Insightful discussions with Co-founders and Leaders in the Indian start-up ecosystem. Deconstruct stemmed from discussions over coffee about product and startups between Tejas Singh and Ankit Bareja.
#5 Disrupting Tech Careers & Hiring w/Anshuman Singh, Co-founder at Scaler Academy and InterviewBit
In this edition of Deconstruct, we talk to Anshuman Singh, Co-Founder at Scaler Academy and InterviewBit. Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global-backed Scaler is disrupting the software development education and hiring landscape in India. We discuss InterviewBit’s early days and talk about the evolution of its business across users and product offerings. We also talk about how Scaler has built a flywheel of quality across selection criteria, student mix, curriculum and community. Lastly, we touch upon Anshuman’s business learnings and how Scaler is enabling students to break socio-economic barriers.
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12 Apr 2020
#4 Building a Personal Care Challenger Brand w/ Tarun Sharma, Co-founder at mCaffeine
In this edition of Deconstruct, we talk to Tarun Sharma, Co-founder at mCaffeine. Started in 2015, mCaffeine has grown phenomenally. In this candid conversation with Tarun, we understand what it means to build and scale a digital personal care “challenger” brand, right from branding, distribution, product funnels, logistics and scaling across products and geographies. Tarun was kind enough to share his failures and learnings along his journey. Lastly, we cover Tarun’s advice to budding entrepreneurs and how he is managing his business in the COVID situation. Do check out the podcast and share your feedback!
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29 Jan 2020
#3 A/B Testing in Gaming and Beyond with Saurabh Mehta, Director of Product at RummyCircle
In this edition of the podcast, we talk about A/B testing in Gaming and beyond with Saurabh Mehta, Director of Product at RummyCircle, India's largest gaming app. We draw anecdotes from the apps that we use everyday as well as nuanced examples from the world of gaming to cover the entire lifecycle of an A/B test, right from hypothesis generation to experiment conclusion. We also briefly cover what it takes to build a culture of experimentation.
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1 Jan 2020
#2 Scaling OTT Platforms and Building Teams with Jayesh Sidhwani, Director at Hotstar
We talk to Jayesh Sidhwani, Director of Engineering at Hotstar. Jayesh has previously worked with Grofers, TinyOwl, Fynd, including his own start-up stint. Hotstar is a diverse platform in terms of content and language catalogue. Recently, it broke a world record of 25.3 Million concurrent users in IPL 2019. We talk about managing variability of concurrent users, minimising latency & provide personalised journeys through data. Towards the end, we talk about Blitzscaling, a powerful strategy to grow businesses exponentially.
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16 Nov 2019
#1 Real Money Gaming with Tejas Singh and Ankit Bareja
Tejas and Ankit discuss the real money gaming space in India, with a focus on casual gaming. Indian gaming industry is likely to become a $1 billion opportunity by 2021. Today, everyone is a gamer right from our parents to the auto-wallah. The real money gaming space is heating up and start-ups are offering a range of casual games under one roof - thus becoming a virtual mall for gaming titles. However, concerns over user retention, engagement and monetisation remain. Will this be a sustainable space in the long run?
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