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- EP 52 - Meet the brothers who started a Rs 300 Cr hotel amenities company from a 100 sq ft room
Indore-based Kimirica Hunter now manufactures hotel toiletries and amenities for a range of premium hotels such as Marriott, Starwood, Hilton, Jumeirah, Hyatt, Sofitel, Pullman, and an array of independent luxury hotels.
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This story was reported by Rishabh Mansur on 21th Feb 2019. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
7 min - EP 51 - Here's how this 26-year-old cycling champion faced his first failure when he was just 6
Two-time Silver medalist, para-athlete Divij Shah lives by the maxim that fear is the greatest disability of all. 'Daar ke aage jeet hai' Some injuries heal faster if you move forward. This is not just a simple motivational line, but a powerful statement that Divij Shah lives by.
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This story was reported by Dipti Nair on 14th March 2018. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
8 min - EP 50 - Being wheelchair-bound did not deter this para-athlete from pursuing her dreams
A spinal injury may have confined her to a wheelchair, but Nisha Gupta didn't let that stop her. Now an international basketball player, she dreams of being a model when not on the basketball court.
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This story was reported by Diya Koshy George on 15th Feb 2021 with edits by Anju Narayanan. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
10 min - EP 49 - These Delhi brothers started 3 restaurants in the same building, now make Rs 10Cr turnover
In 2019, the Sarin brothers — Shaan, Rahul, and Aakash — took up a three-storey building in Punjabi Bagh, Delhi, and launched three restaurants — one on each floor. The three restaurants, which share a kitchen, are named TEO Lounge and Bar, The Dineroom, and Cartoony Planet.
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This story was reported by Rishabh Mansur on 6th March 2021 with edits by Suman Singh. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
7 min - EP 48 - How a road trip and coffee led to the birth of billion-dollar logistics startup Rivigo
Logistics startup Rivigo changed the way trucks ply across India with its relay model. The company, India’s latest unicorn, now has 3,000 customers across 20 sectors, and aims to expand its footprint. Rivigo was set up in 2014 by former Mckinsey consultants Deepak Garg (37) and Gazal (33) with the idea of creating a relay truck model, where no driver would drive for more than four-five hours at a stretch and would return home the same day.
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This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 31st July 2019 with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
9 min - EP 47 - With 2 helpers and second-hand machinery,this entrepreneur built a mattress brand that now clocks Rs 38 Cr
Wasif Mohd started Fresh Up Mattresses in 2016 to differentiate from the competition and capture the unorganised sector. In four years, Fresh Up has emerged as a fast-growing mattress brand in North India with over 250 employees.
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This story was reported by Rishabh Mansur on 14th Jan 2021 with edits by Anju Narayanan. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
8 min - EP 46 - Zynga co-founder and startup investor Justin Waldron's game plan with PlayCo
Justin Waldron co-founded gaming company Zynga with Mark Pincus when he was 19. Today, he is an investor in over 50 companies across the globe, and has also founded another gaming startup - Playco. Justin talks about his Zynga journey, investing in startups, and founding Playco.
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This story was reported by Sindhu Kashyaap on 16th March 2021 with edits by Tenzin Pema. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
8 min - EP 45 - This 20-year-old female boxer from Haryana punched her way to her dreams
Boxer Manju Rani shares how she broke the glass ceiling in a Haryana village, and overcame economic hardships to become successful. This is a story of grit, determination, and how belief can take you to great heights.
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This story was reported by Anju Ann Mathew on 6th April 2020 with edits by Javed Gaihlot. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
7 min - EP 44 - This Twitter alum’s startup can help content creators launch their own Netflix, Amazon Prime-like platform
Laminar is a platform as a service that lets a content company or a creator launch a global streaming service, by providing end-to-end solutions.
Raheel Khursheed was Snapchat’s first employee in India, hired to lead the Santa Monica-based disappearing messaging application’s operations in the country. But six months into the gig, bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, he quit.
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This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 13th Jul 2020 with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
8 min - EP 43 - Inspired by Elon Musk’s Tesla, this EV startup is building superbikes for India
Founded in 2015, Ultraviolette is a Bengaluru-based electric vehicle company, which is building an ‘aspirational’ superbike for the Indian market. In India, entrepreneurs Narayan Subramaniam and Niraj Rajamohan realised that the next decade would see a rising need for electric vehicles. However, they wanted to find a niche in this sector, and make a considerable impact. To this end, the duo decided to build electric superbikes in India for the Indian market. Thus, in 2015, they founded Ultraviolette
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This story was reported by Sindhu Kashyaap on 17th Dec 2020 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!
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