Next Speaker: Girish M, Founder of SaaS *unicorn-to-be* .@freshdesk Time: 7:30pm, 16 NovIMDC Audi, .@IIMAhmedabad pic.twitter.com/cQhayNFAqt— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 15, 2016
Talk by Girish M, Founder of Freshdesk about to begin at PP Gupta Auditorium, IMDC, IIM A!@mrgirish @HTSAS_IIMA @IIMAhmedabad @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016
Girish: "We raised $149M. But we won't need it for a few years" #HTSAS @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016
Girish: "We were foolish enough to think that we could sit in Chennai and build a software for the world" @CIIEIndia #HTSAS— Isotope (@LemonSaltSoda) November 16, 2016
Girish: "I ended up spending $40,000 entirely on marketing to identify the right channels" @CIIEIndia #HTSAS— Isotope (@LemonSaltSoda) November 16, 2016
Girish: "I started as a Java trainer, as an alternative to NIIT and Aptech, selling myself as a practitioner from HCL" #HTSAS @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016
Girish: "Unfortunately, ppl in India follow the crowd. Potential is unlocked when you match talent with job description" #HTSAS @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016
Girish: "Built the company using passionate Freshers. We will create Silicon-Valley like talent in India" #HTSAS @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016
Girish: "As an India-based SaaS company, we can service the large number of SMBs. We hunt deer n' rabbits, not elephants" #HTSAS @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016
Girish: "SaaS changed a CapEx into a monthly operating expenditure. SMB SaaS will overtake enterprise SaaS by 2020" #HTSAS @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016
Girish: "We had to play in the big league. The turning point was when Zendesk, 100 times larger, attacked us on twitter" #HTSAS @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016
Girish: "Get yourself invited to the big league. Directly take on the Salesforces of the world through PR, proactively" #HTSAS @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016
Mr Girish is taking questions. Just reply to this thread your question, we will share his answer to that. #HTSAS @CIIEIndia— HowToStartAStartup (@HTSAS_IIMA) November 16, 2016