E72 - Pioneering E-Commerce 2.0 w/DealShare's Vineet Rao & Sourjyendu Medda

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vineet Rao & Sourjyendu Medda, Co-Founders of DealShare.

Dealshare is India's fastest growing social e-commerce startup, an online buying platform for multi-category consumer products. It is defining how the next billion Internet shoppers of India transact online! This movement is being enabled by a unique model that leverages some wonderful first-principle mechanisms such as group buying, hyper-local influencers, SME integration on the supply side and much more. All of this on top of operational brilliance and mind-blowing capital utilisation, making DealShare a legendary organisation.

Through this episode we discuss the following:

1. (01:52) : Deciding to go after the large E-Commerce opportunity of India!

2. (06:17) : The practical on-ground early consumer reaction to DealShare ~ Going over the early the 0 to 1!

3. (10:31) : Doing things that Do-Not-Scale at Scale!!

4. (13:27) : The secret behind the Operational Brilliance in the DealShare Model

5. (18:38) : How does DealShare execute the principles of Capital Efficiency & Profitability?

6. (23:14) : Tackling the adverse aspects of the Journey!

7. (26:20) : Building a mission driven when disrupting a Category!

8. (30:01) : Staying connected across the Team as the Company Scales ~ the role of the Founders when scaling culture!

9. (33:11) : Thinking from First-Principles and Pioneering Original Mechanisms in the Market! ~ Group Buying, Hyperlocal Influences, Supply-Side integration.

10. (39:29) : Short Term Execution v/s Long Term Vision ~ Lessons for Scaling Exponentially Fast!

11. (44:09) : Time Bracketing & Prioritisation amidst multiple co-founders!

12. (48:34) : Scaling as Founders along the journey exponential growth!

13. (52:36) : The core motivation as a Builder

14. (56:43) : Conclusion

Hope you liked the 72nd Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Pioneering E-Commerce 2.0!

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