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ACLR8 Founder Academy

ACLR8 Founder Academy

Von: Karan Jindal
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 At ACLR8, our goal is to build the best early stage accelerator program in the world, helping founders from Bharat build large, generational and iconic companies. Founder Academy is our exclusive podcast featuring the top startup founders, investors and operators in the country. Our goal is to help build the best resource for any early stage founder to learn from and connect with the best folks from India's startup ecosystem.Karan Jindal Management & Leadership Ökonomie
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  • Episode 15: Meet the founder of founders! This man invested in 165 startups. Ft. Rajesh Sawhney, Founder, GSF

    Episode 15: Meet the founder of founders! This man invested in 165 startups. Ft. Rajesh Sawhney, Founder, GSF
    Mar 3 2025
    In this episode of the ACLR8 podcast, we host one of India's most iconic startup investors: Rajesh Sawhney. Rajesh has invested in 165 companies over the last 15 years and sits on the board of many listed companies and unicorns. In today's episode we will try to cover 3 topics:Trends and opportunities for young founders as we become a $10T economyFundraising 101 for early stage foundersThinking long term about company buildingWe hope you enjoy the podcast today and it inspires you to kickstart your journey. Do drop a note in the comments section about your feedback on the episode. Content Timeline:-----------------00:00 - Intro01:22 - Rajesh investment journey over the last 15 years. 10:50 - Learnings from Madhu Kela and public market investing. 17:24 - Fundraising tips for early stage founders. 31:45 - Common traits between successful founders. 36:20 - India opportunity.43:24 - Building the right idea at the right time.48:00 - IPO projections for 2025.54:15 - India v/s China over the next 20 years.56:30 - India Spacetech opportunity.58:45 - Rapidfire59:00 - Renting v/s Buying a house1:00:20 - Top 3 cities to live in India.1:02:00 - IITs v/s IVY league colleges.1:03:00 - Gambhir v/s Dravid as Indian team coach.1:04:25 - Can Singularity and AGI be achieved?1:06:00 - Pickelball: Serious sport or fad? 1:07:00 - Will Tiktok be sold to Elon Musk?1:07:42 - Ranking India's last 5 PMs1:10:09 - Advice to early stage founders building the next big business from India. #startup #funding #entrepreneurship #fundraising #startupindia #accelerator #incubator #aclr8 #aclr8vc #GSF #RajeshSawhney
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    1 Std. und 12 Min.
  • Episode 14: The Indiamart story! Building a ₹14000 crore listed tech company. Ft. Brijesh Agrawal

    Episode 14: The Indiamart story! Building a ₹14000 crore listed tech company. Ft. Brijesh Agrawal
    Feb 4 2025

    🚀 Coming from a small town in India to build an INR 14K crore company.🚀 Being the first Indian B2B marketplace to list publicly.🚀 Building profitably and building the technology backbone for 70M SMB’s in India.This is the IndiaMart story...Had a wonderful chat with Brijesh Agrawal, Co-Founder, IndiaMart on how they are building the technology layer for Bharat enabling millions of MSME’s to become more efficient and scale.. ❤️We talked about:✅ The initial IndiaMart thesis and how it has evolved over the last 25 years.✅ Building the business profitably, being persistent and being customer focussed.✅ Identifying categories where you can solve a high value need for a customer.✅ Critical elements for running and scaling B2B marketplace business.✅ How a founder’s role evolves as they grow from 0-1 to 1-100 to finally listing their company.🙌 The IndiaMart journey is truly inspiring for any early stage founder building in the SAAS / B2B space in the country. Building the next big thing? Apply to the ACLR8 program today! www.aclr8.vc/apply#startup #msme #smb #entrepreneurship #founder #aclr8 #aclr8vc #indiamart #ipo
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    1 Std. und 2 Min.
  • Episode 13: The Dressfolk Story! Building an Ethnic Wear Brand from India to the World! Ft. Nitin Mehrotra

    Episode 13: The Dressfolk Story! Building an Ethnic Wear Brand from India to the World! Ft. Nitin Mehrotra
    Feb 1 2025

    Shot a super episode with Nitin Mehrotra, Founder & CEO, DressFolk on his journey of building India's most loved ethnic wear brand. We talked about:- Nitin's growing up journey and how his family background inspired him to startup in the fashion space- DressFolk evolution over the last 8 years and finding PMF- Building and scaling a D2C fashion business in India today, profitably- Raising funding from people like Ghazal Alagh and some of India's best angel investors and funds. - Way forward, future of India's handlooms and dreams of going globalDo check it out and let us know how you like the podcast!


    Content Timelines:⁣⁠

    • 00:00⁠ - ACLR8 Intro
    • 01:16⁠ - Pre cap
    • 02:27⁠ - Nitin's family history and how that inspired Dressfolk
    • 12:00 - Dark side of the fashion industry
    • 16:15 - Initial days of Dressfolk
    • 24:50 - India's ethnic wear market and opportunities for D2C brands
    • 32:25 - Supply chain challenges and capacity building with artisans
    • 37:00 - Scaling D2C at Dressfolk
    • 45:40 - Meta ads strategy
    • 48:00 - Fundraising journey
    • 1:00:30 - Rapid fire with Nitin
    • 1:05:15 - Closing remarks


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    1 Std. und 7 Min.
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