EP 179 : Pioneering the Drone Revolution - Ankit Mehta (Co-founder & CEO, Ideaforge Technology)

The Startup Operator

Ankit is the co-founder and CEO of Ideaforge, a pioneer in the drone manufacturing space. Founded in 2007, Ideaforge spearheaded the creation of the drone technology space in India. In this episode Ankit spoke about creating a category and building full stack solutions, the future of drones in India and what it will take for the mainstream adoption drones and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:
00:00 Introduction
01:42 Going from Idea to Product to Company with Ideaforge
04:41 How B2B startups differ from consumer startups
07:54 Building a Full stack solution
11:42 Integrating with the ecosystem
13:46 Advice to founders operating in a nascent category
16:54 Ideaforge's Customer Acquisition process
21:11 Building with the customers
24:40 Do's and Don't of working with Govt. agencies
27:13 The Future of Drones in India
31:05 Mainstream adoption of drones
34:39 Fundraising and Developing talent in a hardware startup
40:04 What's next for Ideaforge
42:34 How is Ankit Preparing for the next leap?
44:44 Books and podcast recommendation

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