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The definition of a ​‘product manager’ and that of a ​‘product driven organization’ has really evolved over the last few years. In a knowledge share session organized by Blume Ventures, Kaushik Subramanian, product leader (previously at Facebook), tried to resolve this question…

By Arpit Agarwal, Venkatesh Modi We have been closely following the EV space for years, especially since it gathered steam four years ago. Over time, we garnered enough takeaways to compile into a single account – the only resource you need to understand the…

On April 1^st 2022, two 24 year olds, who started their journey of building satellites at the age of 19, launched India’s first private commercial satellite through SpaceX’s Transporter 4 mission from Cape Canaveral. This is the first of their constellation of…

Early this year, I got a call from a friend who wanted to know how she could start investing in startups. She was someone who invested in land a decade ago, and sold it for 3x recently. But investments in gold and real estate weren’t as appealing to her anymore. ​“I…

This year’s BlumeDay was the most celebrated event in almost two years. Don’t take our word for it. Check #BlumeDay2022 on Twitter and see the buzz for yourself. We saw over 450+ people come together for our 11^th birthday celebrations. The energy was the highest we…

Why do we root for the underdogs? Science says watching someone down and out win against the mighty gives people hope, and who doesn’t love a story that gives them hope? This feeling is pervasive, cutting across age groups and geographical boundaries. We rooted for the Indian…

During Blume Day 2020, Gaurav Munjal of Unacademy spoke about how he wanted to be known as the founder of a unicorn before he enters his 30s. Unacademy was valued at $500 million at the time, and Munjal’s birthday was hardly six months away. The very next month, the world…

We are delighted to lead Scribble Data’s pre-series A round, and to partner with the team in their journey to build a cloud native modularized feature store integrated with feature apps that drive end-to-end ML use cases. Scribble Data is building a cutting edge deep tech…

Artist: Tanujaa Rane; also in the Blume office collection now Aileen Lee needs to get ample credit for indoctrinating the word…

We partnered with Agara back in 2019 with the promise of making autonomous voice ubiquitous in customer support. During the course of this journey, we have had the opportunity to witness Agara provide…

India has witnessed various financial disruptions around government regulations in recent times. We have witnessed demonetisation, bank-given moratorium, and various other fiscal events due to which there has been volatility in the industry. There have been commercial…

I attended a fascinating talk recently by Sidu Ponnappa, SVP Engineering at Gojek, on…

We are living through an unprecedented global health crisis, specifically a metabolic health crisis. Over a billion people in the world suffer from a metabolic health syndrome, which includes high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist and abnormal…

Pre-COVID, business travel was seen mostly as a perk for senior staff in corporate India. Startups rarely looked at business travel since entire teams were usually headquartered in one location. With the forced behavioral changes in our workplace as well as our work style,…

I spoke to a seasoned public markets investor last weekend who asked ​“What’s the significance of the Zomato IPO?”. Here’s my take on why this IPO means different things to different folks. A common challenge of running a VC firm in India has been the inability…

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One of the biggest questions that early-stage startup founders and first-time entrepreneurs struggle with is when to hire someone to lead their People and Culture / Human Resources function. As a bootstrapped team, where everyone is playing multiple roles and things…

A recent ET article talked about the…

We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; — World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale…

How should early-stage founders, especially those at the seed / pre-Series A phase think about Human Resources (HR)? It is common at this stage of the startup, to conflate HR or anything people-related with hiring or talent acquisition. However, as