E63 - Experience is a Virtue w/Gupshup's Beerud Sheth

<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/beerud/">Beerud Sheth, Co-founder and CEO of Gupshup</a>.</p> <p>Gupshup is defining the way businesses leverage conversational messaging to interact with their consumers. It is by far the market leader in its category and it recently turned a profitable unicorn with back-to-back funding rounds. This is Beerud’s 2nd startup and he earlier founded Elance, now known as Upwork, which is a public company at the heart of the global gig-economy. Beerud’s depth of experiences as a founder having built successful companies for more than 20 years is very reflective through his words of great wisdom.</p> <p>Through the Episode we discuss the following:</p> <p>1. (1:56) : How can founders "stay ahead of the curve" and how has Beerud done that with Elance &amp; Gupshup?</p> <p>2. (5:12) : How should founders time the market and deal with uncontrollables?</p> <p>3. (10:00) : When should founders Pivot and How?</p> <p>4. (13:48) : Learnings from building in the Valley through the last 20+ years!!</p> <p>5. (19:46) : What is Gupshup and How has it evolved through when it first started in 2005?&nbsp;</p> <p>6. (24:48) : What is the secret to great Enterprise Sales?</p> <p>7. (28:15) : What goes behind the scenes of expanding internationally?&nbsp;</p> <p>8. (30:27) : Learnings for Hiring &amp; Culture!!&nbsp;</p> <p>9. (35:15) : How does Beerud prioritise and make decisions?&nbsp;</p> <p>10. (37:13) : Tackling the downsides of Experience ~ Intellectual Humility!</p> <p>11. (40:36) : What keeps Beerud going even after 20+ years of Company Building?</p> <p>12. (45:06) : What is the Steady State for a Founder?</p> <p>13. (48:58) : Conclusion</p> <p>Here is the <strong>63rd Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - &nbsp;Experience is a Virtue!</strong></p> <p>That was it from this Episode, thanks again for tuning in! :)</p> <p>We're available on <a href="https://instagram.com/indiansilico