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The Write CreedE20: HaikuJAM or Miraquill? Eisha reviews the two popular haiku apps for AndroidEisha started writing haiku a few years ago when she lived in Australia during poetry-jamming sessions with her friend from the US. When she bought her first Android phone, she downloaded the HaikuJAM app which was founded by Dhrupad Karwa and Andrew Leung. The poetic expression app allows for collaboration between three people to create haiku. She used it for a couple of years till motherhood put a break and she preferred binge-watching shows on Netflix instead of writing haikus. Then last year, when she got into a fight with a friend, they ping-ponged haikus at each other to de-stress...2021-09-2309 min
Think Inspired#10 - Humans, Machines and TomorrowThis week, Dhru spoke with Dr. Daniel Hulme who is a leading expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies. He is the founder and CEO of Satalia, a company that provides AI products and solutions for global organisations such as Tesco and PwC. Satalia was recently acquired by WPP, the world's largest advertising and communications agency, where Daniel now serves as Chief AI Officer.
Dhru's known Dan since university and has always been inspired by his unrelenting commitment to purposeful entrepreneurship and innovation. Dan's mission is to create a world where everyone has the freedom...2021-09-2235 min
The Vinamre Kasanaa Show#62 ‘Most Creatives Are Stressed’ | Dhrupad Karwa on Creating AI Inspiration, The Beauty of Bandra, & Self-AwarenessDhrupad Karwa is the founder and CEO of HaikuJam. Currently, he’s building INSPO, an AI-based inspiration partner for creatives.
In this conversation, Dhrupad and I talk about:
► How creativity has become an ROI-driven realm of hyper productivity
► Why most modern creatives are unable to feel inspired
► How to focus and stay centered
► Why the qualities that make you unemployable make you a ferocious entrepreneur
►Lessons from running a startup with 800K users
► Why Bandra inspires so many creatives to make it their home
► Dhrupad’s...2021-09-201h 46The Vinamre Kasanaa Show#49 Dhrupad Karwa (HaikuJam) on Motorcycles, Business, and CreativityDhrupad Karwa is the Founder and CEO of HaikuJam, a social writing game where 800,000 people from over 163 countries collaborate to write Haikus. He has also been featured in the Forbes India 30 Under 30 list.
In this episode, Dhrupad and I talked about the pleasures of writing, the bittersweet joy of being a creative, why we both love motorcycles, and how to run and scale a business around your passion.
Follow Dhrupad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhrupadkarwa
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Think Inspired#9 - Calvin and Hobbes, Running and AI Travel IdeasThis week, Dhru speaks with Narayan Devanathan, a multitalented executive at Dentsu, the Japanese advertising giant - where he does many things, all in the spirit of Dentsu's global philosophy of championing meaningful progress. He was actually recommended by Bibhash Banerjee, a previous guest on Think Inspired, who described Narayan as an 'insight machine' and one of the most brilliant people he knows. So naturally, Dhru couldn't pass up on the opportunity to jam with him.
Narayan also happens to be a voracious reader and long-distance runner: he claims that much of his thinking and ways of...2021-09-0758 min
Think Inspired#8 - Stealing, Lego and AI NomadismThis week, Dhru was working remotely in the hills of Darjeeling, India and spoke with Rosie Yakob who is co-founder of the nomadic creative consultancy, Genius Steals. She and her partner Faris have been living nomadically (without a home base) since March 2013, travelling for clients and being inspired by the world in between engagements. She's collaborated with some truly iconic people and brands like Jay Z, Oreo, Coca-Cola, Gibson Guitars and her work has been recognised on stages such as Cannes Lions, CLIO and the Addy's. Asides from being a self-proclaimed advertising enthusiast, Rosie has a soft spot for...2021-08-231h 15
Think Inspired#7 - Shantaram, Inspiration in Prison and AI SpiritualityThis week, Dhru spoke with one of his creative heroes: Gregory David Roberts (GDR), the author of 'Shantaram', a breathtaking novel set in Bombay that's sold over six million copies and hailed as a 'masterpiece'. He recently published a new book called 'The Spiritual Path' and is also producing music from a studio in Jamaica. Greg has lived an insanely adventurous life: from being on the run as Australia's most wanted man to forging passports for the Bombay mafia to writing international best-selling novels that have captured the imaginations of millions all around the world.
In the 72...2021-07-231h 13
Think Inspired#6 - Cannes Lions, God and AI CreativityThis week, Dhru had a crazy jam with P.G. Aditiya who is the National Creative Director of Dentsu Webchutney. He and his teams work on brands like Google, YouTube, Uber, IKEA, Swiggy, just to name a few, and have collectively picked up some of the most prestigious awards for creativity on stages such as the Cannes Lions. P.G. himself was named "Creative Person of the Year" by Campaign Magazine in 2019.
To say the conversation was wide-ranging would be an understatement. In the span of 79 minutes, P.G. and Dhru discussed inspiration, ego, falling from grace...2021-07-071h 19
Think Inspired#5 - Rain, Digital Seeking and Tiny AI TalesIn today's episode, Dhru speaks with Anuj Gosalia, who's a storyteller, an entrepreneur and a believer in the gospel of inspiration. He lives in Mumbai and is perhaps best known as the founder & CEO of Terribly Tiny Tales, a storytelling platform that reaches over 20 million people every week. But his identity extends well beyond entrepreneurial achievements. In Anuj's own words, he 'writes to find himself' and thinks a lot about content, creators, communities (and alliteration!).
The conversation feels more like a walk in the woods than anything else. Anuj and Dhru cover a lot of ground...2021-06-301h 02
Think Inspired#4 - Silence, IKEA Metaphors and AI ConversationsThis week's episode with Anna Gát was special. She is the founder and CEO of Interintellect which is a global community of thinkers dedicated to hosting 'Salons' - the best conversations on the internet. Every day, people from all across the globe join Salons to discuss topics that span the full spectrum of human experience, with humility and without judgment. Curiously, Anna is also a big believer in the power of silence and being with oneself. She's from Budapest in Hungary and lives a truly poetic life. She loves metaphors, meaning, magic and more - all of which b...2021-06-2049 min
Shunya OneFeat. Dhrupad Karwa Founder & CEO of Inspo and HaikuJAMOn today's episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Dhrupad Karwa, Founder & CEO of Inspo, and HaikuJAM. He talks about coming to India from England, having the idea of starting a social writing game where strangers from all around the world write short 3-lined poems called Haikus, and the app was thus named 'HaikuJam'. This idea was created on part of a failed startup in the UK. He also talks about the attention the app started garnering from college fests to journalists reviewing it, realizing that to evolve they have to be serious about technology and invest...2021-06-1150 min
Think Inspired#3 - Hotel Towels, John Lennon and AI WeirdnessThis week, Dhru chats with Marie Dollé who was the happiest human on earth when Elon Musk said "The future's gonna be weird." Marie is a hardcore believer in 'weirdness' and following one's curiosities, which she does with her brilliant newsletter, 'In Bed With Social', that explores the future of digital media. She speaks four languages, she thinks super fast and she has a sixth sense for what's next. As if all that wasn't enough, she also works at a public investment bank in France where she helps connects startups and investors.
Marie has a unique process f...2021-06-1158 min
Think Inspired#2 - Mumbai Night Walks, Inspiration Loops and AI Tennis MetaphorsThis week, Dhru has a fun and soulful conversation with Aneesh Madani - who's a world citizen, a diehard sports fan, a lover of timeless books and an overall stand up guy. Professionally, he’s seen the world of digital media change from the front row as a member of Twitter India’s founding team and as a Fellow of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Media, Entertainment and Sport.
The conversation flows through insightful practices that help Aneesh stay inspired, like “grazing through observation”, the delight of finding “postcard moments”, “inspiration loops” and the "power of talk...2021-06-0254 min
Think Inspired#1 - Royal Enfield Mugs, The Multiverse and Fascist Coffee IdeasIn this slightly unhinged debut episode, Dhru speaks with Bibhash Banerjee - who's a brand consultant to some wild Indian brands, a silent photographer, a closet physics fan, a serious coffee drinker and an ardent believer in the power of inspiration. The conversation explores what inspiration means to Bibhash, what he does when uninspired, how his process for gathering inspiration has changed post COVID-19, who's inspired him recently and also some mad ideas around 'coffee' as Bibhash responds to 3 pieces of AI Inspiration from Inspo (our search engine for inspiration).
Bibhash has a fascinating perspective (on pretty...2021-05-2258 min
MetaLearn PodcastML171: Dhrupad Karwa on Finding Inspiration, The Power of Creative AI and Navigating Social MediaDhrupad Karwa is the Founder and CEO of Inspo, an AI Inspiration Partner designed to enrich creative thinking at brands and agencies. He is also the co-founder and CEO of HaikuJAM, a social writing game that helps people write collaboratively online. In this episode we discuss: - The importance of inspiration and how AI can bring more of it to our lives- The challenges of building startups and what kept Dhru going along the way- The current state of the social media landscape and the challenge of navigating it This was a gr...2021-05-0545 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE36 - Unlocking Creativity w/HaikuJAM & INSPO's Dhrupad KarwaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Dhrupad Karwa, Co-Founder of HaikuJAM & INSPO.
HaikuJAM revolutionises the way we look at social interactions, and binds us by the beautiful gift of creativity. (https://haikujam.com/) INSPO by HaikuJAM is your inspiration partner, which will never let you be short of inspiration. (https://inspo.haikujam.com/)
Dhrupad Karwa is a gem of a Founder, who values discipline, deeply cares about the problems he is solving for, believes truly in working on original solutions, builds for the world from India and is an absolute treat of a...2021-03-211h 09
AntiFool with Norman ChellaHaikuJam's Dhrupad Karwa talks Haikus, Inspiration and Human ConnectionIn this episode, let's talk about creative writing, which is a very fascinating thing because it's subjective. It's interpretive, according to the creator themselves. Do you write lyrics, poetry or haiku, or do you just prefer not to write instead and prefer to illustrate?Can we connect with each other through the power of creative writing, specifically through haiku? Who better to talk about this with than Dhrupad Karwa. Dhrupad or Dhru is the founder and CEO of HaikuJam, a mobile app promoting self-care through collaborative writing. It's simple. You write haiku together with strangers a...2020-11-241h 16
Crazy WisdomWhat is the relationship between technology, creativity, and modernity? - Dhrupad Karwa: CEO and Cofounder HaikuJamMore question that we talk about: What happens when you build a product with an expectation of what will happen and then something entirely different happens? Is San Francisco losing its soul? Is its soul becoming distributed? Dhru on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhrupadkarwa HaikuJAM: http://haikujam.com Dhru shares HaikuJAM on TEDx: https://youtu.be/XzB0KwWsT5g 2019-10-281h 04
Cyrus Says CleanEp. 145 feat. HaikuJAM's Dhrupad KarwaOn this episode of Cyrus Says, 24-year-old app developer Dhrupad Karwa talks to Cyrus about: How he started his first entrepreneurial venture at the age of 14. How he grew up in the UK and yet turned out cool. The birth of HaikuJAM and the way it functions. Why he is inspired by Pixar so much! Follow Cyrus Says on Facebook: https://goo.gl/Ekg9Iy You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You...2016-12-1548 min