E94 - Transforming Indian FinTech w/smallcase's Vasanth Kamath

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vasanth Kamath, Co-Founder & CEO of smallcase. 

smallcase is one of the most disruptive companies of India, transforming the FinTech landscape of the country, one product at a time. What started as a quest to fill a gap for retail investors who wanted to move from Mutual Funds to Equity, has now become an entire asset class in itself, which is further building multiple products on top of it, including - https://gateway.smallcase.com/, https://www.tickertape.in/, https://publisher.smallcase.com/. 

As smallcase transforms Indian FinTech, I chat with Vasanth on how they got here. Through this conversation, we discuss the following:

1. (00:16) : Introduction 

2. (04:06) : Building a company on top of original solutions 

3. (09:58) : Decoding the early journey towards creating a different asset class by itself 

4. (16:34) : How does smallcase function internally and design an org that facilitates multiple innovations & processes? 

5. (24:36) : How has Vasanth & the Leadership been deliberate about establishing a strong culture at smallcase? 

6. (27:46) : How has the smallcase team been built? What does Vasanth look for when hiring someone? 

7. (35:04) : Decoding the cycle of consumer insights & feedback cycles, especially at scale! 

8. (43:35) : What does it mean to effectively manage multiple Stakeholders at scale, with phenomenal execution? 

9. (49:24) : Considering that FinTech is heavily regulated and requires incredible amounts of consumer trust, how has smallcase been able to navigate such external forces? 

10. (53:01) : What is next for smallcase? How is smallcase further going to disrupt the ecosystem? 

11. (56:44) : How has Vasanth evolved through the journey of building smallcase? 

12. (1:00:07) : What are some thinking principles that help Vasanth think ahead and develop foresight that compounds into building the future? 

13. (1:03:49) : Concluding with Vasanth's eventual motivation to be a founder & build smallcase. 

14. (1:06:31) : Conclusion!

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