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Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners & Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners discuss BAD MATHS in the Startup world on this episode. Say goodbye to relying on "magical numbers" and instead focus on a thorough understanding of your market and customers for better results. We discuss key business metrics for growth, such as customer acquisition cost, campaign effectiveness, and churn calculations. We also stress the significance of segmentation, clear customer profiles, and willingness to pay for each segment. So don't miss this insightful episode full of valuable advice and perspectives to help you navigate the challenging world of startups.Listen to the podcast to learn about:01:30 - Common Pitfalls When Calculating TAM07:20 - What is a Good TAM from an Investor’s Perspective09:00 - Calculating TAM for a category-creating company11:00 - The Right Way to Calculate CAC18:30 - How to Think About Churn28:00 - Change the Question from LTV to Payback30:15 - Revenue, Retention & Cohort Based Analysis41:00 - Returns, Promotions, Discounts & Refunds46:00 - Averages Vs Medians50:00 - Smile Curve for SaaS CompaniesClick here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review and subscribe so you don't miss future episodes.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Satya Chakravarthy Co-Founder The ePlane Company in conversation with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about: 04:00 - Entrepreneurship is About Solving a Problem 16:00 - Flying Taxis for City Travel20:00 - Aviation Will Get Disrupted by Electrification30:00 - Infrastructure & Defrastructure33:20 - Startups in Engineering Colleges in IndiaClick here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Rahul Garg Founder Moglix in conversation with with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about:01:00 - B2B Commerce Needs to Transform like B2C commerce05:30 - Opportunity to Become a Disruptor Globally14:00 - Find What Customers Don't Want To Do18:00 - How B2B Marketplaces differ from B2C Marketplaces25:00 - The China Plus One Strategy & Opportunity for India31:00 - How to Evaluate a B2B Opportunity as an EntrepreneurClick here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Tushar Vashisht, Co-Founder & CEO HealthifyMe with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about:01:30 - HealthifyMe Inspiration: Aadhaar & 100 Rupees a Day07:00 - From Google Sheets to a Website to a Mobile App13:00 - The Most Effective: Human, AI or Human+AI?18:00 - Near Death Experiences in the Life of a Startup27:00 - "Too Much Money Can Harm a Company"32:00 - AI, HealthTech & the Next Trillion Dollar Company37:15 - Time of Less Noise and More Efficient GrowthClick here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Srinath Ravichandran, Co-Founder & CEO AgniKul with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about:03:30 - How AgniKul is Making Going to Space Easy10:30 - Can Rockets also Shrink?20:00 - How ISRO works with Indian Space Tech Startups26:30 - Who will be the New Customers35:00 - Think of Space as a Platform42:00 - Many Exciting Opportunities in Space Tech47:00 - India is a Space-Faring Nation TodayClick here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Gaurav Singh Kushwaha, Founder & CEO Bluestone with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about03:00 - When Starting Up: Defensibility & Differentiation11:00 - Online is Much More Than a Sales Channel20:00 - First Click, Last Click: Building the Right Attribution Models30:00 - Don’t Let Your Biases Define Your Metrics35:45 - CAC/LTV Fallacy: VCs & EntrepreneursClick here to read the full transcriptWant to learn about about building a global SaaS business from India? Listen to this episode with Khadim Batti, Co-Founder & CEO Whatfix where we talk about Finding PMF & The Right Customer Segment, Pricing & Product For Enterprise, Building Sales Cycle & Sales Force in US, Four Pillars of Category Awareness and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Jen Abel Co-Founder JJELLYFISH chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:30 - Early Stage Sales & PMF11:00 - How to Discover Your Customer’s Problems14:30 - The Product Doesn’t Drive Customer Discovery16:00 - How to Run a Great Demo21:00 - How to Think About Price Discovery28:30 - Role of Marketing in the 0-1 stage36:00 - 3 Big Things Every Indian SaaS founder Should KnowClick here to read the full transcriptWant to learn more about about building a global SaaS business from India? Listen to this episode with Khadim Batti, Co-Founder & CEO Whatfix where we talk about Finding PMF & The Right Customer Segment, Pricing & Product For Enterprise, Building Sales Cycle & Sales Force in US, Four Pillars of Category Awareness and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Stephen Wunker Managing Director New Markets Advisors chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Stephen is a frequent writer and speaker on how firms can create new growth platforms. His award-winning books include Capturing New Markets, Jobs to be Done , and Costovation.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 - Jobs to be done for SaaS Companies11:30 - How to Find Underlying Motivations of Your Customers22:00 - How NOT to use Jobs to be done Framework34:45 - How Often Should a SaaS Company Talk to Its Customers?40:00 - The Best Innovation Book Click here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to a serial SaaS founder, Srikrishnan Ganesan talk about How He Used Jobs to be Done Framework, When an MVP is Not Enough, Building a Community as a SaaS Business, Working with Industry Analysts and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Prime Mailbag: A special episode for you where we answer your questions on startups and entrepreneurship. We have Amit Somani & Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partners Prime Venture Partners, answering your questions. And if you have a question that you'd like us to answer in next episode you can submit hereListen to the podcast to learn about00:50 - Investing in Pre-Revenue Startups06:00 - Building and Evolving Startup Culture13:09 - Finding Product-Market Fit21:30 - Balancing Product and Distribution26:10 - Saying “no” to Investors28:34 - Maintaining Financial Discipline Post-Funding31:25 - Avoiding Bad Hiring Decisions35:50 - The Importance of Building in PublicClick here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to a veteran of Indian startup world sharing lesson from his 20+ years long entrepreneurial journey. On the episode with Sanjeev Bikhchandani we talk about Crowdsourcing customer feedback in real time; How naukri built a virtuous circle as a moat; Customer-led innovation Vs Competition-led Innovation; Why customer’s money is more important than investor’s money and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Piyush Shah Co-Founder InMobi and President & COO, Glance chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about06:00 - Inmobi’s Story of Survival and Scale20:00 - How to Evaluate Persistence & Grit27:30 - 100 People Who Operate Like Co-Founders30:45 - Building Pro Sports Team & a Family36:00 - Why Intent > CapabilityClick here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to a veteran of Indian startup world sharing lesson from his 20+ years long entrepreneurial journey. On the episode with Sanjeev Bikhchandani we talk about Crowdsourcing customer feedback in real time; How naukri built a virtuous circle as a moat; Customer-led innovation Vs Competition-led Innovation; Why customer’s money is more important than investor’s money and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Ganesh Balakrishnan Co-Founder Flatheads chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about05:00 - Ganesh's Early Entrepreneurial Journey from Momoe to Shopclues13:00 - Why Ganesh launched Flatheads: Thesis & Insights26:00 - Why Ganesh Applied to Shark Tank31:00 - What's Next for Ganesh & FlatheadsClick here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to a veteran of Indian startup world sharing lesson from his 20+ years long entrepreneurial journey. In the episode Dinesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO, Indiamart talks about the Founding story of IndiaMART, IndiaMART’s journey into the Domestic B2B Space, Bundling & Unbundling; Opportunities in Indian B2B space, Verticalization, SuperApps and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners in conversation with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 - FinTech is a Gift That Keeps on Giving07:00 - FLDG, The Regulator & The Regulated10:00 - How to Partner with Banks16:00 - Flow based lending & New Opportunities25:00 - Opportunities in Infrastructure for Banking30:00 - Co-Creation & Big OpportunitiesClick here to read the full transcriptWant to learn more about about the India Opportunity & India Stack? Listen to this episode with Shireesh Joshi, Chief Business Office ONDC where we talk about ONDC: Interoperability & Unbundling, Why will Customers use ONDC?, Business models, Unsolved Areas and New Opportunities, Success Metrics for ONDC and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Prashant Tandon Founder 1mg chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 - Start Up When YOU Are Ready08:00 - New Healthcare: From Doctor Centric to Patient Centric13:15 - Acquiring Consumers in Healthcare19:00 - Different Customer Segments in India22:00 - Building a Digital Only Healthcare Company24:15 - Be Very Clear About Your Reason to Exist29:30 - Conventional Wisdom Doesn’t Build Anything NewClick here to read the full transcriptWant to learn more about about building a building a category-defining startup in India? Listen to this episode with Vidit Aatrey, Co-Founder & CEO, Meesho where he talks about Meesho’s Core Value of Always Listening to UserTeam building, Hiring and Retaining Talent at Startups, Current Landscape of the Indian E-commerce Sector, Importance of Trust and Accessibility in E-commerce and more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Srikrishnan Ganesan Co-Founder & CEO Rocketlane chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:30: Joining SaaS World: From B2C to B2B08:00 - Analysing TAM: Is it a feature or a Company? 14:00 - When an MVP is Not Enough20:00 - Reducing the Time to Wow25:00 - Building a Community as a SaaS Business32:30 - Working with Industry Analysts36:00 - 2 Books That Have Helped Sri as a FounderClick here to read the full transcriptWant to learn more about about building a global SaaS business from India? Listen to this episode with Khadim Batti, Co-Founder & CEO Whatfix where we talk about Finding PMF & The Right Customer Segment, Pricing & Product For Enterprise, Building Sales Cycle & Sales Force in US, Four Pillars of Category Awareness and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Ashmeet Sidana Founder & Chief Engineer, Engineering Capital chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 - The High Cost of Getting The Market Size Wrong10:00 - When Should You Use Top Down Market Size15:30 - Calculating Market Size: Precision Vs Accuracy23:30 - Great Products Expand Markets28:30 - Creating a Category is a Continuum35:00 - Disagreeing with the Market SizeClick here to read the full transcriptDo you have unanswered questions about the world of startups and entrepreneurship? If so, here is your chance to get your burning questions answered.(And also to get featured on the podcast!) We are looking for interesting and thought-provoking questions about all aspects of building a startup. Submit your questions here(https://bit.ly/PvpMailBag) and a set of hand-picked ones will be answered by the Prime team on the special podcast episode. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/
Arvind Parthiban CEO & Co-Founder SuperOps.ai chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - From Zoho to Zarget to Freshworks to SuperOps.ai11:00 - Finding PMF: It’s About Predictability18:30 - GTM: Answer These 2 Questions First 24:00 - SaaS Marketing: Lead Gen & Brand Building33:00 - Why, When & How to work With Industry AnalystsClick here to read the full transcriptWant to learn more about about building a global SaaS business from India? Listen to this episode with Khadim Batti, Co-Founder & CEO Whatfix where we talk about Finding PMF & The Right Customer Segment, Pricing & Product For Enterprise, Building Sales Cycle & Sales Force in US, Four Pillars of Category Awareness and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Karthik Jayaraman, Co-Founder WayCool chats with Gaurav Ranjan, VP Investments Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:30 - Push-Led Supply Chain to Demand Led Supply Chain10:00 - Role of Tech in Food Supply Chain18:00 - Depth in One Category Vs Building Breadth30:00 - Build in-house, Acquire or Use 3rd Party Service Providers?35:00 - Solving Credit for Farmers38:00 - Resource Allocation: Physical CFO & Digital CFO42:00 - “My Job is to Develop Leaders”Click here to read the full transcriptWant to learn more about about AgriTech in India? Listen to this episode with Shashank Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO DeHaat where we talk about Scalability and Monetisation in AgriTech; Role of Tech(Enabler or Revenue Generator); Managing Scale in a Fast Growing Startup; New Startup Opportunities in AgriTech Space and a lot more. ----------We are organising a B2B commerce Roundtable, followed by a mixer, on 7th December in Bangalore. Join us if you are building in the B2B commerce space and would like to get insights from entrepreneurs and investors in the space. Panelists include:- Sanjay Dasari, Co-Founder WayCool Foods- Nishant Verman, Co-Founder Bzaar- Shashank Singh, Co-Founder Poshn- Shivani Kulkarni, Senior Associate Prime Venture PartnersThis is a curated event and has limited slots. Please register at the earliest to confirm your participation. Register here: https://lu.ma/B2BCommerce----------Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Matt Abrahams, Lecturer Stanford Graduate School of Business and host of Think Fast Talk Smart Podcast chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about03:00 - Communication Game: Reflect, Practice & Iterate13:00 - The Art of Engaging Your Audience18:30 - Was it a Great Meeting?21:30 - Matt’s “what, so what, now what” feedback technique31:30 - Negotiation: Is it a Battle or a Game?Click here to read the full transcriptNext, learn how to use storytelling to build a personal brand. On this episode Ankur Warikoo talks about how storytelling is a skill that every entrepreneur should have, the existing discomfort among founders to tell stories, the stigma of hiding one’s emotions, building a personal brand on social media, overcoming assumptions and developing skills, the necessity of having a failure resume and a lot moreEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Khadim Batti, Co-Founder & CEO Whatfix chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about03:00 - GPS for Software09:00 - Finding PMF & The Right Customer Segment15:30 - Pricing & Product For Enterprise 21:00 - Building Sales Cycle & Sales Force in US29:00 - Four Pillars of Category Awareness36:00 - Start Selling to Enterprise Click here to read the full transcriptWant to learn more about building large Enterprise Businesses? Listen to this episode where Bhavin Turakhia, a Serial Entrepreneur, shares his framework for building large SaaS Business. We cover Template for Building SaaS Companies, The Three Objective Measures Of Product Market Fit, The Goal Of Fundraising and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
Keerti Singh & Kashyap Reddy, Co-Founders HitWicket chat with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 - Cricket is a Game of Strategy11:00 - Games are Where Gamers Hang Out18:00 - India Gamers & Bharat Gamers20:05 - Web3 Gaming: Technology, Game Play & TokensClick here to read the full transcriptWant to learn more about Web 3 Gaming? Listen to this episode where we talk about What is Web3 Gaming; NFTs, Tokens & Monetisation; “There is No Game Without the Gameplay”; Future of Web3 Gaming: Crypto & Micro payments. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback
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