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K. Ganesh

11 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 31, 2025 by K. Ganesh · said 23 times in 4 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by V.S. Sudhakar (10), Siddhartha Ahluwalia (8), Hari Menon (3), Sameer Guglani (1), Meena Ganesh (1)

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2023 10 mentions in 1 episode
2022 12 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode

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Jan 31, 2025 negative
Insight
Horizontal Giants Wipe Out Vertical Startups by Adding a Tab
“Then what will Flipkart and Amazon do? Wait till the category becomes large enough. Then they will open one more tab and you will be wiped out. And we have seen enough examples of that happening across fashion, across baby products.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 11:43 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Ahluwalia: GrowthStory invested $1M for 20-25% equity in incubated startups
“You gave one million of your own money for 20, 25% stake in those companies and became very hands-on.”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 3:36 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025
Disclosure
GrowthStory Takes a 50% Equity Stake at Founding
“Typically we take 50% stake and 50% is with the employee and the founders, and then we all dilute accordingly.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 7:04 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
HomeLane Averages 7 Lakh Rupee Orders with 40% Gross Margins
“Homeline, for example, each order is positive. Typical order value is six and a half, seven lakhs. There's a 30 to 40% gross margin on that particular order.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 24:09 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025 negative
Insight
Ganesh: Effort to Collect One Rupee Equals Collecting One Hundred Rupees
“The effort involved in collecting one rupee, I would argue the same as the effort involved in collecting hundred rupees.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 1:00:29 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025 neutral
Insight
Americans Trade Money for Time; Indians Trade Time for Money
“There, I guess the behavior is different. Also they value time. They would, you know, they would rather trade money for time. Here we'll trade time for money.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 1:05:14 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025
Insight
Ganesh: Institutional Investors Bet on Operating Founders, Not Venture Promoters
“It's extremely important that the founders who actually run it have to be strong and they're betting on that founder. They're not betting on me. They trust me and it's one. The level of credibility higher, but they're betting on the founder.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 13:41 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025 positive
Disclosure
K. Ganesh: Being a First Mover Gives Room to Fail Without Incumbent Comparisons
“So all our businesses, the common theme has been, can I be the first mover? What it does is not for any other reason. It gives me a long rope to experiment to fail.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 27:07 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ganesh: BlueStone Makes Money on Every Single Order
“Bluestone, for example, is a different example where you make money on a per unit basis, obviously every time. There the question is of when to reach profitability, but each order is positive.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 23:58 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ganesh: Fewer Than 5% of Freemium Users Typically Monetize
“Typically less than five percent of the freemium users actually monetize.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 1:02:45 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
Jan 31, 2025
Insight
Ganesh: Consumers Never Revert to Offline Buying After Experiencing Convenience
“Because when the consumer gets used to a certain convenience. He's not going to go back to buying offline. Okay. It's like asking you and me to go and stand in a train ticket counter to buy ticket. Ain't going to happen.”
K. Ganesh Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 10:42 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
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