Nanditha Lakshmanan ,Founder & Chairperson, The PRactice, explains why their growth strategy focussed more on client retention than client acquisition in their early years and how they disrupted the PR space in India.
Garvita Gulhati, Founder & CEO, Why Waste, shares why she believes that real world experiences triumph over classroom learnings and why it is important for a changemaker to be open to share their ideas with the world.. She says, “I realized that problems on the planet are not going to wait for you to finish your studies and settle your life."
Founders of Pocket Aces, Ashwin Suresh, Anirudh Pandita and Aditi Shrivastava share why they chose to put their Wall Street careers at stake to return to India and what it took to build one of India’s fast-growing and most exciting digital entertainment companies
Yatin K Thakur, MD, GEN India, shares learnings from his journey as a serial entrepreneur, the challenges he faced, and why failures are an opportunity for an entrepreneur. Watch why he says that every entrepreneur must be a salesperson.
Prakash Gurbaxani, Founder & CEO, QVC Realty Co, travels back in time to the 1980s to the US and the late 1990s in India to share snippets from his entrepreneurial journey. For more episodes: https://brands.yourstory.com/the-road-less-travelled
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Mekin Maheshwari (Co-Founder, GAME and Founder at Udhyam Learning Foundation) shares his journey from being the Head of Engineering at Flipkart to donning the role of the startup’s Chief People Officer and how he discovered his passion to enable people to succeed. For more episodes: https://brands.yourstory.com/the-road-less-travelled
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“A challenge I faced and continue to face is customers refusing to give us a second chance because everyone is used to perfection,” says Shalini Singh, Founder, andwemet as she shares her journey running a business with a disruptive business model, in this episode of the ‘The Road Less Travelled’ series by GAME. For more episodes: https://brands.yourstory.com/the-road-less-travelled
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“Where is entrepreneurship without hurdles and failures,” asks 10-year-old Vinusha M K, Founder and Chief Baking Officer of Four Seasons Pastry. With her own registered brand that is famous for her signature cupcakes and other desserts, she dreams of starting her own baking institute one day and establishing her portable baking kit for kids as a brand. For more episodes: https://brands.yourstory.com/the-road-less-travelled
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“Citizens’ voices are very powerful and they ask the right questions. They have the ability to change the narrative in public discourse,” shares Meera K, Co-founder of Citizen Matters. In the ‘The Road Less Travelled’ series by GAME - Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship, Meera shares what it took to build an independent local media organization that drives impact towards sustainable urban development. For more episodes: https://brands.yourstory.com/the-road-less-travelled
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“When someone from a middle-class background starts an entrepreneurial venture, a lot of people don’t believe in its success. That’s because there aren’t enough stories of people like them starting up something and making it big,” says Vidit Aatrey, Founder & CEO, Meesho, as he opens up about the challenges he faced in the early days of his journey as a first-time entrepreneur in the ‘The Road Less Travelled.
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Ameera Shah gets candid on her entrerepreneurial journey : from quitting a Wall Street internship at the age of 19, to scaling Metropolis Healthcare. Listen to how she believes that challenges cannot be an excuse for women to not succeed as entrepreneurs.
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“Even though I was doing my radio show and was working at Channel V, I realised what brought me joy was blogging. But, the turning point for me was when a company approached me to buy my blog. My Co-founder and I realised that there’s something in there and decided to give it shot,” says Malini Agarwal (Founder & Creative Director Miss Malini Entertainment )as she remembers her journey towards building a successful business. In this episode, she shares interesting insights for influencers building businesses and the message she has for women everywhere.
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Dr. Gayathri Vasudevan an experienced leader in the social sector, shares how she tackled the challenges of taking the entrepreneurial plunge
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From taking risks, making mistakes and learning from them to being driven by compassionate capitalism, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, shares personal insights and lessons from her inspirational entrepreneurial journey
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Utkarsh Amitabh is a person who wears many hats with ease, including being an actor, writer, entrepreneur, and community builder. In this episode, Utkarsh shares how he handles the demands of these roles by training himself to be “productively confused”.He says, “Being entrepreneurial is a mindset which begins by asking yourself what matters to you most and why.”
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“I have seen people who succeed have a constant and innate hunger to learn,” shares Shradha Sharma. Find your purpose and that will lead to success
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Madan Padaki shows that innovation and perseverance is key to success. For example, he pitched his business in a 5-minute window while corporate leaders waited for their cars at the Bangalore airport.
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