Cross-posting from the Venture Intelligence Entrevista series:
Lessons from the Startup to Scale-up to Successful Sale of iMetrex Technologies, a building technologies and security venture catering to the Indian enterprise market – The Venture Intelligence Team
Rajeev Mecheri, Managing Director, Mecheri Smart Capital (Bio & LinkedIn)
Interview by Hari Krishnan of Venture Intelligence, followed by interaction with students at the Department of Management Studies IIT-Madras on November 9, 2011.
Highlights:
Please click on the links below to view corresponding video snippets:
- Importance of Customer Touch Point
- “What works for the company, works for you (the founder)”
- Founders should separate their lifestyle needs from that of the business
- Invest Appropriately – in infrastructure, etc.
- Decision to exit and the “strength of a brand”
- Decision to integrate vertically (getting into manufacturing)
- Following the Customers
- Innovative holding structure for acquiring a product company
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Click Here to Download the Audio of the Q&A session – 21 mins; 10 MB
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