Suumit is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several startups. He is the founder and CEO of Dukaan, a platform that democratizes e-commerce. In this episode he spoke about pivoting from services to products, picking a problem to solve, building for the the bharat user and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.
Topics:
00:00 Introduction
01:03 Pivoting from services to products
03:44 What are merchants looking for
07:39 Going from Idea to product to company
11:42 Picking a problem
14:31 Working on Discoverability
16:05 SaaS adoption among SMBs
18:27 Building a successful Freemium model
21:17 Principles of building for the bharat user
22:51 Challenges Suumit is solving
24:16 Advice to young entrepreneurs
25:16 Scaling v/s proving business model
26:45 Impact of capital on the ecosystem
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