E47 - Striving for Excellence w/1mg's Gaurav Agarwal

<p>In this Episode, I (<a href="https://twitter.com/jivraj_sachar">@Jivraj Singh Sachar</a>) speak with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/agarwalga/">Gaurav Agarwal</a>, Co-Founder of <a href="https://www.1mg.com/">1mg</a>.</p> <p>Gaurav has had an extremely fascinating set of diverse experiences over the years. From IIT Delhi to shipping enterprise software in Silicon Valley to witnessing crazy scale at Zynga &amp; building FarmVille to finally deciding to choose impact &amp; coming back to India to startup 1mg, which is now one of India's leading healthcare startups!</p> <p>Through the Episode we talk about the following:</p> <p>1. (02:13) : The Role of Impact in the Founder Journey</p> <p>2. (08:36) : Parallels &amp; Learnings from the Original Silicon Valley as we know it.</p> <p>• Striving for Excellence&nbsp;</p> <p>• Planning for the Extreme</p> <p>• Responsible &amp; Entrepreneurial Work Culture&nbsp;</p> <p>3. (14:00) : The Work Culture in Silicon Valley v/s the Indian Ecosystem</p> <p>4. (16:44) : Understanding what Experiments mean, recognising the importance of it and optimising for them!</p> <p>5. (22:25) : Building a Healthcare Platform with 1mg&nbsp;</p> <p>6. (29:25) : Solving for Trust &amp; Care for Consumers in the Healthcare Industry</p> <p>7. (35:18) : Scaling Culture &amp; Hiring along with Exponential Growth&nbsp;</p> <p>8. (42:18) : Gaurav's Founder Persona ~ Understanding how to make tough decisions!</p> <p>9. (44:42) : The Core Love of Building Products</p> <p>10. (48:21) : Parting words of Wisdom</p> <p>Here is the <strong>47th Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Striving for Excellence!</strong></p> <p>Thank you for tuning into this Episode :)</p> <p>We're available on <a href="https://instagram.com/indiansiliconvalleypodcast?igshid=1w1j6dp12cvzo">Instagram</a> &amp; <a href="https://instagram.com/indiansiliconvalleypodcast?igshid=1w1j6dp12cvzo">Twitter</a>. Feel free to drop in your feedback!</p> <p>Do not forget to <a href="https://bit.ly/Indian_Silicon_Valley_Podcast">