Bangalore Startup Mentors | Growth Advice From the Top 1%

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Ankur Jain

Growth marketing

Currently residing in Bangalore, India (+05:30 UTC)

Growth head at a neobank. Prior experience in leading digital marketing, pricing (discounts) and product marketing in e-commerce. In an earlier avatar, spent 10+ years in consulting, strategy and pricing.

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Sonam Dave

Marketing Director

Currently residing in Bangalore, India (+05:30 UTC)

With over 12 years of experience, my specialization lies in building and implementing marketing strategies, employer branding requirements, developing and implementing processes and performance metrics; setting up teams and mentoring marketing professionals to achieve career growth.

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Saakshi Jain

Award Winning Global CMO | Ex- Founder; 1X Exit | Techstars | Startup Advisor, Mentor & Investor | Fractional CMO

Currently residing in Bangalore, India (+05:30 UTC)

I am an ex-founder & an all-rounder marketer with over 15 years of experience building brands, driving revenue and growth and telling stories. I specialize in scaling businesses from x to 1000x. I have actively mentored over 13 B2C & B2C startups.

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Saurabh Srivastava

Design Strategist and Mixed Method Researcher, Google

Currently residing in Bangalore, India (+05:30 UTC)

Hey, I’m Saurabh! I’m a growth enthusiast with a career of over a decade in the field of UX Design/Research. I'm eager to partner with you, on your journey in scaling up promising ideas in a sure-fire, most economical, methodological and user-centered way.

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Step 1. Browse mentors

Browse through our list of mentors using the filters. Make sure to read their profiles and reviews in depth, and make your choice.

Step 2. Send session request

Found the perfect mentor for you? Awesome, time to request a call. Tell them a bit about your situation, choose a time, and get it set on your calendar.

Step 3. Get on 1:1 call

Time for the call, yay! Make sure you show up on time and prepared to make the most out of it. Pro tip: Ask your mentor if it’s ok to record the screen so you can take notes later.

Bangalore Startup Ecosystem

Bangalore is one of the world’s fastest-growing tech ecosystems. Many of the world’s largest tech companies, such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook, have a presence there – mainly Research and Development centers.

Highly developed infrastructure and a high number of tech talent make the city India and South Asia’s startup capital. Bangalore has the highest concentration of colleges in India, where thousands of new engineers, developers, and designers graduate each year.

According to Startup Blink, more than 1,000 startups currently operate in Bangalore. The most prominent industries for those startups are transportation, education, and e-commerce, with 364 education startups alone. One of the most prominent education startups is Quizizz, which launched in 2015 and has 65 million active users.

VCs are looking to India thanks to the growing talent pool and untapped domestic markets. A majority of those funds make their way to Bangalore. In 2021, Bangalore’s startups raised $18.6 billion in funding, putting the city ahead of Bejing and Shanghai. The city produced 16 unicorns in a record-breaking year.

The government also invests in upcoming businesses and has initiatives to promote Bangalore as a startup hub. The presence of numerous incubators and accelerator programs also plays a significant role in the success of Bangalore’s startup ecosystem. Incubators such as Bangalore Alpha Lab (BAL) offer founders mentorship, meet-ups, education sessions, and introductions to investors.

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To actually solve your issue you need to connect with someone who’s “been there done that” and have a back-and-forth conversation about the particular roadblock you are facing at this very moment.

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Come into this with realistic expectations. They’re mentors, not magicians.
Ask your mentor if they’d be ok with you recording your screen with Loom
Give contextual information to help paint the picture of your current situation.
Growth mentors will be asking you lots of questions, answer them as openly as possible.
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Be inquisitive. Stories are gold.
Don’t feel pressure, just relax.
Try to form mental patterns, especially if you speak with multiple mentors.
Embrace alternative views. Ask the mentors to challenge your assumptions.
Be friendly. If you’re likable, the mentors will be your biggest supporters (even after the call is over).

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