The Design Your Thinking Podcast

By Karthik Vijayakumar

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The Design Your Thinking Podcast episodes:

12.18.2019
The Story of Two Brothers Who Co-founded an AI Startup in Mumbai!
Raghav Aggarwal, the co-founder of Fluid AI talks about his journey from starting a tech business at 20 along with his younger brother Abhinav Aggarwal, how they pivoted the business and how they grew the business from one niche to...
12.04.2019
How This Venture Capitalist Is Redefining Venture Capital?
Reece Chowdhry is the Founder of RLC Ventures where he is actively redefining Venture Capital with a Profit with Purpose model, talks about trends, the importance of personal branding and more.
11.27.2019
How To Write Books That Build Trust & Boost Your Authority?
In this episode, Joshua Lisec, a Certified Professional Ghostwriter talks about his journey to becoming a ghostwriter and how you can build trust and boost your authority writing books.
10.16.2019
The Untold Story of the Queen of Conferences & Events Business
In this episode Rupa Ganatra Popat talks about her journey from quitting a full-time career as an investment banker to starting an events business and becoming a serial entrepreneur in 6 short years. She today runs one of the most...
10.09.2019
How Thinking ‘Profit First’ Will Help You Succeed in 2019 and Beyond?
In this episode Mike Michalowicz shares what led him to believing in the Profit First model of thinking and the entrepreneurial mindset. Mike also talks about the mission he's on, to eradicate entrepreneurial poverty.
09.25.2019
Molly Currey: How to Follow Your Passion and Build Your Story?
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/kartvee/S2E42.mp3″ artist=”Karthik Vijayakumar, Molly Currey” background=”blurred_logo” hashtag=”#entrepreneur #business” ] In this episode, Molly Currey talks about why you should follow your passion full-time or as a side-gig, and build your book of stories. She shares her story from racing...
09.18.2019
Nafissa Shireen: Uncovering Limiting Beliefs and Entrepreneurial Mindset
In this episode Nafissa Shireen, an entrepreneur, speaker and income growth expert, talks about the entrepreneurial mindset and how she helps entrepreneurs uncover their limiting beliefs, uses equestrian-assisted coaching and more.
09.11.2019
How to Transform Your Idea to Business? [Live Coaching with Robin Waite]
Robin Waite, the Founder of Fearless Business, talks about how you can go from identifying business ideas from your interests, and developing them to a viable business by identifying the unique value proposition in a live coaching role play.
09.06.2019
How This “College Dropout” Went On To Perform at the Grammy’s?
Samanth Vinil talks about his journey from a college dropout from an Ivy League school like the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to pursuing his dream of being a dancer, to working with Cirque du Soleil and performing over 1500...
08.28.2019
Jody Steinhauer: Building a Business Empire Centered Around Happiness!
In this episode, Jody Steinhauer, the Chief Bargains Officer at the Bargains Group, talks about why you should build a business centered around happiness.
08.21.2019
How Continuous Learning Helped Me Succeed as an Entrepreneur?
In this episode Katie King talks about her journey from being a marketer to becoming an entrepreneur in her 40's, and how continuous learning and starting with a small team helped her build a successful digital agency and a speaking...
08.14.2019
How a Search for Master Craftsmanship Led Him to Disrupting Industries?
In this episode Jim Jacoby speaks about how his interest in user-centered design and master craftsmanship led him to building multiple businesses, quitting the business he started and commissioning the world's most expensive motorcycle.
08.07.2019
Millennial Self Discovery Coaching with Sara Katherine
In this episode I interview Sara Katherine, a millennial self discovery coach, to talk about her journey to self discovery and why self-help is important.
07.31.2019
Supercharged Food & How Eating Right Can Save Your Life – Lee Holmes
In this episode Lee Holmes, the founder of Supercharged Food, shares her story of overcoming an autoimmune disorder that led her to starting her company. She shares plenty of insights and tips to help you eat the right kind of...
07.03.2019
The Story of Travel Sax – World’s Smallest Electronic Saxophone!
In this episode I interview Ramon Mañas Corbinos, an entrepreneur who's building the world's smallest and lightest electronic saxophone at Odisei Music.
06.26.2019
Wiebe Wakker: Amsterdam to Sydney in an Electric Car + Empty Wallet
Wiebe Wakker drove his electric car from Amsterdam to Sydney, without any money in his wallet and no definite route! His route depended on who offered to host him with food, shelter or charge his electric car.
06.19.2019
Learn Copywriting and Make Strangers Love, Share and Buy from You
In this episode Spencer Lum helps you learn copywriting and the fine art of using your writing to influence customers and readers.
06.12.2019
Walid Azāmi: Why You Must Follow Your Instincts As An Entrepreneur?
Walid Azāmi dives deep on why you must follow your instincts and why that's been the biggest reason why he landed some of his career's biggest opportunities.
06.05.2019
10 Obvious (But Effective) Ways To 10x Your Life By Just Being You
Just being you always seems easy, but turns out that it's hard. Simply because we've lost so much of ourselves in our pursuit of being someone else. In this episode I share 10 ways to become an overachiever by just...
05.29.2019
How This Open Source Winery is Redefining the Wine Industry – Mike Barrow
Mike Barrow is disrupting the wine industry by using Open Source technologies like Blockchain, IoT to disrupt the way one of the world's oldest industries operate and do business.
05.22.2019
Travel is All About Money & How Efficient You Are With It – Deepak Kamath
In this episode Deepak Kamath talks about travel and money, and how he's managed to be efficient with money. He also talks about landing his Bajaj Dominar motorcycle on an iceberg in Antarctica.
05.15.2019
Breaking World Records and Finding Sponsorships – Deepak Kamath
In this episode Deepak Kamath, a world record holder and overland adventurer talks about finding sponsorships, his adventures and so much more.
05.08.2019
Astrid Scholz: Becoming a Tech Entrepreneur from a Nonprofit Executive
Astrid Scholz is redefining the way innovations and money are distributed with technology. She switched careers to become a tech entrepreneur, and in this episode she talks about design innovation, venture capital and more.
05.01.2019
John Lee Dumas: Change is Fundamental When Building a Business
John Lee Dumas talks about scaling down the frequency of the EOFire Podcast and the metrics he now uses to measure as he is building his business.
04.24.2019
Starting a Creative Business Writing Books with Joanna Penn
Joanna Penn talks about her experience starting a creative business after working a full-time job for 13 years, how her business model has changed, and more.
04.17.2019
Building a Socially Conscious Business with ADIFF | Angela Luna
Angela Luna is the founder and Creative Director of ADIFF, is building a socially conscious business, discovering newer business models to make an impact while making profit
04.10.2019
How to Build Social Media Presence and Influence – Swish Goswami
Manu (Swish) Goswami is the cofounder and CEO of Trufan, talks about social media presence, entrepreneurship and dig deeper into how he grew his personal brand from being just another 8-year old kid in Singapore to becoming a LinkedIn influencer.
04.03.2019
Michael DiTullo: On Working with Iconic Brands like Nike, Michael Jordan…
Michael DiTullo, a designer and entrepreneur, talks about how he went from drawing stuff from the future, to working with Nike and starting his own design studio.
03.27.2019
Growing a Popcorn Business in the United Kingdom with Popcorn Shed
In this episode I speak with Sam Feller, cofounder of Popcorn Shed, about the art of making popcorn and how they built a popcorn business from scratch in the UK.
03.20.2019
Reinventing Hand Sanitizers and a 450% Over Pledged Kickstarter Project? – Andrea Lisbona
Andrea Lisbona, the CEO and founder of Touchland, talks about how she went from distributing hand sanitizers to manufacturing it and using tech to create disrupt the industry.
03.13.2019
Moving to America, Working with Priyanka Chopra, Becoming a Filmmaker with Sophia Banks
Sophia Banks, a filmmaker and director, breaks down her journey from being turned down an opportunity to moving to America to become a filmmaker.
03.06.2019
How Trendspotting Can Help You Futureproof and Grow Your Business?
John Sanei shares his techniques in trendspotting that can help you futureproof your business or even start and grow a new one. John also talks about a little known secret about the movie Avatar, and how it led to his...
02.27.2019
How This Artist is Mastering the Art of Marketing Art?
Jasmin Pannu, a multi-disciplinary artist talks about marketing art. She discusses marketing and routines in-depth, specifically getting down into how books like Tim Ferriss' 4 Hour Work Week helped her in boosting her business of art.
02.20.2019
How Woodturning Projects Got Him Inside Dragons Den?
In conversation with Conor Lynch and how his passion for woodworking projects and how being inside Junior Dragons Den UK made him a better entrepreneur.
02.13.2019
Rethinking Happiness at Work with Easy Healthy Snacks
Emil Aite and Cassy Aite have been working on rethinking happiness at work using healthy snacks. But why? Listen in, to this conversation about childhood, parenting, business, relationships, and of course how healthy snacks can lead to happiness at work!
02.06.2019
Commercial Photography, Connecting with Influencers & Changing Lives with Josh Rossi
Josh Rossi talks about taking risks, building his career in commercial photography through connecting with influencers and changing lives with what he creates.
01.30.2019
Underwater Photography & The Art of Diving With Sharks
Bhushan Bagadia talks about underwater photography and his stories diving with the sharks. He also shares his approach to teaching underwater photography in 4 weeks.
12.03.2018
Look Beyond User Experience – Earth Experience – Nayantara Jain
Nayantara Jain is a SCUBA diver, Marine Biologist, and Marine Conservationist who throws some light on the impact of plastics on marine life, how we measure the economy, and how designers can design better products by a focus on the...
11.19.2018
Break the Narrative – How to Stand-out in an Age of Fake News? – Ram Devineni
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/kartvee/s2e8.mp3″ artist=”Karthik Vijayakumar, Ram Devineni” background=”blurred_logo” hashtag=”#filmmaking #socialmedia” ] In this episode, I speak with Ram Devineni, an award-winning documentary filmmaker about gender equality, gender violence, Priya’s Shakti comic, storytelling, and creating art that rises above fake news and...
11.12.2018
Stand Up Comedy, Serious Business & a Stingy Aunt? – Atul Khatri Interview
In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast I sit down with one of India’s top comedians, Atul Khatri to talk about the serious business of Stand Up Comedy, his learnings from transitioning from being a businessman to a...
11.05.2018
Dying Art of Juttis & How Three Women Are Saving It – Pastels and Pop
In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast I speak with Akanksha Chhabra and Neha from Pastels and Pop about the dying art of Juttis, why, and how they are focused on saving this ancient 400-year old handicraft. Who...
10.29.2018
The Untold Story of Shwetambari Shetty – Banking to Entrepreneurship to Cure.fit
In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I speak with Shwetambari Shetty, who talks about her journey as a woman from working in a bank to entrepreneurship in the fitness niche. Who is Shwetambari Shetty? Shwetambari Shetty is today,...
10.22.2018
Wealth Manager to Bag Designer – Shreya Thakkar
In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Shreya Thakkar who is an entrepreneur and bag designer who runs StruT, a fashion brand that designs bags and footwear. This was one of the first episodes I...
10.15.2018
Story of a Multipotentialite – Dinesh Blush Beauty and Beyond
In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to a true multipotentiality. Dinesh Gopalan Nair is an Indian-Malaysian Bharatha Natyam dancer, makeup artist, and dentist. He started his career as a professional Bharatanatyam dancer at the age...
10.08.2018
Finding Purpose In What You Do – Robin Singh, Peepal Farm
No matter what you are or what you do, it’s about finding purpose in what you do, and knowing WHY you are doing it. In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I sit down with Robin Singh, Co-founder...
09.30.2018
Discover Your Passion – Vithya Hair and Makeup
Discover your passion. In this episode of Season 2 of The Design Your Thinking Podcast I sit down with Vithya Hair and Makeup artist to listen to her story from fighting depression, to discovering her passion to how she became...
09.30.2018
Introduction to Season 2 – Follow Your Heart
Welcome to Design Your Thinking Podcast Season 2! In this first episode, I introduce you to Season 2, WHY I’m doing this, WHAT you’ll get to hear and WHERE you can find the episodes in the interwebs! First things first...
12.19.2017
Product Manager Summit with Aero Wong
In this special episode I sit with Aero Wong, a “newbie product manager”, as he calls himself, who is organizing a virtual summit for Product Managers – the Product Manager Summit. I talk to him about the reason he created...
09.11.2017
Why Leading Without Authority Can Help You Succeed?
In this Focus Forty episode I speak with Jackie Bavaro, Head of PM at Asana, about Leading without Authority, success and more. The one thing we, as product makers, most often ignore is the relationships with our team members, customers...
09.06.2017
One Big Reason Behind So Many Failed Products
In this Topical Zoom episode I speak with Amy Jo Kim, world-renowned social game designer, community architect & startup coach about gamification, game thinking and mistakes startups make. She specifically talks about a reason why we see so many failed...

What's The Design Your Thinking Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Design Your Thinking Podcast episodes:

The Story of Two Brothers Who Co-founded an AI Startup in Mumbai!

How This Venture Capitalist Is Redefining Venture Capital?

How To Write Books That Build Trust & Boost Your Authority?

The Untold Story of the Queen of Conferences & Events Business

How Thinking ‘Profit First’ Will Help You Succeed in 2019 and Beyond?

Molly Currey: How to Follow Your Passion and Build Your Story?

Nafissa Shireen: Uncovering Limiting Beliefs and Entrepreneurial Mindset

How to Transform Your Idea to Business? [Live Coaching with Robin Waite]

How This “College Dropout” Went On To Perform at the Grammy’s?

Jody Steinhauer: Building a Business Empire Centered Around Happiness!

How Continuous Learning Helped Me Succeed as an Entrepreneur?

How a Search for Master Craftsmanship Led Him to Disrupting Industries?

Millennial Self Discovery Coaching with Sara Katherine

Supercharged Food & How Eating Right Can Save Your Life – Lee Holmes

The Story of Travel Sax – World’s Smallest Electronic Saxophone!

Wiebe Wakker: Amsterdam to Sydney in an Electric Car + Empty Wallet

Learn Copywriting and Make Strangers Love, Share and Buy from You

Walid Azāmi: Why You Must Follow Your Instincts As An Entrepreneur?

10 Obvious (But Effective) Ways To 10x Your Life By Just Being You

How This Open Source Winery is Redefining the Wine Industry – Mike Barrow

Travel is All About Money & How Efficient You Are With It – Deepak Kamath

Breaking World Records and Finding Sponsorships – Deepak Kamath

Astrid Scholz: Becoming a Tech Entrepreneur from a Nonprofit Executive

John Lee Dumas: Change is Fundamental When Building a Business

Starting a Creative Business Writing Books with Joanna Penn

Building a Socially Conscious Business with ADIFF | Angela Luna

How to Build Social Media Presence and Influence – Swish Goswami

Michael DiTullo: On Working with Iconic Brands like Nike, Michael Jordan…

Growing a Popcorn Business in the United Kingdom with Popcorn Shed

Reinventing Hand Sanitizers and a 450% Over Pledged Kickstarter Project? – Andrea Lisbona

Moving to America, Working with Priyanka Chopra, Becoming a Filmmaker with Sophia Banks

How Trendspotting Can Help You Futureproof and Grow Your Business?

How This Artist is Mastering the Art of Marketing Art?

How Woodturning Projects Got Him Inside Dragons Den?

Rethinking Happiness at Work with Easy Healthy Snacks

Commercial Photography, Connecting with Influencers & Changing Lives with Josh Rossi

Underwater Photography & The Art of Diving With Sharks

Look Beyond User Experience – Earth Experience – Nayantara Jain

Break the Narrative – How to Stand-out in an Age of Fake News? – Ram Devineni

Stand Up Comedy, Serious Business & a Stingy Aunt? – Atul Khatri Interview

Dying Art of Juttis & How Three Women Are Saving It – Pastels and Pop

The Untold Story of Shwetambari Shetty – Banking to Entrepreneurship to Cure.fit

Wealth Manager to Bag Designer – Shreya Thakkar

Story of a Multipotentialite – Dinesh Blush Beauty and Beyond

Finding Purpose In What You Do – Robin Singh, Peepal Farm

Discover Your Passion – Vithya Hair and Makeup

Introduction to Season 2 – Follow Your Heart

Product Manager Summit with Aero Wong

Why Leading Without Authority Can Help You Succeed?

One Big Reason Behind So Many Failed Products