Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh Sachar
Business:Entrepreneurship
E25 - Everyday is Day 1 w/Vokal & Koo & Taxi For Sure's Aprameya Radhakrishna
In this Episode I speak with Aprameya Radhakrishna, Co-Founder and CEO of Vokal & Koo, also the Co-Founder of TaxiForSure.
Taxi For Sure, Aprameya’s first venture disrupted the ride-sharing industry very early in the day. Eventually, 4+ years into operations, it was acquired by Ola in 2015. An exit that gave Aprameya much perspective and learnings, which he carried to his next ventures.
Koo & Vokal are two phenomenal platforms, built for the Expression and Discovery of the Indian Audience. Described by many as India’s answer to Twitter, Koo became the Best Everyday App of 2020 by Play Store only 8 months into launch. At the same time Vokal builds the Indian Human Search as folks continue resorting to the platform with the multiple questions they are curious about in the language of their choice, to receive an answer from another trusted folk on the platform.
Aprameya has years of experience under his belt, and one may imagine that he has built everything there is to, but he is just getting started, which is what inspired me to theme the Episode as Everyday is Day 1.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (3:56) - What does Success mean to a 2x Founder ?
2. (5:48) - Aprameya's viewpoint on the Indian Silicon Valley
3. (9:37) - Major Learnings from the Taxi for Sure Exit
4. (13:24) - The Founding Story of Vokal & Koo
5. (17:04) - The Hypothesis around the Middle India Market Opportunity
6. (19:23) - Understanding Vokal in Context with the Democratised Model
7. (22:24) - Establishing Quality & Trust in the Community of Users
8. (23:51) - Consumer Insights prevalent amongst the Middle India Audience
9. (26:59) - Dawning Multiple Hats and Managing Time
10. (30:05) - Deep Dive into Angel Investing and Aprameya's role as an Angel
11. (32:48) - What does Aprameya look for in a Founder before deciding to Invest or Not?
12. (35:56) - When do you know an Exit is right? & the Internal thesis behind Taxi For Sure's Exit
13. (38:01) - The sentiment around Exits in the Indian Ecosystem
14. (40:35) - The importance & nuances of Hiring as a Founder
15. (43:37) - Focusing on Culture at Vokal & Koo
16. (47:16) - Inculcating the Founder Mindset & Aprameya's roadmap to becoming a Founder - Expressing by Starting Startups
17. (53:55) - Aprameya's Founder Persona
18. (58:58) - Dealing with the Lows of Starting Up // Getting out of Corners for Aprameya
19. (61:43) - Final learnings from Aprameya's Journey
20. (64:33) - The Conclusion
Let's dive into the 25th Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Everyday is Day 1 with Aprameya Radhakrishna of Vokal & Koo & Taxi For Sure.
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