Khadim Batti

Know The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Cloud ERP in Schools Cloud technology has rapidly transformed industries across India — banking, healthcare, ecommerce, logistics and more. The education sector is also now moving toward cloud-based systems to improve efficiency, reduce costs and deliver a modern, tech-enabled parent experience. However, many school owners still wonder: Is cloud ERP right for my school? What benefits will it bring? Are there challenges involved? This detailed guide explains the key advantages and practical challenges of implementing a Cloud ERP in Indian schools, helping owners make informed and confident decisions. https://lnkd.in/gKPPXqkt #SchoolFees #FeeManagement #DigitalPayments #FreeTrial #SchoolERP #EdTechIndia #CodePexERP #6monthsFreeTrial

The Acquisition Readiness Mandate Sector Focus: Mid-Market B2B SaaS, IT Services, & High-Margin Traditional Manufacturing (Chennai/Hyderabad/Kolkata). Revenue Threshold: ₹5 Cr to ₹25 Cr ARR (Strictly profitable or break-even). We are currently opening bandwidth at Business Factory to select five (5) founders for our 90-Day Acquisition Readiness & Structuring Protocol for Q2. The Context: Currently observing a massive disconnect in the lower-middle market. Local founders are leaving 30% to 40% of their enterprise valuation on the table during exits or partial buyouts due to un-audited compliance leaks, unstructured IP, and fragmented financial reporting. The Mandate: We are taking on five operational companies to build their institutional-grade Virtual Data Room (VDR), clean the cap table, optimize EBITDA reporting, and structure the entity for aggressive buy-side acquisition or strategic Private Equity injection. Criteria for Consideration: 1. Must have minimum 3 years of audited financials. 2. Clean promoter history (No active litigation). 3. Predictable, recurring B2B revenue streams. If you are a founder planning a liquidity event or strategic exit in the next 12–18 months and your internal infrastructure is not institutional-grade, DM me. We will sign a preliminary NDA before requesting your initial financials. Principals only. Brokers and intermediaries will not be entertained. PS: I will reply back to all enquiries tonight, I am just broadcasting this message here to fill my Deal Pipeline and save time before going out of my home to get my day's work done. Please don't mind my late replies, guys. 🙂 Best, Vishak, Managing Director - Business Factory

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India is reskilling at speed. Most courses teach tools. Few teach what drives revenue: Product Management and GTM (Pricing). Global Capability Centres already contribute serious value. FY24 export revenue touched $64.6B, up ~40% year on year, with ~1,700 centres today and ~2,200 projected by 2030. Read the piece below, then ask a harder question: are your teams learning tools, or learning to price, position, and prioritise like owners? If you lead a GCC, read this, then ask if your teams can prioritise like owners and price with confidence. Mind the Product #ProductManagement #GTM #Pricing #India #Tech https://lnkd.in/dBgv-igY

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Great products don’t scale by chance — they scale by design. In this insightful session, Sandeep Balaji, Founder & CEO of IncrementumX, laid out a clear GTM master-plan for early-stage startups navigating growth in India and global markets. Key takeaways: GTM strategy must evolve with every stage Distribution clarity accelerates scale Execution matters more than intent For founders building beyond prototypes, this session offered a practical roadmap from early traction to sustained growth. hashtag #HuddleGlobal2025 #GoToMarket #StartupScaling #EarlyStageStartups #Ravvle #ArsvitaeInfotech

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Fintech will be India’s next big export !! We already have the proof… #UPI India Stack and our #DPI digital public infrastructure are being studied and adopted globally. Countries want what India has built. - No one understands population-scale finance like we do. - No one builds high-trust, low-cost digital systems this fast. - Our talent, our regulatory approach and our lived experience with real scale put us ahead. #ITservices powered the last era. #Fintech will power the next and India 🇮🇳 will lead it.

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📈Scaling SaaS to ₹100 Crores: Balancing Growth, Compliance & Strategic Focus🌍 Scaling a SaaS business in India to the ₹100 Cr milestone is more than just a race to acquire customers; it's about building a resilient, compliant, and efficient growth engine that can scale sustainably in a dynamic regulatory environment. In this episode of The Lighthouse💡we will explain the fundamentals of scaling SaaS ventures in India. Anushrii Bathla Oza hosts Sushma Agarwal, a chartered accountant and SaaS advisory expert at Rödl & Partner Bangalore. As SaaS founders focus on product and market expansion, financial compliance, audit readiness, and operational clarity become critical success enablers. With evolving frameworks like GST, FEMA, and RBI compliance, having the right structures in place from the start can define long-term success.✨ 🎯 Key insights from the conversation: ✅ How accounting outsourcing supports growth while ensuring audit-readiness ✅ What regulatory challenges SaaS startups must proactively prepare for ✅ Real-world frameworks that help founders scale with structure, not just speed Whether you're a startup founder, investor, or CFO building the next SaaS success story, this conversation offers deep insights on navigating growth without losing financial control. 📩 For more information feel free to contact 📧 Sushma Agarwal – sushma.agarwal@roedl.com 📞 +91 9607 930 789 🎥 Visit our homepage & YouTube channel to view the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gjVCUFw7 https://lnkd.in/dyBnczZV #GrowthStrategy #TheLighthouse #MRR #CAC #LTV #ComplianceMatters #SaaSCompliance #FEMA #GST #SaaSLeadership #AuditReadiness #Weareroedl #RoedlIndia #SaaSGrowth #ComplianceMatters #AccountingOutsourcing #100CroreMilestone #SaaSIndia #StrategicFinance #AuditReady #SaaSMetrics #ExpertInsights

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Winning High-Stakes RFPs-Part 1B/10 Solution Engineering Series for NBFCs, Healthcare & Supply Chain: Execution Playbook 🔁 10-Stage Solutioning Lifecycle 🔹 1. Discovery & Qualification → Use cases, process gaps, compliance needs → Score with BANT/CHAMP, peer tech benchmarks 🔹 2. Stakeholder Mapping → Identify decision-makers, influencers, blockers → Craft win themes for CIO, CISO, COO, CFO, Procurement 🔹 3. Solution Hypothesis → Draft modular blueprint: core, service, support stacks → Align to outcomes: SLA, compliance, cost, risk, TAT 🔹 4. Architecture & Engineering Design → Build scalable, secure, domain-ready solution → Include GenAI, APIs, analytics, RPA, microservices 🔹 5. Governance & SLAs → RACI, escalation matrix, CAB workflows → Define SLA/OLA tiers, monitoring stack (ELK, Prometheus) 🔹 6. Security & Compliance → RBI, HIPAA, ISO, SOC2, GAMP mapped upfront → Embed controls: logs, vaults, RBAC, encryption 🔹 7. Delivery & Support Model → L1–L4 model, DR/BCP, shift-left/right support ops → Uptime SLAs, prod vs non-prod flows 🔹 8. Team Structure & Delivery Pods → Architect, SME, Infra, Security, Pricing, Proposal roles → Assign onsite/offshore strategy, redundancy plan 🔹 9. Estimation & TCO/ROI → Infra, licenses, AMC, effort costing → Present ROI, breakeven, value realization 🔹 10. Final Packaging & Pitch → Build exec summary, demo storyboard, solution deck → Include SoW, pricing sheet, compliance tracker 🧠 Industry-Focused Layering 🟦 NBFCs • LOS/LMS, co-lending APIs, CRILC, CKYC • AI underwriting, RBI real-time logs, XAI scoring 🟩 Healthcare • EMR/EHR AI, FHIR/HL7, GenAI for records • HIPAA controls, anonymization, access auditing 🟨 Supply Chain • IoT edge, WMS/TMS, smart fulfillment • ISO 28000, logistics encryption, last-mile AI 👥 Stakeholder Win Themes • CIO → Cloud-native, scalable, composable architecture • CISO → Zero-trust, pre-certified compliance stack • COO → SLA-first ops, uptime, TAT metrics • Biz Head → Revenue unlock, faster GTM, automation • Procurement → ROI clarity, clean pricing, timeline confidence 🏗️ Winning Team Setup • 🧠 Architect → Solution blueprint + integration • 👔 SME → Industry KPIs, domain logic • 🛠️ Infra/DevOps → CI/CD, observability, DR/BCP • 🔐 Security → Compliance-by-design • 📊 Estimation → Cost models + buffers • 📄 Proposal → SoW, version control, submission hygiene • 🧪 Demo Lead → Storyboard, proof points 🧰 Reusable Asset Kit • 🔍 Discovery Qs + Use Case Tree • 🧱 Architecture Templates (Visio/Figma) • 🗺️ Persona Maps + Win Cards • 📉 Compliance Matrix (RBI, HIPAA, ISO) • 📊 ROI/TCO Calculator • 📑 RACI, CAB Flow, BCP Plan • 📦 Submission Tracker • 🎬 Demo Script & Storyboard 📈 Key Solution Metrics • 🏆 Win Rate • 🕒 Time-to-Solution • ♻️ Reuse % of assets • 🔒 Compliance Readiness Score • 🧪 POC-to-Win Ratio • 📦 Team Utilization #SolutionEngineering #Presales #RFP #NBFC #Healthcare #Architecture #Compliance #CoreEngineering

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Checkout my talk at Frappeverse 2025 where I share some practical insights on #ERPNext Implementation for #manufacturing organisations. Key lessons: – In-person requirement sign-offs save months – Adoption > features – Simplicity scales better than over-customization

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Hiver appoints Gaurav Singh Bhadoria as Chief Product Officer.  He brings deep experience in building and scaling global SaaS products, with a strong track record across product strategy, growth, and AI-powered platforms. He brings deep experience in building and scaling global SaaS products, with a strong track record across product strategy, growth, and AI-powered platforms, reinforcing Hiver’s focus on delivering enterprise-grade customer service that remains intuitive and fast to adopt. Niraj Ranjan Rout | #Pitch #Marketing #LeadershipAppointment #Hiver #ChiefProductOfficer #SaaS #ProductLeadership

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Attending ShopQuest in Bangalore. Got some great insights from Vargab Bakshi While everyone insists on building SaaS in India and selling globally, he layed out the perfect plan for an India focussed GTM. A few key points from his talk Value > Price Sales led Growth > Product led Growth Loved by 100 > Used by 1000 Word of Mouth > Ads TLDR: Make sure your early users love you and they will become your biggest growth channel #shopquest

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If you’re attending AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi) in Chennai on March 19–20, one small founder tip: don’t walk in unplanned. The event sits inside the broader AIBoomi Annual ’26 week in Chennai, and the agenda spans mainstage plus multiple parallel spaces, so it can get overwhelming fast. My suggestion: Block your calendar in advance. Pick the mainstage sessions you really want, then map the other rooms, side meetings, and catch-ups around them. And when you meet people, switch on your B2Brain 🧠 Not every conversation is just networking. Prep for conversations, capture context, and think more clearly about who could become a customer, partner, investor, or strategic connection after the event. Best events are not about meeting the most people. They are about leaving with the right conversations and the right follow-ups. Plan the rooms. Plan the people. Plan the follow-up. #AIBoomi #Chennai #Founders #B2B #Networking #AI #Startups AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi) Avinash Raghava

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🚨 Girish Mathrubootham to exit Freshworks by December Girish Mathrubootham, co-founder of Nasdaq-listed Freshworks and a key voice in India’s SaaS story, will step down as Executive Chairman on December 1, 2025. He will now focus on Together Fund, the VC firm he co-founded. Freshworks has appointed Roxanne Austin, Lead Independent Director, as the new Chairperson of the Board. Under Mathrubootham’s leadership, the Chennai-founded startup grew into a unicorn and became the first Indian SaaS company to list on Nasdaq. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/gZwWvqXU By Thimmaya Poojary #Freshworks #SaaS #Leadership #Startups #TechNews

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The 3-Bucket Strategy for Scalable Development 🚀, Prioritizing by emotion is a silent killer for Indian IT startups. By categorizing tasks into Bugs, Features, and Improvements, you create a predictable roadmap and a stable product. How do you balance bug fixes vs. new features? 🤝 #ScaleStartup #Leadership #ProjectManagement #TechStrategy #IndiaStartups

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GoKwik has appointed Vargab Bakshi as Chief Growth Officer to lead its next phase of expansion, focusing on brand, partnerships, international markets, and ecosystem growth. He will oversee marketing, go-to-market strategy, global partnerships, and product-led growth across GoKwik’s software suite, including Shopify apps. Bakshi previously held leadership roles at Shopify, where he built its India and APAC partner ecosystem, and at Wix.com, where he grew the brand’s presence across India. He also created GrowKwik, GoKwik’s content-led education platform for e-commerce entrepreneurs, which has over 500,000 followers. #vargabbakshi #gokwik #fintech #wallet #cheif #growth #shopify #wix #singtel #telecommunication #ecommerce #parntership #finance #financialservices #leader #leadershipannouncement

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In this detailed conversation, Praveen Rao shares his insights on B2B demand generation. We touch upon various aspects of demand generation, including the importance of building a strong brand and how that makes it easier to create demand, the role that AI can play in the entire demand generation process and the elements that make a demand generation process effective. HE also shares about the interaction between Sales and marketing in the demand gen process and how that shapes the results that a business gets from the demand gen process. I really enjoyed speaking to him and learnt a lot. Hope you do enjoy the conversation as well https://lnkd.in/gypQ9Xiv #B2B #DemandGeneration #Marketing

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Building a Go-To-Market (GTM) engine is no longer a solo mission. At the Clay kickoff event in #SuperChennai, the room was packed with professionals, founders, operators, and builders, all focused on one goal: turning GTM curiosity into repeatable operating leverage. The era of "set-and-forget" marketing is over. As the CLAY community grows, #SuperChennai is becoming the hub for GTM Engineering, where creativity meets automation to build the next generation of resilient startups. Consistent in collaboration. Precise in strategy. Unstoppable in scale. 🦁✨ #SuperChennai #GTM #ClayCommunity #StartupGrowth #GoToMarket #NammaChennai #GTMEngineering #FounderLedGrowth #Chennai2026

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