Growing your startup xto10x with Saikiran Krishnamurthy, Co-Founder & CEO xto10x Technologies
0Saikiran Krishnamurthy (Saiki), Co-Founder and CEO xto10x chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.
On this conversation, they discuss how the idea of xto10x originated at a breakfast table with Binny Bansal & how business design can help an organization from xto10x.
Saiki spent 15 years at McKinsey & Company which he left (as a Senior Partner) in early 2015 to move to the startup ecosystem, first as the Head of Ekart (Flipkart’s supply chain business) and then as the Head of Marketplace at Ola.
Across his 18+ year career, he has built deep global experience in strategy, operations and organisation and applied these as a senior leader in the startup ecosystem.
Listen to the podcast to learn about
00:00 - Teaser & Intro
01:25 - Why Saiki, Neeraj & Binny started xto10x
02:30 - Learnings from McKinsey that proved useful at Flipkart & Ola
05:30 - How a growth stage startup can be ready for the next set of problems
07:30 - How to do self-assessment as a founder
10:45- Why do orgs stop adapting
11: 55 - Why you should think of org as a product
13:40 - How org design affects hiring process
14:45 - Questions to ask when hiring for leadership position
16:30 - Why founders should spend time on storytelling
17:45 - How founders can continue to stay relevant
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