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!
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