Zetwerk: Digitizing India’s Manufacturing Supply Chain
Moonshot
English - September 05, 2022 09:48 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEntrepreneurship Business Technology founder entrepreneur sequoia india southeast asia business startup surge sequoia capital sequoia peak xv partners Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
India's manufacturing sector, which contributes 18% of the country’s GDP, is on the cusp of change. This highly labor intensive sector, which is plagued with logistical and technical issues, is undergoing a transformation as workers upskill and companies start to digitize their processes to improve efficiency. In 2018, Amrit Acharya, Srinath Ramakkrushnan, Vishal Chaudhary, and Rahul Sharma launched Zetwerk, a B2B manufacturing network that offers companies manufacturing solutions across a wide variety of products. On this episode of Moonshot, we speak with Amrit Acharya, Co-Founder and CEO of Zetwerk and Shailesh Lakhani, Managing Director at Sequoia India, about how the startup is taking a bold bet to bring a centuries-old industry into the digital age.
Show Notes:
Fall in love with unsolved problems (5:40)“We built exactly what you wanted.”: The challenges of selling software in India (9:40)The answer to how you pivot your startup lies in user behavior (11:15)Taking on a centuries-old industry (16:28)Finding opportunity in adversity (20:24)Taking a software approach to building hardware (among other things) (23:39)Running an international business without an overseas footprint (27:30)“Done is better than perfect.” (29:30)Showcasing India’s manufacturing potential (33:28)Paying it forward with Zetwerk Build (34:34)