Profitable SaaS Giant: Venky Balasubramanian, Plivo - Backstage with Millionaires

[@suyashpriyadarshi4297]

Well, thats a pretty inspirational and informational episode. Thanks for doing this. I loved the chap and his persona of getting things done.

[@jigsaw2281]

Yes we want india profitable startups not over valued shiit... We want zerodha founders Zoho founders next

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

Exactly! Sustainable businesses ftw 💪 -Caleb

[@varunacharya4583]

They have enough videos and podcasts in KZbin, idk what more do you want from them. Backstage is doing good job by calling smaller and humbler CEOs!

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

Exactly! And really, this is because I like talking to these kinds of people. Awais from Pixxel, Abhishek from Appsmith - these are just good guys to hang out with, on or off camera. -Caleb

[@karthik_kwads]

Amazing founding story! Lot of lessons for founders here. Keep these podcasts coming!

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

Thanks Karthik! 🙂 Definitely a lot to learn from Venky. -Caleb

[@geekySRM]

Listened completely! Great interview and really interesting questions asked by Caleb!

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

Thanks GeekySRM 🙂 glad you enjoyed it! -Caleb

[@ManojKumar-bn4jr]

With the Help of Backstage with Millionaires with such a Wonderful and Educative video , I learned lot of Things and Willing to take the decision and how to take the decision witht the success and failures from realtime industry ,.... Thankyou Team !, Keep Rocking !!!!!!

[@Jenis_Sanghani]

I mean this guys is Visionary and go with the flow. Always Finds The Way or the other way arround to solve problem that going arround. So much to learn.

[@VishalChandanshive]

I was literally hypnotized by his voice, vision, or sentiments towards people 😳🙏👌👌 @caleb appreciate the way you ask the questions. Real talent bro 😜

[@ayya11790]

Great show. Enjoyed listening/watching. 👍

[@SanavullaC]

Inspiring story... Got to learn a lot. Thanks for bringing in this podcasts.

[@NivedVT]

Inspiring, Keep going and keep growing..

[@papilo-topato]

Awesome insight.... waiting for content..... All the best BWM!!!! need more abt unknown founders and moreeee

[@VbVb-d5q]

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[@sachinkumart]

Is there any YT channel that talks about US or Uk startups as well?

[@sapnilpatel1645]

I really liked this video. Thanks for making this video.

[@studytime2570]

Wanted to ask: what is the deadline to apply for that researcher's role, Caleb?

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

No deadline studytime! -Caleb

[@studytime2570]

@@backstagewithmillionaires thank you.

[@chan90s]

Why did you open the site in wayback machine?

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

We wanted to show the old site, not the new one. -Caleb

[@Ram-nd8cb]

Amazing interview bro, you had good research before which made interview more interesting and you are asking good questions.

[@mrgyani]

I think the potential is way way higher. Because he says right off the bat they were able to land big customers worth 100K a month = 1.2M a year. And they have only grown 40x. That's like only 40 big customers.

[@thyagarajesh184]

Good luck to the investors and employees when the company buys their equity using the profits generated.

[@mrTruth007]

Low-key he makes me wanna send my pitch to the admin and ask for their help to find me the right kind VC investor.

[@mrgyani]

I think Venky is a brilliant mind, a serial entrepreneur, but their company could be much better managed.

[@chan90s]

There was exotel in 2012 which was a brand in startup world

[@manjunathag7072]

Awesome

[@108.saikrishnalakhinana8]

Brother do video on Indian cyber security startups

[@themeniacs7376]

Inspiring

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

Agreed themeniacs, his journey is incredible. -Caleb

[@tamanna4697]

Also invite some CTOs👍

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

Any CTO founders you have in mind? -Caleb

[@tamanna4697]

@@backstagewithmillionaires why are my comments getting deleted it already happened two times wtf😭?

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

If you're including links that could be why. Don't worry, we aren't deleting your comments, it's KZbin or nobody. -Caleb

[@chan90s]

Caleb, invite Ola's Ex CTO and Zerodha's current CTO. They both remind me of Spotify CTO , building stuff which is considered difficult even today

[@SinghAvishas]

he's a gem

[@yosup125]

for the algo

[@47-aniketmore65]

Can someone please tell me what YC is?

[@darshangala9804]

Plivo is B4B right?

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

Yes! -Caleb

[@subuafpro]

What a deep thought and action!

[@swapnilchand338]

@41:00 what's this big customer? is this WhatsApp or what??

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

Maybe... 😅🙄 -Caleb

[@chan90s]

You should have used that venture debt to buy Bitcoin 😂😂

[@golanfernandes]

Who knew Bitcoin would soar so high in 2011? Also vc wont allow your company to invest their money in random unproven assets.

[@mrgyani]

40:23 WhatsApp? 🤯

[@backstagewithmillionaires]

🤐 -Caleb

[@MannKumar-n6i]

Great

[@jugalmehra17]

Can someone noticed fake accent

[@deathtrap5556]

If you watched even 10 minutes of the interview you would know that he worked in the US, and even his company plivo is based in Austin, Texas for all their American clients.

[@dreamreality2007]

Having lived in the US for 10 years I can say he is definitely not faking an accent

[@ramubaba8988]

Hyderabad will miserably fail, people in hyderabad especially telguites are not open minded, they lack all the necessary skills, they are just surviving basis telgu brotherhood, this strategy does not work in long run, telguites do lot of groupisim, a lot of them went to us but no use, they did not learn a single thing from us culture, they still carry the old age mindset. They have hjjaked h1b visa system as well, investors should be aware of this.