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#100xEntrepreneur #Podcast with Sasha Mirchandani, Founder, Kae CapitalIn early 2000 Sasha was approached by two guys from IIM Ahmedabad with a Startup idea, to invest in. Later he went on to understand the entire Angel Investing a Seed Captial from his fellow Venture Capitalists. After being a solo Angel Investor for over 5-6 years he started Kae Capital in 2012.Some of the Portfolio companies include - Healthkart, LoanTap, Nua and 1mg among others.In this podcast, Sasha shares his deep insights of the Indian Startup Ecosystem from his 18 years of Investing Career.Notes - 00:36 - Mission of Kae Capital01:56 - His 18 Year Journey as an Investor06:53 - Looking at “How well the Founders deal with when the tough times come.” 08:52 - “There’s a Time a a Place for a Market to Take-off”10:55 - Failures while trying to Time the Market11:44 - Recent Investment a Thesis - Nua, Loan Tap, Zetwerk14:37 - Quality of Founders in 2019 vs Quality of Founders 10 Years back16:20 - Markets he prefers - Healthcare, AI, B2B Commerce a SaaS17:10 - Experience investing in Analytics a Home Services ?22:27 - The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz25:24 - Common Patterns in 100x Growth Startups27:29 - Advice to Entrepreneurs “Start, Pivot, Stop, Repeat”