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Sanjay Swamy

11 statements across 3 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 27, 2020 by Sanjay Swamy · said 143 times in 125 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jan 27, 2020
Insight
Founders in their 40s must prove domain edge, unlike 20-somethings
“So, when you're looking at entrepreneurs in their twenties, it's about, you don't ask the question, why will you succeed, and others won't, because it doesn't make any sense, and it's this, I have the raw energy and the power, right? And the desire. In your fo…”
Sanjay Swamy Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 49:53 Episode 49 | Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Ventures
Jan 27, 2020 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
mChek reached 350 million SIM cards, outpacing early mobile payment peers
“I don't think there's any mobile payments company yet that had the distribution that we had achieved, right? We're in three hundred and fifty million SIM cards.”
Sanjay Swamy Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 20:17 Episode 49 | Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Ventures
Jan 27, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ZipDial angel investors made 10x in four years from Twitter buyout
“The founders, all the angels got, you know, 10 times in four years. The last VC got, you know, two and a half X in four months, I think.”
Sanjay Swamy Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 28:10 Episode 49 | Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Ventures
Jan 27, 2020
Insight
Founders should shelve ideas temporarily to test their persistence
“When you have an idea, write it down, ah, and put it away for some time, and then see if it keeps bugging you nonstop, right? And that's when you feel, well, maybe there is something here, right? Because no matter what you do, you'll start seeing use cases tha…”
Sanjay Swamy Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 23:58 Episode 49 | Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Ventures
Jan 27, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ketera India's first 30 employees spawned about 15 startups
“There are probably about 15 startups that have come out of the first, you know, 30 employees that joined Katerra over the years.”
Sanjay Swamy Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 10:30 Episode 49 | Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Ventures
Jan 27, 2020
Insight
Limiting early fundraising ensures even small startup exits remain meaningful
“If you don't raise too much money, even a mid-sized or a relatively small exit can be very meaningful to everyone.”
Sanjay Swamy Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 27:59 Episode 49 | Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Ventures
Jan 27, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ZipDial validated product-market fit spending under $100
“We validated complete product market fit with less than a hundred dollars spent in the, in this thing.”
Sanjay Swamy Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 25:23 Episode 49 | Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Ventures
Dec 14, 2020
Insight
Sanjay Swamy: Founders hurt startups by staying after losing their belief
“And that's something for an entrepreneur, right? If your heart is no longer in it, if you no longer think you can build the biggest company on the planet. Probably the best thing I did was leave then and there, right? And because I would have done the company …”
Sanjay Swamy Dec 14, 2020 ▶ 27:39 Making a crisis work for you with Sanjay Swamy & T. N. Hari
Dec 14, 2020 positive
Insight
Swamy: Radical acceptance of a crisis liberates leaders to move forward
“The first thing that you have to realize is the world has changed, and it's changed permanently, right? And you go through these crises, the worst thing you can do is not accept that the crisis has happened, right? And the moment you've accepted it, actually, …”
Sanjay Swamy Dec 14, 2020 ▶ 21:12 Making a crisis work for you with Sanjay Swamy & T. N. Hari
Apr 18, 2022 bullish
Assertion Supported
Swamy: Indian startups now hit $5M-$10M revenue in 12-18 months
“10 years ago, you know, getting to five, ten million dollars of revenue was itself a big achievement, but now we're seeing that happening, you know, in 12 to 18 months in some cases.”
Sanjay Swamy Apr 18, 2022 ▶ 3:43 Building A 180 CRORE Women Nutrition Brand! ft. Aarti Gill, Co-Founder, OZiva
Apr 18, 2022 bearish
Opinion
Swamy: Western, Chinese, and Israeli business models cannot solve India's problems
“Western models, the Chinese models, the Israeli models are not what's going to solve India's problems.”
Sanjay Swamy Apr 18, 2022 ▶ 4:12 Building A 180 CRORE Women Nutrition Brand! ft. Aarti Gill, Co-Founder, OZiva
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