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In this episode, we are joined by Pro Indian Golfer Rahil Gangjee. We dive into the world and life of a pro golfer. This episode touches upon the following:
1. Rahil's introduction to golf
2. How he manages training, travel, and competitions
3. Keeping himself physically and mentally fit
4. Golfer's life
5. How a coach and caddy help a golfer

Tune in and learn about the golfing life.

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Bye Bye Potholes! Today I have the pleasure to talk to Sourabh Kumar, co-founder of PotHoleRaja, a social venture that 's on a mission to make India & the world pothole-free.  He got the idea After reading a tragic story about a woman who lost her life due to a pothole. He gave up his highly paid corporate job to fill in potholes around the streets of Bangalore at 5AM!  He didn't tell his parents but he started getting goosebumps when random strangers started to praise his work and efforts. 

Without any background in civil engineering he started doing crazy google searches and ended up creating a number of cool products including Gridmats. a revolutionary patented product that’s eco-friendly, durable and crafted entirely from 100% recycled plastic waste to construct pavements/roads. 

He talks about a life changing moment meeting his co-founder. Talks about key learnings in the early days. Thoughts on social entrepreneurship in India some do’s and don’ts  (You can make money!) Why waste is the new gold. Talks about why you must be a risk taker and good at sales. 

Talks about the uncomfortable question he asks people when hiring.  Talks about keeping the faith and business models including franchise models. He talks about growing rapidly (100% growth) He reflects on this past year (2022). Thoughts on building a culture of being open.  And finally he talks about the biggest pothole he has ever seen and explains how filling a pothole is as easy as making 3 min Maggi noodles and much more.

In  this conversation we talk about:

• Why potholes
• Going to Singapore and reflecting on it's infrastructure. 
• The promise he made to himself when quitting
• Becoming a problem solver
• Thoughts on why the government are not doing this despite everyone paying taxes.
• 15000 km road trip checking out the potholes.
• Expanding into different countries.
• Civic tech  helping the government
• What does leadership mean to Sourabh
• Dealing with and the war with waste.
• Just him and his co-founder for the first two years

And much more 

Links

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Sports tech and driving sports engagement. Today my guest is  Amit Purohit  CEO & founder of Fantasy Akhada, a fantasy sports platform that provides you with an opportunity to play Fantasy Cricket, Fantasy Football and Fantasy Kabaddi by using your sports knowledge and skill. 

So today he talks about building a hyper growth sports tech startup, going from the 181st fantasy app to being in the top 5 , amazing stuff. He talks about the USP - focusing on customer delight. Talks about marketing and why they focus on quality not volume. 

A great story about getting  legendary cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle into becoming a brand ambassador and investor with a cold email. Gives advice for first time founders and his primary role as a founder. Nearly giving up , raising finance and finally some fantasy sports do’s and don'ts for first time players.

In this conversation we talk about:

• Why didn't they go for a subpar cricketer to promote the brand.?
• Dealing with customer service calls  on New Year Eve
• Being an ex-Star Sports employee.
• Getting support from friends and family
• Being a very competitive market because of the Low barrier to entry
• Key learnings and customer feedback in the early days.
• What is the business model?
• Having all the skill sets to get this off the ground.
• Raising finance.
• Talks about the team.
• How fast are they growing?
• Stats and engagement so far.

Links

https://www.fantasyakhada.com/

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In this episode we learn about tennis and how it inspires startups with Vaniya Dangwal.

She picked up tennis when she was 12. Soon she made the Top 10 rankings of Indian junior tennis, turned pro and achieved a WTA ranking of 1031. She now helps startups in India reach the next level. More about her below.

We spoke about her tennis story and how it inspires other work. Here are the broad things Vaniya shared:

Individual Challenges

• The world of sport athletes in India especially at the junior levels
• How she dealt with moments when she wanted to give up
• Carving a way despite the lack of an ecosystem and no blueprint.
• The area she worked the hardest to improve her game - the dreaded serve
• Importance of the mental aspect of the game
• Data she had access to for match preparation
  
  

Ecosystem

• The world of a budding sportsperson - daily travel, coaches, support system.
• The gaps at the junior levels of tennis around mental coaching
• Tendencies of Indian players including solo travel compared to international players who benefit from a group setup
  
  

She now uses her experience to help the Indian startup ecosystem. If you're a startup, listen in to know what's the equivalent of the serve in tennis for your world.

About Vaniya Dangwal
She started playing Tennis when 12 and soon played her first tournament. She was in the India top 10 for junior tennis and had a world ranking of 434. She's won the All India Inter university Championship for Delhi University and Inter state Women’s National championship for Delhi on 2016. Vaniya also held a WTA rank of 1031 and has travelled the world for tennis. She's an economics grad from Delhi university and MBA in Marketing from Goa institute of Management. She has worked with Citibank and Mindhouse (now Shyft), founded a F&B company by the name of Mike’s Hotdogs. Currently, Vaniya works with Headstart, helping startups build and reach the next level while also enabling the enablers of the ecosystem.

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In today’s episode, we talk with Sanjay Nath, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume Ventures, one of India’s leading early-stage venture funds. Sanjay also represents Blume on the boards of Arka Venture Labs and the Draper Venture Network. Blume focuses on Seed to Pre-Series A stages of funding and has made over 100 investments across its 10-year history across multiple funds. Sanjay has invested in and advises a wide portfolio of startups including GreyOrange Robotics, Dataweave, Locus, Tricog, LBB, Lulu, Lambdatest, TapChief (acquired by Unacademy), Nektar.ai, and Obviously.ai amongst others.

What is the trajectory for Indian startups expanding abroad? How do they start in India and move to the US and SEA? How can startups build and sell remotely and operate in a virtual world? What are the repercussions of localization when internationalization? Sanjay, as an active investor in the space, brings his experience in answering all these questions and more!

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Show Notes

02:10 Introduction to Sanjay Nath
02:55 Sanjay’s transition from consulting to VC
07:41 The trend of Indian startups expanding overseas
11:20 Overcoming the barriers of  cross-border expansion
16:38 How Blume VC supports startups with their expertise and best practices
24:10 Localisation vs Internationalisation from Day 1
28:22 Popular revenue models among Indian startups
31:04 The second-order effect of Covid19 on cross-border expansion
38:22 Opportunities for Indian SaaS companies in China
41:05 Leveraging diaspora and ecosystems to expand to the US and Europe
45:17 Sanjay’s final thoughts 

Many thanks to our guests  Sanjay Nath; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and  Sagar Chaudhary; editor David Xu; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com

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In today’s episode, we invite Sanjay Nath, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume Ventures, one of India’s leading early-stage venture funds. Sanjay also reprerepresents Blume on the boards of Arka Venture Labs and the Draper Venture Network. Blume focuses on Seed to Pre-Series A stages of funding and has made over 100 investments across its 10-year history across multiple funds. Sanjay has invested in and advises a wide portfolio of startups including GreyOrange Robotics, Dataweave, Locus, Tricog, LBB, Lulu, Lambdatest, TapChief (acquired by Unacademy), Nektar.ai, and Obviously.ai amongst others.

What is the trajectory for Indian startups expanding abroad? How do they start in India and move to the US and SEA? How can startups build and sell remotely and operate in a virtual world? What are the repercussions of localization when internationalization? Sanjay, as an active investor in the space, brings his experience in answering all these questions and more!

Show Notes

01:35 Introduction to Sanjay Nath

02:20 Sanjay’s transition from consulting to VC

07:06 The trend of Indian startups expanding overseas

10:54 Overcoming the barriers of  cross-border expansion

16:03 How Blume VC supports startups with their expertise and best practices

23:35 Localisation vs Internationalisation from Day 1

27:47 Popular revenue models among Indian startups

30:29 The second-order effect of Covid19 on cross-border expansion

37:47 Opportunities for Indian SaaS companies in China

40:30 Leveraging diaspora and ecosystems to expand to the US and Europe

44:42 Sanjay’s final thoughts 

Many thanks to our guests  Sanjay Nath; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and  Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com

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How sustainable are your fashion choices? With all the insanity happening across the world right now, what can you do to play your part in consuming clothes that respect the planet?

“As eco-conscious consumers realize the environmental toll of fast fashion, there's an increased focus on making clothes that are better for the planet. This can be using less resource intensive manufacturing processes, committing to recycled or sustainable materials, designing more durable fabrics, and even creating markets for clothing resale.”

The audio app space has been booming in India. India has about 150 million daily listeners. They’re the third largest podcast market after the US and China, and they're growing at 50% annually. In fact, the majority of our listeners are from India!

While listening to podcasts is a great way to escape mentally, the third and probably most important topic we discuss on this episode is companies set up to support mental health. Following the year we’ve just had, the demand for mental health services has risen exponentially.

“The mental health market will probably be worth around $250 billion by 2027. So there's a lot of room to grow here.”

Finally, we discuss trading baseball cards on Stock X, creating your own Avatar and the importance of stretching your calves out via a wooden slant box. This episode is jam packed full of great Indian companies you should check out. Download and listen today. 

On today’s podcast:

• Sustainable fast fashion brands
• The audio app space
• Taking care of your mental health
• Trading baseball cards
• Stretching your calves

Links:

• The August Company
• No Nasties
• North Mist
• KuKu FM
• Pocket FM
• Mind House
• Stock X

He quit his job at ThoughtWorks 4 years ago. Became an entrepreneur with 0 experience in running a business. But he is still alive & kicking, and is doing very well. He now has a team of 9, close to profitable, and has over 25K+ developers on the platform. So in this podcast, he shares valuable insights from the last 3 years. That you can use in your business. So please enjoy the show. If you like my podcast, please consider buying me a coffee. Buy Me A Coffee Thank you for your support!

• Taking the plunge
• Stats so far
• Being a first generation entrepreneur
• Being In it for the long haul.
• Figuring out your core value
• It's time to move on from the outsourcing industry and build kick-ass products for the world from India!
• Marketing strategies - Writing things from the heart! not clickbait.
• Don't drink your own Kool-Aid!
• Business model
• Being mentally prepared. Startup life is a lonely journey.
• Indian VC's, China VC's, American VC's
• Its time to move away from resume
• Great blog recommendation -> Mark Suster bothsidesofthetable.com

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Counterfeit goods are estimated to drain more than $1.6 trillion from the global economy, a figure that is slated to climb $4.2 trillion by 2022. So today I speak with Nitin Gupta, the co-founder & CTO of NeuroTags. A start-up that is helping companies to fight the huge counterfeit market. So we talk about how this works, how things are going so far. Talking to big brands in India and USA . the business model, how they plan to scale. he also talks about his previous life working at Yahoo, eBay, PayPal in the mid-2000 ’s. And he also gives great advice for first-time founders.

in this conversation we also talk about:

• Stats
• Getting good traction
• How they catch the counterfeiters
• Million people being killed due to fake pharmaceutical drugs
• Thoughts on what went wrong at Yahoo (B players hiring C players!)
• Book recommendation - Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey
• Thoughts on finding talent.
• Industries they are specifically targetting.
• Talking to the big VC's
• Creating value
• Trust.

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Best of The Indian Startup Show Part 2. So Today you will hear from Kavita Kapoor, an Entrepreneur, COO of the Microbit foundation, Technologist & Author. Ryan Chadha, entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Jigyasa School. Naveen Jain - Billionaire, Founder & CEO of Moon Express. Neetal Parekh - Founder & CEO of Innov8social Dev Arora, Founder of 8 Minutes.And finally Charanjeev Salva, Founder of SinghStyled.com So sit back & enjoy some of the best moments

Kavita Kapoor, Entrepreneur, COO of the Microbit Foundation, Technologist & Author.

• Sharing her first-hand experience of work/life across India.
• Book recommendations
• Sports in India.
• Advice on writing your own book.
• Do your research
• Differences working in UK & India. (hierarchy & tea!)
• Writing a book helps young professionals answer their questions and navigate the dynamic ever-changing workspace.
• We talk about a wide range of subjects from her experiences of leadership and mentorships
• What makes a good boss, what happens if your boss is not very good
• Side projects, blogging, entrepreneurship, to women in tech.

Ryan Chadha, Entrepreneur & co-founder of Jigyasa school.

• Building a state-of-the-art preschool which offers a mixed age environment which encourages children to work and play collaboratively
• The early days
• The highlights
• What was Ryan like at school?
• Not spending money on advertising
• Tips on starting your own business (don't put a time limit on when you want success to happen)
• Being an accomplished sportsperson, having represented the UAE at all age group levels for first-class cricket.
• Scoring hundreds & Playing against Monty Panesar, Paul Collingwood Liam Plunkett.
• Dealing with screaming kids
• The 1000 days rule!

Naveen Jain, billionaire, and founder of World Innovation Institute, Intelius, Moon Express and Infospace. also a trustee of the board at the X Prize Foundation,

• Moon Express which plans to send a rocket to the moon as a business venture to collect minerals and resources and bring them back to earth.
• Project Blue Dot and his time at the XPRIZE Foundation
• What makes a good leader?
• Starting with very humble beginnings
• How does he keep on top of things?
• One thing founders should be focusing
• Dream so big that people think your CRAZY! & never be afraid to fail
• Best advise he received from his mum ( always spend less than what you earn!)
• Is there life on Mars?
• Creating your own Moonshot!
• Cure ageing
• Innovation
• Scaling
• Changing society
• Creating a sustainable profitable business.

Neetal Parekh, Founder & CEO of Innov8social.com

• Building an online platform to make it easier for people to engage in the social impact space.
• Having over a decade of experience in corporate, education, nonprofit, government, and social enterprise.
• How she got started.
• How YOU can get started with social enterprise,
• Volunteering work in India with her mother.
• Inspiring social entrepreneurs at the Startup Tech For Good Week in San Francisco

Dev Arora, founder of 8Minutes

• On a mission to revolutionize the solar energy sector by helping homeowners and businesses make the transition to solar energy.
• What is clean technology
• How he got the idea
• The current state of the Indian clean technology scene in 2016 (it's like the 1980’s!)
• How big the market is in India
• Great marketing advice if you don’t have a budget!
• Advice on anyone wanting to start a cleantech company

Charanjeev Salva, Founder of SinghStyled

• Building the world's first style store created exclusively for the Sikh community.
• handpicking and curates a special subscription box every month with Turbans, styling, grooming and lifestyle products.
• How he got the idea
• Highlights so far
• Plans for the future
• What is my identity?
• The company is my son!
• The importance of the Turban
• How he & team go about curating products, to plans for the future.
  Since launching they are doing really well
  -interesting fact 68% of purchases are actually made by non-Sikhs. So listen in to find out why!

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