Mint Startup Diaries
In this podcast, listen to a start-up founder's entrepreneurial journey and plans ahead. This is a Mint production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.
Episodes
May 26, 2021 • 44 mins
In the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, Shrija Agrawal converses with Ashish Sharma of Innoven Capital, Anand Prasanna of Iron Pillar and Parag Dhol of Inventus Capital to understand what happens when the rubber hits the road. Tune in to the episode to know more.
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April 30, 2021 • 21 mins
In the latest dispatch of the "Mint- Startup Diaries", we talk about a subject which has become a hot talking point - 'the decentralization of finance (de-fi)' - driven by the public’s growing disillusionment with the centralised financial sector and its shortcomings. Increasingly. individuals are calling for control of their personal data, ownership, and money and decentralisation is being marked as a possible solution. Sample th...
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April 30, 2021 • 30 mins
In the latest dispatch of the "Mint- Startup Diaries", we talk about a subject which has become a hot talking point - 'the decentralization of finance (de-fi)' - driven by the public’s growing disillusionment with the centralised financial sector and its shortcomings. Increasingly. individuals are calling for control of their personal data, ownership, and money and decentralisation is being marked as a possible solution. Sample th...
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April 27, 2021 • 29 mins
While a lot of ground has been covered over the past 50 years by women in business, much more remains to be done. In the Start-up community, the challenge is stiffer. According to one report, only 17% of Indian startups have at least one female co-founder. The problem is complicated by limited role models for women and a smaller talent pool in tech/engineering fields. In this dispatch of the Mint Startup Diaries, we chat with Divya...
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February 1, 2021 • 21 mins
In the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we speak with Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India, and Radhika Sridharan - Partner - Bain & Company, who has recently co-authored a report "unlocking the future of commerce in India". According to the experts, e-commerce—powered by cheap data, supply-side innovations and digitally savvy customers—has become a $30 billion industry in India in fiscal year 2020. Mor...
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February 1, 2021 • 32 mins
In the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we speak with Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India, and Radhika Sridharan - Partner - Bain & Company, who has recently co-authored a report "unlocking the future of commerce in India". According to the experts, e-commerce—powered by cheap data, supply-side innovations and digitally savvy customers—has become a $30 billion industry in India in fiscal year 2020. Mor...
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December 23, 2020 • 27 mins
The COVID-19 pandemic has utterly decimated a number of industries over the past several months, but the gaming industry continues to benefit as people continue to be stuck at home. The pandemic is contributing to the normalisation and adoption of e-gaming and gaming companies are increasingly seeing a surge in their user base. There are various favourable macro factors at play too: young tech-savvy population (with 75% aged under...
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November 30, 2020 • 33 mins
The COVID-19 pandemic has utterly decimated a number of industries over the past several months, but the gaming industry continues to benefit as people continue to be stuck at home. The pandemic is contributing to the normalisation and adoption of e-gaming and gaming companies are increasingly seeing a surge in their user base. There are various favourable macro factors at play too: young tech-savvy population (with 75% aged under...
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October 12, 2020 • 34 mins
The backbone of the Indian Economy, the Agricultural sector, a sector which has not necessarily got so much investors love in the past, seems to be catching up fast due to its unprecedented growth amid the COVID-19 crisis. Innovative Indian Agri-tech start-ups are joining the game and providing balance to the agricultural ecosystem by maximizing productivity, increasing supply chain efficiency and, and improving market linkage. Ini...
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August 5, 2020 • 17 mins
In the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we speak with Dev Khare, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners to decode the impact of Covid-19 on startups. According to Khare, it's almost been akin to ' a tale of two cities' where some startups have thrived, even accelerated, while others now face secular declines, . But overall, the net effect has been to accelerate the disruptive role of technology across industries.
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August 5, 2020 • 17 mins
In the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we speak with Dev Khare, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners to decode the impact of Covid-19 on startups. According to Khare, it's almost been akin to ' a tale of two cities' where some startups have thrived, even accelerated, while others now face secular declines. But overall, the net effect has been to accelerate the disruptive role of technology across industries.
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July 27, 2020 • 16 mins
Education may be forever changed after the coronavirus. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. Education has changed dramatically, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. In terms of positive, experts posit that it will see more tutoring, adaptive methods of learning but there are also negatives such as pandemic is exaggerating the socio-economic divide. There has been an equal amoun...
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July 27, 2020 • 16 mins
Education may be forever changed after the coronavirus. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. Education has changed dramatically, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. In terms of positive, experts posit that it will see more tutoring, adaptive methods of learning but there are also negatives such as pandemic is exaggerating the socio-economic divide. There has been an equal amoun...
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July 27, 2020 • 14 mins
In this latest dispatch of Mint startup diaries, we speak with not only the co-founder Vamsi Krishna from Vedantu but also one with one of their early backers- Hans Tung, Managing Partner at GGV Capital. Tune in to the interview to know more about investing in online education.
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July 13, 2020 • 13 mins
In the largest sweep against the Chinese technology companies, India recently banned 59 Chinese apps, including the popular short video platform TikTok. The unprecedented ban is clearly one of the biggest stories in the startup ecosystem- one which will have a significant impact. Overall, the move is being seen as a positive one with Indian startups being net beneficiaries as it opens up huge opportunities. On the other hand, there...
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July 13, 2020 • 14 mins
In the largest sweep against the Chinese technology companies, India recently banned 59 Chinese apps, including the popular short video platform TikTok.The unprecedented ban is clearly one of the biggest stories in the startup ecosystem- one which will have a significant impact. Overall, the move is being seen as a positive one with Indian startups being net beneficiaries as it opens up huge opportunities. On the other hand, there ...
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June 15, 2020 • 14 mins
In the latest dispatch of Mint startup diaries, Vivekananda Hallekere, co-founder of scooter-rental startup Bounce opens up on starting up, doing a SWOT analysis compared to the same market in China, expansion plans and more. In January, this year, it announced that it has raised $105 million in a Series D funding round led by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group and Accel.
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May 27, 2020 • 20 mins
In the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we visit the offices of digital lending upstart Capital Float to understand more about theirexpansion plans and the roadmap ahead. In this podcast, listen to the founders open up about the "financialization of everything".
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May 2, 2020 • 23 mins
Homegrown online real estate rental startup NoBroker attempts to improve the way how millions of Indians lease or buy an apartment — by not paying any brokerage. The company has raised more than $150 million in funding to date. @shrijaagrawal from Mint interviews the founders.
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March 2, 2020 • 15 mins
In the latest episode of Startup Diaries, co-founders of Flexiloans make a pitch for their online lending platform and also get to seek advice from an experienced venture capitalist. In a banter between the co-founders of the startup and Vikram Gupta, Managing partner of VC firm IVy Cap Ventures, nuggets of wisdom on building out a fintech company get revealed. In October 2016, the startup raised about $15 Mn (INR100 Cr) from Sanja...
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