Courage Talks

The Guest for this episode of our Entrepreneur Special season is Swagat Sarangi !!

Swagat Sarangi is the Co-Founder of Smytten, India's largest product discovery and trial platform. Swagat has over 20 years of experience across various industries - Internet & Technology, FMCG, Management consulting, Oil & Gas, and IT.

Before co-founding Smytten, he headed the Business Marketing vertical at Google. In the formative years of his career, he has worked as a Consultant at McKinsey and Customer Services Manager at Unilever.

He has a wealth of experience in varied fields such as Product Marketing, Brand & Communication, Digital Marketing, Strategy consulting, Project Management, Account management, and Modern trade retailing.

Swagat is an alumnus of the Indian School of Business (ISB) where he completed his MBA in Marketing and Finance and was also a recipient of ISB's torchbearers' award.

He completed his B.E. (Hons.) in Mechanical from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS).

Hear some heartening and some heart-wrenching stories from an entrepreneur on his journey of courage.

Welcome to Yet another season of Courage Talks.

This is one of the most anticipated seasons - Entrepreneur Special!!

The Guest for this episode is Piyush Jain

Co-Founder and CEO of CarePal Group, India's leading healthcare financing platform in India, which was incubated and accelerated at Harvard Innovation Lab (USA).
Piyush has a very strong investment banking, management consulting background, having worked in emerging markets, multi-industry, tri-sector, startup and tech venture spaces.
7+ years of investment banking and management consulting experience focused on corporate finance, M&A, equity and debt capital markets activities and corporate strategy in telecom, media, technology, financial institutions for clients in US, Europe, Middle East, and Asia
Enriched perspectives having worked in the private sector, (BCG, J.P. Morgan, Ernst & Young), and non-profit sector (Instiglio). Silicon Valley startup experience at SoFi.

Currently, he is Co-founder and CEO of ImpactGuru.com, India’s leading healthcare financing platform and advisor to leading global and Indian venture capital funds.
Piyush has work and educational experience globally across myriad cities including in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Kolkata

Hear some really awe-inspiring and heart wrenching stories of courage from Piyush on this very special episode of Courage Talks

The Guest for this episode is Ashutosh Garg

Ashutosh Garg, has 25+ experience in corporate including ITC and 8 years in the aerospace industry

He founded Guardian Pharmacy in India in 2003 and grew it to the second largest pharmacy chain in India.

He is a certified Business and Executive Coach and coaches / mentors several CEO’s around the World

Ashutosh has served as a director of GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance (www.gavi.org), for 8 years.

In January 1995, he was recognised as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by WEF, Davos.

He is a prolific writer and authored 9 highly acclaimed best sellers

Ashutosh in his new role as a Storyteller, hosts a very successful podcast titled “The BrandCalled You” (DAU 150,000), and has interviewed over 2300 people from 45+countries

A keen golfer, he plays the Indian flute and enjoys reading and listening to Indian classical and vocal music.

Hear some really awe-inspiring and heart wrenching stories of courage from Ashu on this very special episode of Courage Talks

Courage Talks Season 2 Episode 5

Inspired by my father's acts of courage in his biography, ⁠⁠⁠Against All Odds⁠⁠⁠, I invite guests to talk about their experience with courage. Hear their stories of courage that brought out the best in them.

Season 2 is Podcaster Special. I invite guests who got me on their podcasts. So its my good fortune to get them on my show!!

My next Guest is Siddhartha Ahluwalia

Our guest has been an entrepreneur who built Babygogo & Addodoc from 2012-2017, after which he sold his company to SHEROES.

The quest for growing & learning did not stop there as he and his partner decided to start up again to learn from the best founders and investors.Hence Neon, his 3rd company, was born.

After 5 years, he has hosted 250+ episodes & gained 100,000 subscribers on the company’s Youtube channel, The Neon Show and raised two successful Funds of $2 million & $10 million respectively on the Venture Capital side of the business.

Here’s welcoming Neon's co-founder Siddhartha Ahluwalia on Courage Talks

Hear from Siddhartha about his stories of courage that has inspired him in his career.

Courage Talks Season 2 Episode 4

Inspired by my father's acts of courage in his biography, ⁠⁠⁠Against All Odds⁠⁠⁠, I invite guests to talk about their experience with courage. Hear their stories of courage that brought out the best in them.

Season 2 is Podcaster Special. I invite guests who got me on their podcasts. So its my good fortune to get them on my show!!

My next Guest is Akhil Minocha

Akhil Minocha, over last two decades, has successfully incubated and scaled businesses, driving revenue growth across Software Products, Services, (SaaS), Technology, and Telecom. 

At present, Akhil helps enterprise clients on their Digital Transformation Journey through Application Modernization and Cloud . He has held senior roles in companies like Persistent Systems, HCL Infosystems, Intel Technologies and Airtel.

Akhil is a distinguished speaker, author, podcaster, writer, blogger and startup advisor. His podcast series, "Reverse and Onward," attained a #3 ranking on the Apple Podcast Charts in the fitness category in March 2023. 

Akhil mentors and guides entrepreneurs on sales, business development, product strategy, market entry, and innovation and is a Charter Member at TiE-Delhi.

His love for culinary pursuits is evident, describing himself as an avid food enthusiast. Akhil, as a member of the Konfidant Mentorship program at the KIIT School of Management, mentors management students.

Hear from Akhil about his stories of courage that has inspired him in his career.

Courage Talks Season 2 Episode 3

Inspired by my father's acts of courage in his biography, ⁠⁠⁠Against All Odds⁠⁠⁠, I invite guests to talk about their experience with courage. Hear their stories of courage that brought out the best in them.

Season 2 is Podcaster Special. I invite guests who got me on their podcasts. So its my good fortune to get them on my show!!

My next Guest is Divyansh Raj

Divyansh is a content marketing specialist, a podcaster, youtuber and now building a product called Buzzli for LinkedIn Content creators. He has 6 years of experience working as a content creator.
He was part of LinkedIn's Creator Accelerator Program in 2022, amongst India's top 200 creators on LinkedIn.

Hear from Divyansh about his stories of courage that has inspired him in his career.

Courage Talks Season 2 Episode 2

Inspired by my father's acts of courage in his biography, ⁠⁠⁠Against All Odds⁠⁠⁠, I invite guests to talk about their experience with courage. Hear their stories of courage that brought out the best in them.

Season 2 is Podcaster Special. I invite guests who got me on their podcasts. So its my good fortune to get them on my show!!

My next Guest is Pritesh Kumar.

Pritesh Kumar is a seasoned entrepreneur and has built multiple companies in the gaming and education domain in the past.

He hosts Spotify India's podcast on startups called Goventure.

He comes from a small town in Jharkhand and studied computer science at IIT Delhi before venturing into the startup world.- founder of FunctionUp and Host of Goventure Podcast

Hear from Pritesh about his stories of courage that has inspired him in his career.

Launching Season 2 of Courage Talks!!

Thanks to all the love support in Season 1. Hope you continue it in Season 2!

Inspired by my father's acts of courage in his biography, ⁠⁠⁠Against All Odds⁠⁠⁠, I invite guests to talk about their experience with courage. Hear their stories of courage that brought out the best in them.

Season 2 is Podcaster Special. I invite guests who got me on their podcasts. So its my gratitude and good fortune to get them on my show!!

My First Guest in this season is Nishant Bhardwaj.

Nishant has had an impressive corporate career. He led Marketing & Growth for YONO SBI from the founding stage to 60mn users. He also helped scale over 36 other products in Fortune 500 companies & Startups.

He is an expert in Brand, Digital, Growth Marketing, GTM & Product Management having done this for over 14 years.

Fun-Fact about Nishant - he is the 1st Indian to Run a Full Marathon (42.2Kms) in a Business Suit!

His podcast Trifantry has generated over 75Million+ Views on my Ultra Fitness Content on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Helo Apps.

He's a TedX Speaker and delivered multiple talks & Keynotes on topics of Branding, Digital Marketing, Fitness, Mental Health & Motivation.

Hear from Nishant about his stories of courage that has inspired all through his glittering career.

Here is Episode 6 of Courage Talks!!

This is the last Episode of Season 1, and hence, very special one!!

Inspired by my father's acts of courage in his biography, ⁠⁠⁠Against All Odds⁠⁠⁠, I invite guests to talk about their experience with courage. Hear their stories of courage and moments in their personal and professional life that brought out the best in them. Listen to your heroes and hear about their own heroes.

In Episode 6, my guest is Ankur Warikoo, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, online educator and content creator.

His first book “DO EPIC SHIT” released in December 2021 and has been the top seller in India of 2022. His second book ‘GET EPIC SHIT DONE’ released in December 2022 and hit the #1 chart again.

Previously, Ankur founded nearbuy.com, India’s No.1 Lifestyle App. He was its CEO from its inception in 2015 until 2019. Prior to that, Ankur was the founding CEO of Groupon’s India from 2011-15, and head of Groupon APAC from 2013-15.

Ankur holds an MBA degree from the Indian School of Business (Class of 2006) and a MS degree in Physics from Michigan State University and a BS degree in Physics from Hindu College, Delhi University.

Ankur was part of Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40 List for India, Forbes Top 100 Digital Creators list 2022, LinkedIn India’s Top Voices for 2018, 2019 and 2020, LinkedIn India’s Spotlight List and India’s Top Executives under 40 by Business Today.

Hear from Ankur about his stories of courage that has inspired all through his glittering career.

Here is Episode 5 of Courage Talks!!

Inspired by my father's acts of courage in his biography, ⁠⁠Against All Odds⁠⁠, I invite guests to talk about their experience with courage. Hear their stories of courage and moments in their personal and professional life that brought out the best in them. Listen to your heroes and hear about their own heroes.

In Episode 5, my guest is Manoj Kohli, 40 year Industry veteran and Senior Advisor at Delloite.

Till January 2023, Manoj was the Country Head - SoftBank India supporting SoftBank Group and Vision Fund that invested $15bn in in India. He supported the entrepreneurs and CEOs to address the growth and profitability issues.The key portfolio companies were OLA, OYO, Lenskart, Zomato, Snapdeal, WeWork, Meesho, Flipkart, Delhivery, InMobi, FirstCry, Uber, Swiggy, Emeritus etc.

Previously he was MD and CEO, Bharti Airtel, for operations in 20 countries in Asia and Africa till 2015, where he led growth for Airtel to be the third largest telco in the world.

Manoj started his career in HR in 1979 with the DCM Shriram and held business leadership positions in the Foods, Chemicals, Refrigeration and Honda JV etc. After 16 years in the manufacturing sector, he led a mobile startup Escotel to achieve market leadership in 3 important markets in India.

Hear from Manoj his talks of courage that has inspired all through his glittering career.