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Mihir Gupta

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In this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya talks to Mihir Gupta, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Teachmint. They talk about Mihir's background, there being four more co-founders and how did he end up meeting them, and why moving to Bangalore seemed like a good idea for them. Mihir tells us about some of the ideas they worked upon before forming Teachmint, him dreaming of changing the education eco-system at the grass root level, everyone struggling to teach online during the pandemic, and making the application available to everyone. Further, Mihir talks about giving the application to teachers for testing purposes, the APK going viral amongst the teacher’s community, what was the difference between them and the other EdTech platforms in India, and what kind of spectrums they are currently serving- from individual teachers to schools, higher education institutes, coaching centers and to even ed-tech players. Mihir talks about having 3 major product lines. Finally, they talk about the innovation that they are planning in this place, how did he feel that this was the market of EdTech for them, how different the way they work is by not selling the software to the students, and what’s the way forward for them at Teachmint. Tune in for this and much more.You can know more about Teachmint: Website: https://www.teachmint.comLInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teachmint/Twitter: https://twitter.com/teachmintappYou can follow Mihir Gupta on social media:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmihir/Twitter:  https://twitter.com/mihirguptaYou can get in touch with our hosts:Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/shiladitya )You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya talks to Mihir Gupta, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Teachmint. They talk about Mihir's background, there being four more co-founders and how did he end up meeting them, and why moving to Bangalore seemed like a good idea for them. Mihir tells us about some of the ideas they worked upon before forming Teachmint, him dreaming of changing the education eco-system at the grass root level, everyone struggling to teach online during the pandemic, and making the application available to everyone. Further, Mihir talks about giving the application to teachers for testing purposes, the APK going viral amongst the teacher’s community, what was the difference between them and the other EdTech platforms in India, and what kind of spectrums they are currently serving- from individual teachers to schools, higher education institutes, coaching centers and to even ed-tech players. Mihir talks about having 3 major product lines. Finally, they talk about the innovation that they are planning in this place, how did he feel that this was the market of EdTech for them, how different the way they work is by not selling the software to the students, and what’s the way forward for them at Teachmint. Tune in for this and much more.You can know more about Teachmint: Website: <a href="https://www.teachmint.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.teachmint.com</a>LInkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/teachmint/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/teachmint/</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/teachmintapp" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/teachmintapp</a>You can follow Mihir Gupta on social media:Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmihir/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmihir/</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mihirgupta" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mihirgupta</a>You can get in touch with our hosts:Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya Linkedin: ( <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/</a> )Twitter: ( <a href="https://twitter.com/shiladitya" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/shiladitya</a> )You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/android</a> or iOS: <a href="https://ivm.today/ios" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/ios</a>, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at <a href="https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Mihir Gupta On Creating A Universal Application For Teaching Online

In this episode, Mihir Gupta (Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Teachmint), joins our host Digjay, to talk about his path leading up to Teachmint, surviving the 0 to 1 phase as first time founders, building a foundation to scale up rapidly and how to sustain momentum after scaling up, benefits &amp; challenges of pursuing inorganic growth, finding a balance between core venture building &amp; fundraising, aligning fundraising strategy with market dynamics, optimizing for 'conviction' &amp; 'speed' of decision making when choosing your investors and more. Founded in 2020, Teachmint is an edtech-infrastructure startup that helps teachers and institutes create their own virtual classrooms and build direct relationships with students. The startup that is backed by marquee investors like Learn Capital, Rocketship.vc, Better Capital, Lightspeed India, Vulcan Capital among others, has scaled up rapidly in the past 2 years to become one the of the largest teaching platforms in the world. Prior to founding Teachmint, Mihir held leadership positions in startups like OYO and Open Financial. An IIT Bombay alum, Mihir spent the early years of his career as a consultant with McKinsey, working extensively in South East Asia and India. You can connect with him here on Linkedin or Twitter. ---- Show notes –  (02:16) Mihir’s background &amp; path leading up to Teachmint; Bringing together the founding team (08:42) Surviving the 0 to 1 phase as first time founders (10:46) Building a foundation to scale up rapidly (14:19) What should founders focus on, to sustain momentum after scaling up? (17:09) Teachmint’s approach to attracting &amp; retaining quality talent (20:43) Benefits &amp; challenges of pursuing inorganic growth (27:22) Finding a balance between core venture building &amp; fundraising (29:51) Aligning fundraising frequency &amp; strategy with market dynamics (33:29) Optimizing for conviction &amp; speed of decision making when choosing your investors; How to gauge conviction when talking to investors? (37:26) How has being a founder influenced his personality over the years? (38:30) Rapid fire and closing remarks  ---- If you liked our episode, you can subscribe to our podcast on any podcast platforms of your choice (like Spotify &amp; Apple iTunes). We would appreciate if you could leave us a review on Apple iTunes. This helps others discover the podcast organically. You can visit thevcpreneur.com and follow us on Twitter @thevcpreneur_ &amp; Instagram @thevcpreneur for more episodes and interesting insights on the startup ecosystem. You can also follow our host Digjay here on Linkedin &amp; Twitter

In this episode, <a href="https://in.linkedin.com/in/gmihir" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mihir Gupta</a> (Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Teachmint), joins our host <a href="https://twitter.com/digjaypatel?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digjay</a>, to talk about his path leading up to Teachmint, surviving the 0 to 1 phase as first time founders, building a foundation to scale up rapidly and how to sustain momentum after scaling up, benefits &amp; challenges of pursuing inorganic growth, finding a balance between core venture building &amp; fundraising, aligning fundraising strategy with market dynamics, optimizing for 'conviction' &amp; 'speed' of decision making when choosing your investors and more. Founded in 2020, Teachmint is an edtech-infrastructure startup that helps teachers and institutes create their own virtual classrooms and build direct relationships with students. The startup that is backed by marquee investors like Learn Capital, <a href="http://Rocketship.vc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocketship.vc</a>, Better Capital, Lightspeed India, Vulcan Capital among others, has scaled up rapidly in the past 2 years to become one the of the largest teaching platforms in the world. Prior to founding Teachmint, Mihir held leadership positions in startups like OYO and Open Financial. An IIT Bombay alum, Mihir spent the early years of his career as a consultant with McKinsey, working extensively in South East Asia and India. You can connect with him here on <a href="https://in.linkedin.com/in/gmihir" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linkedin</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/mihirgupta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. ---- Show notes – <ol> <li>(02:16) Mihir’s background &amp; path leading up to Teachmint; Bringing together the founding team</li> <li>(08:42) Surviving the 0 to 1 phase as first time founders</li> <li>(10:46) Building a foundation to scale up rapidly</li> <li>(14:19) What should founders focus on, to sustain momentum after scaling up?</li> <li>(17:09) Teachmint’s approach to attracting &amp; retaining quality talent</li> <li>(20:43) Benefits &amp; challenges of pursuing inorganic growth</li> <li>(27:22) Finding a balance between core venture building &amp; fundraising</li> <li>(29:51) Aligning fundraising frequency &amp; strategy with market dynamics</li> <li>(33:29) Optimizing for conviction &amp; speed of decision making when choosing your investors; How to gauge conviction when talking to investors?</li> <li>(37:26) How has being a founder influenced his personality over the years?</li> <li>(38:30) Rapid fire and closing remarks</li> </ol> ---- If you liked our episode, you can subscribe to our podcast on any podcast platforms of your choice (like<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3FVZHqU3kV8WeSGti1DdJd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Spotify</a> &amp; <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-vcpreneur/id1523227219" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple iTunes</a>). We would appreciate if you could leave us a review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-vcpreneur/id1523227219" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple iTunes</a>. This helps others discover the podcast organically. You can visit<a href="https://thevcpreneur.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> thevcpreneur.com</a> and follow us on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/thevcpreneur_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @thevcpreneur</a>_ &amp; Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thevcpreneur/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @thevcpreneur</a> for more episodes and interesting insights on the startup ecosystem. You can also follow our host Digjay here on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/digjay-patel-cfa-685b9396/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linkedin</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/digjaypatel?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>