Farooq Adam's guest appearances

Farooq Adam

Shunya One

The Neon Show

Amit Khatri

Alok Goyal

Miten Sampat

Ashwini Asokan

Amit Somani

Saahil Goel

Sanjay Nath

Gaurav Munjal

Tanmai Gopal

Ankur Bansal

Dheeraj Pandey

Karthik Reddy

Vishal Gupta

Rajesh Jain

Matt Chitharanjan

OwlTail

Have you ever heard about Infotel Broadband Services Limited (IBSL)? Even if you haven’t, I’m very much sure that you can’t deny that you don’t know its current rebranded form. I’ll give you a hint; this company currently has the largest market share in terms of wireless subscribers (i.e. telecom) in India, even greater than Airtel. Yes, you’ve got it right, it's Jio. Before getting rebranded as Jio, the original company IBSL, was the only company that won broadband spectrum in all 22 circles in India in the 4G auction in 2010.And later that year Reliance Industries acquired the company. After Jio’s official launch in September 2016, it gained the first 50 million customers in just 83 days of launch and currently has an overall subscriber base of 414.9 million customers. “That’s the Reliance way of doing things”, quoted by Farooq Adam, during the podcast. What he means is that at Reliance, just the sheer scale at which they launch and operate their product and make their marketing strategy, ensures the success of the product.And when Reliance approached him in 2019 after he had raised the Series-C led by Google, this is exactly what convinced him to combine Fynd with Reliance and support the rollout of JioMart.During the podcast, Farooq talks about the early days at Shopsense (rebranded as Fynd), getting rejected by investors during the first round, and his experience being an Angel Investor. Notes - 01:18 - Early childhood in Kuwait; getting into IIT Bombay 05:01 - Initial stint with Adsale; adding another sale by recommendations &amp; coupons10:12 - Visiting Diesel (clothing store) on Juhu Tara Road (Mumbai)14:58 - Problem statements solved by Shopsense17:24 - Getting benchmarked against Capillary Technologies by investors22:40 - Rebranding Shopsense as Fynd to cater to hyperlocal marketplace31:26 - “How &amp; when you collect your NPS is very interesting.”32:08 - Acquired by Reliance after getting Google-led Series-C funding51:39 - Experience as an Angel investor52:10 - Co-investing with First Cheque VC57:47 - Advice to his portfolio companies59:44 - Book recommendations for founders

Have you ever heard about Infotel Broadband Services Limited (IBSL)?  Even if you haven’t, I’m very much sure that you can’t deny that you don’t know its current rebranded form.  I’ll give you a hint; this company currently has the largest market share in terms of wireless subscribers (i.e. telecom) in India, even greater than Airtel.  Yes, you’ve got it right, it's Jio.  Before getting rebranded as Jio, the original company IBSL, was the only company that won broadband spectrum in all 22 circles in India in the 4G auction in 2010. And later that year Reliance Industries acquired the company.  After Jio’s official launch in September 2016, it gained the first 50 million customers in just 83 days of launch and currently has an overall subscriber base of 414.9 million customers.  “That’s the Reliance way of doing things”, quoted by Farooq Adam, during the podcast.  What he means is that at Reliance, just the sheer scale at which they launch and operate their product and make their marketing strategy, ensures the success of the product. And when Reliance approached him in 2019 after he had raised the Series-C led by Google, this is exactly what convinced him to combine Fynd with Reliance and support the rollout of JioMart. During the podcast, Farooq talks about the early days at Shopsense (rebranded as Fynd), getting rejected by investors during the first round, and his experience being an Angel Investor.  Notes - 01:18 - Early childhood in Kuwait; getting into IIT Bombay 05:01 - Initial stint with Adsale; adding another sale by recommendations &amp; coupons10:12 - Visiting Diesel (clothing store) on Juhu Tara Road (Mumbai)14:58 - Problem statements solved by Shopsense17:24 - Getting benchmarked against Capillary Technologies by investors22:40 - Rebranding Shopsense as Fynd to cater to hyperlocal marketplace31:26 - “How &amp; when you collect your NPS is very interesting.”32:08 - Acquired by Reliance after getting Google-led Series-C funding51:39 - Experience as an Angel investor52:10 - Co-investing with First Cheque VC57:47 - Advice to his portfolio companies59:44 - Book recommendations for founders

Journey of Reliance acquired, Fynd with Founder, Farooq Adam

On this episode of Shunya One, we are joined by Farooq Adam, Co-founder, Fynd. This conversation focuses on the scope and tech involved with the offline to online retail market in India and more! You can read more about Fynd, on their blog. (https://blog.gofynd.com/) Tweet to Farooq Adam @@farooqadam, Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya @shiladitya and Amit Doshi @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode! To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone Listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 Check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Shunya One, we are joined by Farooq Adam, Co-founder, Fynd. This conversation focuses on the scope and tech involved with the offline to online retail market in India and more! You can read more about Fynd, on their blog. (<a href="https://blog.gofynd.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.gofynd.com/</a>) Tweet to Farooq Adam @@farooqadam, Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya @shiladitya and Amit Doshi @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode! To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: <a href="http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone</a> Listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: <a href="https://goo.gl/tGYdU1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/tGYdU1</a> or iOS: <a href="https://goo.gl/sZSTU5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/sZSTU5</a> Check out our website at <a href="http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Feat. Farooq Adam: The Fynd Story / Online to Offline Retail / Data Exchange Platform