Is Hyderabad the next BIG IT Hub? | FuelEd Unfiltered | Episode 9

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In today’s episode of fueled unfiltered, we have with us Aditya Siripragrada who started building his company at the age of 19 with a friend he met at his college in the US. Fountane, a venture studio co-founded by Aditya now makes multimillion dollar in revenue as a completely bootstrapped business. Let’s hear the story of Fountane from Aditya himself!

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Coming up in the episode
00:45 Guest Introduction
01:10 Introduction
01:47 Aditya's Background
03:08 Journey to the US
03:58 Suspended from college
05:56 Can you start a company as an International student?
08:00 Minimum Viable Product(MVP) strategy
08:53 How Fountane started?
12:34 Hiring through local newspaper ads
14:47 What does Fountane actually do?
18:19 What is a Venture Studio?
20:06 Building Network in the US
23:00 Choosing Hyderabad over Bangalore to expand
24:12 Hyderabad's Growth Story
27:00 Fountane's work culture
31:18 Can you Moonlight at Fountane?
33:54 Overcoming Hiring challenges
37:21 Hiring from Twitter spaces
41:36 Transparent hiring approach
43:41 Non-negotiables when hiring
47:44 Difference in hiring between India and US
50:52 Ever regretted hiring from Twitter?
51:48 Hiring Preference: India vs. Europe
53:43 Key metrics to look when starting a Business
56:28 What is Internal Rate of Return (IRR)?
58:44 More jobs are shifting to India
01:00:59 Indian Wealth Boom
01:03:00 Emerging Opportunities: EVs, Fashion and Health
01:05:11 Wedding Industry Potential
01:06:18 Surrogacy as a Business
01:09:11 Advice for youngsters
01:12:43 Aditya's proudest moment at Fountane
01:13:59 Conclusion

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The FuelEd Unfiltered Podcast is a place where you can come back every alternate week to find interesting guests, thought-provoking conversations and some relatable chitchat. If you are someone who is on the lookout for an alternative career path, is confused about whether to start up or not, or just wants to see two 20-year-olds chitchat about their social media shenanigans over dinner - this is the place for you to be.


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