Creating High-Potential Startups in Emerging Economies w/ Monica Mehta, EVP, Advisor, Impact Investor (Wadhwani NEN)

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Indian Startup Stories

Ashok

33 episodes

6 days ago

"Indian Startup Stories" is a podcast about entrepreneurs and startups. Hear out stories straight from the founders, co-founders & leaders of various startups in India. They talk about how they started with their idea?, the passion which drives them, challenges they’ve faced, their achievements, how they managed bringing in funding and all the insights they have gathered in their journey, making them long runners. And yes! don't miss-out the rapid fire questions, at the end of each episode.

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Creating High-Potential Startups in Emerging Economies w/ Monica Mehta, EVP, Advisor, Impact Investor (Wadhwani NEN)

Indian Startup Stories

1 hour 2 minutes 12 seconds

4 years ago

Creating High-Potential Startups in Emerging Economies w/ Monica Mehta, EVP, Advisor, Impact Investor (Wadhwani NEN)

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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