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Online payments space has fueled the internet <keyword id="34412" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="economy">economy</keyword> and has blurred the borders within India like never before. “Over the last five years, the focus has been around eCommerce which has sucked in most of the capital, that’s changing now with sectors like health, media, and education taking the limelight. There’s a lot of opportunity in different sectors especially in futuristic technologies like AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and the likes” says <keyword id="262068" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rajesh-Sawhney">Rajesh Sawhney</keyword> who says that the most important thing about a startup is its product market fit. <div type="embedgroup"> <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="59070016" title="Exclusive: Anand Lunia, Founding Partner, India Quotient reminisces how he moved on to investing from entrepreneurship" rank="1.0" kind="RELATED" publishDate="Jun 09, 2017, 4:39 PM" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div></div> At <keyword id="2797965" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Innerchef">Innerchef</keyword>, a food company start-up Sawhney has founded, things have already changed in the past two years. “With the influx of technology, the way we consume food, the supply chain and the demand are all rapidly changing. Necessities like food become great opportunities for starting a business at this time in India,” says Sawhney who identified the sector basis his passion for consumption. Agriculture, which is India’s largest employer, might be impacted by start-ups soon, specifically food –tech start-ups which can sway the demand for what we’re eating and how we are eating.<div type="embedgroup"> <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="59070754" title="Exclusive: Anand Lunia, Partner, India Quotient wants to be entrepreneurs’ first coach instead of handholding them through the end" rank="1.0" kind="RELATED" publishDate="Jun 09, 2017, 7:00 PM" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div></div>
 Sawhney also thinks that <keyword id="22917" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Companies">companies</keyword> are growing faster,”Earlier, the start-ups took years to fail or succeed which isn’t the case now. The market has become really brutal and companies know in the first few months whether it’s time to pivot or not.” The Indian Consumption Story Rajesh has made over 20 <keyword id="6362476" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="investments">investments</keyword> as an active angel investor, which include <keyword id="1680590" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ViKi">Viki</keyword> which was acquired by Rakutan, Little Eye Labs which was acquired by Facebook, Mobstac, Pokkt, Silverpush, Hackerearth, Browntape, Overcart, Flinto and Timesaverz. GSF accelerator focuses on early stage <keyword id="6362513" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Startups">startups</keyword>, and has currently taken in its fifth batch, which helps start-ups to turn into notable companies that they can bank on. <div type="embedgroup"> <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="59181595" title="Exclusive: Global Superangel Forum’s (GSF) founder Rajesh Sawhney is an Innerchef at heart" rank="1.0" kind="RELATED" publishDate="Jun 16, 2017, 8:17 PM" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div></div>
 India’s biggest problem is that of resource management and technology can help aid that, “The key is to think of technology in a non-traditional way, and that’s where the start-ups can become truly successful,” says Sawhney who says that the quality and quantity of start-ups has improved. Whether you’re a brand, you can’t ignore the Indian consumption story, “In the next decade, we will see the per capita income increasing and with disposable income increasing, we are bound to see a boom happen which is what all start-ups and investors are banking on,” says Rajesh, with a smug.

Exclusive: Rajesh Sawhney banks on the people who make up companies with the right product market fit

Ever since he moved out of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Snapdeal&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Snapdeal</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Anand+Chandrasekaran&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Anand Chandrasekaran</a> has guided a couple of promising young <keyword id="6362513" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Startups">startups</keyword>. Since 2013, he has invested close to $25,000-50,000 each in about 15 startups based out of India and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Silicon+Valley&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Silicon Valley</a>. Also, he has met his doppelganger not once, but twice. 
 
Over the next couple of months, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Anand+Chandrasekaran&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Chandrasekaran</a> is looking to help this young crowd with his unique insights into product-building. He is looking to invest in 4-5 more over the next two months. 
 
Business Insider caught up with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Anand+Chandrasekaran&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Anand</a> one Friday afternoon. This chat has been long due. 
 
How did you get into <keyword id="1995572" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Angel-investing">angel investing</keyword>? 
My involvement with startups happened largely because I wanted to learn from them. That happens when you are a part of their journey. 
 
I steer clear of areas I don’t understand and can’t add any value to. Thanks to my work at Airtel and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Snapdeal&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Snapdeal</a>/<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=FreeCharge&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">FreeCharge</a>, I have been familiar with the application of marketplace to various sectors, consumer internet and fintech. 
 
What does it take to be funded by <keyword id="1973987" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Anand-Chandrasekaran">Anand Chandrasekaran</keyword>? 
The two questions I ask is what is that they are trying to do, and if it is a problem worth solving. If the answers to both are yes, I’m very excited. Even if they don’t succeed financially, but try very hard and move the agenda forward in some way, that’s a win. 
 
You have invested in a food tech startup, <keyword id="2797965" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Innerchef">InnerChef</keyword>. What are your sanity checks when investing in a troubled sector? 
These are typically young companies, and there’s not much data available. One thing that’s important to me is consumer experience. By that, I don’t mean just the app. 
 
Speaking specifically of food-tech, what I like about InnerChef is their focus on the end-to-end consumer experience. People don’t want food spilling over them, so packaging must be great. That kind of obsession with the customer experience caught my attention. 
 
The other interesting part is they figured out what should be driven directly by their kitchen, and what can be done through a marketplace. 
 
That’s a brilliant hybrid model for a food-based market-place. Most importantly, they control the quality of the food. This helps in cutting cost as well, and helps maintain a discipline which keeps each kitchen profitable. When a startup can control the food quality and the unit economics, it’s a great company. 
 
It’s hard to be successful in food-tech without controlling food. 
 
Believe it or not, there’s another Anand Chandrasekaran in India’s startup eco-system. Same name, same spelling and if you ask me, they look oddly similar. 
 
The other Anand Chandrasekaran is the co-founder of Chennai-based Mad Street Den. Founded in 2013, it received a funding of $1.5 million last year and is working with the Tata Group to build its <keyword id="35621" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="e-commerce">e-commerce</keyword> platform. The MAD in their firm's name stands for MindAbled Devices. You can reach him <a href="https://twitter.com/madstreetanand">here</a>. 
 
What was the moment like, when Anand met Anand? We keep running into each other when I’m in Bangalore. I remember we were both at the <keyword id="270604" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sequoia">Sequoia</keyword> Hack event, and Shailendra Singh took a photo of both of us. Most recently, we were speakers at the IndiaHacks event by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=HackerEarth&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">HackerEarth</a>. 
 
It’s shocking how much we have in common. We have the same name, same spelling and similar up-bringing. We both went to Stanford, both got advanced degrees and have similar mannerisms. It’s spooky! 
 
How is that your and Punit’s exit came at a time when <keyword id="6354742" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Flipkart">Flipkart</keyword> and <keyword id="541988" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="SnapDeal">Snapdeal</keyword> were rumored to be ‘re-structuring’? 
I played a small role in Punit coming to India, and to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Flipkart&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Flipkart</a>. I was working with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Bharti+Airtel&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Bharti Airtel</a>, and shared my experiences about moving from the Valley to India. Since he took that plunge, that conversation was probably helpful. 
 
I believe knowledge is best when shared. He believes the same. Other than that, we weren’t in touch. I had no idea what his plans were, and my decision was not pre-meditated. It’s a bit of a co-incidence that the two of us joined around the same time, and left few months apart. But there’s not much beyond that. 
 
Is there any chance you are going back to the ‘employee life’? 
I’m still in the process of figuring this out. I have written on Quora about the same. 
 
Read <a href="https://www.quora.com/Anand-Chandrasekaran">Anand </a><a href="https://www.quora.com/Anand-Chandrasekaran">Chandrasekaran</a>'s <a href="/What-is-Anand-Chandrasekaran-plan-post-quitting-Snapdeal#ans25794189">answer</a> to <a href="/What-is-Anand-Chandrasekaran-plan-post-quitting-Snapdeal" ref="canonical">What is Anand Chandrasekaran plan, post quitting Snapdeal?</a> on <a href="https://www.__nousername__.main.quora.com">Quora</a> 
 
In the last 5-7 years, I’ve realized I enjoy working with people who level the playing field. That’s my sweet spot, and I want to do it in a way that’s entrepreneurial.

Anand Chandrasekaran – India's product-obsessed Angel with a Doppelganger

The hacker/hackathon culture has come of age in India. Thanks for portals like <keyword id="1574957" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="HackerEarth">HackerEarth</keyword> and HackerRank, managers can now test prospective hires, while programmers showcase their coding talent. 
 
Bengaluru-based HackerEarth is one of the major India-based firms that helps match programmers with companies looking to hire tech talent or solve internal glitches. They do it by conducting <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=hackathons&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">hackathons</a> or marathon coding challenges that are becoming popular among Indian enterprises. 
 
The company has created a platform that automates the entire process of conducting <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=hackathons&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">hackathons</a> - right from creating teams, online collaborative development among participants, showcasing products, tracking progress and peer review to judging the submissions. Its setting sights in markets in the US, Eastern Europe and South-east Asia. 
 Business Insider spoke to HackerEarth co-founders <keyword id="11780" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Sachin-Gupta">Sachin Gupta</keyword> and <keyword id="2693417" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Vivek-Prakash">Vivek Prakash</keyword> to understand how they built one of the largest programmer communities in the country. 
 
Story behind the Name 
Sachin: It goes back to July, 2012. 
 
The word ‘hacker’ appealed to us. There’s a negative connotation to it now, but the word originally means a programming expert. It’s a culture that believes in getting things done and solving problems in minutes and getting products ready in months. 
 
The Use-Cases 
Vivek: The programming community in India is very fragmented. Our experience has given us the knowledge and expertise to figure who to reach out to for a certain use-case. 
 
For companies like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Wal-Mart+Labs&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Wal-Mart Labs</a>, we offer access to the widest range of developers. This gives them at least 10x more reach. 
 
Sachin: We’ve gone from being a recruitment company to a developer’s outreach. IBM Bluemix works with us to hire developers, GSK crowd-sourced a mobile game, and companies also organize <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=hackathons&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">hackathons</a> to build their talent pipeline. 
 
Biggies Catching Up 
 
Vivek: Even bigger companies want a culture where every developer is thinking independently and implementing fast. It has helped companies like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Wipro&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Wipro</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Infosys&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Infosys</a> service customers better and identify smart people in their teams. 
 
The company has conducted 120 hackathons for 48 large and small enterprises. With over $32 million being doled out in offers over 951k coding assessments, HackerEarth aims to grow its revenue from about $130,000 a month now to $400,000 a month by the end of the year. 
 
Pocket Pinch: 
The cost for setting up a hiring challenge will be anything between Rs. 35k – 1.5 lakhs. Cost of per hire ranges from Rs. 60k - 2 lakhs based on the salary and the profile involved. 
 
<keyword id="1604076" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hackathon">Hackathon</keyword> Culture 
With 65% of its revenue coming from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=hackathons&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">hackathons</a>, Sachin believes coding challenges will continue to be a major driver for growth. “In the next 2-3 years, the revenue split would still be a 70-30 between <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=hackathons&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">hackathons</a> and other options”, he says. 
 
Unfortunately, while ‘<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network">Social Network</a>’ or ‘<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)">Silicon Valley</a>’ would have you believe there’s Beer or Tequila involved, Sachin says it’s nothing as boozy as Hollywood would want you to believe. 
 
“That’s still limited to the movies, at least in India. It’s a more informal environment, and people are often up all night. However, we haven’t had anything with liquor involved. Not sure if that happens in the Valley as well”, Sachin concludes. 
 
What a sore!

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Basically, employers and candidates swipe through each other’s profiles and ‘like’ them by swiping right. If both the employer and the candidate ‘like’ each other’s profiles, the app connects them over email. This way, only interested parties can pursue relevant data of the other. The app also let users get a unique look inside offices and apply to the inspiring companies that are now hiring. The idea is incredibly simple. 
 
Based out of a Tech Park in Navi Mumbai, the company founded by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Nischal+Shetty&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Nischal Shetty</a> has over 500 thousand downloads till date. Funded by its own revenues, the company was first launched as a mobile resume builder which saw good traction from across the world. 
 
The platform currently has over 100 companies onboard like JustUnfollow, Webengage, Wingify, Helpshift, Flatchat, Zepo, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Haptik&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Haptik</a>, Grabhouse and so on. 
 
The app is completely free to use for both job seekers and companies. 
 The <keyword id="11018" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Jobs">jobs</keyword> market has seen a lot of disruption after the likes of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Naukri&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Naukri</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Monster&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Monster</a> made their presence felt. HackerRank and HackerEarth are working towards developing a talented pool of developers, the likes of SpringRole are working on referrals, and others like IIMJobs, MeraJob and AasaanJobs are nibbling away margins from the established job websites. 
 
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