Ep. 12 · 41 min
Killing the product that worked
Nandini Shah · Khetbook
Why she walked away from a working lending product and a term sheet to build the ledger 40,000 traders open first.
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The operator’s decision desk for early-stage India.
One founder, one decision, one hour. The conversation behind the pattern — no highlight reel.
Nandini Shah · Khetbook
Why she walked away from a working lending product and a term sheet to build the ledger 40,000 traders open first.
Ananya Rao · Bhasha
The arithmetic behind ignoring unanimous advice and building for the vernacular market everyone called “later.”
Riya Kapoor · Tindrum
Building for a million creators from a rented house in Goa — and refusing the cheque that came with a hurry.
Meera Joshi · Saral Pay
Going absurdly deep in one merchant category while better-funded generalists chased every vertical at once.
Ishaan Verma · Chakra Robotics
Taking a smaller hardware grant over a larger equity cheque — and why deep-tech founders learn ownership too late.