Cryptocurrency is a trillion dollar industry & with a billion people in India the potential is huge! So today my guest Edul Patel CEO of Mudrex. A Y-Combinator startup building an algorithmic trading platform for cryptocurrency.  They help crypto traders create, test and deploy their trading rules into automated trading algorithms without writing code. Started back in 2011 reading the original white paper while still in college and now they are growing 40% month on month. They have 2.5k paying customers and $10 million of assets under management. So today you will find out how he got his first 1k customers. Insights into the crypto scene in india. Talks about the hype/greed/fear/excitement/ in crypto. Are crypto trading bots better than human traders? Talks about the best advice he received at YC(19)  & the intense 24 hr demo day. Edul shares his product strategies on how products should be built and should they how they should be killed. The 3 books he gives to all his employees. And finally I talk to Edul about my first week as a crypto trader! So we talk about portfolios & trading advice. Please note I am not a financial advisor. So please seek financial advice and if you're interested in buying crypto please see the link on the show notes.In this conversation we also talk about<ul><li>Traction</li><li>The Crypto lightbulb moment</li><li>Indian regulations</li><li>Who are they targeting? </li><li>Talks about why crypto is so volatile (or is it?) </li><li>Dealing with user experiences issues in the early days..</li><li>The challenge indian regulations dealing with crypto and what he would change.</li><li>Happy to let his bots trade while sleeping.</li><li>After 10 years finally breaking even and making profit</li><li>Deal making advice (less is more)</li><li>3 key skills to become a product manager (32.49)</li><li>Whats can do wrong in crypto</li><li>Advice for first time product managers with no experience</li><li>Dealing with stress. </li><li>Originally building a crypto exchange for India.</li></ul>Linkshttps://mudrex.com/P.SEarn $10 USD in bitcoin<a href="gemini.com/share/qng4qpxce">gemini.com/share/qng4qpxce</a>P.P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatelmusic by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

The Indian Startup Show

Edul Patel CEO of Mudrex. A Y-Combinator backed startup, on a mission to democratize investing in cryptocurrency.

Today you will hear some of the best guests I have spoken to  over the past 5 years. You will hear from Vineet Rajan.  Co-founder of Scout My Trip  - India's premier do-it-yourself platform for road trips .talks about pivoting, new insights on the India travel market , growing 5x , expanding into S.E Asia, using virtual scouts & life changing road trips! Next we have Aayush Jindal Co-founder of Toesmith. (45m.46sec)  India’s first tech-driven footwear brand, offering customisation of shoes at an affordable price. Next up Vikas Jha CEO & founder of Alore CRM (1h 19m)   - On building one of India's fastest growing sales platform. And last but not least I speak to The Startup Guy aka Vijay Anand , Founder of the Startup Centre (1h 54m)  he talks about the Indian Startup Ecosystem - what's going right, what needs to be tweaked and where to next? So sit back  & enjoy some of the best moments  Vineet Rajan.  Co-founder of Scout My TripThis is an exciting new feature called Where Are They Now ? I catch up with previous guests who came on the show. I catch up With Vineet Rajan the co-founder of Scout My Trip India’s first subscription-based travel planner powered by local travel experts. He gives us an update on what’s been happening since I last spoke to him over 2 years ago including being recognised as being of the top 50 startups to watch in india. Talks about expanding into SouthEast Asia. He explains why they pivoted and now use virtual scouts, talks about raising $500k, talks about content marketing strategies , talks about hot new destinations in india you should visit , talks about a life changing trip to Ladakh and finally he talks about eating ghost chillies in North East India and his second wife latitia(his bike!)In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Growing 5x since 2018</li><li>A phenomenal 2019 winning 6+ awards</li><li>Offline marketing strategies</li><li>Business Travel market</li><li>Working with Honda</li><li>Climate change & sustainable travel</li><li>Great story how he met his co-founder on the highway</li><li>Great road trips</li><li>Being a startup guy and his co-founder being a corporate guy</li><li>Consumer mindset in india</li><li>Income Tax Exemption granted under Startup India Programme</li><li>How they use virtual scouts</li><li>Using AI in the future</li><li>Being trapped in the snow for 20hrs!</li></ul>Aayush Jindal Co-founder of Toesmith. (45m.46sec)'It was his birthday & I thought of customising a shoe and gifting it to him on his birthday' And so Toesmith was born! and they haven't looked back . I speak to Aayush Jindal Co-founder of Toesmith , India’s first tech-driven footwear brand, offering customisation of shoes . In this episode he talks how the 3d customisation works. Talks about customer research , pitching his parents the prototype , how they target customers via Facebook and Instagram, how many orders that get a day, quitting the corporate life, how they plan to scale the operation and finally he gives advice on building an e-commerce business & brand in India.In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Pricing strategies that don't pinch!</li><li>Getting great feedback & design from a tattoo artist</li><li>Walking away from nice job at Bain</li><li>How they deal with copyright issues</li><li>Thoughts on the offline / retail market.</li><li>Is it pressure off or pressure on?</li><li>Launching internationally & scaling</li><li>Experiencing failure on his previous start-up</li><li>Getting advice from parents who work in the shoe manufacturing business.</li></ul>Vikas Jha CEO & founder of Alore CRM (1h 19m)  India is emerging as one of the fastest-growing markets for SaaS (software as a service)-based customer relationship management (CRM) firms. So today i speak to Vikas Jha founder & CEO of Alore. Alore offers everything needed to run a sales team at scale - from finding business email addresses to running automated drip campaigns to monitoring the performance of sales teams. So he talks about it all got started , how the product works. How they acquire customers around the world organically without spending money on marketing. Talks about nearly going bankrupt , talks about what makes a great salesperson, being an ex-merchant navy officer turned venture capitalist turned entrepreneur. Gives great book recommendations , talks about burnout , mental health. He talks about bootstrapping strategies what worked and what didn't work and finally he talks about how he transitioned from corporate life to startup life.in this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Sales so far</li><li>Early bootstrap strategies using Facebook groups</li><li>Product design process</li><li>Unique pricing models</li><li>2 business models</li><li>Is email still a good way to sell?</li><li>The 'land & expand' strategy</li><li>Book recommendation - Atomic Habits by James Clear & OKR by John Dorr</li><li>Seeing 800 business plans in a year as a VC and what to put in a pitch deck.</li><li>Great hiring advice and processes.</li><li>How he dealt with mental health & burnout</li><li>Advice on pivoting</li><li>Dealing with rejection</li></ul>The Startup Guy aka Vijay Anand , Founder of the Startup Centre (1h 54m) India is the third largest startup ecosystem in the world, what’s going right, and what needs to be tweaked? I speak to Vijay Anand, AKA The Startup Guy, founder of The Startup Centre in Chennai. He is an entrepreneur and has been mentoring startups in India for the past 10 years. So In this episode we talk about the state of the Indian startup ecosystem. Talk about finding India's identity - China has processes & innovation, Germany does precision machinery, US and Israel drive innovation, Japan has quality. What is India's story?The involvement of India's government - the good & bad. Talks about If someone wants to start a venture today, what areas should they focus on? talks about the 2 kinds of entrepreneur, overvaluation of startups, ethics, blockchain, dogs!, space travel, super human beings and what does he go for - the person or the idea? And much more , so please enjoy the show.in this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Differences in the Indian eco-system v Israel eco-system</li><li>Big observation about indian startups</li><li>Indian domestic market v global market</li><li>Bill gates & Mark Zuckerberg chat</li><li>How do you unlearn</li><li>Looking at a person as asset not a liability</li><li>The 3rd wave of startups</li><li>How to find co-founders</li><li>What gets Vijay out of bed?</li></ul>P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

The Best of The Indian Startup Show [15]

Giving a voice to people who don’t have a voice. Today my guest is Meet Singhal. Co-founder of Stamurai.  A Mobile app that helps you learn & practice speech therapy exercises for stuttering & stammering. So in this episode he talks about how stuttering controlled his life almost having a breakdown and how he turned it all around by developing this mobile app.  Talks about the initial prototype & acquiring his first customers. Which now has 40,000+ installs across 155 countries around the world. Talks about the science and psychology around stuttering. Never ordering food he liked only ones that were easy to say. Dealing with speech therapists. (30% sceptical , 70% encouraging) Talks about the best day so far. What you should and should not do when dealing with a person who stutters and telling his first ever joke! Talks about the subscription based business model . Does music work? - We talk about the headphone scene from the King's Speech! And finally gives great advice about raising finance & finding product market fit. Its an inspiring story and one that will inspire you!In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Traditional speech therapy is expensive</li><li>Growing 15% every month.</li><li>His Initial assumptions - would people use a self-directed product?</li><li>Honey is not the cure for stammering & other quacky myths! </li><li>Speech therapy has not changed for the last 100 years.</li><li>Being a 2x entrepreneur</li><li>Why do people stutter?</li><li>Biggest learning from the initial MVP</li><li>Why his first startup failed  (Khan academy for india) </li><li>Being Inspired by Charlie Munger. </li><li>App design challenges.</li><li>‘Getting rich is never easy in a well formed society’</li><li>How they onboard users. </li><li>Getting help from Prosus,  a global consumer internet group.</li><li>Why do products fail? </li><li>‘It's a hard journey , but filled with meaning’</li><li>Product roadmap - expanding into other speech disorders. </li></ul>linkshttps://stamurai.com/P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Meet Singhal co-founder of Stamurai. On building the world's biggest digital therapy app for stuttering & stammering.

Pampering your furry friends the right way! Today my guest is Anjali Kalachand, co-founder of  A Petter Life an e-commerce platform to understand your dog’s nutritional & lifestyle needs. In this episode she talks about why she quit corporate life to do this. Growing 150% after launching only 2 months ago. Talks about identifying gaps in the market and being a bootstrapped startup.   She talks about why the pet industry is similar to the children's industry. Mistakes made in the early days and lessons learned. The rise of dog ownership in India due to the pandemic. Thoughts on the offline competition. And finally she talks about dog friendly vegan ice-cream & why you should buy a dog!In this conversation we talk about:<ul><li>Helping new/existing pet parents</li><li>Starting this during the pandemic</li><li>Stray dogs in Mumbai</li><li>What problem are they solving?</li><li>Dealing with bureaucracy in corporate life.</li><li>Do dogs have personalities similar to their owners?</li><li>Is india a nation of dog lovers?</li></ul>and much morelinkshttps://www.apetterlife.in/P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Anjali Kalachand, Co-Founder of A Petter Life on building a marketplace for pet products that simplifies pet parenting and helps you make guided purchases.

Dropping out of education to do an EdTech startup! Today my guest is Mohammed Yousef CEO of Edunify. Edunify assists schools in connecting with prospective parents online and helps parents find the right schools for their children. Think of it like a matchmaking service. So in this episode he talks about great traction so far, talks about how they went about validating the idea. Why is selling to schools is one of the toughest markets you can be in. Thoughts on the indian education system & what can be improved. Talks about being a successful 3 time entrepreneur at the age of 21. Talks about successful SEO strategies to get parents to the website. Getting zero marks on his exams including entrepreneurship! and how he turned it all around despite personal hurdles like significant leg disability. Why pretending to be 24 yr old helps! And finally he talks about time blocking techniques that help him focus and be more productive.  Which you can try as well. In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>The business model</li><li>The startup scene in Lucknow & thoughts on moving to Bangalore.</li><li> Advice for first time founders.</li><li>Paying his own way through college</li><li>Thoughts on paid advertising.</li><li>Being a big fan of Clubhouse</li><li>What problem are they trying to solve?</li><li>Customer discovery & feedback</li><li>What was he like at school?</li><li>Recalling his first pitch!</li><li>Thoughts on going global</li></ul>and much moreLinkshttps://www.edunify.in/P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Mohammed Yousef CEO of Edunify on growing an EdTech startup & building the largest school discovery platform in India.

I catch up with Dr Geetha Manjunath, CEO & CTO of NIRAMAI, a deep-tech startup, offering a radiation-free, non-invasive, non-touch, breast cancer screening solution. I spoke to her back in Sept 2017 (Ep67) when they only had a handful of customers, now they are one of the top deep tech startups in India.  In this episode we talk about their core technology  called Thermalytix. How they have innovated during the pandemic. Talk about how they create AI/ML models and how they test them before production. Talk about scaling issues & being part of Google Launchpad and Phillips accelerators. How they have shortened the B2C sales life cycle from 6 months to 6 weeks. Thoughts on selling to hospitals. A deep dive on how do they train the machine when there is little data.  She also talks about developing (AI)-based computer-aided software for controlling the spread of River Blindness with the help from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. She takes a trip down memory lane and talks about  being a member of the C-DAC team which built the first commercial indian supercomputer. And finally she gives great advice for first time entrepreneurs.In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Talk about patents & IP.</li><li>Being a thought leader</li><li>Supervised v Unsupervised learning</li><li>Launching a new B2C home screening service</li><li>Working with data augmentation</li><li>Thermal imaging</li><li>Taking it to the villages</li><li>Scaling from 1 to 10 then 10 to 100</li><li>Using microservices</li><li>Getting in the shoes of the users</li><li>Are they still a startup?</li><li>Major milestones reached</li><li>Healthcare startups take time!</li></ul>and much more!Links<a href="https://www.niramai.com/">https://www.niramai.com/</a>P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Dr. Geetha Manjunath CEO & CTO of NIRAMAI on changing the way cancer is detected.

My first ever guest is back on the show! Harshdeep Singh  Hura founder of WrapItUp - a text summarizer. He appeared on show back in August 2015. We talk about how his app now has 3.5M users. Why he turned down $20 million acquisition for the app. How a anthropology course on apes was a breakthrough moment. Talks why he almost quit tech, what changed and gives us his new fresh perspective on life. He gives us great insights on mobile app design, development &marketing strategies. Talks about going from idea to MVP (starts at 23.49 take notes!) and why does not want a co-founder. Talks about becoming a pastry chef. Thoughts on Clubhouse being the next big thing. And finally we take a trip down memory lane and talk about the embarrassing first ever episode of the indian startup show. in this conversation we talk about:<ul><li>Starting out writing algorithms on paper & not using existing NLP algorithms</li><li>Being the most successful solo iPhone app developer in India (in my opinion!)</li><li>Taking risks in your 20’s</li><li>Reaction to friends and family on turning down $20million</li><li>Setting up Indoor Hydroponic farming space.</li><li>Entering the News Summarization space with a new line of products built around the WrapItUp algorithm, L.A.S.T. 5 [Linguistically Advanced Summarization Technique]</li><li>Is it still a good idea to build an iphone app in 2021</li><li>Helping salesforce administration to learn to code and then getting angry feedback from Salesforce content creators</li><li>Being stressed &  receiving  a cold email that got his life back on track</li><li>Growing an inch since we last spoke (6ft 9 inch)</li><li>Building a remote first  E-commerce agency</li><li>Why they don't do regular marketing to create brand awareness.</li><li>Hiring only fans influencers</li><li>How he settles arguments with his dad.</li><li>Why ‘luck can only take you so far!’</li><li>Why you shouldn't change the world - but change one person’s world</li><li>Starting WrapitUp because he was too lazy to read</li></ul>And much more!Links<a href="https://t.co/jB29DOyRRa?amp=1">http://harshdeephura.com</a> /<a href="https://twitter.com/kinngh"> @kinngh</a> on Clubhouse and Twitter /<a href="https://t.co/zkxY1N5VY0?amp=1"> http://admin2dev.com</a> /<a href="https://t.co/VdK24enT38?amp=1"> http://wrapitupapp.com</a> (both available on<a href="https://t.co/jB29DOyRRa?amp=1"> http://harshdeephura.com</a>) P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Harshdeep Singh CEO of WrapitUp on scaling to 3.5M+ users, refusing $20M acquisition & dealing with mental health issues & how he turned it around in style!

Building India’s first home-grown AR headset. Today my guest is Pankaj Raut the co-founder & ceo of AjnaLens. AjnaLens designs & manufactures AI-powered mixed-reality glasses for defence , education and enterprise customers. He talks about it all got started by being inspired watching James Bond movies. He talks about how the product helps the Indian armed forces & talks about design and development process.  He talks about VC funding, future trends & opportunities. He gives us his thoughts on the AR/VR startup community in india. Thoughts on Google glasses 10 years on and dealing with the competition.  And finally he talks about leaving India at the age 17 to go study in London.  Meeting his co-founders at Google startup weekend.  Seeing his first hologram and being inside a tank! In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Building the first prototype</li><li>Challenges in the AR/VR market</li><li>What will VR/AR devices look like in the future.</li><li>Getting a scholarship to go London</li><li>Where the names comes from.</li><li>Common mistakes AR/VR startups make.</li><li>Meeting people with the right synergies.</li><li>How he resolves differences of opinion with his co-founders</li><li>Advice for first time founders - take 2 steps back!</li></ul>and much more!Linkshttps://www.ajnalens.com/P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Pankaj Raut CEO & Co-founder of AjnaLens on building Augmenting Human Intelligence with AI-Powered Mixed Reality Glasses

Building a digital bank to help small businesses in india.  My guest today is Anish Achuthan CEO & co-founder of Open - a new age digital banking platform. In this episode he talks about how they raised $37 million from prominent investors, and shares amazing growth statistics. He talks about how they use customer acquisition channels.  He shares UX strategies when developing the website & mobile app. Talks about being a 5x entrepreneur. Talks about the importance of branding and PR in getting your startup off the ground. Talks about how they evaluate talent. Going from 10 to 250 employees. Thoughts on demonetisation 4 years on. Hiring a sales guy when they couldn't afford one.  Pitching to investors with a live demo instead of a slide deck.And finally you will learn how to deal with corporate companies if you’re a startup.In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>User testing</li><li>Creating a pilot</li><li>Being the first mover in the market</li><li>Building Culture & Leadership</li><li>Being persistance</li><li>Being married to the co-founder</li><li>is 'Cash still king?'</li><li>Reaching out to small villages</li><li>Banks having reservations in the early days</li><li>Integrating legacy systems</li></ul>and much morelinkshttps://open.money/P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Anish Achuthan co-founder & CEO of Open a neo-banking startup disrupting the traditional banks & helping 700,000 + businesses in India automate their finances.

Nothing is useless in this world. What can be a waste to you is someone's asset’ - The ‘Recycle man of India’ aka Dr Binish Desai, social entrepreneur & founder of Eco-Eclectic . I spoke to him back in February 2019 (Ep 106) and he is back again to talk about inventing a new type of brick made from recycled PPE material. He talks about creating a female empowerment centre for former sex workers. He then talks about building low cost homes using 3D technology, talks about trust issues after getting ripped off by a business partner. The pillars of success and what we can expect in 2021. And why you should start identifying waste as an asset.In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Observe - fail - Learn - Solve  framework.</li><li>Creating Eco Bins</li><li>The process of converting PPE into bricks..Brick 2.0!</li><li>Creating affordable housing in the USA, Philippines & india, & Africa </li><li>The Recycle man - the book</li><li>What did he learn about himself during the pandemic</li><li>Making jewellery & crockery out of coffee waste</li><li>Carrying 2 bricks around wherever he goes</li><li>Stop using single use coffee mugs!</li><li>Expanding globally</li><li>Trying to create the world's first recyclable house. </li><li>3D printing of the entire home.</li><li>Coming from a family of social entrepreneurs.</li></ul>and much morelinks<a href="https://www.binishdesai.com/">https://www.binishdesai.com/</a>P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Where are they now? 'The Recycle Man of India' Dr Binish Desai Forbes 30 under 30 Asia social entrepreneur & founder of Eco-Eclectic on creating environmentally-friendly solutions to various problems.

100 million famers are expected to be online in the next 5 years. So today I speak to Siddharth Dialani, co-founder & CEO of BharatAgri a farming technology platform where they work with farmers directly. improving their productivity. Think of it as a digital farming assistant. So in this episode he talks about what inspired him to do this, building the first prototype. The problems farmers face. Time spent working on a farm for a year & being treated like an outsider . He then talks about how they create an algorithm that decreases the cost of production to farmers. Talks about how they use analytics to improve the customer journey. Talks about raising finance , how you should pitch investors. Why 'investors want you to do less not more' How they on-board farmers online.  And finally he talks about his time at housing.com. The current farmers strike and being awarded Forbes 30 under 30!In this conversation we also talk about:-<ul><li>Insights gained from talking to over 400 farmers</li><li>Why agriculture is a complicated business.</li><li>Farmers  not understanding the share icon & notification icon. And how they changed it</li><li>Soil/water/weather parameters that go into building an algorithm.</li><li>Quickly pivoting to a digital strategy during the pandemic</li><li>Thoughts on product market fit</li><li>What will farming look like in 20 years time?</li><li>Pitching & getting $50k from Uber.</li><li>Book recommendations.</li></ul>and  much moreLinks https://bharatagri.com/P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Siddharth Dialani, Co-founder of BharatAgri. On building a farming technology platform , bridging the gap between technology & agriculture in India

No 1 Best Business Podcast in india!  Big Thank You to CEO magazine India. I am humbled and honoured. Today you will hear some of the best guests I have spoken to over the past years. You will hear from Shankar Prasad. Founder of Pureplay Skin Sciences. They are Building India's fastest growing new-age, values-driven vegan skin care & beauty brand. Next I speak to  Akriti Khatri The founder of the Venus Detective Agency - India’s leading female private detective agency And finally  I speak to  Naina Hiranandani, COO & Co-Founder of Sirf Coffee.  A Bespoke dating service revolutionising dating for global Indians. So please enjoy the show, and i wish you all the best for the new year!Pureplay‘One piece of advice I will give is this - listen to the consumer , listen to the consumer, listen to the consumer , everything flows from that, if that’s not part of you equation then your starting at the wrong place - Shankar Prasad. Today I speak to Shankar Prasad, Founder, Pureplay Skin Sciences.One of indian fastest growing vegan & grooming brands. He has over 20 years of creating and building consumer goods india. So in this podcast we talk about his iterative design process, his research , his pricing strategy , using social media influencers, the Skin care for men market, taking calculated risks, advice on building your own consumer goods brand and learn how to improve your communication skills. And finally some warren Buffett chat as well.In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Starting out as a chemical engineer.</li><li>Leaving corporate life and going it alone.</li><li>Why vegan?</li><li>Bring inspired by the goodness of nature, and & doing good</li><li>Online & offline selling strategies</li><li>Understanding want goes on in the west ,will likely happen in India</li><li>Social media advice - Earn your place at the table.</li><li>Launching skin care products for men & size of market.</li><li>Favourite brands and why.</li><li>Thoughts & experiences on using Youtube video for marketing & advertising.</li></ul>Sirf CoffeeWhat do women want? & how do you deal with those annoying Aunties! Well today your going to find out. My guest is Naina Hiranandani, COO & Co-founder Sirf Coffee. Sirf Coffee is a bespoke dating service revolutionising dating for global Indians. In this exciting episode she talks about servicing clients around the world using an offline approach to dating and why they take this approach. She talks about the operational side of the business and why the business model has not changed over 10 years. She talks about why they don’t spend money on marketing or take investment and finally she shares some great dating advice you can try if your footloose and fancy free!In this episode we talk about<ul><li>How many dates have they have setup</li><li>Walking away from a lucrative career to do this</li><li>Building a prototype</li><li>Word of mouth marketing</li><li>Do opposites attract?</li><li>What it takes to be a COO</li><li>The future of dating</li><li>Being different to the rest of the competition</li><li>Having courage</li><li>Book recommendation Sapiens - Yuval Harari & Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari</li></ul>Venus Detective AgencyThe explosion of online dating & matchmaking apps in India has led to a huge rise in the number of private investigators tasked with exposing love cheats. Today my guest is Akriti Khatri , the founder of Venus Detective Agency . She is like the female Miss Marple, So in this exciting episode she talks about how she got started and turned this into a very successful business with offices around india. She gives great advice for first time founders and she will also talk about going undercover to check up brides and grooms before they get married , she talks dating, using high technology gadgets, conflicts, emotions. Why business is booming due to soap operas and why spending 30 days in the office doing nothing set her up for big success!In this conversation we talk about:<ul><li>Business model</li><li>Blackmail , honey traps & love affairs</li><li>Why females make the best detectives</li><li>Whats in her spy kit?</li><li>The Long hours</li><li>Would she recommend this as a career?</li></ul>P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a> P.P.SBig News I am starting a production company creating Indian based dramas documentaries & animation shows package them up for multicultural audiences around the world. So if you are writer ,scriptwriter, producer animators or know someone who is or has an original and interesting story tell or want to pitch me your concepts then get in touch and we can turn this into the next big Netflix / Amazon Prime show. Please get in touch music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Best of The Indian Startup Show

Today you will hear some of the best guests I have spoken to  over the past 5 years. You will hear from The Tech Witches - A group of 5  Indian high school girls. They have built  an app that connects children at orphanages to senior citizens in nursing homes, allowing them to spend time together. Next up  Dr Siddhant Bhargava co-founder & nutritionist at Food Darzee.He is tackling India's growing obesity problem.by creating a health & nutrition company offering fresh, healthy food delivered daily to your doorstep. And last but not least I speak to  Tanul Mishra CEO of Afthonia labs. Afthonia labs  focuses on early stage startups in Fintech and provides them with a trusted ecosystem to grow and succeed.Finally  I would like to pay tribute to everyone listening and subscribing to the show for the past five  years. Without you, this podcast would not have been possible! So I’m very grateful TechWitchesAfter losing both grandparents Ananya Grover & her fellow classmates decided to build something in the social sector space. So she and her fellow classmates aka 'The Tech Witches' decided to build an app called Maitri. An app that connects children at orphanages to senior citizens in nursing homes, allowing them to spend time together. In this episode I will talk to two of the ladies. CEO Ananya Grover & CTO Arefa Muzaffar. They talk about how it all works. Flying out to San Francisco and pitching the app to Google Ventures. They talk about how this app can fight depression in two groups. Being the only indian team in the Technovation Girls competition - A global competition featuring 19,000 kids and 170 teams from across 38 countries . They talk about what makes a great entrepreneur, how they work together and finally some Michelle Obama & Malala Yousafzai chat.in this conversation we talk about:<ul><li>Sleepless nights!</li><li>How they dealt with skeptical adults</li><li>Improving everyone's social and mental well-being.</li><li>The rise of loneliness in a connected world.</li><li>Research/design/coding challenges</li><li>Targeting two sets of users</li><li>Why they call themselves the TechWitches</li><li>Getting feedback from Google Ventures.</li></ul>Food DarzeeIndia has a growing obesity problem! Today I speak with Dr Siddhant Bhargava co-founder and nutritionist at Food Darzee. Food Darzee is a health and nutrition company offering fresh, healthy food delivered daily to your doorstep. So in this episode he talks about his rollercoaster startup journey so far. Overcoming challenges, shares great advice for first time founders. Why obesity is a growing problem in India to dealing with Bollywood celebrities. Helping comedian Tanmay bhatt lose weight. Learn about the practical diet changes for a fit body. Advice on losing weight, nutrition being body positive, and finally his love of butter chicken!In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Statistics so far.</li><li>How does this work</li><li>Having sleepless nights.</li><li>Being the Keto expert in India.</li><li>Educating Indian Mothers!</li><li>Protein v carbs</li><li>What keeps him going?</li><li>the next milestones</li><li>Siddhant's idea of food heaven & food hell</li><li>How much protein do you need?</li><li>Digital marketing advice.</li><li>Siddhant's advice on what I am eating!</li></ul>Afthonia labsWith over $1.85 Billion invested in the Indian FinTech space so far, I speak with Tanul Mishra CEO of Afthonia labs. Afthonia labs focuses on early stage startups in Fintech and provides them with a trusted ecosystem to grow and succeed. She talks about what startups should be focussing on and what they are looking for . She also reflects on her time as the co-founder of Eatelish, a successful food service that is a bridge between artisan foodmakers from across India and consumers. She talks about surviving the early days, breakthrough moments, having a successful exit and an interesting story about pickles and sorting things out over a cup of hot chocolate!In this episode we also talk about:<ul><li>Funding is not the ultimate benchmark of success.</li><li>Advice on launching startups.</li><li>What should go in your pitch deck</li><li>Being excited & emotional after a successful exit.</li><li>Having an epiphany when trekking</li><li>Great thoughts on when the right time to sell your startup.</li><li>Examples of Fintech startups</li><li>Book recommendation - Calvin and hobbs</li><li>Partnering with VC's</li></ul>and much more!P.SSkillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>

The indian Startup Show - The Best Bits [Part14]

Charanjeev Singh aka CJ aka The Flying Sikh is back on the show! I spoke to CJ on the show 5 years ago  and he is still going strong.  In fact they are now launching in Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and Singapore.  He talks about acquiring 10% Sikh grooming market just through word of mouth. Talks about Product development life cycle and why the weather plays a big role. He talks about building a community centric brand. Talks about product failures Talks about the importance of Sikh culture in 2020. Why the indian hipster phase has died. Launching a streetwear brand. Shopping card abandon rates.  And finally he talks about creating the world's first beard deodorant and much more.in this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Not burning money on marketing</li><li>The good & bad of Covid</li><li>Why it takes 8/9 months to launch a product.</li><li>Demonetization & implementing GST issues</li><li>New thoughts on entrepreneurship</li><li>Being patient</li><li>Going offline</li><li>Would  he change anything</li><li>Being the 'GQ' for Sikhs</li><li>Why beard textures are different around the world.</li></ul>and much morehttps://www.singhstyled.com/

Where are they now? Charanjeev Singh, founder of SinghStyled. The world's first Sikh brand that caters to 30 million Sikhs around the world.

Making space explorable & economical for the future generation. Today i speak to Dr Srimathy Kesan CEO of SpaceKidz India - SpaceKidz india helps  students to pursue their space dreams regardless of their field of education, social status, and geographic location.   in this episode she talks about how it got started. How under her guidance, students designed Kalamsat - the world’s lightest satellite ever to be placed in orbit!  Her team of students are currently building the world's lightest rover for the moon. She also talks about how they use ‘ the make or break approach.  Using 3D technology.  Being mocked in the early days and people refusing to turn up to the first launch .She talks suborbital launches and trusting yourself. She talks about winning 20+ awards , Great advice for first time founders.  She talks about being a former paratrooper, why she called herself Indira Gandhi as a 5 year to get into a top school. And is there life on other planets?In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Taking a 16 year sabbatical</li><li>The space community in India</li><li>Vision & redefining space dreams for Indian kids</li><li>Going to Nasa</li><li>Her initial dream of joining the army was rejected by her father,</li><li>Designing & building a satellite from scratch in 6 days</li><li>Being emotionally  attached to the moon</li><li>People refusing to turn up to the first launch</li><li>Why her dad turned up at school  for 15 days in a row at 5am!</li><li>Turning her kitchen into a  science lab</li><li>Married at a young age, which put all her dreams and wishes on hold.</li></ul>and much more<a href="https://www.spacekidzindia.in/">https://www.spacekidzindia.in/</a>P.SPodcast Hosting Special Offer for Indian Startup Show Listeners.50% Off Your First Two Months on Simplecastsubscribe with the promo code ONSIMPLECAST  below<a href="https://simplecast.com/?fp_ref=neil34">https://simplecast.com?fp_ref=neil34</a>P.P.Sif you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel">https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV"> https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>

Dr Srimathy Kesan CEO of SpaceKidz India on creating the next generation of scientific thinkers in India & launching the world's smallest satellite

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