The Curious Learners
I feel privileged to speak to so many great minds as part of my job. They are passionate builders, insightful investors, laser-focused leaders. They are all curious learners in their own way. It is their urge to learn more. That urge is curiosity. When I speak to these people, I hear fascinating ideas, solid business plans, genius growth hacking practices, relentless team building focus, unique investing strategies and many others. However, most of the time, key insights, business intelligence and inspiring stories shared in these conversations do not make their way to the outside world. The Curious Learners is an attempt to share the stories of those curious learners with those, who might find the inspiration that they were looking for or those who might get the encouragement for their own journey that they already started. Looking forward to a long journey together.
The Curious Learners
Krishnan Menon | Building one-stop-Software for Merchants | The Curious Learners Ep. 6
My guest today is Krishnan Menon. He is the co-founder and CEO of BukuKas.
He is building BukuKas as a one-stop-software solution for merchants. His journey into building BukuKas was an outcome of his deep understanding of merchants' problems.
Krishnan and I talked about initial company building, finding product market fit, and the early signals that tell founders when to scale up the business.
We also discussed the framework of simplicity, differentiation, and value-add. And how he takes it into account in building the right solutions for merchants.
As a second-time founder, he gave several insights for company building:
- Instincts and initial customer feedback are important to build the initial product
- Listening to your users too much might also have some drawbacks, as you would add features after features
- 'Know your profit' proposition resonated well with merchants
- Founders need to be able to sell (to investors, to future employees and to customers)
- Being intellectually honest with yourself is important to decide when to stop
Please listen in for much more and enjoy my conversation with Krishnan Menon.
