E125: Shubham Goel (Co-founder & Co-CEO, Affinity)

The Desi VC with Akash Bhat

Shubham Goel is the Co-foudner and Co-CEO of Affinity, a relationship intelligence platform for dealmakers. The company has raised over $120M in funding from Menlo Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Pear VC and Advance Venture Partners. Prior to Affinity, Shubham completed his BS in Computer Science at Stanford University.

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Episode notes:

1. What made Shubham pick entrepreneurship (2:00)
2. Propensity of risk increasing as the company grows (6:08)
3. The journey until the ah-ha moment (10:06)
4. The aha-moment (17:00)
5. Unlocking the operator and leader persona as a founder (25:15)
6. Getting the most out of your teams as a leader (31:10)
7. Things that have surprised Shubham in the company building journey (37:15)
8. What would Shubham do differently if he were to build Affinity from scratch today? (43:54)

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