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Welcome to a new episode of The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with Anand Inamdar founder at UpRaise.io from Pune, India.

UpRaise is an Agile Performance Management add-on for JIRA. At the moment it simply works as as add-on to project management tool JIRA and soon the team plan to convert it into a stand alone product that has state of the art features like Natural language processing, Sentiment analysis, Focus coach etc.

   

Anand did his engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Orissa and prior to UpRaise he was an analyst at Loylogic and ab engineer at Capegmenini.

Key Features : If you are using Atlassian’s JIRA for Project Management ? UpRaise is definitely for you! Increase collaboration at work.

Align Efforts with Objectives & Key Results

One of the formidable challenges while managing a team is getting everyone’s efforts aligned in the same direction. Constant communication and organisational transparency are key traits of a mission maniac team. UpRaise is seamlessly integrated with JIRA to help you connect the Company’s strategic plan with Goals of individual team members. Easy access and simple tracking in JIRA expedites the adoption like no other tool.

UpRaise helps you create customised feedback tags that suit your Organisation’s culture.

Easy and quick recognitions specific to a JIRA issue or generic ones. Team members can request feedback from managers and peers alike. Give away the defunct annual reviews and adopt UpRaise for continuous improvements. And what’s more – all this data will be handy available for you in the periodic performance reviews.

Stop managing spreadsheets and documents for performance reviews.

UpRaise brings along easy and highly customisable forms in JIRA. Design, Configure & Distribute – that simple. As more and

more companies move into frequent performance reviews mode, jump on the wagon. Performance reviews in JIRA are contextual and thereby more meaningful. Manage the workflow of each review form independently, matching your processes

Coupon Code : mail Anand at [email protected] & mention TAE16 for a special discount.

About:  Anand Inamdar : LinkedIn

Links UpRaise : Web ; Twitter ; LinkedIn

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Welcome to a new episode of The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with Manisha Lath Gupta Founder Mojarto / IndianArtCollectors from Delhi, India.

Mojarto.com is India’s leading art discovery and buying platform that curates a large collection of proprietary artworks and collectibles from galleries, artists, brands, stores and designers.

   

Mojarto.com is India’s leading art discovery and buying platform that curates a large collection of proprietary artworks and collectibles from galleries, artists, brands, stores and designers.

Manisha is an IIMB alumnus and has spent 18 years in the corporate world across FMCG and Banking. After doing sales and marketing roles in Unilever and Colgate Palmolive in the personal care categories, she successfully transitioned into Banking as the Chief Marketing Officer of Axis Bank. Carrying her marketing knowledge into banking, she set up the marketing team and delivered on the brand and business goals and over time additionally managed all the electronic banking channels of Axis Bank. The urge to reinvent herself yet again and chase an idea of ten years prompted her to turn entrepreneur with her first start up in 2005, IndianArtCollectors.com, the largest and most innovative online art platform to bring together artists, collectors, dealers, galleries and re-sellers onto a single powerful online platform.

IndianArtCollectors.com was acquired by NDTV recently and was further re-branded as Mojarto.com, an art discovery platform.With Mojarto.com, Manisha envisions to nurture and encourage promising artists alongside experts of their field. The platform is aimed at creating a unique, cutting-edge viewing experience with always-on international exhibitions, guest curations, gallery partnerships and daily updated videos and blogs that explore the ecology of the vibrant world of Indian art & collectibles in a fun and engaging way.

Key Stakeholder & Funding:

Mojarto.com has raised Rs 3 crore ($445,000) in its first round of funding from undisclosed investors. The funding came through NDTV’s subsidiary OnArt Quest Ltd.

IndianArtCollectors.com was acquired by NDTV  and was further re-branded as Mojarto.com, an art discovery platform.

About:  Manish Lath Gupta : LinkedIn

Links Mojarto: Web ; Instagram ; Twitter ; Facebook

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 Chief mentor, Aditya Dev Sood Startup tunnel, India.

The Startup tunnel is an early stage incubator that aims to play catalyst to bring powerful ideas to life and take shape. With a focus on providing mentorship to passionate teams working on game changing ideas to enhance their capabilities in product development, marketing strategy, rapid prototyping, and design & user experience.

   

Aidtya is a University of Michigan graduate and a PHD from University of Chicago and he is  currently chief mentor at Startup Tunnel.

He is also the Chairman at Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation, Chairman at Bihar Innovation Lab and prior to this was with Design Public Conclave, Used in India and Doors of Perception.

The Startup tunnel is an early stage incubator that aims to play catalyst to bring powerful ideas to life and take shape. They focus on providing mentorship to passionate teams working on game changing ideas to enhance their capabilities in product development, marketing strategy, rapid prototyping, and design & user experience.

This is an attempt to ensure that great ideas are not quashed in the early stages for lack of the right kind of guidance. The team works with start-ups in various development sectors such as, mobile technology, alternative energy, governance, financial services, education and health. Their sister organization, CKS Consulting has established expertise in these sectors(and more) and so they have in-house mentors and advisors, as well as a professional network that can help start-ups gain traction.

Collaboration :

The Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation,

The Bihar Innovation Lab,

The Reading Lab,

The Civic Innovation Lab and

The Center for Knowledge Societie

About :  Aditya Dev Sood : LinkedIn

Links Startup Tunnel : Web ; LinkedIn ; Twitter ; Facebook

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Welcome to a new episode of The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Co-Founder and CEO, Sunando Bhattacharya IndiQus.

IndiQusis a true “Born in the Cloud” startup, enabling Telcos and Managed Services Providers build and launch their own Public Cloud service akin to AWS and Azure.  Their USP is our integrated approach combining our Cloud Management software with our Cloud services.

   

Sunando grew up in Delhi and  went to Delhi University and IIM,  prior to starting IndiQus he worked at Talentia (head hunting), Netmagic and Spectranet , he is also a SLP (Startup Leadership Program) fellow

Established in 2013 in New Delhi, IndiQus Technologies is a boutique IT consulting and services company, enabling organizations across the globe to leverage their IT infrastructure to deliver maximum value. They believe that cloud computing is the future of IT. Armed with rich expertise in cloud and virtualization technologies, they empower our clients to realize the true potential of cloud.

Services they offer :

Infrastructure

Virtualization

Private Cloud Solutions

Datacenter Services

Professional Services

About :  Sunando Bhattacharya : LinkedIn

Links IndiQus: Web ; 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 founder Bala Venkatachalam BabyBerry from Bangalore India.

BabyBerry an app that helps parents keep track of their baby’s overall growth and development by providing a 360-degree experience, covering things such as vaccination charts, growth milestones, and convenience features such as the ability to buy evaluated and recommended products and services.

   

Bala Venkatachalam BabyBerry completed his education from Bharathidasan University and prior to BabyBerry he was at Ozone Media, he Successfully built and led several high performance engineering teams at AOL and delivered some of the most critical platform and products that touch more than 50 million customers worldwide and built & led the engineering team to work on “Life Critical” medical devices for GE

The BabyBerry app seeks to track a child’s physical, emotional and cognitive growth. It provides personalised inputs and pushes relevant information to parents through its recommendation engine, mBryo, which takes into account the baby’s age, gender, demographics, hobbies, skills and the parents’ lifestyle. Parents receive alerts on when vaccinations are due and their possible side effects. They can compare their baby’s growth with WHO standards, and stay up-to-date with relevant and personalised tips about child care.

Funding : 1 million , from a group of investors, led by Nitin Bagamane of Coffee Day.

About : Bala Venkatachalam : LinkedIn

Apps – Google Play , iOS

Links BabyBerry: 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 co-founder Dev Arora 8minutes from Delhi, India.

8minutes is a company where the team is creating a community bound together by beautiful technology & business model that addresses the core problems of accessibility, affordability & scalability of clean solar energy, by transforming traditional energy industry, and offering a more affordable alternative for retail power in urban India

   

Dev studied computer science at NIT, Kurukshetra, following which he worked at GMR airports for two years as an airports consultant. He then joined a Silicon Valley startup in Delhi called Qlicket, where he plunged himself into the startup culture.

Anuj the second co-founder is from Rajasthan and passed out from NIT, Jaipur.

Once a customer contacts 8minutes, the team asks them to submit their electricity bills for the last one year, and ask them to share their geo-coordinates with the team so that they can take a look at their rooftop from the satellite. Team 8minutes gets back to the customer with a complete assessment, which details the personalised energy savings report. This helps the customer understand his/her requirement and hence pick the size which needs to be installed on their rooftop, and a few technical details to help them understand everything they need to know about purchasing their new solar system.

Funding :

Project Investors – The company aggregates Project investors and funds who invest in solar assets.

Corporate Investors – On the Corporate level 8minutes has closed a round of funding to expand their presence across multiple cities in India.

About : Dev Arora : LinkedIn

Links Medd: 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  Era Dwivedi and Arpit Kothari co-founders of  Medd which has been recently acquired by 1mg, they will talk to us about their journey so far and the 1mg – Medd Acquisition . Holamed which runs Medd a multiple channel (web, phone, mobile) marketplace which enables India’s 800 million+ mobile/ internet users to buy high quality, affordable healthcare services near them.

   

This is a very special episode since we had them on before in episode 33 which went live on April 8th and since then Medd has been acquired by 1mg previously knows as Healthkart. We will talk to them about their journey so far.

Medd was founded in 2015 by Arpit Kothari , Era Dwivedi, Anurag Mundhada and Akash Deep.

Medd is your personal diagnostic app currently available on Play Store. You can book pathology (blood and urine tests – CBC, Lipid Profile, Thyroid), radiology tests (sonography,X-Ray, CT Scan, MRI) and health check-ups from the best of labs and hospitals around you at a 15-50% discount in Mumbai, Indore, Jaipur and coming soon in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Surat, Bhopal, Baroda and Kolkata Nagpur.

In June 2016 Medd was acquired by 1mg (previously Healthkart)  and with this acquisition, 1mg is expanding to offer a service for booking of imaging tests suchas X-rays, CT Scans and MRIs.

Diagnostics is a $5-8 billion industry in India making up for 25% of the total pharmacy business. 1mg, which currently offers these services across 23 cities, is hoping to cover over 30 more cities this year with diagnostics and grow the total contribution of

diagnostics in its revenues from 15 to 25%. The company claims to offer consumers 40-60% savings on lab tests by using thr 1mg platform.

Marketsize: – Expected to touch USD 79 billion in 2012, the healthcare sector is now expected to reach USD 160 billion by 2017, and USD 280 billion by 2020. Today, it is considered one of the largest sectors in India, in terms of both revenue and employment.

Funding : -Medd has raised a round of funding of USD 1,50,000 from four angel investors. The company had raised its first round of investment from Ajeet Khurana in May 2015

About : Era Dwivedi : LinkedIn &  Arpit Kothari : LinkedIn

Google Play Mobile App – Link

Links Medd: Web ; Facebook ; Twitter

Links 1mg: 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 Raghav Gupta BlaBlaCar India Country manager.

BlaBlaCar connects car owners and co-travelers to share long distance journeys and share the costs of the trip. In India where public transport infrastructure is insufficient and fuel is expensive, they are bringing innovation in city-to-city travel and changing how India travels.

   

BlaBlaCar is the leading French ride-sharing start-up that has emerged as a shining example of alternate and innovative apps that can solve the country’s long-distance transport problems, while ensuring a positive impact on the environment in an economically sustainable manner. 3 million seats have been offerred on the platform since their launch of operations in India. This translates to 145 Mn trip kilometres shared so far through ridesharing (or carpooling) on BlaBlaCar across 700 cities. In addition, they have built a large community of travelers who are able to travel last minute from a convenient location and at their own time.

Raghav is leading BlaBlaCar’s launch in India and shaping the company’s value proposition for this large and exciting market. Raghav believes in applying a global approach to bringing the best global practices with a strong local proposition to the Indian audience.

Raghav started his career in the fashion business and then spent a number of years working in management consulting as a consumer & retail expert in India, Europe, the US and the Middle East.

Raghav is an MBA from INSEAD in France, a post graduate in fashion business management from the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi, and a Mechanical Engineer from the Pune University. He has spoken at various conferences and published in the media around consumer trends and building capabilities in emerging markets.

Social :

Co-Founders : Raghav Gupta – LinkedIn

BlaBlaCar : Web, Twitter, Facebook

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  Co-founders Shikha Oberoi and Divyansh Bajpai Co-founders at Anil Kapoor backed Indi.com India . Indi is a global video platform where Individuals and Brands create and monetize original content to engage their fans and customers in a positive and safe environment.

   

Shikha Uberoi  is a former top 100 WTA Tour tennis player and Indian Icon 2015. She created, hosted and executive produced the world’s first impact investing reality TV show, “The Real Deal”. She launched her media and lifestyle company, Impact Media 360, Inc. and is currently creating and producing international social issue television shows. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University majoring in Anthropology and minoring in South Asian Studies.

Divyansh Bajpai is an innovative leader with 15+ years of progressive management and marketing expertise in the start up, high tech, travel, finance, and wholesale banking industries. He studied technology and computer science from the University of Oregon. The due are engaged soon to be married.

Indi.com allows individuals and companies to create and monetise content by sharing videos while integrating multiple social networks. Artists, retailers, NGOs, celebrities and individuals can connect with fans and supporters, interacting with them using video.

Indi.com was started in 2012 in South California by ecommerce veterans Neel Grover and Greg Giraudi, both associated with Buy.com, Rakuten.com and Bluefly.com, and was officially launched across the US in 2013.

Investor : Bollywood personality Anil Kapoor

Social :

Co-Founders : Shikha Oberoi – LinkedIn , Divyansh Bajpai – LinkedIn

Indi.com : Web, Twitter, Facebook

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  Founder Swetansu Mohapatra Takezero from Delhi, India.

Takezero help professionals from the Media, Entertainment and Fashion industry from around the world connect with one another to explore various job and collaborative opportunities.

   

Swetanshu is an Entrepreneur with focus on innovation in the intersection of tech and media. Specific interests include marketplaces and consumer centered web products.

At TAKE ZERO, he leads business development aspects including strategy, customer development, sales, marketing, partnerships and fundraising.

During his undergrad days at college, started first company AlphaBeta Labs – as a platform to build a strong culture in learning and experimenting with innovative ideas. Co-founded FoodKhoj, an online food ordering portal for campuses. Post FoodKhoj, started building Paceable which was initially conceptualized as a solution for managing incoming support emails at FoodKhoj.

Also invented the 108counter for japa during a much needed sabbatical in the mid of 2013.

Social :

Founder : Swetansu Mohapatra – LinkedIn

Takezero : Web, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook

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.