E77 - Taking Indian Manufacturing to the World w/Zetwerk's Amrit Acharya

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Amrit Acharya, Co-Founder & CEO of Zetwerk. 

Zetwerk is phenomenally disrupting the manufacturing industry across the globe as we know it. It is a B2B marketplace focused on make-to-order custom manufacturing and is one of India’s leading startups, redefining benchmarks of speed, growth, profitability and value creation. Founded less than 4 years ago, Zetwerk found a very unique whitespace with custom manufacturing and doubled down in an unprecedented manner. It is a profitable unicorn with a last reported valuation of more than 1.5Bn Dollars, generating incredible value for each of its stakeholders periodically reporting great fundamental numbers & multiple buy-backs for the team. 

Through this conversation, we decode how this rocketship unfolded and how they continue to innovate. Here is what we discuss -

1. (2:41) : Amrit's journey to becoming a founder // Being deliberate about choices!

2. (06:14) : Identifying white-spaces in Entrepreneurship ~ the Journey to starting Zetwerk!

3. (11:11) : Practising ~ "Listening to the Consumer"

4. (14:17) : Stakeholder Management for a diverse target group with Zetwerk!

5. (17:43) : Achieving Operational Excellence with Zetwerk 

6. (22:33) : Building & Managing a sustainable Growth Engine

7. (27:05) : Attracting Talent for a rather unsexy business

8. (30:25) : Taking Indian Manufacturing to the World 🚀

9. (33:16) : Curating strong partnerships deliberately for the long run

10. (36:31) : Scaling as a Founder ~ the nuances of building a large company as a first-time founder

11. (41:57) : Dealing with Challenges through the Company building journey

12. (46:12) : Key Takeaways for the Entrepreneurial Journey

13. (49:40) : Conclusion

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