Shirish Nadkarni, Author of From Startup to Exit | An Insider's Guide to Launching and Scaling Your Tech Business

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➡️ About The Guest⁣

Shirish Nadkarni is a serial entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in creating consumer businesses that have scaled to tens of millions of users worldwide. He was the co-founder of Livemocha, the world's largest language learning site with 15+ million registered members. Livemocha pioneered the concept of social language learning and was later acquired by RosettaStone. Prior to Livemocha, Shirish was the founder of TeamOn Systems, a mobile wireless e-mail pioneer that was acquired by Research in Motion in 2002. The TeamOn technology served as the core foundation for Blackberry Internet E-mail, which had over 50 million users at its peak.

➡️ Talking Points⁣

00:00 - Intro

04:30 - Shirish Nadkarni’s Origin Story

07:15 - What Was The Point Where Shirish Decided to Build His Own Company?

11:00 - How Does Shirish Research Market Fit Product?

14:08 - If Given The Chance, Would Shirish Have Started His Company Differently?

15:33 - Shirish’s Advice For People Who Are Doing Research On Product Market Fit

23:49 - How To Plan To Sell Your Company?

25:50 - Shirish’s Time At Blackberry.

27:19 - How Did Shirish Start His Second Company?

30:23 - Lessons Learned Starting Multiple Companies.

33:28 - What Are Some Strategies To Raise Funds For Startups?