47 min

E125: Shubham Goel (Co-founder & Co-CEO, Affinity‪)‬ The Desi VC: Indian Venture Capital | Angel Investors | Startups | VC

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Shubham Goel is the Co-foudner and Co-CEO of Affinity, a relationship intelligence platform for dealmakers. The company has raised over $120M in funding from Menlo Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Pear VC and Advance Venture Partners. Prior to Affinity, Shubham completed his BS in Computer Science at Stanford University.

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Episode notes:


What made Shubham pick entrepreneurship (2:00)
Propensity of risk increasing as the company grows (6:08)
The journey until the ah-ha moment (10:06)
The aha-moment (17:00)
Unlocking the operator and leader persona as a founder (25:15)
Getting the most out of your teams as a leader (31:10)
Things that have surprised Shubham in the company building journey (37:15)
What would Shubham do differently if he were to build Affinity from scratch today? (43:54)

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Social links:


Follow Shubham on Twitter
Follow The Desi VC Podcast on Twitter
Follow Akash Bhat on Twitter

Shubham Goel is the Co-foudner and Co-CEO of Affinity, a relationship intelligence platform for dealmakers. The company has raised over $120M in funding from Menlo Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Pear VC and Advance Venture Partners. Prior to Affinity, Shubham completed his BS in Computer Science at Stanford University.

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Episode notes:


What made Shubham pick entrepreneurship (2:00)
Propensity of risk increasing as the company grows (6:08)
The journey until the ah-ha moment (10:06)
The aha-moment (17:00)
Unlocking the operator and leader persona as a founder (25:15)
Getting the most out of your teams as a leader (31:10)
Things that have surprised Shubham in the company building journey (37:15)
What would Shubham do differently if he were to build Affinity from scratch today? (43:54)

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Social links:


Follow Shubham on Twitter
Follow The Desi VC Podcast on Twitter
Follow Akash Bhat on Twitter

47 min