Curio Revelio

One thing COVID has taught us more than anything is how important our relationships are.And this goes beyond family & friends, it’s about the community now.As startups, established brand and even web3 builders realize the value of community, some brave souls have been building a community much before the pandemic.Suhas Motwani is among these distinguished builders.As the Co-founder of The Product Folks, Suhas as built a 75,000 strong community of product enthusiasts with the help of an army of volunteers.We got a chance to connect last week to hear his story and learn how to build a community.Summary:Welcome and “Congratulations Suhas” | 00:50 minThe rise and rise of The Product Folks: 75,000 strong | 03:20 minNew Launch: The Product Hub | 05:30 minPower of Community and Going beyond Product Management | 06:00Volunteers, the backbone of TPF | 09:15 minThe Product Folks DAO and Benefits of Web3 | 12:00 minThe Secret of a Successful Community Member: Making Friends | 15:50 minInsurjio: Value Packed Program by TPF | 17:40 minHow to build your community | 24:15 minHow can you join The Product Folks | 26:25 minLinks to reach Suhas and The Product Folks:The Product Folks WebsiteFollow Suhas on TwitterFollow Suhas on LinkedinWebsite

$16.5 billion - BYJU’S valuation$3.0 billion - Unacademy valuation$850 million - Upgrad valuation32 million - Children out of school!This can't be right!? 🤔Welcome to the Indian Education System! 📚We all are aware that the education system in our country is broken, but do you think the top EdTech firms are helping to fix that? 🛠️I don't think so!Then who is? 🤷‍♀️Indus Action is a policy implementation organization - they bridge the gap between law and action.Their work with the Right to Education Act has helped admit over 330,000 students to schools with a whopping 81% retention rate! 🤯We sat down with Tarun Cherukuri, CEO and Co-founder of Indus Action and discussed how his 'Do-Tank' is enabling vulnerable families with access to legislative rights. 🏛️We also talk about his journey from HUL to becoming a social entrepreneur, challenges he faced, and his unique value-driven system! 🚀Listen to the latest episode of the Curio Revelio Podcast:Episode #4: Tarun Cherukuri: Fueling 300,000 young mindsFavorite Quote:"I think of everyday as a day of a test match, and each decision as one session in a day... so did I do well in this session?! Some times you play out the day like Laxman and Dravid's partnership where you played really well... and some days you get knocked out!"Summary:A Do-Tank, Not Just a Think-Tank | 1:50 minChallenges in educating 300,000 children | 4:40 minIs going to school enough? | 10:10 minTeach for India and the Shift from the corporate to social sector | 15:20 minEngineer to Social Entrepreneur | 18:42 minMental health and Mentors | 22:18 minIdea to Execution: Value driven system | 24:07 minAccountability system | 29:35 minChoosing Passion over Money | 35:25 minLinks to reach Tarun and Indus Action:TwitterLinkedInWebsiteEmail

Our guest today is Garv Malik, one of our favourite standup comic and the creator of 'Garv's Comedy Buffet' an admired daily comedy show on Zoom. We talk about his journey from an engineer to a startup enthusiast, and now a full-time standup comic.Favorite Quote:"At the end, all of us are in a pursuit of happiness. But don't let social media, or any other person, or the word passion define happiness for you"Summary:The Zoom comedy club origins: 1:00Startup experience: 2:25Engineering by chance: 3:30The Stand-up bug: 5:40Engineering is like mutual funds: 8:30Path of least resistance and the pursuit of happiness: 9:30Role of luck: 11:45Mentors and support in your standup journey: 15:50Is stand-up the toughest career choice?: 16:20Mantra for working on what you love: 19:35Links to Garv's work:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garvmalik/Twitter: https://twitter.com/malikgarvWebsite: https://garvmalik.com/Learn more on www.curiorevelio.com

Today we talk to Akshay Jose, a graphic artist-cum-corporate lawyer whose work recently caught a lot of eyeballs. Besides his work we found his journey to be equally interesting.We talk about how he manages a full-time job in corporate law and his full-hearted passion of creating stirring graphics.Jose shares with us how he has stuck with art throughout college and a grueling job, what kept him going, the role of privilege, and how artists or anyone can build their passion alongside a full-time job.Favorite Quote:"Art is not a different language that needs to be learned to be understood. At the end of the day the point of art is to invoke something within you."Highlights:So how did art come into your life, where did it all begun: 1:04It's not about the art, it's the audience's reaction: 3:27First time you got a reaction to your art: 5:03Interpretation of art: 7:15Exploring the Corporate lawyer side: 10:12Amalgamation of law and art: 12:40Influence of gender and law on art: 14:45Role of privilege: 15:42How parents pick career options for their children: 19:00What would you change in your life up till now 20: 15Do we need a degree to build our passion: 22:25Building your passion with a full-time job: 24:40How to build your passion: 30:10Links to Jose's work:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linesbyjose/Behance: https://www.behance.net/linesbyjoseLearn more on Curiorevelio.com

Today's guest is Benoy Stephen, the Co-founder of Y-Ultimate - a not for profit organization which works towards spreading the values of self-regulation, conflict resolution and gender equality through the sport of Ultimate Frisbee.We look at the role of his upbringing, values imbibed in him by his parents, and his experiences at St. Stephens, Teach for India, and YUVA.Benoy also shares with us the key factors which have enabled him to reach this stage: his need for doing more vs. talking, his love for sports, and the role privilege plays in our lives without us even realizing it.Favorite quote:"Finally we are who we are because of the experiences we have gone through. A goal is a que for which direction you want to go and not where you want to reach"Highlights:Learnings from parent's and upbringing: 2:30Experience at Stephens, Social service league: 3:00, 3:50Early experiences of sports, football, Ultimate frisbee: 7:35Amalgamation of Ultimate frisbee and teaching: 8:10Experiences at YUVA: 11:10Birth of Y-Ultimate: 15:00The most inspiring experience that helped in the journey: 20:00How things started falling together: 24:00Advice to find your passion: 32:00Impact of Ultimate frisbee on kids and What keeps you going: 35:00How to reach out to Benoy and Y-Ultimate: 38:00Links:Benoy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoy-stephen/Y-Ultimate:https://www.instagram.com/yultimate_org/https://www.facebook.com/YUltimate.org/Learn more on Curiorevelio.com