Rajan Anandan's guest appearances

Rajan Anandan

Outliers

The Neon Show

Best in Class with Harish Narayanan

Fountainhead Leadership Series by WebEngage

Tigerhall

Rajendran Dandapani

Sameer Guglani

Paras Chopra

Rajesh Jain

Rajan Singh

Ashwini Asokan

Jay Vijayan

Deepak Shenoy

Karan Shroff

Sridhar Vembu

Amit Agarwal

Balaraman Ravindran

Gautam Baid

Tanmai Gopal

Ankur Bansal

OwlTail

Rajan Anandan is a legend in the Indian startup ecosystem. He was a McKinsey consultant, then he moved to leadership positions in Dell, Microsoft and Google (I had the pleasure of working with him in Google and observing his leadership from close quarters). He's now Managing Director at Sequoia Capital and he spearheads their Surge program (early stage incubation + rapid scale up). He's a prolific angel investor with 100+ investments, a 10x thinker in everything he does, and a go-to advisor for all topics in the startup ecosystem.  In our wide-ranging conversation, Rajan shares his life journey, investment frameworks,  thoughts on the India growth story, achieving big goals and much more. Detailed timestamps can be found below.  If you like this conversation, don't forget to subscribe, and please rate the podcast on Google podcasts, Apple, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen to it. Thank you and let's get started. Timestamps:  1:03 Intro. 2:23 Risk taking, “The art of the possible”, life journey. 9:12 India’s startup ecosystem explosion, becoming the ‘most innovative nation’. 17:23 Celebrating startups, India’s digital ecosystem, structural and regulatory improvements.  26:20 Angel investing, learnings from his angel journey, building a portfolio.  38:34 Pushing 10x growth in a large organisation, building a team of believers. 44:24 Finding star talent (10x thinkers). Setting new best-in-class benchmarks.  48:04 Finding passion ("Passion with capability"). Being extraordinary at something.  53:19 Quick questions (books, message for the world - "Life is full of challenges, embrace it").  Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the series are solely personal and do not necessarily represent those of my company / employers.

Rajan Anandan is a legend in the Indian startup ecosystem. He was a McKinsey consultant, then he moved to leadership positions in Dell, Microsoft and Google (I had the pleasure of working with him in Google and observing his leadership from close quarters). He's now Managing Director at Sequoia Capital and he spearheads their Surge program (early stage incubation + rapid scale up). He's a prolific angel investor with 100+ investments, a 10x thinker in everything he does, and a go-to advisor for all topics in the startup ecosystem.  In our wide-ranging conversation, Rajan shares his life journey, investment frameworks,  thoughts on the India growth story, achieving big goals and much more. Detailed timestamps can be found below.  If you like this conversation, don't forget to subscribe, and please rate the podcast on Google podcasts, Apple, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen to it. Thank you and let's get started. Timestamps: <ul> <li>1:03 Intro.</li> <li>2:23 Risk taking, “The art of the possible”, life journey.</li> <li>9:12 India’s startup ecosystem explosion, becoming the ‘most innovative nation’.</li> <li>17:23 Celebrating startups, India’s digital ecosystem, structural and regulatory improvements. </li> <li>26:20 Angel investing, learnings from his angel journey, building a portfolio. </li> <li>38:34 Pushing 10x growth in a large organisation, building a team of believers.</li> <li>44:24 Finding star talent (10x thinkers). Setting new best-in-class benchmarks. </li> <li>48:04 Finding passion ("Passion with capability"). Being extraordinary at something. </li> <li>53:19 Quick questions (books, message for the world - "Life is full of challenges, embrace it").</li> </ul> Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the series are solely personal and do not necessarily represent those of my company / employers.

Rajan Anandan on risk taking, angel investing, pushing 10x thinking [#17]

Rajan Anandan is an Angel Investor and Ex-VP, Google India &amp; SEA.Here is what we discuss in this podcast:1) We seem to have entered a new phase of the Indian startup ecosystem..what has changed ?2) Is monetising getting better for consumer startups ?3) Views on SaaS ?4) Big spaces like e-commerce and mobility seeing a lot of renewed interest..what is happening?5) 3 of Rajan's recent investments we are very excited about and why?6) What segments is Rajan focused on as an angel investor?7) What has been different about Rajan's investee companies who have been mega hits?

Rajan Anandan, Angel Investor and Ex-VP, Google India & SEA

Rajan Anandan, Google’s vice-president for Southeast Asia and India, is a diehard believer in India’s internet story. “I’m a perennial India bull… The internet is going to make India reach even greater heights,” he says. He adds that Google’s mission in India is “internet for every Indian.”Produced by Anand MuraliMusic Credit: www.accelerated-ideas.com/

Rajan Anandan, Google’s vice-president for Southeast Asia and India, is a diehard believer in India’s internet story. “I’m a perennial India bull… The internet is going to make India reach even greater heights,” he says. He adds that Google’s mission in India is “internet for every Indian.” Produced by Anand Murali Music Credit: <a href="http://www.accelerated-ideas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.accelerated-ideas.com/</a>

Ep 19: Google’s Rajan Anandan believes the internet will transform a billion lives