on building, scaling a global product
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2022-05-1732 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowAjey Of Sequoia Capital On How Can Founders Go about Managing Teams | #ShortcastsAjey Of Sequoia Capital On How Can Founders Go about Managing Teams | #Shortcasts
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2022-04-1106 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowUnderstanding Bharat: how to speed up your GTMUnderstanding Bharat: how to speed up your GTM
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2022-04-0933 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowKunal Shah Of CRED On Maintaining Journal And Decision Making Process | #ShortcastsKunal Shah On Maintaining Journal And Decision Making Process | #Shortcasts
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2022-04-0803 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowKailash Of Zerodha On The Thinking Behind Zerodha's Scalable Architecture | #ShortcastsKailash Of Zerodha On The Thinking Behind Zerodha's Scalable Architecture | #Shortcasts
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2022-04-0504 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowAjey Of Sequoia Capital On Attributes That Define A Great Startup | #ShortcastsAjey Of Sequoia Capital On Attributes That Define A Great Startup | #Shortcasts
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2022-04-0402 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowKunal Shah Of CRED On Idea Evaluation & Delta 4 | #ShortcastsKunal Shah Of CRED On Idea Evaluation & Delta 4 | #Shortcasts
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2022-04-0102 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowSumit Of Chingari On NFT'S : All You'd Need To Know | #ShortcastsSumit Of Chingari On NFT'S : All You'd Need To Know | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-3107 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowPrukalpa Of Atlan On How to Control CAC In The Early Days | #ShortcastsPrukalpa Of Atlan On How to Control CAC In The Early Days | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-3002 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowKailash Of Zerodha On Zerodha's Way Of Making Technical Decisions | #ShortcastsKailash Of Zerodha On Zerodha's Way Of Making Technical Decisions | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-2902 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowAjey Of Sequoia Capital On Prioritizing Tech vs speed : How Does One Go About It? | #ShortcastsAjey Of Sequoia Capital On Prioritizing Tech vs speed: How Does One Go About It? | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-2803 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowScaling your GTM for Bharat: With Reverie’s leadership teamScaling your GTM for Bharat: With Reverie’s leadership team
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2022-03-2617 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowKunal Shah Of CRED On Founder - Cofounder Relationship | #ShortcastsKunal Shah Of CRED On Founder - Cofounder Relationship | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-2504 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowSumit Of Chingari On Lessons Learned Building Chingari | #ShortcastsSumit Of Chingari On Lessons Learned Building Chingari | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-2406 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowSajith Of Blume On - Is Growth Really An Important Part Of The Product Market Fit? | #ShortcastsSajith Of Blume On - Is Growth Really An Important Part Of The Product Market Fit? | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-2302 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowKailash Of Zerodha On How Zerodha Approaches Product Development | #ShortcastsKailash Of Zerodha On How Zerodha Approaches Product Development | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-2202 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowAjey Gore Of Sequoia Capital On Building Empathy In Teams | #ShortcastsAjey Gore Of Sequoia Capital On Building Empathy In Teams | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-2102 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowSumit of Chingari on DAO and impact of Chingari’s token on the structure | #ShortcastsSumit of Chinagri on DAO and impact of Chingari’s token on the structure | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-1708 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowSajith Of Blume On Measuring PMF And It's Process | #ShortcastsSajith Of Blume On Measuring PMF And It's Process | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-1605 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowZerodha CTO, Kailash on How Zerodha Hires Engineers | #ShortcastsKailash Of Zerodha On How Zerodha Hires Engineers.
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2022-03-1505 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowAjey Gore Of Sequoia Capital On Staying Focused In the Early Stages Of Startups | #ShortcastsAjey Gore Of Sequoia Capital On Staying Focused In the Early Stages Of Startups | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-1403 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowReverie cofounder, Vivek on building for Bharat market [Part 1]Reverie co-founder, Vivek on building for Bharat market [Part 1]
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2022-03-1236 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowKunal Shah Of CRED On Fund Raising | #ShortcastsKunal Shah Of CRED On Fund Raising | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-1103 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowSumit Of Chingari On Lessons Learned Building Chingari | #ShortcastsSumit Of Chingari On Lessons Learned Building Chingari | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-1006 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowPrukalpa Of Atlan On Atlan's GTM In Early Days | #ShortcastsPrukalpa Of Atlan On Atlan's GTM In Early Days | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-0908 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowKailash Of Zerodha On Early Days Of Zerodha | #ShortcastsKailash Of Zerodha On Early Days Of Zerodha | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-0808 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowAjey Of Sequoia Capital On Decisions That Help Early Stage Startups | #ShortcastsAjey Of Sequoia Capital On Decisions That Help Early Stage Startups | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-0709 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowOn Building For Bharat : Vinay Singhal Of StageOn Building For Bharat: Vinay Singhal Of Stage
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2022-03-051h 05The Ashish Sinha ShowKunal Shah Of CRED On Building A Great Design Team | #ShortcastsKunal Shah Of CRED On Building A Great Design Team | #Shortcasts
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2022-03-0402 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowZerodha CTO, Kailash Nadh on building and scaling the Zerodha wayZerodha 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 Sinha.
How has Zerodha evolved over time, from the v0 of the tech product to today?
How do you think cos. Should really approach Engg? Right now, the mentality is to throw money at the problem, but what’s the eleg...
2022-01-0753 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowRanjeet of Pratilipi on building and scaling the product and team culture at PratilipiIn this session of Productgeeks Conf, Ranjeet shares the early days of Pratilipi, onboarding the early set of users and building traction on the platform.
We also discuss the metrics the co. is focused on to the thought process behind hiring and building a strong product culture.
This is a communitycast, i.e. it brings you great questions from the FWD community as well.
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2021-12-0445 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowChingari founder, Sumit on GARI token, Decentralization, Web 3.0 and more.Chingari is among the early players in Web 3.0 space and there are many questions around the model itself - for e.g with the launch of GARI token, what are the changes to Chingari model? In terms of business and product?
And how can a private company issue tokens? What does the community own and not own? And what about the creators in Chingari? How do they benefit?
Well, we discuss all these questions (and more) in this wonderful AMA (was conducted on FWD app). Note that this is a community podcast - i.e...
2021-12-0149 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowHow do you plan a product roadmap? #FWDRadioHow do you plan a product roadmap? Is there a better way? Listen to this perspective from Praful Poddar on his experience workign with different teams - right from product management to engineering, marketing and leadership.
By the way, Praful Poddar is also a contributor on FWD app, that enables to learn product management skills (and more) without burning a hole in your pocket.
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2021-08-2504 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowBuilding high performing product teams especially during hypergrowth phase: Praful Poddar in conversation with Ashish SinhaWe are currently seeing a lot of hypergrowth in the startup ecosystem.
One of the main challenges with such a hypergrowth phase is that teams often end up working in a silo, as the common denominator of company/team culture often is overruled in the name of hustling.
So how does one look at this from a product leadership perspective? As with most things in life, there are no right or wrong answers - just perspectives.
Here is one from Praful Poddar, who has seen some of this hypergrowth phase at Snapdeal/OLX.
2021-08-1104 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowHow do I create an effective product roadmap? Perspective from Movin, Phonepe's Director of ProductHow do I create an effective roadmap? Perspective from Movin, Phonepe's Director of Product.
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2021-08-0703 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowBuilding Empathy Among Product and Engineering Teams: With Praful Poddar, Ex-Director of PM @OLX [S1E1]In this episode, Praful and I discuss how one can go about building empathy among product and engineering teams.
Building Empathy among Product and Engineering Teams: With Praful Poddar, Ex-Director of PM @OLX.
Also, Praful is a contributor to the FWD app, that enables you to acquire industry-ready skills without burning a hole in your pocket.
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2021-07-2702 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowFrom Foodiebay to Zomato: The Mindblowing JourneyZomato has gone public now - among the first Indian tech startups to go public !
If you truly want to understand Zomato's growth journey - go back 5 years and look at what the company was facing - a few wrong decisions, changing landscape (dine-in vs. delivery), new competitions and more.
What Zomato did 5 years decided its journey and here is presenting a great conversation between Deepinder (Zomato founder) and myself, wherein we talk about the journey..the challenges, the early days of ebay going after the brand name to everything in between.
2021-07-141h 02
The Ashish Sinha ShowWhatfix founder, Khadim on Finding Product Market Fit and Building a Global SAAS Business from India.Whatfix cofounder and CEO, Khadim shares the product-market-fit journey of WhatFix and how the company went about scaling globally.
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2021-06-1042 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowHow much of tech should a product manager really know ?
Imagine this. You are a Mexican chef and you have now joined a South Indian restaurant. Will you survive? Will you be able to thrive in the new company?
On the same lines, how technical should you be to excel in a product management role sounds like a similar question.
It all depends on the company and what they need. For example, if you applying for a role with Google, you are obviously expected to understand quite a bit of technology.
More than most of us, actually !
But if y...
2021-06-0402 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowHiring great talent in this crazy funding spree: Conversation with Amiya Pathak.Hiring has become tougher these days. the quality talent is witnessing lucrative offers and the average stay in the company has gone to an abysmal low.
How can one hire and retain great talent? Listen to this conversation between Ashish Sinha and Amiya Pathak on this *hot and burning* topic.
Amiya Pathak is the Founder of EzCred and is Ex-Twitter / Zipdial.
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2021-06-0313 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowWhat's your role as a leader? Conversation with Amiya Pathak (Founder, EzCred, Ex-Twitter, Zipdial).What's your role as a leader? How can you reduce team dependencies? Listen to this conversation between Ashish Sinha and Amiya Pathak (Founder, EzCred, Ex-Twitter, Zipdial).
This is part 1 of the series.
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2021-06-0207 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowBeing Curious, Innerwears and Being Judgemental: In Conversation with Kunal ShahNote that this conversation was recorded in late 2019 when Indian app ecosystem was mostly dominated by Chinese apps like TikTok etc.
Excerpts from the conversation with Kunal Shah.
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And I get such interesting information from them that I knowing sitting in this country don't know about it. Right. But for them (Chinese product managers who were solving for India), it is, they have no choice, but to look at data. And therefore they are probably doing better at it. Right. And I think we tend to have very judgmental views about things...
2021-04-1405 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowWhy all consumer products eventually become cluttered? Kunal Shah on UX, Product Management and DhandhaWhy all consumer products eventually become cluttered? Everyone starts with a simple and an appealing user experience, but after a few rounds of funding and user traction - they all look like the same.
What gives? Hear out this interesting explanation from Kunal Shah.
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2021-04-0903 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowThe Mistrust in Indian Society: In Conversation with Kunal ShahThe Mistrust in Indian Society provides an opportunity to crib about it (why is no one willing to buy from my startup) or a great opportunity to create a massive brand built on trust.
Learn how.
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2021-04-0708 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowHow Kunal Shah Identified the Opportunity called CREDHow Kunal Shah Identified the opportunity called CRED.
How is he able to identity opportunities and create new business models, when everybody is guesstimating the business model of CRED :)
Catch this #UnPluggd conversation between me and Kunal at the last real-world #UnPluggd conference in Bangalore (this happened just a few days post CRED's launch).
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2021-04-0609 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowWhy Performers Make Great Product Managers: Kunal Shah on Building Empathy..and more.Why Performers Make Great Product Managers: Kunal Shah shares how he hacked his way into building an empathy-led team.
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2021-04-0208 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowHow do I build a global sales team for my SAAS startup? Raviteja of MoEngage shares his playbookHow do I build a global sales team for my SAAS startup? Raviteja, cofounder and CEO of MoEngage shares his playbook.
After all, each geography is a new market - goes through zero to one, one to 10 and 10 to N phase.
The Ashish Sinha show brings you actionable wisdom on product, growth and org building from the best practitioners out there - all in less than 5 minutes.
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2021-03-3103 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowFinding Product Market Fit : Wisdom from Bhavin TurakhiaFinding Product Market Fit is tough and while there are tons of books written on it, there are a very practical insights from the doers. Do listen to this conversation between Ashish Sinha (Founder, FWD app) and Bhavin Turakhia (Flock, Zeta, Radix) on how Bhavin looks at the product-market fit journey.
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2021-03-3003 min
Let's Talk Loyalty#80: Loyalty Trends in APAC by Epsilon's Ashish SinhaAs the platform powering loyalty programmes for Walgreens, Dell, Marriott Hotels and many others, Epsilon is uniquely placed to comment on global trends in loyalty as we settle in to 2021. Today's episode features an interview with Ashish Sinha, who shares some great insights from his role as Managing Director for Epsilon in Asia Pacific, including his increased focus on the Middle East region. We share stories of innovative loyalty initiatives in eCommerce, as well as some key loyalty principles he is seeing, such as consumer demand for trust and real relationships with brands beyond just tr...
2021-02-1039 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowE-Commerce in small towns and TikTok ban: Conversation with Prashant Singh (Ex VP of Product, Paytm)In this episode, Prashant Singh and Ashish Sinha talk about E-Commerce in small towns, TikTok ban and a lot more.
2021-01-1415 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowBharat Market and use of QR Codes: Conversation with Prashant Singh (Ex VP of Product, Paytm)In this episode, Prashant Singh and Ashish Sinha talk about Bharat Market and use of QR Codes.
2021-01-1214 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowHow to reduce app uninstalls and how to go about designing referral program: In conversation with Deepak AbbotIn this episode, Deepak Abbot and Ashish Sinha talk about Indian super-apps, top 3 ways to reduce uninstalls and importance of referral program.
2020-12-1817 minThe Ashish Sinha Show(Free) Growth tools for early stage startups : Conversation with Deepak Abbot on Evolving App ecosystem in India.A look at (Free) Growth tools for early stage startups and the importance of focus.
If you are into product and growth, you will enjoy this conversation between Ashish Sinha and Deepak Abbot on Evolving App ecosystem in India.
2020-12-1213 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowApple, Google Tax: How should early stage startups navigate all this. With Deepak Abbot on India's App Ecosystem #Part2Apple, Google Tax: How should early-stage Indian startups navigate all this. With Deepak Abbot on India's App Ecosystem. This is Part 2 of the AMA with Ashish Sinha.
2020-11-2513 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowIndia's Evolving App Ecosystem: Conversation between Deepak Abbot and Ashish SinhaA free-wheeling conversation between Ashish Sinha (NextBigWhat) and Deepak Abbot recorded at GrowthTalkies, a series of workshops and AMAs with India's leading product and growth leaders.
Topics discussed:
- What’s happening with India’s app ecosystem.
- How can early-stage startups protect themselves from Google and Apple’s
- What are the app install and uninstall numbers from India
- How much time do Indian consumers spend on Apps
- Consumer behavioral change in Indian consumers pre-covid and during-covid.
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2020-11-2214 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowUnderstanding the Bharat market and usage of QR codes: Conversation with Prashant Singh, Ex PaytmEver wondered on the behavioral aspects of the Bharat market and how do they use QR codes? Well, a lot of interesting insights from Prashant Singh, Ex Paytm.
A must if you are building for Bharat market and deep into product management.
This conversation was recorded as part of GrowthTalkies workshops.
2020-11-0514 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowFrom being rejected by over 100 bankers to becoming a Unicorn in 5 years: Razorpay Journey with Harshil Mathur, Cofounder and CEOFrom being rejected by over 100 bankers to becoming a Unicorn in 5 years: Razorpay Journey with Harshil Mathur, Cofounder, and CEO of Razorpay.
This conversation, which was recorded in 2019 covers the early days of Razorpay and the GTM plan of the company (in the early days).
2020-10-1206 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowTransfer pricing for an Indian subsidiary - Doing business in India [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]If you have an Indian subsidiary, either as a cost centre or a profit centre, any international transactions done with the parent entity or any other of your own company, qualifies for transfer pricing. Transfer pricing is essentially a markup that is arrived after detailed study of multiple factors and business conditions. This markup leads to the Indian subsidiary being profitable.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday explain in detail the concept of Transfer pricing, what are the ways you can arrive at calculating this and how do you go about the same in your setup...
2020-10-0906 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowCompliances for an Indian subsidiary - Doing business in India [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]If you have an Indian subsidiary, either as a cost centre or a profit centre, you need to keep it compliant under various applicable laws. These law vary from Company to FEMA to Taxation to Labour to Regulatory etc.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at applicable laws for both cost centre or a profit centre and what you should be aware of to keep your startup compliant.
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#startup #doingbusinessinIndia #eLagaan #nextbigwhat #makeinindia
2020-10-0208 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowSetting up an Indian subsidiary - Doing business in India [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]If you are looking to do business in India, you can set up a company in multiple ways like Private Limited company or an LLP depending on what your objectives are - Cost centre Vs Profit Centre.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at option available to get started in India along with various tax implications that you should be aware of.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
#startup #doingbusinessinIndia #eLagaan #nextbigwhat
2020-09-2506 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowConditions subsequent during fund raise [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]Conditions subsequent (popularly known as CS) is a list of activities that investor requires a startup to complete immediately after they put in the money. This includes things like allotting shares to investors, appointing them as director and many more activities derived from the findings during investor due diligence.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at this list and what's their impact is, and how to plan for it so that committed tasks are done on time which is critical from SHA’s implementation.
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#startup #funding #eL...
2020-09-1803 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowConditions precedent during fund raise [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]Conditions precedent (popularly known as CP) is a list of activities that investor requires a startup to finish before they actually put in the money. Many tasks in this list is derived from the findings during investor due diligence.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at this list, what's their impact is on your fund raise process and how you can try to optimize this list in order to get the investment amount earlier to your bank.
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#startup #funding #eLagaan #nextbigwhat
2020-09-1105 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowSale of shares by Founders [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]Founders may need to sell their shares to 3rd parties (partly or fully) depending on their requirements. Sale of shares is a regulated process agreed with investors and other shareholders of the company.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at what steps and proceeses needs to be followed in case founder or any other shareholder is interested in selling their shares to existing shareholders or an independent person or entity.
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#startup #funding #eLagaan #nextbigwhat
2020-09-0406 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowFounders vesting [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]Though Founders hold a substantial stake in the company during incorporation, they need to go through a vesting schedule to protect their interest in the company. This schedule can start from incorporation or subsequent funding rounds depending on investor negotiations.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday talks what founders vesting is, how the logistics of it generally works out and various scenarios in which a founder exits or get terminated.
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2020-08-2809 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowBeyond Tiktok: Here is how Sumit of Chingari App is focused on growth and retention.Welcome to a fresh episode of GrowthTalkies.com, a series of conversations on growth and retention which NextBigWhat has launched in partnership with WebEngage.
In this episode, we have Sumit Ghosh - running a very hot startup - Chingari app. ̛In this conversation with Ashish Sinha, Sumit shares some real candid perspectives on building a better TikTok alternative.
What’s interesting is Sumit’s candid take on building a mature product company that can go beyond TikTok’s smart machine learning algo and the timeframe it might take to get there.
Meanwhile, Chingari app is he...
2020-08-2442 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowFounder Lock-in [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]When you raise money, the investors want the founders to stay back and run the show. Although you may have agreed for a reverse vesting schedule, but while onboarding investors they may ask for few years of lock-in for founders. This is critical from a strategic and company's perspective.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday talks what implications founders lock-in brings and helps you understand the implication around this clause so that you are aware and be prepared for acceptable terms.
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2020-08-2103 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowInvestment tranches [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]When you raise money, many times the investment may come in tranches instead of single shot. The tranches could be linked to time, milestones or both. The tranches are committed now and released when the underlying factor is complete (time/ milestone).
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday talks about what impact the tranches could bring to your overall fund availability, the risks that you should be aware of and how you can go about it while negotiating your investment round.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-08-1406 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowLiquidation preferences [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]While raising investment, you will liquidation preferences clause in your SHA. This clause impacts how investors are paid in events of M&A (mergers & acquisition) or during liquidity of the company.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday talks about what factors or variables can be brought in liquidation preferences and how negotiations can be done around it with investors.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-08-0705 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowFounders agreement [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]For founders who are not related to each other (like husband-wife, father-son etc.) it is important to enter into Founders Agreement covering important working relationship between founders and vesting schedules for founder's share holding. This document is a must for due diligence when you are raising money from professional or institutional investors.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday talks about what importance of founder's agreement and what are the aspects that should be covered to make it safe for each founder & the startup.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-07-3112 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowAnti Dilution Rights [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]When investors come onboard, they ask for anti dilution rights to protect themselves from any down trend in valuation of the startup in future. Startup should issue additional shares for free to existing investors whenever this gets triggered.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday talks about what anti dilution rights are and how you can bring few dimensions to make it a close ended option for investors & startup and still be fair.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-07-2406 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowInvestor reporting & MIS [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]As investors come on board post investment, they need regular updates on various aspects of startup followed by review meetings. Sharing accurate MIS on agreed timelines is very important.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday talks about the various metrics that investors look for and other data that they need for their review and evaluation purposes.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-07-1704 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowGlimpse of life post investments [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]Life of startup founders change a lot after raising money. The new investors comes on board and is also involved in many decision making and operations of the company.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday tries to offer a glimpse of how things change and what steps founders should take to ensure smooth running of company, setting up your unique culture and maintaining great investor relations.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-07-1006 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowGuide to investor due diligence [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]In between term sheet and signing the SHA, every investor conducts a detailed due diligence on various aspects of a startup to ensure that they are investing in a right startup and that there will not be any surprises in future from a regulatory or legal point of view.
The extent and duration of due diligence depends on the age, stage and amount of investment, but if you have prepared for it well, you can reduce the time frames drastically. Shorter due diligence time means faster time to bank the investment amount.
The current episode...
2020-07-0306 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowThe art of investor negotations [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]Investment is not just about valuation and stake. There are multiple avenues and opportunities where founders can strike a great deal for the startup with tactful negotiations. These options can become a bigger pain or gain during the whole lifecycle depending on how well you have handled it.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at some of these aspects and explain the impact it could bring on a startup. How you can strike a great deal if you have taken care of these points during your fund raise.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
2020-06-2615 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowDecoding shareholders agreement (SHA) [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]Before a startup receives the actual investment amount in their bank account, the investors, founders and startup execute a share subscription & share holders agreement (SSSHA or SHA). This is an important and elaborate legal document which is binding on all sides.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at critical components of a SHA and how it could impact not just the controls or investor relationship but also the day to day working of startups.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-06-1912 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowMastering term sheet [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]Term sheet is the most important strategic document that a startup gets while raising money. It is more critical than the share holding agreement or share subscription agreement (SHA or SSSHA) as all the crucial terms of the deal are agreed at term sheet stage.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at how you can go about evaluating your term sheet and what aspects can make or break or significantly impact the startup & founders in short to mid to long term.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-06-1210 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowPre-money/ Post money valuation [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]For every startup valuation is of paramount importance. When you are raising money, it is important to understand and know what valuation is being discussed - Pre-money or Post-money?
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at both the aspects of valuation, What they are and how it impacts the stake offered to investors significantly.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-06-0503 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowWhat is a cap table? [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]The current capital structure of the startup is called a cap table. It contains details of various stakeholders and their holdings alongwith the type of instrument they hold. It gives a clear and crisp picture of all investments made in the startup from date of incorporation till date. An authoritative piece of information that is referenced during a fund raising exercise.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday helps to explain the concept of cap table and how you can go about preparing one for your startup with ease.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
2020-05-2902 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowUnderstanding Investment ecosystem [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]For startups who are raising investment, it helps to understand the ecosystem, the various stakeholders and what roles they play. It is also important to have an understanding of what factors interests an investor so that the chances of you striking a chord with them improves.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at some of these aspects and gives an insight about types of investors, sizes of investments and what kind of research may help strike the chord.
For queries: hello@eLagaan.com
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2020-05-2208 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowRaising your 1st Funding [eLagaan Whiteboard Friday]When you are trying to raise your first funding round, this episode shall help you to understand what preparations are needed before you reach out to investors. Tips and recommendations may help improve the funding potential and optimize the efforts.
The current episode of eLagaan Whiteboard Friday looks at how you can receive money in shortest time possible after getting a term sheet. The suggestions are recommendations to reduce the time it takes to finish investor due diligence and bank the investment amount as early as possible.
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2020-05-1505 min
The Zac Anesbury Show: Your Marketing PodcastThe Zac Anesbury Show #6 (Professor Ashish Sinha)Zac talks with Professor Ashish Sinha while he was visiting the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute during his sabbatical. The thing that struck Zac was just how humble he is for someone so accomplished. While Ashish is an accomplished research Professor, his recent role within University of Technology Sydney (or UTS) was the Associate Dean (Research and Development) and that really steered out discussion. The two go into great detail about the history of business schools, the current state of play, and importantly where they will be in the future. As marketers who often sit within business schools, or are accompanied within...
2020-04-061h 21The Ashish Sinha ShowMarketing in the time of crisis: Conversation with Ankur Warikoo, Nearbuy CofounderThe times ahead are challenging for companies.
With limited marketing budget (esp in times like these), how can you stay ahead? How can you own the brand narrative and not ‘let-it-get-decided-by-media’?
The big question - should you even be marketing anything in times like these?
Listen up to this interesting conversation between Ashish Sinha (NextBigWhat Founder) and Ankur Warikoo (Cofounder, Nearbuy) on marketing in the time of crisis.
This conversation is recorded as part of NextBigWhat:Huddle in partnership with MoEngage.
2020-03-3155 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowWakefit Cofounder Chaitanya On Surviving 2 Failures, Inventing A Category & Finding Product-Market FitListen to this AMA with Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, Co-founder @ Wakefit - a startup that is a true innovator in the world of mattresses.
Wakefit is Chaitanya’s third startup. His previous 2 startups failed and he will share the experience / learning and odd jobs he did to keep them going. Wakefit has pretty much created a new category – the company was started way back in 2015 when nobody thought sleep products could be bought online in India.
How do you go about finding product-market fit for such products?
Of course, he will talk about the out-of-the-box marketing...
2020-03-2039 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowAMA with Pallav Nadhani of Fusioncharts [NextBigWhat Huddle]Welcome to MoEngage presents NextBigWhat: Huddle AMA Live! Remote is now the reality for many, but learning need not stop. Join us for a daily AMA with leading voices in the industry. Today we have Pallav Nadhani, Founder @ Fusioncharts - a 17-year old 100% bootstrapped (and profitable) startup and importantly, one of the few product-led global businesses from India. Fusioncharts has recently been acquired by US-based Idera and Pallav answers questions on bootstrapping, going global, building product-led business.
2020-03-1932 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowDefying Startup Gyaan: Pallav Nadhani on Fusioncharts JourneyIn this episode, you will hear Pallav Nadhani, founder of FusionCharts, one of India's longest running SaaS platforms. The company has been profitable while being entirely bootstrapped and counts some of the top companies in the world, such as Facebook, Apple and Microsoft amongs its clientele. The company has now been acquired by Idera and this is a great time to listen to this talk by Pallav given at UnPluggd Conference 2014, where he goes into the journey of bootstrapping, building a product in India, entrepreneurial lessons and much more.
2020-03-1749 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowIndian Startups Have A Massive Problem Of Sugarcoated Feedback: Kunal ShahHi there! Welcome to a new episode on NextBigWhat Radio. This is part 2 of our two-part series featuring Kunal Shah, founder of Cred and co-founder at Freecharge. Someone who has made a name for himself in the startup circles as an opinionated and headstrong entrepreneur, who is never shy of sharing his take on a wide variety of topics. In this episode Ashish Sinha, Founder & CEO @ NextBigWhat has a very interesting conversation with him at UnPluggd 2019 as part of a fireside chat cum AMA. There are many takeaways for founders and product folk along with some fascinating insights into...
2020-03-1418 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowWhat EXACTLY is Product Thinking? Why few companies grow 10X while most don't?Why is it that a few companies grow very well while others with similar team/funding don't go anywhere?
Why is it that few businesses are able to scale 10000X in no time while others struggle?
A few thoughts on #productmanagement and product-led thinking.
2020-03-1210 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowKunal Shah On CRED, Startups & Indian Consumers Pt. 1Hi there! Welcome to a new episode on NextBigWhat Radio. Today we're featuring Kunal Shah, founder of Cred and co-founder at Freecharge. Someone who has made a name for himself in the startup circles as an opinionated and headstrong entrepreneur, who is never shy of sharing his take on a wide variety of topics. In this episode, as part one of a two-part series, Ashish Sinha, Founder & CEO @ NextBigWhat has a very interesting conversation with him at UnPluggd 2019 as part of a fireside chat cum AMA. There are many takeaways for founders and product folk along with some fascinating...
2020-03-0517 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowStartup & Chill: Beyond The Rat Race Of Entrepreneurship [Bal Krishn Birla]Our guest for this episode is Bal Krishn Birla. A man with an incredibly diverse resume and range of interests. As the co-founder of AskLaila and Zopnow, he has been involved at the highest levels of tech, but along with his music group 'Bhoole Bisre Geet' and poetry, he's no slouch when it comes to the arts either. Birla has had varied business interests throughout his career and is quite the storehouse of entrepreneurial and startup wisdom.
In this interview with Ashish Sinha, founder and CEO of NextBigWhat, you will hear about the successes and failures that B...
2020-02-2937 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowSachin Bansal On Building Big Businesses | UnPluggd FlashbackSachin Bansal, founder @ Flipkart spoke on building big businesses at UnPluggd 2019, and who better than him to speak on this topic. In this episode of UnPluggd Flashback, you will hear Sachin's advice to entrepreneurs on thinking big to build big businesses. So no matter at what stage you might be in your entrepreneurial journey, we're sure you'll find this gem useful. We will be sharing more of these mini clips by notable speakers from past editions of our marquee technology & product conference UnPluggd soon.
2020-02-2503 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowMaking India Entrepreneurial: Revamping Indian Education, Post Flipkart [Mekin Pt. 2]Our guest for this episode is Mekin Maheshwari, the founder & CEO of Udhyam Learning Foundation. An engineer by education, Mekin has had entrepreneurial roles throughout his career. Notably, he joined Flipkart in 2009 to head technology. After having built a strong technology foundation and a great team, he moved on to running two new businesses before finally heading their HR for his last 2 years at Flipkart.
Now, at Udhyam, which is a not-for-profit organization, he is focused on inculcating an entrepreneurial mindset amongst school students, as well as enabling micro-entrepreneurs with consulting and group coaching.
This...
2020-02-1834 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowFlipkart: The Untold Story of Experiments and Thinking Differently [Mekin Maheshwari Pt.1]Our guest for this episode is Mekin Maheshwari, the founder & CEO of Udhyam Learning Foundation. An engineer by education, Mekin has had entrepreneurial roles throughout his career. Notably, he joined Flipkart in 2009 to head technology. After having built a strong technology foundation and a great team, he moved on to running two new businesses before finally heading their HR for his last 2 years at Flipkart.
Now, at Udhyam, which is a not-for-profit organization, he is focused on inculcating an entrepreneurial mindset amongst school students, as well as enabling micro-entrepreneurs with consulting and group coaching.
This...
2020-02-1524 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowFrom Zero to Zerodha - Nitin Kamath's Journey Pt. 2 | Ep. 3 #UnPluggdFounded in 2010, Zerodha is an Indian firm that pioneered the online discount brokerage model in the country, and today stands as India's largest stockbroker by number of clients: over 1.5 million. In fact, Zerodha today is worth close to 500 million dollars according to some estimates. In the 2nd and concluding part of this UnPluggd Flashback episode, you will hear Nithin Kamath, the founder of Zerodha, share the story of how he went from being a makeshift online broker for private clients to starting an online trading revolution.
*This talk was recorded at UnPluggd 2017 edition - NextBigWhat's marquee annual t...
2020-02-0919 minThe Ashish Sinha ShowNextBigWhat Radio : Why us? Why now? [Ep. 1]An introduction to the philosophy and driving force behind The NextBigWhat Podcast by Ashish Sinha, founder of NextBigWhat. Ashish has held senior Product roles at many top-tier companies and has been at the forefront of pushing the Indian startup ecosystem to see beyond prescribed limits. Here he outlines his vision for the show and how we intend to take it forward.
2020-01-3102 min
The Ashish Sinha ShowFrom Zero To Zerodha - Nithin Kamath's Journey | Ep. 2 #UnPluggdFounded in 2010, Zerodha is an Indian firm that pioneered the online discount brokerage model in the country, and today stands as India's largest stockbroker by number of clients: over 1.5 million. In fact, Zerodha today is worth close to 500 million dollars according to some estimates. In Part 1 of this episode of UnPluggd Flashback, you will hear Nithin Kamath, the founder of Zerodha, share the story of how he went from being a makeshift online broker for private clients to starting an online trading revolution.
*This talk was recorded at UnPluggd 2017 edition - NextBigWhat's marquee annual tech conference.
2020-01-3018 min
OutliersEp 34: Ashish Sinha on Indian startups’ underbelly and going back to his product rootsDepending on who you ask in the Indian startup ecosystem, Ashish Sinha, an IIT, IIM graduate and a former Yahoo product manager, could have built an AngelList to a TechCrunch equivalent from this part of the world. For his part, he did try attempting doing these. And he failed. Not for any lack of network or the knowhow, but because he did not agree with the rules of the game.
Since Sinha quit his Yahoo job in May 2009, Shradha Sharma has built and scaled startup news site www.YourStory.com to be India’s biggest media platform for entrepreneurs, and An...
2017-09-1545 min
Analyse PodcastEpisode 98: The India Startup Ecosystem with Ashish Sinha - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongAshish Sinha, founder of NextBigWhat, joined us for a conversation on the emerging India startup ecosystem. From his origins as a product manager in Yahoo! India to setting up the media site to help India entrepreneurs to gather feedback for their products since 2009, we discussed the India startup ecosystem from decoding the unicorn startup The post Episode 98: The India Startup Ecosystem with Ashish Sinha appeared first on Analyse Asia.
2016-03-1220 min