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Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Shweta Shah founder of The Gourmet Runway a fashion , food and travel blog.

This is the first show in our 6 part series of “The Blogger Edit” a partnership between The Entrepreneur Podcast and The Digital Rosé showcasing the journey of blogging.

   

Shweta spends time between Sydney and Bombay , graduated from the university of new south whales and her masters in fashion and luxury from Università Bocconi Italy, prior to Gourmet Runway she was a stylist and model at Prasad Bidapa’s Model Management and an accountant at PWC.

Gourmet Runway basically aims to inform young, independent women about all things gourmet, whether it be fashion, beauty, food, health or travel!

The Entrepreneur Podcast in partnership with The Digital Rosé has partnered for a 6 part series “The Blogger Edit” showcasing the journey of blogging with 6 Rose bloggers.

About :  Shweta Shah : LinkedIn

Links : The Gourmet Runway : Web ; Facebook ; Instagram ; Twitter ; Roposo

The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.

   

Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Shona Sinha, Founder of The Digital Rosé from Bangalore India.

The Digital Rosé is  an online company helping Indian bloggers and influencers reach the next level.

   

Digital Rosé is at India’s forefront of creating a next generation blogger-media company, redefining how Indian bloggers operate in the Indian + Global blogosphere. The company is focussed on changing the way blogging and influencer marketing is working currently in India

The Entrepreneur Podcast in partnership with The Digital Rosé has partnered for a 6 part series “The Blogger Edit” showcasing the journey of blogging with 6 Rose bloggers.

In the past 3 months since their launch, The Digital Rose has 122+ Rosé influencers (and you can’t even believe their total following/impact numbers) they have exceeded their own projected numbers by 300% already,  with well-informed, stylish and serious fashion + beauty bloggers/vloggers as part of Rosé Influencers.

The Digital Rosé is ready to ignite global influencer and brand partnerships that are authentic, measurable and built for long-term engagement; not simply one-off sponsored advertisements that are mundane and budget-draining. TDR wants to change the way the industry to working to creating earned storytelling and long lasting relationships between all parties involved. 

About : Shona Sinha : LinkedIn

Links : The Digital Rose : Web ; Snapchat ; Instagram ;

The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.

   

Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Varun Sarda Founder and CEO of WTFares  from Nagpur, India.

WTFARES.com is an Online Travel Agency, a consolidator of flights, hotels and holidays and is India’s No. 1 free cancellation travel website.

   

WTFARES acts a consolidator, meaning we buy flights/hotels/tours from a number of places, there are pre-purchase agreements. They do not boast of having direct contracting everywhere, but take pride in having achieved the best of the bargains on all flight deals, something that helps to be the most competitive in the market and take every other OTA head on ! WTFARES offers flights, hotels and holidays across the globe at pre-negotiated price.

Varun spends time in Nagpur and is a Bits Pilani Dubai Alum.

At 13 he was a National Taekwondo Champion, he started my first business in College at 19 by selling College T-shirts

post which he ran “The Ilike Times” A student tabloid, first of its kind, based out of Pune. He then took over father’s mainstream paper/printing business and in 2 years scaled it to twice the size.

About : Varun Sarda : LinkedIn

Links : WTFares : Web ; Facebook ; Twitter

The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.

   

Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Benjamin Yee Founder at Emerge App from Singapore.

EMERGE App is a freemium based Web-App that helps merchant selling products either business to business or ecommerce model to better manage their sales, purchases, inventory, accounts & more

   

Benjamin founded Higher Identity in late 2010. The company built EMERGE App (emergeapp.net) with a vision to put affordable software in the hands of all businesses selling physical products (distribution, wholesale, trading & e-commerce model). The visions’ to revolutionize small business are ran through technology.

He also founded Drooling Apparel Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (previously called Drooling Closet) during his student days. The company produces customized t-shirts with a factory in Malaysia. It grew into a strong local brand, serving major companies, school and government agencies in Singapore. Benjamin now serves as a non-executive director at Drooling Apparel, where the company remains profitable.

EMERGE App is a order & inventory management with simple accounting cloud software for small companies to boost productivity & drive higher profits. Any company buying/selling a physical product (either online or offline) can use EMERGE App to manage their sales, purchasing, operations, inventory & basic accounting process. Company that are doing full or partial trading (no physical stocks) can also seamlessly manage orders & purchases. EMERGE App rapidly generate documents like Quotation, Sales Order, Delivery Order & allow sending of PDF from the system. This saves massive amounts of time compared to traditional excel sheets & ordering forms process. EMERGE App also automates & links products, customers, suppliers, purchases, inventory & simple accounting all in 1 system while providing user access control for different departments in your company.

About : Benjamin Yee : LinkedIn

Links : Emerge App : Web ; Facebook ; LinkedIn ; Twitter

The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.

   

Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Kineret Karin and Yoav Elgrichi co-founders of Tech For Good Asia.

Tech For Good (T4G) is an acceleration educational program that empowers startups that use technology in innovative ways, to tackle social issues in Singapore, Asia and the rest of the world.

   

Kineret  is a serial Entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in global project management, research and analysis, business development, e-commerce and sales and marketing. She has founded and successfully sold 2 companies and is the co-founder at Tech For Good here in Singapore, Thailand and soon in other countries in Asia.

Yoav co-founded and successfully sold two companies and owns several other online businesses. Yoav is a mentor at the Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Singapore Management University and an inventor of patents in the NFC and wearable devices domains. Yoav is also the CEO of YuuPay, a listed company in the Singapore stock market.

Tech For Good is an acceleration and educational program which helps and facilitates early stage startups that use technology in an innovative ways to tackle social issues.

Tech For Good is an acceleration and educational program which helps and facilitates early stage startups that use technology in an innovative ways to tackle social issues such as – aging population, empowering people with disabilities, nutrition and health, education, social inequlity, agritech, safer road travel, safer work environment and more. Participating companies can expect all the comforts of an accelerator: mentoring, coaching, access to tools and services, and office space. The accelerator will also connect startups to funding sources through its networks and through coaching on how to prepare for and pitch to investors and leading industry managers.

Tech For Good program was founded in Israel, known as “The Startup Nation”, 3 years ago by Mr. Nir Shimony and Ms. Omri Boral and was founded in Singapore by Ms. Kineret Karin and Mr. Yoav Elgrichi in 2016, in November, we launched Tech For Good in Thailand and in 2017 in a few more countries in Asia.

Open a Door to Israel is a multi-sensory exhibition that tell stories of life in Israel using cutting-edge technology which will be making its S.E Asia debut in Singapore from 9 – 23 Dec.

As part of its exhibition, Tech For Good (T4G), a unique acceleration and education programme for early stage startups will be showcasing their Tech For Good Demo Day on 12 Dec concurrently with the Open a Door to Israel exhibition. Entrepreneurs from the T4G August 2016 graduation cohort will be presenting their breakthrough innovation solutions that aim to tackle meaningful social issues.

About :

Kineret Karin : LinkedIn

Yoav Elgrichi : LinkedIn

Links : Tech For Good : Web ; Facebook ; LinkedIn ; Twitter

The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.

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Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Mr. Vijaykumar Karai Founder of AyurUniverse from Bangalore, India.

AyurUniverse is a first of its kind technology driven disruptive business which aims to replace traditional travel agents and/or the endless mail trail between a customer and wellness centers.

   

Having an extensive experience of over 20 years of Corporate experience in Sales, Marketing and Operations, having worked with brands like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc and over six years as CEO of various start-ups, Mr. Vijaykumar Karai established AyurUniverse along with Mr. Venkat Rao, Head of Technology and Co-Founder. He comes with an experience as the CEO and co-investor of an Ayurvedic Spa in Mysore, India (where he turned the sick company around in just 8 months) that opened him up to this immense opportunity in Indian Wellness business. Vijay is an MBA from University of Southern California, USA and Bachelor of Science from Hyderabad, India.

AyurUniverse is a first of its kind technology driven disruptive business model which aims to replace traditional travel agents and/or the endless mail trail between a customer and the wellness centers. With nearly 500 wellness programs from about 130 wellness centers, the website promotes Yoga, Ayurveda, Meditation and all other Indian wellness programs under one platform. A ground-breaking e-commerce portal/marketplace that aggregates wellness centers and wellness programs and help customers gather information on Wellness programs/treatments, choose a spa/wellness center based on rating, price, location and get feedback from customers for the services used by them. People from around the globe can go to the AyurUniverse website and choose any one of the listed wellness centers and programs or packages across the country and then travel for final rejuvenation to the center.

About : Vijaykumar Karai : LinkedIn

Links : AyurUniverse : Web ; Facebook ; LinkedIn ; Twitter

The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.

   

Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Karthik Kumaraswamy founder of Spotizen from Bangalore and Singapore.

Spotizen was created with a simple function – to help users find the nearest parking lots available to them.

   

Karthik did his MBA from HEC Paris, B.Tech from IIT Madras and currently resides in Bangalore.

Prior to Spotizen he ran 2 startups Iyotta and Peppertalk with varying degrees of financial success but great learning experiences; studying, living and working in different countries, learning new cultures. He was also a Product manager in different roles.

Spotizen helps you discover Vacant Parking Spots Anytime Anywhere!

For the first time ever, get real time Parking information for Coupon Parking locations!

See all Parking Locations with Vacancy information, near you

Search – Enter your Destination, see Parking Locations with Vacancy information

Easily Navigate to your preferred Parking location

Get a List view of Parking Locations, sort by Distance or Price

They cover about 3000 Parking Lots, 400,000 Parking Spots across Singapore

The app uses data collected from the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA), Urban Development Authority (URA), and users’ phones. It then combines the information to predict availability of lots in current time, as well as possible future demand. The Spotizen team approaches the problem from a software and data analytics angle to produce parking information that can actually be used.

About : Karthik Kumaraswamy : LinkedIn

Links :

Spotizen : Web ; Twitter ; Facebook ;

iOS : link

Google Play : link

The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.

   

Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Ravi Trivedi  founder of Srijan Capital , CouponRani.com and PushEngage from Bangalore, India.

CouponRani, is an online website that deals with coupons, and offers from various online shopping stores, to help any online shopper to save on his shopping expense. In terms of number of merchants listed they are #1 coupon site, with the most listings.

   

CouponRani, is an online website that deals with coupons, and offers from various online shopping stores, to help any online shopper to save on his shopping expense. It is a coupon site with 1M+ visits every month, with over more than 3350+ merchants listed on our site and over 400+ exclusive coupons, which is only present on their site.  In terms of number of merchants listed they are #1 coupon site, with the most listings.  They also have the only Hindi coupon site present in India. They offer an API into our coupons for our Business Partners to display our coupons and are featured as one of the best 60 startups in Bangalore by Inc42.

CouponRani’s partners include top shopping sites like Amazon India, Flipkart, Snapdeal, PayTM, NearBuy, Healthkart, Zivame, and many more. Whether it is a small merchant or large they list all and show coupons for all of them.  Customers will find all the latest and working coupons from these stores and more, that can be used for enjoying discounts while a shopper makes his/her payment.

Ravi is the founder of Srijan Capital, which is focused on building startups, and  angel investing.  He is the founder of CouponRani.com, a leading coupon site, and PushEngage a platform for Browser Push Notifications. Ravi is an hands-on Digital Marketer with experience in running online businesses.He is a board observer and board member for few startups in his portfolio.  He is a Mentor for IIM-A’s iAccelerator, and Microsoft Accelerator.

Prior to this, he worked as a Principal at Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, an early stage technology venture capital fund in North Carolina, USA. Before Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, he worked as Equity Analyst with Bank of America, where he covered companies over $120B in market capitalization. He was part of the team that was ranked runners-up in the Alpha Hedge Fund Research rankings.

He started his career as a software engineer at Hewlett-Packard and has global cross-functional experience in leading and managing technology functions.  He worked in marketing, consulting and engineering functions at Hewlett-Packard.

Ravi co-authored the book Web Services Security, and participated in creating web services standards.  He holds a Patent for “System and Methods for Recommending Third Party Services”.

Ravi completed his MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business and has a Masters in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

About : Ravi Trivedi : LinkedIn

Links :

Couponrani : Web ; Twitter ; Facebook ; Pinterest

Pushengage : Web ; Twitter ; Facebook

Srijan Capital : Web

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Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Seema Chandra, newly appointed Managing Director of food e-commerce venture SmartCooky.com

SmartCooky.com is the leading e-commerce platform focused on helping consumers lead a healthier lifestyle, providing a unique mix of content and commerce.

   

SmartCooky.com is the leading e-commerce platform focused on helping consumers lead a healthier lifestyle, providing a unique mix of content and commerce.

The platform started out under the banner of NDTV Food as a content website, focusing on recipes, health and fitness articles; and has become the No.1 content site in India. In the current avatar of SmartCooky, the platform offers a mix of its existing articles, recipes and a chance for customers to shop from a wide range of 2000+ products. The e-commerce shop offers products within the health, nutrition, wellness and personal care space, which have been individually handpicked by our in-house experts.

Seema Chandra has been in the food space for over 15 years. She launched NDTV’s food portal www.food.ndtv.com in 2000. She spearheaded its repositioning towards health and grew the site to become the No.1 food content site in India. She recently launched an eCommerce portal called Smartcooky.com which sells healthy foods, snacks and personal care products from around the country.

Seema has also been a food show anchor on television with NDTV 24X7, NDTV India and now NDTV Good Times. She’s travelled the world sampling food and has had no choice but to suffer being filmed while eating. She’s also been told that she can’t lie about the food, as the expression on her face gives her away. Her most favourite show was Guilt Free, which was about making the right food choices, choosing the right ingredients, cooking and eating smart. That’s her food philosophy and it pretty much sums up the ethos behind Smartcooky.

Links : SmartCooky : Web ; Twitter ; Facebook ; Pinterest ; Videos

The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.

   

Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Maneesh Sethi Founder Founder of Pavlok from Boston.

Pavlok is a wearable device that uses operant conditioning through haptic feedback to modify behavior. Users are said to be able to break bad habits by pairing the behavior with up to 150 volts of “zaptic feedback”, and can establish new routines by pairing the behavior with vibration.

   

When Maneesh was 13 years old, he wrote a book “Game Programming for Teens” that eventually became an international

bestseller, translated in four languages and oddly popular in Poland. He then studied Computer Science and Psychology at Stanford.

Between 2008 and 2013, he lived in 15 countries, learned a total of 5 languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, German,

and Italian), launched multiple businesses, founded an NGO in India, became a DJ in Berlin ( http://90days.tv ), and ran

marketing campaigns for multiple New York Times Bestselling Campaigns.

He has also served as Tim Ferriss’s Right-hand Man for the 4-Hour Chef Launch and is the brother of Ramit Sethi, from IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com.

Currently, he is running a wearable tech company called Pavlok the first bracelet that actually changes behavior .

In July 2014, Behavioral Technology Group created its first product, Pavlok. Parallel to the interests of Sethi’s Hack the System, Pavlok is a wearable device that modifies behavior through operant conditioning, using audio and haptic feedback. Users are able to break habits and addictions through courses similar to aversion therapy, and may establish new routines by pairing behaviors with positive stimuli.

After having raised funds through angel investment, Sethi launched a fundraising campaign for Pavlok on Indiegogo. He used Bolt, a business incubator, for hardware production, before moving into Pavlok’s WeWork office in October 2014. Soon after, Pavlok was accepted into the 2015 MassChallenge startup accelerator program. Sethi pitched Pavlok on season seven finale of Shark Tank.

Pavlok has raised funds from Maneesh’s contacts in the blogging world including Steve Kamb, Matt Kepnes, Ramit Sethi, John Romaniello, Dave Asprey and more.

Special Discount Coupon : At the end of the show !!!About:  Maneesh Sethi : LinkedIn

Links : Pavlok : Web ; Twitter ; Facebook ; Youtube

The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.