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In this podcast, you will see a conversation with Dinesh Arjun who is a Co-Founder of Raptee energy,  Raptee Energy is an electric mobility startup looking to e-volutionize the mid-premium motorcycle industry in the world’s largest motorcycle market. Raptee Energy’s value proposition is to provide the untapped market with an affordable, always-connected motorcycle.

Episode 13 link 

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Sudarshan Speaks is a Tamil Startup podcast, Tamil Entrepreneurship podcast, Tamil Business podcast, or whatever you call it. But here I am trying to speak all sorts of things an aspiring entrepreneur needs to groom himself/herself by listening to a conversation with an entrepreneur, business case studies, marketing case studies, etc.,

Things we spoke,

Why Raptee Energy raised funding?

Seed funding complete process

Will cold emailing work in the case of fundraising?

Pitch deck of Raptee energy

Compulsory convertible debentures

What Dinesh Arjun expected from his investors?

Stay tuned, will meet you all with Deepak Rajmohan(Founder and CEO, Greenpod labs) by next Friday (03.09.2021)

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Soo, this is Season 2 of the Sudarshan Speaks podcast, got a great welcome and support at 1st season. Felt really happy with the people's love and message through Instagram.  With the same energy jumping into the next season, changed the content game entirely, this time you will listen to lot of business models and case studies.

In this episode about Startup Funding, I have discussed :

Need of funding

Types of Funding

Equity Funding

Debt funding

Compulsory Convertible debentures and Compulsory convertible Preferred stocks.

Pitch deck, etc.,

Stay tuned, Will see you in next episode with the co-founder of Raptee Energy, where we will discuss about his fundraising experience.

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Sudarshan Speaks is a Tamil entrepreneurship podcast hosted by me ( Sudarshan), In this podcast, you will listen to different entrepreneurs and startup founders who are making a great impact in society.

Thank you for the huge support so far !!!

Thank you Shyam Siddarth(Founder - Tamilpreneur), Gowtham Raj S (Founder, Branso Solutions), Karthikeyan S (Podcast host - Wannapreneur) for sharing few words about the podcast and revealing the future plans !!

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Sudarshan Speaks is a Tamil entrepreneurship podcast hosted by me ( Sudarshan), In this podcast, you will listen to different entrepreneurs and startup founders who are making a great impact in society. Today you will listen to the fascinating conversation with Nandha Kumar Ravi, Co-Founder, Go Bumpr

TVS Automobile Solutions, the multi-brand car servicing network which operates the MyTVS brand has announced the acquisition of Chennai headquartered startup – GoBumpr, an online aggregator of two- and four-wheeler service outlets, for an undisclosed value.

Founded in 2015 by IIM alumni — Karthik Venkateswaran, Nandha Kumar Ravi, and Sundar Natesan, GoBumpr has a presence in four cities – Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune with a base of around 1,200 automobile workshops. It has a customer base of more than one million.

Things we spoke,

The founding story of GoBumpr

1st fundraising experience

KPIs asked by investing during 1st round of investment.

Pivots done by GoBumpr

Challenges faced while aggregating servicemen and shops

Advice for wannabe entrepreneurs

Stay tuned, will meet you all with the final episode of this season 1 (13.08.2021)

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Sudarshan Speaks is a Tamil entrepreneurship podcast hosted by me ( Sudarshan), In this podcast, you will listen to different entrepreneurs and startup founders who are making a great impact in society. Today you will listen to the fascinating conversation with Vetrivel Palani, CEO and Co-Founder of Uzhavar Boomi

UzhavarBumi, founded in July 2017, is a fresh dairy products company based in Maduranthakam, Chengalpattu, India. UB's prime motive is to establish direct trade between local farmers and consumers. UB provides products including farm-fresh Milk, Ghee, Honey, and a range of cold-pressed Oils. Today UB is one of Tamilnadu's leading brands, merchandising fresh dairy products.

Things we spoke,

Struggle of milkman

Procurement of milk

Adulteration in milk

Jallikattu inspired us to build a startup.

Logistics used by Uzhavar Bumi

How Uzhavar Boomi is different from others

Dairy market size in Chennai

Know More

Stay tuned, will meet you all with a guest by next Friday (06.08.2021)

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Sudarshan Speaks is a Tamil entrepreneurship podcast hosted by me ( Sudarshan), In this podcast, you will listen to different entrepreneurs and startup founders who are making a great impact in society.

Today you will listen to the case study of Coca-Cola in India with Gowtham Raj, Founder, Branso Brand solutions.

Stay tuned, will meet you all with a guest by next Friday (30.07.2021)

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Sudarshan Speaks is a Tamil entrepreneurship podcast hosted by me ( Sudarshan), In this podcast, you will listen to different entrepreneurs and startup founders who are making a great impact in society. Today you will listen to the fascinating conversation with Sriram Gopal, Founder and CEO, Future Farms.

Future farms is a leading hydroponic and precision farm automation solution provider.

Things we spoke,

Economic inequality

Future of education

Future of agriculture

Sriram's 3 advice to young wannabe entrepreneurs

Generalist or specialist

and so on.

This episode is edited by Vijay KP,

Connect with Vijay: https://www.instagram.com/kpvijay18/?utm_medium=copy_link

Stay tuned, will meet you all with a guest by next Friday (23.07.2021)

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Sudarshan Speaks is a Tamil entrepreneurship podcast hosted by me ( Sudarshan), In this podcast, you will listen to different entrepreneurs and startup founders who are making a great impact in society. Today you will listen to the fascinating conversation with Sriram Gopal, Founder and CEO, Future Farms.

Things we spoke,

What Future farms do?

Need of hydroponic farming

What is hydroponics?

Is soil is needed for agriculture?

How farmers are benefitted using hydroponics methods of farming?

Sriram's previous venture - Synamen

This episode is edited by Vijay KP,

Connect with Vijay : https://www.instagram.com/kpvijay18/?utm_medium=copy_link

Stay tuned, will meet you all with a guest by next Friday (16.07.2021)

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Sudarshan Speaks is a Tamil entrepreneurship podcast hosted by me ( Sudarshan), In this podcast, you will listen to different entrepreneurs and startup founders who are making a great impact in society. Today you will listen to Kishan Karunakaran, CEO of Buyofuel.

Buyofuel is a platform for trading Biofuel based commodities in a quick and secure manner, providing a nurturing platform with verified buyers and sellers, Kishan is a pioneer with over 12+ years of experience as a Biofuels entrepreneur having Strong network with feedstock suppliers, to manufacturers to traders to consumers in biofuels sector across India.

Things we spoke,

What Buyofuel do?

Brief about Kishan Karunakaran

Why biofuel is a better alternative than fossil fuels and Electric vehicles?

Government support for Biofuel manufacturing.

Funding plans of Buyofuel

Impact of biofuel on the environment.

Stay tuned, will meet you all with a guest by next Friday (02.07.2021)

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Sudarshan Speaks is a Tamil entrepreneurship podcast hosted by me ( Sudarshan), In this podcast, you will listen to different entrepreneurs and startup founders who are making a great impact in society. Today you will listen to the conversation between me and Harivelan Gnanavel, Founder, Grillland BBQ.

Grillland was founded in 2018 aiming to explore and expose the delicious Grillland BBQ recipes to this fine part of the world. Named for the landmark where the barbeque enthusiasts could dine in and relish the range of matchless grills, shawarma, and beverages at an affordable price.

Things we spoke,

Brief about Harivelan

Franchise business model advantages in brief

Types of Franchise 

Struggles faced during a covid pandemic and how they over come it

Marketing and Branding strategies of Grillland

Cloud Kitchen in short

Need for food automation.

Stay tuned, will meet you all with a guest by next Friday (09.07.2021)