Saravana Kumar
13 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 21, 2020 by Saravana Kumar · said 3 times in 3 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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Aug 21, 2020
Kovai generated $50K from seven customers in its first six months
“I would say about 50 K. So I started in the mid of June, 20 11, and it started as its enterprise product. The price point was about five, eight to 10 K dollars, and I think we finished that year with about seven customers in six months. So I'd say roughly abou…”
Aug 21, 2020 positive
Aug 21, 2020 positive
Hiring developers in India is two to four times cheaper than London
“It will be anywhere from one is to two to one is to four. You know, instead of hiring one developer here. Four, four developers there. That's the ratio. For some of the higher technical people, the ratio will be the one is to two roughly.”
Aug 21, 2020 negative
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Jun 9, 2023 negative
Kumar: Founders should avoid flat organizations and build hierarchy quickly
“And don't build a flat structure. Because what typically happens is when you're in the early stages, like, you know, 10 people, 20 people, et cetera, you try to build a flat structure, right? Everybody reports to you. And it's fine. But once you start scaling,…”
Jun 9, 2023
Kumar requires monthly two-page executive reports split into personal and team achievements
“At the beginning of each month, following month, our executive team need to give a document. It's two page document. It's a precisely, you know, they need to cover it within two pages, two A four pages. The first page is all about their personal achievements, …”
Jun 9, 2023
Jun 9, 2023
Kumar personally approves invoice payments at Kovai.co to ensure financial visibility
“Still I approve a lot of invoices. Okay, there are, you know, like, it goes through workflow, the people put through everything, but the final approval, the money that going out of the bank is actually, you know, like, I control it. I won't control it in the s…”
Jun 9, 2023
Kumar: All management meetings are scheduled in the week's first 1.5 days
“My entire week is the first 1.5 days. You know, like, I got the management meetings on the day one, and then some items on the day two, Tuesday. And after that, you know, like, it's all about just ongoing activities, and you keep it, try to keep it as free as …”