The Indian Startup Show

Separating the hype & reality of Cryptocurrency, blockchain & bitcoin! Today I speak to Ryan & Rohith, the co-founders of an exciting new startup called Crypto University, it's a global university to help people understand the power of blockchain technologies and its application across different industries. So we talk about a wide range of subjects including how they got started, creating a successful Indiegogo campaign. They also give smart advice on investing. Thoughts on the Indian startup scene. What they have learned about their startup journey together. and finally some cricket chat as well! In this conversation we also talk about: Stats Why you should care about blockchain Who is this for? Meeting at school Thoughts on Bitcoin mining & investing Public Blockchains v Private Blockchain Smart Contracts Mentorship Listening to your customers Current investment trends - mutual funds, gold etc. Educating yourself Learning from each other Having different backgrounds Startup advice - Ship as quickly as possible, get one customer who isn't your friend or family Cricket chat and much much more! Links https://thecryptouniversity.io/ Check out my new class: "Getting Your Podcast Off the Ground!". Get Skillshare Premium free for 2 months. https://skl.sh/2kRte3f Skillshare is a learning platform with online classes taught by the world's best practitioners. Personalized, on-demand learning in design, web development, photography, and more. Anyone can learn anything, at any age, at an affordable cost, from anywhere in the world. Latest review “Great class, I found out loads of information about podcasting (creating a niche, getting people on the show, marketing it and all the tools of the trade). Thanks ever so much Neil for such a comprehensive class! ” my latest article on medium “Having a conversation with Alexa” https://medium.com/@NeilP666/having-a-conversation-with-alexa-ff276c61c0aa 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. Today you will hear from Vamsi Krishna, co-founder & CEO of Vedantu. Based in Bangalore, Vedantu is a Live Online Tutoring platform that aims to ‘personalize’ and ‘democratize’ learning in India. The online tutoring marketplace in India Mentorship Advice for students entering higher education Stats so far Don't apply your MBA brain! The hiring process Starting his career teaching kids, whose parents worked at a sulphuric processing plant. in Barnala, Punjab Advice for startups Vamsi has several years teaching experience, so he gave us his revision tips :) The 3 main things VCs look for when investing in startups (v.important!) Neha Motwani - The founder & CEO of Fitternity. Fitternity is a discovery platform for workout classes and other fitness services based in Mumbai. The platform allows users to book free trials with exercise classes, personal trainers, and nutritionists. What’s it like being a CEO? What most excites her most at Fitternity The fitness market in India. Core team SEO Sitters, seekers & hunters! Building an MVP Just Ship it! Overcoming obstacles in the early days. Neha's top pitching tips for startups looking to raise money. Vishal Shah - Founder & CEO of Haute Chef. Haute Chef is a unique "meal kit" concept, They send a box of pre-measured, labelled ingredients along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions on putting together a truly gourmet dish in your home kitchen. What Vishal looks for when hiring staff Working in finance The Indian food Market Attention to detail Getting his first customers! Getting out of the comfort zone Dealing with multiple deadlines Plans for expansion for the next 3 years The startup scene in Mumbai His Favourite food! What Wall Street is really like! The most surprising thing about his entrepreneurial journey so far Mistakes first time founders make - (don’t get too attached to your product) Bootstrapped v funded startups in India Food tips for first-time visitors to India! Anirban Poddar - Founder & CEO of ShopHop. ShopHop is an e-commerce platform which serves as a curated marketplace for natural, artisanal, home-grown foods and wellness products. The vision of the company Bacon flavoured Ice-cream! Company stats Flavours Raising money Advice on pitching - be prepared! What are they working on right now Indian e-commerce Expanding into the major cities Core audience? Subscription box Winning Pitch 2 Start competition What excites him most about this startup Business heroes Growing Shop Hop's user base The hardest part about building this business. Thank you for supporting the podcast. If you have any feedback on the show Or want to come on please send me an email hello@neilpatel.co or tweet @indianstartupsh or go to facebook.com/indianstartupshow would love to connect 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

Best of The Indian Startup Show Part 3. Today you will hear from Raveesh Bhalla, an expert on UX (user experience), Starting his own design agency. His own UX processes Current challenges. The next big trend in the UX design industry What is UX? Interesting projects he has worked on favourite UX tools, websites & apps. Swaathi Kakarla. Co-Founder of Skcript, Starting the company in a car to launching products at Gitex in Dubai. Favourite web tools Hobbies and interests Working on a video streaming product Tech heroes The startup scene in Chennai Varun Sheth. Co-Founder of Ketto Building online crowdfunding website for individuals, NGOs & businesses to raise money for their favourite causes and creative projects. How he met his co-founder Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor. The crowdfunding scene in India. The vision of the company. Current opportunities & challenges. Tips on crowdfunding campaigns. Shilpi Kapoor. Founder of BarrierBreak - Providing accessibility and assistive technology solutions for people with disabilities. Section 508 Global Elevate - The first virtual award in the accessibility space. Advice on how to get started in the Tech for Good space Inspirational stories of people Shilpi has helped Favourite books Examples of how technology can be used give people with disabilities an opportunity Faheem Gill. Founder of Dashroad . Being based in the UAE. Bringing out the data from cars to help build a platform for connected car applications. Time spent working for Honda, Toyota and Silicon Valley, The startup scene in the UAE. In this conversation we also talk about: The experience of going through the Flat 6 labs tech accelerator. How to do a design sprint for a mobile app in under 60secs! Driver behaviour analytics Awesome Opportunities in auto industry Tesla Advice for startups Driving in UAE ;-) and much much more! Thank you for your support! Check out my new class: "Getting Your Podcast Off the Ground!". Get Skillshare Premium free for 2 months. https://skl.sh/2kRte3f Skillshare is a learning platform with online classes taught by the world's best practitioners. Personalized, on-demand learning in design, web development, photography, and more. Anyone can learn anything, at any age, at an affordable cost, from anywhere in the world. Latest review “Great class, I found out loads of information about podcasting (creating a niche, getting people on the show, marketing it and all the tools of the trade). Thanks ever so much Neil for such a comprehensive class! ” Also, check out my latest article on medium “Having a conversation with Alexa” https://medium.com/@NeilP666/having-a-conversation-with-alexa-ff276c61c0aa 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

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 much more! links https://scoutmytrip.com/ Check out my new class: "Getting Your Podcast Off the Ground!". Get Skillshare Premium free for 2 months. https://skl.sh/2kRte3f Skillshare is a learning platform with online classes taught by the world's best practitioners. Personalized, on-demand learning in design, web development, photography, and more. Anyone can learn anything, at any age, at an affordable cost, from anywhere in the world. Latest review “Great class, I found out loads of information about podcasting (creating a niche, getting people on the show, marketing it and all the tools of the trade). Thanks ever so much Neil for such a comprehensive class! ” my latest article on medium “Having a conversation with Alexa” https://medium.com/@NeilP666/having-a-conversation-with-alexa-ff276c61c0aa 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

Best of The Indian Startup Show Part 2. So Today you will hear from Kavita Kapoor, an Entrepreneur, COO of the Microbit foundation, Technologist & Author. Ryan Chadha, entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Jigyasa School. Naveen Jain - Billionaire, Founder & CEO of Moon Express. Neetal Parekh - Founder & CEO of Innov8social Dev Arora, Founder of 8 Minutes.And finally Charanjeev Salva, Founder of SinghStyled.com So sit back & enjoy some of the best moments Kavita Kapoor, Entrepreneur, COO of the Microbit Foundation, Technologist & Author. Sharing her first-hand experience of work/life across India. Book recommendations Sports in India. Advice on writing your own book. Do your research Differences working in UK & India. (hierarchy & tea!) Writing a book helps young professionals answer their questions and navigate the dynamic ever-changing workspace. We talk about a wide range of subjects from her experiences of leadership and mentorships What makes a good boss, what happens if your boss is not very good Side projects, blogging, entrepreneurship, to women in tech. Ryan Chadha, Entrepreneur & co-founder of Jigyasa school. Building a state-of-the-art preschool which offers a mixed age environment which encourages children to work and play collaboratively The early days The highlights What was Ryan like at school? Not spending money on advertising Tips on starting your own business (don't put a time limit on when you want success to happen) Being an accomplished sportsperson, having represented the UAE at all age group levels for first-class cricket. Scoring hundreds & Playing against Monty Panesar, Paul Collingwood Liam Plunkett. Dealing with screaming kids The 1000 days rule! Naveen Jain, billionaire, and founder of World Innovation Institute, Intelius, Moon Express and Infospace. also a trustee of the board at the X Prize Foundation, Moon Express which plans to send a rocket to the moon as a business venture to collect minerals and resources and bring them back to earth. Project Blue Dot and his time at the XPRIZE Foundation What makes a good leader? Starting with very humble beginnings How does he keep on top of things? One thing founders should be focusing Dream so big that people think your CRAZY! & never be afraid to fail Best advise he received from his mum ( always spend less than what you earn!) Is there life on Mars? Creating your own Moonshot! Cure ageing Innovation Scaling Changing society Creating a sustainable profitable business. Neetal Parekh, Founder & CEO of Innov8social.com Building an online platform to make it easier for people to engage in the social impact space. Having over a decade of experience in corporate, education, nonprofit, government, and social enterprise. How she got started. How YOU can get started with social enterprise, Volunteering work in India with her mother. Inspiring social entrepreneurs at the Startup Tech For Good Week in San Francisco Dev Arora, founder of 8Minutes On a mission to revolutionize the solar energy sector by helping homeowners and businesses make the transition to solar energy. What is clean technology How he got the idea The current state of the Indian clean technology scene in 2016 (it's like the 1980’s!) How big the market is in India Great marketing advice if you don’t have a budget! Advice on anyone wanting to start a cleantech company Charanjeev Salva, Founder of SinghStyled Building the world's first style store created exclusively for the Sikh community. handpicking and curates a special subscription box every month with Turbans, styling, grooming and lifestyle products. How he got the idea Highlights so far Plans for the future What is my identity? The company is my son! The importance of the Turban How he & team go about curating products, to plans for the future. Since launching they are doing really well -interesting fact 68% of purchases are actually made by non-Sikhs. So listen in to find out why! if you want to create your own podcast. Check out my class: Getting Your Podcast Off the Ground!. and Get @Skillshare Premium free for 2 months. http://skl.sh/2kRte3f latest review “Great - accessible delivery from Neil. Simple and easy to follow with a colloquial style. Great Introduction to the Podcast world” How to be a great podcast guest - https://medium.com/@NeilP666/how-to-be-a-great-podcast-guest-995b13b3f4fa 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

Trapped indoors by the Beast of the East & Storm Emma. I decided to listen back to the first ten episodes of the Indian Startup Show and put together the best bits. 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 300,000 listens so I’m very grateful. So sit back & enjoy some of the best moments from the first ten episodes. So today you will hear from Harshdeep Singh - Harshdeep, a young entrepreneur from Pune, India. Spending the last 3 years building an iPhone App, called Wrap it up while studying. Being 6ft 8 We talk about why he prefers to be anti-social. Why he read Steve Jobs autobiography 10 times! 15-day coding streak. The hardest bit about building the app Keeping motivated Getting 5-star ratings Who are the users A funny story where the name comes from Sleep Make it big once Starting young Deepak Abbot - who spent time working at the head of mobile growth at Times internet Decision-making methods, techniques, and processes including retention and referral strategies. A recent trip to Google HQ in mountain view. Useful ideas for anyone looking at promoting an app in India Why mobile app uninstall rates are so high in India? Having 11 food apps on his phone! Good app ideas. Stuart Noakes - Co-Founder of Tech Hub Bangalore & Boston Launching in June 2014 with an empty room, no chairs with the words IF NOT NOW THEN WHEN! painted on the walls. Being one of the top co-working spaces in India. Shares his inspiration and experiences of being the co-founder of TechHubs in Bangalore & Boston along with some of the challenges & opportunities of working in Bangalore Visiting India for the first time Bangalore ecosystem - 80,000 IT Graduates, $2.7 Billion in funding. 37% IT spent in India goes through Bangalore. Meeting awesome people every time he visits India Adding value to people Best moment so far at TechHub Bangalore What entrepreneurs need Reema Sathe - CEO Happy Roots 50% of people in India still depend on agriculture for their earnings. Starting out as a chemical engineer for a big corporation and then quit to follow her dreams of helping farmers in her region. How she got started - an accident that just happened! Creating her first commercial pilot scheme and producing over 1000 organic eggs, which she supply's to high-end restaurants in Pune Getting feedback from farmers Hustling! Love of writing Favourite blogs and books Krishna Yogi - Founder Maptags Addresses in India are so confusing! Coming up with a simple, innovative solutions How it works Attracting users and making money Do your homework! interviewing Krishna, while on holiday! Advice on launching your own startup Getting paid for the first time! Coming up with ideas Devin Millar - Lead developer at Nextdrop Quitting university and coming over to India. How it got started Big issues Key metrics Understanding the rules of cricket! Tackling India’s water issues. Challenges Life in Bangalore Personal highlights How it works, Building a non- typical web 2.0 product How do they market this product How they attract customers, Building products for people who have never used the internet First impressions of India Favourite books and blogs Plans for the future. Pushkar Gaikwad - founder of Aeroleads “SOFTWARE" is eating the world, Bootstrapping his SaaS (software as a service) company Generating revenue. Building startups and multiple products How to generate sales for your business. Using marketing channels like Linkedin to generate leads. Growth hacking Sales lifecycle List item Check out my new class: "Getting Your Podcast Off the Ground!". Get @Skillshare Premium free for 2 months. http://skl.sh/2kRte3f latest review “Great - accessible delivery from Neil. Simple and easy to follow with a colloquial style. Great Introduction to the Podcast world” How to be a great podcast guest - https://medium.com/@NeilP666/how-to-be-a-great-podcast-guest-995b13b3f4fa 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

Blockchain & Bitcoin are here to stay! I chat with Syed Jafar - The Co-founder & CEO at Karachain. They are building a new blockchain that is specifically focussed for developers So we talk all things blockchain, cryptocurrency, and smart contracts and they work. Syed talks about the cool products they made. And as we recorded this on Valentines Day we have some chat about love & romance! And now you can listen on Spotify. Just search for the Indian startup show. in this conversation we also talk about: What are smart contracts Love Block - Lock Your Love on the Blockchain, forever! Can it be hacked? Working with 40+devs Decentralisation Launching products Mentoring Growing fast Expectations Coming up with the name Starting KaraChain university Vision How big do they want to go with this? ICO's Writing a cryptographic program to his girlfriend! and much much more! links https://karachain.io/ 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

1 in 10 kids going to school has speech difficulties. So today I chat with Pratiksha Gupta - the founder of 1SpecialPlace - India’s first online speech therapy platform. We talk about he she got started, how the platform works, she also talks about the key ingredients entrepreneurs should have, how she manages a remote team, having a supportive family, she also talks about moving 8 times in 10 years, looking for seed funding, taboos around speech difficulties, what excites her most about 2018! & some Shark Tank chat as well! and much more "1SpecialPlace was launched in 2014 by a team of co-founders including myself ( CEO ) and great talent from the IT industry - bearing the Fame of IIT and DCE(India) and experienced MBAs. I think without my Wonderful team we wouldn't have come so far at all. I am thankful to the co-founders of my team, the CTO ( who has selflessly toiled for hours altogether), the CFO ( whose Knowledge and expertise is unmatched) and the Strategist ( whose presence makes everything easy)" - Pratiksha Gupta, founder In this conversation we also talk about: Huge demand and supply gaps Launching mobile apps Having customers around the world. Have a diary! How big is the problem they trying to solve? Vision of the company Husband being in the airforce Being a peoples person Digital marketing tactics using Facebook Revenue model and much more Links http://1specialplace.com/ also, read my new post on medium on how to be a great podcast guest!! https://medium.com/@NeilP666/how-to-be-a-great-podcast-guest-995b13b3f4fa 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

While in an Indian hospital, CEO Dinesh Seemakurty witnessed a loved one pass away due to a lack of sufficient monitoring. He saw firsthand how the lack of medical technology impacts healthcare. Dinesh is now the co-founder & CEO of Stasis Labs - A health tech startup that has created a unique remote patient monitoring system. Already in 20 hospitals in India and has saved many lives - so they are doing really well. We talk about how he got started, how the product works. Raising $5 million in funding. Dinesh also talks about what should first founders be focusing and a great book recommendation and much much more so please enjoy the show. in this conversation we also talk about: Building a culture Traction Starting the business in college B2B sales Is it fun? Building an international startup Having a strong leadership mentality Goals for the next 2 years What should first-time founders be focussing on You don't know what you don't know! Great book recommendation - Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It (A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home. and much much more! links https://www.stasislabs.com **interested in creating your own podcast in 2018? ** Check out my class on skillshare.com called Getting your podcast off the ground. I have been teaching this for over 15 months now & have over 600 students! And it’s had great testimonials. So check out the link to get started! http://skl.sh/2kRmClL Advantages of doing your own podcast You get to build something amazing that you own 100% You have 100% creative control You can do whatever you want And it's a lot of fun! So check out the link to the show notes and you can do your own podcast! 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 chat with Jinal Patel the co-founder of WSquare. A women-only co-working space in Chennai. Which is a first for India. We talk about how she got started, why she is doing this. Plans for the future which includes starting an incubator and creating a marketplace where home-based entrepreneurs can showcase their products & much much so please enjoy the show. And next week I will do a best of the Indian startup show featuring all the best moments from the past year, it’s not to be missed! in this conversation we also talk about: Building an ecosystem for women Drinking lots of coffee Stats - how many people are using the space Being the first in India The person she most admires - mum! Reflections on the past year Can anyone be an entrepreneur? its ok to get help! Plans for expansion Early days Having to explain the concept of co-working spaces in Chennai Dealing with the critics Digital marketing Links http://wsquare.work/ interested in creating your own podcast in 2018?. Then Check out my class on skillshare.com called Getting your podcast off the ground. I have been teaching this for over 15 months now & have over 500 students! And it’s had great testimonials. So check out the link to get started! http://skl.sh/2kRmClL Advantages of doing your own podcast You get to build something amazing that you own 100% You have 100% creative control You can do whatever you want And it's a lot of fun! So check out the link on the show notes and you can do your own podcast! 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