Building India's Disney with AI | Ep#01 - The India Opportunity Podcast, From 0 to 100 Million Users
Join us on The India Opportunity Podcast for a special episode featuring Vipul, the co-founder of Mugafi, a pioneering company at the intersection of content, entertainment, and AI.
Thank you for supporting the newsletter so far, today I’m excited to share an interesting update for you readers: I’m launching a podcast(!!) called The India Opportunity. As someone who has been investing for the last years via SSV, I wanted to bring onboard founders, investors, creators and successful leaders to share the real life stories and behind-the-scenes of what it takes to build the India Story.
You can watch it Youtube or listen in on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
Join us on The India Opportunity Podcast for a special episode featuring Vipul, the co-founder of Mugafi, a pioneering company at the intersection of content, entertainment, and AI. His journey as an entrepreneur is extremely inspiring - in just 14 years, he’s gone from starting his first job at a call center in 2010, to touching lives of over 100 million users across the globe by founding and scaling 3 businesses: Rutogo (acquired by ixigo), Cricnwin (Scaled to 10Mn users), and Randomly.Club (Profitably Bootstrapped with Multi-million dollar ARR and over 100Mn downloads). Now he’s onto his 4th venture, Mugafi, where SSV, my family office, recently invested alongside, Nexus Venture Partners, Marsshot, and Bhanushali Studios, & incubated by Google for Startups . Today, we will deep dive into the entertainment and content space with Vipul and learn more about his unique insights of having built several successful companies.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro 2:07 - Early Years
5:17 - Entrepreneurial Drive
8:20 - Meaning of SSV
9:57 - Bootstrapping vs VC
17:35 - AI in Entertainment
22:28 - Spirituality & Science
26:00 - Indian CEOs / Karma / Dharma
28:35 - Consumer Behaviour & Scalability
35:10 - Mugafi’s Journey
42:06 - UAE Startup Ecosystem
49:05 - Business Model Insights
53:36 - Building Industry Relationships
55:40 - Challenges & Setbacks
59:20 - Life Reflections & Regrets
1:02:48 - Rapid Fire 🔥
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As always, will really appreciate your feedback and support as we build this out for the world!