Indian Startup Stories Ashok

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 Journalism03:18PointBlank7 - 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 business51:54Mistakes made and the learnings from it.53:15Time boxing and managing work life balance56:04Rapid fire round

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Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Today’s guest:Shyam Sundar Nagarajan, Founder & CEO (GoFloaters)Website: https://gofloaters.com/ 

You will learn:01:47Background - studies,  early career days, and thoughts on entrepreneurship04:09Gofloaters - 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 business19:36How pricing models are thought through and experimented with multiple coffee shops.24:20Customer adoption and trends with co-working space & evolutions around31:10Tech ecosystem involved & experiential contribution to the ecosystem33:14Foundation team - pillars behind the business. Combination of Full time and freelancers37:46Decision making challenges and overcoming with “word of mouth” recognitions, and scaling plans44:14Bootstrapping & Fundings managed to see the profit realization47:58Sales and marketing formula worked50:44Thoughts on scaling business with customer expansion55:29Rapid fire round

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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 employee07:07Speculations in cryptocurrencies space. How customers and investors saw this fluctuations10:02Funding 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 exchange19:37Vision in crypto currency and blockchain space, and Technology innovations22:07Why transaction fee is higher in Crypto trading. Tech evolution so far & Current Engineering problem26:12Being an Entrepreneur - Merge of Personal & professional life29:04Rapid fire round

Unocoin Coupon code: UNOSS100 (Offer valid till 31st October 2021)

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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 journey10:55What is a Crypto currency?, Bitcoin evolution, Etherium and different generations29:28Unocoin - Company & it’s services. Co-Founding experience, and establishment. Bitcoin exchange, cryptocurrencies & expanding business.36:57Customer adoptions and trends of cryptocurrencies adoption in India39:05Regulation Vs Deregulation? How decentralization template fits in the Governance in the Country.44:06NFT - “Non Fungible tokens”; what is new & how is it booming? Does India have huge scope for artists & creators?

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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 forward08:47Importance of sleep and mattresses business in Indian context; market study & research. Serving across India’s geography via e-commerce12:50Self 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 business39:49COVID and other shaping challenges - initial days of identifying how to channelise. Raw materials cost impact and revenue46:44Instances of business challenges & turning them into opportunities51:00Rapid fire round

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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 entrepreneurship05:14CoreIoT - Custom designing Antenna solution for varying IoT, Wireless and various industrial needs06:45Microsoft closes Nokia, Finland. What happened next? How entrepreneurship was taught09:58Being in Finland, and handling business in Ongole, AP, India. How global customers are being handled13:11Entrepreneurship - What was the thought process and evaluation before the start. Forming core founding team16:51Different antennas covered - LTE, WIFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 5G low band, Ultra wide, ubiquitous, RFID. All custom design & solution18:56How different streams are focused together, and how challenges are solved with R&D focus and solution simulation20:56Funding, core founding team and experience in building & handling distributed team23:30Sales and marketing effort and generating leads24:46Networking matters a lot in doing business. Building trust brings value.26:41Moment of relief & Customer success stories - building pride 30:53Time spent on R&D, Technology, Team and customer needs should be the key focus for growth. Brining more products out is the formula for scaling the business.37:54What is expected from entrepreneurs? - Master your subject!40:57Rapid fire round

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Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com