Rahul Chandra

6 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 2, 2020 by Rahul Chandra · said 7 times in 2 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Mar 2, 2020
Insight
Why former operators who become VCs must stop thinking like operators
“The role of a VC is the full stop button for even an operator to stop thinking like an operator. And as long as you have the, Empathy to actually think like a founder you can overcome any handicap”
Rahul Chandra Mar 2, 2020 ▶ 38:16 Episode 54 | Rahul Chandra, Managing Director, Unitary Helion Fund
Mar 2, 2020 positive
Insight
Radical transparency is the defining trait of breakout founders
“I think my one word answer to that Siddharth would be transparency. And I think founders who follow an approach of transparency with their employees, with their co-founders, with their investors, I've seen that, that is a reflection of, you know, just honesty …”
Rahul Chandra Mar 2, 2020 ▶ 25:33 Episode 54 | Rahul Chandra, Managing Director, Unitary Helion Fund
Mar 2, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Helion was an early VC to have founders evaluate partners via surveys
“So, we were one of the early firms to conduct surveys where the partners would get evaluated by founders. We would take feedback from founders who the partners would have dealt with, and ask them, ah, you know, if the interaction was where they felt like, They…”
Rahul Chandra Mar 2, 2020 ▶ 24:11 Episode 54 | Rahul Chandra, Managing Director, Unitary Helion Fund
Mar 2, 2020 neutral
Assertion Supported
The Moonshot Game is the first book by an Indian VC
“In fact, this is probably the first book, which actually It takes you through an inner journey and, you know, some of the thought process behind investments which are public in India. Obviously, this is the first book by a VC in India.”
Rahul Chandra Mar 2, 2020 ▶ 0:53 Episode 54 | Rahul Chandra, Managing Director, Unitary Helion Fund
Mar 2, 2020 neutral
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Helion pivoted to vertical commerce after missing India's horizontal e-commerce wave
“At Helion, we chose to go the vertical commerce path. We, Felt we had missed on the horizontal commerce opportunity, and we were backing companies which were specifically focused on fashion or consumer electronics”
Rahul Chandra Mar 2, 2020 ▶ 21:14 Episode 54 | Rahul Chandra, Managing Director, Unitary Helion Fund
Mar 2, 2020
Insight
Judging early traction in consumer startups requires more judgment than B2B
“So I think that you know, that vagueness in backing consumer startups, unlike a B to B startup where, you know, you absolutely get a fair idea, you know, from an enterprise customer of the, you know, the need and value for that product. I think it's very hard …”
Rahul Chandra Mar 2, 2020 ▶ 42:49 Episode 54 | Rahul Chandra, Managing Director, Unitary Helion Fund
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