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Lessons from Binny Bansal & Sachin Bansal of Flipkart

Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, co-founders of Flipkart, turned an online bookstore begun in a Bangalore apartment into an e-commerce giant, leaving an enduring study in ambition, execution, hyper-growth, and navigating the complexities of India’s market.
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Lessons from Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, co-founders of Snapdeal and Titan Capital

Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, co-founders of Snapdeal and managing partners of Titan Capital, embody entrepreneurial resilience after ambition, rapid ascent, near-collapse, and comeback, pairing long-term thinking with a commitment to building for India’s “Bharat” market.
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Lessons from Nithin Kamath CEO of Zerodha

Nithin Kamath, founder and CEO of Zerodha, demonstrates a bootstrapped alternative to venture-fueled growth, placing customer interests, profitability, financial discipline, and long-term sustainability at the center of building a resilient business without external venture capital.
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Lessons from Prayank Swaroop of Accel

Prayank Swaroop, a partner at Accel India with engineering experience at Adobe, brings first-principles product and technology thinking to B2B, SaaS, and enterprise investing, especially the challenge of building global companies from India and finding overlooked industries.
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Lessons from Ravi Gupta of Sequoia

Ravi Gupta, a Sequoia Capital general partner and former Instacart CFO and COO, combines operator and investor perspectives to examine disciplined growth, operational excellence, organizational fitness, and the make-or-break “Crucible Moments” that test a company’s resilience.
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Lessons from Sam Lessin

Sam Lessin, a general partner at Slow Ventures, former Facebook product executive, and founder of Drop.io and Fin, brings candid, often contrarian thinking to venture capital, startups, and technology through writing, interviews, and podcasts.
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Lessons from Yoni Retchman

Yoni Rechtman, a partner at Slow Ventures and the writer behind “99% Derisible,” offers prolific, counterintuitive perspectives on venture capital, startups, and technology, making his work a study in questioning the assumptions that organize conventional investment thinking.
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Lessons from Brian Chesky

Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, applies industrial design to products and organizational systems, joining customer obsession and culture with hands-on, founder-led leadership—an approach tested by the pandemic and sharpened through renewed focus.

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