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Tag: Sunil Bhat

Survival tips for start-ups—taking a leaf out of Bear Grylls’ book

As COVID-19 has pushed the start-up world into chaos, many are redrawing their survival strategy to deal with an unprecedented pandemic. This blog draws key lessons from survivalist Bear Grylls for start-ups to tide over these wild and uncharted times of crisis.

Apr 13, 2020

Sunil Bhat

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Apr 13, 2020

Sunil Bhat

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Staying ahead of the technical assistance curve: Six lessons from FinTech start-ups in India

About a year back in August 2018, MSC collaborated with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship to start the journey of Financial Inclusion Lab. The Lab currently receives support from the J.P. Morgan, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, and the Omidyar Network. The Lab supports start-ups that develop innovative, technology-enabled solutions in the areas of financial technology, livelihoods, and skilling for the benefit of low- and middle-income (LMI) communities. MSC provided technical assistance (TA) to these start-ups. This blog focuses on the lessons learned from this TA program where we highlight six key insights that could be helpful both to investors, consultants, and other organizations which plan TA programs for similar start-ups.

Aug 22, 2019

Sunil Bhat, Anil Gupta, Sandeep Koujalgi and Priyanka Chopra

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Aug 22, 2019

Sunil Bhat, Anil Gupta, Sandeep Koujalgi and Priyanka Chopra

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Boot camp experiences for start-ups: Cheaper by the dozen

Bootcamps designed by the JPMC FI Lab allow start-ups to introspect and reflect on their “growth and accelerate” needs. This blog brings out the lessons and experiences from these bootcamps.

Jul 19, 2019

Sunil Bhat, Anil Gupta, Sandeep Koujalgi and Priyanka Chopra

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Jul 19, 2019

Sunil Bhat, Anil Gupta, Sandeep Koujalgi and Priyanka Chopra

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Kaarva: A micro salary advance for a micro expense

This blog highlights the journey of Kaarva, a fintech start-up that provides salaried people from the low-and middle-income segments with early access to a portion of their earned salaries for the month without charging any fees.

Jul 15, 2019

Anshul Saxena, Anil Gupta, Sunil Bhat and Meenal Malik

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Jul 15, 2019

Anshul Saxena, Anil Gupta, Sunil Bhat and Meenal Malik

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Go-getters and receptive reticents—Merchants who have the instinct, but need support

This is the second blog in the series on “Digitizing merchant payments in India”. The first blog discusses the potential of merchant ecosystem in India and the need to design distinct solutions for different merchants. In this blog, we will discuss two merchant personas: a) The go-getters and b) The receptive reticents.

Mar 18, 2019

Sunil Bhat, Amit Joshi, Priya Garg, Kritika Shukla and Shreya Gupta

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Mar 18, 2019

Sunil Bhat, Amit Joshi, Priya Garg, Kritika Shukla and Shreya Gupta

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“Cookie-cutter” solutions for merchants will not work

This series of blogs highlight that providers cannot promote merchant payments through standard “cookie-cutter” solutions. What works for one category of merchants may not work for the other category. We need to look at merchants as distinct personas to decipher their characteristics and explore ways to change their behavior.

Mar 18, 2019

Sunil Bhat, Amit Joshi, Priya Garg, Kritika Shukla and Shreya Gupta

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