start-up culture

Discover how vulnerability, humility, and the power of personal connections play a pivotal role in building a successful e-commerce brand. 

In this episode, Jordan West and Taylor Sanford, Premier Spike delve into topics such as start-up culture in the direct-to-consumer industry, the importance of passion in business, and the challenges of manufacturing, distribution, and marketing. 

Listen and learn in this episode!

Key takeaways from this episode:

• Embrace passion and vision for product success.
• Build trust by delivering high-quality products.
• Leverage personal experiences and genuine connections in marketing.
• Embrace openness and vulnerability for personal and business growth.
• Seek knowledgeable partnerships for business growth.

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Today’s Guest:

Taylor Sanford, Founder & CEO of Premier Spike, is a passionate advocate for Spikeball. For the past five years, Taylor has been one of the biggest ambassadors for the game, running tournaments in Utah and across the western region. Not content with just promoting the game, Taylor has also been instrumental in helping others start similar organizations in different states and countries. In 2022, Taylor decided to embark on a new venture, creating the first premium RamNET equipment for Spikeball. This marks a significant milestone in Taylor's ongoing dedication to the game and its community.

Connect and learn more about Taylor and Premier Spike: 

Website: https://store.premierspike.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-sanford/

Growth Plan: www.upgrowthcommerce.com/grow

Million Dollar Offers: www.upgrowthcommerce.com/grow

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Joining us today is Mr. Vijeth Reddy, the Co-Founder and CEO of Kots a pioneering residential leasing company operating in East Bangalore, that caters to the needs of both tenants and Landlords.

Renting an apartment in a metro city is fraught with challenges for both the tenant and the landlord. 

If you’re a tenant you have several criteria you’re juggling: price, location, quality of the apartment, proximity to shops, restaurants, ease of connectivity or commute to your office or college, and of course a Landlord who is attentive and responsive in the event something goes wrong or needs to be fixed in the apartment. 

If you’re a landlord your main concerns are probably a tenant who pays their rent on time, who respects the property and doesn’t cause any damage, who respects the buildings common areas, and of course there is a target rental yield you would like to achieve.

For both parties there is an asymmetry of criteria and a lack of benchmarks for their expectations.

To bridge this gap, Mr Vijeth Reddy and his wife Mrs. Sageetha Reddy, founded Kots in 2019. Kots is a pioneering residential leasing company operating in East Bangalore, that caters to the needs of both tenants and Landlords. An engineer by education, Mr. Reddy is a serial entrepreneur with a history of building startups in varying sectors.

Kots is one of the few Indian companies in the residential sector that partners with developers to operate on a Build-to-Rent model. The company maximizes returns to the landlord, while also catering to 11-month rental contracts for India’s young professionals, with their primary tenant demographic being 24-35 years of age. Kots also solves for the upkeep and turnover of the properties they manage. 

Kots has already grown a foundation in East Bangalore having served over 900 tennants and 50 different Landlords, in the last 4 years. The company’s plans for the next two years include a tenant base of 3000, working with 100 different Landlords, and perhaps hoping to expand to other markets in India soon.

So without further ado, let's get started.

Have questions about Real Estate? Or topic you would love to hear more about on the Podcast?
Connect with Concrete Conversations - The Indian Real Estate Podcast through the links below!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theindianrealestatepodcast/
LinkedIn :https://www.linkedin.com/company/concrete-conversations
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXn-Aw24pqfmULyym7hCi6Q

Joining us today is Mr. Saurabh Garg, the Co-Founder and CBO of India’s first Proptech Unicorn, NoBroker.

During the last decade, one of the fastest growing sub-sectors within Indian Real Estate has been Proptech, as an increasing number of real estate transactions have been happening online. This surge is reflected in the investor market as well, with a total of $4 Billion in funding being poured into Indian proptech ventures since 2009.

However, no progress comes without it’s fair share of challenges. One such challenge being the disparity of information and transparency between the supply side (traditionally developers and brokers) and the demand side (traditionally real estate buyers and investors).

Today, Mr. Garg talks to us about his prop-tech solution to address this challenge, amongst several others faced by tenants and homebuyers.

With a history of successful entrepreneurship with his first venture, The Four Fountains Spa, Mr. Garg decided to start NoBroker in 2014, to address the pain points he had personally faced as a prospective tenant.

Over time, NoBroker has become a full stack service provider, with an array of property services, catering to them achieving a company value at over $1B in their most recent funding round.

Mr. Garg takes us through his journey with NoBroker, their expansion into complimentary verticals, and the application of data and algorithms to understand consumer behaviour, and improve the consumer experience within real estate.

So without further ado, let’s get started!

Have questions about Real Estate? Or topic you would love to hear more about on the Podcast?
Connect with Concrete Conversations - The Indian Real Estate Podcast through the links below!

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LinkedIn :https://www.linkedin.com/company/concrete-conversations
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXn-Aw24pqfmULyym7hCi6Q

Tanya Sun talks about keeping a positive work culture even when your team is forced to work from home.

If this trend continues, how do you ensure it works for your whole team? How to you marry working from home with the office culture to make every employee happy? And how do you actually manage employees that work remote.