Sajith Pai
10 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 19, 2020 by Sajith Pai · said 17 times in 3 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Jul 19, 2020 neutral
Pai: Breaking into VC mid-career without existing relationships is much harder
“It's very hard for you to kind of get into a VC firm. I mean Without knowing some folks or without having created a brand for yourself especially if you are under, like, you know, late thirties, early forties someone like me who's been incorporated did not hav…”
Jul 19, 2020 neutral
Pai: Top Indian edtech winners except BYJU'S originated in test prep
“Baijuice is of course slightly more of a learning product but now it's getting into preparation as well, but all the others which have done really well I mean in the, like whether it's an academy, Vedantu, Topper, all of them have come from test prep grade up.…”
Jul 19, 2020 neutral
VCs hire juniors for brainpower and mid-career professionals for networks
“I think at that point, come a brand. I mean, your brand is like your pedigree to an extent you know, the signaling that you do through your work experience, et cetera. And the firm's really buying you for your brain power. But as it gets older, as you get into…”
Jul 19, 2020 positive
Pai: Unconventional VC applicants should use content to signal domain seriousness
“If you are like me if you are from a, like a unconventional background for a venture firm, not in one of those hot startups or not in a VC firm, not in a, not the financial world, then I think it makes sense to kind of double down on certain aspects whether yo…”
Jul 19, 2020 neutral
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Jul 19, 2020
Pai: Early-stage investors should prioritize problem size over initial product
“And I would say that the biggest thing that I've unlearned is don't worry about the attack vector. Worry about the size of the problem. Don't worry about how they're solving for it. That can change. Maybe that's not even important at this stage. Don't worry ab…”
Jul 19, 2020 neutral
Jul 19, 2020 bullish
Pai: Edtech's next wave will split into access and extracurricular markets
“And I think the next wave will be What I call distinct products, like there is India two, which will be products, which really solve for access. And at India one products, which kind of bringing kind of go beyond just academic preparation to these non-academic…”
Jul 19, 2020
Pai: Schooling bundles learning, daycare, and socialization, but edtech unbundles them
“What you're seeing in edtech is education historically had a strong bundle. So school is a perfect example. It's daycare, it's learning, it's socialization, right? All three together. You can't go to a school and say, hey, hey, hey, you know, I don't think the…”