Srinivas Narayanan ex VP Engineering/Head of AI Applied Research Meta/Facebook  chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:10 - True Meaning of "Move fast and Break Things"08:00 - When & How to Reward Failure 15:00 - Goals, Accountability & Shipping Velocity25:30 - Dealing with Failure When You Haven&apos;t Failed Before27:00 - “Hiring is an engineering problem, not a recruiting problem”Click here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to Mekin Maheshwari, another engineering leader. On the episode we talk about Mekin&apos;s journey from Yahoo to Flipkart and now Udhyam, what excited him to join Flipkart during its early days, why product-market fit is not enough, the essentials of building an effective technology team and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

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#85 Building a World-Class Engineering Culture with Srinivas Narayanan ex VP Engineering/Head of AI Applied Research @Meta/Facebook

Aniket Jindal, Co-Founder Biconomy chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - Aniket&apos;s journey from Binance to Biconomy07:40 - Finding PMF as a Web3 Startup15:00 - Why & How of Tokenomics at a Web3 Startup21:00 - How Biconomy Built Its Community23:00 - Unsolved Problems in the Web3 space25:00 - How Web3 Startups Differ From Web2 StartupsClick here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to Nischal Shetty, CEO & Founder WazirX, another entrepreneur in the crypto space. On the episode we talk about why Crypto is Growing, Interoperability in the Crypto World, Emergence of DeFi Protocols and Decentralised apps & How to Stay Updated in the Web3 world. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#84 Making Web3 Mainstream with Aniket Jindal Co-Founder Biconomy

Ashish Munjal, Co-Founder & CEO Sunstone Eduversity chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - Why Ashish Decided to Work on Sunstone 05:30 - Lessons Learned: Right Market & Staying Focussed08:15 - Making Education Transparent & Accountable 16:00 - Zero-Based Budgeting and How It Helped Sunstone 21:00 - Three Skills Corporate India Looks for When Hiring27:00 - The Shift from Academics to Skill-Building29:30 - Opportunities in the Indian Education SpaceClick here to read the full transcript Next, Listen to Nami Zarringhalam talk about building Truecaller, another successful business that came out of a simple idea. Nami shares lessons he and his friend & co-founder Alan learned while solving problems, the road to finding investors, Truecaller’s hyper growth, viral loops that fuelled the company’s rise, the monetisation model  and more.Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#83 Making Education Accountable & Bridging the Skill Gap with Ashish Munjal Co-Founder & CEO Sunstone Eduversity

A special episode for you this week which has the best conversations we had on the podcast this year. Let us the know the conversation you enjoyed the most. Click here to learn more Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Primevp_in LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/  This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don’t like, the guests you’d like to have on the podcast and the topics you’d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#82 Best of 2021: Conversations on Building & Finding Opportunities

Alisa Cohn Startup & CEO Coach chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. She is the author of From Start-Up to Grown-Up.  A onetime startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor, she was named the number one “Global Guru” of startups in 2021, and has worked with startup companies such as Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch. She has also coached CEOs and C-Suite executives at enterprise clients such as  Dell, Hitachi, Sony, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and Calvin Klein.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:30 - Self-Evaluating as a Founder 05:00 - Blind Spots & 360 Degree Feedback13:40 - When do You Need a Coach19:40 - Imposter Syndrome & Journaling27:00 - How to Use Positive feedback & Radical Candor33:00 - Practicing self-care as a FounderClick here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed listening to a world class startup coach? Next, listen to a World Cup-winning coach  who helped the Indian Cricket Team win the ICC trophy. Right from the cricketing field, Paddy Upton provides valuable insights for entrepreneurs on personal motivation, mental fitness, mental agility, overcoming fear and cultivating the will to learn. He also talks about the nuances of team building, the characteristics of a great leader, how to make a team work, and the secret to picking people for leadership positions. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#81 How Founders Can Identify Blind Spots, Have Difficult Conversations and Give Productive Feedback with Startup & CEO Coach Alisa Cohn

Anshumani Ruddra App PM Lead for Google Pay chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 - Anshumani&apos;s Product Journey from Zynga to Google09:30 - Why You Need Both Tactical Depth & Strategic Depth15:00 - How Indian Users are Ahead of Indian PMs and Designers24:00 - The Golden Age of Product Management29:30 - How to Think About Your Career as a PM34:00 - The Greatest Growth Hack to LearnClick here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed listening to Anshumani about the art and craft of product management? Next, listen to another product expert, Shreyas Doshi.  He shares his take on building a minimum loveable product, the importance of solving THE problem and not A problem, how incentives help to figure out the real customer problems, who is a Chief Repeating Officer, and more.Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#80 How to Strategise, Execute and Grow as a Product Manager with Anshumani Ruddra Group Product Manager Google

Nischal Shetty, Founder & CEO WazirX chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 - Why Crypto is Growing 12:30 - Building WazirX: Finding Gaps and Building a Community20:15 - Interoperability in the Crypto World27:30 - Maximising Optionality Vs Staying Focussed34:45 - Emergence of DeFi Protocols and Decentralised apps31:30 - How to Stay Updated in the Web3 worldClick here to read the full transcriptFound Nischal story about crypto and WazirX inspiring? Next, Listen to Nami Zarringhalam talk about building Truecaller, another successful business that came out of a simple idea. Nami shares lessons he and his friend & co-founder Alan learned while solving problems, the road to finding investors, Truecaller’s hyper growth, viral loops that fuelled the company’s rise, the monetisation model  and more.Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#79 Emerging Crypto Applications, Learning from Competition & The 1️⃣ Growth Hack with Nischal Shetty, Founder & CEO WazirX

Tarun Mehta , Co-Founder & CEO Ather Energy chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:50 - Ather Energy&apos;s Founding Story07:45 - Customer Discovery: Loved the Tech Hated the Product09:30 - How to think about Entrepreneurship as a Student15:00 - Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in the EV space18:40 - Working with the Government24:30 - Supply Chain in India: IC Vs EV31:15 - Working with Coaches & Advisors as a Founder Click here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to an entrepreneur on how to build large global businesses from small Indian cities. Rohith Bhat is a  parallel entrepreneur who started three companies: Robosoft Technologies, Global Delight and 99Games. Robosoft Technologies started in 1996 and had Apple Inc. as the first customer.  Robosoft was acquired by  TechnoPro of Japan in 2021 for $100m+. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#78 Tarun Mehta Co-Founder & CEO Ather Energy on Building for a New World

Naomi Bagdonas & Jennifer Aaker Authors Humor, Seriously chat with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Dr. Jennifer Aaker is a behavioural scientist, author, and General Atlantic Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Coulter Family Fellow. She studies how purpose and meaning shape the choices individuals make and how technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mixed Reality (XR) are redefining human interaction.Naomi Bagdonas is a bestselling author, innovation strategist, media coach, and Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. At Stanford&apos;s Graduate School of Business, she teaches courses at the intersection of humor, purpose, and leadership.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - Humour at the Workplace - Why & How11:35 - Standup, Sweetheart, Sniper, Magnet: What&apos;s Your Humor Style23:00 - The Core of Humor: Truth and Misdirection 28:00 - “People want to be valued members on a winning team”34:50 - Why your Agenda should be Half work and Half playClick here to read the full transcript After humor it&apos;s time to explore risk taking. Listen to the episode with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Author Choose Possibility. We talk about evaluating risks at early stage startups as a founder, how to train your team to take risks and why the right framework is gut-data-gut not gut vs data. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#77 How Humor can Boost Creativity and Trust at Workplace with Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas

Mudit Dandwate & Gaurav Parchani Co-Founders Dozee chat with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Dozee provides remote health monitoring solutions and devices that track heart health, respiration, sleep quality and stress levels. Dozee aims to partner with over 1,000 hospitals across India to help them upgrade critical care infrastructure through remote patient monitoring.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:12 - What got Mudit and Gaurav started with Dozee?12:00 - Discovery Phase & Eureka Moments!23:15 - Early Adopters & Moments Of Surprise30:45 - Creating Impact & Scaling Dozee during COVID54:35 - Regulations & Permissions for Healthcare EntrepreneursClick here to read the full transcriptInterested in learning more about Healthcare Startups? Listen to Prasad Kompalli, Co-founder mfine here. Prasad shares the transformation of the telemedicine in India post-COVID,  why and for what are people drawn to telemedicine, the right way to build a trust-driven network, the impact of AI in healthcare and health stack. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#76 Love of Solving Problems + Desire to Create an Impact with Dozee Co-Founders Mudit & Gaurav

Rohith Bhat, Founder & CEO 99Games chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Rohith is a  parallel entrepreneur who started three companies: Robosoft Technologies, Global Delight and 99Games. Robosoft Technologies started in 1996 and had Apple Inc. as the first customer.  Robosoft was acquired by  TechnoPro of Japan in 2021 for $100m+. Rohith is now focussing all of his attention towards growing 99Games profitably towards scale. Listen to the podcast to learn about01:50 - Starting the Entrepreneurial Journey with Apple05:00 - New Opportunities: Metaverse Gaming + NFTs08:00 - Building a Large B2B business from Udupi15:30 - The Game Changer: Democratisation of Distribution21:00 - The Process of Selling Your Startup Successfully29:00 - Monetisation of Gaming BusinessesClick here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to a founder who has built a large global business from a small country. Taavet Hinrikus, the Co-founder of Transferwise and one of the first employees of Skype. In this episode, Taavet talks about the growth of digital technology in Estonia, his time at Skype, growing a team by 200 members in 12 months and the magic formula to attract the right talent to your team. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#75 Building Large Global Businesses From Small Indian Cities with Rohith Bhat Founder & CEO 99Games

Shirish Nadkarni, Serial Entrepreneur & Author chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Shirish is a serial entrepreneur with proven success in creating multiple consumer businesses that have scaled to tens of millions of users worldwide. Shirish was the cofounder of Livemocha, the world’s largest language learning site with more than 15 million registered members from more than 200 countries. Livemocha was acquired by RosettaStone in 2013. Prior to Livemocha, Shirish was the founder of TeamOn Systems, a mobile wireless email pioneer that was acquired by Research in Motion. Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 – Acquisition of Hotmail by Microsoft - Build vs Buy Question06:15– How to Think About Exits as a Founder10:15 - Startup&apos;s Fundraising Journey: Storytelling Vs Metrics 20:10 – The Actual Purpose of Board Meetings23:30 - Relocating from India to US as a FounderTo  learn more from Shirish, check out his book From Startup to Exit: An Insider&apos;s Guide to Launching and Scaling Your Tech Business Click here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to another serial(& parallel) entrepreneur, Bhavin Turakhia. In this episode Bhavin shares his template for building large SaaS businesses, the three objectives measures of product-market fit, the actual goal of fundraising, and how he manages his time running multiple businesses.Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#74 From Startup to Exit with Serial Entrepreneur & Author Shirish Nadkarni

Shihab Muhammed, Founder & CEO SurveySparrow chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Shihab is someone who has been in Indian SaaS ecosystem from the first day of his career. His first job after college was at Zoho and after that he was the part of Freshworks founding team and now he is building a SaaS startup himself. Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - The Launch of Shihab&apos;s SaaS Career at Zoho07:00 - Freshworks&apos; Early Days & Shihab&apos;s Joining Story11:00 - How to Grow at a High-Growth Startup18:00 - The Idea & Inspiration for SurveySparrow24:00 - Emerging Trends in the Global SaaS Market34:00 - How to Keep Learning as a Founder Click here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed listening to Shihab on how SaaS is evolving and the latest SaaS trends? Next, listen to Chargebee Co-Founder and CEO, Krish Subramanian talk about how to align pricing with customer success, how to expand into new markets,  the necessity of qualitative metrics and how partnerships can help build a SaaS business. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#73 Understanding Global SaaS Trends & The Importance of Minimum Usable Product with Shihab Muhammed Founder & CEO SurveySparrow

Vidit Aatrey, Founder & CEO Meesho chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners. Listen to the podcast to learn about01:05 – Early Days of Meesho, the Idea and the Challenges13:30 – Meesho’s Core Value of Always Listening to Users16:50 – Team building, Hiring and Retaining Talent at Startups26:50 – Current Landscape of the Indian E-commerce Sector33:00 – Importance of Trust and Accessibility in E-commerce36:35 – Vidit’s Journey as an Entrepreneur Click here to read the full transcript Enjoyed listening to how Vidit and team built Meesho? Next, listen to our episode with Vargab Bakshi, International Partnerships Lead at Shopify. We talk about making D2C brands successful, the shift from DIY to DIFM, rise of social commerce, opportunities  for tech entrepreneurs, drop shipping and a lot more. Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#72 Vidit Aatrey Founder & CEO Meesho on Building a Category-Defining Startup

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Founder & Chairman theBoardlist  chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners. Sukhinder is a Digital leader, Board member and Investor with 25+ years experience. She has held leadership roles at Stubhub, Google, theBoardlist, Yodlee, Polyvore,  Joyus and Amazon. Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - Risk-taking as an early-stage startup founder06:50 – How to train your team to take risks11:30 – Evaluating risk and reward when joining a startup21:45 – How to rent the mind that you can’t afford to hire27:30 – How should board members help founders31:30 – Think Gut-Data-Gut NOT Gut Vs Data36:00 - How to write a book about principlesCheck out the book Choose Possibility by Sukhinder Singh CassidyYou can read the complete transcript hereWant to listen to another industry leader who knows the intricacies of both an incumbent and a startup? Prime Venture had Julie Zhuo, Facebook’s former Design VP and currently the co-founder of Sundial, as a guest on the podcast. Learn about Julie’s journey from being an intern in Facebook to becoming Design VP, the secrets to building for the user when you are not the user anymore, how to persuade other stakeholders,  turning data into actionable insights, and a lot more. Listen hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don&apos;t like, the guests you&apos;d like to have on the podcast and the topics you&apos;d like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

#71 How to Take Smart Risks at Early-Stage Startups with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

Prime Venture Partners podcast showcases the journeys of those who are playing a key role in building digital India be it entrepreneurs, new age CXOs or investors. It takes you through some of the key moments of their lives and understands the framework of their decision making. Prime Ventures is a early-stage venture fund which focuses on startups that not only need capital but also require mentoring to transform them into disruptive companies. We share a passion for working closely with entrepreneurs and enjoy sharing their journey in a high-frequency, interactive and fun environment. Read more about us at http://primevp.in

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