'Entrepreneurs Are Always Nervous, Unicorn Or Early Stage', Ft. Arpit A, Blume Ventures, SJMSoM,Pt1

In this episode of Konversation cafe, we have Arpit Agarwal, a director at Blume Venture and an alum from NIT Trichy and IIT Bombay. Arpit will share his journey from choosing an institute to his startup ventures here.
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Arpit shares the importance of taking opportunities when life presents you with one. Being curious, and investing yourself in things that do not entitle you to monetary benefits, is also a part of your journey. He describes Barcamp and how this event played a crucial role in his career.
Being an engineer, Arpit did not like to do stuff in detail; that’s where he decided to get into big picture stuff, which paved his path to an MBA and the reason behind choosing IIT Bombay. He also explains why the startup world was challenging to explore during the 2000s as the internet wasn’t as fast as the current generation.
He was also involved in the Tech event, which enabled students from Indian universities to display and commercialize their technology products to the market. Some of the products inspired Arpit even to start his own company called Academic Ventures, which focused on the exact purpose of commercializing products into the market.
Watch the entire video as he explains how a VC firm assesses a company’s valuation and how funds are raised according to the company’s market size. Please tell us in the comment section which part of his journey you got most inspired, and stay tuned for part two of this Konversation cafe video.
0:00 Highlights
0:40 Introduction
5:55 Journey Towards MBA
8:20 Exposure to the Startup World
9:59 Internship At LOREAL
11:11 Life After MBA FROM IIT Bombay
15:04 Experience At Sales
16:50 Starting A Company
18:27 Best Decision of Life
21:25 Getting into VC
23:00 How To Value A Company?
27:17 Aspirations Of Entrepreneurs
28:41 Stay Tuned For Part 2
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[@ayushpatro]

Absolutely lovely how Arpit speaks. The grit and ishq with the process can be seen in his eyes and yours too Ankit

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The Anchor’s body language is very annoying 🙄