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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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast apps 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: 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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast apps 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: 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) Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast apps 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: 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? Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast apps 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: 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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast apps 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: 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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast apps 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: 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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast apps 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: 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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast apps 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: 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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast apps 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: 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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Podcast hosted @ https://indianstartupstories.buzzsprout.com  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: 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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Podcast hosted @ https://indianstartupstories.buzzsprout.com  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: 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 Stay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!! Podcast hosted @ https://indianstartupstories.buzzsprout.com  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