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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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We extend a heartfelt thank you to speakers at the GSF Founders-Investors Conference! Your invaluable insights & engaging discussions lit up the event. With exceptional founders & investors, this conference became an unforgettable experience. Thank you. #WhereDoWeGoNow
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@gsf_fund
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Indian Startup Story is very elitist so far...do you think it will get democratised in this decade?
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Softbank says it will invest another $4B in Indian startups in 2021.
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"You can beat 40 scholars with one fact, but you can't beat one idiot with 40 facts" --- Rumi
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Top 5 Advertising Companies on Earth 1. Google ($132B) 2. Facebook ($87B) 3. Alibaba ($29B) 4. Bytedance ($28B) 5. Amazon ($20B) Guess which one is the sixth?
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@gsf_fund
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USD 32M converted into USD 180B Amazing story of South Africa-based newspaper publisher called Naspers, which parlayed a $32 million investment in Tencent 17 years ago into a stake now worth about $180 billion.
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“Startups don't die when they run out of cash, they die when the founders run out of energy." -- Naval Ravikant
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Big shoutout to all the rockstar speakers who graced the GSF Founders-Investors Retreat with their wisdom and humor. With over 150 amazing investors and founders, this year's retreat was truly epic. Thank you for making it unforgettable! @aakrit #AbhishekPandey @akashthematrix
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The next Steve Jobs will come from India. --- @BrianNorgard
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We are not surprised....but you sure will be!! Indiamart,leader in B2B classifieds, has more visitors and traffic than well known B2C sites like MakeMyTrip, Snapdeal and Shopclues. Well done @IndiaMART team!! @rajeshsawhney @DineshAgarwal @ChapmanLizzie @grengaswamy
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"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." -- Bob Hope
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"Every job looks easy when you're not the one doing it." -- Jeff Immelt
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@gsf_fund
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We are pleased to announce that our portfolio company @whatfix is the latest company in India to receive series D funding from @softbank Rock on @KhadimBatti and @varakumar_n
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"If you must panic, panic early." -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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5 things a founder must have: - Resilience - Real missionary purpose - Being able to build a team - Love execution - Story Telling AMA with @RajanAnandan MD, @Sequoia_India He addressed 100 founders under incubation at GSF Academy Thank you Rajan @rajeshsawhney @nlaiq
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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A message of hope from our founder @rajeshsawhney in today's Times of India newspaper.
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@gsf_fund
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Founders Fear Nothing
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Tejeshwi is a rising star in the startup ecosystem. Our founders speak highly of him; he is a believer and a doer. Rock on @tejeshwi_sharma @Sequoia_India
@tejeshwi_sharma
Tejeshwi Sharma 🇮🇳
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Over the last few quarters, many folks have asked me why my profile is not up on the @Sequoia_India website. TBH it was just procrastination. Truly privileged to find myself in this group of talented, passionate and hard working people 🙏🙏🙏
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Azim Premji on Leadership.
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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The most iconic view of the world.
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Hire people who will push you every day. Not the other way round. -- Vishwastam Shukla, CTO, HackerEarth
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Cash is king; but Cash flow is God. - Rajesh Sawhney
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Delighted to report that GSF Accelerator exited from Dailyrounds (acquired by Japanese Healthcare Company M3) and Pokkt (acquired by Singapore based AnyMind Group) in the year 2019-20.
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"Whatever makes you uncomfortable is your biggest opportunity for growth" - Bryant McGill.
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India has voted for @atherenergy May the force be with you @tarunsmehta
@rajeshsawhney
Rajesh Sawhney 🇮🇳
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I want to buy an EV scooter for my day to day local commute (5Km). @tarunsmehta @bhash @motorcycleyogi Which one do you recommend?
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GSF Accelerator
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Tweet of the day in @EconomicTimes
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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Big THANK YOU and a massive shoutout to our superstar speakers at GSF Founders-Investors Retreat! Your knowledge, wisdom, and humor lit up the event🚀 With 150+ brilliant founders and investors, it turned into an epic experience. Thanks for making it unforgettable🙌 #GoaSuperFun
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@gsf_fund
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. -- Bill Gates
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
2 years
Neither @rajeshsawhney nor @GSFIndia are slowing down on investments. We have committed to 3 investments in June:) and more deals are in the pipeline. While many VCs may be in winter, we are in spring mode. Our doors are wide open:)
@rajeshsawhney
Rajesh Sawhney 🇮🇳
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Slow it down! Slow Travel like Slow Food is infinitely more rewarding.
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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Listen
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"Turn every setback into a comeback." - Kobe Bryant
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Whosoever invented this 2x2 matrix is a genius!
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@gsf_fund
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Work! Keep digging your well. Water is there somewhere. -- Rumi
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Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. — Maya Angelou
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"You don't have to pee on an electric fence to learn not to do it." -- Charlie Munger
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Averages hide a lot, medians reveal a lot. -- Rajesh Sawhney
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“The grass is always greener on the side that’s fertilized with bullshit.” -- Morgan Housel
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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🎙We will have a talk about "Building Web3 startups in a bear market" with Buidlers Tribe ( @BuidlersTribe ) on Twitter Space. Join us tomorrow 🔥 Space will start at 20:00 IST on 24 May (Tue). @PareenL @pythonhulk @rajgup_
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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India SaaS Landscape - 1000 companies - 10 unicorns - $4B VC capital invested in Indian SaaS in the last 5 years: likely to double up in the next 5 years. - GSF Portfolio is shining bright @whatfix @Slintel_Inc @zenduty @vaultedgetweets @Upscale_ai
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"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." — Marcus Aurelius
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“One kind word can warm three winter months.” —A Japanese Proverb
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@gsf_fund
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You are...
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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What's common between Apple, Google, Amazon, Harley, Disnet and Matel? Well, these great companies started in Garage. Stay Humble, Hustle Hard
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"The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life." - Confucius
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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That's why we believe your choice of co-founders matters the most when you begin your startup journey.
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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👉Here is the way: GSF Web 3.0 Academy Are you building your #Web3 startup? or want to grow Web3 business? 🔥Learn from top experts and VCs in the Indian Web3 ecosystem. 💡You will be guided by mentors, and build your Web3 startup in 90 days. ✨Apply:
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"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow." - Chinese Proverb
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@gsf_fund
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Founders No permissions are required to build a great business.
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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Watch our founder @rajeshsawhney on @ndtv His advice is simple & practical: Early Stage startups should be given a grant of 10-20L to tide over next 5-6 months. Rs 2500 Cr grant package can come out of un-utilized portion of Rs 10K CR FoF launched by GOI a few years back
@sanket
Sanket Upadhyay
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#Covid_19 impact: Can startups recover? @rajeshsawhney Watch the full discussion here: #CoronavirusLockdown #Covid_19 #CoronaVirusUpdate
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
4 years
Amazing to see not one, but 2 Indian startups (that GSF Accelerator incubated) in the Silicon Valley’s 100 Fastest Growing startups in 2020. In SaaS India rocks: 2 out of 9 are these two. Congrats to @Whatfix & @Slintel teams. Rock on!!
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@gsf_fund
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Big innovations don’t feel so big in the beginning. Actually these feel awkward and uneasy to use in the beginning. -- Rajesh Sawhney
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GSF seed, Accel series A, Tiger Global series B, Softbank series C
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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80% Fewer Startups in 2017 We see green shoots...we believe 2018 will be a bounce back year for Indian startups & tech ecosystem Founders should brace up for an exciting 2018! @rajeshsawhney @sidtalwar @roshanabbas @anandc @DineshAgarwal @anandlunia @avnish @shantimohan
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@gsf_fund
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Our founder @rajeshsawhney was amongst the top angel investors in India between 2010 to 2017 via @timesofindia
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“Never give up. Today is hard tomorrow will be worse. But the day after tomorrow will be sunshine." - Jack Ma
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GSF Portfolio: Onmeta @onmetahq provides on-ramp and off-ramp solutions (widget/API integration) to next-generation web3 dapps to help them, onboard mainstream users, by simplifying UX. #web2UXinweb3 Go! Onmeta @_bharatht @prateek_gupta6 @KrishnaTNemani @rajeshsawhney @nlaiq
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@gsf_fund
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“Everyone driving slower than you is an idiot and everyone driving faster than you is a maniac.” -George Carlin
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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Happy to lead the first round of funding in @Upscale_ai , like we did in @whatfix & @Slintel_Inc It's founders @yeeshusinghh @SandeepMahala89 are building a game changing SaaS company. Rock on! @rajeshsawhney @DineshAgarwal @roshanabbas @gauravkapur @AmarBatra @vinod_shankar
@YourStoryCo
YourStory
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B2B sales engagement startup #Upscale has raised $250,000 in its pre-seed round led by Powerhouse Ventures, Java Capital, and GSF Accelerator. @Upscale_ai @YeshuSinghh @SandeepMahala89 @MILIJOULE @powerhouseven @JavaCapital @GSFIndia @vinod_shankar
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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RazorPay is the FinTech Partner for HackGSF 2017! Innovate with India's smartest developers using UPI and Blockchain frameworks. #HackGSF
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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GSF @timesofindia feature article Lots has changed since GSF was founded in 2012 but our core value "founders for founders" remains intact
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@gsf_fund
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Never Quit Learning
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“We don’t live in Bungalows, Duplexes or Flat, we live in our mind and that is our permanent residence, keep it clean.” -- Mukesh Ambani
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@gsf_fund
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Indian VCs: Don't pontificate, take the bold steps forward. Back Indian startups that are filling the white spaces left by the Chinese apps.
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The journey to a million customers starts by building a product for one. -- @bhavintu
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"I believe it's not the technology that changes the world. It's the dream behind the technology that changes the world." -- Jack Ma
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Art of Storytelling "What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done." -- Sherlock Holmes
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@gsf_fund
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600X value creation in 8 years from seed ($1M) to series D ($600M) And kahani abhi baki hai:)
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@gsf_fund
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Thrilled to see two of our portfolio companies @whatfix and @quizizz named to the Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021. Massive Congratulations from all of us at GSF Accelerator! @rajeshsawhney @DineshAgarwal @roshanabbas @KhadimBatti @xeepak @ankit042 @varakumar
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@gsf_fund
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"Our first target should be survival in the game." -- Warren Buffet
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"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire." - Richard M. Nixon
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@gsf_fund
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Profits of a few bootstrapped companies (FY22) ▪️Zoho [SaaS]: Rs 2749 Cr ▪️Zerodha [fintech]: Rs 2094 Cr ▪️GamesKraft [gaming]: Rs 937 Cr ▪️Gameberry [gaming]: Rs 93 Cr ▪️Wingify [SaaS]: Rs 58 Cr ▪️Noise [D2C]: Rs 36 Cr Source: @upadhyay_harsh1
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“The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.” - Richard Powers
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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One of the important things for founders is, what you say should not be different from what you do. Building an a team and company culture with Kumar Rangarajan @kumrr , Co-Founder @slanglabs Addressed 100 founders under incubation at GSF Academy. Thanks! @rajeshsawhney @nlaiq
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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Google and Fintech Investments -- Google has made 69 investment deals in 45 Fintech startups so far, making it one of the largest investor in this space. -- 58 deals in US, only one deal in India so far. -- InsureTech, Payments, B2B are key sectors -- Seed to Scale investor
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"Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster. For when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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We admire the fearlessness of Indian tech founders who are willing to go to new markets and build Indian brands there Congrats @Olacabs and @bhash Congrats @Zomato and @deepigoyal Congrats @Paytm and @vijayshekhar Congrats @freshdesk and @mrgirish
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. - Zen Proverb.
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(1/n) "Metrics for your Seed Stage Startup" session with @nlaiq ; addressed 200 founders under incubation at GSF Academy Winter 2022 🚀 “1st entering the market does not matter. The first to find PMF will be the long-term winner.” Check more tips in 🧵 @rajeshsawhney
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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What's your North Star Metric? “Revenue is the price your customer pays. North Star Metric is the value your customer gets in return for that price.” --- Ward van Gasteren
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
4 years
One may be a fluke, but is two a trend? 2 SaaS startup incubated by GSF Accelerator have got the backing of two of the best SaaS VC investors: @Stellaris_VP & @Sequoia_India Proud of our portfolio companies @whatfix & @Slintel_Inc @tejeshwi_sharma @alokgoyal1971 @rajeshsawhney
@Stellaris_VP
Stellaris Venture Partners
4 years
Privileged to continue our partnership with @Slintel_Inc as it sets itself poised for growth in the massive sales & marketing intelligence market. We are also delighted to have @Accel_India & @Sequoia_India as partners on the journey 🚀
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"There is nothing like a dream to create the future." -- Victor Hugo
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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. -- Sun Tzu
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Essence of a Startup Serve a customer you love, find a painful problem, and build a solution for them. - @agazdecki
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@gsf_fund
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Our founder @rajeshsawhney says, “Optimists create wealth & invest in the green shoots after the crisis. They believe in the inherent capacity of humanity to bounce back.” ET captures the lessons he learnt in the thick of 3 global crisis of 21st century:
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@gsf_fund
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“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” ― Steve Jobs
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
2 years
We are proud to share that 6 out of 30 startup’s to watch in September 2022 (Inc42) are part of GSF Academy Summer 2022 Cohort. Apply now for the Winter 2022 Cohort: Read more on @Inc42 :
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Thinking is difficult,that's why...
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"You have two lives. The second begins when you realise you only have one." - Confucius
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Tweet of the day @ETtech @rajeshsawhney is referring to our two recent investments: 1) @eekifoods from Kota 2) @thingsup_io from Pune
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“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.” -- Woody Guthrie
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To understand Chinese Culture, one has to under what Confucius taught.
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@gsf_fund
GSF Accelerator
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6th iteration of GSF Accelerator Get USD 200K in funding from India's No 1 accelerator programme Apply now:
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@CNBCTV18News
CNBC-TV18
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SaaS startup Whatfix has raised a $90 Million Series D round Backed By SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and has now trebled its valuation since 2020. The company expects revenues to double in 2021, CEO Khadim Batti says. @whatfix @MugdhaCNBCTV18
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GSF is a community of founders.
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