FOF.link

Our story starts at 1937, with Ronald Cose and The Theory of the Firm

If markets are so efficient,  why do firms exists?

Of course  "Transaction Costs"

We are here to make markets as efficient as firms

http://FOF.link

Founder

1000 Founders Community

Helping Solo Founders to $10M in revenue and list an IPO

https://www.1000founders.in/

Nimbal.io

Nimbal is a platform for 100% test automation of your software product by your own software developers. Developers can get started in writing english like test in less than 24 hours and get to over 90% Coverage of your Code & User Stories.  Run daily Automated tests to make your users love your software product.

99tests

99tests is a Pay-as-you-go QA Platform

Share your software screens, get User Stories, Test Cases and Bugs all-in-one for the specified devices, locations and languages. Get the exact cost to execute and pay per results.

https://99tests.com

VMLogix

LabManager is a virtual lab automation product to manage virtual machines that are run in VMWare ESX 3.5, vCenter 4.0 and Citrix Xen 5.5. 
Developed an automation framework using Python API's and Selenium scripts. 
Tested several versions of LabManager on Xen, Amazon and VMWare virtualization platform from 3.3 to 3.8.2.
* Automation of functionality using Selenium and Python API's. 
* Writing and executing test cases. 
* QA test combinations over multiple OS's, Hypervisors. 
* Filing Bugs and Test reports. 
* Setting up Test beds from Virtualization platforms.

Quality Assurance Manager

webMethods

WebMethods Integration server 7.1. Involved in performing QA and automation (QTP) on Business Process Models using Developer and Designer tools of WebMethods. These tasks required understanding of SOA, web services and programming skills to develop FLOW Scripts (a proprietary programming language of WebMethods), along with Java web services using eclipse. Developed Perl scripts that queried Oracle DB using SQL to validated data. 
* Automation of Business flows using QTP 9.0. 
* Creation of Test Plan and Test Case documents. 
* Setup and configuration of Application servers (IS and MwS) on Unix/Linux/Solaris. 
* Execution and reporting of functional bugs. 
* Integration testing and Component testing. 
* Developing Java web services using eclipse.

Quality Assurance Engineer

Oracle

Oracle e-business Applications: The scope of the project is to perform QA for the Oracle e-business 11i applications. Involved in the design and development of the GUI based automation suite for the forms based and html based Oracle Applications. The verification of the results is done using an infrastructure tool developed in Perl that extracts the Winrunner results, parses and reports the statistics of the test runs without any user intervention. Worked on the enhancement phase of this infrastructure tool. 
* Creation of Test plan and Test Case documents. 
* Coding of Scripts in TSL (Winrunner) for building the GUI based Automation 
* Unit testing, integration testing (Perl) 
* Bug Fixes. 
* Resolved bugs in the infrastructure.

Certification of GIT Tools as a part of GIT Scripting team, which was responsible for new code 
development, testing and deployment for GIT Operations 
* Developed automated testing scripts using Perl for GIT Tools. 
* Successfully implemented test plans and produced summary reports. 
* Evaluated and prototyped an Automation infrastructure for automation and reporting using Oracle Application Express (SQL) and Wiki. 
* Used source control software, bug-tracking software and test-tool development. 
* Modified existing testing procedures and ensured product enhancements did not impact functionality. 
* Proactively contributed to all team efforts, ensuring project completions and quality products and results.

Development of Certified Configurations for Oracle On Demand. The development involved exposures to various concepts like Oracle On Demand, Certified configurations, Provisioning, Reference Configurations, Customer Configuration Repository. Used Perl, SQL and PL/SQL for development. 
* Feasibility analysis based on the Functional Design Document. 
* Creation of Technical Design and test plan documents. 
* Coding of modules in Perl and SQL for building the Certified Configurations 
* Component testing and integration testing of the modules.

With over 20 years of experience in startups, software development, and innovation, I am a founder of two ventures: 1000Founders and 99tests. 1000Founders is a community that helps founders to hit product-market fit, fundraise, and grow 10x. 99tests is a platform that enables 100% test automation of software products by developers using natural language.

I am passionate about creating and scaling companies, communities, and multi-sided software platforms that solve real problems and deliver value to users and customers. I have raised over one million dollars to grow 99tests, a crowdsourced testing platform, to 50K users before it closed. I have also published a case study on effectual logic and startup survival in an emerging economy. I have a certificate in AI and ML from the Indian Institute of Science and an executive general management programme from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. I am skilled in agile methodologies, technology adoption, and lean start-up principles. My mission is to help each founder get to $10 million ARR by the year 2030, with a focus on founders.

Praveen Singh V

Ravindra M.K

Co-Founder, Chief Customer Officer (CCO) and Head of Marketing

BHIVE Workspace

Founding Member

•	Responsible for getting the company off the ground in 2014 and popularising the coworking concept as a new industry in India (before WeWork's entry).
•	Oversaw our customer-focused business functions, including Sales, Marketing, Community, Customer Experience, Business Development, Business Strategy & Operations to create a cohesive experience to our customers resulting in satisfied long-lasting reference customers. 
•	Instrumental in building the leading Coworking space in India.
•	Contributed towards building an engaged vibrant BHIVE community (Online, Offline) in-turn doing our bit to the startup ecosystem.
•	Events Evangelist and Event Management at BHIVE Workspace. Built the largest Meetup group with 11K+members & executed 600+ events.
•	Instrumental in strategically turning around and scaling the company.
•	Program Manager and Product Manager for expansions, franchise and customer success initiatives.
•	Developed and built the Coworking Franchise model along with its execution and scaling.
•	Lead Sales team, business development, inbound lead generation, lead engagement resulting in good occupancy levels in all centres.
•	Lead & built Marketing team; Successfully executed many Marketing strategies, Growth hacks, Content marketing, Brand management, SEO, Partnerships and scalable processes (playbooks).
•	Got BHIVE covered in many Newspapers, magazines & websites; Handled Public relations.
•	Lead Operation & Administration department streamlining processes and effective execution.
•	Instrumental in hiring, training & retaining key talent across departments.
•	Relationship management & engagement with employees, consultants, top management, investors, vendors & all stakeholders.
•	Contributed towards fund raising activities and investor relationship management.
•	Contributed in budget planning, financial control, audits, analytics & legal aspects.
•	Involved in strategising & key decision making.
•	Instrumental in building a trustworthy & recognizable Brand.

- Implemented CRM System, User experience & Customer engagement system, Support, Call management, Website design & development, Knowledge management, Event management, Marketing automation, Expense management, Cross-functional collaboration, Customer feedback & Survey.
- Roadmap planning, user research, prototyping, project management, data analytics, Performance Metrics, Design thinking, Customer journey mapping, Website UI/UX & Product Requirements Document (PRD).
- Product development, Product Marketing, Product Innovation, Product operations, New center/customization project delivery process, Personalization, upgrades in Hospitality services, Customer Experience framework, Unit level profitability modeling, Franchise business model, scaling of business.
- Incorporated Lean methodology, Agile processes, SCRUM meetings, Surveys, User stories, Testimonials, Audits, & Best practices.

Product Manager

BCIC Karnataka

Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Wellness - Expert Committee Member

SDMIMD Entrepreneurs Network - SEN

Chairman

Self

Offering consulting / advisory / mentoring / connections to startups or businesses or individuals.

Message me or mail me or whatsapp me with the required help & also update 'What value will you add to my life?'. Hope to work on a win-win relationship based on mutual trust and respect!

Consultant / Advisor / Mentor / Collaborator

GrowthX

GrowthX is curated social learning community of founders & growth leaders across the India ecosystem. GrowthX is a product and growth Bootcamp program and a community of Top 1% growth leaders in India.

GrowthX : Product & Growth Fellow

On Deck

Executive On Deck (EOD) Fellowship (https://www.beondeck.com/execs).
Accepted into a highly selective 8 week fellowship program where top talent comes to accelerate their learnings and network. On Deck is the future of continuing education.

On Deck Fellow

CropIn Technology

CropIn is a leading global AgTech organization that is driven with the vision to maximize per acre value and the mission to make every farm traceable. CropIn caters to all the stakeholders in the Ag-ecosystem by enabling them to do connected and data driven farming. 

CropIn provides DeepTech SaaS based solutions and enables its clients to analyze and draw insights from the data about their growing crops. CropIn has digitized over 13 million acres of farmland, impacted the lives of nearly 4 million farmers in 52+ countries globally. 

The product portfolio includes - SmartFarm, SmartRisk, mWarehouse, AcreSquare.  
Investors are - ABC World Asia, CDC Group, Chiratae Ventures, BeeNext, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Invested Development, Seeders, Axilor and Ankur capital.

Director, Customer Succes

Aptean

Aptean is a $2 Billion dollar company providing very specific ERP, SCM, Compliance & Customer experience solutions. Over 4,100+ organizations in 20+ industries & 54 countries rely on Aptean to streamline their everyday operations. Aptean has a portfolio of 43+ products with annual revenue >$350M having 1600+ employees and 5000+ customers globally. Aptean India's Center of Excellence (CoE) has 500+ employees working from its Bangalore office mainly in R&D and Customer Success teams.
3 major investors of Aptean are (top global PE firms) : 
* Vista Equity Partners (Investors in Reliance Jio, Gainsight, Drift, Finastra, Pluralsight, Eagleview, TIBCO, MARKETO, CVENT, Xactly, Zego, Apptio, Jamf, Ping Identity)
* TA Associates (Investors in Billdesk, NSE, ACT Broadband, RateGain, i2, AVG Antivirus, Fractal Analytics)
* Charlesbank Capital Partners (Investors in Cyberbit, Papa Murphy's, TLC Vision, Zayo)

Customer Success

Shriram Properties Private Ltd

Leading Technology & Digital initiatives @ Shriram Properties (Real Estate Corporate Startup).

Recruited & mentored by Arun Anand - Turnaround strategist & best real estate product leader; Instrumental in achieving the ET Now Real Estate Awards 2018 : “Developer of the Year award”.
Reporting to & learning from Vyoma Pandit - best marketing brain in real estate sector; Instrumental in achieving the ET Now Real Estate Awards 2018 : “Marketer of the year” and “Innovative real estate marketing campaign of the year”

Currently among the top 1% of the Real estate industries SSI ranking, hope to become a Thought Leader and Influencer in the second largest sector in India & do my bit in contributing to the country’s GDP.

AVP - Technology, Digital & Strategy

• 8 years of experience in SAP Consulting and 9 implementation projects as Functional consultant, Module Lead, Team Lead, Expert Consultant & Project Manager along with Pre-Sales and Product Development experience with varied industries & customers (Indian & Global).
• Professionally certified SAP HCM Functional Consultant possessing hands on configuration & implementation knowledge in Organisation Management (OM), Personnel Administration (PA), Positive and Negative Time Management, Recruitment, e-Recruitment, ESS, MSS, Personnel Development (PD), Training & Event Management (TEM), Nakisa, Appraisal & Talent Management modules with key focus areas being Talent Management & Workforce Process Management. 
• Have Basic Knowledge on SuccessFactors with SF certifications in Introduction to Mastery, Recruiting Marketing, Workforce Analytics and Planning, SAP JAM, Compensation Academy. 
• Worked on various projects and have gained experience of working with cross-cultural teams and the ability to work under pressure situations having consistently met the customer expectations providing timely deliverables ensuring customer delight.
• Worked on various projects and have gained experience of working with cross-cultural teams and the ability to work under pressure situations having consistently met the customer expectations providing timely deliverables ensuring customer delight.
 • SAP Industry experience includes in - Logistics, Public Sector, Utilities, Food, Brewery, Information Technology and Services, Retail, Real Estate, Hospitality, Oil & Gas.

Consultant at SAP Solution Delivery Center

Key Team member of Diversity & Inclusion & Fun@Work Committee @ SAP

Entrepreneur, Board member, Senior Management, Marketer & Customer Success professional with over 19+ years of proven experience across Entrepreneurship, Customer focused functions, Support, Product Management, Business Development, Team Management, Marketing, SaaS, Digital Transformation & Operations.

I have successfully run businesses, teams, profit centres & SBUs managing P/L. Being a startup founder, played an instrumental role in building the organization from scratch & have been responsible for developing strategic plans for customer success, business growth, scaling, branding, customer engagement, customer retention, market expansion, building company culture, program management, and technology adaption; have led teams of diverse employees and have a proven track record in building teams, best practices, new revenue streams, delivering business results & customer outcomes by being their trusted advisor.

Strategic thinker with analytical bent of mind, and strong execution bias. Possess very strong communication skills and people management abilities. Bring a high level of energy, dedication, and integrity to the job. 

Specialties: 
Leadership | General Management | CustomerSuccess | Customer Experience | Hospitality | Professional Services | Marketing | Product Management | Strategy | Customer Engagement | Building Customer Success Teams | SaaS | Product Marketing | Social Media Marketing | Growth Hacking | Customer Onboarding | Customer Advocacy | NPS | Voice of Customer | Branding | Team Management | Human Resource |  Business Transformation | Process Development | P&L Management | Event Management |Partnerships | FinTech | Legal | Agile | Design Thinking | Project Management | Administration.
 
Global Certifications: 
Customer Success, Product Management, Digital Marketing, Cloud, Google Ads; Google Analytics, Hubspot Product Marketing certifications.

Missed playing this Pickleball game yesterday with the Founders Community.
Happy to have supported this initiative by Razorpay Rize & Recur Club.
Thanks Eashita Maheshwary , Eklavya Gupta & Gautham Sivaramakrishnan for organizing the breakfast session at BHIVE Workspace.

BHIVE Workspace | Startups, Community, AI, Ironman Finisher, Growth+Retention, Product, Fintech

Building a strong Consumer & Xport Focus at Razorpay Rize 🚀 I Everything Community, Growth & Partnerships | 3x Founder

Building a community is really about creating moments that bring people together - even in the busiest of weeks. 🏓 

Yesterday morning was exactly that. One “Hey, I’m in Bangalore this week” from Eklavya, a few messages exchanged… and suddenly we had a court full of founders and funders ready to win!

Everything about the morning proved we are obsessed with startups - from the paddles we held (SPRENTZO Sports) to the court we played on (BHIVE Workspace), to the breakfast that filled our hearts as much as our stomachs (Yummy Bee (VLOGS Food Pvt Ltd)) .

All it takes is intent, energy and the right partners to turn a random Thursday into a Pickleball & Brekkie morning by Razorpay Rize x Recur Club. Grateful we could do this together Sai, Hemant and the entire team. 
 
Across frames: Gautham, Praveen, Gorang, Anshuman, Sabyasachi, Ankita, Sneha, Piyush, Pravruth, Dhruvan, Praharsh, Sandeep, Gurleen, Payal, Ayush, Arnav, Ravindra

People, Purpose and Profit are no longer “𝗛𝗥 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀” – they are core business strategy.
Join us for “𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁: 𝗛𝗥’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” – the 9th monthly meetup of the RevOps Chronicles community – as we deep dive into how HR can become the strongest driver of predictable growth and resilient organisations.

Meet our Panelists:
Prajwal UI – Ex-Director HR, Unisys India
A seasoned HR leader driving large-scale people strategies in a global tech environment, Prajwal brings hands-on experience in aligning culture, capability and performance with business outcomes.

Himanshu Tipre – People Operations Manager, YosAid Innovation Foundation
Himanshu works at the intersection of people, process and impact, shaping people practices in a purpose-led organisation and translating culture into everyday behaviours and systems.

Sandesh Murchy – Director – HR, Oracle
With deep experience in enterprise HR, Sandesh focuses on enabling scalable, future-ready people practices in fast-changing tech environments, with a sharp eye on capability building and performance.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗛𝗥 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀:
*Understand how to connect People Analytics, culture and engagement directly to profit
*Learn how to anchor HR around a clear organisational purpose that attracts and retains top talent
*Discover how to future‑proof your workforce for the age of AI and constant tech change
*Network with peers and leaders who are already treating HR as a strategic growth engine, not a support function

📅 22 November 2025 (Saturday)
🕚 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM IST
📍 BHIVE Workspace, MG Road, Bengaluru

Seats are limited – HR leaders, People/TA heads, HRBPs, and founders in HR Space, this one is for you. Learning event for all professionals from HR, Talent and L&D domains.

👉 Request your spot via Luma and be part of HR’s next evolution.

🔥 The Countdown is ON! 2 DAYS until you unlock The Non-Negotiable Route to Scale!

If you are relying on old models, your growth is stalled. This Saturday, we are cutting through the noise to discuss the single most important driver of modern SaaS success: Human Capital.

Join us to learn the strategic alignment of People, Purpose, and Profit that fuels high-performing, resilient organizations. We are sharing the NON-NEGOTIABLE framework for exponential growth!

Don't just manage people—turn them into profit generators!

🎤 Featuring an Expert Panel:

    Prajwal UI  HR Practitioner
    Himanshu Tipre People Operations Manager at YosAid Innovation Foundation 
    Sandesh Murchy Director - HR at Oracle

🗓️ Event Details:
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM IST
Venue: BHIVE Workspace MG Road, Bengaluru

🎯 This session is mandatory for EVERY LEADER who drives revenue or manages operations.

2 DAYS LEFT! Register NOW on Luma to guarantee your spot! The registration link is in the comments. Drop your most burning question for our experts below!

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