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- #49 Insidious Loops in Indian Startup Ecosystem (TSP Insights)To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam Deedy & Nataraj talk about Why is there no criticism about Indian startups in Indian media? What are the insidious loops in Indian startup ecosystem? Don't forget to follow Deedy's opinions at @debarghya_das! -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com) , Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc) , Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund) , and others.0 comments0
- Shark Tank India vs Shark Tank U.S Differences Explained (TSP Insights)To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam Full Notes: One of the interesting things in Shark Tank India versus Shark Tank US that I've noticed is Shark Tank US is pretty much small and medium enterprise. If a Silicon Valley style pitch comes up, like Mark Cuban will throw them out, uh, you know, this kind of ration doesn't work here. One thing I was amazed to see in this season particularly is, um, it's much more closer to Indian startup ecosystem. Um, I've actually seen couple of these pitches before they were on track tank, like Flatheads, uh, was the shoe company, which is similar to like a shoe company here. Um, those other, um, mind peers was like a mindful company that came on recently, which I've seen before. Um, The interesting thing is it's much more similar to a venture, uh, you know, ecosystem than the S m E market that we are seeing, even though we see a lot of SME companies, but the language is pretty close to vc. Like no one says, Hey, we are doing a pre-seed on Shark Tank us. Right? We are just asking for money. And, you know, this is a small and medium business -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com) , Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc) , Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund) , and others.0 comments0
- Startup Project Mar 4 · 1h 6m #31: Deedy (Debarghya Das) - Indian Startups, AI & SearchTo stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow Nataraj on twitter: @natarajsindam -- In this episode Spoke to Deedy who writes amazing twitter threads on immigration, Indian startups and more. Topic covered include: Tweet threads on Indian startups Shark Tank India vs U.S Generative AI, LLMs & Search Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon & a lot more. Don't forget to follow Deedy's opinions at @debarghya_das! -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com) , Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc) , Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund) , and others.0 comments0
- #30: Jacob Colker - Co-Managing Director AI2 IncubatorTo stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam In this episode of Startup Project Nataraj spoke to Jacob Colker - Co-Managing Director AI2 Incubator. Inaugurated five years ago by the late Paul Allen and Professor Oren Etzioni, the commercialization arm of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence was tasked with creating an incubator program for the brightest minds in AI to launch the next wave of technology companies that would change the world. Jacob Colker, Vu Ha, and Bryan Hale were tasked to fulfill this mandate. Full conversation includes: Origin story of Allen Institute Incubator Hype in AI Will LLM's disrupt search business model AI effects on knowledge work -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com) , Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc) , Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund) , and others.0 comments0
- #29: Jacques Fu - Co-founder at Stax, Author of "Time Hacks"To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam In this episode of Startup Project Nataraj spoke to Jacques Fu Co-founder at Stax, Author of "Time Hacks". Stax is an all-in-one payment solution for small business. Stax has raised $245 million in fresh funding, taking its valuation up to $1 billion. The investment saw participation from Greater Sum Ventures (GSV), HarbourVest Partners and Blue Star Innovation Partners, all of which will serve as strategic partners to Stax. Full conversation includes: Journey of Stax Opportunities in Fintech Crypto Angel Investing Time Hacks -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com) , Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc) , Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund) , and others.0 comments0
- Google Got Chat Right 10 Years Back, But Didn't Know (TSP Insights)Google started and ended about 5 chat application in last 10 years, but the best chat application was already made by them before every one else. It was GTalk! To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam0 comments0
- Netflix No Longer Controls the Streaming Story (TSP Insights)Netflix for long dictated the streaming story, they set the narrative that other media companies scrambled to follow. But all that is changed now. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam0 comments0
- #28: Build In Public or Not? w/ KPIn this episode of Startup Project we spoke to KP, Build In Public guy on Twitter. Full conversation includes: What is Build In Public? Cornering Keywords on Internet The Good, Bad & Ugly of Build In Public & more. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Chris Devore (Investor in Remitly, Auth0 & Outreach), Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), Todd Bishop (geekwire.com) and others.0 comments0
- Startup Project Oct 24 · 0 Venture Fund is a Startup (TSP Insights)To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam Launching a, a venture fund is not for the faint of heart, uh, and it is very much a startup activity. Geoff Harris & Nataraj talk about the challenges of launching a venture fund. Geoff spent 15 years at Microsoft in engineering leadership and executive leadership positions. His career at Microsoft began in digital media where he ran the Windows Media Player team. Full conversation includes is available here and includes: Developing Natural language processing at Microsoft Angel investing to raising a fund Core insight behind Flying Fish AI Use cases for future Web3 & Venture -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com) , Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc) , Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund) , and others.0 comments0
- #27 Geoff Harris: Managing Partner Flying Fish VCIn this episode of Startup Project we spoke to Geoff Harris, Managing Partner Flying Fish VC. Flying Fish is a thesis driven fund focused on Al/ML. Geoff Harris spent 15 years at Microsoft in engineering leadership and executive leadership positions. His career at Microsoft began in digital media where he ran the Windows Media Player team. Full conversation includes: Developing Natural language processing at Microsoft Angel investing to raising a fund Core insight behind Flying Fish AI Use cases for future Web3 & Venture -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com) , Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc) , Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund) , and others. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam0 comments0
- NFTs in Games? (Bonus Clip)What problems are NFTs solving in games, Liron & Nataraj (twitter.com/natarajsindam) discuss. Liron Shapira is known as the guy who write twitter threads about web3 use cases including Axie Infinity & Helium. But before becoming twitter famous, he is also a founder & angel investor and currently runs a YC backed startup called Relationship Hero. The irony in his angel investments is he made life changing money by investing in Coinbase which was a 500x return on his investment. Full conversation includes: Failure with Quixey (50M+ Series C) Relationship Hero (YC Backed) Seed Investment in $COIN (listen for exit multiple) Investing in Russian Bonds Web3 Use cases (cross border payments, helium, NFTs in gaming, Uber on Web3, Identity) Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/natarajsindam . Full conversation Link: https://thestartupproject.io/2022/08/05/24-liron-shapira-web3-critique-founder-early-investor-in-coinbase/0 comments0
- Democratizing Education (Bonus Clip)Nataraj & Eric (Hustle Fund) talk about how an Indian company BYJU's despite its flaws is helping democratizing education. For Full conversation with Eric check out Episode 21 of Startup Project. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ceRBSjtTP8ROl8nR9AoT0?si=bf937a7778d242360 comments0
- #26 Mohan Belani: Co-Founder of E27.coTodays guest is Mohan Belani the co-founder of E27.co. E27 is tech publication covering SEA startups. Full conversation includes: Origins of e27 Startups in SEA (Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia & Vietnam) Businesses model of e27 Events business Angel investing and starting seed stage fund YC effect in SEA startups Starting a Seed Fund & many more -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam --0 comments0
- What is Amazon's Fourth Dreamy Business? (TSP Insights)Jeff Bezos defines dreamy businesses to have these characteristics: customers love it it can grow to very large size it has strong returns on capital and it's durable over time Amazon has 3 dreamy businesses prime, marketplace & AWS. Todd & Nataraj discuss about what is going to be Amazon's next big dreamy business? -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam0 comments0
- Startup Project Aug 22 · 58m #25 Todd Bishop: Co-Founder of Geekwire.comIn this week's episode of Startup Project we spoke to Todd Bishop, Co-Founder of Geekwire. He is a longtime business and technology journalist who reports on subjects including AI, cloud, startups, and health technology, plus Amazon and Microsoft, & hosts GeekWire's weekly podcast. Full conversation includes: Geekwire Story Business model of publishing Covering Big Tech Amazon's next big thing Doom Scrolling & a whole lot more. -- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam0 comments0
- #24 Liron Shapira: Web3 Critique, Founder & Early Investor in CoinbaseLiron Shapira is known as the guy who writes twitter threads criticizing web3 use cases. Other than being a web3 critic, he is also angel investor in Coinbase & Wyre (the irony), founder of a Y Combinator company & raised $50M round led by Alibaba. Full conversation includes: • Failure with Quixey ( 50M+ Series C) • Relationship Hero (YC Backed) • Seed Investment in $COIN (listen for exit multiple) • Investing in Russian Bonds • Web3 Use cases (cross border payments, helium, NFTs in gaming, Uber on Web3, Identity) Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/natarajsindam.0 comments0
- Story Behind Patagonia’s First Ecommerce Store (Bonus)Chris Devore and Nataraj talk about the brand ethos of Patagonia and the story behind the first ecommerce store of Patagonia. For full conversation with Chris, check out https://thestartupproject.io/2022/07/17/23-chris-devore-managing-partner-founders-co-op-remitly-auth0-outreach/ Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam .0 comments0
- Is web3 hype about technology or political ideology? (TSP Insights)Chris Devore talks about web3 and if its the next big thing in tech. For full conversation with Chris, check out https://thestartupproject.io/2022/07/17/23-chris-devore-managing-partner-founders-co-op-remitly-auth0-outreach/ Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam .0 comments0
- #23 Chris DeVore: Managing Partner Founders Co-op (Remitly, Auth0 & Outreach)In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Chris DeVore, Founding Managing Partner of Founders’ Co-op, Pacific Northwest's leading seed-stage venture fund. Chris led the seed rounds for Seattle's most recent successful IPO Remitly (NASDAQ:RELY) and $4B+ Outreach, was an early backer of Auth0 (acquired by Okta for $6.5B). Full conversation includes: Starting Patagonia's online store Bringing Risk Capital to Seattle Running TechStars Seattle Starting Founders Co-Op Thesis behind investing in Remitly New new thing & Web3 Investing takeaways from covid shocks Nataraj is a PM at Azure, partner at NVC & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam .0 comments0
- #22 Sudip Chakrabarti: Partner Decibel.vc Ex Partner at A16Z, Lightspeed & MadronaIn this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Sudip from decibel.vc. Sudip started two companies and got his PhD in computer engineering at Georgia Tech before becoming a VC investor at Andreesson Horowitz, Lightspeed, and Madrona. Full conversation includes: Building Decibel Investing in Enterprise Software ( Exabeam, DataCoral & Streamlio) Working at A16Z & Madrona Digital Ocean & More Nataraj is a PM at Azure, partner at NVC & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam. You can also subscribe to his newsletter at getrevue.co/profile/StartupProject0 comments0
- Hyper Leverage (Bonus Clip)Nataraj & Harvey from RUV Alliance talk about Leverage. For full conversation check out the links below: Youtube : https://youtu.be/rXMY1LDIb_U Website : https://thestartupproject.io/2022/02/05/12-harvey-multani-founder-ruv-alliance-miami100-dao-startup-project-by-nataraj/ Anchor : https://anchor.fm/tsp1/episodes/12-Harvey-Multani-Founder-RUV-Alliance--Miami100-DAOStartup-Project-by-Nataraj-e1dvoi3 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/episode/0VgU4sMOX1AD5BCxLnVicm?si=3c9f834506e143da Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at NVC & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam & stay up to date here. #startups #leverage #economy #media #code #capital #shorts0 comments0
- Secret Sauce behind Hustle Fund's Brand! (Bonus Clip)Eric (Co-Founder of Hustle Fund) talks to Nataraj about how they built their brand. Check out more about hustle fund here, https://www.hustlefund.vc/. Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at NVC( https://angel.co/s/natarajusa/B8aAA) & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam0 comments0
- #21 Eric Bahn: Co-Founder & General Partner of Hustle FundIn this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Eric Bahn, Co-Founder & General Partner at Hustle Fund. In last 5 years, Eric & team scaled Hustle Fund to 3 funds, 100M+ AUM, 120+ early stage investments & along the way built a globally recognizable VC brand, find more about them at https://www.hustlefund.vc/ Full conversation includes: Beat the GMAT (Eric's Startup) Defining hustle Raising fund 1 First 10 investments Building the brand Nataraj is a PM at Azure, partner at NVC & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam. You can also subscribe to his newsletter at getrevue.co/profile/StartupProject0 comments0
