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The journey from the city to the farm! Today I speak to Venkat Iyer, the author of an amazing new book called Moong Over Microchips. This book is about his extraordinary 14-year journey from quitting his highly paid job at IBM to take up organic farming without any experience. In this podcast we talk about why he quit, the first 6 months dealing with corruption, tough clients and growing his first crop. We also talk about the reality of farming in India, we also talk discovering fresh air, organic food, excel spreadsheets & snakes to getting up at 5.30 AM and finally we talk about this being made into a movie and which famous Bollywood actor would play him - Please enjoy the show.
In this conversation we also talk about:
link to the book
https://penguin.co.in/book/non-fiction/moong-over-microchips/
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The journey from the city to the farm! Today I speak to Venkat Iyer, the author of an amazing new book called Moong Over Microchips. This book is about his extraordinary 14-year journey from quitting his highly paid job at IBM to take up organic farming without any experience. In this podcast we talk about why he quit, the first 6 months dealing with corruption, tough clients and growing his first crop. We also talk about the reality of farming in India, we also talk discovering fresh air, organic food, excel spreadsheets & snakes to getting up at 5.30 AM and finally we talk about this being made into a movie and which famous Bollywood actor would play him - Please enjoy the show.
In this conversation we also talk about:
link to the book
https://penguin.co.in/book/non-fiction/moong-over-microchips/
P.S
I would like to pay tribute to everyone listening and subscribing to the show for the past two years. Without you, this podcast would not have been possible!
P.P.S
And if you want to create your own podcast. Check out my class: "Getting Your Podcast Off the Ground!". Check out the show notes and Get @Skillshare Premium free for 2 months. http://skl.sh/2kRte3f
Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel
https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2
Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends.
Listen and Subscribe to More Episodes
https://www.indianstartupshow.com/
Music by Punch Deck.
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