This episode is an in-depth discussion of going 0-to-1 as a US-India dev tool startup. We cover everything from how to identify market gaps, ways to think about dev tools MVPs, leveraging the India developer market to build global products, comparing various GTM channels like Hacker News, GitHub, Reddit, LinkedIn & open-source communities, learnings from shuttling between the US and India and finally, harnessing the power of open-source.
Joining me for this discussion is Pranay Prateek, co-founder of SigNoz, an open-source observability platform that is native to OpenTelemetry and provides logs, traces, and metrics in a single pane of glass. He has been a developer in the past, worked in product roles in companies like Microsoft, and is a champion of open-source.
TIME STAMPS:
(01:52) Building software for US vs India customers
(08:08) The dilemma of AI venture investing in India
(12:01) Similarities & differences between product leaders in the Bay Area vs India
(19:59) Role of the surrounding environment in shaping a founder’s mindset
(22:25) What can Silicon Valley learn from India’s way of building products
(25:49) The global competitive advantage of Indian startups in software and deep tech
(36:39) Community-building in the US vs India
(41:11) How should an India-based seed startup approach community-building in the US?
(49:27) Tips for building relationships in Silicon Valley as a US-India founder
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