Tiger Analytics | Unicorn with Zero Marketing | Mahesh Kumar | Pradeep Gulipalli

🎙️Founders Unfiltered Ep-114:

Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.

Join us as we talk to Mahesh Kumar, the Founder & CEO, and Pradeep Gulipalli, the Co-founder and CEO (India) of Tiger Analytics about their story.

Mahesh completed his B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Bombay in 1999, followed by a PhD from MIT in 2003.

He began his career as a summer associate intern at McKinsey & Company, then went on to serve as an assistant professor at the R.H. Smith School of Business and Rutgers Business School, as well as a faculty research associate at MIT Sloan School of Management.

In 2011, he founded Tiger Analytics.

Pradeep completed his B.Tech from IIT Madras in 2003, followed by an MS from The University of Texas at Austin.

He began his career as a Data Scientist at Marketing and Planning Systems in Boston. In June 2012, he co-founded Tiger Analytics and became the India CEO.

🏢 About Tiger Analytics:
Tiger Analytics is a global leader in AI and analytics, helping Fortune 1000 companies tackle complex challenges.

With over 4000 experts across the US, UK, Canada, India, Singapore, and Australia, they serve industries including CPG, Retail, Insurance, BFS, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, and Healthcare.

Ranked among the ‘Best’ and ‘Fastest Growing’ analytics firms by Inc., Financial Times, Economic Times, and Analytics India Magazine.

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🎙️Founders Unfiltered:    • Founders Unfiltered  
🎥 AJVC BTS:    • AJVC behind the scenes  
🦄 Start-up Chronicles:    • Start-up Chronicles - Weekly  
🔎 AJVC Insights:    • AJVC Insights - Early Days  
🎯 Deep Dives:    • Insights & Deep Dives  
📈 Founder Insights:    • Founder Insights  


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Aviral Bhatnagar is a VC at Venture Highway and is the Founder of A Junior VC. He started the A Junior VC Newsletter in 2018 after observing whitespace in conversations in the Indian Venture ecosystem. He completed his B. Tech from IIT Bombay and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

Mazin Biviji is a Product Owner at Agoda and a founding member of A Junior VC. He previously worked at Deloitte as a Senior Consultant. He completed his MSE and BSE from the University of Michigan and his MBA from INSEAD.

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✂ Editing Credits:
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🔎 Research:
1. Ayush Kumar -   / ayushkcs  
2. Sahil Nizam -   / sahilnizam12  
3. Yogesh Sahu -   / yksahu  

00:00 Start
02:40 Rapid Fire Round
12:44 Founders' Early Days
20:02 Building Tiger Analytics
28:58 Scaling Business to $1 Bn
38:09 Impact of GenAI
43:07 Attracting and Retaining Talent
51:08 Future Plan for Tiger Analytics
53:34 Unfiltered Feedback

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