Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Rebecca Kaden was recorded in February 2019. Rebecca Kaden, General Partner at Union Square Ventures, discusses her firm’s capital efficient investment thesis and debates the pros and cons of blitz scaling. Sramana
Sramana Mitra: What are the open problems in your industry that new entrepreneurs could be starting companies around? Ted Chan: Telehealth is a very big opportunity for making healthcare more seamless, more efficient, and more cost effective. There’s a trend. A lot of consumer health companies have been getting mega-funding. They’re getting a lot of
Gurugram-based e-commerce marketplace ShopClues has tightened its reins and trimmed its losses. In October 2018, ShopClues reportedly broke even at the unit-economics level.
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Swapna Gupta was recorded in February 2019. Swapna Gupta, Senior Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures, explains the
Hemant Mohapatra, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, India, talks about some of the large, open opportunities in the Indian market that are of interest to him.
This feature from Market Review by Ken Stephens analyzes the recent IPO rush amidst increasing economic worry. Several tech companies such as Lyft and Pinterest have recently filed to go public. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.
Shalini Prakash, Venture Partner at 500 Startups, India, talks about the opportunities in the Indian market.
Sramana Mitra: How would you tackle the issue in any given community? Let’s say you’re a patient in any given community. Given your insurance and its coverage, there aren’t that many options. How do you deal with that in terms of provider choice? Ted Chan: What we’re trying to do is give a patient a