Sudarshan's Podcast

By Sudarshan Baskar

Raw truths and practical wisdom of startups from founders and operators about their business models, fundraising, and invaluable lessons learned along the way. No fluff, just real talk. If you're buil... more

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Sudarshan's Podcast episodes:

January 27, 2025 EP068 - Managing Up and Down, IC to People Manager & Rituals | Sudarshan's Podcast
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Follow Isaac on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacjohnwesley/
Follow Rajeev on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjvsml/
In this podcast, you will listen to Isaac and Rajeev,
Show notes:
00:00 - Introduction to Managing Up and Down
01:42 - Aligning Teams during Peacetime vs Wartime
10:34 - Communicating Difficult Decisions
17:37 - The Importance of Communication in Growing Organizations
24:45 - Prioritizing Initiatives: Top Down vs Bottom Up
30:08 - Transitioning from IC to Manager
36:04 - Rituals for Team Engagement and Success
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42min
January 20, 2025 EP067 - Product Management 101: Insights from Top B2B SaaS PMs | Sudarshan's Podcast
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Follow Surender on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/say2surender/
Follow Shubhi on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubhi-saxena-28241975/
Follow Anirudh on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudhshenoy/
In this podcast, we spoke about,
- PM Courses and Gurus
- Product Management Fundamentals
- Essential Skills and Technical Fluency
- Types of PMs and Their Roles
- Adapting to New Organizations as a PM
- Crafting an Impressive PM Portfolio
- PMM should report to Product or Marketing Leader?
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1h 4min
December 30, 2024 EP066 - GenZ at Workplace, Mental Health, Attrition & Policy Changes | ft. Isaac & Rajeev | Sudarshan's Podcast
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Follow Isaac on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacjohnwesley/
Follow Rajeev on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjvsml/
In this podcast, you will listen to Isaac and Rajeev,
We spoke about,
- GenZ's unique problems
- Mental Health
- Feedback Reception
- Is GenZ's hard to Retain?
- Policy Changes
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53min
December 16, 2024 EP065 - Managing Time, Work Life Balance, High Impact Work & more | ft. Isaac & Rajeev | Sudarshan's Podcast
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Follow Isaac on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacjohnwesley/
Follow Rajeev on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjvsml/
In this podcast, you will listen to Isaac and Rajeev,
We spoke about,
- How does their day look like?
- Rajeev's early times at Infosys
- Types of Time in a Workday
- Hustle Culture - When and when not to?
- Smart Work - How and When to take help
- Showing up Everyday
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1h 4min
September 17, 2024 EP064 - Building Marketing Function from Scratch, Events, T-Shaped Marketer & more. ft. Nivas Ravichandran - Head of Marketing @Spendflo | Sudarshan's Podcast
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Follow Nivas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nivasravichandran/
In this podcast, you will listen to Nivas Ravichandran,
We spoke about,
- Nivas Career from Freshworks to Spendflo
- Building Spendflo's Marketing Function from Scratch
- Event Marketing
- Career Progression as a Marketer - " T-Shaped Marketer"
- Communities and Writing impact in his career growth
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1h 11min
July 15, 2024 EP063 - How Lock & Stock pivoted to Secure my Scholarship ft. Craig Fernandes - Cofounder & CEO | Sudarshan's Podcast
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Follow Craig on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-fernandes-securemyscholarship/
In this podcast, you will listen to Craig Fernandes who is the Co-founder & CEO of Secure My Scholarship,
We spoke about,
- Hardik or Rohit
- What is Secure My Scholarship?
- How does it help the students to get scholarships in top universities?
- Onboarding Universities and Brands
- How Lock & Stock pivoted to Secure My Scholarship
- Difficult in building trust in Online
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51min
June 17, 2024 EP062 - Creators/Builders/Storytellers, Personal Branding, ADHD, and more. ft. Arvindh Sundar | Sudarshan's Podcast
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Follow Arvindh on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvindhsundar/
In this podcast, you will listen to Arvindh,
We spoke about,
- Arvindh's Background and Experiences
- Put the Player First Framework
- Content Calendar for Personal Branding
- Podcasting
- Guest Lab - Podcast Guest Research tool
- What is Charisma?
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1h 1min
April 22, 2024 EP061 - Bengaluru for Beginners - Startups, Traffic, Biryani, Cafes, Bars and Dating
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Follow Roshan on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/cariappack/
Follow Dhanush on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhanushparekh/
In this podcast, you will listen to Roshan and Dhanush,
We spoke about,
- Temperature in Bangalore
- How has Bangalore become a startup hub of India?
- Is Bangalore traffic real?
- How has Bangalore evolved in the last 300 years?
- Dosa and Breakfast places
- Biryani and Lunch places
- Bars
- Dating
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1h 35min
March 30, 2024 EP060 - Chennai for Beginners - Startups, Beaches, Biryani, Cafes, Pubs & Communities. ft. Karthik Pasupathy | Sudarshan Speaks
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Follow Karthik on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthikpasupathy/
In this podcast, you will listen to Karthik, who is a Marketing Lead at Prudent AI
We spoke about,
- Startup Ecosystem - Is Chennai really a SaaS Capital?
- Why do Chennai Founders like Chennai more than Bangalore or Delhi?
- Food - Biryani, Cafes, Pubs, and Restobars (gonna help you with our favorite picks)
- What to do on weekends? (Beaches, yes, we have more than that)
- Tech Communities and Events - it's very new to Chennai.
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1h 30min
February 05, 2024 EP059 - Ed-Tech in Chaos, JEE & NEET Coaching Programs, Completion Rate & more ft. Gomathi Shanmugasundaram | Sudarshan Speaks
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Follow Gomathi on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gomathi-shanmugasundaram-2526031a/
In this podcast, you will listen to Gomathi Shanmugasundaram, who is a Founder & CEO of Ahaguru
We spoke about,
- Stanford Seed Program
- How Ahaguru started?
- User and Customer Persona
- Course Completion Rate
- How Sales and Marketing Team in Ahaguru looks like?
- Why Edtech is falling?
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1h 2min

FAQs about Sudarshan's Podcast:

How many episodes does Sudarshan's Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 78 episodes available.