GTM SEEMS TO BE WIDELY MISUNDERSTOOD BY EARLY STAGE STARTUPS. I TELL YOU WHAT GTM IS NOT, WHAT IT IS, IMPORTANCE AND SOME EXAMPLES.

FOURTEEN PRACTICAL TIPS PACKED HERE FOR YOU BASED ON MY RECENT ANALYSIS OF MORE THAN A 100 PITCH DOCUMENTS, 60 PITCHING SESSIONS AND MENTORING 10 EARLY STAGE STARTUPS. THIS WAS FROM A COUPLE OF GOI STARTUP INDIA INITIATIVES I WAS INVOLVED WITH LAST MONTH.

LAST MONTH, SIX INDIAN STARTUPS, CRED, MEESHO, PHARMEASY, GROWW, SHARECHAT, AND GUPSHUP REACHED A VALUATION OF MORE THAN A BILLION US DOLLARS. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND ANALYSED THE FOUNDER BACKGROUNDS AND THEIR JOURNEYS TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE THE TOP TRAITS OF A SOLID FOUNDER.

IF YOU THINK MOBILE APPS ARE EXCITING, WAIT TILL YOU HEAR WHAT AWAITS ONCE 5G IS HERE. IN THIS EPISODE I EXPLAIN IN SIMPLE TERMS WHAT ALL THE 5G HOOPLA IS ALL ABOUT. IF YOU ARE CAPABLE OF CREATING GOOD DEEP TECH CODE, THEN THIS EPISODE IS A MUST LISTEN. I HAVE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES HERE TO ILLUSTRATE HOW 5G FEATURES SUCH AS GIGABIT SPEEDS, LOWER LATENCY AND EDGE COMPUTING WILL BLOW THE SOCKS OFF CURRENT MOBILE APPS.

THIS IS CONTINUATION OF PART 1. IN THIS EPISODE I DEMYSTIFY SOME MORE JARGON IN STARTUP LAND AND TALK ABOUT 15 THINGS YOU NEED TO WORK ON TO GET SURE SHOT FUNDING

NEW TO STARTUPS OR NEED A REFRESHER? IN THIS EPISODE EXPLAIN TERMS SUCH AS CAP TABLE, GTM, MVP, POC, IPR, SACALABILITY ETC. ETC. ALSO, I WILL EXPLAIN ALL THE JARGON AS WE GO THROUGH A STARTUP JOURNEY FROM START TO ITS END. THIS WAY, YOU GET TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STARTUPS ARE ALL ABOUT AND HOW TO GET FUNDING. SEND ME FEEDBACK ON SSEN@ZENESYSCONSULTING.COM OR ENTER A DISCUSSION ON LINKEDIN ZENESYS INDIA STARTUP PAGE OR CLICK ON THIS LINK HTTPS://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/COMPANY/ZENESYS

WELCOME TO OUR FIRST EPISODE ON STARTUP TRENDS IN INDIA. PRANAV AND I DISCUSS TRENDS IN INDIA THAT IS SHAPING THE STARTUP ACTIVITY. PRANAV IS A SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR FROM BANGALURU INDIA. HE STARTED DATASISSAR, A SAAS SERVICE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WAY BACK IN 2008! CONSIDERING, HIS EARLY VISION, WHO BETTER THAN PRANAV TO TALK ABOUT TRENDS NOW AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOT SECTORS WILL LOOK LIKE.