Podcasts about consumer internet

Join us for another episode of the NEUVC series which is dedicated to those embarking on their journey in the VC.In this episode, Freddie Macpherson, Analyst at Isomer Capital, and Linda Võeras, Associate at Karma Ventures, are joined by the one and only Mr. Exits, who runs Exits Cap. Exits Cap is a Seed and Series - A fund launched in 2022 focused on investments in the SaaS, Consumer Internet, and Aerospace and Defence verticals. But you may know who we're talking about from the name of the infamous social media account Praying for Exits.With over 80,000 followers on Instagram, we all know his memes. Today, Mr. Exits lifts the lid on the US versus Europe by setting up his social media accounts and how they've been useful to him on his journey.Head on over to eu.vc for the core learnings

In this episode of Breakthrough Labs, General Atlantic Managing Director and Head of Consumer Internet and Technology Tanzeen Syed speaks with Erik Allebest, Co-Founder and CEO of Chess.com, one of the world's largest platforms for playing, learning and watching chess, with over 100 million members. They discuss Erik's mission-driven pursuit to build Chess.com, driven by his love of chess and passion for bringing the game to others; his earlier chess-related businesses and experience in e-commerce, starting when he was in college; his decision to take an unconventional path following his time at Stanford Graduate School of Business; the importance of community and authenticity in his core values and approach to building Chess.com; how personalization of the product and storytelling helped engage first time chess players, as well as those already familiar with the game; his commitment to focusing on Chess.com's product and creating value for users to build its community organically; Erik's perspective on what it means to be a mission-driven company and how this has contributed to Chess.com's development; challenges the company overcame and Erik's approach to navigating these alongside Co-Founder Jay Severson; pivotal moments that contributed to increased interest in chess globally and, in turn, Chess.com's success, including the 2018 World Chess Championship, the rise in online gaming catalyzed by COVID-19 lockdowns and Netflix's The Queen's Gambit; and, Erik's outlook on the future of chess. Key Takeaways – “In this episode”  Learn how Erik's love of chess and passion for sharing the game with others led to the creation of Chess.com. Erik discusses some of the unconventional, strategic decisions he made throughout the journey to build Chess.com into the global platform it is today.  Hear about Chess.com's commitment to developing products that add value for chess players of all levels and maintaining the integrity of the game. Erik's decision to partner with an outside investor and how he approached evaluating potential partners. How Erik and Chess.com Co-Founder Jay Sevenson navigated pivotal moments and seized the moment of the global increase of the popularity of chess. 

Yash Jain is the Founder and General Partner at Sparrow Capital, an early-stage micro VC fund that invests upto $500K in SaaS, B2B, Fintech, and Consumer Internet sectors in India with investments in companies such as Mailmodo, Qoohoo, Bimaplan, GoKwik, Superfone among others. Prior to Sparrow, Yash had two stints with large VC funds in India – Kalaari Capital and Arkam Ventures, and also worked at Flipkart as an analyst. Episode notes: 1. Why venture as a career path? (2:20)2. The difficulties of launching a new fund as a millennial (10:48)3. Nuances and learnings from investing in India (16:07)4. What founders in India can do better (36:00)5. What can Indian VC improve on doing better (44:45)6. Lessons learned from Yash's time in the US and the future plan for Sparrow (54:32)7. Advice for young fund managers (1:02:46). . . Social Links: Sparrow Capital on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparrowcapvcYash Jain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yash_sparrowPodcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedesi_vcAkash Bhat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bhatvakashPodcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedesivcAkash Bhat on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bhatvakash

In today's episode of “For the Love of Emails” podcast, Mr. Vibhor Garg, Business Head, Marketplace and D2C at HealthKart, along with host Jasmine Handa, Senior Product Marketer at Netcore Cloud, have joined together for an insightful conversation. Vibhor has about 10 years of experience in corporate strategy, advising clients on growth strategy, cost reduction, and implementing large-scale transformation projects. He is an experienced strategy and management consulting professional. His work has contributed to the growth of significant businesses in multiple sectors, including Consumer Internet, Financial Services and Communications, Media, and Telecom Industries.  Check out our blog to know more about the Myntra + Netcore award-winning AMP email campaign and how you can leverage AMP in your emails. Read the blog here: https://netcorecloud.com/blog/myntra-won-eis-awards/     

Elliott Robinson is partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. He's focused on growth stage series C, D and E opportunities investing across the spectrum of Cloud Software, Consumer Internet, and Frontier Tech with check sizes between $20M and $150M. Elliott chat's with Will Lucas about how cloud computing accelerates innovation during the age of COVID in stubborn industries, how Black people can finally capitalize on the culture we lead, and how to get more Black-led startups past series A. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kunal Shah is a serial entrepreneur and founder of two iconic Indian companies -- CRED and Freecharge. CRED is an Indian consumer fintech that is valued at over $6.4B, and Freecharge was one of the earliest Indian fintechs that sold to Snapdeal in 2015 for $450M.   Kunal has an unmatched track record not just as a founder, but also as an investor and thinker. He's a prolific angel investor in over 200+ Indian startups and shares insightful, bite-sized philosophical wisdom on Twitter with over 700K followers. In this conversation we explore frameworks and insights that have guided Kunal's approach to building consumer internet products, the "delta-4" framework he uses to evaluate the potential for a breakout product,  how consumer behavior changes in trust vs trust-less societies, and his approach to angel investing. In the closeout, we ask Kunal about the most difficult/challenging feedback he has received and how he processed it, and superpowers he has identified in himself that he leans on day to day. LinksFollow Kunal and CRED on TwitterHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to share feedback — it only takes a minute

Kunal Shah is a serial entrepreneur and founder of two iconic Indian companies -- CRED and Freecharge. CRED is an Indian consumer fintech that is valued at over $6.4B, and Freecharge was one of the earliest Indian fintechs that sold to Snapdeal in 2015 for $450M.   Kunal has an unmatched track record not just as a founder, but also as an investor and thinker. He's a prolific angel investor in over 200+ Indian startups and shares insightful, bite-sized philosophical wisdom on Twitter with over 700K followers. In this conversation we explore frameworks and insights that have guided Kunal's approach to building consumer internet products, the "delta-4" framework he uses to evaluate the potential for a breakout product,  how consumer behavior changes in trust vs trust-less societies, and his approach to angel investing. In the closeout, we ask Kunal about the most difficult/challenging feedback he has received and how he processed it, and superpowers he has identified in himself that he leans on day to day. LinksFollow Kunal and CRED on TwitterHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to share feedback — it only takes a minute

Welcome to Season 2, episode 3 of Backstage Pass, the podcast by Front Row Ventures taking you behind the scenes into Canada's tech ecosystem and its success stories. Today, we're happy to have Chris Arsenault as our guest. Chris is the co-founder, President & CEO of Inovia Capital, one of Canada's largest Venture Capital firms with now over $2.2 billion dollars under management. Chris currently serves as a director on the boards of AppDirect, Groupe Dynamite, Poka, Snapcommerce, LifeHouse; and, until recently, Lightspeed (which IPOed in 2020), and Luxury Retreats (acquired by Airbnb in 2017) Prior to Inovia, Chris co-founded and launched a number of Software, Mobile and Consumer Internet technology start-up companies, including two spin-offs of telecom giants Microcell and Teleglobe. His work in the mid-90's as co-founder and CEO of SIT provided him with the opportunity to play an important part in the initial growth of the Internet. As one of Netscape's first external partners and integrators, SIT was sold to Ubizen of Belgium in 1999 for €42 million. In this episode, we'll cover all of that and more - We deep dive into Chris' entrepreneurial journey before he became an investor. And how a guy born on the northeastern tip of Quebec, almost 10 hours from Montreal, went on to build one of Canada's largest VC firms. Without further a due, here's, Chris Arsenault.

In this episode, Saka talks to Ali Jamal about his origin story starting in VC and the build up to the success of him VC firm, First Check Ventures. He also talks about angel investing, which Ali does on the sidelines.Ali has more than 10 years experience in various Product and Growth roles at companies like Zynga, RockYou, Agoda, Rappi, and most recently at PayClip (one of LatAm's fastest growing FinTech companies). He is an angel investor who has completed more than 200 deals!He generally works for early-stage venture-backed portfolio companies of all sizes mainly focused in the Social Gaming, Consumer Internet and Enterprise Software spaces.If you think you or someone you know would like to chat with Saka in an exclusive interview, please get in touch!

In this episode, Somesh Dash (General Partner, IVP), joins our host Digjay, to talk about his path leading up to IVP, IVP's stellar track record of 130+ IPOs and how has the firm managed to win the trust of marquee founders, the importance of mentorship in building a legacy venture firm, learnings from founders of Snapchat, Discord and Lyra Health, some of IVP's anti-portfolio companies, the potential of the Indian startup ecosystem, the value of independent board members, learnings from fellow investors and more. IVP is a venture capital firm that invests in companies on the path to rapid growth. Since its inception in 1980, the firm has invested in 400+ companies with a stellar track record of 130+ IPOs and 25+ exits of >$1 billion. The firm has $8.7bn in total committed capital and has invested in marquee companies like Twitter, Coinbase, Brex, Slack, Discord, UiPath, Lyra Health, FTX, Harness among others. Somesh joined IVP in 2005 and focuses on growth investments in Enterprise Software, Consumer Internet, and Digital Health companies. He was recognized by The New York Times and CB Insights in 2019 as one of the top 100 venture capitalists. A Stanford and UC Berkeley alum, Somesh is also a board member of the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), Advisory Council at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and the Tech Interactive. You can connect with Somesh here on Linkedin / Twitter. ---- Show notes – (01:50) Somesh's background & path leading up to IVP (10:19) IVP's thesis and past investments (14:33) The firm's stellar track record of 130+ IPOs and how it has managed to win the trust of marquee founders (20:03) Importance of apprentice & mentorship in building a legacy venture firm (22:02) Learnings from founders of Snapchat, Discord and Lyra; Common thread that cuts across these outlier founders (30:00) Anti-portfolio at IVP and reflecting on missed opportunities (36:37) The promise & potential of the Indian startup ecosystem (42:31) The value add by independent board members, particularly those that have experienced difficult times in their own career (43:25) Learnings from fellow investors that are on boards of IVP's portfolio startups (48:05) Importance of coaching and mental wellbeing (52:05) Rapid fire and closing remarks ---- If you liked our episode, you can subscribe to our podcast on any podcast platforms of your choice (like Spotify & Apple iTunes). We would appreciate if you could leave us a review on Spotify or Apple iTunes. This helps others discover the podcast organically. You can visit thevcpreneur.com and follow us on Twitter @thevcpreneur_ & Instagram @thevcpreneur for more episodes and interesting insights on the startup ecosystem. You can also follow our host Digjay here on Linkedin & Twitter

How is digital eCommerce gearing up to match the population of the nation? What are the initiatives and policy-making decisions channelled towards a positive nation powered by digital? How have entrepreneurs and start-ups been contributing to the new era of digitalization? In Episode 9 of the podcast ‘Speakeasy with Dheeraj Sinha – Season 3,' Arvind Gupta, Head and Co-Founder of Digital India Foundation, shares his views on how the digital transaction system and business platforms are changing the landscape of businesses in India, and the role of start-ups and entrepreneurs in the process. Arvind has over 27 years of industry experience, having worked in diverse sectors in a variety of leadership, policy and entrepreneurial profiles in India and Silicon Valley, USA. He has experience in Consumer Internet, Digital Media, Payment Systems, Analytics and Data Economy. Working as CEO of MyGov is a must-mention, an initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to empower Citizens of India with Participative Governance and digitally communicate Schemes and Policies to all Indians. Find Arvind Gupta on Social Media:  LinkedIn | Twitter  Find Dheeraj Sinha on Social Media:Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Check out our website: (https://speakeasywithdheerajsinha.in/) Follow Speakeasy on Social Media:Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Find Leo Burnett on Social Media:Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

Massive thanks to Mediatoolkit for sponsoring a portion of this episode!Mediatoolkit is the fastest way to find out when something important about your business is mentioned online. It is a media monitoring & an analytics tool that gathers information from hundreds of millions of internet sources and notifies you when someone mentions your brand, your company, your competitors or anything else you want to track. And it is doing it all in real time!To get 1 month of Mediatoolkit for free, follow these steps:1. go to mediatoolkit.com2. register for a new account3. choose a STARTER plan in the payment menu4. enter the code HIGHWAY__________________________________________________In today's episode of Highway to Scale I'm joined by Andrew who is a Partner at Flint Capital. Andrew will tell us more about Flint Capital's bridge strategy and how it helps European companies to expand to the US, what are some key differences between venture capitals in Europe and the United States, and what do VCs look for in startups they wish to invest in.__________HOSTED BY:Dorian — Bornfight Content Creatorhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/itsdorian/dorian.derezic@bornfight.com__________GUEST:Andrew Gershfeld — Flint Capital Partner_ABOUT ANDREW:https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewger/Andrew has more than ten years of VC experience and a particular interest in eCommerce, B2B SaaS solutions, Health Tech, Consumer Internet, and other applications of AI and virtualization.Andrew led the first institutional investment round in Flo Health and is currently a board member at Intento, Job Today and Flo Health. Andrew is also a fellow at Kauffman Fellows, an extensive global VC network._ABOUT FLINT CAPITAL:https://flintcap.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/flintcapital/Flint Capital is a Boston-based international venture capital fund that has raised $250M in two funds. The fund invests in companies from the US, as well as from Israel and Europe, helping them to enter the US market. Flint Capital's portfolio comprises 45 companies, including Flo, Socure, Walkme, CyberX, Cyolo and has 15 successful exits and 4 unicorns._____WANT TO BE A GUEST ON THE PODCAST?Contact me on Linkedin -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsdorian/_____GET IN TOUCH WITH BORNFIGHT:www.linkedin.com/company/bornfightwww.instagram.com/bornfightwww.bornfight.comhello@bornfight.com

Listen now | Episode 81 Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.This week we have Venture Unlocked’s first international manager with Danny Cohen from Israel-based Viola Ventures. Founded under the name Carmel Ventures in 2000, Viola currently has over $4B in total assets under management. It’s focused on early-stage companies in the fields of enterprise infrastructure and applications, frontier and deep technologies (automotive, IOT, AR/VR, drones), software, software as a service, financial technology, Internet, media, communications, semiconductors, and consumer electronics.Danny joined the firm as a GP in 2013 after 11 years at Gemini Ventures.It was great to have an insider’s perspective given how much growth we’ve seen in the Israeli ecosystem over the last five years—which includes a 6X growth in funding.About Daniel Cohen:Daniel Cohen is a General Partner at Viola Ventures. He has been at the fund since 2013 and invested in everything B2C, including Consumer Internet, e-Commerce, DTC, Games, and Digital Media.He currently serves on the board of EX.CO, Puls, Splacer, Deep, Lightricks, Maapilim, and Ruti He was also on the board of Tapingo (acquired by Grubhub for $150M) and Origami Logic (acquired by Intuit).In the past 15+ years worked closely with many of the best Israeli startups and personally lead investments in companies like Playbuzz, Puls, Lightricks, Tapingo, Adap.tv, Outbrain, Watchdox, Eyeview, Minute Media, and others.Prior to Viola, Daniel was GP at Gemini Israel Ventures. He did his undergrad at Tel Aviv University and got his MBA from INSEAD. Subscribe at ventureunlocked.substack.com

Biocon Biologics has struck a $3.335 billion cash-and-stock deal with US pharmaceuticals company Viatris to acquire its global biosimilars business including rights in the partnered in-licensed portfolio. Infosys has launched a ‘metaverse foundry' to fast-track its customers' adoption of the online environment. And Prime Venture Partners, a Bangalore VC firm focused on early-stage startups has closed its latest fund at $120 million. Notes: Biocon Biologics acquires Viatris's biosimilars unit for $3.35 billion Biocon Biologics has struck a deal with US pharmaceuticals company Viatris to acquire its global biosimilars business including rights in a partnered in-licensed portfolio. This acquisition gives Bangalore-based Biocon Biologics access to Viatris' commercial engine in developed and emerging markets and will be value accretive, the subsidiary of Indian biopharma company Biocon, said in a press release. The cash-and-stock deal is valued at $3.335 billion and will give Biocon Biologics access to Viatris global biosimilars business projected to be a $1 billion business by revenue in 2023. “This acquisition is transformational and will create a unique fully integrated, world-leading biosimilars enterprise,” Biocon's founder and chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said in the press release. Infosys launches ‘Metaverse Foundry' as a cloud service Infosys, India's second-biggest IT services provider, has launched a ‘metaverse foundry' to fast-track its customers' adoption of the online environment, the company said in a press release last week. The foundry will include virtual and augmented environments, for their end customers, workplaces, products and operations. The metaverse foundry brings together domain and design expertise, platforms and digital accelerators, with strong relationships in a rich creator-partner economy, Infosys said. Customers can use this as a cloud-based service, to build their own metaverse environments, deliver signature experiences in an existing metaverse, and take advantage of advanced AI-powered data analytics and simulations. Prime VP closes the fourth fund at $120 million Prime Venture Partners, an early-stage India-focused VC firm, has secured the final close of its fourth fund, at $120 million, the company said in a press release last week. The fund was oversubscribed and has exceeded its target of $100 million in commitments and will invest in startups in FinTech, EdTech, HealthTech, Consumer Internet and Global SaaS. With this closing, the new fund takes the total capital under management across all Prime VP funds to more than $250 million. GigForce raises more funding to take the total to $6 million GigForce, a B2B on-demand gig-tech platform, has raised fresh funding from Meraki Labs taking its total funding to $6 million, the company said in a press release. VC firm Endiya Partners had led Gigforce's last round, with participation from Unitus Ventures and angel investors. The platform aims to provide employers with a predictable and flexible demand fulfilment solution at scale and helps gig workers up-skill, earn, and develop their careers. Theme music courtesy Free Music & Sounds: https://soundcloud.com/freemusicandsounds

Farid is a co-founder and COO of one of India's largest homegrown social media apps, ShareChat & it's sister app Moj. In this episode he spoke about what it's like to building for the bharat user, what the bharat user is like, what it means to be socially responsible and how they're empowering creators from the farthest corners of India. Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:41 Building for the Bharat user in 2014 12:49 The "Aha" moment 18:03 Importance of having a support network 22:20 Going from 0-100mn users 34:34 Building a growth team 39:21 What is the bharat user like? 42:25 Being socially responsible 46:48 Principles for monetization 50:32 Empowering content creators across India 53:32 How do you think about competition 56:31 High level challenges Farid is solving 58:37 Books and Podcast recommendations ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Farid : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faridahsan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/frdahsan ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator ​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Let's understand the business from the company that wants to better the lives of the consumers and small businesses with technology.Industry: Electronic Gaming & Multimedia

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"Mr Sunder heads TTK Services Pvt. Ltd., a company focused on providing technology enabled consumer services. He has been involved in conceiving and building innovative services in the outsourcing market, leveraging technology and the consumer internet for the last 10 years. He has a keen sense of bootstrapping having steered the company through tough times, bringing it to profitability and later sustaining it. He also co-founded 'Bharatplanet' and the popular Bharatmail service in 1999 which received seed funding and later successfully merged into the TTK group. He started his career in Hospitality with Sterling Holiday Resorts in 1995 and then did a stint in the automotive sector with the Mahindra & Mahindra Group. He is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA in Marketing from BSMED (Bharathiar University)"  Linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/in/sunderp  

JP is an Entrepreneur & Tech Investor at Felix Capital with 10+ years of experience investing in, advising and operating companies across Europe and the USA. He was previously at Vitruvian Partners, a global growth equity fund, where he specialised in B2B Software, Fintech and Consumer Internet businesses. He was involved in a number of high profile investments across countries, including Pindrop, Ebury, Standish and Farfetch. During this interview we cover: 00:00 Contentfy, Your On-Demand Content Team (Sponsor) 01:02 - Intro + Announcement   02:50 - Joseph's Background, Past Ventures Becoming and Becoming an Investor 08:33 - A Firm for the Creative Class & Focusing on the Digital Lifestyle 09:16 - Key Metrics when Looking at an Investment 12:18 - Red Flags & Deal Breakers for SaaS Businesses  14:00 - Once Invested, The Relationship with Founders Afterwards  15:05 -  Advice to Upcoming Investors to Solve the Chicken & Egg Problem 17:17 - Main Reasons why to Trust Someone After the First Meeting  18:46 - 6 Core Principles that Every Start-up founder Should Have 27:12 - The SaaS Industry Going Forward from an Investor Standpoint 30:56 - How JP is Calculating Valuations for SaaS Companies 33:54 - Advice JP Would Tell his 25 Year old Self 34:34 - Biggest Challenges JP is Facing Right Now 35:09 - Instrumental Resources for JP 35:58 - What does Success mean to JP Today 36:47 - Pitch your Startup & Get in Touch with JP Mentions: https://www.felixcap.com/ (Felix Capital) https://www.uipath.com/es/company/rpa-analyst-reports/gartner-magic-quadrant-robotic-process-automation?utm_source=Sales&utm_medium=letter&utm_campaign=VE21ULF&utm_content=invitation&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9YWDBhDyARIsADt6sGaEHm5tmbJlfotdv5Z0_uMBQMoUfsXEwX90Hx7SVnbqLuW_25Xk9H0aAv2JEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds (UIPath) https://www.pipedrive.com/ (Pipedrive) https://www.snowflake.com/?lang=es (SnowFlake) Podcasts: https://mastersofscale.com/ (Masters of Scale) https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/ (20MinuteVC) Books: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/ (Thinking Fast and Slow) People: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Neumann (Adam Neumann) Get In Touch With JP: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-pizzolato/ (Joseph's Linkedin) joseph@felix.com Tag us & follow: https://www.facebook.com/HorizenCapitalOfficial/ (Facebook)  https://www.facebook.com/HorizenCapitalOfficial/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizen-capital (LinkedIn)  https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizen-capital https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/ (Instagram)  https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/ (https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/) More about Akeel: Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber (https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber) LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar (https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar) More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast (https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast) 

The Global Education Policy Dashboard (GEPD), funded by a partnership between the World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, U.K.'s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and government of Japan, provides policymakers with a system for measuring the drivers of learning outcomes in basic education around the world. As part of this initiative, the Edtech Readiness Index aims to help countries assess the readiness of their ecosystems in leveraging 'edtech' to promote learning for all. The Index not only includes device availability or connectivity but also institutional capacities, school management, educational resources, quality of the learning experience, and development of digital competencies which constitute an ‘ecosystem' essential for an effective ‘edtech' implementation. Imaginable Futures supports the EdTech Readiness Index and today Cristobal Cobo, Senior Education Technology Specialist at the World Bank, is speaking with Amy Klement, Managing Partner of Imaginable Futures, and Sergio Venegas Marin, Young Professional at the World Bank Global Education Practice, about monitoring countries' readiness to support education with digital technologies and the EdTech Readiness Index. Learn more: Scaling Access & Impact Report: Realizing the Power of Edtech: https://www.imaginablefutures.com/learnings/scaling-access-impact-realizing-power-edtech Learning to Overcome podcast: https://www.imaginablefutures.com/learnings/learning-to-overcome Amy Klement is the managing partner and a board member of Imaginable Futures. She leads Imaginable Future's team and strategy and is responsible to the board for running the organization. Previous to spinning out into Imaginable Futures, Amy was a partner at Omidyar Network and led the Education initiative since 2013. Prior to this role, she was responsible for Omidyar Network's work in Financial Inclusion, Property Rights and Consumer Internet & Mobile initiatives in key geographies. She has held board seats or observer roles with Teach For All, Andela, NewGlobe, Imagine Worldwide, Kiva, Living Goods, Social Finance US, Mimoni and Off Grid Electric. Prior to Omidyar Network, Amy worked for eBay where she served as vice president of product strategy and operations driving the development of the company's long-term product vision and leading user experience and design and as well as vice president of relationship marketing, leading email, on-site and other retention marketing channels. Amy formerly worked for PayPal, joining as one of its earliest employees in 1999. As vice president of product, she and her team developed the company's payments platform, facilitated overseas expansion into Europe and Asia, and was instrumental in the launch of PayPal Mobile. Earlier, Amy worked in corporate strategy and development at Gap Inc., and as an analyst at JPMorgan. Amy received her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Bucknell University, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Amy is a proud mom of two miracles and wife of another.

Satyan Gajwani, Vice Chairman of Times Internet shares the journey behind building the largest consumer internet company in India, the learnings and experiences from the journey, what the future holds and much more.

in deze aflevering spreek ik, Thomas Mensink, met Ragnar Jongen van DN Capital. DN Capital is een VC met kantoren in Londen, Berlijn en San Francisco. Ze investeren in Software, Marketplaces, Fintech en Consumer Internet. Ze hebben bijvoorbeeld geïnvesteerd in Shazam en in Nederland in Zivver en Dott, de elektrische stepjes. Ragnar vertelt over de kracht en zwaktes van Nederlandse startups, hoe hij een pitchdeck bekijkt en over wat DN Capital hun portfoliobedrijven te bieden heeft. Mede mogelijk gemaakt door de NVP.

Elliott Robinson is partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and has 15 years of international experience investing in and partnering with world class entrepreneurs and the technology companies that they lead. He’s spent six years focused on Series A and B investments followed by seven years and counting focused on growth stage series C, D and E opportunities investing across the spectrum of Cloud Software, Consumer Internet, and Frontier Tech with check sizes between $20M and $150M. Elliott chat's with Will Lucas about how cloud computing accelerates innovation during the age of COVID in stubborn industries, how Black people can finally capitalize on the culture we lead, and how to get more Black-led startups past series A.

Rabih is the Founder and CEO of Scriptr, a cloud platform that enables rapid application creation. He is a serial entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in Enterprise Software, Consumer Internet, Digital Media, Cloud & IoT across the United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. In 2003, he co-founded ElementN.

Greg Isenberg is the Founder of Late Checkout and a Growth Advisor to TikTok. He previously built and sold a number of technology companies, including acquisitions by Stumbleupon and WeWork. In this conversation, we discuss businesses as vending machines, why momentum matters for social companies, working at WeWork, the no code movement, and various startup ideas that people should go build. =============================== BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to your bank account. They do loans ranging from $2,000 to $10,000,000, and they're perfect for helping you reach your financial goals of all sizes. Visit BlockFi.com/Pomp to learn more about putting your crypto to work without having to sell it. https://www.blockfi.com/pomp  =============================== Our second sponsor is Choice, a new self-directed IRA product that I'm really excited about. If you are listening to this, you are likely part of the 7.1 million bitcoin owners who have retirement accounts with dollars in them, but not bitcoin. I was in that situation too. Now you can actually buy real Bitcoin in your retirement account. I'm talking about owning your private keys and using tax-advantaged dollars to do it too. Absolute game changer. https://www.retirewithchoice.com/pomp =============================== Pomp writes a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language, while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://www.pompletter.com

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Jad Esber, the Co-Founder at Koodos and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard talks about the consumer internet, how fundraising in that space works and what founders in this field focus on. Here are the links to some of the things mentioned in the episode: Koodos Hiring a creative developer Koodos: koodos.substack.com Berkman Klein Community Unshackled Fellows Pear Fellows

Does one week feel too long?. The wait is over! Are you interested or struggling in running an international business, etc? then this episode is for you. In this episode, I have invited special guest Sandeep Balaji, CEO @ IncrementumX | Creative Entrepreneur | Growth Consultant. Sandeep is a serial entrepreneur and executive with experience in Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software, Media, Consumer Electronics and Engineering. Sandeep has shared some amazing insights about running an international business, early-stage strategies, and best advice for entrepreneurs, etc. Key Takeaway's from the episode with Sandeep were the main elements of running an international business: ✅ Contextualize ✅ Global from the get-go ✅ Pricing ✅ Multiple Markets Feedback ✅ Leverage Innovation ✅ Global Talent Pool: Hire the Best and much more. Thoughts? Do listen to this episode if you want to learn more about operating an International Business, Entrepreneurs. Connect with Sandeep Balaji: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeepbalaji Connect with Roohi Kazi: Instagram-roohik2, and join the Educating and Learning Together Facebook Group to connect with previous guests on this podcast series.

May 25, 2020: A hodge podge of learnings on - Rule of 240 from Focused Compounding, Occam's Razor and Charlie Munger, High Inflation Investing from The Investor's Podcast and Focused Compounding, Modest Proposal on Invest like the Best, and Chris Mayer on Meb Faber Show.  Find detailed notes of the episode on omdventures.com/omddaily Support the podcast by donating at omdventures.com/stakeholder Music by icons8.com

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Deepak’s investment journey started with him joining Intel Capital in early 2000, where he spent 14 years managing global investments, mergers & acquisitions. In 2015, he started Equitycrest, which identified and worked with early-stage startups and assisted them in engaging with investors to realize their funding needs. After gaining over 17 years of investing experience and managing acquisitions, in 2017 he founded WEH Ventures. Some popular startups in its portfolio - Trell, Pratilipi, and smallcase among others. In this podcast, Deepak shares his experience of investing during the 2000 & 2008 crash and what he expects now. Notes - 00:43 - Joining Intel Capital & starting WEH Ventures 03:05 - Successful exits from Telecom, Consumer Internet startups 05:07 - Working at Intel Capital & understanding fundamentals of Venture capital 06:57 - Investing during previous downturns of 2000 & 2008 09:27 - Investing in Pratilipi - Crucial to India’s vast vernacular landscape 13:08 - Investing in smallcase - Simplifying investing in Stocks by creating thematic bundles 16:31 - Overall approach to finding & adding portfolio companies 18:45 - Advice for Startups in tailwind sector - Being semi-aggressive 20:15 - Advice for Startups in badly hit sectors - Cut down cost & preserve your runway 22:22 - Distinct qualities of entrepreneurs who survive & thrive during such crisis 28:06 - Impact of Covid-19 on upcoming investments (Series A & Series B) in 2020 & early-2021

This episode is different. On so many levels. For instance, we usually interview founders/marketers/growth functions within startups. This time, we have Daniel (Danny) Cohen, a general partner at Viola Ventures. Yup, we’re going to the investor's side. It’s also not an ordinary episode because Danny Cohen is all but the ordinary investor type that comes to mind when you think “investors” Being one of the outstanding B2C investors in Israel, his investment interests include Consumer Internet, e-Commerce and Digital Media. He serves on the board of Lucky Fish, Playbuzz, Puls, Splacer, Maapilim, Deep, Lightricks, and Origami Logic. He was also on the board of Tapingo (acquired by Grubhub for $150M). Recently, Lightirkcs, one of the companies he’s been working with since their round A 5 years ago has reached a $1B valuation and it’s only climbing. In this episode, Danny, the Pearl Jam fan and investor talks all about what type of things he is looking for when investing in companies, the big difference between B2B and B2C investments and why a company with a marketer with a product background might score more points than a classically trained marketer. If you’re a b2c company looking to get investments - listen closely

We continue with the #InsightsPodcast series, and on this edition we have Deep Kalra, Founder and Group CEO of MakeMyTrip, India's leading online travel company. Today, the company has become the go-to-site for majority of Indians looking to book flight tickets, hotel reservations, rail and bus tickets. In this podcast, Deep takes us through his journey of building MakeMyTrip at a time when internet adoption was still early. He talks about how he helped sail through challenging times to eventually list MMT on NASDAQ in 2010 and finally grow it to today's scale of $2.4 billion market cap. Bitten by the entrepreneurial bug Born in Hyderabad and grown up in Delhi, Deep graduated from St. Stephen's College and completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. Later, he took up a career in banking where he spent three years before taking the bite on his first entrepreneurial pursuit- setting up bowling alleys in India to tap into the expected boom in family entertainment. Not tasting much success, Deep decided to go back to the corporate life, joining GE Capital as VP of Business Development, when he was introduced formally to the internet and the enormous potential it had to significantly impact our everyday lives. Deep decided to take the plunge into entrepreneurship again, and in April 2000,- MakeMyTrip (MMT) was born. Convinced that his internet venture was bound for success, Deep looked for business verticals that were ripe for internet disruption. He arrived at travel as the industry that was poised for an upstart to take over using the power of internet and because- “travel is fun”. Lessons from the dotcom bust Early into the journey, the dotcom bust happened, making it extremely challenging to raise external funding for a business model that was purely built around the internet. At MMT, the team was constantly working with two to three months of runway in terms of expenses, salaries, rent etc. However, this tough phase turned out to be a blessing in disguise in retrospect, as it forced the team to focus on unit economics from very early on. Another learning from that phase was the importance of patience. “No great company has been built very quickly. It takes time to set up a decent company in India, and probably 10 years to become something. So be patient. Don't look back for the first 4-5 years. Once you are onto something tweak, pivot, keep your ears to the ground, pick up messages, do the right thing but at the first sign of winter do not back up. It takes a lot of courage to do it all over again. You probably won't do it all over again”, Deep says. Through the tough phase, MMT focussed on the NRI segment who were early adopters due to previous experience of transacting online, but in 2005, thanks to IRCTC, the Indian consumer became more comfortable with the idea of purchasing online, which combined with the advent of Low Cost Carriers in India offered MMT a unique opportunity to revolutionize the travel booking industry. Going public in the US Having raised four rounds of institutional funding from 2005 to 2009, Deep decided to take MMT to IPO in the US market, where it was a huge hit, appreciating 90 percent on the first day taking MMT to almost a $1B valuation. The listing enabled MMT to enter the hallowed league of Booking.com, Expedia, and the others. More details on the IPO journey in the podcast. On a closing note, Deep shares his views on how the Indian markets are opening up making it easier for companies to go public, but that companies need to fundamentally focus on building for scale and not look at IPO as an end goal. “So, I would encourage all entrepreneurs, when they are deliberating an IPO to ask themselves a very odd sounding question- Why do you want to IPO?”, Deep ends with a question for scaled founders to ponder on.

Sean Ammirati is a partner at Birchmere Ventures focused on both SaaS and Consumer Internet investments as well as their Birchmere Labs (www.birchmerelabs.com) initiative and an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School. Most Recently Sean was COO of ReadWriteWeb, one of the most influential sites about the future of technology and innovation. In December 2011, the company was acquired by SAY Media to strengthen its technology channel. Sean was previously co-founder and CEO of mSpoke, which was the first acquisition of LinkedIn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From about day 1 Redbubble's market was the world while it's base has always, except for a brief moment of consideration, remained Melbourne. It's rare for Australian companies to do this immediately for the global market, and even rarer for them to succeed to the level Redbubble has. But they've pulled it off, with a few lessons along the way.   Links mentioned in the episode - A review of Melbourne's digital marketplaces - Melbourne Startup Ecosystem Report   Scale Up is brought to you by LaunchVic.  LaunchVic here to support the startup ecosystem in Victoria. www.launchvic.org Facebook LaunchVic Twitter LaunchVic Support the show.

Claire Rowland (@clurr) joined to discuss creating good user experiences for the Internet of Things. Claire is the lead author of Designing Connected Products: UX for the Consumer Internet of Things. You can find more about her on clairerowland.com, from her talks (including Interusability: UX for Connected Products), her book's website, and her guest appearance on the IoT Podcast (episode 21). Her new report about user experience and the IoT will be on Iotuk.org.uk in June of 2018. Elecia was also on the IoT Podcast: episode 158. It was @SwiftOnSecurity who posted the tweet about experts and their typical response.

Justin Karfo (WG ’19) chats with Eghosa Omoigui, the founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm. Based in Silicon Valley, EchoVC has invested millions of dollars in promising innovative African ventures. In this podcast, Eghosa discusses his firm's investment philosophy, the key themes in the African startup ecosystem and his firm’s key strategic partnership with TPG Growth. This podcast was recorded at the Africa Fintech Summit in Washington D.C. Eghosa Omoigui is the founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners. Before this, Eghosa was with Intel for nearly 10 years and his last role was as Intel Capital Director, Strategic Investments, Consumer Internet & Semantic Technologies, where he acted as a senior investment professional focused on platform-agnostic consumer web services and digital media-based investment opportunities. Omoigui also drove ICap's investment focus on next generation semantic technologies, smart data and the realtime web. Eghosa was personally responsible for (developing supporting theses for and) sourcing investment opportunities in various companies including AdMob, Jaiku, Powerset, Facebook, LinkedIn, Teracent and Pandora. Prior to this role, Omoigui was Chief of Staff to the President of Intel Capital (the largest global tech corporate VC), and, before that, Chief of Staff for Intel’s Treasury organization, helping oversee an $18B cash platform. Omoigui attended UPenn Law School and Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.

Pascal has 10+ years experience in Enterprise software and Consumer Internet and is passionate about marketplaces and local commerce since working at eBay. He built and scale VirtuOz (VC backed) from 4 to 80+ employees before ultimately being acquired.  Pascal also runs one of the top Angellist syndicates, having invested in Realty Shares, Checkr, Wag,... The post How Pascal Levy-Garboua Runs a $1.4M Angellist Syndicate, a Top Tech Startup and an AL Venture Fund All At Once appeared first on The Syndicate.

We try CarPlay and Android Auto, discuss the demise of Global Mode, Apple Music and Beats 1 radio, Voyager’s new consumer Internet services, Hacking Team themselves getting hacked and Blackberry’s Android, Lumia 940, One Plus 2, Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. Running time : 0:54:20

Ifty Ahmed, General Partner at Oak Investment Partners. Ifty started his career with Goldman Sachs and Fidelity Ventures before joining Oak Investment Partners in 2003. He currently focuses on investing across the technology sector with an active interest in Consumer Internet companies.  *This episode was recorded before Google's anouncement to stop producing Google Glass prototypes, making Ifty's prediction even more impressive. Items mentioned in today's show: Super Crunchers: How Anything Can Be Predicted by Ian Ayers Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth by David Thompson In this episode you will learn: How Ifty got into the Venture Capital industry? What does Ifty believe are the must haves for startups, in order for them to gain funding? Why Ifty prefers to invest in a founding team rather than a single founder? What Ifty would recommed to to an individual founder starting a company? What are the uncomfortable questions companies should ask VCs before they accept VC funding? What Ifty believes a startup should do before a pitch, in order to increase the chances of success? What book would Ifty give to an aspiring entrepreneur? What advice Ifty would give a graduate wanting to get into the VC industry? What tips Ifty would give to about where to network with VCs? We finish the episode with a quick fire round where we hear Ifty's views on the future of Google Glass, the valuation of Snapchat and the potential for Bitcoin.  

Entrepreneur and investor John Lilly makes a sound pitch for why this moment in time is full of promise for passionate entrepreneurs willing to charge into the current white space of opportunity. Lilly also explains the idiosyncratic nature of investors and the goal of creating large, durable companies with the capacity to change the world.

Entrepreneur and investor John Lilly makes a sound pitch for why this moment in time is full of promise for passionate entrepreneurs willing to charge into the current white space of opportunity. Lilly also explains the idiosyncratic nature of investors and the goal of creating large, durable companies with the capacity to change the world.

Entrepreneur and investor John Lilly makes a sound pitch for why this moment in time is full of promise for passionate entrepreneurs willing to charge into the current white space of opportunity. Lilly also explains the idiosyncratic nature of investors and the goal of creating large, durable companies with the capacity to change the world.

Thuuz Co-Founder and CEO Warren Packard appreciates how uncertainty is a constant force in the lives of entrepreneurs. Sharing stories from his career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Packard captures how life is a series of decisions made without complete information. He also addresses how his current venture approaches issues of funding and strategic partnerships.

Thuuz Co-Founder and CEO Warren Packard appreciates how uncertainty is a constant force in the lives of entrepreneurs. Sharing stories from his career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Packard captures how life is a series of decisions made without complete information. He also addresses how his current venture approaches issues of funding and strategic partnerships.

Thuuz Co-Founder and CEO Warren Packard appreciates how uncertainty is a constant force in the lives of entrepreneurs. Sharing stories from his career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Packard captures how life is a series of decisions made without complete information. He also addresses how his current venture approaches issues of funding and strategic partnerships.

Another of Doug Levin's events at the Vilna Shul in Boston. This one was billed as follows: "Today issues facing consumer Internet startups are very challenging. This panel consisting of thriving entrepreneurs will address customer acquisition, funding, startup and entrepreneurial dynamics, and other hot issues." The panelists were Brad Rosen, CEO of Drync, which has a wine-related iPhone app; Jeff Taylor, CEO, EONS, a web site for the Boomer-set, and Tributes, which tries to do for obituaries what his Monster.com did for Help Wanted ads; Scott Savitz, CEO of Shoebuy, a huge reseller of shoes online; and Dave Balter, CEO of BzzAgent, a word-of-mouth media network. The moderator was Jeffrey Bussgang of Flybridge Venture Partners. Recorded: February 11, 2009 Length: 1:08:53, Size: 31.5MB

My guest today is Robin Li ( https://www.ggvc.com/team/robin-li/ ) , Principal at GGV Capital ( https://www.ggvc.com/ ). GGV is a global venture capital fund that invests in seed to growth stage companies. Some of their companies include Airbnb, Poshmark, Alibaba, and Peloton. We discuss how GGV makes decisions on a global scale, what opportunities in consumer internet Robin is most focused on, and bringing small businesses online. You can follow Robin on Twitter @robin_p_li Some of the questions I ask Robin - * What attracted you to venture capital and how did you wind up at GGV? * When it comes to evaluating early stage consumer companies, what are some of the elements you look for that are positive signs that there is traction and how do you evaluate companies when you have to make decisions very quickly? * Are there metrics that you focus on that might often be overlooked by founders? * What are some major turn offs or deal breakers from startups when they pitch their business to you? * In the due diligence process, how do you assess if the product is solving a real problem? * What are current trends that you are focused on? * What have been changes in consumer behavior during COVID that you are most surprised by? * What are some of the challenges when it comes to evaluating consumer startups? * How has consumer technology and ecommerce evolved differently in China vs. the United States? * I know that GGV invests in both the U.S. and China. In ecommerce, retail and social media China is far ahead of the United States with technology. What do you see as consumer technology that exists in China and that will crossover to the U.S.? What consumer technology won't cross over? * What are some of the key differences between the Chinese consumer and the American consumer relating to internet behavior? * Communities - Chief - have over three thousand women, connecting Fishbone around professional communities * Round sizes have increased dramatically over the past few years with huge funds into venture capital. Now we have pre-seed, mico funds. How has this influenced you as an investor? * What are some consumer trends that you are excited about? * What is one company that you recently invested in or worked with that you are excited about? * What is one company that you should have invested in but didn't? * What is one piece of advice that you have for founders of b2c companies that are looking to raise capital?