ACLR8 Founder Academy19 Tammi 2024

Episode 2: Fintech for Bharat. Ft. Ankit Agrawal, Founder & CEO, Insurance Dekho

Financial Inclusion for 100cr Indians with Ankit Agrawal, Founder & CEO, InsuranceDekho 🇮🇳🚀

Insurance Dekho is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in India solving for “Bima, Bharosa, Berozgari, Bimari,” 💯

Some of things we discussed were:

✅ How it is important to not celebrate fund raise and really focus on your business, team and providing long term value to your customer. 💯
✅ How to build products that reach millions of households and solve real problems. ❤️
✅ Systems, processes & people training required to setup organisations that last a 100 years and churn out amazing leaders. 🚀
✅ Importance of being on-ground and focus on execution! Not be a “social media founder”. 💪
✅ Hiring folks who have the right attitude to learn and persistence to keep executing, rather than just looking at work experience, college or skill set. 🔥
✅ Exciting opportunities in fintech and financial services for young Indian founders in the next few years. 🚀

Thank you Ankit for your time and sharing your learnings of building one of the most disruptive companies in India. 👏 You have inspired lacs of founders to dream big and never give up. ❤️

Content Timeline: -----------------

⁠00:00⁠ - Intro
⁠02:17⁠ - Time-management while running such a large business and ruthless prioritisation.
⁠04:14⁠ - Fintech opportunity in India over the next decade.
⁠07:02⁠ - Why is Insurance such a massive opportunity in India.
⁠10:30⁠ - How do young founders identify large opportunities in Fintech.
⁠13:10⁠ - Importance of not celebrating fund raising but focussing on execution.
⁠15:04⁠ - Right idea, right time, right team.
⁠16:52⁠ - Importance of personal experience in building a successful business.
⁠17:52⁠ - How did Ankit identify the initial business model of ⁠@InsuranceDekho⁠
⁠19:40⁠ - Importance of founders being on-ground to solve a problem.
⁠21:15⁠ - Insurance Dekho growth strategy in the next few years.
⁠24:36⁠ - Running a gig economy company at scale.
⁠28:57⁠ - An insurance advisor is a family doctor for your savings.
⁠30:00⁠ - Solving for trust and information asymmetry at scale.
⁠33:00⁠ - How does a founder hire their initial team?
⁠36:25⁠ - Don't hire social media founders.
⁠40:25⁠ - How is ⁠@InsuranceDekho⁠ becoming a house of founders.
⁠43:17⁠ - Building institutions like ⁠@icicibank⁠ICICI, HUL and HDFC.
⁠45:20⁠ - India is a land of opportunities.
⁠47:10⁠ - Ankit on collaborating with ACLR8 to build the best early stage program for founders in India!
⁠50:30⁠ - Importance of building profitably while having a growth mindset.
⁠52:39⁠ - (Partner Testimonial) Whatsapp commerce in the country with Business on Bot.
⁠53:40⁠ - Ending statements.

⁠#startup⁠ ⁠#funding⁠ ⁠#entrepreneurship⁠ ⁠#fundraising⁠ ⁠#startupindia⁠ ⁠#accelerator⁠ ⁠#incubator⁠ ⁠#aclr8⁠ ⁠#aclr8vc⁠ ⁠#insurance⁠ ⁠#insurancedekho

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