How did Amit Gaiki pivot Flam AI from a failing consumer app to a $10M ARR mixed reality advertising platform used by Samsung and Google? 

In this episode, we unpack the survival playbook behind one of India's most innovative adtech startups.  Amit Gaiki is the Co-founder and CTO of Flam AI, a mixed reality startup that's redefining how brands create interactive advertising experiences. Fresh out of college, Amit and his co-founders set out to build "the next TikTok" for 3D content. When the 2022-23 funding winter hit, they had just 10 months of runway left. Instead of burning out, they pivoted to B2B, solving the one problem that killed every AR advertising platform before them: friction. Their "no app, no browser" technology lets users scan a QR code and instantly experience high-fidelity 3D content. Today, Flam AI powers campaigns for Samsung, Google, ICICI Bank, and Dabur, and has raised $22 million including a $14 million Series A. 

In this candid conversation with host Akshay Datt, Amit shares the pivot that saved the company, why video ads are becoming obsolete, and what really comes after the smartphone era.  

What you'll learn in this episode: 

👉 How Flam AI pivoted from consumer app to $10M ARR B2B platform with 10 months of runway 

👉 The technical breakthrough that fixed AR advertising's biggest problem 

👉 Why Samsung and Google chose Flam AI for their flagship product launches •

👉Amit's thesis on why interactive 3D content is the next evolution after video •

👉The agency distribution hack that drives Flam AI's enterprise growth •

👉Why glasses might replace phones, but not anytime soon

#AmitGaiki #MixedReality #ARAdvertising #StartupPivot #FundingWinter #AdTechIndia #InteractiveAds #SeriesAFunding #B2BStartup #StartupIndia #AugmentedReality #MRAdvertising #SamsungAds #GoogleAds #StartupSurvival #IndianStartups #FounderStory #AdTechStartup #QRCodeMarketing #3DAdvertising #FounderThesis

Amit Gaiki and Flam AI: An AI-Native Content Engine That Found Real Revenue by Fixing One Problem

In this episode, Ashok Hariharan, Founder and CEO of IDfy, shares the raw, unfiltered story of building India's largest background verification and digital identity platform from scratch. From nearly dying with just two months of runway in 2013 when 12 employees chose deferred salaries over leaving, to surviving a 90% revenue collapse during COVID by betting everything on Video KYC technology built three years early, Ashok reveals how patience and strategic readiness beat blitzscaling.   

He discusses IDfy's evolution from a ₹3.5 lakh background verification startup to a comprehensive RegTech platform processing 65 million verifications monthly across onboarding, fraud detection, and DPDP Act compliance.   

Ashok shares contrarian insights on incremental compounding over spike growth, building a 15% ESOP pool (largest in Indian tech), and why IDfy doesn't have "founders" but a leadership team designed for 40-year longevity. He unpacks India's hidden ₹10,000 crore fake employment industry, the technical architecture behind handling 100,000 requests per second, and why contributing to India's privacy law in 2018 positioned IDfy to dominate the DPDP compliance wave.   

This candid conversation with host Akshay Dutt covers everything from rewiring the entire platform in Elixir during Diwali, to expanding internationally with 15% revenue now coming from Philippines and Indonesia, to the cultural philosophy of "Saraswati over Lakshmi" that shaped IDfy's approach to wealth distribution and organizational design.  Whether you're a founder navigating the funding winter, building in RegTech or fintech, scaling background verification or KYC solutions, or simply fascinated by resilient startup journeys, this episode delivers actionable frameworks on manufacturing luck, surviving near-death moments, and building sustainable profitable growth in India's digital identity ecosystem.

#AshokHariharan #IDfy #IdentityVerificationIndia #BackgroundVerificationIndia #KYCSolutionsIndia #VideoKYCIndia #RegTechIndia #DigitalIdentityIndia #FraudDetectionIndia #DPDPActCompliance #IndianStartupJourney #StartupFundingIndia #FounderThesisPodcast #AkshayDutt #IncrementalCompounding #ManufacturingLuck #GigEconomyIndia #FintechIndia #AadhaarVerification #UPIFraudPrevention #IndiaStack #PrivacyComplianceIndia #CrimeCheckIndia #SyntheticIdentityFraud #StartupResilience #ProfitableStartupIndia #B2BSaaSIndia #EnterpriseTechIndia #SEAExpansion #PhilippinesStartup #IndonesiaFintech 

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4 Near-Death Moments to ₹1,000 Crore Valuation: IDfy Founder Ashok Hariharan on Survival & Scale

In this episode, Utham Gowda, Founder and Group CEO of Captain Fresh, reveals one of the most dramatic startup transformations in Indian agritech. After raising $90 million and hitting $100 million in revenue, Utham did the unthinkable - he admitted to investors that Captain Fresh wasn't worth its $500 million valuation and shut down the entire domestic business. What followed was a masterclass in radical honesty, strategic M&A, and global expansion.   

He shares the journey in this candid conversation with host Akshay Datt, unpacking how Captain Fresh went from domestic marketplace to global seafood conglomerate, achieving profitability with 3,421 crore revenue in FY25 while competitors like eFishery collapsed in fraud scandals. From wiring $49 million on a flight to acquiring 10 companies with zero debt, from living on 50,000 rupees monthly to building a $2 million revenue-per-employee machine, this is the playbook for building anti-fragile B2B platforms in the age of supply chain nationalism and capital scarcity.  

What You'll Learn:  

👉How Utham Gowda built Captain Fresh into a $600M+ seafood platform and survived India's funding winter with radical business model honesty 

👉The equity swap M&A strategy that acquired $120M+ in companies with zero debt and zero management changes, tripling EBITDA in acquired businesses 

👉Why Captain Fresh exited India's $100M domestic market and how the global pivot to US and Europe unlocked 145% revenue growth and profitability 

👉How Trump's tariffs accidentally validated Captain Fresh's origin-agnostic supply chain, enabling a 45-day flip from 66% Asia to 66% LatAm sourcing 

👉The "Lion vs Cow" founder philosophy behind achieving $2 million revenue per employee and targeting 27-28% ROCE by FY27 

👉Inside the collapse of eFishery's $1.4B valuation fraud and why boring tech beats fake tech in B2B physical goods businesses

#UthamGowda #CaptainFresh #FounderThesis #AkshayDatt #SeafoodStartupIndia #B2BSeafoodMarketplace #AgritechIPOIndia #IndianUnicorn2026 #StartupPivotStrategy #EquitySwapAcquisitions #MandAStrategyStartups #ProfitableStartupsIndia #GlobalSeafoodSupplyChain #StartupFundingWinter #IndianFoundersGoingGlobal #B2BStartupsIndia #SeafoodExportIndia #AntiDumpingTariffsIndia #SupplyChainResilience #AssetLightBusinessModel #StartupMandAPlaybook #IndianAgritecth2025 #CaptainFreshIPO #SeafoodIndustryIndia #FoodSupplyChainDigitization #IndianStartupSuccess #FromBankerToFounder #ZeroDebtAcquisitions #OriginAgnosticSupplyChain #FrugalFounderPhilosophy Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the speaker, not necessarily the channel

Utham Gowda on Building a $1B ARR Seafood Platform Across 3 Oceans

In this episode, Dr. Arjun Jain - Founder of Fast Code AI - reveals why the AI industry's trillion-dollar bet on bigger models is failing, and what's replacing it.  Dr. Arjun Jain isn't your typical AI founder. After training under Turing Award winner Yann LeCun at NYU, working on Apple's secretive autonomous vehicle project, and leading Mercedes-Benz's robotaxi AI, he returned to India to bootstrap Fast Code AI with zero venture capital. In just two years, his company grew 8x by doing what the AI giants won't: charging for outcomes instead of software seats, deploying Small Language Models that outperform GPT-4 for specific tasks, and building agents that actually work in production.   

He shared this contrarian journey in this candid conversation with host Akshay Datt. From explaining why "we have but one internet and we've used it all" (quoting OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever) to revealing how procurement agents train by negotiating with themselves millions of times, this episode dismantles the AI hype and shows what enterprise automation actually looks like. Whether you're a founder evaluating AI vendors, an engineer choosing between foundation model labs and application companies, or an investor trying to separate signal from noise, this is the reality check the industry needs.  

What You'll Learn:  

👉Why scaling laws have stagnated and what test-time compute and reinforcement learning mean for enterprise AI's future 

👉How Fast Code AI captures "Salary TAM" (30-70% of revenue) through outcome-based pricing instead of traditional SaaS seat licenses 

👉The real reason AI engineers command $10-100 million salaries, and why this won't last as foundation models commoditize 

👉Why Project Athena (Mercedes-Bosch's multi-billion euro robotaxi venture) failed, and what end-to-end learning beats modular approaches 

👉How Small Language Models fine-tuned on company data outperform massive generic models at 1/10th the inference cost 

👉The "self-play" reinforcement learning methodology that makes Fast Code's agents reliable in production, not just impressive in demos

#DrArjunJain #FastCodeAI #AgenticAI #AIScalingLaws #EnterpriseAI #SmallLanguageModels #OutcomeBasedPricing #ReinforcementLearning #AIAgents #YannLeCun #BootstrappedStartup #IndiaAIStartups #AIServices #TestTimeCompute #FoundationModels #LLMLimitations #AIForEnterprise #ProcurementAutomation #AIEngineers #AutonomousDriving #ProjectAthena #SalaryTAM #AIInference #AIDeployment #BangaloreAI #AIConsulting #MachineLearningExplained #DeepLearning #TransformersAI #FounderThesisPodcast 

Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the speaker, not necessarily the channel

How to Build AI That Actually Delivers with Dr. Arjun Jain (Fast Code AI)

In this episode of Founder Thesis, Dr. Prithwi Singh, Co-founder and CEO of Khetika, shares the contrarian playbook behind building India's second-largest national batter brand and a multi-category clean label FMCG startup. From exposing marble powder in cumin to innovating cold stone grinding at commercial scale, Dr. Singh explains how Khetika sources directly from 25,000 farmers across 15 states to deliver zero-preservative spices, batters, and dry fruits. He discusses the challenges of achieving 10-day shelf life without preservatives, scaling through quick commerce channels, and why trust in food requires owning the entire supply chain. With $25 million in Series B funding and a target of ₹2,000 crore revenue by FY28, this conversation explores three mega-trends reshaping Indian FMCG: health consciousness, convenience, and the return to Indian palate. Dr. Singh shared his journey from SuperZop's B2B model to building Khetika as a consumer brand in this candid conversation with Akshay Datt.

What You'll Learn: 

👉How Dr. Prithwi Singh built Khetika into a ₹247 crore clean label FMCG brand using vertical integration instead of asset-light models

👉The four types of food adulteration plaguing India's staples market and why legacy spice brands face toxin-free compliance challenges

👉Khetika's innovation in achieving 10-day batter shelf life using pasteurized RO water and 4°C cold grinding without preservatives

👉Why quick commerce is Khetika's fastest-growing channel and how small SKU packaging aligns with modern consumer behavior

👉The economics of sourcing from authentic locations like Sangli turmeric, Guntur chili, and Rajasthan cumin while building farmer trust through IPM adoption

👉Dr. Singh's strategy for competing with Tata Sampann and ID Fresh across spices, batters, and dry fruits categories

If you found this episode valuable, subscribe to Founder Thesis for more deep dives into India's most innovative startups. Follow Akshay Datt on LinkedIn and X for startup insights, funding updates, and founder stories shaping India's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

#DrPrithwiSingh #Khetika #CleanLabelFood #FMCGStartupsIndia #AgritechIndia #FoodAdulterationIndia #ZeroPreservativeFood #ColdStoneGrinding #VerticalIntegration #FarmToFork #QuickCommerceIndia #SuperZop #IndianFoodRevolution #ToxinFreeSpices #OrganicFoodIndia #SeriesBFunding #StartupFundingIndia #IDFreshCompetitor #TataSampannVsKhetika #DosaBatterBrand #FounderThesisPodcast #AkshayDatt #SustainableFarming #IPMAdoption #FMCGInnovation #HealthyFoodStartups #ConvenienceFoodIndia #SingleOriginSourcing #FoodSupplyChain #CleanLabelRevolution

Why Khetika's Dr. Prithwi Singh Chose Asset-Heavy Over VC Playbook | ₹247 Cr Clean Label Startup

Mark Kahn is the Managing Partner of Omnivore, India's pioneering agriculture and rural economy venture capital fund with over $325 million in assets under management. Since 2011, Omnivore has backed 50+ startups including DeHaat (India's near-unicorn agritech platform), Pixxel (space tech), Ecozen (climate hardware), and dozens of companies transforming India's 600 million rural population.

In this conversation with host Akshay Datt, Kahn unpacks his contrarian thesis on smallholder farming, explains why "B2B SaaS is fucked by AI," dissects the horseshoe politics blocking GM crops in India, and reveals why Trump's 50% tariffs and Modi's dairy farmers are on a collision course. From his operational years at Godrej Agrovet to building India's leading agritech VC, Mark offers a masterclass in sectoral investing, the realities of raising from DFIs, and why India's bioeconomy could hit $300 billion by 2030 - if entrepreneurs stop becoming software engineers and start doing actual biology.

What You'll Learn:

👉Why Mark Kahn believes India will never have a unicorn agritech company by traditional metrics, and why he's okay with that

👉How Omnivore's portfolio companies like DeHaat, Arya.ag, and Captain Fresh are approaching profitability and IPOs while others like WayCool imploded

👉The "Kirana shop analogy" - why Indian smallholder farmers are more productive than you think and will beat US industrial agriculture

👉Why both the Indian left and right agree on blocking GM crops (horseshoe theory), and how Indians have been eating GM food derivatives for 20 years without knowing it

👉Mark Kahn's provocative take on US-India trade negotiations: why dairy imports should be blocked but feed ingredients should be welcomed

👉The shocking reality that India's biotech sector has produced zero new billionaires in 20+ years, and what the $300 billion bioeconomy opportunity requires

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Mark Kahn's Journey to Omnivore VC

01:18 - Why Agritech Over B2B SaaS

02:52 - India's Agritech Unicorn Problem Explained

06:37 - Bharat Economy Beyond Agriculture

09:49 - India's Agricultural Future Vision

13:27 - GM Crops Controversy and Yield Gaps

18:26 - The GM Foods Paradox

23:21 - Omnivore's Investment Thesis and Portfolio

30:35 - Fund Size and LP Strategy

31:45 - Origin Story of Omnivore

40:06 - Early Days at Omnivore

50:12 - Agriculture Protection and Trade Policy

52:25 - US-India Agricultural Trade War

57:52 - Why India's Farm Policy is Soviet

1:01:08 - The Farm Reforms That Failed

1:06:13 - AgriStack Digital Infrastructure

1:09:04 - Smallholder Farmers vs Industrial Agriculture

1:13:01 - Zero Percent Probability of Reform

1:14:13 - India Through an Immigrant's Eyes

1:20:31 - Advice for Founders Raising VC

1:26:56 - The Bioeconomy Opportunity

#MarkKahn #OmnivoreVC #AgritechIndia #VentureCapitalIndia #IndianAgriculture #AgritechUnicorn #DeHaat #RuralIndia #BharatEconomy #GMCrops #AgriculturePolicy #USIndiaTrade #TrumpTariffs #BiotechIndia #SpaceTech #Pixxel #Climatetech #ImpactInvesting #AgricultureVC #StartupFunding #IndiaVC #FarmersIndia #SmallholderFarming #AgricultureReform #FoodSecurity #SustainableAgriculture #AgriFintech #RuralFintech #DigitalAgriculture #AgriStack

Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the speaker, not necessarily the channel

Why India Has No Agritech Unicorns; And Why That's About to Change | Mark Kahn (Omnivore)

Madhav Krishna's journey from Silicon Valley to solving India's 450-million blue-collar workforce challenge is a masterclass in finding product-market fit. Starting with a voice-based English teacher called Lakshmi in 2016, Madhav pivoted three times before discovering the real painkiller: recruitment, not training. Today, Vahan.ai powers hiring for Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit, and Uber using a unique agency-powered model combined with GPT-4o voice AI that costs just ₹2 per minute compared to ₹3-4 for human recruiters.   

He shared the complete journey in this candid conversation with host Akshay Datt, revealing why his WhatsApp bot with 500K users meant nothing until he embraced local recruitment agencies instead of trying to disintermediate them. From Y Combinator to backing by Khosla Ventures and Temasek, Madhav explains why SaaS fails in India, how outcome-based pricing became their moat, and why India's trust deficit requires human intermediaries even in the age of AI. With 150 employees generating 40,000 monthly placements and a clear path to profitability at just 3X scale, this is essential viewing for anyone building in India's gig economy, exploring vertical AI applications, or trying to understand what actually works in Indian enterprise markets. 

Key Highlights:  

👉How Madhav Krishna built Vahan.ai from ed-tech pivot to India's largest blue-collar hiring platform with 40,000 monthly placements 

👉Why 500K monthly active users meant nothing and how the agency model became the breakthrough to true product-market fit 

👉The contrarian insight: why engagement doesn't equal revenue in India and how outcome-based pricing beat SaaS subscriptions 

👉Building Voice AI for India: how GPT-4o, proprietary call data, and Hinglish capabilities created a ₹2/minute recruiter cheaper than humans 

👉Lessons from scaling through India's funding winter: the path to EBITDA profitability with just 150 employees and capital-efficient growth 

👉Why blue-collar workers don't look for jobs online and how Vahan.ai digitized 2,000 local agencies instead of disrupting them 

👉The future of gig economy hiring: AI agents, regulatory changes, expansion to manufacturing, and the vision to reach 1 billion people globally

#MadhavKrishna #VahanAI #BlueCollarHiring #GigEconomyIndia #VoiceAI #AIRecruitment #IndiaStartups #YCombinator #ProductMarketFit #QuickCommerce #ZomatoSwiggy #DeliveryJobs #GPT4o #VerticalAI #OutcomeBasedPricing #SaaSIndia #KhoslaVentures #StartupPivot #IndiaLabourMarket #WorkforceSolutions #HRTech #RecruitmentPlatform #IndianGigWorkers #AIForIndia #StartupFunding #FounderJourney #TechInIndia #BlueCollarJobs #HiringPlatform #FutureOfWork

How Madhav Krishna’s Vahan.ai Became India's Largest Blue-Collar Hiring Platform by Using AI Agents

How did Swarup Bose build a ₹500 crore cold chain logistics company without owning a single truck? 

In this episode, we unpack the asset-light playbook behind Celcius Logistics and the massive opportunity in India's broken cold chain industry. India wastes ₹1.3 trillion worth of perishables every year, with 23% of food rotting before it reaches consumers. 

Swarup Bose saw this crisis firsthand during his 20 years in cold chain manufacturing and decided to fix it. Founded during the COVID lockdown in 2020, Celcius Logistics has grown from ₹8 lakh in monthly revenue to nearly ₹500 crore annually, serving quick commerce giants like Blinkit, Zepto, and Zomato.   

In this candid conversation with host Akshay Datt, Swarup reveals how he raised capital from 85 individual investors with ₹1-10 lakh checks before landing a ₹250 crore Series B. He breaks down why cold chain is a "terrifying" industry where a 3-degree temperature shift can destroy an entire shipment, and how Celsius built proprietary tech to reduce wastage from 8% to just 0.4%. With IPO plans in the next three years, this is the definitive conversation on India's cold chain revolution.  

What You Will Learn in This Episode:  

👉🏻 How Swarup Bose built Celcius into India's largest tech-enabled cold chain platform without owning trucks or warehouses 

👉🏻 The economics of cold chain logistics and why it is 2.5x more expensive but 2.5x more profitable than dry logistics 

👉🏻 How Celcius powers quick commerce deliveries for Blinkit, Zepto, and other 10-minute delivery platforms 

👉🏻 The fundraising journey from 85 angel investors to a ₹250 crore Series B during the funding winter 

👉🏻 Why 85% of India's cold chain remains unorganized and how Celcius is aggregating this fragmented market 

👉🏻 Swarup's IPO roadmap and vision for Celcius in the next five years

#FoodWasteIndia #AgriLogisticsIndia #StartupFundingIndia #SeriesBFunding #LogisticsTech #FounderThesis #IndianStartups #StartupIPOIndia #FarmToFork #PerishableLogistics #IndiaSupplyChain

Swarup Bose Built a ₹500 Crore Logistics Company Without Owning a Single Truck | Celcius Logistics

What does it take to build India's fastest-growing kitchen appliance brand from scratch - without burning millions in funding?   

In this episode, Ravi Saxena, Founder of Wonderchef, reveals how he turned a ₹1 crore bootstrap into a ₹500 crore household name set for an IPO.  From pioneering India's meal voucher ecosystem at Sodexo to creating the iconic VIP Strolley at age 23, Ravi's entrepreneurial journey spans three decades of market-making in post-liberalization India. After co-founding Wonderchef with celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor in 2009, he disrupted the cookware and appliances industry with breakthrough innovations like the NutriBlend blender and colored non-stick pans that became a cultural phenomenon.   

He shared the journey in this candid conversation with host Akshay Datt. Unlike venture-backed D2C brands burning cash for growth, Wonderchef achieved profitability by obsessing over consumer pain points, building an 85,000-strong women entrepreneur network, and mastering omnichannel distribution across modern trade, general trade, e-commerce, and direct sales.   

With 6.5 million Instagram followers and products in every third Indian kitchen, Ravi breaks down the precise strategies behind building brand love without brand budgets. From lobbying for meal voucher legislation in his twenties to cracking the kitchen automation market today, this is a masterclass in patient capital, innovation timing, and building category-defining businesses in India's consumer economy.  

Key Highlights:  

👉How Ravi invented the VIP Strolley name that became a generic trademark for wheeled luggage 

👉The counterintuitive strategy that made Sodexo meal vouchers successful in India without tax benefits 

👉Why Wonderchef's NutriBlend became the single largest-selling mixer SKU in India, accounting for 25% of sales 

👉Building an 85,000-strong women entrepreneur network that operates on negative working capital 

👉The "HTC framework" (Health, Taste, Convenience) that guides every product innovation 

👉How Wonderchef reached ₹500 crore revenue burning less than $6 million, while competitors burn multiples more 

👉Why the Indian MSME manufacturing model must evolve beyond the "Malik culture" to compete globally

#IndianStartups #ConsumerBrands #D2CIndia #KitchenAppliances #SanjeevKapoor #StartupIndia #EntrepreneurshipIndia #MakeInIndia #SodexoIndia #VIPLuggage #NutriBlend #StartupFunding #CapitalEfficiency #OmnichannelRetail #DirectSelling #WomenEntrepreneurs #IndianManufacturing #StartupIPO #FounderStories #IndiaConsumerMarket #BrandBuilding

Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the speaker, not necessarily the channel

How Wonderchef's Ravi Saxena Built India's Most Loved Kitchen Brand

How did Shubham Garg bootstrap CodeVyasa to $XXM ARR without a single dollar of VC funding?

In this episode, we uncover the contrarian playbook behind India's fastest-growing AI-powered IT services firm and why enterprises are ditching SaaS for custom software.  Shubham Garg is the Founder and CEO of CodeVyasa, a 600-person bootstrapped IT services company serving unicorns like Mamaearth, UpGrad, and Yatra, plus Fortune 500 clients including HDFC Bank and major oil and gas PSUs. What makes his story remarkable is the journey itself - from failing at a supply chain SaaS startup in 2019 to pivoting into high-value outcome-based engineering services that reached $XXM in annual recurring revenue, all without external funding.

In this candid conversation with host Akshay Datt, Shubham reveals how CodeVyasa helped UpGrad slash their AWS cloud bill by 40% (saving $2M annually), replaced SAP's enterprise software for a government PSU in just two quarters, and is now capitalizing on the AI revolution by selling GenAI implementation services. He shares hard-earned lessons of scaling a services business with no VC money, and his controversial thesis that the era of SaaS dominance is ending as enterprises shift to building custom AI-powered tools in-house.

This episode is essential viewing for bootstrapped founders, service business operators, enterprise sales professionals, and anyone navigating India's IT services boom in the AI era.

What You'll Learn:

👉How Shubham Garg scaled CodeVyasa from zero to $XXM ARR and 600 employees without VC funding using pure customer revenue and cash flow discipline

👉Why outcome-based pricing beats traditional time and material models, and how CodeVyasa competes with giants like Infosys and PwC for Fortune 500 contracts

👉The build versus buy revolution - why enterprises are replacing SaaS platforms like SAP and Salesforce with custom AI-powered software built in-house

👉CodeVyasa's AI enablement strategy including data pipelines, LLM operations, and identity stitching that now represents 20-25% of revenue

#ITServicesIndia #BootstrappedStartup #AIServices #ProductEngineering #OutcomeBasedPricing #DevOpsConsulting #GenAIImplementation #BuildVsBuySoftware #SaaSvsCustimSoftware #IndianUnicorns #DataEngineering #LLMOperations #IdentityStitching #ChinaPlusOneStrategy #FortuneIndiaIT #EnterpriseSales #B2BTechSales #ScalingWithoutVC #CashFlowMasterclass #TechStartupIndia #QAAutomation #CloudOptimization #ReplacingSAP #BootstrappedGrowth

Beating PwC & Infosys: How Shubham Garg’s CodeVyasa Won Fortune 500 Clients Without VC Funding

Dickens said, it was the best of the times, it was the worst of the times. The words have never been truer.  Best because there’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur.  Worst because the clutter is mind-numbing. Founder Thesis breaks through the noise to bring you stories of success & failure, grit & struggle, bouquets & brickbats from some of the most brilliant entrepreneurs in India. 

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Saurabh Garg talks to investors and venture capitalists about what it takes  and
how start-ups to get the funding that they need

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Kahaniyon ka Guccha

At The Spotlight, we go behind the scenes and identify and highlight the upcoming disruptors from the startup space!

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SoulBrews with Sheba

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The minds behind brands, the minds behind ads. 

 

Tune into Marketing Connect as Saurabh Garg, a marketer, startup enthusiast, and filmmaker, gets up close and personal with some of our most celebrated marketers in India. Watch him pick their brains on the method and madness that is marketing, as art and as a discipline. And so they answer the most important question: what does it take to succeed as a marketer in this day and age?

 

Bringing you the first season of the Marketing Connect Podcast, where Saurabh chats with marketers from real estate, to fashion, content, food, retail, and just about any industry you can think of.

 

Hear, learn, and get inspired from the marketers handling the brands you and I consume each day!

Marketing Connect

We get up close and personal to some of the most celebrated marketers in the country. We understand from them the method and the madness behind how they look at marketing as a discipline and what it takes to succeed as a marketer in this day and age. In the first season of Marketing Connect Podcast, we speak to marketers from businesses ranging from real estate to fashion to content to food to retail, and a lot more! These marketers manage some of the largest brands in the country today!

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