From College project to Finshots: A fireside chat with Pawan Kumar Rai

Sep 13, 2020, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

We proudly present, a cross promoted fireside chat with Pawan Kumar Rai, founder of Finshots, a short three-minute daily newsletter, covering the most important financial and business news in a language that even a layman will understand. We will have a conversation about how Finshots rose from a college project to how it captured over 200K subscribers without spending on advertising!

Virtual event

About this event

We proudly our next event, a fireside chat with Pawan Kumar Rai, founder of Finshots, a short three-minute daily newsletter, covering the most important financial and business news in a language that even a layman will understand. The idea behind this product was reaching out to a wider audience among millennials through our easy-to-understand stories.

We will have a conversation about how Finshots rose from a college project to how it captured over 200K subscribers without spending on advertising!

Pawan hails from the small town of Giridih in Jharkhand. He has done his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and started his startup directly out of college with his dorm mates. He is a seasoned trader and passionate about the stock market, which eventually led to the idea of Finshots. Today, Finshots delivers one 3 min read per day to over 200,000 subscribers on India’s most important financial developments.

Company Bio:

Finshots is a 3-minute daily dose of finance, business, and policy news in a language that even a layman can understand. Finshots has over 200,000 subscribers, 1.5 Cr+ reads, and a 4.9 app rating with 4000+ reviews. And what is truly commendable is that Finshots has achieved all of this in the span of one year without spending a single rupee on marketing.

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Pawan Kumar Rai

    Finshots

    Co-Founder

Moderator

  • Bharat Agarwal

    Startup Grind Delhi NCR

    Director

Startups

When

When

Sunday, September 13, 2020
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM UTC

Agenda

10:30 AMPre Call and Introductions
10:45 AMFireSide Chat
11:15 AMQ & A
11:30 AMNetworking

Hosts

  • Aayush Vats

    Startup Grind Bhubaneswar

    Chapter Director

  • Harsh Vardhan

    Startup-Grind BBSR

    Event Manager

  • Alok Prateek

    Startup Grind Delhi NCR

    Co-Director

  • Bharat Agarwal

    Startup Grind Delhi NCR

    Director

Organizers

  • Aayush Vats

    Startup Grind

    Chapter Director

  • Prachi Arunima

    Startup Grind Bhubaneswar

    Chapter Co-director

  • Nandini Mishra

    StartupGrind Bhubaneswar

    Event Manager

  • Satyaprakash Sahoo

    Startup Grind Delhi NCR

    Community Manager

  • Deepank Saini

    Head of Human Resources

  • Shreyas Pande

    Research Lead

  • Bhabarnab Talukdar

    Graphic Design Lead

  • Aashish Singh

    Operations Manager

  • Aditi Pattnaik

    Startup Grind Bhubaneshwar

    Chief Marketing Strategist

  • Harsh Vardhan

    Startup Grind Bhubaneswar

    Mentor

  • Pradeep Pal Singh Negi

    HR Lead

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