Can AI take the pain out of dentistry?
Computer vision brings self-driving cars to our mind. But an Indian startup Toothlens is using it to spot tiny cavities in teeth with nothing more than smartphone images to train its AI model.
India SaaS hangs tough amidst shocks in global markets
Macroeconomic shocks have roiled the business environment for SaaS over the past couple of years. Uncertainties altered customer demands and priorities, while fears of recession impacted the investment outlook. SaaS companies all over the world got caught up in this pincer movement. Amidst this turbulence, the Indian SaaS ecosystem has proved even more resilient than […]
How product-market fit changes between India and the US
Entrepreneurs find themselves looking at a very different market when they decide to go from India to the US. The path to PMF is poles apart in the two geographies. As are the market, customers, and sales cycles. Three founders who have gone through the motions talk about key strategies that help. The larger India-US startup corridor that exists is an ecosystem founders can turn to and learn from.
A labour of love: SaaSBoomi Caravan ‘23
This is exactly what is magical about Caravan: a bunch of founders and operators going extra miles to help build an ecosystem for all of us to thrive. A labour of love.
The do’s and don’ts of cross-border GTM
Founders are on the move. Especially those building software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies. Over the years, we’ve seen several SaaS ideas take root and grow into large, valuable businesses. And we find that the one area all founders want to understand better is their go-to-market strategy. At Lightspeed India’s Enterprise GTM social in Menlo Park, in partnership […]
Selling in the US: Why Market Discovery Matters
Before a founder starts the journey to achieve product-market fit, they need to build conviction in the market. The best way to achieve this is through constant interaction with stakeholders and fine-tuning the ideal customer profile. Simply put, market discovery is a way to find out whether or not the product you are trying to […]
Your journey into the US market starts here
In the winter of 2016, I decided to take a long flight. I could only check in two bags and one just had to be my cricket kit. With some amusement, I noted that all it took was one suitcase to pack the rest of my earthly possessions. I landed in the US, just the […]
Caravan 2023: Your US GTM field trip
We’re back in the Bay Area with our second edition, and this time the 7-day trip will be even more tactical. How is ‘tactical’ even an advertisement you may ask; and the answer is simple. The world is full of stories of glory and get-rich hacks. All good ideas go to die in the battlefield […]
Netcore founder Rajesh Jain’s three keys to unlock the US market
(Photo caption: L to R – Netcore Cloud Group CEO Kalpit Jain, Unbxd founders Pavan Sondur and Prashant Kumar, Netcore Cloud CHRO Bhavana Jain and founder Rajesh Jain.) To build for India first or the US straight away? How do you time your move to the US market? What can you do to survive and […]