BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ASIA - Pharma & Life Sciences | Industrial SaaS

India Gains Edge in Apparel Market Amid Bangladesh Turmoil

- **American buyers** are shifting focus to India due to **political stability**. - **US ITC report** highlights India's rising credibility in **apparel sourcing**. - **India's apparel exports** to the US rose to **5.8%** in 2023, totaling **$4.6 billion**. - **Challenges**: High labor costs, small production units, and limited MMF capacity. - **India's strengths**: Vertical integration and reliability in **cotton garments**. Source: [Firstpost](https://www.firstpost.com/world/indias-political-stability-drawing-american-buyers-to-its-apparel-fashion-sector-13827536.html), [The Economic Times](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/garments-/-textiles/india-gains-momentum-in-us-apparel-market-amid-challenges-in-global-supply-chains/articleshow/114419427.cms)

Everstage raising 30mil @ 150mil valuation🚀

Everstage, a SaaS startup, is in advanced stages to raise $30 million from new investor Eight Roads Ventures, valuing the company at $150 million. Existing backers like 3one4 Capital and Elevation Capital will also participate in the round. - What do they do? Everstage, founded in 2020, is a sales performance management platform designed to automate sales commissioning processes for companies. It counts PopMenu, Whatfix, Chargebee, and Alphasense among its customers. - Trends: Investors are increasingly focusing on SaaS startups, with reports of other companies in the space, such as Whatfix and HighPerformr, also securing significant funding rounds. - Market Outlook: The investment into Everstage reflects the growing interest in vertical platforms within the SaaS space, with various investors setting aside funds to invest in B2B SaaS startups. Scoop: Money Control

Am I getting arrogant or thinking right?

So after building my venture for over six years, in January,22 I decided to move on and in Sept,22 I joined an early stage startup led by ex-CXO of a small vertical of Indian IT giant. i joined as early employee to lead product, but over time I have been moved across multiple things without my consent, but I continued doing in and out across as pre-sales, customer success and blah blah. Over the last 1 and half year, the company just got few clients with around total revenue of 15 Lakhs annual. On the sides, I started building my venture as well and built a small team of 4 people, launcjed the product and is doing good in terms of revenue. With the limited time I am able to give after spending 10+ hours doing nothing at my job, at my startup we have scaled well and are doong decent enough monthly revenue of around 6.5 Lakhs and are growing as well. Now, at the place where I work, few people including founder come and give me some gyaan but I don’t like it. Not because I don’t want to learns but because I feel these gyaans are one-sides and comes with limited view. IRL, I have executed better than what they are doing with a better capital efficiency and with very small team. I don’t like what they say. Am I getting arrigant or am I being selective to who do I want to learn from and what? I don’t want to turn arrogant and someone who miss staying grounded. In my venture I listen to my team, my people, my users and stay as much humble as possible, but when it come to my job place, I don’t like them. PS: I am not leaving the job because for the next 2-3 months, I don’t want to burden my company with my salary expense and also my marriage is scheduled so don’t want to eat my savings.