JasaRodio
85 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -JasaRodio is the podcast channel dedicated to bringing you the latest trends, strategies, and success stories from the world of startups!
Every fortnight on a podcast our guests (Founders, Experts, Investors) will share their valuable insights that you can apply to your own startup:
◘ Deep insights to grow from an idea to an IPO.
◘ Founders' success stories and/or their failures, along with learnings.
◘ Secret sauce/best practices to emulate, mistakes to avoid, etc.
Whether you're a first-time founder or a seasoned entrepreneur, "JasaRodio" is the most comprehensive resource podcast for you!
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Why should you acquire a profitable business, and how to integrate it successfully?
March 09, 2024 16:13 - 18 minutes - 14.2 MBIn conversation with Richard Parker, a distinguished M&A expert, who has led successful acquisitions of 13 companies, ranging from $50K to $200+ Mn. Richard shares his valuable insights on: Why should you only buy an existing profitable business? How do you source potential businesses, and conduct due diligence? Finally, how do you integrate it successfully within your business?
When to Transit from a Founder to a CEO?
December 18, 2023 16:41 - 22 minutes - 17.3 MBRachel Turner Co-founder at VC Talent Lab, UK Author, The Founder’s Survival Guide Sharing her insights on: She shares a brief background about herself and the inspiration behind "The Founder's Survival Guide." Key challenges most founders typically face as they scale their businesses from 0 to 1. What strategies should the founders apply to navigate these challenges and grow their businesses? Why do entrepreneurs lack in this transition from founders to CEOs? The board's role in coa...
How to Sell Your SaaS Startup?
November 08, 2023 13:44 - 17 minutes - 14 MBIn conversation with Blake Hutchison, the CEO of Flippa, where we discussed: The current trend of buying and selling SaaS businesses. When and why should founders of SaaS startups consider an exit? Prevailing exit revenue/profit multiples for the SaaS businesses. How should SaaS founders maximize the value of their startup, and ensure a smooth transition to an exit? Finally, the key challenges involved during this process of buying and selling SaaS businesses?
How BigSpoon Misled Its Investors, and is Close to Bankruptcy?
September 09, 2023 14:35 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBIndia, being the 3rd largest startup ecosystem is fraught with frauds too. There have been several instances of corporate governance lapses in startups like BharatPe, Zilingo, Trell, and GoMechanics. This time it's a cloud kitchen startup, namely Bigspoon Foods. The fraud was exposed in an article titled "How a cloud-kitchen startup misled investors and left unpaid bills in its wake?" which appeared in the e-magazine The Ken, on 28 August 2023. The podcast covers, how BigSpoon misled in...
Venture Debt 101: A Guide on the Why, What, and How!
May 19, 2023 17:41 - 19 minutes - 15.6 MBJasaRodio | Episode 76 | Venture Debt 101: A Guide on the Why, What, and How! Guest: Punit Shah, Managing Partner - Alteria Capital. Sharing his insights on: What is Venture Debt, and how it differs from other forms of financing? What are the key benefits of Venture Debt for startups, and how can it complement future equity rounds? When should startups explore Venture Debt, is it the right choice for specific needs (e.g. bridge rounds)? What does a typical Venture Debt term sheet look ...
How to Build a Profitable Unicorn Startup [Part-3]?
May 13, 2023 02:47 - 21 minutes - 13.2 MBA 3-part podcast series, in partnership with OfBusiness, India's youngest profitable unicorn! The Third (and final) part of this series covers: Summary of the journey, and mistakes made by the founders. The importance of customer feedback for startups. Some of the key challenges that startups usually face? How did technology/platform really evolve at OfBusiness? Advice for the B2B founders/startups building a marketplace or a 2-sided platform? How should founders secure funding from S...
How to Build a Profitable Unicorn Startup? [Part-2]
May 08, 2023 03:03 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBA 3-part podcast series, in partnership with OfBusiness, India's youngest profitable unicorn! This Second part of this series covers: Advice to the B2B Founders? Create and track 2-3 relevant KPIs for your startup. How did OfBusiness achieve Product/Market Fit (PMF)? Their strategy for customer acquisition and growth. Their Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy to acquire and retain customers. How to hire best talent and use ESOPs to create a performance-driven culture?
How to Build a Profitable Unicorn Startup? (Part-1)
May 03, 2023 12:39 - 17 minutes - 12.9 MBA 3-part podcast series, in partnership with OfBusiness, India's youngest profitable unicorn! Background: OfBusiness is a B2B procurement and fintech platform, which is the youngest profitable Indian unicorn that has crossed over $2 bn in revenue in FY2022-23. The 7-year-old startup which turned unicorn in July-2021 has leapfrogged with a $6+ Bn valuation, operating across 20+ countries. It has impressive backing from top global investors like TigerGlobal, Norwest, Softbank, etc. Both c...
How does a VC source a unicorn startup at the early stage?
March 29, 2022 20:17 - 13 minutes - 8.55 MBAshish Kumar Partner, The Fundamentum Partnership (growth-focused VC Fund) Sharing his insights on: 1. As a part of a VC firm, what got you interested in the healthcare sector? 2. You had assessed several players in the pharma space, what were the 3 key factors that stood out for PharmEasy? 3. Besides the team, what other factors drove you to commit to PharmEasy? 4. In general, what makes a team shine over others when it comes to investment? 5. Coming back to PharmEasy, you tweeted ab...
10 Sales Tactics that Really Work!
December 24, 2021 15:44 - 4 minutes - 2.18 MBRyan Breslow Founder of 2 unicorns: Bolt and Eco. Sharing his own experiences, Ryan talks about the 10 Sales Tactics that Truly Work!
How Founders and Startups Can Benefit from the Gig Economy?
December 08, 2021 06:40 - 9 minutes - 4.55 MBRishav Agarwal Founder & CEO, Picxele (Gig Economy) Sharing his insights on: What has changed in the Gig Economy, post Covid-19 pandemic? How large is this Gig Market across the globe? What are the challenges with Gig Economy? How are gig platforms like Freelancer, Upwork really differentiating/solving this gap? How can founders/startups benefit from the opportunities involved? Journey of Picxele, and what gap does it fulfill?
How We Bootstrapped to a $100+ Mn Acquisition without a VC?
November 18, 2021 12:43 - 4 minutes - 2.61 MBBonus podcast recorded on a recent Twitter thread by Chris Cantino on the same subject. Chris is currently the co-owner of Color Capital. Prior to this, he was CMO of Schmidt's Naturals and helped propel the company to $100M+ acquisition by Unilever alongside wife and partner Jaime Schmidt. Head on to this podcast, to hear 10 pointers recommended by Chris to scale up your venture as a viable/potential acquisition venture!
How is Good Good Piggy Inculcating Financial Literacy among Kids?
November 16, 2021 09:55 - 11 minutes - 9.29 MBPurva Aggarwal Founder & CEO, Good Good Piggy Women in Tech ® India Ambassador Sharing her insights on: The story behind building Good Good Piggy? How important is financial literacy for kids? How should parents teach financial education to their children? Is pre-teen the right age to talk about investments? What's the market opportunity like for such a sector? Finally, how's Good Good Piggy inculcating financial literacy among kids?
How to Prepare Your Startup as a Potential Acquisition Candidate?
November 09, 2021 17:40 - 10 minutes - 5.02 MBParag Dhol Managing Director, Inventus Capital India Sharing his insights on: Why do corporates/startups acquire other companies (key reasons)? When should a founder decide to sell his/her startup? Once decided to sell, how should an entrepreneur prepare his/her startup for a possible acquisition? Why do acquisitions fail at certain times, and how should one prevent it from happening? Based on a portfolio company, what's the journey like from growth to IPO? Finally, a brief about In...
How is the Founder Institute Empowering Startups in GCC?
October 26, 2021 13:10 - 14 minutes - 9.67 MBSameer Sortur Regional Director GCC, Founder Institute Founder-CEO, SquareCircle Global Sharing his insights on: How is the Founder Institute enabling startups globally? What differentiates Founder Institute from the other accelerators? What factors/aspects does Founder Institute look for in a startup to shortlist them in the program? How does Founder Institute help those entrepreneurs who don't make it? What kind of support do entrepreneurs get when they join the program? As a Regi...
A Serial Entrepreneur's Guide: How to Launch and Scale Tech Startups?
October 20, 2021 19:04 - 14 minutes - 8.07 MBShirish Nadkarni Serial Entrepreneur, Author of "From Startup to Exit" Sharing his valuable insights on: How easy/difficult is it to launch and scale up a tech venture? What should be the ideal journey for any venture? What should tech startups do to succeed in all phases? How should founders efficiently raise funding, and when should they start the process? His own journey insights from 3 startups, things that went great, and about his failures? A bit about his book, "From Startup t...
8 Different Types of Angel Investors, and Choosing the Right One?
October 17, 2021 11:47 - 13 minutes - 6.53 MBSaloni Jain Founding Partner, SUNiCON Ventures Sharing her valuable insights on: When should founders reach out to Angel Investors for investments? What motivates Angel Investors to invest in a startup? 8 different types of Angel Investors, with a brief on each? How does a founder assess/shortlist the right Angel Investor, who would be a great fit? And, how to reach out to these shortlisted ones? A bit about yourself and SUNiCON Ventures.
12 Lessons from a Founder's Failure as well as Success!
September 30, 2021 18:58 - 4 minutes - 3.02 MBHassan W. Bhatti Prior co-founded, Cryptonumerics (acquired by Snowflake) Investor @thecommunityvc ProductBD, @snowflakedb
What Startup Accelerators Really Do, the Why and How to Chose the Right One?
September 09, 2021 10:20 - 15 minutes - 7.73 MBSanil Sachar Founding Partner at Huddle Sharing her valuable insights on: Why should entrepreneurs opt for the accelerators, and what kind of value add should they expect? With so many different options available, how should a founder select, who would be a right fit? At just a 1-2% success rate, what qualities/skills of an entrepreneur would ensure that s/he gets admitted in a cohort/program? What are the most common mistakes that founders do, when applying for the cohorts/programs?...
The Insights on 100X.VC's iSAFE Notes!
September 06, 2021 09:29 - 13 minutes - 7.57 MBShashank Randev Founder, VC at 100X.VC Sharing his valuable insights on: Why does it make sense for entrepreneurs to raise early-stage capital via SAFE notes? What is a iSAFE Note, and is it similar/different to a Convertible Note or a Compulsory Convertible Debentures? And, is iSAFE essentially a CCPS? What are the various terms that are usually covered in a SAFE note? And, besides valuation cap and discounts, are there any other terms covered in iSAFE, and what are considered to be s...
How a 14-year old entrepreneur is changing the world of under-privileged?
August 30, 2021 09:09 - 7 minutes - 4.35 MBDevank Chandak Founder at HelpingHands, Social FinTech Sharing his valuable insights on: Why he chose entrepreneurship at such a young age? What made him launch his venture "Helping Hands," and whom (customers) does it caters to? The traction, challenges, as well as the learnings! The future (vision) of "Helping Hands" in the next 5-10 years? How can teenagers really balance between the education and entrepreneurship?
How to Tranche Your Early-stage Fundraising?
August 25, 2021 12:15 - 7 minutes - 5.03 MBElizabeth Yin, co-founder of Hustle Fund shares her valuable insights for founders of startups, who are raising early-stage rounds Snippet: By tranching your fundraising, you can quickly build a momentum to raise the pre-seed and seed funds. Besides, you don't necessarily need a lead investor too. A lot more is on the podcast!
How Acculi Labs Innovatively Raised Its Angel Round?
August 10, 2021 17:08 - 9 minutes - 5.64 MBRupam Das Founder, CEO of Acculi Labs Sharing his valuable insights on: What is PAIO, and how is it different from Compulsary Convertible Debentures or CCD and Convertible Notes? Why didn't you raise funding from any angel platform/syndicate? What terms and conditions did you stipulate in PAIO? What was your fundraising experience, how many investors participated in PAIO? Finally, which kinda startups can emulate/use PAIO for fundraising?
Building a Startup for the Cancer Survivors!
July 29, 2021 09:22 - 13 minutes - 6.57 MBAkriti Gupta Founder, Canfem | UN Awardee Sharing her valuable insights on: Let's start with your background and what really motivated you to launch Canfem? How large is this problem of breast cancer globally, and what are the key problems being faced by the female patients? How did you arrive at launching breast prosthesis as well as brassier i.e. what was your research behind launching these? What are the typical challenges that you've across so far, and how did you overcome them? W...
The 7 Rules of Hiring for the Early-stage Startups!
July 14, 2021 19:39 - 6 minutes - 3.74 MBGigi Levy-Weiss General Partner, NFX Founder & Chairman, Tectonic Sharing his valuable insights on: The 7 Rules of Hiring for the Early-stage Startups! Source: His Twitter Profile
Why Should Startups Remain Focused, Especially During the Early Stages?
July 06, 2021 13:48 - 6 minutes - 3.83 MBRachita Kumar PE, Madison India Capital Sharing her valuable insights on: Why should startups remain focused, especially during the early stages? 2 contrast case studies, 1 which has drifted away from its core focus, another which has remained focused and benefitted immensely? Finally, how should startups really expand, while keeping their core focus intact?
Top 9 Learnings Shared by a Unicorn Founder!
July 04, 2021 12:53 - 3 minutes - 2.51 MBDaniel Lewis CEO/Founder, Convoy Sharing his valuable insights/learnings on building a unicorn startup, Convoy! Source: Full Podcast.
How to Build a Compelling Story or Narrative for Your Startup?
June 27, 2021 16:33 - 4 minutes - 2.87 MBImmad Akhund CEO & Founder, Mercury (Bank) Sharing his valuable insights on: How to Build a Compelling Story or Narrative for Your Startup? Source: This twitter thread!
How to Effectively Scale-up Your Startup from Seed to Series A Round?
June 15, 2021 08:29 - 18 minutes - 10.9 MBAlexandre Covello VC Partner, Defrocked VC Sharing his valuable insights on: Key reasons behind the failure of over 70% funded startups? Journey from Seed to Series A. How should founders effectively scale up from Seed to Series A Round? When scaling up (from Seed to Series A), what are the pitfalls to watch for, and how to avoid them? What should the founders do, when not fundraising? Finally, about his venture "Defrocked VC," and its investment thesis?
13 Points that Paul Graham has for the Founders!
June 14, 2021 17:12 - 6 minutes - 3.89 MBThis podcast is inspired from a post by Paul Graham, the co-founder of Y Combinator on his website, dated back in February 2009. These 13 wisdom points are so relevant for the Founders, even today.
How Micro VCs are Dominating the Early-stage Funding Ecosystem?
May 30, 2021 14:48 - 13 minutes - 9.75 MBChad Fox Managing Partner, Fox Ventures Sharing his valuable insights on: What is a Micro VC, and how are they different from a traditional VC fund? What are the nitty gritties involved in starting a Micro VC Fund? Why should early-stage startups opt for Micro VCs vis-a-vis a traditional VC? In comparison to angel groups/syndicates, when does it makes sense for the founders to instead opt for a Micro VC Fund? About his venture "Fox Ventures," and it's investment thesis?
How to Communicate Effectively and Engage with Empathy?
May 14, 2021 11:36 - 11 minutes - 6.04 MBShital Kakkar Mehra Executive Presence Coach for CEOs TEDx Speaker, Best-selling Author Sharing her valuable insights on: Why is communication so important, especially for entrepreneurs? Key signs to indicate if one lacks in communication skills. How to improve one's communication skills? What does it mean to engage with empathy? How to empathetically engage with all key stakeholders (i.e. employees, customers, suppliers, etc?) Finally, about her recent book "Executive Presence," an...
How to Generate Leads and Sell Your Products or Services Organically?
April 26, 2021 07:44 - 5 minutes - 3.48 MBAlex Garcia, CEO & Founder at The Hustle helps companies generate sales & leads using digital platforms. In a thread on his Twitter account, Alex shared valuable insights on, how should you build a lead funnel and effectively generate sales. He used a similar approach to help his friends achieve over $25K of eBook sales with barely any ad spend.
The Perspective of a Prolific Angel Investor!
April 13, 2021 13:30 - 12 minutes - 9.46 MBSweta Rau Angel Investor, White Ventures Member at XA Network Sharing her valuable insights on: Why Angel Investors make more sense at the pre-seed/seed stage? Strategy to target the prospective investors, and get a lead investor. Her assessment criteria for investing in early-stage startups? Her advice for bootstrapped founders, facing a high burn rate. An elevator pitch that wowed her? A brief on one of her investment success stories.
9 Critical Tips for the First-time Founders to Succeed in their Startup!
April 12, 2021 10:32 - 4 minutes - 2.78 MBJanine Sickmeyer founded and built legal startup NextChapter, which she bootstrapped for over 6 long years. As a first-time founder, Janine steadily grew to 20 employees, and was instrumental in achieving 6K customers as well as 14% MoM consistent growth for 3 long years. Eventually her startup was acquired in September 2019 by Fastcase! This podcast is taken from her thread on Twitter, where she shared her experience on, why being a first-time founder is so hard! According to her, for the...
How is Gfresh Agrotech helping the Onion Farmers of India?
April 06, 2021 13:22 - 6 minutes - 3.98 MBShubham G Dungarwal Founder & CEO, GFresh Agrotech Sharing his valuable insights on: Challenges of the Onion Farmers Role of GFresh in Solving these Challenges His Journey Experience Using Blockchain in the Future His Growth Plans for GFresh
How to Set the Prices for Your Product or Service?
March 22, 2021 15:38 - 4 minutes - 2.5 MBElizabeth Yin, the co-founder of Hustle Fund VC on her Twitter account, shared a series of tweets on "How to Set the Prices for Your Product or Service?" This podcast is the extract of that thread.
The Simplest Way to Manage Your Finances, and 5-year Projections!
March 20, 2021 15:09 - 13 minutes - 6.45 MBPrashant Narang Co-Founder, Agility Venture Partners Sharing his valuable insights on: Why is cash flow so important for startups or small businesses? How can the entrepreneurs systematically manage their finance? What strategy would you recommend for getting payments/accounts receivables on time? How can founders create their simple 3-5 year financial projections without hiring an analyst? Share a brief about Agility Ventures and the investment criteria for startups?
How I Bootstrapped Flexiple for 4 Long Years to Generate $1 Million in Revenues?
March 05, 2021 21:28 - 13 minutes - 7.16 MBKarthik Sridharan Co-founder & CEO at Flexiple & Remote.Tools Sharing his valuable insights on: You spent $5K each on your 1st and 2nd products but eventually both failed, what really went wrong? Then as a masterstroke, you instead used GoogleSheets as a product and went on to generate $100K in revenues, how did that go? So, what's the learning here for the founders who're building their first MVP? Having bootstrapped Flexiple for 4 long years, tell us about this whole journey of yours...
Revenue-Based Financing (RBF): The Why, What, and How?
February 25, 2021 12:37 - 12 minutes - 6.29 MBBhavik Vasa Founder at GetVantage, India's first Revenue-Based Financing platform Sharing his valuable insights on: What is Revenue-based Financing (RBF), and Who is it for? The major considerations, when opting for RBF? What flat fee does GetVantage charge? What are the qualifying criteria, and the repayment options involved in RBF? How does GetVantage really work? 2 success stories of startups that opted for GetVantage's RBF, and gained invaluably?
How to be an Investable Entrepreneur, and Pitch a Great Story?
February 21, 2021 21:31 - 19 minutes - 17.1 MBJames Church Author, Investable Entrepreneur Co-founder & COO, Robot Mascot Sharing his valuable insights on: Why is it so difficult to raise funding in the early-stages? Most common mistakes that entrepreneurs do, while pitching to the investors? How does one create a great pitching story for their business? How can entrepreneurs make their ventures, truly fundable/investable? What all metrics should be tracked by the entrepreneurs, which will make them a credible investment opportu...
Failure doesn't matter, Success matters!
February 16, 2021 12:18 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBVinod Khosla, the founder of Sun Microsystems and Khosla Ventures, during his Talk at Stanford Graduate School of Business, in May-15 really emphasised on two key skills for all founders i.e. perseverance and conviction. Here are some excerpts of that interview, which is highly relevant even today.
How to Grow Your Venture Exponentially using the FACE Methodology?
February 09, 2021 23:17 - 11 minutes - 9.04 MBDavid B Horne Award-winning Author of "Add then Multiply" TEDx Speaker Sharing his valuable insights on: Why is the organic growth method quite slow, and limited for any venture? What are the perils of scaling-up/growing too fast? His advice to the founders of early-stage startups! How can entrepreneurs use his "FACE Methodology" to exponentially grow their venture? 2 case studies where David applied it to grow exponentially?
The Challenges and Future of Startups in Latin America!
February 04, 2021 14:55 - 17 minutes - 10.9 MBHernan Fernandez Lamadrid Cofounder & Partner, Angel Ventures, Mexico 17 Investments for a total of $14 Mn Sharing his valuable insights on: Brief on Latin America's Startup Ecosystem. Challenges and the future of Latin America's Startup Ecosystem. His advise to those entrepreneurs, who are at the ideation stage? How is Angel Ventures, Mexico enabling the startups across Latin America? 2 success stories of startups, invested by him?
How Customer Experience be a Moat for the Startups?
February 01, 2021 10:16 - 13 minutes - 11.3 MBJohn D. Hanson Director, Accelerated Revenue CX & Winning Consultant Sharing his valuable insights on: What is Customer Experience (CX), and Why is it so Important? Role of Customer Love/Obsession in Investors' Funding, and How can CX help? How can CX help SaaS Startups Retain their Customers? How Customer Experience be a Strongest Moat for the Startups? Case Study of Zappos.com, how they engraved CX as its culture, to eventually get acquired for $1 Bn by Amazon!
The Why, and How to get started in Angel Investing?
January 29, 2021 12:08 - 12 minutes - 6.01 MBYamika Mehra Venture Partner, Favcy Co-Founder, Refittings.com Sharing her insights on: Why Should Professionals Opt for Angel Investing? Risks and Potential Returns Involved in Angel Investments? How to do an Initial Due Diligence, before Investing? About Favcy Venture Builder, and Investing through them?
Parallel Approach to Fundraising
January 24, 2021 18:27 - 3 minutes - 2.05 MBJonathan Siddharth (Founder & CEO, Turing) shares his valuable insights on "Parallel Approach to Fundraising," a breakthrough approach using which he raised $14 Mn seed round for his venture, Turing!
The Non-obvious Insights and Fundraising Tips by a Founder, Who Raised Funding!
January 19, 2021 11:18 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBMark Nadal Founder & CEO, Era Inc Sharing his valuable insights on: His Fundraising Journey Experience. Mistakes He Made during Fundraising and the Learnings from Them. Do Strong VCs Connections or Introduction to VCs from Other Founders' Help? Differentiating Factors between the Investors, Who Commit and Those Who Just Drag? His Tips for the Founders, Who are in Fundraising Mode!
How can the Various Sectors Benefit from Blockchain?
January 14, 2021 19:20 - 11 minutes - 8.34 MBRaj A. Kapoor Founder & CEO, India Blockchain Alliance. Recognised Expert, Writer & Speaker on Blockchain. Sharing his insights on: Difference between Blockchain and Bitcoins. How can Startups and SMEs leverage Blockchain to enhance their processes or other areas? How can HealthTech and EdTech sectors benefit from Blockchain? How can the Agriculture sector leverage from Blockchain? A Brief about his venture India Blockchain Alliance!
Shutdown of Atrium - Big Mistakes & the Learnings from Them!
January 10, 2021 19:32 - 3 minutes - 2.2 MBThe hybrid legal software and law firm startup Atrium despite raising $75 million in venture capital, had to shut down in March 2020 after it failed to figure out how to deliver better efficiency than a traditional law firm. Months later in January 2021, the serial entrepreneur Justin Kan who was the CEO of erstwhile Atrium shared in his several tweets, some of his biggest lessons learned from the mistakes they made along the journey of Atrium. This podcast highlights all the key lessons ...