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Why Nepal Will NEVER Build a $1 Billion Tech Company
2026/10/17
I Built a 100M+ Download Tech Empire From Pokhara
What happens when a software developer in Pokhara builds a gaming studio with over 100,000,000 downloads, manufactures white-labeled sound boxes for eSewa, and then removes his own office desk so his 300+ employee company can run without him?
In this exclusive episode of The Doers, we sit down with NJ (NJ Subedi), the founder behind Yarsa Games, Yarsa Tech, and Pasall.com.
While most tech founders get trapped as the central bottleneck of their startups, NJ reveals the raw truth about "graduating from entrepreneurship," using AI (Claude) to write hardware firmware in hours, and why Nepal's customs duties and $500 payment card limits actively penalize domestic creators.
Timestamps:
00:00 Highlights & Intro
03:36 Introduction & Reconnecting in Pokhara
04:51 Pasal.com, Yarsa Tech & 100M+ Downloads on Yarsa Games
08:06 Pokhara Base, COVID Expansion & Managing 300+ Team Members
10:26 "Graduating from Entrepreneurship" & The No-Desk Founder
18:26 Unlearning Silicon Valley Myths & Technical Co-founder Biases
25:06 Hardware Breakthroughs: Niji Power & eSewa Audio Speaker
39:36 How AI (Claude) Writes Hardware Firmware in Hours
47:56 Why Govt Policies Penalize Local Hardware & The $500 Limit Trap
01:03:56 Flawed Policy Design: Why Non-Compliance is Rewarded
01:26:36 Pasall.com: Formalizing NPR 1.5–2 Crore/Month in Pokhara
01:48:26 Fighting 24% E-Commerce Commissions
01:56:02 99.9% Compliance & Deep System Ownership
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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire
Founder of The Doers
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GUEST NAME: Nj Subedi
Founder & CEO, Yarsha Labs and Yarsha Games
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How 4 Nepali Women Beat the System of USA and Protected 14,800 Immigrants
2026/10/10
From 16 hour workdays earning $100 to passing history making labor laws and freeing community members from ICE detention, this is the unvarnished story of Adhikaar, a women led, women founded grassroots organization serving the Nepali speaking and Himalayan diaspora in New York City.
In this episode, host Anup Ghimire sits down with Adhikaar’s leadership: Mamta Gurung Yangmi (Interim Executive Director), Tsering Lama (Associate Director of Policy & Advocacy), and Nila Rai (Case Management Staff) to pull back the curtain on the hidden machinery of NYC's working class immigrants.
They dive into the frontline realities of organizing domestic workers and nail technicians, winning Temporary Protected Status (TPS) after the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the $89 billion tax contribution of undocumented workers, and how grassroots organizers carry out 1 on 1 deportation defense and emergency safety planning.
Timestamps & Chapters:
00:00 Episode Highlights
02:53 Meet the Women Leading Adhikaar
04:42 The Queens Hub: Home for Himalayan Immigrants
08:25 Why Adhikaar Was Founded in 2005
09:57 The Hidden Reality of NYC Working Class Immigrants
13:29 Passing the 2010 Domestic Worker Bill of Rights
13:48 From 16 Hour Days to Grassroots Organizer
18:45 Chemical Hazards and Organizing Nail Salons
23:54 The Power of Cross Cultural Solidarity
26:49 Winning TPS After the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
33:25 Woodside and Jackson Heights: The Cultural Anchor
37:23 Debunking the American Dream and NYC Cost of Living
39:58 Handling Asylum, TPS, and Trafficking Cases
42:53 Freeing a Community Member from ICE Detention
50:27 The $89 Billion Tax Reality of Undocumented Workers
52:48 Rapid Response and Emergency Safety Planning
59:48 How Grassroots Nonprofits Fund the Fight
01:02:52 Youth Mental Health and Generational Shifts
01:17:19 Protecting Families from ICE Raids
01:24:08 When We Organize, We Thrive
🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire Founder of The Doers LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anup-ghimire-9366aa5a/
🎙️ Guests: Mamta Gurung Nyangmi
Interim Executive Director, Adhikaar
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamta-gurung-nyangmi-a6a0a16b/
Tsering Lama
Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy, Adhikaar
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsering-d-lama-6124671b8/
Nila Rai
Case Manager (Deportation & Detention), Adhikaar
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30 Years in US Bakeries: Why This Food Scientist Built a Brand From Traditional Nepali Food
2026/10/07
For 30 years, Kapila Devkota directed Food Safety & Quality Assurance (QA/QC) inside America's largest commercial bakeries and dairy manufacturers in New York. Every day, she formulated mass-market baked goods loaded with refined flours, added sugars, and saturated fats.
Every night, she went home and refused to feed that food to her children instead cooking nutrient-dense, ancestral Nepali meals: Dal, Bhat, Tarkari, and roasted Makai-Bhatmas.
That profound moral dissonance making ultra-processed products for the American masses by day, while relying on ancestral whole foods at night drove her to reject a quiet retirement. At age 60+, she launched Simply Vegan Inc. in New York to bring the scientific brilliance of Nepali food culture to mainstream American shelves, farmers markets, and Whole Foods channels.
In this episode of The Doers Goes to USA, host Anup Ghimire sits down with Certified Food Scientist (CFS) Kapila Devkota to decode the biochemistry of traditional Nepali snacks, what actually causes chronic lifestyle diseases in the Western diet, how the US FDA regulatory moat works, and what it really takes to export Himalayan agriculture to America.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Highlight Teaser
01:47 Introduction: Meeting Kapila Devkota in the USA
02:48 Why Start a Food Brand at Retirement Age?
03:37 The Science of Makai-Bhatmas: Complementary Amino Acids
06:02 Date-Based Sweets: Curing Sugar Cravings Without Added Sugar
09:32 Moving to America 30 Years Ago & Studying Food Science
13:07 The American Fiber Deficit: Why Meat and Burgers Have Zero Fiber
15:52 The Industrial Bakery Experience: Managing Bread Production During COVID
20:17 Sprouted Mung Beans: How Germination Multiplies Nutrient Bioavailability
24:43 Nepali Spices in the US Market: Formulating Timur Chili Oil
28:32 Redefining Success: Why Colonel Sanders Started KFC at 65
30:10 The Great Dissonance: Making Junk Food by Day, Cooking Dal-Bhat by Night
35:08 Supporting Nepali Talent: Sourcing Design and Packaging from Kathmandu
40:02 The Next Frontier: Bringing Authentic Gundruk and Fermented Foods to the US
46:57 The FDA Allergen Rulebook: Milk, Eggs, Wheat, and the New Sesame Mandate
52:17 The "Sugar Trap": Why Ultra-Processed "Fiber Drinks" Are Deceptive
55:37 Walking into Whole Foods 20 Years Ago with HACCP Safety Plans
58:43 Helping Nepali Spice Suppliers Get FDA-Registered
01:03:32 The American Sense of Humor & Closing Reflections
01:07:18 Episode Outro
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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire
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🎙️ Guest: Kapila Devkota
Founder & CEO
Simply Vegan Inc
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Business From One Generation to Another (Rupakot) | The Doers Debrief
2026/10/05
What does it really take to hand over a multi-million-dollar legacy from father to sons?
In this behind-the-scenes debrief, Host Anup Ghimire sits down with Content Lead Dipesh Kumar Lama to unpack the unscripted realities, contradictions, and takeaways from our two-part Rupakot Resort series with Pushpa Raj Adhikari (Founder) and Sushil and Manish Adhikari (Next-Gen Leadership).
The Doers exists to inspire young Nepalis to stay and build. Yet the Adhikari family did the exact opposite: Pushpa ji lost a business in Nepal, rebuilt his wealth in Belgium over decades, raised his sons abroad, and then returned with his life savings to turn a barren, roadless mountain ridge into Rupakot Resort.
Throughout this debrief, Anup and Dipesh dig into whether leaving Nepal first creates sharper entrepreneurs, Pushpa ji's warning on why passion without an exit plan is dangerous, and what truly pulls successful diaspora builders back home when money is not the driver. They also explore the sons' perspective on returning at 21, the raw challenges of generational succession, the flawed economics of budget tourism in Pokhara, and the mindset shift needed to build world-class ventures in Nepal.
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How eSewa Scaled From Rs 7B to Rs 26B (Ex-CEO Jagdish Khadka)
2026/10/05
From his early days navigating complex corporate finance to taking the helm of Nepal’s pioneer digital wallet and scaling annual sales from NPR 7 Arab to NPR 26 Arab, this is the unvarnished story of Jagdish Khadka.
Over his transformative 4-year tenure as CEO of eSewa, Jagdish led a monumental 500% growth trajectory, scaling the platform to process over 55 Lakh (5.5 Million) daily transactions while engineering Nepal’s first distributed Cassandra database architecture capable of handling national-scale transaction concurrency.
In this podcast with Anup Ghimire, Jagdish pulls back the curtain on what it truly takes to run the financial backbone of Nepal: forcing software engineers onto crying customer support calls, viewing public criticism as "Subha Chintak", launching Nepal’s first collateral-free digital loan for visually impaired entrepreneurs, the human psychology behind the 100-Rupee tempo metaphor, and why AI automation will soon make mobile payment apps completely invisible.
Timestamps
00:00 - Highlights
03:28 - The Infrastructure Hook: Why Fintech Is Not Just an App
04:16 - The 4-Year CEO Tenure: Is 4 Years Too Short for a CEO?
06:51 - From 7 Arab to 26 Arab: The Playbook Behind 500% Growth
07:53 - Processing 55 Lakh Daily Transactions: Migrating MySQL to Cassandra
10:50 - Systems Run the Organization: The "Sabai Sadhai Sangai" Culture
14:14 - Handling Negative Media & Criticism: Why Critics Are "Subha Chintak"
16:28 - AI vs. Emotional Intelligence: Why EQ Beats AI in Leadership
24:28 - The 100-Rupee Tempo Metaphor: The Deep Human Anxiety Behind Money
29:35 - US Tap-to-Pay vs. Nepal Paper QR: Why Free QRs Beat Card POS Machines
39:47 - The Biggest CEO Regret: AI Automation & The "Invisible Wallet" Future
40:34 - Sabailai Man Karja (Sabalaman): Nepal's 1st Digital Loan for Visually Impaired
48:23 - One Day at the Call Center: Forcing Engineers & Execs onto Customer Calls
50:19 - Spending vs. Earning Mindset: High-Impact Marketing Strategy
50:51 - The Golden Leadership Rule
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Former CEO of Esewa
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Why This Family Invested Their Entire Life Savings into a Mountain Resort
2026/10/01
What happens when two brothers who grew up in Belgium return to Nepal in their early twenties to take over a luxury mountain resort built entirely on their father's life savings?
In this exclusive episode of The Doers, Anup Ghimire sits down with Sushil Adhikari (CEO) and Manish Adhikari (Managing Director), the two sons of Pushpa Raj Adhikari (Founder of Rupakot Resort, Pokhara).
While 90% of second-generation family businesses in South Asia collapse due to sibling rivalry, ego, and succession battles, Sushil and Manish reveal the raw, unvarnished truth of stepping into their father's shoes:
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:25 - Why Two Sons Left Belgium at 21
05:01 - The Classic Tech Secret: Why Manish Worked for NPR 15,000
07:46 - The 18-Month Age Gap: Zero Sibling Ego
12:11 - "Nepal Was Foreign to Us": The Culture Shock of 50 Bowing Staff
16:41 - The Giver Mentality: "Don't Dream of 5 Lakh Jobs; Dream of Giving Them"
18:20 - Fire Meets Fire: Confronting an Authoritarian Founder
20:26 - "Maya Talai Bagchha": Earning a Father's Validation
23:36 - The Trembling Waiter: Eliminating the Toxic "Hakim" Fear Culture
30:56 - European Work Ethic vs Nepali Bureaucratic Reality
38:06 - Managing Multimillion Resort Cash Flows at 23
44:41 - The Domestic Pricing Trap: Paying NPR 5k Expecting 50k Service
51:16 - Why Global Travelers Skip Pokhara (Highway & Aviation Bottlenecks)
58:36 - Escaping the Patriarch's Shadow: The Sushant KC Concert Validation
01:05:41 - The Elephant in the Room: The Rupakot IPO Roadmap
01:15:11 - How Two Brothers Divide Power: Operations vs Brand
01:23:56 - Why BHM Colleges in Nepal Only Produce Visa Applicants, Not Managers
01:30:16 - Message to Diaspora Returnees: "Don't Be Strangers to Your Country"
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Name: Manish Adhikari
Designation: Managing Director
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Name: Sushil Adhikari
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He Returned After 20 Years to Build Rupakot Resort | Pushpa Raj Adhikari
2026/09/27
In this episode of The Doers, host Anup Ghimire speaks with Pushpa Raj Adhikari, the founder of Rupakot Resort in Pokhara.
After spending 20 years in Belgium and working in Kathmandu's 5-star hotels, Pushpa returned to Nepal. Instead of choosing an easy life abroad, he bought land on a remote, roadless ridge overlooking Rupa and Begnas lakes to build one of Nepal's most recognized luxury eco-resorts.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Episode Highlights
01:47 - The difference between Love (Maya) and Trust (Bharosa) in business
05:33 - Discovering Rupakot: Seeing value on a barren hill
10:18 - The diaspora dilemma: Why returning alone fails
15:38 - 20 years in Belgium: What working abroad teaches you
21:28 - Passing the baton: The agony of next-gen succession
26:23 - Land in Pokhara: Speculation vs productive business
31:33 - The $30 room disaster: Why price cutting ruins tourism
36:03 - Tourism infrastructure: Why cities fail to deliver
41:38 - The small country myth: Singapore is smaller than Chitwan
46:58 - Chitwan vs Pokhara: Agriculture vs hospitality
53:18 - Generational transition and system friction
01:00:08 - The truth about soft loans and subsidized capital
01:05:33 - The future of Rupakot and high-value Nepali hospitality
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🎙️ Guest: Pushpa Raj Adhikari
Chairman, Rupakot Resort
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How A Nepali Woman Convinced Google to Write a $28,000,000 Check | Rupa Shah
2026/09/23
From her early days as a Fair & Lovely ad model and a student at Army School Kathmandu earning ₹500 at a Bhrikuti Mandap book fair, to Senior Director at MIT RAISE raising $28 Million from Google, this is the unvarnished story of Rupa Laxmi Shah.
Over the last 13+ years at the world's premier technology institute (MIT Media Lab / MIT RAISE), Rupa has closed landmark multi-million-dollar partnerships with Google, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and the Hong Kong Jockey Club, impacting over 30 million children globally.
In this candid masterclass with Anup Ghimire, Rupa pulls back the curtain on how high-stakes global philanthropy actually works: sitting across tables with over 160 billionaires, the psychology of raising 8-figure checks, the hard research on why AI won’t replace teachers, and why sending generic ChatGPT cold emails is destroying your chances with global investors.
Timestamps
00:00 - Highlights
03:09 - Growing Up in Kathmandu: Army School & Teaching at Age 15
06:09 - Moving to America 23 Years Ago: Arriving at MIT Media Lab
10:24 - The $28,000,000 Cheque: Closing Google for MIT RAISE
15:39 - The Anatomy of a $17M Research Initiative
20:09 - Walking Into Rooms of Power: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
25:39 - How Billionaires Actually Give Money (DAFs & The 5% Rule)
30:24 - Sitting Across 160 Billionaires: What the Super-Wealthy Care About
36:09 - Storytelling Over Pitch Decks: The Art of Raising Capital
40:39 - The Brutal Truth About AI in Education (Gates Foundation Research)
45:24 - Scaling AI Ethics in Asia: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Project
51:09 - Motherhood & The Dual High-Impact Career Reality
56:24 - The Nepal Capital Trap: Why Nepali Giants Can’t Invest Globally
01:01:39 - Mentoring Nepali Founders: How to Pitch US Investors
01:05:24 - The Golden Rule: Stop Sending Generic ChatGPT Emails!
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Global Philanthropy and Partnerships, MIT Media Lab
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40 Years in New York Exposed the Reality of Nepali Immigrants | Khagendra GC (Senior US Attorney)
2026/09/22
In this episode, Attorney Khagendra Chhetri, the first Nepali-origin lawyer practicing in the United States and a 10-time "Super Lawyer" honoree (2014-2024), shares his journey of arriving in America in 1983 and witnessing the Nepali diaspora grow from roughly 800 individuals to over half a million across the country.
From navigating pre-internet immigrant life to practicing before the U.S. legal system, Attorney Chhetri breaks down the realities of diaspora assimilation, why "staying for 2 years" often turns into 25, the fight for Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) economic rights, and how direct micro-investing can empower Nepal’s emerging young tech and AI entrepreneurs.
00:00:00 - Highlight
00:01:58 - Introduction & Welcome
00:02:13 - The First Nepali Lawyer in the US
00:05:28 - The Diaspora Shift (From 800 to 500,000+)
00:10:43 - The Immigrant Mindset: Short-Term Myth
00:15:18 - Why Diaspora Capital Hesitates in Nepal
00:19:28 - The NRN Citizenship Mirage ("कागजको खोस्टो")
00:24:13 - The Slow Pace of Nepal's Reform
00:28:43 - The Mom & Pop Economy: 80% of America
00:32:13 - The Soaltee Hotel Gala Illusion
00:35:28 - The $19 Billion Diaspora Napkin Math
00:38:43 - Overcoming Mindless Cynicism ("Desh Bigriyo")
00:41:58 - Advice to a 25-Year-Old Khagendra
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MIT Tech Titan: Why Competing On Low Price Will Destroy You
2026/09/16
In this episode of The Doers, we sit down with Himal Karmacharya, Founder and President of Leapfrog Technology. Himal shares the playbook on how he built a world-class technology company from Nepal and scaled it to serve major healthcare and fintech enterprises across the United States.
This conversation goes far beyond surface-level startup advice. Himal unpacks how AI is forcing tech service firms to shift from headcount billing to outcome-based contracts, what it takes to crack international sales, and why finding a trusted on-the-ground ally abroad changes everything. He also breaks down national policy blueprints such as the "Israel Model" to demonstrate how emerging markets can build a $1B+ tech ecosystem.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Beginning
01:42 - Introduction: The Leapfrog Story & Building Global Tech from Nepal
02:25 - How AI is Disrupting Traditional Software Outsourcing & Agency Models
04:27 - The Pricing Shift: Moving from Headcount Billing to Outcome-Driven Value
07:55 - Why Generic Dev Shops Die: Carving Deep Niches in Healthcare & Fintech
11:42 - Nepal’s $1B IT Roadmap: Unlocking Policy Reform & Global Visibility
13:42 - Enterprise Readiness: Tackling Global Legal, Compliance & Insurance Hurdles
15:22 - Cracking U.S. Business Development: Outbound Sales Strategy from Day One
17:02 - Diaspora Power: Bridging the Cultural & Credibility Gap in Western Markets
22:42 - Operating at Global Speed: Matching the Relentless Velocity of the U.S. Market
24:02 - Expanding Overseas: Why Every Founder Needs an "Ally" on the Ground
25:17 - The Crucial Pivot: Shifting from Local Mobile Cash to a $150K U.S. Deal
27:42 - Emerging Market Traps: Why Small Domestic TAMs Cap Company Growth
33:42 - The Israel Policy Playbook: How Governments Can Act as Early-Stage VCs
37:00 - NAS-IT Blueprint: Building $50M–$100M Anchor Tech Companies
39:22 - The Golden Founder Rule: Why You Must Pay Yourself from the Start
40:57 - Surviving Phase A-to-B: Managing Cash Flow, Runway & Micro-Seed Capital
44:52 - What Makes an Outlier Founder: Extreme Ownership, Resilience & Drive
48:32 - Angel Investing Philosophy: Why You Back Dynamic People Over Static Ideas
53:52 - Personal Story: From Budhanilkantha to MIT & Breaking Language Barriers
59:42 - Playing the 10-Year Game: Weathering Downturns & Mentoring Next-Gen Talent
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He Left Nepal With a Dream. 20 Years Later, He Built a Company in the US.
2026/09/12
Right after +2, in the early 2000s, he left Nepal for Texas to build a life and chase bigger dreams. Two decades later, his company is building the bridges that connect terminal gates at DFW Airport.
Anup Tamrakar didn’t inherit an empire. He started by working at his father’s engineering practice in Nepal, tracing blueprints and even scrubbing bathrooms, long before “CEO” was ever part of the picture. Today, he leads Urban Infraconstruction LLC, a 400-person heavy civil construction company behind major Texas infrastructure like airport bridges, transit lines, and municipal water systems.
Key Milestones:
-Scaled to ~400 employees, earning spots on the Inc. 5000 list and recognition as an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Finalist.
-Founded the Amaalya SK Foundation, committing to fund foundational education for 1 million children in Nepal by 2035.
This isn’t another polished immigrant success story. It’s a conversation about what it really takes to build something at scale with the difficult decisions, risks, setbacks, and responsibility.
Featuring Anup Tamrakar, Founder, CEO, Urban Infraconstruction LLC
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Highlights
00:02:17 What is Real Ambition? ("Cruising Means Going Down")
00:03:09 Arriving in the US in 2003: The 20-Year Vision
00:06:16 Time Allocation & The 24-Hour Reality Check
00:10:52 Early Roots: Working in His Father's Office in Nepal at Age 12
00:12:27 Cleaning Office Bathrooms & Learning Early Humility
00:15:03 Bypassing Traditional Engineering for Construction Management
00:16:28 Self-Studying for SATs on Dial-Up Internet in Nepal
00:18:45 Father’s Tough Love: "I’ll Get You There, You Do the Rest"
00:20:27 Parental Sacrifice: "I Learned to Let You Go" (Goosebumps Moment)
00:22:56 Defying the Advisor Who Said a Community College Visa Was Impossible
00:24:30 Facing Cultural Judgment & Staying Firm in Conviction
00:28:22 Be Careful Who You Take Career Advice From
00:32:08 Hacking the Curriculum: Creating Custom Classes to Graduate Faster
00:33:25 Leaving Your Comfort Zone is the True Meaning of Entrepreneurship
00:35:51 Overcoming Fear & Loud Phones: Making 300 Cold Calls a Day in Texas
00:37:35 Vulnerability as a Power Move: Learning from Veteran Tradesmen
00:38:55 The "Above & Beyond" Catalyst: Turning a Report into an Opportunity
00:45:35 The Age 30 Epiphany: Holding His Daughter & Feeling the Weight
00:46:27 The Operational Motto: Decide, Commit, Act
00:59:46 The 2-Millimeter Gap: Don't Give Up Right Before Your Breakthrough
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Sushant Pradhan on Building an Audience, Making Money & the Business Behind Content
2026/09/09
Fitness entrepreneur, fitness coach, and the host behind one of Nepal’s influential podcasts: Sushant Pradhan is stepping out from behind the host desk and into the guest seat for this episode!
We sat down for an unfiltered 1 on 1 conversation on what really happens behind the scenes of content creation, media, and networking.
In this episode, we talk about:
-Why being effective on camera is an acquired professional skill rather than an extroverted personality trait
-How to build a high-impact network when you naturally despise traditional networking events, parties, and small talk
-What separates parasitic networking from symbiotic value creation and why cold outreach fails when you bring nothing to the table
-Why young creators need to spend six to twelve months quietly building a portfolio before trying to leverage high-profile connections
-How automating an inefficient workflow with artificial intelligence only scales your operational mistakes faster
-What the global shift toward open-source AI models means for local media companies and independent builders
-Why deep, multi-hour 1 on 1 conversations remain the ultimate mechanism for building trust, influence, and intellectual leverage
Your network isn’t built in noisy rooms handing out business cards; it’s earned through the depth of your work and the quiet value you bring to the table.
If you’re a founder or creator trying to build something that lasts in Nepal’s changing digital landscape, missing this conversation isn’t just an oversight. It’s a missed blueprint.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Highlights
1:50 Intro
9:30 Realization of self worth & self reflection
18:11 How Open Source Is Taking Over
26:40 Sushant Pradhan Keeps up with Geopolitics, Culture & Human Conflict
36:26 How the Host Inspired Sushant Pradhan to Start Podcasting
48:16 The Harsh Reality of Competing in the Global Market
54:52 Is Success Just Borrowed Time From Your Youth?
1:00:38 Creator Economy in 2014: Before "Influencers" Existed
1:10:15 "Making Money Is Making Money" (Unfiltered Advice)
1:17:49 Sushant Pradhan’s perception as the "Fitness Guy"
1:25:10 Rethinking Fitness: Beyond Just Going to the Gym
1:30:37 Sushant Pradhan's Core Philosophy on Life
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🎙️ Guest: Sushant Pradhan
Podcaster & Entrepreneur
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Nepali Immigrants Built Their Own Bank in US with EFCU Founder
2026/09/04
How Nepali Immigrants Built a Federal Bank in the US | Suman Raj Timsina (CEO, Everest Federal Credit Union)
In this episode of The Doers, we sit down with Suman Raj Timsina, CEO of Everest Federal Credit Union (EFCU) and Executive Director at the International Development Institute. EFCU stands as the first and only financial institution chartered specifically for the Nepali diaspora across the United States.
Note: Everest Federal Credit Union (EFCU) is a federally chartered, NCUA-insured credit union operating as a full-service community financial institution. Unlike traditional commercial banks driven by outside shareholders, EFCU is 100% member-owned and not-for-profit.
From conceptualizing the credit union in a New York basement in 2015 to securing a rare 50-state federal charter approved by the NCUA, Suman breaks down how community trust transforms into institutional financial power. We dive deep into affinity banking, how the US Nepali diaspora holds an estimated $19B+ in collective economic capacity, why modern banks operate as software enterprises, and how shifting diaspora mindsets from remittance to angel investing can back the next generation of global startups.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:23 - Welcome to Dallas & Show Kick-Off
00:02:07 - Establishing the First Nepali Community Bank Outside Nepal
00:02:59 - The Historic Roots of "Affinity Banking"
00:04:10 - Regulatory Approval: The Role of the US Congress & NCUA
00:04:59 - Humble Beginnings: Incepting Everest in a New York Basement
00:05:16 - Unlocking Nationwide Reach with a Rare 50-State Federal License
00:05:46 - The Not-For-Profit Model: Banks vs. Credit Unions
00:06:06 - Democratic Governance: Every Depositor Gets One Vote
00:06:33 - Broad Diaspora Eligibility: Nepal, Bhutan, and Beyond
00:08:31 - Life-Cycle Financial Products: Credit-Building to Mortgages
00:13:35 - Supporting the 10th Largest Foreign Student Population in the US
00:14:48 - Absolute Security: Federal Insurance up to $250,000
00:15:46 - 100% Reinvestment: Supporting Our People, Not Corporations
00:16:57 - Going Global: Opening US Dollar Accounts with Passports
00:18:59 - Replicating the Indian "Bank of Houston" Motel Success Model
00:21:40 - The Trust Test: Raising $3.65 Million in Just 3 Hours
00:23:42 - Modern Banking Shift: "Banks are IT Companies"
00:30:06 - Shifting Diaspora Culture: From Remittance to Angel Investing
00:38:11 - The Reality of BBA/MBA Degrees & The Power of Storytelling
00:55:57 - Beyond Banking: The Life-Saving $2,000 Emergency Loan
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I Didn't Know Farming Could Be Like This | Inside an American Farm
2026/09/02
What does modern agriculture actually look like behind the scenes?
In this deep-dive episode, we sit down with Brad Doyle, Chairman of the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and former President of the American Soybean Association, operating out of Weiner, Arkansas.
Stepping far beyond traditional manual labor, Brad pulls back the curtain on how multi-million-dollar family farms operate today as high-tech, data-driven global enterprises.
You will discover how tractors drive themselves via precision GPS, how growers utilize complex yield-mapping software, and what happens when practical farming meets Ph.D.-level plant breeding alongside his wife Joyce.
The conversation also tackles the profound economic realities of managing capital-heavy operations, utilizing land and equipment as loan collateral, and navigating global soybean export markets. You will hear firsthand how producers beta-test tomorrow’s heavy machinery hand-in-hand with major engineers like John Deere, while critically addressing the real operational limits of AI integration.
Ultimately, this episode lets you grasp the scale behind 80 million US acres, showing how farmers increase yields and why 97% of American farms remain fiercely family-owned. Whether you are an entrepreneur, an agribusiness professional, or simply curious about where your food comes from, this conversation completely reframes how technology, business, and tradition intersect on the modern farm.
Chapters
00:00:00 Highlight
00:01:35 - Introduction
00:02:45 - The 3rd-Generation Family Farm & Eagle Seed
00:03:19 - When Farming Meets PhD Science
00:06:42 - Surprise: 97% of US Farms Are Family-Owned
00:09:14 - The High-Stakes Business & Profitability of Farming
00:10:30 - Financial Risks, Bank Loans, & Farm Collateral
00:11:39 - The Generational Shift: From Manual Labor to Tech
00:15:26 - How Modern Farms Fuel Local Rural Economies
00:16:06 - Tech Transformation: GPS & Self-Driving Tractors
00:16:31 - Yield Monitors, Big Data, & Off-Season Planning
00:17:43 - The Reality, Limits, and Fears of AI in Agriculture
00:23:49 - Navigating the Global Soybean Export Market
00:31:11 - The Soybean Checkoff System Explained
00:32:41 - The $80M Impact of the United Soybean Board
00:38:43 - Grasping Scale: 80 Million Acres of Production
00:39:14 - How Farmers Increase Yields While Losing Farmland
00:42:02 - Beta-Testing the Future of Machinery with Engineers
00:44:48 - What Keeps a Farmer Up at Night? (Profitability)
00:47:01 - The Pride and Honor of American Agriculture
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Can Nepal Turn Agriculture Into a Global Business? | Kevin Roepke, USSEC Executive Director
2026/08/30
Kevin Roepke, Executive Director, Middle East, North Africa & South Asia at the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), joins us live from Chicago for a wide-ranging conversation on agriculture, food security, global trade, remittance, and entrepreneurship.
From how American farmers approach agriculture as a business to why Nepal continues to depend on food imports and remittance, Kevin shares a global perspective on what it takes to build a stronger and more competitive agricultural economy.
We explore the strategic importance of soybeans, the changing nature of globalization, food and energy security, Nepal’s need for focused industries, and the importance of long-term thinking in building the country’s economic future.
A conversation on how Nepal can turn its agricultural potential into a focused, competitive, and globally relevant economic engine.
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:29 Live from Chicago: Why America Celebrates Its Farmers
00:04:03 Nepal’s Agriculture: Poor Image, Huge GDP
00:05:50 Remittance: A Sweet Outcome of Desperation
00:06:51 If Nepal Were a Company, What Would It Focus On?
00:10:03 The Mathematical Farmer: How US Agriculture Competes
00:16:06 Why Nepal Imports Its Staple Crops
00:17:30 Can Hydropower Replace Remittance?
00:19:59 The Soybean Problem: Nepal’s Hidden Protein Gap
00:22:56 How Soybeans Shape Global Geopolitics
00:23:53 Why a “Jack of All Trades” Strategy Never Works
00:29:38 Food & Energy Security Is National Security
00:33:29 Nepal’s Missing 25–40 Generation
00:37:12 Shark Tank Nepal Season 2: What Changes?
00:38:48 The Shark’s Golden Rule: Deal Structure
00:40:36 Why Global Business Connections Matter
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U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC)
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