E83 - Democratizing High Quality Education for India w/Vedantu's Vamsi Krishna

In this Episode, I speak (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) with Vamsi Krishna, Co-founder & CEO of Vedantu.

Democratizing high quality education for 35 Million Indian Students per month, Vedantu is a phenomenal long-term organization solving one of the most fundamental problems in the country. Started in 2014 by a group of friends who had previously established a chain of offline engineering tuition centers with Lakshya, live tutoring was not main-stream back in the day, and there were a bunch of questions that everyone raised. The Vedantu team trusted themselves and kept their eye on the mission, without deterring or deviating especially when it got bumpy. 7 years in, Vedantu is a unicorn company, has over 200,000 paid consumers and is unlocking massive value.

Through the conversation we discuss the following pointers!

1. (02:31) : Vamsi Krishna's journey of going from IIT to starting a Coaching Institute to starting up Vedantu 

2. (06:51) : Investing in the long run & knowing the importance of the finer aspects ~ Long Term Vision & Short Term Execution

3. (13:34) : Understanding what "Flow" means & How one can leverage Flow as an Entrepreneur

4. (18:52) : Decoding the incredible culture at Vedantu! 

~ Building a shared identity in the form of Vedans

5. (24:27) : How does Vedantu keep intact & scale Student Obsession?

6. (30:51) : How does Vamsi make the hard decisions?

7. (38:12) : The clarity of thought as a Founder ~ How does this get achieved through the journey?

8. (45:39) : How does Vamsi manage his time & ensure that he is his most productive self, almost always?

9. (54:49) : Not letting the small things divert focus & optimising for efficiency

10. (57:00) : Energy Management matters more than anything else

11. (58:23) : Guardrails of building a Category Creating Company 

12. (1:00:55) : ConclusionHope you liked the 83rd Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Democratizing High Quality Education for India!

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