The Unbearable Heaviness of Being: On the Passing of Naren Gupta (Part 1)

Naren died. Suddenly. My pear tree still has some golden leaves. Rain drips disbelief. It can’t be. It is. These are the only lines I could come up with on Sunday afternoon.

Best of Bootstrapping: Discussing the Silicon Valley – India Corridor with Naren Gupta of Nexus Venture Partners

If you have been bootstrapping and think you are ready for investors, you need to learn how investors think. First, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Then start looking for entrepreneur – investor fit. Today I introduce you to Naren Gupta. Naren Gupta is Co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners, a

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jishnu Battacharjee of Nexus Venture Partners (Part 4)

Jishnu Battacharjee: There are two core principles for Unacademy. One is that the educator can build the content easily. The second is, the content is bite-sized. The idea was, you can talk about a topic but it cannot be more than five minutes. That whole theme took off. Fast forward to now, they are serving

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jishnu Battacharjee of Nexus Venture Partners (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Is Abhinav the CEO? Jishnu Battacharjee: That’s correct. He has two other co-founders. In 2017, we started thinking of what we should do regarding monetization. 2018 was our first year of monetization. At this point, it was tripling every year with cash added into the bank.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jishnu Battacharjee of Nexus Venture Partners (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: When I think about Nexus, one company comes to mind immediately, which is one of the biggest and oldest success stories in India. It’s Druva. The company is maturing very well. I wouldn’t call that exactly as a self-serve go-to market. That’s an enterprise product. Jishnu Battacharjee: Exactly. Not all companies follow that.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jishnu Battacharjee of Nexus Venture Partners (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Jishnu Battacharjee was recorded in November 2019. Jishnu Bhattacharjee is Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners, a fundamentals-focused firm that aligns with the 1Mby1M philosophy. Jishnu takes us through several examples of

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467th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Nexus Venture Partners

Jishnu Bhattacharjee is Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners, a fundamentals – focused firm that aligns with the 1Mby1M philosophy. Jishnu takes us through several examples of how the firm is thinking about investing in startups. Excellent conversation.

467th Roundtable Recording on November 27, 2019: With Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Nexus Venture Partners

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 467th 1Mby1M Roundtable November 27, 2019: With Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Nexus Venture Partners