Moved to Basavanagudi two months ago and fully loving it 🍃🍂
Walking paths, Darshinis, Lalbagh and historical buildings - sign me up for the ✨vibez✨
If you live in the area, hit me up 🙌🏼
Today, three months ago — I made the bold decision of moving from an early-stage fintech startup to a VC fund,
@scaletogether
.
I write about why I chose to embark on this journey and help build Together.
A 🧵👇
It’s a pleasure to introduce our newest member,
@AmruthaJalihal
! She’ll be handling all things community and is eager to take Together to new heights! 🚀
Let’s build Together, Amrutha! ✨
#community
#payitforward
Keep an eye out for Juny’s Bakehouse in Namma Jayanagar. 🥐
Big ups to boss woman
@riabelliappa
on her new chapter after creating her legacy at Sapa Bakery. ✨
Looking forward to trying some delicious food and finding an adda in my new hood. 🫰
Update: I've chosen to name it "Juny's Bakehouse" after my grandmother Juny ♥️
Juny loved to cook, sharing delicious meals, lots of drinks & laughter, something that the whole family would fondly remember her for 😊
Sharing a lil more below
If you have some time this weekend, I suggest you visit Chitrakala Parishath for their artisanal exhibition Dastkar
@peakbengaluru
.
I support their local vendors whenever I can! 🌸
Aaand do have some filter coffee at the local canteen while you’re there, it’s amaze!
Almost all growth stage founders who have achieved PMF have one truth: feedback from your customer is how you start.
And there’s a deeper reason why user feedback is important when trying to reach PMF.
A 🧵👇
Caught up with SaaS marketeers at Namma Bob’s in Indiranagar today.
Exchanged thoughts and notes, and even made some friends.
A big s/o to
@SNeurgaonkar
for hosting this and bringing us together. ✨
Let me know if you want to be a part of the next one. 👇
.
@Saasboomi
conducted the first-ever
#SaaS
#playbook
roundtable in Jaipur! 🙌
3 carefully chosen founders spent the whole day with
@varunshoor
, discussing everything under the
#ProductMarketing
radar.
And hey! What’s Jaipur without a heritage walk!? 😉
At the
@saasboomi
#BadmintonLeague
2023 🏸 being hosted at the awesome
@Sports_PDCSE
!
📈50 startups
👩💻183 founders and teams
🏅5 categories
All out here battling it out on a Saturday.
Loving the competitive spirit ✨🔥
Keeping it SaaSy 😉
High energy, a feeling of community, a hunger to learn, a desire to share. This kind of sums up SaaSBoomi Caravan.
Over the course of eight packed days, we saw founders come together like never before. There were sessions from experts across all aspects of company building.
We all have tough days at work. No doubt about it.
I fall back on my parents so comfortably without realising the strong foundation they laid down for me.
This morning hit me hard. Thanks for everything you do for me, pa
@rjalihal2861
🫶 🥹
Bindaas raho, mauj manao ✨🥳
@vikramadhiman
At
@Setu_API
, we have mental wellness as a perk. Apart from this, we’ve offered a four-month music course from Nathaniel School of Music. We also allow Setuzens to sign up for online courses and push them to upskill themselves. :)
Hope this helps.
I just completed the Founding Cohort course by
@AabhashK
on
@airtribe_live
.
I cannot emphasise how much confidence it has given me. These 5 weeks have added so much value to my skill set.
Don’t think twice about applying! Registrations for the second cohort open up soon! 🥳
“Get featured on Product Hunt, it’s the best place to get your early customers” This is the line every SaaS founder is told by everyone ad nauseam. But how? It’s a question that frustrates founders across the world.
This is how. A 🧵 👇
Bangalore is a high key
#startup
and
#tech
hub, it’s also rich with culture and art.
I’ve missed spending weekends hop, skip and jumping events and pop-ups.
There’s a full fledged art bazaar with a poke tattoo station, workshops and glee at Indiranagar Social today, 12-8 pm!
My cousins and I try to make most out of Sunday mornings by hanging out at Cubbon Park.
Decided to do breakfast at Airlines instead today, and finally got some quality time with my niece 🐶
🚨
@Swiggy
has announced launch of
@MinisOnSwiggy
—a marketplace model to onboard local stores and D2C brands!
This gives me a chance to order from some of my favourites - Begum Victoria, Krumbkraft 🫶
Announced in May, looks like it’s being rolled out now.👀
Take my money💸💸
It's been a blissful morning in Pune as we kickstart the first-ever
#SaaS
roundtable in the city.🙌
@ddhanak
’s hacks about cracking the ideal org structure and financial planning for 10 carefully picked early-stage founders, is sure to walk the talk.
Glimpses from the event!👇
(Almost) An Uber Horror Story
I landed in the
@BLRAirport
and started making my way to the
@Uber_India
stand. Since it was an afternoon flight, I booked a normal Uber Go that usually lets you get into the first waiting cab via an OTP.
1/5
If you heard a very loud noise in Paris or the Paris region, don't worry. There was no explosion, it was a fighter plane that broke the sound barrier.
Please don't call emergency lines.
I want to be embroidered on a simple piece of cloth and have leaves and flowers for lungs. Maybe then I can easily sway to the breeze and smell the roses.
Introducing IndAI for the next generation of founders! 🔥
Join us on August 8th in Bengaluru! Reserve your spot >>
AI revolution is here, 🇮🇳 is ready. Are you with us?
We're super-thrilled to unveil IndAI: a new community for India’s
#GenAI
founders! ☀️
Here's everything you need to know >>
Reserve your spot at our inaugural event >>
The
#AI
wave is here, and it’s time for 🇮🇳 to ride it.
@Setu_API
was my home for two years and truly bridged the gap in my life.
I am elated at the news of the
@PineLabs
acquisition and wish them nothing but the best. 🥳
@amruthajalihal
is a past Setuzen, and now a Community Evangelist at an operator-led venture capital fund
@scaletogether
. She speaks of her growth at Setu, and flatters us today!☺️
Thank you for the kind words, Amrutha!
Absolutely stoked to be a part of the founding cohort of On Brand!
I highly recommend this to all marketeers working in the B2B SaaS space - a bunch of tactical learnings + amazing community + rockstar guest speakers = wholesome five weeks 💌🔫
DM
@AabhashK
to know more!
We
@scaletogether
are elated to announce our partnership with
@dhiwise
.✨
We are excited to work with
@Vishalvirani91
as he builds out a cutting-edge programming automation platform enabling developers to save time while doing application development.
✍️
It was a fun evening with
@peakbengaluru
web3 frens.
We had founders, builders and investors talking about the possibilities of web3 and the new internet.
We look forward to meeting the ever growing web3 community across 🇮🇳 in coming days.
WAGMI 🚀
One Tribe, Many Trails 🫶
So so privileged to be a part of this community as we build out more chapters across India and the world.
Check out this video for all the ✨feels✨
🇮🇳
#SaaS
is not restricted to Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, or any other major city.
The best SaaS companies that came together at the
#SBAnnual23
hailed from smaller cities and towns which often go unnoticed.
This is an ode to them! 👇
In my aspirations to become a community builder, I found that Together Fund has the potential to materially affect the larger startup ecosystem in India and globally. 🌐
Read all about it here:
So much to learn and so much to absorb.
It was the first time I was travelling to the US and executing an event of this scale. It was a time of personal learning, sure, but it was also an exercise in understanding how much the founder community is open to sharing with its peers.
A small act of kindness can go a long way, I was feeling not so well this week but this delivery from my Secret Santa was a reminder that the universe has got your back
Christmas is coming 🎄🦌🤶
There’s always a tussle for control b/w engg, business and product — founders need to know to bridge the gap b/w them.
We spoke to
@irfn
, CTO
@Setu_API
and
@parimalbajpai
, VP of Engg
@InMobi
who have worked at these crossroads.
✒️by
@MDDushyant
✨
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'High on energy' kickoff call for my On Brand CBC y'day evening w/ 25 folks in the Founding Cohort. Super-happy with the diversity - 4 founders, 2 generalists, 12 senior marketers, 7 young marketers all part of what will soon be the best community of SaaS Brand Marketers 🔥💯
My favourite space and second home in the city is shutting down because they've been hit by thr pandemic. Here is a snippet of one of the many beautiful memories I've made with my work family. Biryani on Deepavali
We’re thrilled to announce our investment in
@spendflo
!
Spendflo is a SaaS buying and optimization platform that is guaranteed to cut your costs upto 30%!
Read all about our partnership in our blog!👇
✒️
@shubg
Investing in Spendflo: Procuring control
What caught my attention the most were the values that Together holds so very dearly. I see it in action every day and they are not just another wordplay on an ‘about us’ page.
This fund was the first of its kind that was made — for founders, by founders and of founders. 👨💼👩💼
Over the last two years, I worked at a fintech startup and found my passion in community building — it gave me gratification to see the collab between operators that catalysed into something greater than the sum of its parts. ✨
That’s when I met my mentor,
@avinashraghava
.
We at Setu, aim to be a developer-first company. And trust us when we say — that we are aggressively working towards it. Our engineering culture and engagement is a piece that we take seriously here!
Read all about it here:
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Our classroom at
#Kochi
today was finite but full of fire! 🔥
An absolute outlier of a
#Playbook
feat.
@vivekk
(Founder,
@iZootoTeam
) that unpacked the possibilities to build + execute a winning
#strategy
with a with a limited roadmap & runway.
Let's keep the learnings real! 🙌
If you’re buidling in Web3, or are just a Web3 enthusiast — come and support our cohort members! We have 12 superstar startups pitching their ideas. 💡
Register here, limited seats only!
CC:
@avinashraghava
@amruthajalihal
@manavbs
And we're just getting started! 🚀
If you’d like to know more about the kind of events happening in your city — sign up to be a part of our community. 🌻
Link:
Lovely to see our chapters across India truly walking the talk. 🤩
3 fantastic playbooks are happening in Chennai, Jaipur, and Pune, on the very same day!
Dive into our feed on
@saasboomi
to learn more and reserve a spot in your city.
If this doesn't define a community, I'm
OG
@avinashraghava
is hosting a learning cohort for all things community.
If you’re in this space, apply asap! You’ll learn so much, and also find an awesome mentor in the process. ✨
I’ll be there as well so hit me up for details!
Attention community builders🚨!
Setting up a learning cohort of 6 ( max) community builders with the community maverick
@avinashraghava
The cohort will focus on peer learning. 📚📒
If you are interested, do DM or reply here.
RT for Good Karma!
🚀🚀