Rajan Anandan is always bullish on India
One summer morning in 2011, I was called into my senior’s office. “Rajan wants to meet you,” he said. An industry stalwart had explicitly asked for me, so I had to see him. At that meeting, my relationship with Rajan truly began.
Inside Vijay Rayapati’s Playbook to win over Bay Area VCs
Penned by Z47 & SaaSBoomi. Most founders chase capital. Vijay Rayapati built credibility first, and let capital follow. This isn’t the usual fundraising story. It’s a playbook built on building credibility, strategic dinners, monthly updates that actually move the needle, and backing from 40+ Fortune 1000 CIOs. Vijay didn’t just win over top-tier U.S. VCs; […]
Pay it FWD: Prasanna and the art of kintsugi
I heard him before I saw him. That’s the best way I can describe the first time I met Prasanna Krishnamoorthy. This story starts about a dozen years ago, when Prasanna was associated with Microsoft Accelerator. At the time, he was known to the startup community as a founder who had pivoted to nurturing startups […]
From idea to PMF in the U.S. this founder did it without leaving Chennai.
Penned by Z47 x SaaSBoomi. In January 2020, just as the world stood on the brink of a global pandemic, Vignesh Girishankar made a rare and difficult call. He turned down term sheets from top-tier VCs for his new idea. “We’ll come back when we’ve thought this through.” Vignesh, co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Rocketlane, told investors. It wasn’t his first high-stakes call.
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