Gaurav Singhal's guest appearances

Gaurav Singhal

Forward Thinking Founders

Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

Matthew Green

Zach Coelius

Chris Edwards

Michael Parker

Andrew Parker

Jack Altman

Austen Allred

Immad Akhund

Leo Polovets

Jason Calacanis

Daniel Gross

Gaurav Jain

Isaac Morehouse

Kathryn Finney

Siqi Chen

OwlTail

First-time marketplace founders often struggle to balance speed to market and marketplace quality. On the one hand, launching an MVP as fast as possible is often the best strategy.On the other hand, high quality and trustworthiness are essential, especially for peer-to-peer marketplaces.Despite being first-time founders, Gaurav Singhal and Dirk-Jan ter Horst cracked this trade-off from the get-go. When they launched their peer-to-peer car rental platform in Singapore, their sole focus was to get to the market fast. Yet they had a clear vision for Drive lah’s customer experience from day one.In the latest episode of Two-Sided, Gaurav shares his lessons on: Transitioning from a corporate job to entrepreneurship: both founders were working at the same corporation, where they conceived the idea over lunch. Testing potential features with manual work before building them – and spending lots of time with customers in the process.  Launching fast with Sharetribe Flex without compromising on their customer experience vision. Working with regulatory limits: before Drive lah, it was illegal in Singapore for private individuals to rent out their car. Putting trust front and center: having raised their seed round one month before Covid, Drive lah was able to turn a potential disaster into a tailwind. Expanding Drive lah to Australia as Drive mate. And much more. An enlightening episode, with something for everyone building a marketplace.

First-time marketplace founders often struggle to balance speed to market and marketplace quality.  On the one hand, launching an MVP as fast as possible is often the best strategy. On the other hand, high quality and trustworthiness are essential, especially for peer-to-peer marketplaces. Despite being first-time founders, Gaurav Singhal and Dirk-Jan ter Horst cracked this trade-off from the get-go. When they launched their peer-to-peer car rental platform in Singapore, their sole focus was to get to the market fast. Yet they had a clear vision for Drive lah’s customer experience from day one. In the latest episode of Two-Sided, Gaurav shares his lessons on: <ul> <li>Transitioning from a corporate job to entrepreneurship: both founders were working at the same corporation, where they conceived the idea over lunch.</li> <li>Testing potential features with manual work before building them – and spending lots of time with customers in the process. </li> <li>Launching fast with Sharetribe Flex without compromising on their customer experience vision.</li> <li>Working with regulatory limits: before Drive lah, it was illegal in Singapore for private individuals to rent out their car.</li> <li>Putting trust front and center: having raised their seed round one month before Covid, Drive lah was able to turn a potential disaster into a tailwind.</li> <li>Expanding Drive lah to Australia as Drive mate.</li> <li>And much more.</li> </ul> An enlightening episode, with something for everyone building a marketplace.

S2E09 - How Drive lah balances speed vs. quality - Gaurav Singhal (Drive lah)

Nupur Joshi

About this episode: Gaurav and Nupur are cofounders of Arboreum. They are working to creating peer-to-peer lending networks that are more appealing to lenders and borrowers alike, with reduced risk, lower interest rates, and easier access to capital.Listen to this episode if you: Are interested in the evolution of loans Like Fintech innovations  Want to hear a moonshot idea that could actually work Are curious how they came up with the idea of this Want to know the big vision  More Info:Want to come on the podcast? Follow me and hit me up on Twitter, I'd love to learn about what you're working on.  ★ Support this podcast ★ 

About this episode: Gaurav and Nupur are cofounders of <a href="http://www.arboreum.finance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arboreum</a>. They are working to creating peer-to-peer lending networks that are more appealing to lenders and borrowers alike, with reduced risk, lower interest rates, and easier access to capital. Listen to this episode if you:<ul> <li>Are interested in the evolution of loans</li> <li>Like Fintech innovations </li> <li>Want to hear a moonshot idea that could actually work</li> <li>Are curious how they came up with the idea of this</li> <li>Want to know the big vision </li> </ul>More Info: Want to come on the podcast? Follow me and <a href="https://twitter.com/Mat_Sherman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hit me up on Twitter</a>, I'd love to learn about what you're working on. <a href="https://forwardthinking.substack.com/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">★ Support this podcast ★</a>

FI - Gaurav Singhal & Nupur Joshi (Arboreum) On Distributed Loan Networks