The Domino's Pizza turnaround is a legendary corporate tale of customer centricity. The company's share, after IPOing in 2004, went down to $3/share in 2008 and currently trades levels of $360/share. In this short episode, let's look at how Patrick Doyle turned the pizza company around.

Shaun Gold, is a former nightlife ninja, where his business was creating and promoting the some of the most exclusive parties and events in Miami. He is a true polymath, has written 4 books, lectures at universities and currently, is starting up again, this time in the mental health space: The Youtopian Journey. In this episode, we talk to Shaun about starting a nightclub in the pre-social media era, building relationships with some of the top celebrities and entrepreneurs in the US and about...

The venture capital asset class has gained immense popularity in the past decade. But still, only a select group of people and institutions have access to it. In this episode, we talk to Jesse Randall, Founder and CEO, Sweater about how he is opening up venture capital for the retail investors. Jesse has started companies in the past and also works with various startups on their fundraising and growth at Deviant Strategy. He is a brilliant marketing mind and hence we try to understand from...

Worked on the Wall Street in the 70s. Started his own company in the 80s. Went public on NASDAQ. Got acquired. The guest for our episode today is a prolific marketing genius and the co-founder of POP Radio, Robert Hussey (Bob). This is the first part of his story, filled with brave decisions and extraordinary achievements. We talk about it all: his early life, career, startup and IPOing!

Roberto Croci is the Managing Director at Microsoft For Startups, MENA region. He has previously served as Regional Head, Google Marketing Platforms - EMEA Emerging Markets (Middle East, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Africa) and has been an advisor to startups since 2008. Roberto is one of those leaders who has worked at the cusp of startups and corporates for years, and has been driving innovation in the emerging markets. He often talks about ethical leadership, human-centred approach to...

Alexandre Lazarow is a venture capitalist with Cathay Innovation, a global firm that invests across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America in a range of startups including Chime, Neon, Terminal, FinAccel, Zola, Rensource, Paga among others. Previously, Alex worked with Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm.  He is also the author of 'Out-Innovate' published by Harvard Business Review Press in April 2020, where he talks about how global entrepreneurs are re-writing the rules of...

The Marshmallow Challenge is a team-based design challenge invented by Peter Skillman which has been a phenomenal experiment in behavioural psychology in groups. The challenge reveals a lot about teamwork and curiosity.

Our guest for this episode is Charlie O'Donnell. Charlie is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.  The fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn - where Charlie was born and raised.  Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of The Wing, Canary, Hungryroot, Ample Hills, Clubhouse, Imagen, and goTenna among others. Charlie has a reputation for picking out great companies really early on, as he did with Twitter and...

Is being first in the market always an advantage? Or is there something about second movers since they have been wildly successful? In this short episode, we explore the long-debated idea with a short story of Red Bull.

For the second episode of season 2, we have invited Mr. Mohammad Mustafa (IAS), Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI. He has been leading charge of SIDBI's venture capital push in India by acting as a fund of funds to the country's top VCs. His recent book, Demystifying Venture Capital is a fresh take on how the industry is structured, and also has an unbiased viewpoint with chapters like 'ethics in venture capital'. In this episode, we chat with him about his book, about debt vs. equity vs....

In this short, 5-min episode of Breakdown by Startup Garage, Vishal and Vaibhav chat about why metrics are important for founders, what are vanity metrics and how to avoid the trap.

Did you know: over 400 CEOs in India are ex-HUL? For the pilot episode of season 2, we have invited over Sudhir Sitapati, Executive Director, Hindustan Unilever. Sudhir has spent over 20 years at HUL, wearing multiple hats across categories, functions and regions and has recently distilled his knowledge and observations of all these years into 'The CEO Factory', his first book. In this episode, Ayush and Vaibhav co-host Sudhir and talk about his book, HUL's culture of building CEOs, about...

Jeffrey Paine is one of the most active startup ecosystem leaders in Asia. He is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Golden Gate Ventures, one of the earliest and most active VC funds of South-East Asia. He also started the Singapore chapter of Founder Institute. In this episode, we chat with him about raising money from LPs, about what makes south-east Asian markets different and about horizontal vs. vertical expansion in startups.

Heidi Roizen is a venture capitalist, a Stanford University lecturer, and an entrepreneur. She co-founded the software company T/Maker, served as VP of Worldwide Developer Relations at Apple, entered the VC industry with Softbank, and currently is a partner at Silicon Valley-based Threshold Ventures.  She is a corporate director for a bunch of public and private companies such as Memphis Meats, Lumity and Polarr. Heidi has been known in the tech industry for her relationships and her...

"The world is no more the same", is probably going to be the most overused phrase of the decade. Or is it? Our guest for this episode is Victor Cheng, a celebrated business coach to Inc. 500 CEOs and a bestselling author. Victor is a Stanford University graduate, a former McKinsey consultant, and also serves as an expert source for media outlets including TIME, Forbes, Fortune and The Wall Street Journal. In this episode, we talk about navigating through the crisis, about mental models of...

Ashish Kumar is a partner at Fundamentum Partnership - a Series B/C focused VC Fund based out of India. Prior to this, he was a serial technology entrepreneur and had started multiple tech companies with successful exits including one to a publicly listed entity.  At Fundamentum, Ashish invests $10M-$25M, alongside Nandan Nilekani (Founder, Infosys) and Sanjeev Aggarwal (Founder, Helion), across sectors. Some of their portfolio companies: PharmEasy, Spinny, FarEye. In this episode, we chat...

Saurabh Mukherjea is a prolific equity markets investor, an author and an entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Marcellus Investment Managers and the former CEO of Ambit Capital.  Prior to Ambit, Saurabh was co-founder of Clear Capital, a London-based small-cap equity research firm that was created in 2003 and sold in 2008. In 2018, he joined SEBI’s Asset Management Advisory Committee. He has written some bestselling books: The Unusual Billionaires and Coffee Can...

Pitching is one thing that startups do throughout their life cycles, it is how people perceive your idea, your passion and information about your company. Today, on our podcast, we have invited Serap Ipek, a professional pitch coach from Amsterdam. Serap was leading the Startupbootcamp Amsterdam, and currently trains founders at Rocket X. In the episode, she talks about the right flow of the pitch, understanding audiences and common mistakes to avoid. She also talks about how charming...

This is a bonus episode where we feature some rare audio clips and celebrate the life and learnings of Steve Jobs, today, on 5th October, 9 years after he passed away. This stitched-together clip has Steve talking about leadership, managing people, recruitment, he talks about the art of product design and about Apple. All the copyrights of these clips are with Apple Incorporated, USA. The image rights are with Doug Menuez. This is a non-commercial usage.

In this episode, we have with us, Varun Sridhar, CEO of PayTM Money, the biggest digital wealth management platform of India. Varun has spent over a decade in financial services, especially in retail banking with Citibank, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas. Now, at the helm of PayTM Money, he has recently lead the launch of their stock broking platform, and manages the largest digital wealth customer base of over 6.6 million retail investors. Listen to him talk about PayTM's aggressive growth,...

How does a guy in financial services, working in New York move to Chennai, to build and launch rockets? Well, our guest for this episode is Srinath Ravichandran, Former Director at AXA and AIG, US, and now the co-founder of Agnikul Cosmos, an aerospace engineering startup which designs, manufactures and launches orbital vehicles for satellites. In this episode, we chat about his fascinating journey, how he built a team of engineers, scientists and professors, Agnikul's pathbreaking 3D printed...

In this episode, we have invited over Gautam Kumar, Co-Founder, FarEye, one of the fastest growing digital logistics startup from India. FarEye serves more than 5 million transactions every day across 20 countries. It is backed by Microsoft, SAIF Partners and Fundamentum (Nandan Nilekani), and is bringing efficiencies to the trillion dollar logistics and supply chain industry.  Tune in to hear about his journey starting in 2013 and building FarEye into a global logistics SaaS player.

In this episode, we have invited Anurag Ramdasan, Principal, 3one4 Capital. Anurag leads the investments team at 3one4 Capital, managing a corpus fund of over $200 million and has invested in over 50 startups across early stage. We had a chat about sector-focus at a venture capital fund, about picking the right founders and about deal evaluation. Tune in!

Our guest for this episode is Prerna Mukharya, a social entrepreneur, Prerna is the Founder of Outline India and TrackYourMetrics, she has been a Fortune 40 Under 40 awardee and more importantly a transformational force in data collection in developing economies. With Outline India, she has surveyed more than 10,000 villages, and has brought in data touching over 5 million people. In this episode, we talk to her about her journey spanning 8 years in the development sector, the key challenges...

Our guest for this episode is Dani Avitz, a serial entrepreneur from Israel. An expert in marketplaces and e-Commerce, Dani has built and sold his e-Commerce business, and currently is a mentor with Techstars. In this episode, we talk about Israeli innovation ecosystem and how Israel continuously has been getting the highest investments per capita than any other nation for more than a decade. We also talk about e-Commerce, and explore the 'is Amazon eating up small businesses?' debate. Tune...