In this episode of The Doers, we sit down with Himal Karmacharya, Founder and President of Leapfrog Technology. Himal shares the playbook on how he built a world-class technology company from Nepal and scaled it to serve major healthcare and fintech enterprises across the United States.

This conversation goes far beyond surface-level startup advice. Himal unpacks how AI is forcing tech service firms to shift from headcount billing to outcome-based contracts, what it takes to crack international sales, and why finding a trusted on-the-ground ally abroad changes everything. He also breaks down national policy blueprints such as the "Israel Model" to demonstrate how emerging markets can build a $1B+ tech ecosystem.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Beginning

01:42 - Introduction: The Leapfrog Story & Building Global Tech from Nepal

02:25 - How AI is Disrupting Traditional Software Outsourcing & Agency Models

04:27 - The Pricing Shift: Moving from Headcount Billing to Outcome-Driven Value

07:55 - Why Generic Dev Shops Die: Carving Deep Niches in Healthcare & Fintech

11:42 - Nepal’s $1B IT Roadmap: Unlocking Policy Reform & Global Visibility

13:42 - Enterprise Readiness: Tackling Global Legal, Compliance & Insurance Hurdles

15:22 - Cracking U.S. Business Development: Outbound Sales Strategy from Day One

17:02 - Diaspora Power: Bridging the Cultural & Credibility Gap in Western Markets

22:42 - Operating at Global Speed: Matching the Relentless Velocity of the U.S. Market

24:02 - Expanding Overseas: Why Every Founder Needs an "Ally" on the Ground

25:17 - The Crucial Pivot: Shifting from Local Mobile Cash to a $150K U.S. Deal

27:42 - Emerging Market Traps: Why Small Domestic TAMs Cap Company Growth

33:42 - The Israel Policy Playbook: How Governments Can Act as Early-Stage VCs

37:00 - NAS-IT Blueprint: Building $50M–$100M Anchor Tech Companies

39:22 - The Golden Founder Rule: Why You Must Pay Yourself from the Start

40:57 - Surviving Phase A-to-B: Managing Cash Flow, Runway & Micro-Seed Capital

44:52 - What Makes an Outlier Founder: Extreme Ownership, Resilience & Drive

48:32 - Angel Investing Philosophy: Why You Back Dynamic People Over Static Ideas

53:52 - Personal Story: From Budhanilkantha to MIT & Breaking Language Barriers

59:42 - Playing the 10-Year Game: Weathering Downturns & Mentoring Next-Gen Talent

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🎙️ Guest: Himal Karmacharya 

Founder and President @ Leapfrog Technology Inc.

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Right after +2, in the early 2000s, he left Nepal for Texas to build a life and chase bigger dreams. Two decades later, his company is building the bridges that connect terminal gates at DFW Airport. 

Anup Tamrakar didn’t inherit an empire. He started by working at his father’s engineering practice in Nepal, tracing blueprints and even scrubbing bathrooms, long before “CEO” was ever part of the picture. Today, he leads Urban Infraconstruction LLC, a 400-person heavy civil construction company behind major Texas infrastructure like airport bridges, transit lines, and municipal water systems.

Key Milestones:

-Scaled to ~400 employees, earning spots on the Inc. 5000 list and recognition as an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Finalist.

-Founded the Amaalya SK Foundation, committing to fund foundational education for 1 million children in Nepal by 2035.

This isn’t another polished immigrant success story. It’s a conversation about what it really takes to build something at scale with the difficult decisions, risks, setbacks, and responsibility. 

Featuring Anup Tamrakar, Founder, CEO, Urban Infraconstruction LLC

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00  Highlights

00:02:17  What is Real Ambition? ("Cruising Means Going Down")

00:03:09  Arriving in the US in 2003: The 20-Year Vision

00:06:16  Time Allocation & The 24-Hour Reality Check

00:10:52  Early Roots: Working in His Father's Office in Nepal at Age 12

00:12:27 Cleaning Office Bathrooms & Learning Early Humility

00:15:03  Bypassing Traditional Engineering for Construction Management

00:16:28  Self-Studying for SATs on Dial-Up Internet in Nepal

00:18:45  Father’s Tough Love: "I’ll Get You There, You Do the Rest"

00:20:27  Parental Sacrifice: "I Learned to Let You Go" (Goosebumps Moment)

00:22:56  Defying the Advisor Who Said a Community College Visa Was Impossible

00:24:30 Facing Cultural Judgment & Staying Firm in Conviction

00:28:22  Be Careful Who You Take Career Advice From

00:32:08  Hacking the Curriculum: Creating Custom Classes to Graduate Faster

00:33:25  Leaving Your Comfort Zone is the True Meaning of Entrepreneurship

00:35:51  Overcoming Fear & Loud Phones: Making 300 Cold Calls a Day in Texas

00:37:35  Vulnerability as a Power Move: Learning from Veteran Tradesmen

00:38:55  The "Above & Beyond" Catalyst: Turning a Report into an Opportunity

00:45:35  The Age 30 Epiphany: Holding His Daughter & Feeling the Weight

00:46:27  The Operational Motto: Decide, Commit, Act

00:59:46  The 2-Millimeter Gap: Don't Give Up Right Before Your Breakthrough

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🎙️ Guest: Anup Tamrakar

Chief Executive Officer, Urban Infraconstruction LLC

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Fitness entrepreneur, fitness coach, and the host behind one of Nepal’s influential podcasts: Sushant Pradhan is stepping out from behind the host desk and into the guest seat for this episode!

We sat down for an unfiltered 1 on 1 conversation on what really happens behind the scenes of content creation, media, and networking.

In this episode, we talk about:

-Why being effective on camera is an acquired professional skill rather than an extroverted personality trait

-How to build a high-impact network when you naturally despise traditional networking events, parties, and small talk

-What separates parasitic networking from symbiotic value creation and why cold outreach fails when you bring nothing to the table

-Why young creators need to spend six to twelve months quietly building a portfolio before trying to leverage high-profile connections

-How automating an inefficient workflow with artificial intelligence only scales your operational mistakes faster

-What the global shift toward open-source AI models means for local media companies and independent builders

-Why deep, multi-hour 1 on 1 conversations remain the ultimate mechanism for building trust, influence, and intellectual leverage

Your network isn’t built in noisy rooms handing out business cards; it’s earned through the depth of your work and the quiet value you bring to the table.

If you’re a founder or creator trying to build something that lasts in Nepal’s changing digital landscape, missing this conversation isn’t just an oversight. It’s a missed blueprint.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Highlights

1:50 Intro 

9:30 Realization of self worth & self reflection 

18:11 How Open Source Is Taking Over

26:40 Sushant Pradhan Keeps up with Geopolitics, Culture & Human Conflict 

36:26 How the Host Inspired Sushant Pradhan to Start Podcasting

48:16 The Harsh Reality of Competing in the Global Market

54:52 Is Success Just Borrowed Time From Your Youth?

1:00:38 Creator Economy in 2014: Before "Influencers" Existed

1:10:15 "Making Money Is Making Money" (Unfiltered Advice)

1:17:49 Sushant Pradhan’s perception as the "Fitness Guy" 

1:25:10 Rethinking Fitness: Beyond Just Going to the Gym

1:30:37 Sushant Pradhan's Core Philosophy on Life

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🎙️ Guest: Sushant Pradhan

Podcaster & Entrepreneur

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How Nepali Immigrants Built a Federal Bank in the US | Suman Raj Timsina (CEO, Everest Federal Credit Union)

In this episode of The Doers, we sit down with Suman Raj Timsina, CEO of Everest Federal Credit Union (EFCU) and Executive Director at the International Development Institute. EFCU stands as the first and only financial institution chartered specifically for the Nepali diaspora across the United States.

Note: Everest Federal Credit Union (EFCU) is a federally chartered, NCUA-insured credit union operating as a full-service community financial institution. Unlike traditional commercial banks driven by outside shareholders, EFCU is 100% member-owned and not-for-profit.  

From conceptualizing the credit union in a New York basement in 2015 to securing a rare 50-state federal charter approved by the NCUA, Suman breaks down how community trust transforms into institutional financial power. We dive deep into affinity banking, how the US Nepali diaspora holds an estimated $19B+ in collective economic capacity, why modern banks operate as software enterprises, and how shifting diaspora mindsets from remittance to angel investing can back the next generation of global startups.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:01:23 - Welcome to Dallas & Show Kick-Off

00:02:07 - Establishing the First Nepali Community Bank Outside Nepal

00:02:59 - The Historic Roots of "Affinity Banking"

00:04:10 - Regulatory Approval: The Role of the US Congress & NCUA

00:04:59 - Humble Beginnings: Incepting Everest in a New York Basement

00:05:16 - Unlocking Nationwide Reach with a Rare 50-State Federal License

00:05:46 - The Not-For-Profit Model: Banks vs. Credit Unions

00:06:06 - Democratic Governance: Every Depositor Gets One Vote

00:06:33 - Broad Diaspora Eligibility: Nepal, Bhutan, and Beyond

00:08:31 - Life-Cycle Financial Products: Credit-Building to Mortgages

00:13:35 - Supporting the 10th Largest Foreign Student Population in the US

00:14:48 - Absolute Security: Federal Insurance up to $250,000

00:15:46 - 100% Reinvestment: Supporting Our People, Not Corporations

00:16:57 - Going Global: Opening US Dollar Accounts with Passports

00:18:59 - Replicating the Indian "Bank of Houston" Motel Success Model

00:21:40 - The Trust Test: Raising $3.65 Million in Just 3 Hours

00:23:42 - Modern Banking Shift: "Banks are IT Companies"

00:30:06 - Shifting Diaspora Culture: From Remittance to Angel Investing

00:38:11 - The Reality of BBA/MBA Degrees & The Power of Storytelling

00:55:57 - Beyond Banking: The Life-Saving $2,000 Emergency Loan

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CEO @ Everest Federal Credit Union (EFCU) 

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What does modern agriculture actually look like behind the scenes? 

In this deep-dive episode, we sit down with Brad Doyle, Chairman of the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and former President of the American Soybean Association,  operating out of Weiner, Arkansas. 

Stepping far beyond traditional manual labor, Brad pulls back the curtain on how multi-million-dollar family farms operate today as high-tech, data-driven global enterprises. 

You will discover how tractors drive themselves via precision GPS, how growers utilize complex yield-mapping software, and what happens when practical farming meets Ph.D.-level plant breeding alongside his wife Joyce.

The conversation also tackles the profound economic realities of managing capital-heavy operations, utilizing land and equipment as loan collateral, and navigating global soybean export markets. You will hear firsthand how producers beta-test tomorrow’s heavy machinery hand-in-hand with major engineers like John Deere, while critically addressing the real operational limits of AI integration. 

Ultimately, this episode lets you grasp the scale behind 80 million US acres, showing how farmers increase yields and why 97% of American farms remain fiercely family-owned. Whether you are an entrepreneur, an agribusiness professional, or simply curious about where your food comes from, this conversation completely reframes how technology, business, and tradition intersect on the modern farm.

Chapters

00:00:00 Highlight

00:01:35 - Introduction

00:02:45 - The 3rd-Generation Family Farm & Eagle Seed

00:03:19 - When Farming Meets PhD Science

00:06:42 - Surprise: 97% of US Farms Are Family-Owned

00:09:14 - The High-Stakes Business & Profitability of Farming

00:10:30 - Financial Risks, Bank Loans, & Farm Collateral

00:11:39 - The Generational Shift: From Manual Labor to Tech

00:15:26 - How Modern Farms Fuel Local Rural Economies

00:16:06 - Tech Transformation: GPS & Self-Driving Tractors

00:16:31 - Yield Monitors, Big Data, & Off-Season Planning

00:17:43 - The Reality, Limits, and Fears of AI in Agriculture

00:23:49 - Navigating the Global Soybean Export Market

00:31:11 - The Soybean Checkoff System Explained

00:32:41 - The $80M Impact of the United Soybean Board

00:38:43 - Grasping Scale: 80 Million Acres of Production

00:39:14 - How Farmers Increase Yields While Losing Farmland

00:42:02 - Beta-Testing the Future of Machinery with Engineers

00:44:48 - What Keeps a Farmer Up at Night? (Profitability)

00:47:01 - The Pride and Honor of American Agriculture

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Kevin Roepke, Executive Director, Middle East, North Africa & South Asia at the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), joins us live from Chicago for a wide-ranging conversation on agriculture, food security, global trade, remittance, and entrepreneurship.

From how American farmers approach agriculture as a business to why Nepal continues to depend on food imports and remittance, Kevin shares a global perspective on what it takes to build a stronger and more competitive agricultural economy.

We explore the strategic importance of soybeans, the changing nature of globalization, food and energy security, Nepal’s need for focused industries, and the importance of long-term thinking in building the country’s economic future.

A conversation on how Nepal can turn its agricultural potential into a focused, competitive, and globally relevant economic engine.

Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:29 Live from Chicago: Why America Celebrates Its Farmers

00:04:03  Nepal’s Agriculture: Poor Image, Huge GDP

00:05:50  Remittance: A Sweet Outcome of Desperation

00:06:51 If Nepal Were a Company, What Would It Focus On?

00:10:03  The Mathematical Farmer: How US Agriculture Competes

00:16:06  Why Nepal Imports Its Staple Crops

00:17:30  Can Hydropower Replace Remittance?

00:19:59  The Soybean Problem: Nepal’s Hidden Protein Gap

00:22:56  How Soybeans Shape Global Geopolitics

00:23:53  Why a “Jack of All Trades” Strategy Never Works

00:29:38  Food & Energy Security Is National Security

00:33:29  Nepal’s Missing 25–40 Generation

00:37:12  Shark Tank Nepal Season 2: What Changes?

00:38:48  The Shark’s Golden Rule: Deal Structure

00:40:36  Why Global Business Connections Matter

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🎙️ About Pankaj Pradhananga

Pankaj Pradhananga is the founder of Impact Adventure, a Nepali tourism company focused on creating specialized and inclusive travel experiences.

With almost 30 years of experience across the travel and hospitality industry, Pankaj has worked as a tour guide, general manager, and corporate executive before turning his focus toward building a more inclusive and high-value tourism model for Nepal.

What if Nepal stopped competing for more tourists and started competing for the right tourists?

In this episode of The Doers, we sit down with Pankaj Pradhananga, founder of Impact Adventure, to explore how Nepal can move beyond generic tourism packages, price wars, and the traditional “mountains-only” narrative.

With nearly three decades of experience in Nepal’s travel and hospitality industry, Pankaj shares how niche tourism, accessible travel, ageless tourism, diaspora experiences, and product curation can create a higher-value tourism industry for Nepal.

From building Nepal’s first 1.33 km accessible trail at Kaskikot to designing experiences for travelers aged 55+, Pankaj makes the case that Nepal doesn’t necessarily need more tourists, it needs better products for the tourists it can serve best.

The conversation also gets personal: why he walked away from corporate success, returned to business school, and chose the harder path of entrepreneurship.

⏱️ Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:31  Why Selling the Same Package Is Killing Tourism Businesses

04:09  How Nepal’s Tourism Industry Became a Commodity

09:34  Nepal Is More Than Mountains

11:27  The Untapped Business of Accessible Tourism

21:06  Why Accessible Travelers Spend 3–5× More

28:48  Building Nepal’s First Accessible Trail

32:24  Why 55+ Travelers Could Be Tourism’s Best Customers

44:40  What Maslow Can Teach Us About Tourism

52:50  Why Nepal’s DMCs Need to Become Brands

54:38  The 7 P’s: Why Product Comes Before Promotion

58:04  The Opportunity in Nepali Diaspora Tourism

01:07:04  Walking Away From Corporate Success to Build a Startup

01:14:56  Why Pankaj Went Back to Business School

01:22:34  “Because It Is There”: The Entrepreneurial Mindset

01:27:04  Why Entrepreneurs Must Never Cut Corners

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👥 Guest: Pankaj Pradhananga

Founder, IMPACT Adventure 

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In this exclusive outdoor podcast live from Chicago, we sit down with Anand Bagaria, a prominent fourth-generation businessman and a Shark on Shark Tank Nepal. Anand shares an eye-opening, highly positive, and strategic outlook on how Nepal can break free from traditional economic traps and build a thriving future.

We dive deep into why Nepal must stop treating its farmers as "pity cases" and instead celebrate them as high-profile celebrity businessmen. Agriculture already contributes 25–26% of Nepal’s GDP, but our national focus is severely mismatched.

While Nepal has relied heavily on remittance, which Anand calls a "sweet outcome of a desperate situation," the real path to sustainable wealth lies in national focus, agricultural specialization, and robust business structuring.

Anand shares critical lessons from the multi-billion-dollar U.S. soybean industry, debunks the "Jack of all trades" approach to national farming, and drops invaluable advice on what he looks for in Shark Tank Nepal Season 2, including why structuring is 10x more important than the investment amount itself.

00:00:00 Doers Goes to USA

00:02:28  Why America Made Anand See Farming Differently

00:03:34  Why Nepal Still Looks Down on Farmers

00:04:46  The Remittance Trap: A Sweet Outcome of Desperation

00:07:56  Nepal Has the Land. So Why Are We Still Struggling?

00:11:19  What Government Should Actually Do for Agriculture

00:15:59  How Nepal Built an Import-Dependent Economy

00:17:26  Why We Export Raw Crops and Import Finished Products

00:23:39  What America’s Soybean Strategy Can Teach Nepal

00:24:36  Why Nepal Can’t Be Great at Everything

00:28:09  Is Globalization Ending? The Case for Self-Sufficiency

00:32:08  What Nepal Needs: A 25-Year Plan for Agriculture

00:38:31  What Anand Looks for in Shark Tank Nepal Season 2

00:38:57  Why Structuring Matters More Than Investment

00:40:26  What the Sharks Expect From Season 2

00:41:50  The Bigger Lesson: Thinking Beyond Nepal

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Nabin Chauhan grew up in Nawamidanda, a village in Panchthar so remote that roads never reached it. He tried his hand at business and watched it fail before cinema ever entered the picture. By the time Unko Sweater was released, he wasn't a filmmaker chasing a dream, he was a man who had already been humbled enough times to tell a story without pretending. 

In this episode, we talk: 

-Why owning your YouTube distribution platform early changes the power dynamics of modern filmmaking forever.

-What actually happens behind closed doors when navigating censor board delays, tight release windows, and sleepless production nights.

-Why true leadership on set relies on human kindness and operational discipline rather than artificial hype or ego.

-What "global cinema" truly means when you eliminate regional boundaries and design stories that transcend language.

-Why the ultimate evolution for a visionary creator is transitioning from a solo director to building a whole creative ecosystem for other artists.

The film made रू11 crore on a budget of रू2 crore, but the number was never the point for Chauhan, the point was proving a story from a roadless village in Panchthar could hold a country's attention. If you're building something in Nepal and think your background isn't cinematic enough to matter, this says otherwise.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Highlights

1:32 Introduction

3:07 Why release day makes a director anxious

14:13 Language is secondary, art has no boundaries

14:33 His journey from Panchthar

25:37 How emotions shape the world

30:48 From entrepreneur to director & writer

40:30 How one person can handle every aspect of filmmaking

44:48 A director's experience behind the film

46:30 Why rumours travel faster than the truth

1:00:59 Why do we chase success?

1:09:56 From a humble village to Kathmandu

1:18:33 Nabin Dai and Artmandu: Similarities and differences

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From Wall Street trading floors to Nepal's hydropower-fed data centers, we're diving deep into the collision of artificial intelligence, banking, and national ambition a conversation about who controls the future of money, why accountability matters more than speed, and whether a young, resource-rich nation like Nepal can finally stop importing outcomes and start exporting intelligence with Pravesh Rijal.

In this episode, we talk about:

-Why does a Wall Street quant with a PhD in transformer architecture believe Nepal can leapfrog nations decades ahead of it

-How $24 billion sitting in Nepali bank vaults and $10 billion in yearly remittance could become the country's biggest untapped weapon

-What happens when AI stops being a tool humans use and starts becoming the distribution channel for all of finance

-Why banks are terrified fintechs are quietly stealing the one thing that actually matters — data

-How a 2017 research paper called "Attention Is All You Need" secretly built the foundation for every AI tool the world uses today

-What it really means when a bank tells you "we're just custodians" while billions move invisibly through their rails

-Why speed without accountability is the fastest way to destroy trust in the age of AI

-How Nepal's 9-10% remittance transaction cost is silently taxing millions of families every single month

-What the future of embedded finance looks like when banks disappear completely and come to you instead

This episode asks the one question every Nepali dreamer needs to sit with: are we ready to stop importing outcomes, and finally start exporting intelligence. Because the tools exist. The talent exists. The only thing left to decide is whether we're bold enough to use them.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction

04:54 What is Quant?

09:54 "Attention Is All You Need" Is the Foundation of GPT

12:16 My PhD Research Is on Transformers

14:19 Our Philosophy at Cross River

21:13 Where Is Fintech Headed Globally?

28:41 Embedded Finance Might Become Bigger Than Fintech

33:18 The Biggest Moat Is Intelligence and Distribution

35:06 The First Decentralized Data Marketplace Developed in Nigeria

40:00 Something Is Happening in Nepal

45:21 Cities Are More Similar Than Countries

50:16 What Is a Stablecoin?

1:05:20 How Would You Train the Next Generation Differently?

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