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  • Winning games & some life battles too

    Winning games & some life battles too
    Apr 18 2022
    Gamer Santanu Basu has come a long way. Defying his parents, travelling penniless and without a ticket, he took part in his 1st national level championship in 2007. Recovering from pancreatic cancer, the gamer-turned-entrepreneur is now steering his startup Lets Game Now into the Metaverse. He talks about his journey and what it takes to be a winner – both in the virtual and the real world – when odds are stacked against you.
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    26 min
  • Business from fading flowers

    Business from fading flowers
    Mar 16 2022
    Every year, temples in India dump 8.5 tonnes of flowers into rivers and landfills. Ankit Agarwal decided to tackle this issue through his startup Phool. In this episode, listen to how Agarwal began a business from fading flowers and the challenges of founding a startup in a place like Kanpur.
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    21 min
  • Borrowing startup ideas for social impact

    Borrowing startup ideas for social impact
    Mar 8 2022
    Atul Satija, founder of Give India and the Nudge foundation, who has worked with companies Google and InMobi, is borrowing generously from the startup world’s playbook to make a difference in the social impact sector. He talks about his journey and some important lessons learnt.
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    34 min
  • Going back to the basics

    Going back to the basics
    Mar 1 2022
    The Maliks -- Ranjan and Reva -- have made a business out of a simple, off-grid life. Their company, Primalise, works with individuals and companies, helping them connect with what they call the core essentials. And they do this from their mud house that runs on solar energy.
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    27 min
  • What unicorns can learn from sports

    What unicorns can learn from sports
    Feb 16 2022
    A sport isn’t just about a game. It is about learning to win and learning to lose; how to deal with failures and perform under pressure. Rohit Chennamaneni, cofounder of Darwinbox - a newly minted unicorn from Hyderabad – talks about playing tennis and how it shaped him as an entrepreneur
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    33 min
  • The social media star

    The social media star
    Jan 31 2022
    Radhika Gupta, MD, Edelweiss Asset Management, is the only woman in an industry dominated by men. But that's not her claim to fame. As she steers a Rs 60,000 crore business, she has also built an enviable brand for herself on social media.
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    32 min
  • Shifting HQ to Goa helped this startup

    Shifting HQ to Goa helped this startup
    Jan 25 2022
    Low cost, better quality of life, great hook for new hires...Rishi Raj Rahul, founder of startup Aviate moved the office to Goa during the pandemic. The advantages of the move are numerous, but there are still some who prefer a big city. Aviate is now experimenting with a distributed office -- straddling Bangalore and Goa.
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    28 min
  • Catering to a new world

    Catering to a new world
    Jan 17 2022
    Corporate cafeterias don’t just serve food. They are great places to socialise. As offices open up, cafeterias too are readying to welcome workers back. Sandipan Mitra, founder of HungerBox, a startup that manages corporate cafeterias, talks about how the pandemic has changed community eating.
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    21 min