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CityMall's Playbook for Solving E-commerce in India's Small Towns and Villages

CityMall is bringing e-commerce to value-conscious households in India's small towns and villages, enabling online shopping for millions of underserved consumers. Specializing in groceries, lifestyle essentials, and more, CityMall connects directly with consumers through local community leaders. This unique model ensures trust and addresses the needs of India's value-conscious consumers like never before. In this episode of Builders for Bharat, Co-founder and CEO Angad Kikla explains why quick commerce and traditional e-commerce won't replace grocery buying in India.

How Mamaearth is Turning Focus Towards India Beyond the Metros

Mamaearth, India's fastest idea-to-IPO startup, is now setting its sights on India's tier 2 and 3 cities as critical hubs for expansion. This move underscores Mamaearth's commitment to enhancing accessibility and influence across diverse Indian markets. In an upcoming episode, Zairus Master from Mamaearth unveils the company's strategy to amplify its reach through extensive network expansion.

Pratilipi's Quest to Build the Ultimate Online Marketplace for Stories

Pratilipi started as an online literature platform but has since blossomed into India's largest digital ecosystem for readers and writers in 12 languages including Odia, Punjabi, and Telugu. Breaking barriers of language, device, format, technology, and geography, Pratilipi empowers writers to share their stories freely. In the episode, Pratilipi Co-Founder and CEO Ranjeet Pratap Singh talks about the challenges the company faced while building a company that serves such a diverse audience.

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How STAGE is Riding the OTT Tide With Vernacular Entertainment

With the expansion of OTT, regional languages are claiming the spotlight. STAGE is seizing this opportunity to lead in Bharat’s digital landscape.

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Meesho: The deck is a tool to build trust with potential investors




In the sixth episode of PitchCraft, Chandra Srikanth speaks to Vidit Aatrey, Founder and CEO of Meesho, and Elevation Capital’s Mukul Arora, as they deconstruct the company's first pitch deck. Vidit and Mukul discuss Meesho’s journey from being a tool for resellers to becoming an e-commerce marketplace, and the importance of finding the right investment partner.


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Zetwerk: Simplicity in storytelling makes for an effective pitch deck

In the fifth episode of PitchCraft, Moneycontrol's Chandra Srikanth speaks to Amrit Acharya, co-founder and CEO of Zetwerk, and Prayank Swaroop, partner at Accel, as they unveil Zetwerk's first pitch deck.
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Future of Insurance: Learnings from Varun Dua, Founder & CEO Acko

We spoke to Varun about his journey building an insurance company, how he approaches building a brand in an industry with established players, and what he sees in the future. He is joined by Abhinav Chaturvedi and Subrata Mitra, investors at Accel who have had a ringside view of Acko and Coverfox.

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CityMall's Playbook for Solving E-commerce in India's Small Towns and Villages
How Mamaearth is Turning Focus Towards India Beyond the Metros
Pratilipi's Quest to Build the Ultimate Online Marketplace for Stories
The Story of BharatAgri – A Doctor For India’s Farmlands
How STAGE is Riding the OTT Tide With Vernacular Entertainment
Scaling Education: Is GenAI the platform-level shift India was waiting for?
Future of travel: How Gen AI will transform your travel experience
Reimagining the Bazaar: Can AI bring live commerce to India?
AI for Everyone: How Generative AI will change B2C interfaces as we know them
Introducing the #DecodingMarketplaces Startup Hunt
Deconstructing B2B marketplaces
Understanding B2C Marketplaces
MindTickle: A Journey of Product and People
Sales Ops: Improving the Efficiency of your Sales Engine
Value Metrics and Pricing Design for SaaS Companies
What does SaaS have to do with Real-Estate Operations: The story of Facilio
SaaS Playbook: Sales
Product-led Growth for SaaS Companies
Spas and SaaS: How Zenoti Launched in the Global Wellness Market, Building Incrementally on Early Lessons
Zinier addresses the next generation of mobile workers
5 Habits of Successful Product Teams
The story of Zomentum — Accel’s Perspective
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Investment in IoT Category: Smart Facility Management software company, Facilio
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Airmeet: A New Venue For All Community Events
Announcing Our Investment in Bayestree: A Next Generation Enterprise CX Platform
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Announcing Accel’s investment in Eder Labs - Enabling AI without Compromise
SaaS Playbook: Marketing
Our Investment in Slintel
Disrupting Zoom: Startup Opportunities
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SaaS Playbook: Learning from the Practitioners and Building a Community
How to build a clear and actionable GTM strategy
How Chargebee Made its First Million
Entering a New Market as a SaaS Business and Finding First Customers
Decoding Buyer Matrix & Buyer Journey for your SaaS business
Building an Effective Startup Program as a GTM Channel
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The overnight success story which was a decade in the making
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A Career in Venture Capital
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Breakthrough Science: Akamara Therapeutics Engineers Next-Generation Immunotherapy for Cancer
Kunal Shah's Delta 4 theory of successful startups
Align your Sales & Marketing with the Buyer Journey
Google Penalty? Don’t Press the Panic Button Yet
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A year with Accel India: Reflections, Thoughts, and Learnings
Why you Need the Right Metrics for your Startup
Value Stack for Product-led Growth
The Product Spiral: Personas for High Growth & Repeatable Success
How to Setup the Right Metrics for your Startup
From Product-first to People-first: Making the Transition Painfree for the Founder and the Startup
The people practice playbook for early stage startups
Efficient and Sustainable Value Creation
3D Personas for Complete Customers Insights
The Why, What, and How of Employee Equity
What It Takes To Be A Startup HR
The Founder Conundrum: Should You Go Solo or Get Co-Founders?
Strategic Thinking: a Critical Tool for Founders to Define Higher Purpose and Set Goals
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Organization Design: How Founders Can Get it Right
The 5 Critical Skills You Need for Life as an Entrepreneur
Life Lessons from A Billion Dollar Entrepreneur: Jyoti Bansal
Founder to Leader: Building People-Centric Organisations
Hiring and Empowering Great People Managers
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Employee friendly equity policy: a win-win for employees and the startup
ESOPs — Creating Value and Retaining Talent as a Startup
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SEO Best Practices Adopted by Market Leaders
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Indian Urban Mass — The Next Frontier?
The Golden Age of Indian Startups, VCs
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Warren Buffet’s Economic Moats or Elon Musk’s Innovation?
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Creative Innovation & Disruptive Innovation
Engage 101 — Building Sustainable Growth through Retention
Unlocking Business Value with Data Science
Towards Better Fundraising
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Building great brands: Brand Marketing for Category Creating Companies
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Branding Tips for Startups from VCs, Entrepreneurs and Marketing Experts
Our Investment in Uni
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Accel partners with Credgenics to accelerate India's financial inclusion journey
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