WNV Podcast | SaaS Series | Episode-1- Analytics in renewable energy with Puneet Jaggi

Topics /*Highlights discussed:-
00:00 - Introduction

2:07 - Journey as an entrepreneur and becoming an expert in the renewable space

05:45 - Overview of the SaaS ecosystem in India, can India be a global hub for SaaS?
* India is very well positioned to become a SaaS hub
* Two key components leading to that - Strong Product talent, Great distribution skills

11:30 - Views on Product led growth
* Product Managers act as CEO of the product and play a critical role in the growth of the company

13:11 - Ideal distribution strategy for growth-stage startups, growth KPIs for SaaS
*Depending on vertical or horizontal SaaS, GTM would vary
*For horizontal SaaS, an army of account executives through inside sales strategy is a good way
*For enterprise vertical SaaS players, hiring a team in a particular location becomes critical since the value of the deal is higher
*After you reach $5mn ARR, this is a good time to partner with IT services and consulting firms for growth
*Growth trajectory for SaaS - 3x*3x*3x*2x*2x | $100mn ARR in 5 years

20:10 - Overview of Prescinto, Top use-cases for Prescinto, Competitor landscape
*Huge reduction of costs by 5x in setting up clean energy setups in the past 10 years
*Investments of over $2.5Tn have been invested in the past decade in clean energy
*Prescinto is an AI/Analytics platform helping improve the generation of clean energy plants

28:27 - What's next in the renewable space, for Prescinto?
* 2 Megatrends -
-Continous reduction in costs for setting up clean energy plants, energy storage would play a huge role
-Going away from Hydrocarbons, electrification of multiple industries
-Prescinto is ideally positioned in the cross-section of disruption happening in power and technology

[AviationJunkie]

Enlightening. Thanks for this series. Looking forward to the next one.