Caravan '24 Agenda

Caravan ’24 Agenda

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Day 01

12th September – Thursday | Stanford Faculty Club

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1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Registrations and Networking

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Base Camp

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Welcome Note

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Talk

Base Camp

Speaker(s)

Vinod Muthukrishnan

VP & COO – Webex Customer Experience, Cisco

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Fireside Chat: Navigating Change, Crises and Technology Transitions

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Base Camp

Fireside Chat

Speaker(s)

John Chambers

CEO, JC2 Ventures | Chairman Emeritus, Cisco

Moderated by

Vinod Muthukrishnan

VP & COO – Webex Customer Experience, Cisco

3:50 PM – 4:35 PM

IndAI Spotlight

3:50 PM – 4:35 PM

Base Camp

Showcase

Moderated by

Sandeep Todi

CBO, Truly Financial

Kishore Natarajan

Co-Founder, HyperVerge

Innovative startups showcase how they’re building AI-first solutions for the world.

4:40 PM – 5:20 PM

Scaling Success in SaaS: Navigating Growth, Innovation and Global Expansion

4:40 PM – 5:20 PM

Base Camp

Panel

Speaker(s)

Dev Khare

Partner, Lightspeed India

Tejeshwi Sharma

Managing Director, Peak XV

Rishit Desai

Partner, WestBridge Capital

Moderated by

Arvind Parthiban

CEO & Co-founder SuperOps

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Fireside Chat: From Startup to IPO

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Base Camp

Fireside Chat

Speaker(s)

Girish Mathrubootham

Executive Chairman & Founder, Freshworks

Moderated by

Prukalpa Sankar

Co-founder, Atlan

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM

Closing – The Road Ahead: Leveraging Caravan ’24

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM

Base Camp

Talk

Speaker(s)

Avinash Raghava

CEO & Founding Volunteer SaaSBoomi

Sandeep Todi

CBO, Truly Financial

Priya Ramachandran

Founding & Managing Partner, Foster Ventures

6:15 PM onwards

Networking Dinner & Drinks

6:15 PM onwards

Networking

Day 02

13th September – Friday | Theatre at Hero City

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9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Registrations and Networking

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM

Welcome Address

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM

GTM

Talk

Speaker(s)

Arvind Parthiban

CEO & Co-founder SuperOps

Vinod Muthukrishnan

VP & COO – Webex Customer Experience, Cisco

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM

Framework to Determine the Right GTM Motion for Your Audience

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM

GTM

Talk

Speaker(s)

Manish Jindal

Advisor/Investor DevRev, Atomicwork, SiftHub, Gumlet

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Lessons from 0-1 M GTM Journey

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

GTM

Talk

Speaker(s)

Abhishek Kaushik

Co-founder & CEO, WeCP

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Break

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Networking

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Scaling AI Startups: Building Sustainable Models and Competitive Moats

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Talk

Speaker(s)

Aishwarya Srinivasan

Senior AI Advisor, Microsoft for Startups

12:00 PM – 12:40 PM

Lessons Learned from Scaling Revenue Orgs from 3 Million to 100 Million+

12:00 PM – 12:40 PM

GTM

Talk

Speaker(s)

Dini Mehta

Executive in Residence Peak XV

12:40 PM – 1:40 PM

Great Room at Draper University

Lunch

12:40 PM – 1:40 PM

Great Room at Draper University

Networking

1:40 PM – 2:20 PM

1 Metric to Track Pre-PMF and 10 to Track Post-PMF

1:40 PM – 2:20 PM

GTM

Talk

Speaker(s)

Sahil Aggarwal

CEO & Co-founder Rattle

2:20 PM – 2:50 PM

The Power of a Customer Advisory Board to Kickstart US GTM

2:20 PM – 2:50 PM

GTM

Talk

Speaker(s)

Peter Kim

Head of GTM, WestBridge Capital

2:50 PM – 3:30 PM

Scaling Securely: Descope’s Journey to GTM Success

2:50 PM – 3:30 PM

GTM

Talk

Speaker(s)

Rishi Bhargava

Co-founder, Descope

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM

Building Product in GenAI Era

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM

Product

Fireside Chat

Speaker(s)

Surojit Chatterjee

Founder & CEO, Ema

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM

Building a Category Leading Multi-product Company – 10 Years of Learning and Progress

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM

Product

Talk

Speaker(s)

Dhiraj Sharma

Founder & CEO, Simpplr Inc

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Scaling Globally with a Local Mindset: Zoho’s GTM Strategy and Lessons in Sustainable Growth

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Product

Talk

Speaker(s)

Raj Sabhlok

Operating Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Break

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Networking

6 PM onwards

Lightspeed Office

Lightspeed Mixer

6 PM onwards

Lightspeed Office

Networking

This is an invite-only event.

Day 03

14th September – Saturday | Theatre at Hero City

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9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Registrations and Networking

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Messaging, Positioning & Pricing

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM

The Power of Positioning: Differentiating Your SaaS in a Crowded Market

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Messaging, Positioning & Pricing

Talk

Speaker(s)

Arvind Parthiban

CEO & Co-founder SuperOps

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM

Developing and Refining Your ICP: Strategies for Success

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM

Messaging, Positioning & Pricing

Talk

Speaker(s)

Ankit Oberoi

CEO, Geniee International Group

Kalyan Varma

Co-founder & CEO, Almabase

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Break

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Networking

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Crafting your Pricing Strategy

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Messaging, Positioning & Pricing

Talk

Speaker(s)

Ajit Ghuman

Co-founder & CEO, Monetizely

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Networking

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Navigating Company Building in the Age of GenAI: Critical Lessons Learned From Founding Solvvy and Launching GenAI at Zoom

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

AI Track

Keynote

Speaker(s)

Mahesh Ram

Head of AI, Zoom

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Taking AI Models to Production

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

AI Track

Talk

Speaker(s)

Krishna Janakiraman

CTO, Ottimate

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM

Silicon Valley’s AI Revolution: Lessons from Microprocessors to AI Applications

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM

AI Track

Fireside Chat

Speaker(s)

Chris Rowen

VP Engineering & Collaboration AI, Cisco

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM

Break

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM

Networking

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

How to Accelerate Growth in an AI Startup

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

Talk

Speaker(s)

Muddu Sudhakar

Co-founder & Founding CEO, Aisera

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM

M&A Readiness Workshop

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM

M&A

Talk

Speaker(s)

Ankit Oberoi

CEO, Geniee International Group

Nishant Malhotra

Managing Director at DC Advisory

6:30 PM onwards

Great Room at Draper University

Unconference – M & A

6:30 PM onwards

Great Room at Draper University

M&A

Networking

Speaker(s)

Vinod Muthukrishnan

VP & COO – Webex Customer Experience, Cisco

Meetul Shah

GM, Data Cloud, Demandbase

Arjun Pillai

CEO & Co-founder, Docket

Deepak Anchala

VP Product & Growth, 6sense

8 PM onwards

Great Room at Draper University

Founder Fables & Pizza Party

8 PM onwards

Great Room at Draper University

Day 04

15th September – Sunday

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8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Hike to enjoy California Nature (or) San Francisco City Culture Tour to Nail Your Sales Small Talk 🙂

8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Leisure & Bonding

3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Cricket at Ruby Hill, Pleasanton

3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Leisure & Bonding

7:00 PM -9:00 PM

Good Spirits & Dinner

7:00 PM -9:00 PM

Leisure & Bonding

Day 05

16th September – Monday

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9:00 AM – 12:30 PM

VC Connect

9:00 AM – 12:30 PM

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Networking Lunch

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

2:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Industry Connect

2:00 PM – 5:30 PM

6 PM onwards

Closing Socials

6 PM onwards