The Indian Startup Show

Ha Ha Ha, Ho Ho Ho Ho, Hee Hee Hee! Today I speak to the founder laughter yoga club, Dr Madan Kataria aka ' The Guru of Giggling'. He started out in 1995 with 5 people and now has over 16000 laughter clubs worldwide in more than 100 countries. So in this episode, he talks about how it all got started, people, thinking he was crazy. And why laughter really is the best medicine even in the tough times. Also please stay tuned to the end to hear some audio of a laughter yoga expert with exercises you can try at home. in this conversation we also talk about: What laughter does to your body scientifically The body not being able to differentiate between fake laughter or real laughter. His mother being embarrassed when she found out and how he turned it around. Milkshake laughter Bring very popular in Japan Dealing with shy and inhibited people The gibberish workshop! Skype laughter club. Being a social crusader Not having a business brain! but reaching 100 + countries. Depression is the No1 sickness in the world Acting like a happy person and much much more! links https://laughteryoga.org/ Learn something new in 2019 - Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes! https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Today I speak to Anirudh Narayan author of an amazing new book called Scale Smart: How To Get Your First 1,000 Customers in India. Scale Smart is an actionable guide to start and scale a startup in India., So in this podcast, we talk about great digital marketing strategies - Facebook, Youtube, Whatsapp, email marketing, etc you can use today to get your startup off the ground. We also talk about his time at Shutterstock with a 250K budget to life as a digital nomad in South America and much more! In this conversation we talk about: Examples of Indian focussed growth stories When should you start the growth hacking process? Product market fit. Focus on consistency, not virality It's your responsibility to build a community and not sell Get smarter using Facebook Life in the US and South America Example growth hacks and experiments at Shutterstock. Email marketing edge case examples. Build relationships offline Youtube marketing examples - create primary, secondary, tertiary content vidIQ is the tool that helps you learn how to get more views and subscribers Social influencers -Still the number one way to push things out and much more links Information for the book: http://bit.ly/book-landing-page Buy the book on Amazon: http://bit.ly/scale-smart A video testimonial for the book from Shradha Sharma: http://bit.ly/yourstory-testimonial learn something new in 2019 - Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes! https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Happy New Year. Hope you have a great 2019. Today I speak to Rajeev TamHankar the Founder of TBS Planet. TBS Planet is a comics and animation startup. They have developed a range of comic books featuring Indian action superheroes. In this episode, he talks about how this got started. he talks about getting his inspiration from Indian mythology. he talks about attracting readers using Whassup, why his dad is his best & worst critic. Which Bollywood actors/actresses would be ideal to play the roles. He talks about his favourite superheroes and what superpowers he would like to have and finally some chat about the late great Stan Lee! in this conversation we also talk about: Subscriber stats Whassup sales strategy Leaving the corporate life Attending Comic-Con Developing superheroes including Karma & Mother Nature Writing his first novel - Get corporate before you get fired! Joining an accelerator Handling marketing & distribution operations Creating an augmented treasure hunt at Comic-Con Dads feedback. Getting his first sale State of the Indian comic market. DC/Aquaman chat. Experiment - content development takes time! and much much more links https://www.tbsplanet.com/ learn something new in 2019 - Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes! https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities p.p.s subscribe via android Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

I speak to Siraj Raval the Director of The School of AI. Youtube personality and best selling author. In this episode he talks about how it all got started, Why AI? Interesting things going on in China, a look back at 2018, and plans for 2019. He talks about speaking at the United Nations, being happy, lifehacks and the one thing you should do after listening to this podcast episode. So please enjoy the show and speak to you in 2019. Stats Solving problems with AI e.g climate change Teaching people. Advice on doing your own Youtube channel. Don't be afraid of AI - Be afraid of human beings! Being open to all feedback. Changing his name and changing it back again. Book recommendation - AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee Putting in the hours. Working over the weekends Main attribute for a developer Rapping Reaching out to the Indian government and much much more! Links https://www.theschool.ai/ P.S Thank you for a great 2018! P.P.S Follow me on @Skillshare. Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes! https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Bringing solar-powered light to students in India & Africa. My guest today is Govind Upadhyay the CEO of LEDSafari - LED Safari partners with local schools, NGOs and governments to bring solar-powered light to students in India and Africa. Students receive training to build solar-powered lamps, so they learn about the physics of circuits and solar tech while improving their studying conditions.- it's a great idea. So in this episode, he talks about his amazing journey from going from village to village training students in India to becoming Forbes 30 under 30. social entrepreneur. So please enjoy the show In this conversation we also talk about: Stats. Why solar? Climate change. Going from one village to the next with a suitcase Studying in Europe A great example of entrepreneurship in Uganda The one child one lamp initiative. Reflecting on 2018. Grandma & Grandpa thoughts! Having 2 business models Dealing with the knockbacks Interesting story where the name comes from Growing up in an army family & changing friends every 3 years. Don't build product build solutions. Love of Japanese food! Why Rwanda is one of his favourite place to visit. Former President of India - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and much more! http://ledsafari.com/ Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Firstly, I would like to pay tribute to everyone listening and subscribing to show for the past three years. Without you, this podcast would not have been possible! So I’m very grateful. So sit back & enjoy some of the best moments. Today you will hear from - Deepak Srinivasan: Co-founder of Crofters, he talks about tackling the water crisis in India with IOT based farming! He talks about: How it works. State of the IOT industry at the moment in India. Production plans Nice example of senior citizens using the product. Partnering with Teach for India. His advice on getting early adopters. Elon musk chat. Movie chat We hear from Mansi Zaveri - Founder of Kidsstoppress, on creating India's most trusted, award-winning parenting website. She talks about: What inspired her to do this. Obstacles. What she has learned on her roller-coaster journey so far! The top 3 priorities in their life - it's very interesting! 15 years experience in branding, content All things digital marketing Life as a solo founder and a full-time mother Oprah Winfrey and food chat as well Next up is Joydeep Sen Sarma, Cofounder & CTO of Qubole he talks about Big data & why it matters! He talks about: What inspired him to get started. How the platform works A deep dive into what is big data Life at Facebook Advice for first-time founders Mark Zuckerberg chat With all the new technologies, how does he keep on top of things? We also hear from Suresh Shanker, Co-founder of Crayon Data on simplifying the worlds choices! He talks about. How, he got started, How the platform works. How big does he want to go with this? What’s left to achieve? Right brain approach to marketing. What has surprised him during his long entrepreneurial journey? Climbing mountains Life ain't over at 53! Having an inner voice. Being an "in-between spaces guy!" Interesting story about a Chinese bamboo tree! (persistent, vision, progress) And finally we here from Sudeepta Sanyal, Co-founder of The Blueberry Trails - On India's booming travel industry! she talks about: Leaving her corporate job at 26 to commit to her travel bug. Favourite holiday destinations. Best flight/holiday websites to use. New and upcoming destinations in India Being from an army family and moving every 3 years. The hardest part about building this business We talk about female entrepreneurship Tips for first-time visitors to India Where the name comes from? Persistence. Favourite travel experiences. What will travel look like in the future What she is like as a boss. Follow me on @Skillshare. Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes! https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities. Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Virtual Reality (VR) is here to stay! Today I speak with Tithi Tewari co-founder of a Trezi a virtual reality (VR) solutions startup. This startup builds immersive technology solutions for the building industry that brings together all stakeholders in the design project — from architect/designer to engineering services to owner/tenant — to collaborate on the 3D design in an interactive and immersive environment and make better decisions. So in this exciting episode, she talks about how it all works. Quitting her prestigious career to follow her dreams of building a startup. She talks about raising funding, she talks about building a global product based in India and how they deal with the big US competitors and finally, some gives great leadership advice and much much more! In this conversation we also talk about: Stats How it works The lightbulb moment Her favourite project - designing/building a school in New Delhi Taking a leadership course at INSEAD Why she quit the corporate life for a life of uncertainty Taking a risk Angel round to pre-series A It's ok to fail! Unlearning and learning How do they attract talent? Being inspired by E Sreedharan aka 'Metro Man' Working with millennials and much much more! links https://trezi.com/ P.S Follow me on @Skillshare. Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes! https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities. Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Counterfeit goods are estimated to drain more than $1.6 trillion from the global economy, a figure that is slated to climb $4.2 trillion by 2022. So today I speak with Nitin Gupta, the co-founder & CTO of NeuroTags. A start-up that is helping companies to fight the huge counterfeit market. So we talk about how this works, how things are going so far. Talking to big brands in India and USA . the business model, how they plan to scale. he also talks about his previous life working at Yahoo, eBay, PayPal in the mid-2000 ’s. And he also gives great advice for first-time founders. in this conversation we also talk about: Stats Getting good traction How they catch the counterfeiters Million people being killed due to fake pharmaceutical drugs Thoughts on what went wrong at Yahoo (B players hiring C players!) Book recommendation - Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey Thoughts on finding talent. Industries they are specifically targetting. Talking to the big VC's Creating value Trust. and much much more! https://www.neurotags.com/ P.S Follow me on @Skillshare. Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes! https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities. Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Global demand for natural skin care products is expected to reach £13 billion by 2019. So today I speak to the co-founder sisters of SkinYoga. A 100% natural luxury, vegan skincare brand. It is Founded by 3 Indian sisters. Radhika, Jagriti and Deepika Choudhary. So we have Radhika and Jagriti to talk about their amazing entrepreneurial rollercoaster journey from growing up on a farm to exporting to 29 countries around the world to winning a number of awards. They also talk about the (occasional) fights over the dinner table! Thoughts on the Kardashian culture. The lessons they have learned on the way and finally some Rodger Federer & Christiano Ronaldo chat! In this conversation we also talk about: Stats 100% natural not 99%! Growing up on a farm Growing rapidly in 2/3 years. How do they compete with the big players 97% of the team are women Why Vegan? Don't put entrepreneurs on a pedestal. Don't expect miracles Social media anxiety & superficial looks How they use Instagram to promote their products. and much much more! links https://skinyoga.in/ P.S Follow me on @Skillshare. Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes! https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities. Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Sit back & enjoy some of the best bits of The Indian Startup Show Part 6. But First I would like to pay tribute to everyone listening and subscribing to show for the past two years. Without you, this podcast would not have been possible! Over 420,000 total downloads so far. so I’m very grateful. Today you will hear from: Shruti Gandhi, the managing partner at Array Ventures. a VC firm based in the U.S. focus on solving impactful problems using revolutionary technology. In this conversation we talk about: Stats What she looks for when investing Whats Silicon Valley really like? Meeting awesome people Fear of missing out Vitamins V Painkillers! What first-time founders should be focusing on? Career highlights The importance of using your gut instinct Machine learning Favourite startups Ashwin Damera Co-Founder of EMERITUS an Edtech start-up. They are making Ivy League education accessible to the world. In this conversation, we also talk about: Stats Dealing with competition Amazing two years spent at Harvard University Filling the talent gap Size of the market Raising Captial - its all about timing! The 5-year plan Great book recommendation - Founders dilemma Leadership and Management His Background Startup challenges The main trait entrepreneurs should have Being paranoid is important! Nitin Sood - Co-founder of Happy Shappy an online platform to make Indian weddings a little bit easier!. In this conversation we talk about: Stats What Nitin looks for when hiring staff The vision of the company Features and benefits of the platform. interesting pre-launch strategy The hardest part about building this business Key takeaways so far in the journey Organizing a wedding at an orphanage How the startup makes money Tips on organizing an Indian wedding The importance of the Indian wedding Reaction to friends and family to starting this business. And finally, we hear from Prashanto Das - Co-founder of Ping Network. PING is India’s largest studio multi-channel network creating original engaging video content across genres of food, music, entertainment, lifestyle, gaming. In this conversation we also talk about: Stats 3.8 Billion videos are being consumed in India every month! 6 months of applied state of nothingness Building UTV & Times Now His very own Jerry Maguire moment! Life as a hardcore creative The most surprising thing he has learned about his crazy roller coaster journey so far. being an enabler Doing too many things but doing nothing being frugal Tips on negotiating Handling rejection. Finding talented creative people What do you build first the horse or the cart? Advice on dealing with setbacks, Favourite TV shows - Dexter How you can start your own YouTube channel! - Tell a good story Persistence P.S Follow me on @Skillshare. Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes! https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities. Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2 Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends. Listen and Subscribe to More Episodeshttps://www.indianstartupshow.com/ Music by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV