Ground Realities Of Moving To The US As An India-Based Founder

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An Operator's Blog - with Soumitra Sharma

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An Operator's Blog is hosted by Soumitra Sharma, General Partner at Operators Studio, a micro-VC firm focused on the US-India corridor. This podcast takes you into the world of startups and venture capital, featuring candid conversations focusing on sharing real operating insights, tips, and playbooks that you can immediately start using to solve your biggest challenges as a founder and operator. Join Soumitra as he cuts through the BS & interviews top founders, operators, and investors who have built businesses in the trenches for decades.

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Ground Realities Of Moving To The US As An India-Based Founder

An Operator's Blog - with Soumitra Sharma

45 minutes 50 seconds

8 months ago

Ground Realities Of Moving To The US As An India-Based Founder

This episode discusses the ground realities and daily challenges of moving to the US to build your startup as an India-based founder. We cover everything from the first 90 days, logistics & compliance issues, acquiring early US customers, evolving the product roadmap from Indian to US customers, setting PMF goals & KPIs, relationship-building & other US GTM tips.

Joining me for this discussion is Prashant Mahajan, an accomplished product leader and founder with more than a decade of experience in product management. His most recent adventure was as the Founder of Zeda, a venture-backed startup in the space of AI-powered product management tools. Before this, Prashant was a product leader at Branch, Tokopedia, and Paytm.

TIME STAMPS:

(1:47) Bittersweet thoughts at the end of a startup journey

(4:42) How does an India-based founder figure out the correct timing for the US move?

(9:17) Day-to-day challenges of a US-India founder, dealing with loneliness

(15:36) Acquiring early US customers

(19:27) Evolving the product roadmap as GTM shifts from India to the US

(23:55) How to set PMF goals & KPIs while moving to the US as an India-based founder

(26:53) What stopped working for Zeda?

(35:33) When should founders pivot? Or even quit?

(41:05) Relationship-building advice for US-India founders

Connect with Prashant - https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashantmahajan31/ and follow him on X - @Pmahajan3105

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I am a venture investor focused on the US-India corridor. Feel free to reach out on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/soumitrasharma5/) and follow me on X (@soumitra_sharma).