In this episode of Business Munchies, we talk about Battery Swapping & The Business of Petrol Pumps .  Battery Swapping Research Business of Petrol Pumps Research If you like the content we create, I need 30 seconds of your time to help us reach more people. Do one or more of the following, depending on how much you love The Indian Dream. Subscribe on Youtube (Posting 5 Videos every week) Follow us on Instagram (Posting 3 Reels every week) Follow us on Twitter @sahil071 &...

Very excited to launch the first episode of a new segment that we'll be experimenting with on the podcast.  These Quick Takes are going to be less than 15 minutes where we discuss all the interesting market trends, government policies or anything that we believe could be interesting for people who are interested in all things business!  In this episode, we discuss the Resurgence of the Toy Industry in India.  Here's the link previous episode where we predicted the resurgence of the Toy...

In this episode of Business Munchies, we talk about the Sneaker Reselling Market in India and the state of the Mental Health market in India.  We also do a quick take on the Ethanol Market in India. Sneaker Reselling Research Mental Health Research If you like the content we create, I need 30 seconds of your time to help us reach more people. Do one or more of the following, depending on how much you love The Indian Dream. Subscribe on Youtube (Posting 5 Videos every week) Follow us on...

In this episode of Business Munchies, we talk about the recent Drone Mohatsav and about the Make in India push for the Indian Defence Industry.  ------------------------------------------------------ **This episode is brought to you by PushOwl. PushOwl is a web push marketing app built for e-commerce busiensses. Trusted by more than 25000 brands across the globe, PushOwl lets you turn one-time store visitors into subscribers, send highly-visible web push notifications, and increase...

On the episode today, we have with us  Ankit Agarwal, Founder of Phool.Co Checkout our Youtube Channel and Subscribe!  Did you know India produces 8 Million tonnes of Flower Waste that comes from Temples, Events and various other sources. And a lot of this waste lands up in rivers like Ganga, Yamuna and adds to the pollution. This problem led to the birth of Phool, a brand that’s known for its natural agarbattis. A D2C Brand on the face of it, a bio materials company underneath, this was a...

In this episode of Business Munchies, we talk about the fast growing world of Healthy Snacks and talk about Sahil's experience with Mushroom Coffee and Fully Automated Hotels in US. **This episode is brought to you by PushOwl. PushOwl is a web push marketing app built for e-commerce businesses. Trusted by more than 25000 brands across the globe, PushOwl lets you turn one-time store visitors into subscribers, send highly-visible web push notifications, and increase customer retention!** ...

**This episode is brought to you by PushOwl. PushOwl is a web push marketing app built for e-commerce businesses. Trusted by more than 25000 brands across the globe, PushOwl lets you turn one-time store visitors into subscribers, send highly-visible web push notifications, and increase customer retention!** -------------------------------------------------- In this episode, we host Verne Harnish, the author of the bestselling book 'Scaling Up: Why some companies make it and why other's...

Hello Hello Hello! Another Business Munchies Segment and this time we talk about the upcoming Venture Capital Winter, Startups we'd like to take a bet on and why Siddharth has stopped Angel Investing. Hosted by Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala). We're now actively sharing interesting snippets on Twitter, reels on Instagram and Clips on Youtube.  Follow us there to stay updated!

On this episode, we discuss the path for India's economy to be a $10 Trillion Dollar economy. To talk to us about this, we have Mr. Subhash Chandra Garg on the episode.  Mr. Garg has served the country as ex-Finance Secretary and Economic Affairs secretary between 2017 and 2019. He’s an IAS Officer who has served in various key positions across the Central Government and the Govt. of Rajasthan. He has also served as the Executive Director at the World Bank. He has recently written a...

On this episode, we host Sajith Pai to talk about the brilliant report he and Amal Vats published called the Indus Valley Annual Report 2022. The Indus Valley Report is a report that captures the beauty of the Indian Startup Ecosystem with relevant data points and helps you make sense of what's happened already and the massive opportunity that is in front of us. The podcast is hosted by Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala). If you like our content,  join our No Spam Whatsapp Group...

On the episode today, we have with us Shashank Kumar, Founder of PushOwl If you like the content we create, please drop us a review on Spotify & Apple. And join our No Spam Whatsapp Group to get summaries of the content we create.  On this episode, we talk to Shashank about his journey of building, scaling and selling Pushowl.  We discuss the following topics:  (01:41) - Shashank's Thesis that led to quitting Microsoft, and the initial failures (09:25) - Financial Survival for a...

Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various ideas on this episode of Business Munchies. We're now actively sharing interesting snippets on Twitter and reels on Instagram. Follow us there to stay updated! Click here to help TID part time with content creation and distribution. On this episode, we talk about Warehouse, Cold Storage, Virtual Influencers & Portfolio of Small Bets.  (00:19) - Update on Portfolio of Small Bets Approach to Building a...

On this episode, we have with us Vinay Singhal, Co-Founder of Stage.in If you like the content we create, please drop us a review on Spotify & Apple. And join our No Spam Whatsapp Group to get summaries of the content we create.  On this episode, we talk about Vinay's current startup - Stage.  Stage is building the Netflix for Bharat, starting with a platform dedicated for premium video content in Harayanvi Dialect.  This is an amazing story of an entrepreneur and a team who has seen...

Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various ideas on this episode of Business Munchies. We're now actively sharing interesting snippets on Twitter and reels on Instagram. Follow us there to stay updated! Click here to help TID part time with content creation and distribution. On the show today, we do a dive deep on the Circular Economy, specifically Plastic Recycling and E-Waste recycling. (00:23) - Plastic Recycling in India (20:54) - E-Waste Recycling in...

On the episode today, we have with us Ankit Gupta, Co-Founder of Burma Burma If you like the content we create, please drop us a review on Spotify & Apple. And join our No Spam Whatsapp Group to get summaries of the content we create.  On the episode, we talk to Ankit about the business of restaurants, how food entrepreneurs can do market research, how restaurants are conceptualized and the painful processes that restaurant founders have to go through to get a concept to life! Burma...

On the episode today, we have with us Gaurav Sekhri, Co-Founder of Fratelli Wines. If you like the content we create, please drop us a review on Spotify & Apple. We talk to Gaurav about the journey of building Fratelli and how they went about building the brand, distribution and more importantly, awareness for wines in India.  (01:27) - How did the Fratelli journey start in 2006? (02:51) - How did the Sekhri family attain the knowledge of wine making? (05:46) - How did they manage the...

Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various ideas on this episode of Business Munchies. We're now actively sharing interesting snippets on Twitter and reels on Instagram. Follow us there to stay updated! Click here to help TID part time with LinkedIn & Twitter (0:55) - Update on Altigreen, that raised $40 million in Funding. We've had the founder of Altigreen on the episode in 2020 where he spoke about the work they were doing in the 3-Wheeler EV...

On the episode today, we have with us Dr. Ritesh Malik, Founder of Innov8 Coworking (Sold to OYO) and Founder & Trustee of Plaksha University and an active angel investor who has backed 75+ startups. If you like the content we create, please drop us a review on Spotify & Apple. In this conversation, we touch about three broad topics: The Education Sector in India, The Real-Estate Market, and Angel Investing.  Here's an outline of the conversation:  (02:29) - The Problem with the...

Hey everyone, welcome to the Budget 2022 special of the Indian Dream Podcast with Sarthak Ahuja. In this episode, we do a complete Indian Dream-style breakdown of the 2022 Indian Budget speech to find the biggest opportunities for entrepreneurs to build new businesses. We discuss every business opportunity from the Budget including Drones training & manufacturing, Electronics & Wearables Manufacturing, Battery Swapping for Electric Vehicles, Ethanol production for fuel blending and so...

Today, we have with us Manish Pandey (Twitter), Co-Author of the book Booming Digital Stars to talk about the rise of creator economy and what it takes to be a creator in this day and age. Manish has been the force behind some of India's biggest creators and has helped them with content and distribution strategy. In his new book, Booming Digital Stars, he explores the life's of India's biggest creators and talks about the learnings from their journeys. We're giving away 10 copies of the...

Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various ideas on this episode of Business Munchies. We're now actively sharing interesting snippets on Twitter and reels on Instagram. Follow us there to stay updated! Click here to help TID part time with LinkedIn & Twitter (4:00) - The Fertility (IVF) Market in India (24:43) - Disrupting Family Managed Business MBA  (40:44) - Rural Influencer Network 👉🏽 Fertility Care Market in India The fertility care market in India...

We speak to John Mullins, Professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship at the London School of Business and author of the fantastic book, ‘The Customer Funded Business’. Timeline: (3:20) - What is a Customer Funded Business? (6:10) - How do Business Authors find the stories for their books? (11:00) - What’s the difference between Cash Flow & Profits? (15:30) - How do you change the processes and business mindset from just Profit to think about Cash Flow as well? (22:00) - What is Float?...

Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various ideas on this episode of Business Munchies. We're now actively sharing interesting snippets on Twitter and reels on Instagram. Follow us there to stay updated! Click here to help TID part time with LinkedIn & Twitter Timeline (01:54) - Senior Citizen Market in India (33:27) - Using Drones for Agriculture  Senior Citizen Market Market SizeCurrently, India has more than 138 Million Senior Citizens. 67 Million Male,...

On this founder journey, we speak to Rohit MA, co-founder and CEO of Cloudnine Hospitals. It is a chain of maternity hospitals that's spread across 9 cities and has 20+ hospitals. We speak to Rohit about his journey, how he raised capital for the business, how he scaled and the focus on customer experience. Join our No-Spam WhatsApp Group Here's an episode outline:  (03:39) - The Thesis behind starting a Speciality Maternity Hospital (10:05) - The Pros & Cons of having experience in...

Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various ideas on this episode of Business Munchies. We're now actively sharing interesting snippets on Twitter and reels on Instagram. Follow us there to stay updated! This episode is a look back of 2021. This is our first full calendar year of creating podcasts and newsletters for The Indian Dream. Just this year, we've produced ~80 podcasts and written ~30 newsletter talking about Founder Journeys, Market Trends and various...