Episodes
Published 01/13/23
This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is joined by Saurabh Agarwal, Founder & CTO, ReshaMandi.
Published 01/13/23
This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is joined by Subramanya S V, CEO and co-founder of Fisdom.
Published 12/10/22
This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is accompanied by Ravi Bhushan, Founder & CEO of BrightCHAMPS.
Published 11/18/22
This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is joined by Deepak Gullapalli, founder & CEO Head Digital Works.
Published 11/04/22
This week on Shunya one, Shiladitya is joined by Dinika Bhatia, CEO and Founder of Nutty Gritties. Coming from a family of dry fruits and nuts entrepreneurs, Dinika talks about her journey in creating delicious, healthy and guilt-free snaking.In addition, she discusses the FMCG business in India and the challenges she faced in making luxurious products accessible and convenient for consumers.Furthermore, she discusses the evolution of consumer and product distribution.Tune in to know...
Published 10/21/22
This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is joined by Sonakshi Nathani, Co-founder and CEO, of Bikayi (BIK). Today, Indian e-commerce largely runs on WhatsApp. The idea for Bikayi was born after Sonakshi made this observation back at home and decided to help small businesses create their online shops on WhatsApp by building their e-commerce channels and interacting with their subscribers. In the episode, she also tells us why Bikayi has been renamed Bik. In addition, she discusses the company's...
Published 10/07/22
This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is joined by Sanjay Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO, of Spyne. Taking professional images for an online catalog can be quite a daunting task. In order to resolve this issue, the co-founders of Spyne.ai came up with an AI technology that not only helps one create a stunning image but also cut down cataloging costs and time by half. In this episode, Sanjay touches upon how small-scale industries struggle with cataloging as taking professional photographs of...
Published 09/23/22
This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is joined by Saurabh Garg, Co-Founder and CBO of NoBroker. Finding a home is not a cakewalk, especially in metropolitan cities like Mumbai or Bangalore. With the intention of making this process simpler, Saurabh tells us how he came up with the idea of Nobroker. He tells us about the difficulties they encountered when establishing this company in an unexplored market. He discusses how social media marketing helped them to kick start the idea. Tune into the...
Published 09/09/22
This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is accompanied by, Piyush Ranjan, CTO, Coverfox. Coverfox is an IRDAI-authorised insurance broking firm that aims to make insurance simple. In the episode, Piyush takes us through the evolution of technology over time. As a techie and programming enthusiast, he talks about his journey in Ola, Clevertap and now in Coverfox. He discusses how people's attitudes toward start-up companies have changed over time. Further, he also gives us insights into the...
Published 08/26/22
This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is accompanied by Abhishek Mohan, Founder & CEO, HempStreet. The HempStreet business is the nation's largest and first research-to-retail cannabis company that aims to tackle mass ailments in India. Abhishek talks about the journey of HempStreet, with the intent of creating a remedy for menstrual cramps by using adequate amounts of cannabis. He talks about how the western world has slowly started moving towards Ayurveda especially post COVID. He also...
Published 08/12/22
On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya is joined by Saahil Goel, Co-Founder and CEO of Shiprocket. Shiprocket is India's first e-commerce shipping solution. In the episode, Saahil speaks about the company's incredible journey over ten years which had its ups and downs. According to him, one should not chase a large market just for its sake, but rather be a big fish in a small pond and everything will eventually follow. In addition, he discusses how D2C brands have grown during the pandemic. Tune...
Published 07/29/22
On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya is joined by Tarun Katial, Founder & CEO of Eve World. Tarun has played a pivotal role in the Indian media and entertainment industry over the last two decades. In this episode, Tarun talks about his venture Eve World, a women-only platform that proffers expression, creation, and community enablement. He shares a personal story that leads him to create a non-toxic and safe space for women. Further, he introduces us to 'Coto', a Web3 social community...
Published 07/15/22
On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya is joined by Shobhit Banga, Co-Founder, Josh Talks. They talk about the journey of Josh Talks where Shobhit narrates an exciting story that eventually led to the building of 'Josh Talks'. He talks about how easy access to the internet has helped people to actively engage in consuming content, which in a way has helped in the growth of Josh Talk. Further, Shobhit also shares the monetisation journey of Josh Talks. Tune in to the episode to Know more! You can...
Published 07/01/22
On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya is joined by Sunit Gajbhiye, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer of Financepeer. They talk about why they are called a ‘fintech’ but they are a little different from what most people have heard of them. He takes us through his journey of moving into this space and explains why he thinks the problems in Indian education made him take a step towards starting Financepeer. Further, Shiladitya & Sunit talk about innovation and learning, which made him...
Published 06/17/22
On shunya one this week Shiladitya is joined by Arham Partap Jain, Founder and Chief Trucking Officer of Trucknetic. They talk about what is Trucknetic, what his journey is like in creating a domain for trucks and why Arham related it to an unconventional journey so far. Further, they talk about how the trucking market had evolved, getting calls from the mafia’s and the innovation they have provided in the app and how they made a breakthrough in the operational challenges that they were...
Published 06/10/22
On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya is joined by Sandipan Mitra, Co-founder and CEO of HungerBox. Sandipan talks about founding Southeast Asia's first food tech company in Bangalore named ‘Hungry Bangalore’-15 years ago, the first time the word food tech was ever used, and how he saw a revolution in this market over the years. He tells us why the ecosystem was not ready when they started and had to be more patient to later the company getting acquired. Sandipan shares why it is easier to run...
Published 06/03/22
On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya is joined by Kanika Agarrwal & Atanuu Agarrwal, Co - Founders of Upside AI. They talk about what AI technology is, how Upside AI uses that technology, how the journey of this entrepreneurial journey started for them, what was the vision was forming the product, and how has the product evolved. They tell us about why India is still a manual working market and if there is a regulatory limitation that needs to have a certified person to manage the fund and...
Published 05/27/22
On Shunya One this week Sakshi talks to Shiladitya about her entrepreneurial journey of starting Myles, the experience she gained while working in a renting car company and later launching Myles in 2018. Sakshi tells us why buying cars in India is tough and even leasing one is a challenge. What were the challenges in getting into this market, how different was it from other parts of the world and what do they do at Myles which makes them more consistent. Sakshi tells us about the number of...
Published 05/20/22
In this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya is joined by Darshan Bathija, CEO and Co-Founder of Vauld. Darshan talks to us about his entrepreneurship journey, from acquaintances getting him interested in Bitcoins, to finding an opportunity in the Crypto space. The two generations of Crypto users, and how does Vauld as a product work? What is the underlining methodology in offering investment services and how did they identify a way of making money through Vauld. Further, he talks about what is...
Published 05/13/22
On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya talks to Amit Khatri, Co-Founder of Noise. Amit tells us about his background, what made him maneuver the tech accessory market and where did the idea of building Noise come from, back in 2014. He is further asked about what kind of products did they initially launch, accessories and later moving to smart watches, and what was the feedback that they got from their genuine consumers? Amit tells us about leading the smart watch category in the country...
Published 05/06/22
On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya is joined by Aadit Palicha, Founder & CEO of Zepto. Aadit tells us about his journey which he terms as not much exciting and inspiring and the problems that he faced of getting groceries in the time of pandemic, starting Zepto and delivering products quickly. He also informs us what kind of difference in market factors allowed something like this to happen and what insights made them think the time was right to start a business, especially with...
Published 04/29/22
On Shunya One this week, we are joined by Mohit Kumar & Vatsal Singhal, Co - Founders of Ultrahuman. They chat with Shiladitya about everything Ultrahuman, they both talk about their entire journey doing Computer Science, their love for computers, how working in different areas got them into health & fitness since 2015, and what helped them make a product like Ultrahuman. They tell about what got them interested in the usage of data in fitness, how bio markers helped them achieve the...
Published 04/22/22
In this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya talks to Mihir Gupta, CEO & Co-Founder of Teachmint. They talk about Mihir's background, there being four more co-founders and how did he end up meeting them, and why moving to Bangalore seemed like a good idea for them. Mihir tells us about some of the ideas they worked upon before forming Teachmint, him dreaming of changing the education eco-system at the grass root level, everyone struggling to teach online during the pandemic, and making the...
Published 04/15/22
On Shunya One, this week we are joined by Saurabh Saxena, Founder of Uable. He talks about meeting their co-founder in Bangalore before it was called a start-up city, how was Saurabh's journey initially when there were no such things as start-ups. Saurabh talks about how he started with the idea of making the product as an Edu-tech, selling his first company, building Vedantu, later realizing that a student and today’s generation has a lot to offer so shaping the idea of building a platform...
Published 04/08/22