In this episode of Tamilpreneur,  Rajamanohar is joining us. Rajamanohar Somasundaram is the Founder & CEO of Aquaconnect, a full-stack aquaculture technology platform.  Around five million rural farmers and coastal communities depend on shrimp and fish aquaculture, where traditional farming practices prevent them from achieving production efficiency and disease prediction. In 2019, He was awarded '40 UNDER 40 Ecosapien' by The New Indian Express for the promotion of sustainable...

In this episode of Tamilpreneur,  Arun Prakash is joining us. Arun Prakash, a graduate of a tier-2 city college in Madurai co-founded a one-of-a-kind learning platform called GUVI along with his wife Sri Devi and friend Bala Murugan. His YouTube tutorial on coding in ‘Tanglish’ had hit one million views which encouraged Prakash to start GUVI GUVI’s platform offers live classes and self-paced courses across C++, Python, Java, Big data, ML and R programming in major regional languages...

Radha Rengachari was born in Thanjavur and brought up in Chennai. She did her Bachelors in Bio Informatics from SASTRA University. She always wanted to start something on her own and never failed to try her hands in potential ideas. She had tried multiple things like being a yoga master, school teacher, radio jockey, voice over artist etc.. along with considerable years in the IT industry. She has worked in product based companies like Freshworks and Zoho as a presales engineer for a few...

Premanand Sethurajan needs no introduction if you watch YouTube and love science. Premanand is the founder of Let's Make Education Simple (LMES) Academy, which started with a YouTube channel in 2014, today has over 1.6 million subscribers and clocked a total of over 17 Crore views since its inception. Later, he went on to start multiple ventures around education and career enablement for students with Chitti App, and PickMyCareer. Chitti App is a learning platform for K-12 students that...

In this episode of Tamilpreneur,  Jahabar Sadique is joining us. He is the Cofounder and CEO of Chai Kings. Chai Kings is a Chennai-based QSR retail chain Chai Kings raised $1 Mn from The Chennai Angels (TCA), Hyderabad Angels, and TiE India Angels. They target to reach 100 stores in 5 years. Chai Kings sells over 25,000 cups of tea per day, including deliveries and corporate orders. On an average, 7.5 lakh cups of various kinds of tea are sold per month through its 40 stores. To watch the...

We tend to overestimate the city life when we are in a village or rural area. We also undermine the life of people living in rural areas.  Some of the biggest entrepreneurial lessons are hidden in rural villages. It's in the simplest of things. Just like a tea kadai. Think about it. The tea kada annachi is the one gathers the information. He is the community manager. The tea kada bench is the community platform for discussing interesting stuffs that happen in any particular village. Have...

In this episode of Tamilpreneur,  Rajesh Kumar is joining us. Rajesh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kalvium. Prior to Kalvium, he co-founded Faceprep (famously known as FACE Academy) In my honest opinion, parents and students both look for placement opportunities as a key factor before choosing a college. And in 4 years, lot of things change in the job market - whereas the college curriculum still remains the same. Bottomline : "College doesn't prepare you for the Job Market" Enter Kalvium....

Checkout all our works here -  https://linktr.ee/tamilpreneur Kumar Vembu, CEO of GoFrugal, a digital-first company offering cloud and mobile ERP solutions to Retail, Restaurant and Distribution businesses.   He shares his thought on gap in our education system and tips for future entrepreneurs. Join Tamilpreneur Club - a family of 1000+ Tamil speaking entrepreneurs. You get Exclusive App based Digital Community. Interactions with Startup Founders. ​Startup Masterclasses in...

Bored of our interviews? Here we come, UNCENSORED - an unbiased discussion on everything in and around the startup ecosystem For this week, we discuss the following, Invact Metaversity Panjayathu Tiger Global - Pasithaal Puliyum Pullai Sapdum Indian Startups - Velai Illa Pattadhari - Layoffs Spree "Kaasu Ila Bha" - Slow down in VC/PE Fund Flow Funding Scenario for TN Startups "En Vazhi, Thani Vazhi" - Kunal Shah, Founder - CRED "Ini Elarume Amazon/Flipkart Aagalam" - Open Network...

It feels so happy to see people from Tamilnadu are delivering world class products, but disappointing at the same time that no one is bringing out their stories. Meet Prasath Prabhakaran, Sandeep Prabhakaran and Udhaya Chandran the Co-founders of Timeless Ventures. They have built products & apps for Smallcase, Ditto Insurance, Freshworks, Chargebee, Privacy.com and much more.  Building world class designs just sitting at Pallikaranai, Chennai :) Their workplace design would definitely...

It feels so happy to see people from Tamilnadu are delivering world class products, but disappointing at the same time that no one is bringing out their stories.  Meet Prasath Prabhakaran, Sandeep Prabhakaran and Udhaya Chandran the Co-founders of Timeless Ventures. They have built products & apps for Smallcase, Ditto Insurance, Freshworks, Chargebee, Privacy.com and much more.  Building world class designs just sitting at Pallikaranai, Chennai :) Their workplace design would...

Would you believe if we told this startup is competing with big  players like Zoho, SAP while sitting at Coimbatore ?   What's so surprising is that this startup was running operations from Namakkal initially for the first two years. They offer 25+ modules across production, marketing, invoicing, inventory, HR management, CRM, accounting to SMEs and startups. They have a total of 30,000 users till now.  As on date, they have processed INR 5 Billion worth of invoices, and INR 2.5 Billion worth...

Imagine starting an EV based startup in India and raising funds from Ratan Tata and Kris Gopalakrishnan  Today it's easy. Imagine doing it in 2007. Yes that's right. Hemalatha Annamalai started Ampere, an EV manufacturing startup in 2008.  You would all be seeing Ampere Electric Scooters on road for a long time now. It's Hema's brainchild.   Ampere was acquired by Greaves Cotton in 2019 for Rs.150 Crore. Greaves cotton's long-term strategy was to strengthen and expand its presence in the...

Just like a family doctor, let's have a family farmer"    A typical city brought up who had grown up hearing about connecting to the roots by her father. As an young entrepreneur, Archana Stalin took the lessons from her first venture and created myHarvest Farms in 2016.  myHarvest Farms is a company which delivers fresh produce and organic food directly to customers. Today they have more than 100 farmers serving more than 2800 families with their list grown from 40 items to 200 items....

Rajesh who has worked at Amazon for 10 long years throws light on why he chose to start Ghoshak along with his co-founder Sanjay Dev amidst the pandemic and how they help small businesses to have an online presence !!   GHOSHAK offers a ready to use digital platform to Small business owners you can avail a flat 50% off by using the code : "TAMILPRENEUR50". Checkout it out works here -  https://linktr.ee/tamilpreneur Join our exclusive club here - https://tamilpreneur.in/club COUPON CODE -...

Rajesh who has worked at Amazon for 10 long years throws light on why he chose to start Ghoshak along with his co-founder Sanjay Dev amidst the pandemic and how they help small businesses to have an online presence !!   GHOSHAK offers a ready to use digital platform to Small business owners you can avail a flat 50% off by using the code : "TAMILPRENEUR50". Checkout it out works here -  https://linktr.ee/tamilpreneur Join our exclusive club here - https://tamilpreneur.in/club COUPON CODE -...

Suresh Kumar, CEO of Pepul shares what fascinated him to start "Pepul" and the story behind it !! Checkout  our works here -  https://linktr.ee/tamilpreneur Join our exclusive club here - https://tamilpreneur.in/club COUPON CODE - PODCAST You get  access to 1. Digital community 2. Startup Masterclasses 3. Founder Interactions 4. Networking sessions 5. Free 30mins consultation with Expert team      So, join our exclusive club and experience Entrepreneurship !! Listen to the full episode...

Padmini Janaki, CEO of Mind & Mom talks about the reality and struggles of Entrepreneurs while they are starting up. She also points that how all the struggles was a learning and how joyful it can be if we take all the struggles as lessons!! Checkout  our works here -  https://linktr.ee/tamilpreneur Join our exclusive club here - tamilpreneur.in/club COUPON CODE : PODCAST You get  access to,   1. Digital community 2. Startup Masterclasses 3. Founder Interactions 4. Networking...

Mohan, CEO of Ippopay walks us through the story behind the name Ippopay and How it impressed even an Investor !! Checkout  our works here -  https://linktr.ee/tamilpreneur Join our exclusive club here - tamilpreneur.in/club COUPON CODE : PODCAST You get  access to,  1. Digital community 2. Startup Masterclasses 3. Founder Interactions 4. Networking sessions 5. Free 30mins consultation with Expert team So, join our exclusive club and experience Entrepreneurship !! We look forward to...

If you told 'chai', Folks in Tamilnadu would ask what's Chai ? Coz we start our day with 'cof' and end our day with 'fee'. And then there's Chaikanth silently disrupting Kumbakonam Degree Kaapi and Mylapore Kaaafi. Find out how the Chief Tea Officer Suresh is running the star's show ! In this episode, How Tea shop owners make money ? How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market ? What is the roadmap for Chaikanth for next 5 years ? How to join Teapreneur community ? And few more...

If you told 'chai', Folks in Tamilnadu would ask what's Chai ? Coz we start our day with 'cof' and end our day with 'fee'. And then there's Chaikanth silently disrupting Kumbakonam Degree Kaapi and Mylapore Kaaafi. Find out how the Chief Tea Officer Suresh is running the star's show !

Today's guest finished his engineering from BITS and then did his MBA from IIM. He then worked with an investment banking firm. Doesn't sound like an entrepreneur. Isn't it ? Here you go : In 2016, He started Flexiple, a startup that helps optimize hiring freelancers for companies. They have Top 1% (roughly 25,000) freelance developers and designers with them. What's more amazing ? They have bootstrapped Flexiple into a $3 Million ARR startup The man behind this - Karthik Sridharan, CEO and...

Today's guest finished his engineering from BITS and then did his MBA from IIM-A. He then worked with an investment banking firm. Doesn't sound like an entrepreneur Isn't it ? Here you go : In 2016, He started Flexiple, a startup that helps optimize hiring freelancers for companies. They have Top 1% (roughly 25,000) freelance developers and designers with them. What's more amazing ? They have bootstrapped Flexiple into a $3 Million ARR startup The man behind this - Karthik Sridharan, CEO...

Today’s guest did his Bachelors in Aerospace from IITM, then Masters & Ph.D from Georgia Institute of Technology. He has 75 publications in international journals and received DRDO Academic Excellence Award in 2009. He was the key in establishing National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD) in IITM  His expertise is the most sought after in some of the Deeptech startups like Agnikul Cosmos, E-plane company, Aerostrovilos, and Galaxeye. In this episode, you will get to...