How many of you are fans of racing? F1? MotoGP? I want to hold your excitement right there racing fans 'cause we aren't interviewing a racer today. But, the company is partly related to racing. 

What? Did you say a Tamil Racing car Manufacturer? 

Not exactly racing now. Manufacturing! Starting as a racing company, while naming the company after the fifth fastest bird in the world and an old war ship, 5 people brainstormed to come up with the name, 'Frigate!' Yes, a manufacturing company. Fabrication of metals, plastic and rubber parts, 3D printing etc. to make prototypes for startups. Yeah, you heard it right. They pivoted.

Ena pa, company pathi solite poringa. Yaara interview panringa nu neenga kekradhu engalukum kekudhu. Ipa edhuku thideernu tamizh nu pakreengala? Because we are interviewing Mr. Tamizh Iniyan! 

Hailing from Coimbatore with a Bachelor's in Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation, Masters in Engineering Design and a Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D) in Manufacturing Engineering, how did Mr. Tamizh venture into co-founding and running a manufacturing company successfully?

Listen to the episode to know more on identifying problems and coming up with solutions related to a manufacturing startups.

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Welcome to Part 2 of the interview with Mr. Arjun Dhananjayan, Co-Founder of 88GB Communications. The Part 1 of the interview (S4E13) is available at https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KIoqAGy7APCkfG4l08Lgb

If you haven't yet heard the first episode or you are new to this podcast, pause right here and follow the hyperlink given above to listen to what Mr. Arjun has to say about his journey as an employee-turned-into-an-entrepreneur in S4E13. This episode will be more interesting and informative once you come back to this episode after listening to Part 1.

Well, if you are here reading further, we understand that you have listened to S4E13. In this episode, we have many budding entrepreneurs waiting to ask Mr. Arjun questions related to his entrepreneurship journey. Listen to get enlightened!

Key takeaways:

1. Relevance of family support for a budding entrepreneur

2. What should be your long term goal as an entrepreneur? 

3. Ideation -> Execution strategies

4. Future of Augmented Reality(AR) solutions for marketing

5. What do you need to do for an opportunity to knock your door? (Well, it's you who has to open it though! 😉😌🙃)

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A startup which was started 2 years ago, but full-time operations started just at the brink of the Covid-19 pandemic. How will the startup scale up when the whole market is down and customer spending is reduced? But what if your business model is providing a solution to the problem the market is facing in the pandemic? With a background in Food Technology and processing and a stable job in ITC, what was the journey the founder took to pivot into providing media business solutions? 88GB Communications is the startup and Arjun Dhananjayan is the founder. Listen to what he has to say about his experience in scaling up his startup in the pandemic.

Key takeaways:

1. How significant is a co-founder who is as energetic as you are.

2. What is the importance of curiosity and networking for an entrepreneur?

3. How a good mentor can guide you down the lane.

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Tamilnadu : Startups : Entrepreneurship - Everything about it from the eyes of Tamilpreneur

For the first time, we gave a chance to the aspiring entrepreneurs to ask questions directly to the CEOs. In this friendly chat with Srini, he talks about how he pivoted from computer sales company to a VR tech startup ! While he pivoted he asked his friend "Sendhukiriya da ?" to which his friend told "Okay da". 21 varsham friendship na summavaa ! This duo is gonna create VR tech training solutions to manufacturing companies. He joined a job right after his schooling ! Yes, college padikala ! While he spoke about his struggles as an entrepreneur, he also told how he applied for Vel-tech incubator program. This helped him get his grants and funds. I'll wind up the description here. And if you have read this far, we will offer you a free participation on our AMA session, if you are interested. Take a screenshot of this and send it to us on Instagram. Yup, that would be all and remember : there is always one lucky winner !! So, hurry :)

So, The first part of Narendran's episode was episode S4E09, Incase you missed that, please listen as you would get the context behind the items discussed in this episode. Why do you need to get the context ? Because this episode has lot of details for an aspiring entrepreneur than the previous one and things told here will make sense if you listen to the previous one. Incase you are reading this, click -> "I want to listen to previous episode and proceed further".

If you have already listened, read further.

Narendran wants to bootstrap his startup all the way. He also shares why market research prior to starting up is so important.

He has sold notebook labels and fishes (yes, literally !!)  & minted money in his childhood. He quit his corporate career in just three months :P

"I worked at two startups before starting this up and it changed my life".

Yes. As we keep saying, before starting your venture, its better if you worked at a startup to understand things. 

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And a lot of things have changed since last Thursday. Hope you and your family are safe.

In this episode of Tamilpreneur Podcast series, We have Cofounder of Kencil, Narendran. He cofoudned this startup along with Srinath Palani, an alumnus of BITS Pilani. KENCIL has been awarded as the "Most Trusted technology solution provider for schools" by Eldrock India in 2019 

This startup has become the official app for schools across India, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.

Here are the key takeaways from the interview:

1. "Finding your cofounder is like love-marriage". What qualities to look for in your co-founder ?

2. "You can bring Order only to a place where there is chaos". Process or Progress, Which one to prioritize in your startup?

3. "we spoke to 100 people in our industry". How understanding Customer demand before starting up helps in long run ?

4. "The two previous startups that I wored for, made me what I am today". How working in startups help you run your own startup ?

Other things discussed in the episode:

How to position your startup when there are multiple players in the market

Interesting strategy to decide if you need to hire a salesperson or not

How your childhood shapes in your entrepreneurial journey

How to convince your parents before starting up

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This startup has won awards at Birla Global innovation challenge and International Climate launchpad.

Torus robotics recently signed an MoU with BEML to deliver AI based fully electric unmanned ground vehicle to DRDO, India.

Three friends who worked together on a final year project take it to the next level by starting up using the core technology that they had built.

1. How to find and build your startup team in college ?

“Three friends means each can handle a core responsibility for the startup”

2. How to fund your startup when you are just starting up ?

“You all have an unique monetizable skill. Put that into use”

3. How to use your core technologies to solve problems in other industries ?

“Given a nail, find all the hammers”.

4. Struggles faced by the startup Initially and how they recovered from it.

“You don’t fail if you have learnt the lesson”

5. What’s the core technology behind Torus Robotics Indigenous Motors

“Our motors are 50percent lighter”

Description : The startup series in Tamil covers everything from why to startup and how to startup with daily examples from the startups and mobile applications that you see and use.

In this episode: 

How to create a minimum viable product :

1. Why should you launch early ? "If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you have launched too late"

2. How to get your initial customers by reaching out to Friends, Family, Focus groups, Influencers  

How Ritesh Agarwal did it !! How Girish Mathrubhootham of Freshworks did it !!

3. How to leverage Quora, Trade shows, and events that you are attending.

4. Talking to customers and iterating the product.

And a lot of extra Tips.. 

Listen to Jungroo Episode here : https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xPArw0tHanaYXMWIScZq5?si=0c420f0dadd049af

Checkout the other episodes of startup series here :

Startup series Introduction :https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PFCU5c8SXVqxggOwpO0HY?si=LMKen7qxSFWy9CK5Dy3bEQ

Startup series Episode 1 - How to check if your idea works : https://open.spotify.com/episode/1AY4qwj9xCKqcBcVSp8QQL?si=Fe7UE8kuRjuZONhrfTwZ0Q 

Startup series Episode 2 - How to register your startup : https://open.spotify.com/episode/1AtEexWA4LFbcDXNuNYo5b?si=BO19dUUVSPS86wyDtnIHYQ

Startup series Episode 3 - How to name your startup : https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Lh56LK5aTRYsAB0U6zjf1?si=f5fbc46d15bc4938

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Description: Karthik Ragavendran is a SASTRA university Alumni and cofounder of Neurostellar. Neurostellar is an ambitious deep technology start-up that envisions to interface brain and machines for the betterment of Humanity by leveraging the 360° potential of Neurotechnology. It is incubated as a part of IITM Incubation cell. They have advisors such as AV Srinivas, President of Indian academy of Neurology and, Ambiga Subramanian, ex CEO of MuSigma.  He is also the cofounder and chapter lead of NeurotechX India which contains around 6000members In this episode.

1. How did this 23yo old youth convinced his parents to startup 

2. Pocket money vechu oru startup funding panna mudiyuma ?

3. How and when Neurostellar is planning to raise funding ?

4. How to discuss equity with your cofounder ?

5. How much is Total available market for Neurotech startup ?

6. "A fitbit in your skull with Tiny wires " says Elon Musk, What is the difference between Neuralink and Neurostellar ?

7. Why deeptech startup founders are spiritually inclined ?

8. Where does Startup and Spirituality intersect ?

9. Three qualities that a person who wishes to become an entrepreneur should develop

10. What can we learn from Swami Vivekananda ?

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