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- WTH S3E5 | Gaurav Singh Talks About 321 Education Foundation, Education In India, Leadership, And Creating A Strong Firm Culture
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About the guest:
Gaurav Singh is a social entrepreneur who founded & led 321 Education foundation for 10 years. In that period 321 Foundation impacted 1 lakh+ students, 30,000 teachers and 1000 schools and an independent evaluation found that in just 1 year, 321 was improving student learning by 4 times. For his work, Gaurav was awarded the prestigious Ashoka & Echoing Green fellowships. He was also the first fellow recruited in the first batch of Teach for India.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gauravsingh961
Harsh Swaminarayan’s Episode: https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com/harsh-swaminarayan-talks-about-a-career-in-education-mental-models-and-how-to-be-a-constant-learner-27/
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Gaurav’s journey from Accenture to the education industry
06:13 - 321 Education Foundation
12:33 - challenges seen by 321 Education Foundation
23:47 - why curriculum needs to be relatable for students
24:34 - Learnings from Teach For India
28:32 - Culture @ 321 Education Foundation
32:57 - Good culture in an organization is important
35:00 - how do you integrate good culture in your organization
40:55 - framework for problem solving
50:30 - stepping into a leadership role
57:19 - Top 3
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About What the HAT!?
This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more.
Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.
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1 hr 5 min - WTH S3E4 | Tumul Buch on Co-Founding Stupid Sid, Entrepreneurship, Best Country to Pursue Higher Studies
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About the guest:
Tumul Buch, co-founder of Yocket – the largest study abroad community
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:15 - Stupid Sid
10:00 - Yocket
14:20 - Key Decisions as an entrepreneurial
15:50 - Yocket Premium
17:50 - Using Algorithms to Select Universities
19:55 - Surviving the Pandemic
21:35 - Advice to Teenage-self
22:00 - Best place for Doing Masters
23:30 - Bootstrapping vs VC Funding
25:50 - Learnings from entrepreneurship
28:50 - Overcoming Setbacks
30:30 - Top 3
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About What the HAT!?
This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more. We will also talk with our incredible guests in this podcast about productivity, leadership, management, careers, entrepreneurship, spirituality, and a lot more. On this podcast, we discuss everything and anything that will help us live a better life. Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: www.whatthehatpodcast.com
About the Hosts: Hiloni Punatar, Atit Kothari, Tapan Desai - https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com/about-us/
Hiloni Punatar - https://webshakers.in/
Atit Kothari - https://kothariatit.com/
Tapan Desai - https://tapandesai.com
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Books:
Zero to one
Never Split the Difference
Thinking fast and slow
33 min - WTH S3E3 | Khyati Mashru Discusses Investing, Personal Finance and Writing Your Money Story
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About the guest:Khyati is a chartered wealth manager by qualification and Financial Coach by choice. She specializes in discovering the financial DNA of individuals and families. She believes that every family's money story is unique and can be rewritten. She is on a mission to help 10,000 families rewrite their money story.
A successful women entrepreneur, admired leader, speaker, and columnist in the financial service industry with over a decade of experience. Founder & Chief Financial Coach of Plantrich & Vama Plantrich. Winner of “Young Innovator in Finance” by International Women Leaders Forum. Trained over 3K people in Personal Finance.
LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/khyatimashru
Plantrich : https://plantrich.in/
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:19 - Background
02:20 - What is Money Story?
05:00 - Women’s Relationship with Money
09:30 - How to Write your Money Story?
15:30 - Money Pitfalls for Newly Weds
19:20 - Is it better to have Joint Accounts?
25:20 - Building blocks of Personal Finance
26:30 - Importance of Writing a Will
28:00 - Money Tips for Young Adults
30:00 - 50-30-20 Rule
31:00 - Portfolio Allocation
33:00 - Bitcoin? NFTs?
35:00 - How much should you have in Gold
37:00 - Diversifying across Geography
39:15 - LIC !!
42:00 - Investing in Stock Market
45:00 - Current State of FinTech
46:50 - Top 3 Investment
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About What the HAT!?
This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more. We will also talk with our incredible guests in this podcast about productivity, leadership, management, careers, entrepreneurship, spirituality, and a lot more. On this podcast, we discuss everything and anything that will help us live a better life. Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: www.whatthehatpodcast.com
About the Hosts: Hiloni Punatar, Atit Kothari, Tapan Desai - https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com/about-us/
Hiloni Punatar - https://webshakers.in/
Atit Kothari - https://kothariatit.com/
Tapan Desai - https://tapandesai.com
52 min - WTH S3E2 | Dhruv Dewan Discusses Building A SaaS Business And Challenges For An Indian Entrepreneur
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A startup founder by day, dreamer by night; our guest this week is Dhruv Dewan. He is a co-founder at Thrive. Thrive is enabling restaurants to take back control from food delivery aggregators – including not having to share revenue and owning their customer’s data. In this episode, Dhruv shares his expertise and experience with building a SaaS business in the food and beverage industry in India, his failures, challenges, and a lot more.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhruv-dewan-3a5b8354/
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Timestamps:
00:50 - Start of Dhruv’s career in the corporate world
03:00 - HashtagLoyalty and beginning of Dhruv’s first business
08:30 - Building a SaaS business
12:41 - 5 metrics you should look at as a SaaS founder - Ideal Customer Profile, Product Market Fit, Value-Based Pricing, Monthly Revenue Run Rate, Geography
20:00 - Starting Thrive
23:03 - The four verticals of food ordering - Marketplace, Infrastructure, Logistics, Payments
25:43 - Challenges in a competitive market such as an India
28:58 - Co-founder accountability and how to resolve for entrepreneurs
32:00 - OKRs and how to measure key metrics
35:00 - Pivoting to a different geographical location with your business
*37:50 - Advice for college students on what should they work on
42:35 - Corporate world and starting a business
45:19 - Top 3
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About What the HAT!?
This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more.
Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: www.whatthehatpodcast.com
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54 min - WTH S3E1 | Neha Mishra Discusses Leadership Training, Goal Setting, Emotional Intelligence[podcast_subscribe id="274"]About the guest: Neha Mishra is a leadership trainer & a communication coach. She believes that a human mind is directed towards the co-development of others can do wonders for not just self-growth but society. She comes with experience in the field of Marketing & corporate communication for over a decade and for the last 5 years is building her own brand called Epinomi Consulting in the field of training & development.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nehatalks/Epinomi Consulting: www.epinomi.com-------------------------------------------------------------------Timestamps:01:38 - What is Neha Talks?03:58 - Epinomy Consulting04:50 - Training Leadership Skills and Behavioral Skills06:30 - Strategies for increasing your emotional intelligence09:40 - Process and methods to improve your emotional intelligence13:05 - Impostor Syndrome and working through your biases16:15 - Goal setting for work, life19:05 - Indian education system and competition over collaboration20:30- the myth of leadership22:45 - 3 key learnings on training people in leadership (1. Ability to relearn 2. Agility or adaptability 3. Rediscovering yourself)27:29 - how do you make leaders?30:15 - how to be a good manager?34:05 - Top 3 Recommendations - Ankur Warikoo, Gary V, and One Minute Manager------------------------------------------------------------------About What the HAT!?This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more. We will also talk with our incredible guests in this podcast about productivity, leadership, management, careers, entrepreneurship, spirituality, and a lot more. On this podcast, we discuss everything and anything that will help us live a better life. Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: www.whatthehatpodcast.comAll streaming platforms: https://linktr.ee/whatthehatAbout the Hosts: Hiloni Punatar, Atit Kothari, Tapan Desai - https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com/about-us/Hiloni Punatar - https://webshakers.in/Atit Kothari - https://kothariatit.com/Tapan Desai - https://tapandesai.com------------------------------------------------------------------FOLLOW USInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehatpodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/WTHATPodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatTheHatPodcast/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/whatthehat34 min
- Season Finale- Hiloni Punatar on Digital Marketing, Negotiations and Managing a Offshore Team | 31
About the guest:
We have Hiloni Punatar with us, award-winning entrepreneur and founder of a Digital Marketing agency WebShakers, who is a Creative Thinker and Marketing strategist transforming the way brands communicate and engage with audiences in the digital space. Armed with a strong background of technology and marketing, she has worked with various global brands across different industries like Future Group, Cipla, One Plus, Realme, IndiaBulls, Saffron Stays, and many more.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilonip/
Key Insights in this Episode:
- Managing an offshore team
- Tips for becoming a better negotiator
- Keeping team motivated
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Timestamps:
[02:00] Transition to US
[04:30] Managing offshore team
[09:00] WebShakers
[10:00] What is digital marketing?
[13:00] How to motivate your team?
[22:00] Dealing with imposter syndrome
[26:40] 3 tips for becoming a better negotiator
[31:00] Future of digital marketing in India
[38:00] Challenges for a women entrepreneur
[44:00] Top 3
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com
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56 min - Managing an offshore team
- Tanisha Wagh talks about UX Design, Psychology in Design, and On Taking Risks | 30
About the guest: During the day, she’s a Designer in the Education Technology space. During the evenings, she’s a fitness enthusiast. And at night, she’s a wannabe artist with a dark but mostly lame sense of humor who loves mulling over sociology and existential questions. Our guest this week is Tanisha Wagh who is a Product Designers at Zearn.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanishawagh/
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Timestamps:
[02:00] About Masters in HCI from Georgia Tech
[05:35] Internship at IIT
[10:00] Two years in Georgia Tech
[12:50] Working at Zearn
[16:00] Design Libraries and Design Systems
[17:05] Tanisha talks about her job experience
[20:15] On taking risks
[21:20] UI vs UX vs Visual Designer
[27:05] Technical and Creative aspect of design
[29:50] Psychology in UX Design
[31:15] Ethical vs Unethical Design
[32:05] Stickiness aspect of applications
[35:15] Constant learning process - medium.com, nngroup.com, dribble, uxplanet
[37:15] Career progression for a UX Designer
[40:20] Favorite app designs
[41:45] Advice to younger self
[43:50] What’s next for Tanisha - moving back to India!
[45:05] Top 3
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About What the HAT!?
We are three friends who met in our engineering college catching up with our old friends and acquaintances in this show. Each guest has a different journey, different story, and different insights. We are connecting and learning from people who have carved their journeys from creating funded startups in India to key roles in big companies. We are talking to people who went to Ivy League colleges and are academicians in India. We are working on gathering stories from these great minds.
This is the podcast for you if you are currently pursuing or have completed engineering. If you haven't studied engineering, this podcast is still for you, as we will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more.
Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not so ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com
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48 min - Yash Khandor on Software Management, Pivoting Careers and Creating Niche Content | 29
About the guest: An engineer, a tech idealist, and an energetic leader - our guest today is Yash Khandor. If you feel there's always a fixed path to success and you can't make the cut, talk to this guy. From studying Chemical Engineering as an undergrad to a Master's in Mathematical Modeling and Optimization from Carnegie Mellon University, he is currently an Engineering Manager at Mark43 and the Founder/CEO of International Cricket Network - ICN360. While the journey might look haphazard, there's a method to his madness.
Website: https://www.icn360.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketnetwork360
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icn360
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cricketnet360
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/43214637
Other Resources mentioned in the episode:
1. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp
2. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change Book by Camille Fournier
3. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks by Julie Zhuo
Timestamps:
[02:00] Intro
[04:00] Pivoting careers
[05:00] What is mathematical modeling?
[07:00] Software Engineering at SOTI
[12:00] Learning on the job
[15:00] Internet of Things
[18:00] Immigrate to Canada
[22:00] ICN360
[31:00] Creating niche content
[38:00] Importance of having a process
[40:00] Mental Model to use in everyday life
[42:00] Things software engineer should know
[44:00] Top 3
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About What the HAT!?
We are three friends who met in our engineering college catching up with our old friends and acquaintances in this show. Each guest has a different journey, different story, and different insights. We are connecting and learning from people who have carved their journeys from creating funded startups in India to key roles in big companies. We are talking to people who went to Ivy League colleges and are academicians in India. We are working on gathering stories from these great minds.
This is the podcast for you if you are currently pursuing or have completed engineering. If you haven't studied engineering, this podcast is still for you, as we will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more.
Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not so ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com
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55 min - Manan Mehta on Embedded Software, Argo AI, and Leaving No Stones Unturned 🚀 | 28
bout the guest: Living, studying, and working in 3 different countries has shaped our next guest’s eternal love for machines and technology, he is Manan Mehta. Manan is an embedded software engineer who is currently building autonomous vehicles at Argo AI. His morning routine includes masala chai and Bollywood music and believes that attitude and strategy can compensate for talent but talent can never compensate for the other two.
Key Insights in this Episode:
[03:30] Software and Hardware Stacks in Self-driving cars
[42:19] Leave no stone unturned
[43:19] Learn through failure
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Timestamps:
[02:00] Intro
[03:00] About Argo.ai
[03:30] Software and Hardware Stacks in Self-driving cars
[04:32] Manan’s role in Argo.ai and discussion on embedded systems
[08:55] How did Manan choose this career?
[14:09] Finding a job after graduating from college
[19:30] Deciding ongoing for Masters program
[21:00] Choosing San Jose for Masters
[24:32] Argo.ai application process
[36:00] Interview process at Argo.ai
[38:52] How to continue to learn in your career - mentors, papers, books
[42:19] Leave no stone unturned
[43:19] Learn through failure
[44:00] Top 3
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com
50 min - Harsh Swaminarayan talks about a Career in education, Mental Models and How to be a Constant Learner | 27
About the guest: Currently pursuing his teenage dream of revolutionizing the Indian Educational System as a means to catalyse self-awareness in all humans.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshswaminarayan/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarshSwaminarayan/
321 Education: https://321-foundation.org/
Resources:
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity/up-next?language=enhttps://waitbutwhy.com/2017/03/elon-musk-post-series.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4a7agVFr1TxU-mpAP8hkw
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYC6Vcczj8v-Y5OgpEJTFBw
Key Insights in this Episode:
- Wicked and Tame problems [18:20]
- Principles and Mental Models for better decisions [27:00]
- How to be a constant learner? [31:00]
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Timestamps:
[02:00] How to create your OWN professional path?
[11:00] How did you pivot to a career in education?
[14:00] Lessons from Teach for India
[18:20] Wicked and Tame problems
[20:00] 321 Education Foundation
[24:00] Role in 321
[27:00] Any principles that you apply at work or models that you have built that help you make better decisions
[31:00] How to be a constant learner?
[31:47] What’s next?
[34:20] Books Recommendations
[36:20] TV/Movie Recommendations
[38:20] Podcast/YouTube Recommendations
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About What the HAT!?
We are three friends who met in our engineering college catching up with our old friends and acquaintances in this show. Each guest has a different journey, different story, and different insights. We are connecting and learning from people who have carved their journeys from creating funded startups in India to key roles in big companies. We are talking to people who went to Ivy League colleges and are academicians in India. We are working on gathering stories from these great minds.
This is the podcast for you if you are currently pursuing or have completed engineering. If you haven't studied engineering, this podcast is still for you, as we will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more.
Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not so ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com
48 min - Wicked and Tame problems [18:20]
About What the HAT!?
From the publisher's feed
We are three friends who met in our engineering undergraduate college catching up with our old friends and acquaintances where each guest has a different journey and different insights that you can learn from. This podcast is for everyone who wants to learn and grow whether it's deciding to start a company, doing a side hustle with your 9-to-5 job, going abroad for further studies, choosing a college for your Masters or MBA, living a sustainably fit life, running a family business, or being happy. We talk about a lot of things!
Extraordinary insights from not so ordinary people.