The $30 Million Marketplace Out of India

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Nathan Latka

Ceo, Entrepreneurs, Founders, Software, Business, Entrepreneurship, Saas, Startups

4.6 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Satya Prabhakar is an Indian/American entrepreneur, engineer, writer and the Founder & CEO of Sulekha, India‚Äôs leading tech-AI platform for expert services offering SME Service Providers (SPs) the best mobile-SaaS medium to grow their business through matched prospects and market intelligence. He grew Sulekha from 2 employees to over 1300 employees in 17 offices across India and in US. Originally from Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Prabhakar earned his Bachelor degree in Electronics and Communications from National institute of Technology (NIT REC), Trichy, India; Masters in Computer Science and an MBA in International Finance from University of Florida.
He has nearly 20 years of professional experience in various technical, business development, strategy and general management roles at TCS India, Philips N.V., Honeywell and AT&T in the areas of databases, real-time operating systems, Interactive TV, Internet access, hosting and interactive services. He has written over 25 technical papers and articles in the areas of artificial intelligence, database design, optimization and integration. He won prestigious awards tor technical business leadership both at 880 and Honeywell.

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0:00.0	Okay, got it. So this quote that you gave the outlet Live Mint was a projected revenue for 2015 of $30 million.
0:06.8	Projected revenue. Got it. Did you miss or hit?
0:10.3	We were, we were, we were off by 20, 25%.
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1:37.5	Hello, everyone. My guest today is Satya Prabhakar.
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