Icertis: the making of a SaaS unicorn
The first time I heard of Icertis was when it closed its billion dollar valuation funding round last year. I wasn’t alone to discover Icertis back then. Many people in the ecosystem, including some of the top investors had the same question, what does Icertis do and why is it valued at over a billion dollars?In this […]
Rushabh Mehta of ERPNext on how he’s building a community, not just a company
Great ecosystems are built on building blocks that are diverse and bring different communities and ideologies together. Homogenous building blocks create commoditised environments with absolutely short-lived differentiation and a common race to the bottom. India’s SaaS ecosystem brings enough diversity in terms of business models and products, even ideologies, to keep storytellers like me excited […]
Wingify founders on a decade of bootstrapping, surviving profitably and staying together
Wingify founders on a decade of bootstrapping, surviving profitably and staying together Pankaj Mishra What makes a company great? What does it take to build companies that outlive “startup valleys of death”? In this episode of SaaSBOOMi podcast, Paras Chopra and Sparsh Gupta share candid lessons on not just survival but building a culture that […]
Prakulpa Sankar Shares Lessons in Building Atlan
A lot of spotlight continues to be on India SaaS companies such as Zoho and Freshworks, and rightfully so. But that’s not what’s shaping the future of India’s multi-billion SaaS industry alone. It’s the startups such as Atlan, and its young founders like Prukalpa Sankar who are creating the building blocks of a massive industry, […]
Building a Culture that Lasts – Suresh Sambandam, CEO & Founder of Kissflow
Suresh Sambandam, the CEO and founder of Kissflow, is a quintessential entrepreneur. And that’s not just because he can hustle his way out of any crisis, but more because of the way he applies all his learnings egolessly in moving his startup forward. Suresh talks about “the HP Way” he discovered while working at Hewlett […]
Show your vulnerabilities; everyone is in the same boat
In our maiden episode of the SaaSBOOMi podcast, we bring you a deep conversation with Manav Garg, the founder of Eka. “What we are facing today is unprecedented. The degree of unexpectedness is massive. Now, it’s no more about a business–it’s about human lives, human existence and the human way of life going forward,” Manav […]