พอดคาสท์ JasaRodio ชั้นนำ (2024)

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Why the AI Revolution in Business is Losing Steam? 6:51

11d ago6:51

6:51

In this podcast, we explore why AI’s promised revolution in business might be losing steam. While companies like Visa have found success with large-scale AI applications, most corporate AI projects or initiatives are still stucked in testing phases. Businesses are rethinking their investments as they face high costs and limited impact. Join us as w…

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200K Kirana Stores Closed in 1 Year Due to Rise of Quick Commerce! 5:47

20d ago5:47

5:47

In today’s podcast, we’re taking a deep dive into a massive shift that's happening in India’s retail landscape. Over 200Ks kirana stores have shut down in 2024 alone, unable to withstand the rapid rise of platforms like Blinkit, Zepto, and Dunzo. We will uncover the key reasons, and how can Kirana stores survive in this cut throat market, despite t…

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ZestMoney’s Collapse: Key Lessons for the BNPL Sector! 7:22

23d ago7:22

7:22

In this episode, we will dive deep into the failure of ZestMoney, a once promising Buy Now, Pay Later (or BNPL) startup in India that saw a rapid rise, but faced an equally dramatic failure. In the podcast, we will cover the key reasons behind its failure, and lessons for the BNPL sector, globally.

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Why Good Glamm Group is Selling its Best Performing Brands? 7:55

30d ago7:55

7:55

In this podcast, we’re delving into a critical trajectory of the Good Glamm Group (GGG) that quickly rose to prominence in the beauty and personal care space through a series of high-profile acquisitions, but now finds itself in troubled financial waters. We’ll explore how startups scaling rapidly through M&As can hit a rough patch when the market …

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SouthEast Asia: Hottest Region in Technology! 4:16

1M ago4:16

4:16

In today's episode, we’ll dive into South-East Asia, one of the world’s hottest regions for tech innovation. We’ll explore why companies are flocking here, the factors driving growth, and what’s next for this dynamic part of the world.

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Used Bike Startup BeepKart Lays Off 130 Employees, Halves Stores Amid Cost-Cutting Measures! 3:35

1M ago3:35

3:35

In today's episode, we're diving into the recent cost-cutting measures taken by BeepKart, a Bengaluru-based platform for buying and selling used two-wheelers that has laid off 130 employees, and halved its physical footprint by closing 6 of its 11 stores. BeepKart’s case shows that even with substantial funding, missteps in market positioning and c…

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Are Indian SME IPOs Overrated or Hyped? 5:59

1M ago5:59

5:59

In the podcast, we uncover why retail investors are willing to invest in every IPO for listing gains, and whether they are currently taken for a ride to benefit existing investors or promoters?

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How Mis-management Doomed Arzooo, a $400 Mn Retail Tech Startup? 4:50

2M ago4:50

4:50

In today's episode, we'll delve into how a startup that raised over $400 million in funding and nearly hit profitability, spiraled into near-oblivion. We will explore the key reasons behind the dramatic decline of a once-promising retail-tech startup, Arzooo, founded by 2 Flipkart alumni. The lessons here are not just about failures, but about stra…

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Can MedPlus’s Private-Label Strategy Drive Growth? 4:17

3M ago4:17

4:17

In today’s episode, we would deep dive into the ongoing saga of MedPlus Health Services, India’s only listed pharma retailer, and its ambitious yet risky private-label strategy. Please visit www.jasarodio.com for our previous insightful podcasts!

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Why Kenko Health Failed Despite Raising $13.7 Million? 4:48

3M ago4:48

4:48

In today’s episode, we would delve into the sudden shutdown of Kenko Health, an Indian healthtech startup that had raised $13.7 Million, and yet found itself out of cash. It’s a stark reminder that even with substantial investor backing, the road to startup success is fraught with challenges. Please visit www.jasarodio.com for 80+ insightful podcas…

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ReshaMandi’s Collapse: The Perils of Rapid Expansion and Poor Governance! 3:48

3M ago3:48

3:48

In this podcast, I'll be exploring the rise and fall of ReshaMandi, an agritech startup that aimed to revolutionize India's silk supply chain but recently faced a sudden shutdown. ReshaMandi has shut down operations, laid off 500 employees, and took its website offline, as reported by Entrackr.

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Did LogiNext’s $50M Journey End with the Asset Liquidation for $250K? 5:01

3M ago5:01

5:01

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about "LogiNext Solutions", a global logistics SaaS startup that, despite its tremendous growth trajectory, has reportedly liquidated its assets. Over the years, it raised a total of $50 million, achieving its peak valuation of $100 million after a $39 million funding by global heavyweights like Tiger Global and St…

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Is 1K Kirana Staring at Bankruptcy or Distress Sale? 5:49

4M ago5:49

5:49

In this podcast, we've dived into the story of 1K Kirana, a startup that aimed to revolutionize the kirana store business in India. Despite the high hopes and strong backing of InfoEdge and other investors, 1K Kirana is now going through a challenging phase, almost staring at bankruptcy as per a report by Inc42. The podcast uncovers key 6 areas / r…

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The Challenges of Offline Expansion for D2C Brands! 4:36

4M ago4:36

4:36

In today's podcast, we will dive into the typical challenges that D2C brands face, when pivoting from an online to an offline model. We’ll be looking at a real-life example of Clensta, a D2C brand that made waves for its innovations and recent struggles, as reported by The CapTable.

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mCaffeine: Challenges in the Personal Care Sector! 3:35

4M ago3:35

3:35

Today, we will dive into the story of mCaffeine, a personal care brand known for its caffeine-infused products. Despite its initial promise and unique offerings, mCaffeine is navigating a challenging phase, vying for strategic suitors or buyers, as recently reported by VC Circle. This story is a testament that while achieving profitability is cruci…

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The Rise and Fall of Koo 4:44

5M ago4:44

4:44

In today's podcast, we will delve into the captivating journey of Koo, once celebrated as India's answer to Twitter (now X). We will explore the remarkable rise of Koo in 2021 and dissect the key factors that led to its eventual downfall. The closures of several startups including Koo that once flourished in recent years, owing to their aggressive …

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India's Edtech Boom: From Promising Heights to Stark Despair! 5:08

5M ago5:08

5:08

In this podcast, we will delve into the tumultuous future of the Edtech sector in India, primarily focusing on the dramatic downturns faced by 2 of India's former Edtech giants: Byju’s and Unacademy. Notably, the core reasons behind the struggling Edtech sector are: Struggling to raise fresh capital (funding winter.) Depleting demand, post Covid-19…

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Why should you acquire a profitable business, and how to integrate it successfully? 18:37

8M ago18:37

18:37

In 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 suc…

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When to Transit from a Founder to a CEO? 22:47

11M ago22:47

22:47

Rachel 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 naviga…

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How to Sell Your SaaS Startup? 17:58

1y ago17:58

17:58

In 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 tran…

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How BigSpoon Misled Its Investors, and is Close to Bankruptcy? 6:46

1y ago6:46

6:46

India, 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 investor…

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Venture Debt 101: A Guide on the Why, What, and How! 19:22

1+ y ago19:22

19:22

JasaRodio | 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 star…

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How to Build a Profitable Unicorn Startup [Part-3]? 21:16

1+ y ago21:16

21:16

A 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 …

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How to Build a Profitable Unicorn Startup? [Part-2] 20:38

1+ y ago20:38

20:38

A 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) strat…

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How to Build a Profitable Unicorn Startup? (Part-1) 17:48

1+ y ago17:48

17:48

A 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 va…

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How does a VC source a unicorn startup at the early stage? 13:42

2+ y ago13:42

13:42

Ashish 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 commi…

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10 Sales Tactics that Really Work! 4:19

3y ago4:19

4:19

Ryan Breslow Founder of 2 unicorns: Bolt and Eco. Sharing his own experiences, Ryan talks about the 10 Sales Tactics that Truly Work!

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How Founders and Startups Can Benefit from the Gig Economy? 9:44

3y ago9:44

9:44

Rishav 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 fr…

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How We Bootstrapped to a $100+ Mn Acquisition without a VC? 4:22

3y ago4:22

4:22

Bonus 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 b…

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How is Good Good Piggy Inculcating Financial Literacy among Kids? 11:25

3y ago11:25

11:25

Purva 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 s…

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How to Prepare Your Startup as a Potential Acquisition Candidate? 10:59

3y ago10:59

10:59

Parag 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 …

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How is the Founder Institute Empowering Startups in GCC? 14:28

3y ago14:28

14:28

Sameer 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 Foun…

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A Serial Entrepreneur's Guide: How to Launch and Scale Tech Startups? 14:20

3y ago14:20

14:20

Shirish 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 th…

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8 Different Types of Angel Investors, and Choosing the Right One? 13:15

3y ago13:15

13:15

Saloni 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?…

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12 Lessons from a Founder's Failure as well as Success! 4:44

3y ago4:44

4:44

Hassan W. Bhatti Prior co-founded, Cryptonumerics (acquired by Snowflake) Investor @thecommunityvc ProductBD, @snowflakedb

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What Startup Accelerators Really Do, the Why and How to Chose the Right One? 15:38

3y ago15:38

15:38

Sanil 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 ens…

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The Insights on 100X.VC's iSAFE Notes! 13:39

3y ago13:39

13:39

Shashank 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 c…

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How a 14-year old entrepreneur is changing the world of under-privileged? 7:11

3y ago7:11

7:11

Devank 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 c…

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How to Tranche Your Early-stage Fundraising? 7:35

3y ago7:35

7:35

Elizabeth 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!…

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How Acculi Labs Innovatively Raised Its Angel Round? 9:49

3+ y ago9:49

9:49

Rupam 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 investo…

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Building a Startup for the Cancer Survivors! 13:10

3+ y ago13:10

13:10

Akriti 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.…

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The 7 Rules of Hiring for the Early-stage Startups! 6:23

3+ y ago6:23

6:23

Gigi 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

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Why Should Startups Remain Focused, Especially During the Early Stages? 6:59

3+ y ago6:59

6:59

Rachita 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 foc…

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Top 9 Learnings Shared by a Unicorn Founder! 3:52

3+ y ago3:52

3:52

Daniel Lewis CEO/Founder, Convoy Sharing his valuable insights/learnings on building a unicorn startup, Convoy! Source: Full Podcast.

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How to Build a Compelling Story or Narrative for Your Startup? 4:32

3+ y ago4:32

4:32

Immad 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!

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How to Effectively Scale-up Your Startup from Seed to Series A Round? 18:18

3+ y ago18:18

18:18

Alexandre 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 …

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13 Points that Paul Graham has for the Founders! 6:31

3+ y ago6:31

6:31

This 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.

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How Micro VCs are Dominating the Early-stage Funding Ecosystem? 13:16

3+ y ago13:16

13:16

Chad 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 ma…

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How to Communicate Effectively and Engage with Empathy? 11:33

3+ y ago11:33

11:33

Shital 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 empathetica…

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How to Generate Leads and Sell Your Products or Services Organically? 5:31

3+ y ago5:31

5:31

Alex 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.…

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