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An Effort StoryWhat is Design Thinking and why every business needs it? ft. Deepa Bachu | An Effort Story 19Today on the show, we have with us an Entrepreneur Ms. Deepa Bachu Co-founder and CEO at Pensaar design. Having more than 2 decades of experience in Design and Product development, she talks about what is design thinking, and why every business needs this.She also shares a few examples of design thinking and how big companies like Amazon, Airbnb uses design thinking to understand their customers and serve them better.We also discussed the challenges, who must implement design thinking, and the basic requirements.If you’re someone who is running a business or...
2021-12-1335 min
An Effort StoryWant to grow your startup with $0 paid marketing? Watch this ft. Karthik Sridharan | An Effort Story 18Today on the show, we have an Entrepreneur Mr. Karthik Sridharan sharing his startup story, and has been sharing all his hard-earned lessons on Twitter and helping many to understand about the startup in every aspect starting from idea, to marketing, to finding customers and more.Karthik is a co-founder and CEO at flexiple.com which he started along with his friends and bootstrapped it completely without investing a single dollar in paid marketing.In this episode, we've spoken about his journey from being a job holder to getting into IIM Ahmedabad for his education...
2021-11-0345 min
An Effort StoryWant to grow your startup with $0 paid marketing? Watch this ft. Karthik Sridharan | An Effort Story 18Today on the show, we have an Entrepreneur Mr. Karthik Sridharan sharing his startup story, and has been sharing all his hard-earned lessons on Twitter and helping many to understand about the startup in every aspect starting from idea, to marketing, to finding customers and more.Karthik is a co-founder and CEO at flexiple.com which he started along with his friends and bootstrapped it completely without investing a single dollar in paid marketing.In this episode, we've spoken about his journey from being a job holder to getting into IIM Ahmedabad for...
2021-11-0345 min
An Effort StoryHow this entrepreneur is trying to make India trade on their opinions? | Story of Sachin Gupta @Probo.inThis episode covers the story of an Entrepreneur who quit his job for building a startup that has been backed today by big investors like Sequoia, Elevation and also has top business leaders like Kunal Shah (Cred, Founder), Kunal Bahl (CEO) & Rohit Bansal (Co-founder) at Snapdeal as Advisors.In this conversation Mr. Sachin Gupta Co-founder at Probo.in talks about his startup journey and also shares his lessons learned while building Probo.in00:50 Introduction12:42 Start of Probo.in23:02 How to hire productively
2021-10-2744 min
An Effort StoryHow this entrepreneur is trying to make India trade on their opinions? | Story of Sachin Gupta @Probo.inThis episode covers the story of an Entrepreneur who quit his job for building a startup that has been backed today by big investors like Sequoia, Elevation and also has top business leaders like Kunal Shah (Cred, Founder), Kunal Bahl (CEO) & Rohit Bansal (Co-founder) at Snapdeal as Advisors.In this conversation Mr. Sachin Gupta Co-founder at Probo.in talks about his startup journey and also shares his lessons learned while building Probo.in00:50 Introduction12:42 Start of Probo.in23:02 How to hire productively25:11 Pros and Cons of...
2021-10-2744 min
An Effort StoryHow this entrepreneur has delivered the revenue of USD 500K to his clients within the first year of operation | An Effort Story | EP-16The biggest challenge for any business is to gain the trust of the clients in the early stages. But, here's a story of an Entrepreneur who has delivered the revenue of USD 500K to his clients within the first year of operation.Listen to the conversation of Mr. Sushant Pande who is an Entrepreneur, a certified Six Sigma black belt holder, and currently working as a Co-founder at EasyProblemSolving.In this episode, Mr. Sushant talks about his entrepreneurial journey, the marketing strategy that works well in the initial years of any business, and...
2021-09-2429 min
An Effort StoryHow this entrepreneur has delivered the revenue of USD 500K to his clients within the first year of operation | An Effort Story | EP-16The biggest challenge for any business is to gain the trust of the clients in the early stages. But, here's a story of an Entrepreneur who has delivered the revenue of USD 500K to his clients within the first year of operation.Listen to the conversation of Mr. Sushant Pande who is an Entrepreneur, a certified Six Sigma black belt holder, and currently working as a Co-founder at EasyProblemSolving.In this episode, Mr. Sushant talks about his entrepreneurial journey, the marketing strategy that works well in the initial years of any business, and also shares...
2021-09-2429 min
An Effort StoryHow a student took an opportunity of his college to become an Entrepreneur? EP-15 | An Effort StoryIf you're dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur as a student, then the best way is to start from your college. Here is one such story of an entrepreneur who didn't go to college just for academics but to follow his dreams.Tune in to listen to the entire conversation of Mr. Atul Kumar who is Co-founder and CEO at Cuvette Tech who has taken an opportunity of his college to become an entrepreneur.--- Send in a voice message: https://a...
2021-09-2029 min
An Effort StoryHow a student took an opportunity of his college to become an Entrepreneur? EP-15 | An Effort StoryIf you're dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur as a student, then the best way is to start from your college. Here is one such story of an entrepreneur who didn't go to college just for academics but to follow his dreams.Tune in to listen to the entire conversation of Mr. Atul Kumar who is Co-founder and CEO at Cuvette Tech who has taken an opportunity of his college to become an entrepreneur.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-09-2029 min
An Effort StoryAn Entrepreneurial story of a mother and a son who built a Health and Nutrition company | An Effort Story | EP-14A Young man who quit his CA career and a high-paying job in MNC to help his mother in a health and nutrition company that was built by her at the age of 42.In this conversation, Sahil Jain who is a Co-founder and CEO at MightyMillets talks about their startup journey and shares the common challenges that have been faced by every entrepreneur in Health and Nutrition industry.He also shares the lessons that he has learned the hard way and gives advice on how one can learn things and adapt in the...
2021-09-0326 min
An Effort StoryAn Entrepreneurial story of a mother and a son who built a Health and Nutrition company | An Effort Story | EP-14A Young man who quit his CA career and a high-paying job in MNC to help his mother in a health and nutrition company that was built by her at the age of 42.In this conversation, Sahil Jain who is a Co-founder and CEO at MightyMillets talks about their startup journey and shares the common challenges that have been faced by every entrepreneur in Health and Nutrition industry.He also shares the lessons that he has learned the hard way and gives advice on how one can learn things and adapt in the business even...
2021-09-0326 min
An Effort StoryEntrepreneurial journey of two friends who turned to be Co-Founders | An Effort Story | EP-13Journey of two friends Mr. Raghib Khan and Mr. Faisal Abbas (Co-founders at RnF technologies) who quit their high-paying jobs to pursue their dream of becoming entrepreneurs. In this conversation, Faisal and Raghib share their entrepreneurial journey from being Friends to Co-founders and also explained few reasons on why most startups fail in the early stages.Tune in to listen to this insightful conversation and get some insights for your startup today!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-08-2949 min
An Effort StoryEntrepreneurial journey of two friends who turned to be Co-Founders | An Effort Story | EP-13Journey of two friends Mr. Raghib Khan and Mr. Faisal Abbas (Co-founders at RnF technologies) who quit their high-paying jobs to pursue their dream of becoming entrepreneurs. In this conversation, Faisal and Raghib share their entrepreneurial journey from being Friends to Co-founders and also explained few reasons on why most startups fail in the early stages.Tune in to listen to this insightful conversation and get some insights for your startup today!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-08-2949 min
An Effort StoryA woman entrepreneur who simplified the process of looking attractive with her unique beauty products | An Effort Story EP-12A pharmacist who turned to a retailer to an Entrepreneur. In this episode, Ms. Harini Reddy shares her entrepreneurial story and the challenges she has encountered on her way to build a unique and simplified healthy and Ayurvedic beauty product. She also talks about some reasons for many startups to fail in the skin care industry.Tune in to listen to the entire conversation with Ms. Harini Reddy Founder & Managing Director at La'vedics--- Send in a...
2021-08-2540 min
An Effort StoryA woman entrepreneur who simplified the process of looking attractive with her unique beauty products | An Effort Story EP-12A pharmacist who turned to a retailer to an Entrepreneur. In this episode, Ms. Harini Reddy shares her entrepreneurial story and the challenges she has encountered on her way to build a unique and simplified healthy and Ayurvedic beauty product. She also talks about some reasons for many startups to fail in the skin care industry.Tune in to listen to the entire conversation with Ms. Harini Reddy Founder & Managing Director at La'vedics--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-08-2540 min
An Effort StoryHow an Entrepreneur from a middle class family is addressing the real life logistics challenge in rural areas and running a successful business today | An Effort Story EP-11Many Startups which have been Unicorns today have come from the personal experiences of an Entrepreneur.Here's one such story of an Entrepreneur who started a Startup to address a common real-life logistics challenge in rural,tier-2, and tier-3 cities.In this episode, Mr. Abdul Khadeer Mohammed Founder and CEO at AI LOGISTIX talks about his entrepreneurial journey from an Employee to an Employer phase and shares his tips on how to grow on a daily basis as an entrepreneur.Tune in to listen to the entire conversation!
2021-08-1441 min
An Effort StoryHow an Entrepreneur from a middle class family is addressing the real life logistics challenge in rural areas and running a successful business today | An Effort Story EP-11Many Startups which have been Unicorns today have come from the personal experiences of an Entrepreneur.Here's one such story of an Entrepreneur who started a Startup to address a common real-life logistics challenge in rural,tier-2, and tier-3 cities.In this episode, Mr. Abdul Khadeer Mohammed Founder and CEO at AI LOGISTIX talks about his entrepreneurial journey from an Employee to an Employer phase and shares his tips on how to grow on a daily basis as an entrepreneur.Tune in to listen to the entire conversation!--- Send in a...
2021-08-1441 min
An Effort StoryA Young Entrepreneur who turned his habit of reading to a Startup idea | An Effort Story | EP-10A Young Entrepreneur who turned his habit of reading into a Startup idea.In this episode, He shares his entrepreneurial journey from his very initial stage and also talks about how he is able to manage his job career along with his Startup. Tune in to listen to the entire conversation with Mr. Jitesh Singla Founder at ReadingRoots.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-08-1219 min
An Effort StoryA Young Entrepreneur who turned his habit of reading to a Startup idea | An Effort Story | EP-10A Young Entrepreneur who turned his habit of reading into a Startup idea.In this episode, He shares his entrepreneurial journey from his very initial stage and also talks about how he is able to manage his job career along with his Startup. Tune in to listen to the entire conversation with Mr. Jitesh Singla Founder at ReadingRoots.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get a...
2021-08-1219 min
An Effort StoryAn Entrepreneur who made his first 6 figures in business before he turned 30- An Effort Story EP-09An Entrepreneur who launched a lifestyle business brand at the age of 16 and made his first 6 figures in business before he turned 30. In this episode, He talks about how to overcome challenges in sustaining business and also shares the lessons learned in his entrepreneur career. Tune in to listen to the entire conversation with Mr. Femi Doyle Marshall (Entrepreneur Advisor) Founder & Director at Rebootx Academy.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message This is a public episode. If you would like to di...
2021-08-0727 min
An Effort StoryAn Entrepreneur who made his first 6 figures in business before he turned 30- An Effort Story EP-09An Entrepreneur who launched a lifestyle business brand at the age of 16 and made his first 6 figures in business before he turned 30. In this episode, He talks about how to overcome challenges in sustaining business and also shares the lessons learned in his entrepreneur career. Tune in to listen to the entire conversation with Mr. Femi Doyle Marshall (Entrepreneur Advisor) Founder & Director at Rebootx Academy.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-08-0727 min
An Effort StoryEP 08 - Prerna Prasad (Founder & CEO at Ecoplore)Prerna Prasad is a successful woman entrepreneur in the travel industry who quit her 8 years of Journalism in Corporate media. In this conversation, Prerna talks about her challenges from the initial days of Ecoplore and how she has overcome all those, and what resources have helped her today run a successful business. Being a woman in business she gives advice to many women entrepreneurs who want to run a business. Tune in to listen to this power-packed conversation.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-08-0125 min
An Effort StoryEP 08 - Prerna Prasad (Founder & CEO at Ecoplore)Prerna Prasad is a successful woman entrepreneur in the travel industry who quit her 8 years of Journalism in Corporate media. In this conversation, Prerna talks about her challenges from the initial days of Ecoplore and how she has overcome all those, and what resources have helped her today run a successful business. Being a woman in business she gives advice to many women entrepreneurs who want to run a business. Tune in to listen to this power-packed conversation.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/me...
2021-08-0125 min
An Effort StoryEP 07- Karthik Narayan (Co-founder & CTO at Inai)An entrepreneur who started a startup from the problem of his earlier business. With his solution, he is today helping many small businesses to solve the challenge in payment flows. Tune in to listen to the entire conversation with Mr. Karthik Narayan Co-Founder & CTO at inai. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-07-2520 min
An Effort StoryEP 07- Karthik Narayan (Co-founder & CTO at Inai)An entrepreneur who started a startup from the problem of his earlier business. With his solution, he is today helping many small businesses to solve the challenge in payment flows. Tune in to listen to the entire conversation with Mr. Karthik Narayan Co-Founder & CTO at inai. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anjalivemala.substack.com
2021-07-2520 min
An Effort StoryEP 06- Sayalee Joshi (Co-founder & COO at Authentica)A woman entrepreneur who started a startup that combines education with travel. Where in the world of students going from Asian countries to European countries, She and her team identified that Asian countries have a lot to teach to the world and invited students from other countries to Asia.Tune in to listen to the entire conversation of Ms. Sayalee Joshi & Anjali Vemala and listen till the end to see what Ms.Sayalee has to say to the upcoming entrepreneurs from her experiences.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-07-2020 min
An Effort StoryEP 06- Sayalee Joshi (Co-founder & COO at Authentica)A woman entrepreneur who started a startup that combines education with travel. Where in the world of students going from Asian countries to European countries, She and her team identified that Asian countries have a lot to teach to the world and invited students from other countries to Asia.Tune in to listen to the entire conversation of Ms. Sayalee Joshi & Anjali Vemala and listen till the end to see what Ms.Sayalee has to say to the upcoming entrepreneurs from her experiences.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor...
2021-07-2020 min
An Effort StoryEP 05 - Vishwesh Nair (Founder & Director at MilkinOats)An Entrepreneur who turned his lactose intolerance into a business idea and now helping many consumers with his perfect kitchen-made solution. Tune in to listen to the complete story of Mr. Vishwesh J.Nair Founder & Director at MilkinOats.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-07-1526 min
An Effort StoryEP 05 - Vishwesh Nair (Founder & Director at MilkinOats)An Entrepreneur who turned his lactose intolerance into a business idea and now helping many consumers with his perfect kitchen-made solution. Tune in to listen to the complete story of Mr. Vishwesh J.Nair Founder & Director at MilkinOats.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anjalivemala.substack.com
2021-07-1526 min
An Effort StoryEP 04- Vibhanshu Chhangani (Founder & CEO at Meau.in)From a Full Stack Developer to a Founder who took a negative critic as a challenge and built a product that is now helping many professions to securely share their work with the world. Listen to this inspirational conversation between Anjali Vemala and Mr. Vibhanshu Chhangani Founder & CEO at Meau.in--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anjalivemala.substack.com
2021-07-111h 27
An Effort StoryEP 04- Vibhanshu Chhangani (Founder & CEO at Meau.in)From a Full Stack Developer to a Founder who took a negative critic as a challenge and built a product that is now helping many professions to securely share their work with the world. Listen to this inspirational conversation between Anjali Vemala and Mr. Vibhanshu Chhangani Founder & CEO at Meau.in--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-07-111h 27
An Effort StoryEpisode 03- Vineet Arya (Founder & Director at COHIRE)In this episode, Anjali Vemala speaks with a marketing enthusiast, Founder at COHIRE Vineet Arya about his entrepreneur career, marketing challenges, tactics, and learnings.About Guest:Vineet Arya has spent more than 20 years of his career in marketing, brand building, communications, and worked for many MNCs, including AMD, SanDisk, Tata Power, and has been part of many successful campaigns. After 19 years in the corporate world, he quit his full-time job to help startups in managing their business functions at a higher level by building a platform. The idea behind COHIRE is to help startups scale...
2021-07-0137 min
An Effort StoryEpisode 03- Vineet Arya (Founder & Director at COHIRE)In this episode, Anjali Vemala speaks with a marketing enthusiast, Founder at COHIRE Vineet Arya about his entrepreneur career, marketing challenges, tactics, and learnings.About Guest:Vineet Arya has spent more than 20 years of his career in marketing, brand building, communications, and worked for many MNCs, including AMD, SanDisk, Tata Power, and has been part of many successful campaigns. After 19 years in the corporate world, he quit his full-time job to help startups in managing their business functions at a higher level by building a platform. The idea behind COHIRE is to help...
2021-07-0137 min
An Effort StoryEpisode 02- Vinodh Rajaraman (Co-founder & CTO at EagleOwl)If he hadn't thought of try to solve a problem in which he found a gap in the industry, Vinodh Rajaraman would never have started a company that is addressing the needs of restaurant owners today. Tune in to listen to the complete story.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-06-2622 min
An Effort StoryEpisode 02- Vinodh Rajaraman (Co-founder & CTO at EagleOwl)If he hadn't thought of try to solve a problem in which he found a gap in the industry, Vinodh Rajaraman would never have started a company that is addressing the needs of restaurant owners today. Tune in to listen to the complete story.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anjalivemala.substack.com
2021-06-2622 min
An Effort StoryJourney from a college student to an EntrepreneurFrom a college student to an Entrepreneur, Listen to our amazing conversation of how opportunities can pop up around if you have a strong will to achieve something. Honoring Mr. Akshat Bahety Co-Founder & CTO at Pinakulo.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-06-1216 min
An Effort StoryJourney from a college student to an EntrepreneurFrom a college student to an Entrepreneur, Listen to our amazing conversation of how opportunities can pop up around if you have a strong will to achieve something. Honoring Mr. Akshat Bahety Co-Founder & CTO at Pinakulo.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anjalivemala.substack.com
2021-06-1216 min
An Effort StoryJourney from a college student to an EntrepreneurFrom a college student to an Entrepreneur, Listen to our amazing conversation of how opportunities can pop up around if you have a strong will to achieve something. Honoring Mr. Akshat Bahety on this show.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-06-1232 min
An Effort StoryJourney from a college student to an EntrepreneurFrom a college student to an Entrepreneur, Listen to our amazing conversation of how opportunities can pop up around if you have a strong will to achieve something. Honoring Mr. Akshat Bahety on this show.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anjalivemala.substack.com
2021-06-1232 min
An Effort StorySelf Discipline is the master key to your successThis episode is also available as a blog post: https://aneffortstory.wordpress.com/2021/01/24/self-discipline-is-the-master-key-to-your-success/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message
2021-05-0103 min
An Effort StorySelf Discipline is the master key to your successThis episode is also available as a blog post: https://aneffortstory.wordpress.com/2021/01/24/self-discipline-is-the-master-key-to-your-success/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjali-vemala/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anjalivemala.substack.com
2021-05-0103 min