In this episode we talk to Rahul, Pilani'05 and ex tennis team captain! He has been an umpire in 9 Wimbledons and holds the unofficial record of highest time spent on the Wimbledon court as a married couple.

We discussed his computer vision hawk eye project in college, hawk eye in tennis, how top players act in tough moments and much more.. Tune in!

Apr 24 2022

Creators of Early Twenties podcast got together after a hiatus of a year only to realise that they are aging beyond their early twenties! Bids for takeover might be considered.

Lot has changed since we recorded last- we've moved across continents, startups and relationships have been shut, personalities have shifted, jobs have been switched and ankles have been broken.

Tune into this episode as we draw upon epiphanies like 'there is no point of money if you cannot say no to more money', 'having children is like IPO' and 'sub-consciously asking yourself about whether the woman will be the right mother of your children, on the first date, but sub-consciously'!

Yo yo yo! On this episode of the Early Twenties Podcast, we sit down with Karthik(Co-Founder & CEO at Flexiple) to discuss his journey thus far. We discuss about the importance of bootstrapping a startup, his experiences as he navigated life after college(BITS Pilani & IIM-A) and for a first time on this podcast, we talked about dogs. One thing that struck out to us was the first principle thinking methodology that Karthik follows, tune in and enjoy!

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Welcome to one of the biggest episodes on this podcast, on this one we sit down with Deedy(yes, from the Deedy resume fame!) to talk about his life's journey, career decisions, relationships, fitness and a lot more! Deedy has a lot of stories to share, and we have a funny feeling about him making it big in the podcasting world :)

This episode is especially interesting for folks doing/have done Computer Science as their major as he talks about his transition from working at Google & Facebook to now working at a startup in the valley. One thing we've learnt from talking to people on the show is that a huge amount of skills are transferrable across different sectors of life - and this was one thing that was very clear as I reflected on this conversation. Lots to unpack here, tune in and enjoy!

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On this episode of the Early Twenties podcast, the four of us sit down to do a review on 2020(as they say, Hindsight is 20/20), and discuss goals for the new year. We discuss finance, relationships, work and martial arts - along with the usual bakchodi that comes with our episodes. 

Tune in and let us know whether you like these free-flowing conversations better than the scripted ones? Well, we never did scripted ones anyway :)

"Wankhede Stadium me shareholder meeting karni hai" - Anirudh Singla

On this episode of the Early Twenties Podcast, we have a candid conversation with Anirudh about starting up out of college and navigating the highs & lows of entrepreneurship all at the age of 21. One thing that struck out for us for the maturity that he displays, and how he talks about growing exponentially on a day-to-day basis.

Lots packed into this episode, especially if you're in the creative field and curious to know how Pepper could help out!

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 - Anirudh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SinglaAnirudh

 - Anirudh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudh-singla-3a1844137/

 - Pepper: https://www.peppercontent.in/

If we don’t take responsibility of weeding out unwanted societal elements, it will eventually come back and bite us! — Abhishek

On this episode of the Early Twenties Podcast we learn about Abhishek’s journey of navigating from the helm of capitalism to an agent of change. 

He sold a startup right after college and now runs Navgurukul, a foundation that enables youngsters from under privileged communities to get high paying jobs in the industry.

We dig deep into his quest for happiness and meaning, evolving through experience instead of intellect and how everyone can contribute towards a better society. Fun fact- Abhishek went from being a temperature sensitive person to living without a fan in Delhi summer and bathing in the river in hilly winter.

He is an intense personality and so is this episode. Rest assured, it’s going to be a lot of learning and unlearning. Jump right in!

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Abhishek Gupta- https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishekgupta92/?originalSubdomain=in

Navgurukul- https://navgurukul.org/

Work with Abhishek- https://www.notion.so/Job-Board-cc0fc74362214e4a8d31a061ad9559ba

On this episode, we are celebrating Gyani's 1000 kilometer running goal this year. On the one-year anniversary episode of the Early Twenties, we had committed to mileage goals for 2020, Gyani went ahead and killed it in eight months! 

We go behind the scenes, and talk about Gyani's running consistency and how controlling the diet helped him lose 16 kilos in this time period. Running is one of those things that are discussed often on this podcast, and we never get bored of it. Continuing on the thread of making commitments on this public platform, we commit to training goals for our full marathon attempt in Jan/Feb 2021.

Drawing parallels between running and life isn't much of a stretch, and that's why they say, Keep hammering.

Be the jack of all trades. It's being looked down upon, but that's not actually true. It's good to be the jack of all trades when you're 19 -- Aayush

On this episode of the Early Twenties Podcast, we talk to Aayush Jain and talk about his journey from Kota to Pilani to London & Indore, and also about the story behind his transition from a finance job to leading Greendeck as CEO. 

We go into the details of Aayush's early startup attempts in college and after, and how he has grown as a founder over the years. We, at Early Twenties, are never the ones to hide our vulnerabilities - we talk about the low points of running a startup when things don't work out. 

This, and a lot more about what Aayush is currently building at Greendeck. Tune in for another banger!

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Raw. Unfiltered. Fascinating. 

On this episode of the Early Twenties podcast, we discuss about our experiences & experiments with nofap, male sexuality and pornography. This has been an episode long time in the making, one which we always wanted to discuss in detail without any censorship. It is weird that we don't discuss sexuality openly in the mainstream or even with our peers, although it is a topic that affects every individual's life.

We discuss the objectives of our NoFap streaks, how & what we felt, and where we see this going forward in our lives. It might be a discussion that could change how you live your everyday life. We are joined by Preet Singh Khalsa, a junior from Pilani who's going to be a core member of the Early Twenties team from now onwards. 

It takes us a while to get into the meat of the topic, so sit back, relax and tune in.

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