Billion Moonshots

Billion Moonshots

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Billion Moonshots episodes

  • 65: Michael Kliska, Co-Founder & CEO at New Matter - Skincare, Branding and Hiring

    Michael Kliska is Co-Founder & CEO of New Matter, which is the premier men's personal care provider. 

    We discuss New Matter’s Competition, convincing judges, outsourcing vs hiring, starting a new brand, branding, and many more.


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    OUTLINE

    (0:28) Introduction

    (06:02) New Matter’s Competition

    (08:19) Convincing Judges

    (18:00) Outsourcing vs Hiring

    (31:24) Starting the new brand (New Matter)

    (47:30) Should we use ordinary skincare products

    (52:54) Education Space for skincare

    (1:05:01) Branding

    (1:13:48) The story behind the name (New Matter)

    1 hr 20 min
  • 64: William Zhang, Incoming Student at Harvard University - Web3.0, Startups & Research

    William Zhang is an upcoming student at Harvard University. He is interested in AI, Blockchain, API's & Research. 

    We discussed, how he got into Harvard, Bootstrapping vs VCs, Research vs Industry, the dark side of research space, side projects & many more.


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    OUTLINE

    (0:32) How William get into Harvard University 

    (06:36) Starting your own startup vs Joining as a founding member 

    (22:27) Bootstrapping vs VC’s 

    (23:47) Research vs Industry

    (26:10) Dark side of Research Space

    (32:10) Web 3.0

    (45:29) Twitter vs LinkedIn

    (53:38) Side Projects

    56 min
  • 63: Justin Jia, Co-Founder & CEO of Project Unicorn - Angel Investing, Hiring People & Economics

    Justin Jia is the founder & CEO of Project Unicorn. He formerly worked at Blizzard Entertainment as a Project Coordinator. 

    We talk about the concept of project unicorns, hiring people, angel investing trends on Twitter, tax implications, deployment of funds, value of a traditional economics degree & more. 


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    OUTLINE

    (0:32) Concept of Project Unicorn (Tik Tok like app for investors)

    (13:25) Angel Investment

    (15:38) Hiring people

    (23:48) Angel Investing trends on Twitter

    (28:30) Tax implications

    (42:45) Deployment of funds

    (47:30) Value of traditional economics degree

    1 hr
  • 62: From $25,000 a Month in College to Building $100M Startup w/ Suumit Shah - Founder of Dukaan [Hindi]

    Suumit Shah is the CEO & founder of Dukaan - a $100M startup which enables merchants to set up online stores and sell products digitally.  

    We talk about building a fast-growing startup during the pandemic, how Dukaan helped millions of small businesses go online, the Shark Tank India effect, hiring a badass team, making $25,000 per month in college & more.  


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    OUTLINE

    (0:00) Growing Dukaan at the start of pandemic

    (4:50) Dukaan vs Amazon
    (7:55) Why Shopify lost to Dukaan in India
    (11:01) Unlocking growth for new merchants
    (13:20) Why WhatsApp Business won't be successful
    (17:59) When a Dukaan merchant went on Shark Tank
    (20:45) The Shark Tank India Effect
    (26:06) Why no WFH option
    (28:21) The Recursive Hiring Strategy
    (29:41) Expanding to 150 countries
    (34:45) The Clickbaity Tagline - Launch store in 30 secs
    (36:10) Dukaan-Tech category
    (39:03) Making $25K/month in college
    (44:38) Making $3M in the first year of SEO agency
    (47:48) How to Win the SEO Game
    (58:14) The dark side of SEO agencies
    (1:02:23) How does money change your life?
    (1:05:33) Time & Productivity  
    (1:07:41) Wanna work at Dukaan? Stand out with this one skill


    Past guests of Billion Moonshots include Suumit Shah, Natalie Brunell, Chirag Taneja, Suhas Motwani, Aditya Mohanty, Jan-Philipp Peters, Mo Islam, Peer Richelsen, Justin Nguyen, Paul Griffiths, Gautam Gupta, Sang Le, Rahul Rana, Grace Ling, Joseph Choi and many more.

    1 hr 10 min
  • 61: Linda Ahn, Product Designer at Scotiabank Digital Factory - Switch from Medical to Design Side Projects , and Content Creation

    Linda Ahn is a Product Designer at Scotiabank Digital Factory. She runs her own YouTube channel, where she makes videos on UX/Product Design, Lifestyle & career. We talk about Linda’s career switch from medical to design, her side projects, good financial habits, future plans for content creation & more.


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    OUTLINE 

    (0:32) Career switch from Medical to Design

    (16:55) Side Projects 

    (21:28) Building network

    (32:59) Financial habits

    (38:08) Social media usage

    (42:55) Future plans for content creation

    (50:10) How Linda get into pottery

    57 min
  • 60: Kaivalya Gandhi, Senior PM at Yahoo Mail and ex Co-Founder of EPOCH - Validating Ideas, Biggest learning lessons, and Product Management

    Kaivalya Gandhi is Senior PM at Yahoo Mail & ex Co-Founder of EPOCH. Kaivalya is an impact-driven technologist passionate about bringing ideas to life. 

    We talk about Kaivalya’s story of EPOCH, How did Kaivalya validate his idea, How EPOCH get contracts from Big Giants (Slack & Reddit), Kaivalya’s biggest learning lessons, and more.


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    Recast: https://recast.studio/


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    OUTLINE

    (0:32) Kaivalya’s story of EPOCH

    (5:46)How did Kaivalya validate his idea 

    (9:55) How EPOCH get contracts from Big Giants (Slack & Reddit)

    (18:27) Kaivalya’s biggest learning lessons

    (49:27) Tools used by Kaivalya

    (52:48) Kaivalya’s take on climate change

    59 min
  • 59: Udit Akhouri, Co-founder of Aentor & Sttabot - Becoming a young entrepreneur, building team & raising funds in right way

    Udit Akhouri is the Co-founder of Aentor and Sttabot. He is a young entrepreneur who has built & scaled multiple ventures. We talk about Udit’s startup journey, how Udit hires & builds team, how one should raise funds in the right way, and more.


    SPONSORS

    BridgeUp: DM Prashant on Twitter to raise $100,000+ in non-dilutive capital

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    Recast: https://recast.studio/


    CONNECT

    Follow Udit Akhouri : Twitter / Instagram / LinkedIn / Medium

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    OUTLINE

    (0:32) Udit’s startup story

    (19:25) Hiring & building team

    (34:34) How one should raise funds in the right way

    (50:25) Starting StreakCap Ventures

    (58:33) How to find potential products that have a need in the market

    (1:07:39) Plan in NFT space

    1 hr 30 min
  • 58: Chirag Taneja, Co-Founder & CEO at GoKwik - Building & Scaling Startups, Remote work and D2C brands

    Chirag Taneja is the Co-Founder & CEO of GoKwik - a $600M startup that boosts e-commerce conversions & reduces RTO. We talk about building a food-tech startup, building at large vs small companies, how Shark Tank India helped GoKwik, hybrid working culture, and more.


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    Recast: https://recast.studio/


    OUTLINE

    Chirag Taneja:  Twitter / LinkedIn / Medium

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    OUTLINE

    (0:58) Funny story of how Biryani is not Pulav

    (2:01) Chirag’s journey of Food-Tech Startup

    (6:34) How difficult it is to run a Food/Restaurant Business

    (9:45) Large vs Small Companies

    (21:48) How Shark Tank India helped GoKwik

    (26:27) Cash on delivery & Return to Origin (RTO) problems in India

    (36:33) Upcoming D2C firms with bright futures

    (48:05) Hybrid working culture in GoKwik

    58 min
  • 57: Xavier Coiffard, Founder of XVRC Startup studio - Products, Marketing, and Twitter

    Xavier Coiffard is the Founder of XVRC Startup studio & Indie Hacker in the challenge of building 6 products in 6 months. We talk about building multiple products, how to build a sustainable community, why marketing is important, Twitter growth strategy, and more.


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    BridgeUp: DM Prashant on Twitter to raise $100,000+ in non-dilutive capital

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    Recast: https://recast.studio/


    CONNECT

    Xavier: Website / Twitter / LinkedIn

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    OUTLINE

    (0:32): Why build multiple products 

    (05:56) : How to validate Ideas

    (13:28): Xavier’s motivation behind building 6 products in 6 months 

    (20:13): How to build a sustainable community 

    (33:44): Why Marketing is really important 

    (41:40): Twitter growth strategy

    (50:09) : Xavier’s future goals for his products

    (51:32) : Productivity & Wellness

    1 hr 7 min
  • 56: Dima Syrotkin; Co-Founder at Pandatron – On learning from failures, clarity of vision and self awareness.

    Dima is a Co-Founder at Pandatron - a startup that supports change management through the use of AI and chatbots. He talks about his startup adventure, what got him into training, and how change has played such a pivotal role in his life so far.


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    OUTLINE

    (00:32) The Pandatron Story

    (03:22) Funding isn’t unidimensional

    (12:00) Clarity of vision

    (22:20) Who are you selling to?

    (26:12) Dima’s experience with bigwigs

    (36:12) How people learn

    (40:24) How to plan your day

    (42:20) Change and it’s management

    (48:30) What next for Pandatron?

    (56:08) Self-Awareness

    (01:04:04) Importance of feedback

    1 hr 5 min

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