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  • Part 2 - Creating a better framework for startups in India - Sanil Sachar co-founder of Huddle. And co-owner of global sports brand, Trusox

    Part 2 of my interview with Sanil Sacher co-founder of huddle a startup incubator based in Delhi. So in this episode he talks his entrepreneurial life. Talks about his moment of epiphany. Gives great advice on beating the Monday morning blues talks about how to scale consumer goods companies, some Richard Branson chat , key takeaway from working at Star Sports , and mental health chat. Finally a first for the indian startup show, Sanil reads out some of his wonderful some poetry.

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    21 min
  • Creating a better framework for startups in India (Part 1) - Sanil Sachar co-founder of Huddle. And co-owner of global sports brand, Trusox,

    Providing 360-degree support to multiple startups. Today I speak to Sanil Sachar co-founder of Huddle a startup incubator based in Delhi. He is also an entrepreneur, national best-selling author, angel investor, columnist, co-owner of global sports brand, Trusox, motivational speaker and leadership coach. I decided to split this into two parts . So in this episode we talk about the startup incubator he co-founded , what inspired him to do this, what they look for when it comes to investing, raising funds in india, exits, advice for first time investors ,he talks about what startups you should be investing in and what he likes & dislikes in the Indian startup ecosystem.

    In this conversation we also talk about:

    • Mentoring startups
    • The application process
    • Being open to single founders & non technical founders
    • How much do they invest & how much equity do they take.
    • Investing in data over sound technology, blockchain & keto markets
    • Startup scene in Delhi , compared to Mumbai & Bangalore.
    • Motivations
    • How much should you invest?
    • and much more

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      The Indian Startup Show is hosted and produced by Neil Patel

      Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilpatel2/

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      24 min
    • Building India's fastest growing new-age, values-driven vegan skin care & beauty brand - Shankar Prasad founder of Pureplay Skin Sciences

      ‘One piece of advice I will give is this - listen to the consumer , listen to the consumer, listen to the consumer , everything flows from that, if that’s not part of you equation then your starting at the wrong place - Shankar Prasad. Today I speak to Shankar Prasad, Founder, Pureplay Skin Sciences.One of indian fastest growing vegan & grooming brands. He has over 20 years of creating and building consumer goods india. So in this podcast we talk about his iterative design process, his research , his pricing strategy , using social media influencers, the Skin care for men market, taking calculated risks, advice on building your own consumer goods brand and learn how to improve your communication skills. And finally some warren Buffett chat as well so please enjoy the show.

      In this conversation we also talk about:

      • Starting out as a chemical engineer.
      • Leaving corporate life and going it alone.
      • Why vegan?
      • Bring inspired by the goodness of nature, and & doing good
      • Online & offline selling strategies
      • Understanding want goes on in the west ,will likely happen in India
      • Social media advice - Earn your place at the table.
      • Launching skin care products for men & size of market.
      • Favourite brands and why.
      • Thoughts & experiences on using Youtube video for marketing & advertising.
      • and much more

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        music by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

        The Indian Startup Show is hosted and produced by Neil Patel

        Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilpatel2/

        If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

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        29 min
      • Vikas Jha CEO & founder of Alore CRM - On building one of India's fastest growing sales platform

        India is emerging as one of the fastest-growing markets for SaaS (software as a service)-based customer relationship management (CRM) firms. So today i speak to Vikas Jha founder & CEO of Alore. Alore offers everything needed to run a sales team at scale - from finding business email addresses to running automated drip campaigns to monitoring the performance of sales teams. So he talks about it all got started , how the product works. How they acquire customers around the world organically without spending money on marketing. Talks about nearly going bankrupt , talks about what makes a great salesperson, being an ex-merchant navy officer turned venture capitalist turned entrepreneur. Gives great book recommendations , talks about burnout , mental health. He talks about bootstrapping strategies what worked and what didn't work and finally he talks about how he transitioned from corporate life to startup life.

        in this conversation we also talk about:

        • Sales so far
        • Early bootstrap strategies using Facebook groups
        • Product design process
        • Unique pricing models
        • 2 business models
        • Is email still a good way to sell?
        • The 'land & expand' strategy
        • Book recommendation - Atomic Habits by James Clear & OKR by John Dorr
        • Seeing 800 business plans in a year as a VC and what to put in a pitch deck.
        • Great hiring advice and processes.
        • How he dealt with mental health & burnout
        • Advice on pivoting
        • Dealing with rejection
        • and much more

          links

          https://alore.io/

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          music by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

          The Indian Startup Show is hosted and produced by Neil Patel

          Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilpatel2/

          If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

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          39 min
        • Reinventing Student Living - OxfordCaps CEO Annu Talreja & COO Priyanka Gera on building India’s largest student accommodation business

          Student living 2.0! Today I speak with Annu Talreja and Priyanka Gera they have co-founded OxfordCaps. OxfordCaps is Asia's first branded and tech-enabled student housing company they started in Singapore and now growing rapidly in India so in this episode they talk about how they went from quitting their corporate jobs to raising $10 million dollars in funding. They talk about how they are enhancing the student experience, female entrepreneurship , the hardest part about doing business in India , they talk about pitching to investors and knowing each other since childhood. And finally some Steve jobs, Jack Ma chat.

          In this conversation we also talk about:

          • Going from 200 beds to 15000 beds
          • Are they growing too fast?
          • First impressions of each other
          • How they divided the different roles & responsibilities at the start.
          • Appreciating each other
          • Getting customers
          • Having supportive investors
          • Lion mom culture & stress
          • Technology
          • and much more!

            links

            https://oxfordcaps.com/

            The Indian Startup Show is hosted and produced by Neil Patel

            Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilpatel2/

            If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

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            46 min
          • Helping Global Indians Find Love - Naina Hiranandani COO & Co-Founder of Sirf Coffee

            What do women want? & how do you deal with those annoying Aunties! Well today your going to find out. My guest is Naina Hiranandani, COO & Co-founder Sirf Coffee. Sirf Coffee is a bespoke dating service revolutionising dating for global Indians. In this exciting episode she talks about servicing clients around the world using an offline approach to dating and why they take this approach. She talks about the operational side of the business and why the business model has not changed over 10 years. She talks about why they don’t spend money on marketing or take investment and finally she shares some great dating advice you can try if your footloose and fancy free!

            In this episode we talk about

            • How many dates have they have setup
            • Walking away from a lucrative career to do this
            • Building a prototype
            • Word of mouth marketing
            • Do opposites attract?
            • What it takes to be a COO
            • The future of dating
            • Being different to the rest of the competition
            • Having courage
            • Book recommendation Sapiens - Yuval Harari & Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari
            • and much more

              links

              https://www.sirfcoffee.com/

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              54 min
            • The Best of The Indian Startup Show - Part 10

              Big News I am starting a production company creating Indian based dramas documentaries & animation shows package them up for multicultural audiences around the world. So if you are writer ,scriptwriter, producer animators or know someone who is or has an original and interesting story tell or want to pitch me your concepts Then get in touch and we can turn this into the next big Netflix / Amazon Prime show. Please get in touch , [email protected] email title production. Thank you for downloading the Best of The Indian Startup Show Part 10. So Today you will hear from

              Ganesh Shankar, Co-Founder of FluxGen - On Solving India’s Water Shortage Crisis.

              "WHO WILL MARRY YOU!" - Ganesh's mother's reaction to him quitting General Electric & starting his own company! A start-up company based in Bangalore they has developed a low-cost and local Internet of Things (IoT) solution for energy and water management (EWM). So in this podcast we talk about - How he got the idea, how it works, the ups and downs of entrepreneurial life to bootstrapping the company.

              We also talk about management styles & why the 14th February is an important date! Nothing to do with Valentine's day! Future of Indian Startups. Stats. The cultural advantages of Indian startups. He also talks about an inspirational cycling adventure from Bangalore to Goa.

              Examples of troubles & challenges

              Stats so far
              Starting the business without a business plan
              Can anyone be an Entrepreneur?
              What problem are they solving?
              Aims and objectives in the next 2 years
              How does he keep on top of things
              His management styles "You focus on your work, I will focus on your career!"
              Life at General Electric
              Comparing management styles between Fluxgen & General Electric
              Cycling chat!

              Next up is Vineet Rajan , Co-Founder of Scout My Trip - On building India's premier do-it-yourself platform for road trips .

              When Vineet was 5 years old, his dad shoved him into a car and took him on his first ever road trip! Now he is the co-founder of Scout My Trip, a platform & planner for road trips anywhere in India, they are doing really well. Its a big market 90% of all travel today is by road. 60% of all vacations today are road trips. We talk about how he got 5,000 signups before launching, being part of a tech accelerator, mistakes he has made on the way, to being profitable. We also talk about amazing road trips you can try, His passion for riding his Royal Enfield bike around India and much more.

              In this conversation we also talk about:

              Stats for far

              Meeting his co-founder on the highway
              What he calls his Royal Enfield bike!
              A key takeaway from being in an accelerator
              Trying to be the Uber for travel agents.
              Getting people to the website
              Can anyone be an entrepreneur?
              Iconic road trips in India
              Road trips do's and don'ts
              What keeps him up a night?
              Having a supportive dad
              Taking risks
              Lessons learned
              The dream trip
              Bill Gates chat

              And finally Mathew Browne, CEO of Kolkata Yoga Club - On bringing Yoga to the masses!

              we talk about the difficult first 3 months in his startup journey, marketing tactics, pricing strategies, roadmaps, his management style, getting into the corporate wellness space we also discuss laughter yoga, super brain yoga, desk yoga and some Conor McGregor chat as well and much much more so please enjoy the show!

              in this conversation we also talk about:

              Stats

              Delivering yoga to your home
              How they got started
              Painting walls to attract customers
              No pushy sales!
              Who are they targeting?
              Popular classes
              Thoughts on online yoga apps
              Why Yoga?
              Dealing with Corporate companies
              How big do they want to go with this?

              I would like to pay tribute to everyone listening and subscribing to show for the past four years. Without you, this podcast would not have been possible! I’m very grateful.

              The Indian Startup Show is hosted and produced by Neil Patel

              Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilpatel2/

              If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

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              1 hr 22 min
            • The Best of The Indian Startup Show - Part 9

              Sit back & enjoy some of the best moments of The indian Startup Show. But first I would like to pay tribute to everyone listening and subscribing to show for the past four years. Without you, this podcast would not have been possible! I’m very grateful. You will hear from

              ­Anupama Gowda, Co-founder of Workbench Projects - On building a maker space for tinkerers, artists, makers, engineers & anyone with an inspired spirit!

              • A project using tidal wave energy for domestic use
              • Thoughts on Hyperloop is it hype? or for real?
              • Building amazing things with wood!
              • A project using the first electronic stethoscope
              • Her dad supporting her madness
              • Arts background
              • Working with Colonel Vinod - ex-Paratrooper & international hockey player!
              • Favourite pieces of Art
              • Working with Tamil children to produce digital fabricated puppet show
              • Raghav Gupta, Co-founder of Nymble Labs - On creating a curry cooking robot! Freeing Indians from their kitchen!

                • Meet Julia your curry cooking robot!
                • Best advice received from the Bosch Tech accelerator
                • His favourite & least favourite foods
                • Being covered by Bloomberg
                • How much will it cost?
                • 600 people applied for the Bosch accelerator - Why did they get in?
                • What would this business look in 10 years time
                • Favorite products - Dyson
                • Nivedha R.M - Co-founder of TrashCon - On a mission to solve India’s huge waste management problem.

                  • Being a mentor to people 3 times her age
                  • Not giving up easily!
                  • Age, qualification , status - does not matter
                  • Seeing huge mountains of landfill
                  • Bringing about a change in society.
                  • Hitting the right pain point at the right time
                  • How she got the idea - great story!
                  • What happens after the waste gets separate - very interesting case studies!
                  • What can go wrong?
                  • Getting help from her mother
                  • P.S

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                    Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!

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                    P.P.S

                    You're going to love CreativeLive! Online classes in photography, art, design, craft & DIY, marketing, business, and entrepreneurship. Available on-demand 24-7.

                    Use my link to take $15 off your first CreativeLive class of $25 or more!

                    https://refer.creativelive.com/s/Neil108

                    music by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

                    The Indian Startup Show is hosted and produced by Neil Patel

                    Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilpatel2/

                    If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

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                    1 hr 24 min
                  • Revolutionising personal loans for salaried professionals - Satyam Kumar CEO & Co founder of LoanTap - One of India's fastest growing Fintech startups

                    "Growing up in a country that has been credit starved"- Satyam Kumar. Satyam is the CEO & Co-founder of Loan Tap a digital lending platform for salaried employees. They are one of the fastest growing Fintech startups in India. So in this episode he talks raising $22 million in funding from bootstrapping the business 3 years ago. The Indian lending ecosystem, shares digital marketing strategies including Diwali marketing tips. He talks about mistakes startups make when pitching for investment. Learn how they deal with fraud. He also shares excellent financial advice and finally some Amitabh Bachchan chat.

                    in this conversation we also talk about:

                    • Bootstrap strategies
                    • Creating customer awareness
                    • Wedding loans
                    • Being profitable
                    • Book recommendation - Measure What matters:OKR's John Dorr
                    • Indian Poetry
                    • Fintech startup advice
                    • After raising $22 million is it pressure on or off
                    • Thoughts on Bitcoin
                    • https://loantap.in

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                      The Indian Startup Show is hosted and produced by Neil Patel

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                      46 min
                    • Sanjay Manaktala - From an IT engineer to India's top stand-up comedian
                      Being very Indian & doing something non Indian! my guest is Sanjay Manaktala Sanjay is one of India’s best stand-up comedians, based out of Bangalore and performs at different places all over India. So in this episode we talk about his amazing career so far. He talks about his digital content that has been viewed over 35 million times across Facebook and YouTube. We talk about his background in mixing humor and comedy while spending 10 years in the IT Industry. He also talks about dealing with Internet fame, working with Russell brand , Imposter syndrome, stage fright and dealing with hecklers! much more.
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