Today’s guest:
Monica Kapadia Mehta, EVP, Advisor, Impact Investor (Wadhwani NEN)
Website: https://nen.wfglobal.org/
You will learn:
01:55Background - India & abroad; learning & pursuit to give back
03:58Must know information about Wadhwani Foundation - Vision & mission to boost startups
10:36What qualities investors look for, from startup founders
14:22How investors manage time boxing
16:52BYJUs & EdTech space; early days experience with them & qualities of Unicorn
20:25Tips on funding & managing Venture Capitalists; Types of funding; idea bank & incubation
27:03Wadhwani’s team & strategy in building the same.
27:42When companies go IPO. Conflicts between Entrepreneurs & Investors; Conflict management
36:52Initial challenges & how teaching entrepreneurship was handled
39:23Women entrepreneurs in developing economies; and it’s statistics
42:58 Moment of opportunities in pandemic & dynamics
45:22Learnings from mistakes & importance of failure - It’s a bend & not an end
49:50Managing personal time with loads of responsibility on shoulder
52:56If you are holding back your ideas - don’t afraid to begin & fail
56:55Rapid fire round
Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!!
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Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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