Today’s guest:
Riti Sinha, Leadership coach & Founder (Point Blank 7)
Website: https://www.pointblank7.in/
You will learn:
01:52Background - childhood, studies, early career days, and stepping on to Journalism
03:18PointBlank7 - What is it? It’s moto, and the platform serving the community.
08:28Mix of engineer, Journalist & Leadership coach. Handling the transition.
12:13Initial days of start & grip on Community journalism on election and holding on to an independent way.
17:58Without any advertisements on the website, how revenue is generated?
26:40Managing hyper-local and handling the content for masses together.
29:04Journalists Or Activists? Very fine line of difference.
38:38How analytics gathered. And engagement with people.
46:22Marketing and sales strategy which helped to shape the business
51:54Mistakes made and the learnings from it.
53:15Time boxing and managing work life balance
56:04Rapid fire round
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Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Today’s guest:
Shyam Sundar Nagarajan, Founder & CEO (GoFloaters)
Website: https://gofloaters.com/
You will learn:
01:47Background - studies, early career days, and thoughts on entrepreneurship
04:09Gofloaters - Who are they?. Office for distributed and remote teams across 21 indian cities since 2017.
08:19Idea & Spark moment behind the start of Gofloaters.
16:05True believers in remote work; remote management & remote business
19:36How pricing models are thought through and experimented with multiple coffee shops.
24:20Customer adoption and trends with co-working space & evolutions around
31:10Tech ecosystem involved & experiential contribution to the ecosystem
33:14Foundation team - pillars behind the business. Combination of Full time and freelancers
37:46Decision making challenges and overcoming with “word of mouth” recognitions, and scaling plans
44:14Bootstrapping & Fundings managed to see the profit realization
47:58Sales and marketing formula worked
50:44Thoughts on scaling business with customer expansion
55:29Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Sathvik Vishwanath, Co-Founder & CEO (Unocoin)
Website: https://www.unocoin.com/
You will learn:
01:50On the pursuit of entrepreneurship, preparation and transition from employee
07:07Speculations in cryptocurrencies space. How customers and investors saw this fluctuations
10:02Funding and convincing investors, challenges in pulling through the valuation.
13:12Moment of relief, and the customer testimonial from the ground. Idea of SIP (Systematic investment Plan) in Unocoin - Crypto exchange
19:37Vision in crypto currency and blockchain space, and Technology innovations
22:07Why transaction fee is higher in Crypto trading. Tech evolution so far & Current Engineering problem
26:12Being an Entrepreneur - Merge of Personal & professional life
29:04Rapid fire round
Unocoin Coupon code: UNOSS100 (Offer valid till 31st October 2021)
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Today’s guest:
Sathvik Vishwanath, Co-Founder & CEO (Unocoin)
Website: https://www.unocoin.com/
You will learn:
02:15Background - studies, early career days to understand corporates, entrepreneurial steps along the journey
10:55What is a Crypto currency?, Bitcoin evolution, Etherium and different generations
29:28Unocoin - Company & it’s services. Co-Founding experience, and establishment. Bitcoin exchange, cryptocurrencies & expanding business.
36:57Customer adoptions and trends of cryptocurrencies adoption in India
39:05Regulation Vs Deregulation? How decentralization template fits in the Governance in the Country.
44:06NFT - “Non Fungible tokens”; what is new & how is it booming? Does India have huge scope for artists & creators?
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Today’s guest:
SV Balasubramanyam, Founder & CEO (Durfi.com)
Website: https://www.durfi.com/
You will learn:
01:56Background - early career days in startups, supermarkets, and big companies. Instances which triggered to take the idea forward
08:47Importance of sleep and mattresses business in Indian context; market study & research. Serving across India’s geography via e-commerce
12:50Self evaluate as an entrepreneur before the start. ZERO-ONE principle to start business.
17:13Founding team - What & how was it managed in shaping up the Durfi business. Association with top brands in India.
19:10Standing out from the crowd with investment in Technology and R&D in the sleep business, focusing on Customer needs. GSM foam, anti-bacterial, hemp seed oil infusion, breathable comfort layer..
25:46Marketing strategies adopted, and getting Customer adoption. 30K customers and more.
35:58You-tubers and social media plans for scaling the business
39:49COVID and other shaping challenges - initial days of identifying how to channelise. Raw materials cost impact and revenue
46:44Instances of business challenges & turning them into opportunities
51:00Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Dr.Vamsi Krishna Palukuru PhD, Founder & CEO (CoreIoT Technologies Ltd)
Website: https://www.coreiot.fi/
You will learn:
02:15Background - Schooling, early career days in different countries, how Nokia shutdown started the journey of entrepreneurship
05:14CoreIoT - Custom designing Antenna solution for varying IoT, Wireless and various industrial needs
06:45Microsoft closes Nokia, Finland. What happened next? How entrepreneurship was taught
09:58Being in Finland, and handling business in Ongole, AP, India. How global customers are being handled
13:11Entrepreneurship - What was the thought process and evaluation before the start. Forming core founding team
16:51Different antennas covered - LTE, WIFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 5G low band, Ultra wide, ubiquitous, RFID. All custom design & solution
18:56How different streams are focused together, and how challenges are solved with R&D focus and solution simulation
20:56Funding, core founding team and experience in building & handling distributed team
23:30Sales and marketing effort and generating leads
24:46Networking matters a lot in doing business. Building trust brings value.
26:41Moment of relief & Customer success stories - building pride
30:53Time spent on R&D, Technology, Team and customer needs should be the key focus for growth. Brining more products out is the formula for scaling the business.
37:54What is expected from entrepreneurs? - Master your subject!
40:57Rapid fire round
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Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Today’s guest:
Ravindra Talwai, Founder & CEO (GradientM)
Website: https://gradientm.com/
You will learn:
02:27Background - Education, career days, handling multi million dollar businesses with global leadership during dot com boom
06:35GradientM - Pillars of IT Strategy & Consulting, Services, Talent Management for enterprises and Software process for Startups. Gallup certified coach.
13:22Starting of own: From senior leadership in Corporate to New track of Entrepreneurship
16:42Team building strategy and how you should start small with consistent shaping up of the destiny of Company. Managing funding with a robust structure of strategic investment..
20:29Thoughts on GDPR & data protection governance bringing rigour to process & compliant to customers
27:05Marketing and sales formula which worked for GradientM, and leveraging network for pitching; Solving burning problem for clients
29:52Early day challenges and instances of solving problem for customers in navigating digital transformation
33:36Moment of relief in solving customer problem turning into success stories
37:10Managing the time boxing and navigating cross functional and strategy in scaling Cloud services
39:49New challenges fueling & neutralising the impact due to COVID to businesses
42:04Business Scaling: Planning & strategy, a must to tap the untapped potential in Cloud journey
44:50Course correction and learning to adapt according to the needs of the business ecosystem, focusing on SaaS platform, Cloud & Consulting.
46:36There is always light at the end of the tunnel. Stay put and keep moving forward to achieve the milestone
49:39Tips & Suggestion: If you have an idea to start a startup: Take a structured approach leveraging Incubator platforms to bring out the rigour with MVP. Vision in IoT with India and Global perspective
53:54Rapid fire round
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Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Today’s guest:
Gaurav Shrivastava, Founder & CEO (Pensieve)
Website: https://www.pensieve.co.in/
You will learn:
01:57Background - Schooling, early career days, stepping to entrepreneurship
02:35Pensieve - Text analytics and linguistic company with more AI impacts. Spark moment to start
07:20Starting from problem statement for opportunities in business
08:45How big of manual work involved in bringing any automation in data analytics, machine learning products
12:39Incubation platforms and moments which supported & pushed beyond the limits
16:38Marketing and sales formula which worked
18:05Networking in business, how it played a role in growing the business
21:26Core founding team and experience in building within Pensieve
24:12Moment of relief and daily long journey with high aspiration in crossing milestones
28:10Bootstrapping, further friends and family funding, and Venture capital experience to grow steadily
36:44Customer success stories building Alexa system & rewarding moments
40:20Plans for scaling in multiple domains and subdomains in financial industries
41:25Vision for Data & AI future and opportunities in India
44:22Rapid fire round
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Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Today’s guest:
Naveen Munjal (Hero Electric Vehicles Pvt Ltd)
Website: https://heroelectric.in/
You will learn:
02:17Background - Schooling, early career days in the US, starting with the By-Cycle industry in India, Lithium-Ion battery research.
09:49Origin and Evolution of Hero Electric; prime focus on business plan; and the ecosystem
16:57Becoming a leader with high sales & hand holding dealers for growing together
22:54Different Hero products targeting niche gaps for varied Indian EV Markets; cost comparison & benefits between IC Engine Vs EV
28:20The pillar team behind this success journey & the strategy in building a winning team,
34:01Moment of relief for Hero Electric, and the absolute clear vision on the path forward.
37:25Vision for India in EV bike space for the next 5 years, and the exciting 10x opportunities for entrepreneurs ahead.
40:43Passionate photographer - extreme importance of having hobby and passion while in high stress job
44:21Managing and balancing work and personal life
46:23Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Satendra Vir Singh (ValueShoppe)
Website: https://www.valueshoppe.co.in/
You will learn:
01:50Background, central Government job, IT work & start of entrepreneurship
07:27Valueshoppe - Addressing the needs of Inventory liquidation
09:52Founding the business all alone, and benefits of being the only founder
12:47Considerations in pricing model for the business
14:14Tech ecosystem to manage the business, and decision making challenges
18:05Business opportunities and market availability in India for entrepreneurs in Liquidation
space.
19:51The Team behind success, and hybrid model for personalized attention for customers.
20:55Bootstrapping and handling the funding with profits
21:47Sales & marketing principles, and what worked in handling the branded merchandise?
24:42Tech platform readiness & time taken for initial moment of relief
27:06Customer success & opportunities in pandemic
28:46Scaling the business - Small & consistent steps matters
30:18Learning from failure - Should a business rely on the sales team for success?
31:51Managing work and personal life, and key pillars in support
33:52Key qualities of entrepreneurs, what’s driving them?
37:10Taking the USP of business to mass market
37:41Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Vivan Puri, Co-Founder (WorkNetwork)
Website: https://worknetwork.in/
You will learn:
01:34Background, varied studies & business exposures at startup
03:04What is WorkNetwork - Platform for professionals & students to start business
06:44Customer adoption & retention - What & how to achieve it gradually
10:41Processing the thoughts to change idea into reality, and bringing out the product
16:16Starting with co-founders & how are the fundings managed? - Is raising capital at early a mistake?
19:40Plan on revenue model - Free; freemium; premium?, and long term thoughts.
24:12Customer success stories and pride moments in “Work Network” journey.
26:33How much time you should give to your startup to start revenue generation?. Is there a formula to follow?
29:26How WorkNetwork is finding the match? How & what AI algorithms plays the crucial role
35:15What kind of data is tracked? And what makes sense? Metrics that are important for customers
40:43Dynamics to adopt being a virtual platform, and challenges travelled through
43:58Mistakes which gave learnings and valuable takeaways to move on quick
48:53What qualities should young entrepreneurs posses to be on the entrepreneurial journey
50:47Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Rajesh Badger, CEO & Chengappa Chottera, COO (Zopnote)
Website: https://www.zopnote.com/
You will learn:
02:01Background, studies, prior startups, experience abroad and R&D
04:02What is hyperlocal commerce? And how zopnote is helping local merchants and tapping opportunities
07:27Spark moment and reason behind the Start
09:56Increasing subscribers, formula adopted for customer adoption and retention; and statistics around
13:11Association with Startup Incubation - How they helped & its benefits - Microsoft; Google & more
16:43Sales & marketing - hunting on ground and understanding the problem
18:17Why networking is important in a business journey. “Let’s do it” attitude.
21:19Transition from earlier company to Zopnote. Common goal is the key for consistency and improvements
23:07Funding managed - Bootstrapped; idea of scaling & investment fund
24:31Moment of relief; initial products for newspaper; general stores and more. Reaching first 50 customers
28:54Customer success stories & pride moments in helping local community vendors
30:54Impacts of COVID, and change in dynamics for business with local vendors
35:18Young talents with great ideas in the market. Students & passion the industry
37:39What could go wrong in an entrepreneurial journey? And things to focus
41:31Staying calm and working with principles matters - Perseverance & clarity are key to business ideas
44:39Instances of mistakes and learnings
39:22Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Sudheesh Narayanan, Founder & CEO (KnowledgeLens)
Website: https://www.knowledgelens.com/
You will learn:
02:04Background, studies & experience - interest and focus in green field projects & automation
03:17KnowledgeLens focus & spark moments - G Lens (Environment and sustainability focus in India) & Industry 4.0 (connected industries and employees)
05:44Managing transition from employee to entrepreneur; additional considerations and alternative revenue model
09:33Focus on wide spectrum of Industry 4.0; and the challenges which taught the learning while journey
13:10Team on the ground and bonding towards the goal and creativeness
15:16Funding plan - Initial alternatives and innovative model for consistent fuel internally. Coming out of the Technology role and learning with sales & marketing by adding value to customers.
18:27Business is all about networking in an entrepreneurial journey and being customer focused.
21:02First moment of relief and success stories. Convincing regulators and customers for deals & milestones
22:29Rolling of national command center for National cleaner program and stable analytics for Indian Government - Proud moment
25:27Moment of opportunities and realization during pandemic
27:37Scaling the business - Plans and roadmaps in pipelines
29:05Instances of young ideas and innovative apps in Agrotech, and potential larger impacts in long term
30:26Learnings from the mistakes during early stages and takeaways
31:48Work life balance
33:23If you are going through failures; learning and opportunities are more - Just learn fast
and keep moving ahead.
34:13If you are starting your business afresh - You need to have these qualities and finding business model using them.
35:14Handling the chaos situation and evolving with maturity
36:06Innovation and launching certified hardware and establishing the brand
37:00Vision on startups focusing on Industry 4.0 & ecosystem playing major role
39:22Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Vasudevan Kidambi, MD, Data Storyteller, Business Transformation Coach (NavoInc)
Website: https://navoinc.com/
You will learn:
01:58Background, studies & work - leadership; middle east focus; Data & AI
05:30AI adoption in business ecosystem & startup mindset
07:22Employee to entrepreneur transition phase & preparation
09:20Sales & Marketing formula worked & leveraging existing network; and importance of saying “YES”
11:05Early day challenges, conflicts, strengths & the journey taken to cross milestones
16:21How the company is bootstrapped and the mindset
17:56Preparation to promote customer’s business and the plan like never done before with customer & audience focus
26:28Learnings from COVID challenges & business health check; moving towards business transformation, data storytelling
32:51A watch on Millennials in the space of exposure & future jobs in global scale
34:53Finding adjacencies - The prime way & recommendation to scale the business
37:35 Things which could go wrong; are you going to be afraid? Or prepared to correct?; Celebrate failures and getting rid of fear
41:50Secret - Are you going through failure? The prescription is “Inculcate fearlessness”
47:14One important quality to be an entrepreneur - No Fear; and ability to imagine future
50:15Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Rithika Baruah, Founder, Brand Strategy Advisor (Freebirds)
Website: https://www.freebirds.co/
You will learn:
02:09Background, studies & work - India & global leadership; and pursuit of entrepreneurship
06:05Freebirds - Community of explorers & it’s platform for experiential learning in closed group & schools
12:30It all started in College days; Facebook group & the idea evolution gradually
17:54Global leadership & transitioning to entrepreneurship; leading farming industry; steel industry & more
22:38Startup challenges & how the odds are challenged
27:12Growing Women Entrepreneurship in India & its rich community - Dhriiti, HER & NOW
36:08Moment of Joy - Exploring alone and community acknowledgement in remote areas; and the product reach beyond India
44:09Bootstrapping and funding tips; don’t run after funding very early
47:46Technology and the support for proprietary platform; getting hands dirty & MVP launch
51:12 Leader always sees how the future look like - The mindset to handle & How are the days before revenue generation managed
54:37 Heart warming customer success stories and the cultural immersion touching daily life
62:43Success formula of sales & marketing which worked
66:27Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Kaushik Mahapatra, Founder, Chairman, Author (Indian Leadership Academy)
Website: https://indianleadershipacademy.com/
You will learn:
01:47Personal Background & objective of the academy: individual, corporates & community leadership
07:16Reason for the start - meaning & mindfulness
10:09Formula for accomplishing aggressive growth & the team behind; Strong in addressing “WHY”
14:14East meeting west; Global leadership with Indian knowledge & wisdom
17:55Team & simplicity in the unconventional formation
20:16Time taken in realising the profits & the journey
24:26Funding considered; first moment of relief; customer success stories
27:30COVID dynamics & changes adopted
28:53Sales & marketing challenges & what worked for conviction
30:40When to consider & pursue entrepreneurship & giving back to society
32:30 Learnings from failure; and constant question to one’s self; staying original
34:56Thoughts & vision on Indian leadership in global forum
36:29Failures - What is it? & how you should handle them
38:06Staying Calm is a must to grow & lead; quality of an entrepreneur
40:47Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Monica Kapadia Mehta, EVP, Advisor, Impact Investor (Wadhwani NEN)
Website: https://nen.wfglobal.org/
You will learn:
01:55Background - India & abroad; learning & pursuit to give back
03:58Must know information about Wadhwani Foundation - Vision & mission to boost startups
10:36What qualities investors look for, from startup founders
14:22How investors manage time boxing
16:52BYJUs & EdTech space; early days experience with them & qualities of Unicorn
20:25Tips on funding & managing Venture Capitalists; Types of funding; idea bank & incubation
27:03Wadhwani’s team & strategy in building the same.
27:42When companies go IPO. Conflicts between Entrepreneurs & Investors; Conflict management
36:52Initial challenges & how teaching entrepreneurship was handled
39:23Women entrepreneurs in developing economies; and it’s statistics
42:58 Moment of opportunities in pandemic & dynamics
45:22Learnings from mistakes & importance of failure - It’s a bend & not an end
49:50Managing personal time with loads of responsibility on shoulder
52:56If you are holding back your ideas - don’t afraid to begin & fail
56:55Rapid fire round
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Today’s guest:
Sasank Chilamkurthy, AI Scientist Founding member (Qure)
Website: https://qure.ai/
You will learn:
01:40Background - College, specialization & focus on AI
04:05Qure - Mission to healthcare affordable, AI for radiology, and products for people
09:52Regulations in healthcare, challenges faced in establishing & core founding team
14:15Committed to vision of the company & serving 30 countries & heavy lifting in health diagnosis
16:47Customer success story; exceeding WHO standards; AI helping humans 10X
19:33Customer acceptance; handling COVID & acceleration in telehealth platform
25:49Initial challenges & narrowing down to radiology
31:33Initial funding & incubation - Fractal.ai; Sequoia Capital
35:55Failures & bad examples - AI algorithm learns and shapes better
37:36Vision for India in healthcare space
42:37 Rapid fire round
Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!!
Social Media handles:
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Indian-Startup-Stories-105427574797700
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/indian-startup-stories-b4b385202
Twitter:https://twitter.com/IndianStartupS2
Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC38w7euU6JpLjyRb4Am7ugw
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/theindianstartupstories/
Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Today’s guest:
Nitin Sisodia, Founder & CEO (Sohum Innovation labs)
Website: https://sohumforall.com/
You will learn:
01:40Background - Childhood, Academics & career with Innovation focus
04:06Sohum Innovation lab - What it is, the team & focus on solving unmet clinical needs
05:51Ideation & Strength - Stanford India Bio-design, AIIMS, Impact in society with Newborn screening
07:31Statistics in India - babies born with hearing loss & initial golden moments
16:56Employee to Entrepreneur - Managing the transition with mindset
20:38First moment of relief - Testing and solving challenges
23:20Handling Clinical trials & crossing milestones in Ethics committee
25:27Geographies covered & growing presence
27:37Influence of COVID & safety challenges overcome to screen newborn babies
30:46Team on the ground & the pillars behind success; global awards & rewards
36:51Funding & Incubation - Grand Channel Canada, Carl Zeiss
44:35Sales & marketing strategies - Products & Services
46:05Failures & learnings from mistakes
48:04Vision - Self reliant India & supporting many other countries
52:54 Rapid fire round
Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!!
Social Media handles:
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Indian-Startup-Stories-105427574797700
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/indian-startup-stories-b4b385202
Twitter:https://twitter.com/IndianStartupS2
Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC38w7euU6JpLjyRb4Am7ugw
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/theindianstartupstories/
Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Today’s guest:
Aravind S & Rohit Reddy, Founders (Docupilot)
Website: https://docupilot.app/
You will learn:
01:16Background - Academics & career days at Zoho
02:00Docupilot - What it is, Ideation, what problem it solves? & evolution
07:05Transition phase - Employees to Entrepreneurs
08:07Learning in finding customers, marketing, SEO tips
09:04Global customer demographics, & core team
15:18Funding - Bootstrapped & growing slow and steady
16:45Moment of relief & Customer success stories
19:51Handling Marketing & promotion; formula which worked
22:07When to start business - Recommendations
25:02Things gone wrong & how it was handled
27:30Customer support automated - Being small & ability to manage globally
33:39Unique Innovations - addressing specific problems
33:59 Rapid fire round
Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!!
Social Media handles:
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Indian-Startup-Stories-105427574797700
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/indian-startup-stories-b4b385202
Twitter:https://twitter.com/IndianStartupS2
Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC38w7euU6JpLjyRb4Am7ugwI
nstagram:https://www.instagram.com/theindianstartupstories/
Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
