HSR Founders Club

🚀 ATTENTION FOUNDERS! 🚀 Are you tired of struggling with your go-to-market (GTM) strategy? Do you want to rub elbows with the big shots and learn from the best in the biz? Well, get ready for the GTM FESTIVAL OF THE CENTURY! 🎉 From November 13th to 16th, the HSR Founders Club is hosting a 4-day extravaganza that will blow your mind (and your competition) out of the water! Imagine this: ✨ GTM CLINICS with experts like Aaron Bird, Raj Sheth, and MORE! Get 1-on-1 sessions to unlock your growth potential. 🔥 HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS covering HubSpot, positioning, LinkedIn ads, and ABM. Level up your GTM game on-spot. 🎙️ EPIC PANELS and FIRESIDE CHATS on hot topics like Inbound vs Outbound and AI-powered GTM. Bring your tough questions and get ready to be inspired! And the best part? Over 1,500 founders and operators are expected to attend, with 500+ to be there in person! 🤯 This is your chance to network with the GTM elite, get exclusive discounts, and discover the secrets to unlock your startup's growth. Don't snooze and lose - registration is open NOW: https://lu.ma/5y1ovs3h A huge shoutout to our partners: GrowthSpree - Growth Partners For Early Stage SaaS, Saaskart, Everything Design, The AI Exchange, eChai Ventures, Pienza, Inboxpirates - B2B Lead Generation Agency, G2, s11s , Agara Walks & Filter Kaapi #hsrfcgtmweek2024 #founderfirst #communityevent

While we are all waiting for Spotify wrapped, let me present my own 2024 Wrapped. Although a tangible achievement is yet to be engraved, nevertheless, this year has been one of the most exciting year since a long time. A year full of resetting, new city, new friends, new habits and more than anything else, new mindset. No ups come without downs, and this year has taught me how to see the silver lining in downs. Special shoutout of HSR Founders Club, who made me feel at home. And to GrowthX®,who I am sure is my fuel for target trajectory for next year. Happy New Year to my LinkedIn Fam in advance! #KafiSahajHai #2024Wrapped

I had the privilege of attending the GTM Week organized by HSR Founders Club. I’m incredibly grateful to have been part of this 4-day journey, tailored specifically for early-stage founders tackling the art of taking their product to market. For Tech Founders and early-stage entrepreneurs, bridging the gap between building an exceptional product and selling it effectively can often feel daunting. But GTM Week made this complex process feel achievable and even exciting! What Made It Exceptional: Debates: Heated discussions on Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing brought out the real pros and cons of both approaches. The passionate arguments, as each side gave it their all, made the debate a standout moment. A big thank you to Eepsita Gupta Ankur Kayesth Siddharth Deswal Premsanth R Bharadwaj G for their incredible contributions. And an extra special shoutout to the roast master extraordinaire, Divesh Sood for making the show so engaging and entertaining! GTM Clinics: Industry veterans like Raj Sheth, Aaron Bird, and Manuel Oothria Raj—who’ve fought and won the GTM wars—stepped in to share their wisdom and help founders navigate their battles. Fireside Chats: Engaging discussions on cracking the US GTM led by Aaron Bird and Raj Sheth offered actionable insights for global market success. The session on AI for GTM by Anirudh Narayan Akshay Hangloo Piyush Agarwal unlocked exciting opportunities to leverage AI in go-to-market strategies, inspiring new ways to innovate. Hands-On Workshops: Siddharth Sharma solved the mysteries of ABM, clarifying when to start and how to narrow down ICPs. The importance of Positioning Your Product by Sairam Krishnan. Identifying affiliation and differentiation—was emphasized, helping founders define how their products stand out. Shashank Palli unpacked the complexities of RevOps, teaching how to build Revenue Operations from day one using simple spreadsheets. The $0 GTM Techstack workshop transformed the approach of many early founders, moving them from basic tools like spreadsheets to impactful CRMs. Thanks to GrowthSpree - Growth Partners For Early Stage SaaS Team. Ishan Manchanda, Nilesh Gupta Social Mixers: From the Lake Trail to networking mixers, the event broke barriers and created an open space to connect, learn, and grow with fellow founders and innovators. A massive thank you to Rejoe Sudarsan, Rapti Gupta, Akshay Hangloo, Srikanth Prabhu, Olivia Deka, Jofin Joseph, and the entire HSR Founders Club team for organizing such a vibrant and inspiring event. The phenomenal community you’ve built empowers founders at every stage of their journey. Lastly, a big thanks to the vibrant and energetic crowd whose enthusiasm made this event truly special. #HSRFoundersClub #Startups #EarlyStageFounders #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship #Mentorship #HSRFCGTM2024 #GTMWEEK2024 #GTMWeek #GTM #GTMInsights #GTMEvent #Marketing #Sales

We were so glad to host and participate in the #GTMSocial with HSR Founders Club and SOCLY.io last week! Participating in the event brought in a truly fun event with the HSR Founders Club team and at team Revrag.ai A good break from our otherwise fast-paced approach to the company! Here's to many more fun weekends and many more fun partners 🥳 ___ Ashutosh Prakash Singh Neeraj Gupta Pankaj Gupta Arushi Pandey Jinisha Arora Prince Jain Rohit Mishra Vivekita Banyal Dinesh Dhakar Satender Yadav #AI #AISDR #Sales #Startup #StartupEvents #GTM #GTMWeek #USGTM #BangaloreStartups #StartupLife #FoundersClub #EarlyStage #Growth

No long-ass post today. Just some short videos of founders and operators that came to learn at HSR Founders Club #GTMWEEK2024 talking about their experiences. Special mention to Prasad Lingawar for giving Aryan Sharma 2 days leave to attend the GTM festival. Hope to see you too at the next one, Prasad :) Feat. Akash Bhat, Yuvraj Dagur, Aanchal Arora, GPHR®, SHRM-SCP™, Mythri Bharadwaj, Nikhil Sam Raju, and Amritanshu S Kumar Video is powered by this overexposed filter called "FESTIVE" on Canva because why not. Enjoy!

Here in HSR you can just do things! No long planning calls, no flashy roadshows, precursors just get the foot on the pedal and go! HSR Founders Club a friendly neighborhood founder's club into 18th month of existence pulled off a 4 day event. We planned it for 3 days and executed all 4 days, not by design but to grab an opportunity to host Aaron Bird and Raj Sheth, two of the most direct, no fluff founder turned investors in HSR. Now that being where it started, that's not entirely why it happened. Ishan and I were bouncing off ideas to make events much more of a learning experience and hyper personalised just like how our GTM efforts are. Some part of the brainstorming were already done. So to get the ball rolling, me and Rapti got on a hour long call. 10 mins of my version of the event, 15 mins of answering her questions and 30 odd mins of we sitting on a phone call creating a mental map of how the event is going to be. We had a loosely built agenda. 10 more calls we had Akshay Olivia Junaid Manuel Mejo ( This conversation was funny will write about it later in detail) Srikanth along with Jofin became the core team. 36 hours of pure efforts later we were ready for GTM Week'24. But would not have been executed untill SOCLY.io, Revrag.ai and GrowthSpree - Growth Partners For Early Stage SaaS would not have came is as sponsors. We would not have reached the highs if s11s , eChai Ventures and Everything Design would not have taken the mantle from us and run with it. And Premagic have build out some dope technology here tooo. But isn't that what the HSR Energy is all about? Siddharth, Shashank and Sairam and GrowthSpree - Growth Partners For Early Stage SaaS's workshops, the 1:1 with Aaron, Raj, Manuel, Ishaan, Nilesh Kushagra were our efforts to make events more personalized. We will see you again next year with some brutal experimentations on hyper personalized events. 2025 - January, July and November are gonna be busy PS: the pics attached are how Outbound celebrated our victory over Inbound on the battle of bounds and our Agara walk gathering: Divesh, Ankur, Siddharth, Eepsita, Premsanth, Bharadwaj and Utsav you guys have been fantastic. Honestly Eepsita's EQ and DQm metrics should be in the hall of fame. Bottom line is no matter how amazing your content is, distribution matters.

Last week flew by in the blink of an eye, thanks to the incredible #GTMWeek hosted by HSR Founders Club ! This wasn’t your typical event—it was a vibrant mix of learning, laughter, and unforgettable moments. Grateful to have been a part of something so inspiring, and excited for many more events like this in the future. Proud to be associated with such an impactful initiative! 🚀 Amazing peeps ❤️ Rejoe Sudarsan Rapti Gupta Akshay Hangloo Ishan Manchanda Olivia Deka Jofin Joseph Srikanth Prabhu

Work hard. Learn hard. Party harder. Only at events by HSR Founders Club

Last Saturday, I roasted a bunch of founders and marketing leaders (or career suicide, depending on who you ask) at HSR Founders Club's inbound vs outbound debate. This was a super last-minute thing. I prepped my roasts during Nilesh Gupta's talk on setting up Hubspot [sorry for not paying attention]. Thanks to everyone who took my roasts like champs and fired back harder. Team outbound crushed it 3-1. Turns out cold calling jokes land better than content marketing ones. Who knew? [link to the stream in comments, where you can watch me slowly realize I should've stuck to LinkedIn posts] Team inbound: Siddharth Deswal, Eepsita Gupta, and Ankur Kayesth Team outbound: Bharadwaj G, Premsanth R, and Utsav Gudhaka In the video: Bharadwaj G Thank you for setting this up - Rapti Gupta, Rejoe Sudarsan, Ishan Manchanda, and many others.

Last week was an interesting unfold of events, when the team at Everything Design pitched into designing the dress up for the GTM week 2024 for the HSR Founders Club. The highlight of the event for me was the Inbound vs Outbound battle where teams took on a healthy debate to showcase benefits on both sides of spectrum. The audience too was highly invested to watch this battle, supporting their respective sides helping them build a compelling argument. The energy was infectious and can’t wait for the next one. Founders usually find their journey lonely and platforms like this ensure the peer to peer learning, and creating a much needed support system. #foundersjourney #founders #designdiaries