The fractional operator

Every founder needs one person who has done it before.

Twenty years taking new products to market with the Indian startup ecosystem. Now on your side of the table. Start with a 90-minute brainstorm, or bring me into the trenches.

20+
Years with the Indian startup ecosystem
25+
Startups worked with & backed
3,000+
Merchant network taken to market
40k+
Connections to open doors
Wherever you are on the journey

Help that maps to the stage you are actually at.

A startup is a sequence of different problems. I have lived each stage, so the help changes as you do.

0→1
Idea stage

Sharpen the idea before you spend a rupee

Pressure-test the concept, find the wedge, and hear the hard questions from someone who has watched hundreds of startups take their first step.

Product ideationHonest feedbackMarket research
GTM
Going to market

Find your first customers

This is my specialty. I have taken new products to market again and again, from payments to lending to cybersecurity. We design the go-to-market and go land the early clients that prove the model.

GTM strategyFirst customersPositioning & pricing
REV
Building revenue

Make revenue repeatable

Set up the pipeline, the sales process, and the first sales hires, so growth stops depending on the founder doing everything.

Sales team setupProcess & pipelineKey accounts
RAISE
Raising capital

Walk into the room prepared

Shape the story, build the deck, and rehearse the tough questions, from someone who has sat on the investor side of the table too.

Pitch deckFundraise prepInvestor connects
SCALE
Scaling up

Grow without the chaos

Hiring, roles, KPIs, operating rhythm, and the leadership and team challenges that arrive with growth. Plus warm doors from a 40,000-strong network whenever you need them.

Hiring & orgOperations setupLeadership & teamConnections
Start small

You don’t need a big engagement to get real value.

Most founders start with something short and specific. If it helps, we go deeper. If it doesn’t, you lost an afternoon, not a quarter.

Pricing is shaped to the engagement and your stage. Every relationship starts with a free 15-minute call.

Who you’re working with
Mahendra Baid
Mahendra Baid
Fractional operator & advisor
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I have spent twenty years taking new products to market, growing alongside the Indian startup ecosystem.

At Money View and UltraCash I took new products to market from scratch, building a 3,000-merchant network along the way. In cybersecurity I sold complex products to enterprises. I founded two ventures of my own, took them to market and won early clients, and I have worked with or backed more than twenty-five startups.

Not everything I touched became a success, and that matters. I have seen what works and what fails, from the inside. So when you bring me a problem, I have usually lived it. I don’t advise from theory. I sit next to you and help you build.

Money View · UltraCash
New products taken to market, 3,000+ merchant network
TAKEN TO MARKET
Cybersecurity · EnH iSecure
Enterprise B2B product sales
SOLD B2B
Refer247 · NetNet
Founded, took products to market, early clients
FOUNDED
Angel investor
13 startups backed
BACKED
INSEAD
Executive Program, Strategy & Leadership
STUDIED
How we start

Simple, and free to begin.

Every founder’s situation is different, so engagements and pricing are shaped to what you actually need. We work that out together, after we talk.

A free 15-minute call

Tell me where you’re stuck. No pitch, no obligation. Just a straight conversation.

Start small

A brainstorm, a sprint, or a teardown. Something short that delivers real value fast.

Go deeper if it works

If we click and it helps, I come into the trenches with you as your fractional operator.

Tell me where you’re stuck.

Fifteen minutes, free, and honest. If I can help, we’ll talk about how. If I can’t, I’ll tell you that too.

Book your free intro call mahendra@baid.in  ·  WhatsApp