First Close: How to Win Your Early Deals

How to Join

You can register for the Bengaluru Startup Meetup on the eChai event page: https://echai.ventures/events/first-close-how-to-win-your-early-deals-may-23-2026

You’ll also find the list of featured participants and more details about the format there.

These meetups are open to anyone interested in startups, whether you're building, contributing, or exploring. Check the agenda and audience, and join if it feels relevant to you.

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Agenda

eChai Ventures, Founder Startup House and HubSpot for Startups are co-hosting First Close: How to Win Your Early Deals, a fireside chat and social evening for founders in Bengaluru.

Closing your first few deals is one of the hardest parts of building a startup. You're selling without a track record, without case studies, often without a clear playbook. What you do in those early conversations sets the tone for everything that follows.

The fireside chat brings together Adarsh Noronha (Senior Director, Sales, HubSpot India), Manoj Shankar and Sarah Israel (Growth Specialists, HubSpot for Startups) to share what actually works in winning early customers, building a repeatable sales motion, and avoiding the common traps founders fall into in the first 10 deals.

Key details

Venue: Draper Startup House Koramangala, Terrace, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

Date & Time: May 23rd, Saturday. 6 pm to 8 pm.

For any queries, you can reach out to Jatin Chaudhary, Co-Founder, eChai Ventures at jatin@eChai.Ventures.
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