Divyanshu Makkar
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 23, 2022 by Divyanshu Makkar · across every show →
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Aug 23, 2022 positive
Unsexy markets allow founders to build without chasing vanity metrics
“Those businesses are very, very strong business fundamentals, you know, not very, a lot of people are competing in those spaces, and it gives you a lot of time to build something of value to your customers. You're not always chasing numbers. You're rather like…”
Aug 23, 2022 bullish
Aug 23, 2022 neutral
Sajith Pai rejected Makkar's request for an internship at Blume Ventures
“I'd actually asked Sajit for an internship at Loom. I for not an, like I, after he approached me for his portfolio company, I told him that, Hey, I'm more interested in VC. And he straight away said no to me. He said, we are not hiring. We get too many applica…”
Aug 23, 2022
Vertical SaaS founders must assume pitching VCs have zero domain knowledge
“Like a person like me sitting there at Bessemer, I personally cannot know hundred industries. I cannot associate with a hundred problems. So you have to go in knowing that this guy doesn't understand it. And it's okay for him to not understand it or her unders…”
Aug 23, 2022 positive
Makkar: India's second-gen factory owners prioritize modern tech and customer experience
“When I actually went on ground, I met like, you know, the second generation, everybody studied abroad or, you know, has gone to a good university. They don't, they have, they're ambitious, they don't want to run it like their fathers, and they are, you know, d…”
Aug 23, 2022 positive
Software moats are built by shortening customer time to value
“Giving technology is one thing, but, you know, we've worked a lot on onboarding and I think a lot of the modes that we've built are not just the product. It's like the whole process of onboarding the customer and, you know, like making the time to value short.”
Aug 23, 2022
Makkar: VCs evaluate new startups by pattern-matching against portfolio baggage
“Every VC has baggage. Like, they will try to connect you to some portfolio company that they have seen and that has nothing to do with you. That has nothing to do with what you are building. But you know, that's, it's a complex, like, you know, as a VC also, y…”
Aug 23, 2022 neutral