Startup Founders: Even Amir Khan had to market 'feet on the street' for his first movie QSQT. 🤩👇
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Santosh Panda
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Santosh Panda
@santoshpanda
Gave up UK PR in 2012 to build @Explara (˜₹100Cr, survived COVID). Co-building @FoundershipHQ - The Business Studio. We rescale, co-build & back businesses.
Joined March 2008
- I'm starting to invest a few hours in the weekend to mentor/guide entrepreneurs who r starting up in '2nd/3rd' tier cities in India. For free. e.g., Bhubneswar,Nashik,Kochi,etc I can help: Product market fitment Tech architecture Acquire the first 50 -100 customers pls share🙏
- My new gig is in EduTech. Grow @Thrively to serve millions of educators and parents in the USA. Wish me luck! 👋
- How do you start an accelerator? I thought to share the Story of the Foundership journey so far.... That was the question in 2021....March /April onwards @bimleshgundurao & I had to experiment with several formats. Run cohorts to help Founders. How do you make money? RunReplying to @santoshpanda2. One good word of mouth can change your destiny. As we hosted Web3 Cohort, one word from Saurabh Shankar to Arjun Kalsy at Polygon opened many opportunities to serve Builders and Founders. We knew Saurabh previously and I was seeking his input to design a Web3 Cohort.
- The King tasked the architects, engineers & builders to connect him with the Sun God And so they did: Konark Temple
The King tasked the engineers to connect him with god And so they did. - I have interacted with many angels (20 to 30s) in my decades of entrepreneurship. But my fav is @RajanAnandan. Here is why. A thread
- Percentage of Indians paying taxes in India ~ 4% Percentage of Indians upset with new Income Tax slabs ~ 90% 😀
- After 2+ years of starting up and working from various coffee shops to coworking spaces... We got Our New Office Space at Foundership HSR Layout Bengaluru @Hustlehubtech We will host various Web3 workshops, meetups and help speed up our Accelerator Founders journey.
- 2008-09: No idea. Let's see how far it goes 2010: 'StartupEvents' using our solution 2011-12: Concerts,Seminars,Activities,Sports 2013: Angel Funded 2014-15: This startup will die 2016: Pulled from graveyard(assumed dead) 2017: Launched all-in-one Event mgmt platform @explara 👍
- Your competition isn't other people. Your competition is your procrastination. Your ego. The unhealthy food you're consuming, the knowledge you neglect. The negative behaviour you're nurturing & your lack of creativity. Compete against that. -- via @kabandisaikia
- I am now looking for new avenues to work! I am exploring intense and growth-focused consulting roles. 👋 As the event industry has gone down, I have full-time in my hand to offer my expertise to the doers/to the businesses. Pls share /RT among your friends. 🙏 My thread 👇
- Notes about Odisha: -First to supply Oxygen to several states -Handled recent cyclone (6 death vs. 10,000s in 1999)...excellent disaster management -No fuss about fund -Super professionalism in all govt matters -No fancy PR spend -No bloodshed in elections -No religious fight
- Don't feel like celebrating while we all in India going through the toughest time. However, to encourage my Son, who started writing last year and was part of a book project by Scholastic. His book (co-authored) got published now.
