Many founders try to build for large markets. But Saahil Goel, Founder, Shiprocket thinks differently.
In his opinion, it’s okay to build small or lesser things and target a core segment of users, instead of jumping into a competition with large players, where you might not stand a chance.
In other words - Picking your battles wisely.
During this episode, Saahil talks about finding the right investors, current focus of the company, and much more.
Notes -
01:56 - Finding his Co-founder & brainstorming around data-driven logistics
09:04 - Problem with starting in a large competitive market
12:02 - Focus metrics during the initial journey
14:12 - Current scale of Shiprocket
22:04 - Warehouse as a Service
26:24 - Y-o-Y growth of platform
27:49 - Approach to fixing broken things & building new
32:14 - Raising initial rounds of funding
45:01 - “Unless and until you have clarity about something, it won’t work.”
48:19 - Ensuring focus within the team