Paras Chopra
Founder, Lossfunk · 3 appearances on the record.
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Paras Chopra is the founder of Lossfunk and the creator of VWO and Wingify, which he bootstrapped into a global SaaS company. He is also an angel investor and author who writes on startups, science, and mental models.
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Chopra: Mentally Sound Individuals Should Have Legal Access To Euthanasia
“India doesn't allow that, and I hope it does. It's I mean, I can't believe government has something to say about people taking their own life which is one of the strangest things out there. I mean, I think they have a valid point when it comes to suicide due t…”
Chopra: Roles requiring trust will rise in value because AI avoids jail
“Because someone is going to pay you a million dollars, and at least for next 10 years, that trust can only be built by humans, because you can't jail an AI, but you definitely can jail a person. So a lot of these things which require this human trust, for lack…”
Chopra: The optimal market entry sweet spot is 1-2 nascent competitors
“As per me, sweet spot is if you're able to find, let's say one or two direct competitors with some customers, That validates the problem exists, but also validates that it's just very nascent where the, if the whole market grows, your company will grow with it…”
Chopra: Startup success is mostly luck, disagreeing with Peter Thiel's thesis
“There's so much of luck involved. Again, the last chapter of my book is really, you are a lottery ticket. And in that I disagree with, I think Peter Thiel had a chapter and it's intentionally provocative because Peter Thiel in zero to one says you're not a lot…”
Chopra: Second-time founders fail by overplanning instead of tinkering through uncertainty
“For second time entrepreneurs it is difficult in a different way, wherein I think they, because more often than not, they are financially free. So they paint a very idealistic picture of what they want to build. Almost like MBA, this is a large market opportun…”
Chopra: Diversity of core value systems is actively detrimental in early startups
“Diversity of experiences is very valuable. So if everyone comes with a different history of what they know, then obviously as a team, you know, a lot more than what you would know individually, but a diversity of value system very early on in startup is, is no…”
Chopra: Running a startup like a democracy destroys decision speed
“Diversity value systems are great for democracy if you're running a country, but if you're running a startup like a democracy, you'll never end up making any decision with a fast enough speed that a startup requires.”
Chopra: Founders should not build products based solely on personal passion
“So what not to build is really to not to build the Things that you feel very passionate about, unless you're very, very super sure that that passion is shared by a wider community.”
Chopra: New business functions must report directly to the CEO
“So right thing would be to hire someone in the outbound, even if it's an outbound STR, but probably report that outbound STR directly to you as a founder, as a CEO.
Because new functions do require that hundred percent attention and focus for them to initially…”
Chopra: Startups should commercialize existing knowledge, not conduct fundamental research
“Startups are perfect for commercializing what knowledge exists, and that, that's what it should do. But fundamental research, of course, companies like SpaceX exist. But I don't think startups should pursue that.”
Chopra: Unquantifiable uncertainty is a strategic moat protecting startups from corporate incumbents
“Uncertainty is actually a moat for startups. And I would differentiate uncertainty from risk. Risk is something that you can model on an Excel file. Risk is what you can say. I have a five percent chance of failure and so on. And if you're able to quantify ris…”
Chopra: Predictable execution is not entrepreneurship, uncertainty defines it
“I think I would say it's more to do with uncertainty. Wherein, if someone is doing something which nobody expects to work out, that person is an entrepreneur for me. But it's very clear that A will lead to B and will lead to C. It's not an entrepreneur. So tra…”
Chopra: Successful Entrepreneurs Are Happy But Perennially Dissatisfied With The World
“You can be terribly happy, but you're perennially dissatisfied by the state of the world. I think that's a good state to be in, where, ah, you dealing these two things, you're completely happy on day to day world, ah, day to day sense, but you're not really gi…”
Chopra: Unhappy founders give up too soon when encountering startup barriers
“In fact, you'll be a terrible entrepreneur if you're unhappy. You'll just give up too soon. It's just so hard. Unless you are enjoying your job day to day, you'll just give up in the first instance of a barrier, and you'll say, I don't like this.”
Chopra: Most Founders Start Companies To Prove Themselves To Parents
“Most I feel most people start companies because they want to prove to their parents, That they can sort of, I think generally, I mean, if you go in the deep into, why would people want to, society, I mean, like general expectations. Like as growing up, maybe t…”
Chopra: Most Top 100 Tech Founders Never Worked Anywhere Else
“In fact, interestingly, I think if you take like a top 10 tech companies, top hundred, more likely than not, people would not have worked anywhere else.”
Chopra: Corporate mission statements always take a backseat to profit
“Missions of companies are good stories.
but they always take a backseat when it comes to companies being in the marketplace, because
Almost always the economic considerations takes the forefront.
So Google's don't be evil, Apple's think different, whatever mi…”
Chopra: Pure returns logic leads investors away from deep tech bets
“You know, it's so hard to raise money for, like, a deep tech company, and the reason for that is,
The expected returns are so much lower versus building, let's say, a B to B company.
Like, as an investor, if you're purely going by your, like, returns logic, yo…”
Chopra: Angel investing for returns is worse than index funds
“And I mean, I believe I mean, if someone is doing angel investments for making money, I think it's a much more expensive way to do versus putting something in just the index funds and letting market do the job.”
Chopra: Repeated startup attempts make financial success an inevitability
“And ultimately, I think in startups, if you keep trying, one of them would crack. So and I'm reasonably, reasonably confident saying that I would have achieved financial independence. Maybe the age would have differed. But that's because startups are a great w…”
Chopra: Financially free people should operate with zero return expectation
“I'm saying what you need to exclude if you're financially free is an expectation of getting paid back. Because a lot of other people are willing to do that job. I'm saying there is only certain roles in society that financially independent people can play. And…”
Chopra: Philanthropy is driven by status rather than pure selflessness
“It's not all selfless. If it were selfless, we'll not see names on buildings. Charities would be anonymous. So, there is a large extent of status also being involved in the mix, but I think it's a good trade-off if others get balanced and you have a name on yo…”
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Nadhani: Value creation without value capture is just a hobby project
“So in my mind, entrepreneurship, at the crux of it is, hey, I need to build something where I deliver value to people, and I need to capture value out of that. This is actually from Paris' framework, create value and capture value. If you only create value and…”
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Appearances (3)
| Episode | Date | Speaking time |
|---|---|---|
| Paras Chopra: How To Build A Successful Startup In India | Sold Wingify For $200 Million | Jul 4, 2025 | 52m |
| Wealth Creation, Life's Purpose, Brotherly Stories - Paras & Pallav on Building Global Saa | Aug 25, 2023 | 33m |
| Understanding mental model of Wealth Creation with Paras Chopra, Founder, Wingify |100x En | Jun 7, 2021 | 33m |