Rabi Gupta is a serial entrepreneur. Working alongside his current founding team for 10+ years, they have used AI to build recommendation engines, social platforms and enterprise software.
His first startup iDubba/iCouchapp was a “TV show recommendations + social engagement” app that had 2M+ monthly active users at the time it got acquired. Rabi then made a bold move to Silicon Valley to start a new company. While there, Rabi became frustrated that the ability to build relationships lacked technological innovation and intelligence. And so, EvaBot was born.
EvaBot is an emotionally intelligent gifting relationship solution that enables thoughtful companies to accelerate the key relationships that increase both growth and competitive advantage. With a platform built to generate emotional engagement and to collect actionable intelligence, they are the standard in amplifying the customer and employee experience, creating an unforgettable journey for the recipient and truly valuable insight for the company. Their vision is to set the standard for business relationships by using AI to personalize the physical and digital experience.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Steve Jobs Co-founder of Apple
- Elon Musk
When business started difficulties overcame:
“At that time in India the start-up ecosystem was very young and very new – not many investors, not too much support. So, the biggest challenge we faced was having create advisers or mentors. So, the ecosystem was not there at all. So, we had to learn a lot of things and during those five or six years while building the start-up my dad initially supported me for six months and I was still working initially and my other co-founder he left her job so we were dividing salaries between us just to get started ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making – The New York Times bestseller Book by Tony Fadell
Also mentioned
- Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise Through Dramatic Change Book by Louis V. Gerstner Jr.
Favourite Quote:
“People don’t do what you expect but what you inspect.” Louis V. Gerstner Jr.
Recommended Online Resources:
- Y Combinator – created a new model for funding early-stage start-ups Twice a year they invest in a large number of start-ups
- Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by Paul Graham’s investment fund and start-up incubator, Y Combinator. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as “anything that gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity”
- Entrepreneurs on Twitter
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Perseverance and determination is very important. And also, always keep learning and build a very good team. If you have your team with you, you can solve any problem ”…[Listen for More]
More About Rabi Gupta:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t give up, don’t take anything personally, and don’t take no for an answer.” Sophia Amoruso
Other Quotes From the Chat with Rabi Gupta:
- “Maybe a few things would have done better like having a great designer on board from day one would have helped with branding a bit more… So, if I had to start from scratch, I would basically have someone who has a great understanding about design and branding from day one”
- “I think the biggest secret to success is one is focus. People always feel oh this other person did this and became very successful so I should be able to do it and become successful. But the challenges no one tries to understand the back story”
- “You should be smart enough to unlearn and learn new things”
- “The most important thing is that behind every story there is a lot of hard work that no one is seeing”
- “You have to learn any art for at least 10,000 hours to be really good at it
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