Genesis Theory with Kush Desai

Theodore Roosevelt famously said: "We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out." On this episode of Genesis Theory, Kush Desai joins Sunny Malhi, an early-stage entrepreneur from Delhi to discuss life, entrepreneurship and the importance of being driven. Sunny is a self-taught programmer, UI designer, and is working on growing his presence in the world of entrepreneurship. He developed and launched a short video app called 'alt.', with his friend, in order to try and make a mark in the short-video space vacated by TikTok. Simultaneously, Sunny is working on his e-sports/gaming startup, something he is developing all on his own, which will be hitting the markets by the end of the year.

The growth of the sport of football in India has led to an increasing speculation about India, often termed as 'The Sleeping Giant' of football, finally waking up from its slumber. The growth of Indian football is evident; there has been a large inflow of capital in the Indian Super League, player salaries have gone up, the quality of football has gone up, players from outside India want to play in the ISL because of the payments offered, foreign coaches have started managing Indian Super League clubs and most importantly, the ISL has become a global brand. This increasing popularity of the sport has also benefitted the stakeholder of football. The increased professionalism around the sport because of ISL has led to an increase in demand for football agents by players and clubs. Becoming a football agent is a lot of work, it requires amazing communication and networking skills and moreover, it requires passion and drive for the sport and the knowledge of the day-to-day's of the sport. We had the good fortune of interviewing one of Inventive Sports' top agents: Wilbur Lasrado. Wilbur manages some of the big names of Indian football, namely: Sahal Abdul Samad, Jobby Justin etc. During the interview, Wilbur shares some amazing insights along with his story of how he became a football agent. If you want to learn how to become a football agent, then this video is for you!

In this episode of Genesis Theory, I sit down for a super insightful chat with the Founder of  Vikson Foodworks, Vedika Tibrewal. Vedika takes us through her journey about how she came across the idea of launching India's first-ever edible cookie dough label Scoopski, her love for food, how she manages her team and recruits people etc. (Change Para) Vedika is an extremely driven entrepreneur and the youngest finalist of the Times Of India Women Entrepreneurship Awards. Alongside Scoopski, she has already launched her next project called Dine With Data. (Change Para) To reach out to Vedika and to learn more about her ventures, please check out the links below!

To learn more from Vedika, you can reach out to her on: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vedikatibrewal/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vedika-tibrewal/   

Scooskieats: https://www.scoopski.in/

India, a country known as the sleeping giant of football, a sport that has played second-fiddle to Cricket for the better part of a century,  has finally started gaining momentum and recognition in the beautiful game of football across the world. Over the past few years, India has started producing some phenomenal talent such as Sahal Abdul Samad,  Anirudh Thapa and Ishan Pandita. Ishan created history in 2016 by becoming the first-ever Indian to sign for a La Liga club! If you've ever dreamt of playing football professionally, then this Genesis Theory episode is for YOU!

Kush Desai: https://www.instagram.com/realkushdesai/ 

Ishan Pandita: https://www.instagram.com/_ishanpandita_/

At some point in our lives, almost all of us outgrow/diverge from our "I  want to become an Astronaut" dream to something that we start pursuing  because of influences from our peers and environment. In this video,  Arpit Bansal walks us through what inspired him to become an  entrepreneur and how his "becoming an Astronaut" dream changed.

In this video, Arpit Bansal shares his process of how he goes about pursuing his dreams and goals and talks about the importance of remaining curious about your craft. Curiosity allows you to become relentless in your pursuit of your goals. Hope this video helps you!  

To learn more from Arpit, you can reach out to him on Twitter - https://twitter.com/arpit__bansal?s=09

The word "Impact" has recently started being thrown around a lot,  especially in our generation, where all of us are looking for ways to  "leave a mark", "disrupt" things etc. without really having started off  on/worked on anything at all. From various conversations with people  from various walks of life, one thing that I have come to understand is  that the word 'Impact' in its simplest form, means how you or your  work/craft helps someone. In our generation, the perception of 'Impact'  has shifted towards something that has to be BIG in terms of magnitude,  it has to be LOUD, it has to allow you to SHOWBOAT. As Arpit points out  in this interview, for him, 'Impact' is about doing what you love, doing  what gets you excited and helps you grow which will then automatically  start leaking into the ecosystem around you through your contributions  to your work/art.

To learn more from Arpit, you can reach out to him on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/arpit__bansal?s=09

In the first episode of Genesis Theory, I sit down with my childhood  friend Arpit Bansal, to talk about his journey into the world of  entrepreneurship, how he dealt with the failure of his first venture and  his lessons through his journey so far!  Arpit is a Product Hacker and Software Architect turned Entrepreneur  with 3+ years of work experience in product consulting and software  design. He co-founded and managed a distributed software development  company, servicing over 40 clients in 2 years.  He is also the winner of the 'Money2020 Fintech Hackathon' and the  'Hyperhack Sustainability Hackathon'.  

To learn more from Arpit, you can reach out to him on: 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/arpit__bansal?s=09