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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) The Upstream Life, Vishal Krishna, Business Strategy, Financial Planning, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Success Stories, Digital Marketing, Podcast Stories, Lean Startup, Funding, Networking Vishal Krishna theupstreamlife@gmail.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/1hxoa5hs18n7vljecgwznjklp2wl?.jpg The UpstreamLife https://theupstreamlife.buzzsprout.com Vishal Krishna Rise of social impact startups in IIM-CIP & the North-East: in-conversation with chairman Ajay Jain Rise of social impact startups in IIM-CIP & the North-East: in-conversation with chairman Ajay Jain In this episode we talk with Chairman of the IIMCIP, Ajay Jain, who has been through forty years of entrepreneurship and is now paying it forward as a professor and startup mentor. He talks about how the North-East part of India is going to attract several startups in the years to come and why IIMCIP is playing a vital role in its growth.  @iimcalcutta  

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast
01:21 - Learning from the Corporate world
05:20 - Career in Kuwait and the stepping stone to business.
08:44 - Why Institutions will create social impact going forward.
14:33 - The balance to create innovation that makes impact.
18:11 - Academia/Corporate partnership - will it become mainstream.
23:12 - Carrying empathy to build a business.
29:00 - Supporting the North-East Corridor to become a startup centre.
33:03 - Why North East supports some great opportunities.
35:55 - The North East will change going forward.
41:03 - Role of government, going beyond grants.
49:00 - What does it take for innovation to work in the future
54:42 - Building future leaders.

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]]> In this episode we talk with Chairman of the IIMCIP, Ajay Jain, who has been through forty years of entrepreneurship and is now paying it forward as a professor and startup mentor. He talks about how the North-East part of India is going to attract several startups in the years to come and why IIMCIP is playing a vital role in its growth.  @iimcalcutta  

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast
01:21 - Learning from the Corporate world
05:20 - Career in Kuwait and the stepping stone to business.
08:44 - Why Institutions will create social impact going forward.
14:33 - The balance to create innovation that makes impact.
18:11 - Academia/Corporate partnership - will it become mainstream.
23:12 - Carrying empathy to build a business.
29:00 - Supporting the North-East Corridor to become a startup centre.
33:03 - Why North East supports some great opportunities.
35:55 - The North East will change going forward.
41:03 - Role of government, going beyond grants.
49:00 - What does it take for innovation to work in the future
54:42 - Building future leaders.

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]]> The UpStreamLife Buzzsprout-19451032 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0530 276 full false Why schools still need edtech, STEM interventions & test prep that matters: the SpeEdLabs story Why schools still need edtech, STEM interventions & test prep that matters: the SpeEdLabs story In this episode I talk with Vivek Varshney, the founder of SpeEdLabs, a test prep company that has survived the test of being a startup and is now growing to become a preferred partner for schools in smaller towns. How did Vivek and team do this, lets find out.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:22 - Being an IIT/IIM grad and going on to set up a startup.
05:25 - Education is the only currency to come out of poverty.
10:30 - Building a startup is all about product market fit, the first customer.
15:30 - Outcomes decide the future of a startup, why B2B worked.
20:09 - The elements that worked for SpeEdLabs.
30:00 - How should one prepare for tests?
34:00 - Having the playbook ready?
42:00 - Why schools are going to enable parents?
45:33 - The AI in the app and the future playbook.
49:50 - How is the SpeEdLabs journey going into AI?
55:15 - The future of education in India.

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]]> In this episode I talk with Vivek Varshney, the founder of SpeEdLabs, a test prep company that has survived the test of being a startup and is now growing to become a preferred partner for schools in smaller towns. How did Vivek and team do this, lets find out.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:22 - Being an IIT/IIM grad and going on to set up a startup.
05:25 - Education is the only currency to come out of poverty.
10:30 - Building a startup is all about product market fit, the first customer.
15:30 - Outcomes decide the future of a startup, why B2B worked.
20:09 - The elements that worked for SpeEdLabs.
30:00 - How should one prepare for tests?
34:00 - Having the playbook ready?
42:00 - Why schools are going to enable parents?
45:33 - The AI in the app and the future playbook.
49:50 - How is the SpeEdLabs journey going into AI?
55:15 - The future of education in India.

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]]> The UpStreamLife Buzzsprout-19382153 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0530 3759 full false The journey of Prequate, how Pradyumna went from Yeshas Academy to setting up an advisory firm The journey of Prequate, how Pradyumna went from Yeshas Academy to setting up an advisory firm In this episode we talk about the growth of an idea, how Pradyumna went from being a back bencher to setting up an advisory/investment banking firm that works with the brightest startups and large corporations.

This interview covers his student days and also covers how investment banking works.

00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - The objective of the Disha Series with Mentorsforkids.in - an introduction by Pavan Sharma, partner at BCL India
04:00 - The reason why MentorsForKids wants employability.
06:00 - The journey of Pradyumna
16:20 - Building a network for I-Banking
24:15 - Working with engineers to build business, commerce students deploy money.
27:28 - Why AI is expensive and how Prequate works with technology.
41:00 - Being ready for work life.
45:00 - Conversation with students

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]]> In this episode we talk about the growth of an idea, how Pradyumna went from being a back bencher to setting up an advisory/investment banking firm that works with the brightest startups and large corporations.

This interview covers his student days and also covers how investment banking works.

00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - The objective of the Disha Series with Mentorsforkids.in - an introduction by Pavan Sharma, partner at BCL India
04:00 - The reason why MentorsForKids wants employability.
06:00 - The journey of Pradyumna
16:20 - Building a network for I-Banking
24:15 - Working with engineers to build business, commerce students deploy money.
27:28 - Why AI is expensive and how Prequate works with technology.
41:00 - Being ready for work life.
45:00 - Conversation with students

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]]> The UpStreamLife Buzzsprout-19365284 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0530 3467 full false Lab to business: AI native platform LatentForce fixes enterprise code migration with scale & context Lab to business: AI native platform LatentForce fixes enterprise code migration with scale & context In this episode Ideaspring Capital's Naganand Doraswamy talks with deep tech startup LatentForce, which has a special combination of a research professor and his students who are building the business as founders. This fascinating story showcases how Indian science is scaling globally.

00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - Genesis of LatentForce
05:40 - From lab to business
06:59 - Keeping in touch with disruptions in AI
15:00 - From professor to thinking business
17:53 - LatentForce is solving code migration with context
22:00 - Taking the business to customers
25:25 - Getting great talent.
35:39 - Revenue pipeline of the company

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]]> In this episode Ideaspring Capital's Naganand Doraswamy talks with deep tech startup LatentForce, which has a special combination of a research professor and his students who are building the business as founders. This fascinating story showcases how Indian science is scaling globally.

00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - Genesis of LatentForce
05:40 - From lab to business
06:59 - Keeping in touch with disruptions in AI
15:00 - From professor to thinking business
17:53 - LatentForce is solving code migration with context
22:00 - Taking the business to customers
25:25 - Getting great talent.
35:39 - Revenue pipeline of the company

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]]> The UpStreamLife Buzzsprout-19346540 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0530 2292 full false India's Sovereign Path: the Rupee, the Future, the need to "Change" the geo-political game India's Sovereign Path: the Rupee, the Future, the need to "Change" the geo-political game In this short video I analyze where India is heading and how it has to reflect about its relationship between powerful nations.

Here is a brief text of the essay:

It is time for India to reflect on its position in the world order as the rupee slides further thanks to the USA’s adventures around the world.

The USA’s war in Iran and its forceful tariff diplomacy has not bode well for the world. 

The current tensions have led to foreign capital’s flight from India’s stock markets. Combine this with the rise of AI technology, job losses are going to hurt India’s IT industry and many more. 

It is never good for an old civilization to be kicked around, but it is good for it to be reminded that it has to make its own fortune. Unlike China, India has to come together sooner than later. At the moment it loves its cricket, its consumer business valuations, its uncontrollable carbohydrate addiction, and ever so occasionally, the inconspicuous army that protects its borders from several rogue nations. 

But India’s dependence on foreign markets have led the rupee to slide. 

Come to think of it, the very idea of its independence was to overcome imperial powers, but it is caught between powers such as China and the USA. 

The fix for all the fall of the rupee is not in economic austerity, but a massive, gradual overhaul of its systems that will make it stronger in the long run. 

It's not easy to change India’s institutions because it is a complex legal bureaucracy whose only bells and whistles are a bag or rules, and unaccountable practices. 

Yet the idea of India works brilliantly because of its diversity. But, can it notch one up in the geo-political chaos of this decade? 

Let's look at some real cases that should wake people up. 
 
India does not control commodities that run the world - oil, phosphorus, rare earths, and helium. To top it up India does not have any sort of grip on the hardware ecosystem. Entire industry verticals such as agriculture, automobile and energy sectors are dependent on either the USA, Russia or China. 

Its dependence on imported hardware systems that support robotics and AI compute has tied it to Corporations of US, Chinese, Japanese and European origins.

So, where must the change begin?

It has to centralize aspects that will define its future and make accountability the core of everything. It must remove all the weeds that don't want the system to function. 

It must begin with its education system, which builds talent for a bureaucratic and managerial legacy. 

It must centralize the education system and remove the capitalistic nature of education, let the pedagogy encourage thinkers, builders and risk takers. It must remove any religious or identity led affiliation. 

By doling out degrees we have impractical youth who don't know how a system works and don't have the initiative to think how systems function. 

India must blend critical thinking of history with research and combine the best of modern science to build businesses. 

Until schools and colleges are owned by pro-western religious institutions and selective Jati led ecosystems, it is going to be harder for the idea of India to further itself. It is going to have an even harder time with neo-capitalists who propose a western style system that furthers a consumption economy. This tendency can destroy India’s environment and natural resources only to usher in ecological imbalances.

India must find a way as it has strong foundations of a scientific society to foster mega transitions that are inclusive of all life.  

The country has already made plans to transition into green energy by 2075 and has increased investments in deep tech significantly. But as a nation it must plan industrial transitions along with its biggest strength-  “people” - as a resource. 

Its scientific foundations must find ideas to rid the nation from its dependence on importing oil, fertilizers, electronics and rare earths from these powerful nations. 

There must be enormous effort to build practical new industrial ecosystems that create new fuels, batteries along with cutting edge manufacturing systems. The contradiction is that we have to be dependent on various nations in the short term who have resources. 

India must continue to make political overtures to resource rich nations such as Vietnam, Australia and Brazil. It must continue its relationship with Russia and China in the near short term for chemical fertilizers. 

India’s agriculture industry must move towards using nano fertilizers in order to put an end to volume based farming which uses chemicals. There are some investments going into green ammonia and green hydrogen, which perhaps will be the future of Indian agriculture and energy. 

India must also put an end to importing anything that can be manufactured locally. 

Over time its scientists, civil society and government must find a way to work together more often than not otherwise

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]]> In this short video I analyze where India is heading and how it has to reflect about its relationship between powerful nations.

Here is a brief text of the essay:

It is time for India to reflect on its position in the world order as the rupee slides further thanks to the USA’s adventures around the world.

The USA’s war in Iran and its forceful tariff diplomacy has not bode well for the world. 

The current tensions have led to foreign capital’s flight from India’s stock markets. Combine this with the rise of AI technology, job losses are going to hurt India’s IT industry and many more. 

It is never good for an old civilization to be kicked around, but it is good for it to be reminded that it has to make its own fortune. Unlike China, India has to come together sooner than later. At the moment it loves its cricket, its consumer business valuations, its uncontrollable carbohydrate addiction, and ever so occasionally, the inconspicuous army that protects its borders from several rogue nations. 

But India’s dependence on foreign markets have led the rupee to slide. 

Come to think of it, the very idea of its independence was to overcome imperial powers, but it is caught between powers such as China and the USA. 

The fix for all the fall of the rupee is not in economic austerity, but a massive, gradual overhaul of its systems that will make it stronger in the long run. 

It's not easy to change India’s institutions because it is a complex legal bureaucracy whose only bells and whistles are a bag or rules, and unaccountable practices. 

Yet the idea of India works brilliantly because of its diversity. But, can it notch one up in the geo-political chaos of this decade? 

Let's look at some real cases that should wake people up. 
 
India does not control commodities that run the world - oil, phosphorus, rare earths, and helium. To top it up India does not have any sort of grip on the hardware ecosystem. Entire industry verticals such as agriculture, automobile and energy sectors are dependent on either the USA, Russia or China. 

Its dependence on imported hardware systems that support robotics and AI compute has tied it to Corporations of US, Chinese, Japanese and European origins.

So, where must the change begin?

It has to centralize aspects that will define its future and make accountability the core of everything. It must remove all the weeds that don't want the system to function. 

It must begin with its education system, which builds talent for a bureaucratic and managerial legacy. 

It must centralize the education system and remove the capitalistic nature of education, let the pedagogy encourage thinkers, builders and risk takers. It must remove any religious or identity led affiliation. 

By doling out degrees we have impractical youth who don't know how a system works and don't have the initiative to think how systems function. 

India must blend critical thinking of history with research and combine the best of modern science to build businesses. 

Until schools and colleges are owned by pro-western religious institutions and selective Jati led ecosystems, it is going to be harder for the idea of India to further itself. It is going to have an even harder time with neo-capitalists who propose a western style system that furthers a consumption economy. This tendency can destroy India’s environment and natural resources only to usher in ecological imbalances.

India must find a way as it has strong foundations of a scientific society to foster mega transitions that are inclusive of all life.  

The country has already made plans to transition into green energy by 2075 and has increased investments in deep tech significantly. But as a nation it must plan industrial transitions along with its biggest strength-  “people” - as a resource. 

Its scientific foundations must find ideas to rid the nation from its dependence on importing oil, fertilizers, electronics and rare earths from these powerful nations. 

There must be enormous effort to build practical new industrial ecosystems that create new fuels, batteries along with cutting edge manufacturing systems. The contradiction is that we have to be dependent on various nations in the short term who have resources. 

India must continue to make political overtures to resource rich nations such as Vietnam, Australia and Brazil. It must continue its relationship with Russia and China in the near short term for chemical fertilizers. 

India’s agriculture industry must move towards using nano fertilizers in order to put an end to volume based farming which uses chemicals. There are some investments going into green ammonia and green hydrogen, which perhaps will be the future of Indian agriculture and energy. 

India must also put an end to importing anything that can be manufactured locally. 

Over time its scientists, civil society and government must find a way to work together more often than not otherwise

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-19240655 Tue, 26 May 2026 14:00:00 +0530 351 full false Retail's still in search of technologies relevant for consumer experience: A view from Pavan of RDEP Retail's still in search of technologies relevant for consumer experience: A view from Pavan of RDEP In this episode of theUpStreamLife I talk to Pavan Panchamukhi, the founder of RDEP.io which focuses on improving customer experiences with intelligent checkouts. Is this relevant? Let us find out more.

00:00 - Introduction
02:08 - Why serve retail?
04:46 - Focus is on experience and engagement.
08:40 - Physical Retail is evolving always.
13:30 - Personalising for customers dynamically.
19:08 - New age recommendation engines.
23:51 - Value perception of new tech in India and why South Asia.
29:00 - Passing through Corporate audits.
32:00 - The race to be relevant and markets that are relevant.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife I talk to Pavan Panchamukhi, the founder of RDEP.io which focuses on improving customer experiences with intelligent checkouts. Is this relevant? Let us find out more.

00:00 - Introduction
02:08 - Why serve retail?
04:46 - Focus is on experience and engagement.
08:40 - Physical Retail is evolving always.
13:30 - Personalising for customers dynamically.
19:08 - New age recommendation engines.
23:51 - Value perception of new tech in India and why South Asia.
29:00 - Passing through Corporate audits.
32:00 - The race to be relevant and markets that are relevant.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-19126160 Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 +0530 2459 full false Understanding US Healthcare & why its on the cusp of change: a view from CitiusTech's Sudhir Kesavan Understanding US Healthcare & why its on the cusp of change: a view from CitiusTech's Sudhir Kesavan In this interview with Sudhir Kesavan, the COO and Executive Director of CitiusTech, theUpStreamLife delves deep into the healthcare ecosystem of the U.S.A to understand why healthcare unlike other industries has so much data, and yet is slow to embrace new technologies. At the heart of it is regulation and insurance, lets find out more about what is changing.

00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - What is Citiustech
02:53 - Pharma and Care, how can they work together to ensure better service
03:55 - The complexity of the healthcare stack
10:00 - Decision making in the payer and provider industry
18:08 - Actionability of AI.
26:05 - Deploying AI in an era of hype.
33:15 - US healthcare solving for social determinants of health.
39:43 - Making a policy profitable with technology, wearing the CFO hat.
46:14 - Life sciences as a business.

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]]> In this interview with Sudhir Kesavan, the COO and Executive Director of CitiusTech, theUpStreamLife delves deep into the healthcare ecosystem of the U.S.A to understand why healthcare unlike other industries has so much data, and yet is slow to embrace new technologies. At the heart of it is regulation and insurance, lets find out more about what is changing.

00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - What is Citiustech
02:53 - Pharma and Care, how can they work together to ensure better service
03:55 - The complexity of the healthcare stack
10:00 - Decision making in the payer and provider industry
18:08 - Actionability of AI.
26:05 - Deploying AI in an era of hype.
33:15 - US healthcare solving for social determinants of health.
39:43 - Making a policy profitable with technology, wearing the CFO hat.
46:14 - Life sciences as a business.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-19104561 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0530 3279 full false Discover the right fund for your company with Mohur: Priyanka's journey of building an ecosystem Discover the right fund for your company with Mohur: Priyanka's journey of building an ecosystem In this episode we talk with Priyanka Shah, the founder of Mohur.com, a platform that gives you a structure to source the right funds that are tailored for your company. Priyanka understands startup ecosystems along with the successes and the woes of running a company like no other. This is why Mohur was born, startups run out of funds although there are funds are available. Think about it - its a combination of debt funds, grants, VCs, PEs, and angels - find the right match with Mohur.

00:15 - What is Mohur?
03:50 - Why Mohur represents founder's first?
06:35 - Does the platform work for VCs?
08:32 - Mohur's moat
12:19 - Enterprise versus the subscription model.
16:00 - Making data insightful.
20:20 - Aligning a team with the vision.
26:32 - Getting the network to help a founder. 
27:17 - What does Mohur mean?

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]]> In this episode we talk with Priyanka Shah, the founder of Mohur.com, a platform that gives you a structure to source the right funds that are tailored for your company. Priyanka understands startup ecosystems along with the successes and the woes of running a company like no other. This is why Mohur was born, startups run out of funds although there are funds are available. Think about it - its a combination of debt funds, grants, VCs, PEs, and angels - find the right match with Mohur.

00:15 - What is Mohur?
03:50 - Why Mohur represents founder's first?
06:35 - Does the platform work for VCs?
08:32 - Mohur's moat
12:19 - Enterprise versus the subscription model.
16:00 - Making data insightful.
20:20 - Aligning a team with the vision.
26:32 - Getting the network to help a founder. 
27:17 - What does Mohur mean?

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18974179 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0530 1947 full false The GCC edge - why India is still the preferred technology centre? A view from Xpheno The GCC edge - why India is still the preferred technology centre? A view from Xpheno In this episode we talk to Xpheno's founder Kamal Karanth, who talks about Global Capability Centres and how the world of technology is gearing up for Artificial Intelligence. He talks about India and why it is poised for growth.

00:00 - Introduction to Kamal.
01:35 - What is Xpheno?
03:12 - Engineers, AI and India.
09:28 - How does Xpheno help GCCs?
18:32 - Advantage of India's leadership.
22:32 - The fear of AI, what is the reset.
28:53 - India will export talent.
33:35 - Making vocational courses available.
39:00 - Opportunities in managing talent.
44:35 - Podcasts that inspire Kamal.

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]]> In this episode we talk to Xpheno's founder Kamal Karanth, who talks about Global Capability Centres and how the world of technology is gearing up for Artificial Intelligence. He talks about India and why it is poised for growth.

00:00 - Introduction to Kamal.
01:35 - What is Xpheno?
03:12 - Engineers, AI and India.
09:28 - How does Xpheno help GCCs?
18:32 - Advantage of India's leadership.
22:32 - The fear of AI, what is the reset.
28:53 - India will export talent.
33:35 - Making vocational courses available.
39:00 - Opportunities in managing talent.
44:35 - Podcasts that inspire Kamal.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18916058 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0530 2826 full false Diamonds are forever, even more so when a millennia old tradition is revived by Meenu Subbiah Diamonds are forever, even more so when a millennia old tradition is revived by Meenu Subbiah In this episode, which is a long form, we talk with Meenu Subbiah and her daughter Adithi about the business diamonds, authenticity and continuity. If you want to understand how it takes to build a business that lasts for thirty years then find out how things work.

00:00 - A quick introduction to Meenu Subbiah Diamonds.
00:43 - Getting inspired by her mother.
03:00 - The love for history with jewellery.
08:26 - Starting off very young in the U.S.A
13:00 - Understanding jewellery - close setting jewellery.
20:56 - The exclusive line of jewellery of Meenu Subbiah.
23:48 - Customer journey - the purpose of buying.
30:39 - Why jewellery itself is a culture?
38:23 - History of the evolution.
44:52 - Art to inspire the kids.
58:00 - Explaining quality to customers.

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]]> In this episode, which is a long form, we talk with Meenu Subbiah and her daughter Adithi about the business diamonds, authenticity and continuity. If you want to understand how it takes to build a business that lasts for thirty years then find out how things work.

00:00 - A quick introduction to Meenu Subbiah Diamonds.
00:43 - Getting inspired by her mother.
03:00 - The love for history with jewellery.
08:26 - Starting off very young in the U.S.A
13:00 - Understanding jewellery - close setting jewellery.
20:56 - The exclusive line of jewellery of Meenu Subbiah.
23:48 - Customer journey - the purpose of buying.
30:39 - Why jewellery itself is a culture?
38:23 - History of the evolution.
44:52 - Art to inspire the kids.
58:00 - Explaining quality to customers.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18863487 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0530 3702 full false Author, CSO of Ascendion, and futurist Paul Roehrig talks about organizations transitioning with #AI Author, CSO of Ascendion, and futurist Paul Roehrig talks about organizations transitioning with #AI In this episode we talk to Author Paul Roehrig about how the world is going to be embracing AI at scale.

00:00 - Introduction
02:08 - The role of Ascendion's engineers.
06:44 - Evaluating AI at work.
07:51 - What are CEOs preparing for in this era?
12:56 - Platform engineering and data monetization.
16:29 - Markets that are leading with AI.
20:00 - Creating trusted outcomes.
28:10 - Knowing the emotional resonance of using AI.
31:48 - Energy and AI, why is it an important conversation to have.
35:00 - Ability to innovate and partner with each other.
36:09 - Thesis of Paul's books.

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]]> In this episode we talk to Author Paul Roehrig about how the world is going to be embracing AI at scale.

00:00 - Introduction
02:08 - The role of Ascendion's engineers.
06:44 - Evaluating AI at work.
07:51 - What are CEOs preparing for in this era?
12:56 - Platform engineering and data monetization.
16:29 - Markets that are leading with AI.
20:00 - Creating trusted outcomes.
28:10 - Knowing the emotional resonance of using AI.
31:48 - Energy and AI, why is it an important conversation to have.
35:00 - Ability to innovate and partner with each other.
36:09 - Thesis of Paul's books.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18780480 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0530 2596 full false Consumption! Brands, e-Commerce, Mom&Pop stores in India - a view from Devangshu Dutta Consumption! Brands, e-Commerce, Mom&Pop stores in India - a view from Devangshu Dutta In this episode of theUpStreamlife we bring India's foremost retail experts Mr Devangshu Dutta, the founder of Third Eyesight, who gives you insights into brand building and consumption in India. This is made for founders who want to be building for the long run in India.

00:00 - Introduction to context setting.
01:55 - What is Third Eyesight
03:30 - Organized retailing or modern trade - what is it?
07:15 - Brands and quick commerce, have they broken mom and pop stores. 
15:30 - Young brands going offline is all about scale.
18:08 - Large FMCG companies will not innovate in new products.
19:16 - Acquisitions of Indian brands will grow.
24:45 - Infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible.
25:04 - Frugal wardrobes and sustainability.
29:37 - Building a brand, starting up with Friends, Family and Fools.
37:20 - Traceability of ingredients and materials to tell a story.
39:42 - The journey of plastic in India needs to be addressed.
41:11 - Brands and market place tussles, the technology conversation.
42:40 - Market places have the consumer relationship.
45:12 - The cost of acquiring customers is high for brands now, monopoly!
48:38 - Working with startups

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamlife we bring India's foremost retail experts Mr Devangshu Dutta, the founder of Third Eyesight, who gives you insights into brand building and consumption in India. This is made for founders who want to be building for the long run in India.

00:00 - Introduction to context setting.
01:55 - What is Third Eyesight
03:30 - Organized retailing or modern trade - what is it?
07:15 - Brands and quick commerce, have they broken mom and pop stores. 
15:30 - Young brands going offline is all about scale.
18:08 - Large FMCG companies will not innovate in new products.
19:16 - Acquisitions of Indian brands will grow.
24:45 - Infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible.
25:04 - Frugal wardrobes and sustainability.
29:37 - Building a brand, starting up with Friends, Family and Fools.
37:20 - Traceability of ingredients and materials to tell a story.
39:42 - The journey of plastic in India needs to be addressed.
41:11 - Brands and market place tussles, the technology conversation.
42:40 - Market places have the consumer relationship.
45:12 - The cost of acquiring customers is high for brands now, monopoly!
48:38 - Working with startups

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18679800 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0530 3258 full false Making life a journey of continuous learning: ZeCa Capital's Shreya Ravi's take on career in finance Making life a journey of continuous learning: ZeCa Capital's Shreya Ravi's take on career in finance In this episode of theUpStreamLife we bring to you stories from people who love a finance career and how they shaped it to learn about businesses. Shreya Ravi is a CA who is part of a sustainability fund called ZeCa Capital.

00:00 - Introduction
01:52 - Being inspired at home.
05:45 - Finding the right college.
13:36 - Teachers do influence you.
15:00 - Preparing to become a CA.
16:23 - Working with the Big-4 and what you learn while there.
21:25 - Storyboarding a project.
25:35 - Understand what you are doing first before presenting it to business.
32:26 - Being in a VC firm that promotes environment and sustainability.
36:55 - Planning a career.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we bring to you stories from people who love a finance career and how they shaped it to learn about businesses. Shreya Ravi is a CA who is part of a sustainability fund called ZeCa Capital.

00:00 - Introduction
01:52 - Being inspired at home.
05:45 - Finding the right college.
13:36 - Teachers do influence you.
15:00 - Preparing to become a CA.
16:23 - Working with the Big-4 and what you learn while there.
21:25 - Storyboarding a project.
25:35 - Understand what you are doing first before presenting it to business.
32:26 - Being in a VC firm that promotes environment and sustainability.
36:55 - Planning a career.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18635074 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0530 2760 full false The Deep Science Ecosystem in India, a conversation with Ankur Capital The Deep Science Ecosystem in India, a conversation with Ankur Capital In this episode of theUpStreamLife we bring to you Ankur Capital's Deep Science Report which outlines how the deep science startup ecosystem is progressing with increased industry participation.  @ankur_capital  

In this episode Alysha Maria Lobo talks with Vishal Katariya and Suraj Nair of Ankur Capital.

00:00 - Introduction to why deep science is mainstream.
01:36 - Scientists and PhDs are coming back to India.
05:40 - Fragility of the deep science ecosystem.
08:52 - Benchmarking deep science startups.
13:03 - Patents are a great measure.
19:40 - Scaling deep science with CVCs.
23:14 - Is manufacturing deep tech growing.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we bring to you Ankur Capital's Deep Science Report which outlines how the deep science startup ecosystem is progressing with increased industry participation.  @ankur_capital  

In this episode Alysha Maria Lobo talks with Vishal Katariya and Suraj Nair of Ankur Capital.

00:00 - Introduction to why deep science is mainstream.
01:36 - Scientists and PhDs are coming back to India.
05:40 - Fragility of the deep science ecosystem.
08:52 - Benchmarking deep science startups.
13:03 - Patents are a great measure.
19:40 - Scaling deep science with CVCs.
23:14 - Is manufacturing deep tech growing.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18589891 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0530 1988 full false A history of innovation in the deep science ecosystem in India, a case for startups A history of innovation in the deep science ecosystem in India, a case for startups In this episode of theUpStreamlife covering the  @ankur_capital Deep Science Forum we bring to you Professor B Gurumoorthy and Professor C V Natraj, from the IISc, who talk about the history of Indian innovation in tech and the startup world.

00:00 - Introduction to the discussion.
01:48 - Building while being capital strapped in 1947.
03:10 - Why there was a supply and demand gap in India.
04:24 - Innovations at a lage corporate.
08:01 - Long term benefits of investing in innovation.
10:23 - Industry and Science need to be on common ground to scale.
13:15 - Government's history with deep science.
14:10 - Revive polytechnic schools.
16:12 - Industry is now working with academia.
19:09 - Genome sequencing and how it helped us.
22:09 - Indian companies need to work with startups.
24:20 - Role of startups.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamlife covering the  @ankur_capital Deep Science Forum we bring to you Professor B Gurumoorthy and Professor C V Natraj, from the IISc, who talk about the history of Indian innovation in tech and the startup world.

00:00 - Introduction to the discussion.
01:48 - Building while being capital strapped in 1947.
03:10 - Why there was a supply and demand gap in India.
04:24 - Innovations at a lage corporate.
08:01 - Long term benefits of investing in innovation.
10:23 - Industry and Science need to be on common ground to scale.
13:15 - Government's history with deep science.
14:10 - Revive polytechnic schools.
16:12 - Industry is now working with academia.
19:09 - Genome sequencing and how it helped us.
22:09 - Indian companies need to work with startups.
24:20 - Role of startups.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18589378 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0530 1895 full false IP protection for Indian deep tech startups, how to build value for a company IP protection for Indian deep tech startups, how to build value for a company In this episode Ritu Varma, the founder of  @ankur_capital talks with Dr Vikram Rao about the importance of intellectual property to tell a story and create value.

00-00 - Ritu sets the context of building value in deep tech with IP
02:53 - Two buckets of intellectual property - patents and know-how.
08:25 - Do agreements hold when business of deep tech is across countries.
09:23 - Giving away patents for free.
15:29 - Protecting Scientific Discovery or Formulations.
17:00 - IP Strategy with platform technology.
23:18 - Convincing customers about IP.
30:48 - Raising money to match customer demand.
37:19 - Understand your business model.

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]]> In this episode Ritu Varma, the founder of  @ankur_capital talks with Dr Vikram Rao about the importance of intellectual property to tell a story and create value.

00-00 - Ritu sets the context of building value in deep tech with IP
02:53 - Two buckets of intellectual property - patents and know-how.
08:25 - Do agreements hold when business of deep tech is across countries.
09:23 - Giving away patents for free.
15:29 - Protecting Scientific Discovery or Formulations.
17:00 - IP Strategy with platform technology.
23:18 - Convincing customers about IP.
30:48 - Raising money to match customer demand.
37:19 - Understand your business model.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18557779 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0530 2472 full false Scaling deep tech ventures in manufacturing, a view from innovators & founders of Sea6 Energy, VFlow Scaling deep tech ventures in manufacturing, a view from innovators & founders of Sea6 Energy, VFlow In this episode of  @ankur_capital Ankur Capital's Deep Science Forum, Rishi Srivastava of OffGrid Energy Labs talks to Avishek Kumar, Co-founder, VFlowtech, Sri Sailaja Nori, Co-founder and CSO, Sea6 Energy, and Kedar Medhi, Innovation Advisor, ex-Director Philips Ventures about the value of deep tech in manufacturing and how to navigate regulation along with business.

00:00 - Rishi sets the context to the panel
07:30 - Kedar talks about knowing the value of the manufactured device and its use case in order to cross all regulation compliances.
12:20 - Avishek talks about how to manage scale with policy level expectations and validating the product by selling the product
15:00 - Why Avishek got into solar manufacturing .
17:20 - Need for grid level batteries.
21:23 - Sailaja talks about Sea6 and the future of feedstock.
26:00 - Sea6 Energy's growth as a deep tech firm.
30:03 - CVCs or Corporate Ventures taking bets on deep tech.
35:00 - Scaling deep tech ventures with ecosystem.
38:32 - Q&A

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]]> In this episode of  @ankur_capital Ankur Capital's Deep Science Forum, Rishi Srivastava of OffGrid Energy Labs talks to Avishek Kumar, Co-founder, VFlowtech, Sri Sailaja Nori, Co-founder and CSO, Sea6 Energy, and Kedar Medhi, Innovation Advisor, ex-Director Philips Ventures about the value of deep tech in manufacturing and how to navigate regulation along with business.

00:00 - Rishi sets the context to the panel
07:30 - Kedar talks about knowing the value of the manufactured device and its use case in order to cross all regulation compliances.
12:20 - Avishek talks about how to manage scale with policy level expectations and validating the product by selling the product
15:00 - Why Avishek got into solar manufacturing .
17:20 - Need for grid level batteries.
21:23 - Sailaja talks about Sea6 and the future of feedstock.
26:00 - Sea6 Energy's growth as a deep tech firm.
30:03 - CVCs or Corporate Ventures taking bets on deep tech.
35:00 - Scaling deep tech ventures with ecosystem.
38:32 - Q&A

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18557586 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0530 2822 full false Scale up Journey for Deep Science Ventures: A View From BioPrimeAgri & Morphing Machines Founders Scale up Journey for Deep Science Ventures: A View From BioPrimeAgri & Morphing Machines Founders In this episode we capture why Deep Science ventures need to scale and how they are going to scale. Deep science startups are responsible to several stakeholders, but they also need several stakeholders to support them inorder to scale. In this panel discussion with Dr Renuka Diwan, the founder of BioPrime, and Deepak Shapeti from Morphing Machines we learn how deep science can prosper and progress in India as the ecosystem of funds, scientists, market and government are coming together as one.  @ankur_capital  
 
00:00 - Vishal Krishna of theUpStreamLife sets the context to the journey.
02:00 - BioPrime's Dr Renuka on what her startup is doing for farmers.
06:40 - Making an impact with microbes that nurture crops.
08:52 - Agriculture fertilizer must be utilized efficiently.
10:48 - The story of Morphing Machines - flexible compute platform.
12:36 - GPU supply chain and the global context.
16:00 - The need for an Indian customer for Indian processors.
19:21 - Value of Morphing Machines for telecom.
22:14 - Scaling up to make agri ecosystems work.
27:53 - Being food secure.
29:00 - Why getting the first sale is important for Indian deep tech startups.

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]]> In this episode we capture why Deep Science ventures need to scale and how they are going to scale. Deep science startups are responsible to several stakeholders, but they also need several stakeholders to support them inorder to scale. In this panel discussion with Dr Renuka Diwan, the founder of BioPrime, and Deepak Shapeti from Morphing Machines we learn how deep science can prosper and progress in India as the ecosystem of funds, scientists, market and government are coming together as one.  @ankur_capital  
 
00:00 - Vishal Krishna of theUpStreamLife sets the context to the journey.
02:00 - BioPrime's Dr Renuka on what her startup is doing for farmers.
06:40 - Making an impact with microbes that nurture crops.
08:52 - Agriculture fertilizer must be utilized efficiently.
10:48 - The story of Morphing Machines - flexible compute platform.
12:36 - GPU supply chain and the global context.
16:00 - The need for an Indian customer for Indian processors.
19:21 - Value of Morphing Machines for telecom.
22:14 - Scaling up to make agri ecosystems work.
27:53 - Being food secure.
29:00 - Why getting the first sale is important for Indian deep tech startups.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18557544 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0530 2486 full false Gaganyaan mission's Prashant Nair talks about his inspirations at Ankur Capital's #DeepScienceForum Gaganyaan mission's Prashant Nair talks about his inspirations at Ankur Capital's #DeepScienceForum In this episode we bring you Prashant Nair, one of the four astronaut's trained  at ISRO #isro for the #Gaganyaan Mission. Prashant talks about why India's space mission is built on inclusivity and furthering human collaboration. Ankur Capital's Deep Science Forum captured India's moment in making scientific ideas become mainstream businesses.

 @ankur_capital  @IN-SPACe  

00:00 - Prasant Nair sets the context to the Deep Science Forum.
03:00 - The Mathematics, Algorithms, Romance and Poetry of space travel.
06:36 - Deep tech is for everyone, it is for humanity and all living things.
09:00 - Why an Indian should go to Space?
12:00 - Why the Gaganyaan moment matters?
14:15 - Prashant falling in love with flying.
17:16 - Shed the colonial past.
20:40 - Art and Science beyond #ai 
21:28 - The story of Ganesha and Skanda: the Indian way

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]]> In this episode we bring you Prashant Nair, one of the four astronaut's trained  at ISRO #isro for the #Gaganyaan Mission. Prashant talks about why India's space mission is built on inclusivity and furthering human collaboration. Ankur Capital's Deep Science Forum captured India's moment in making scientific ideas become mainstream businesses.

 @ankur_capital  @IN-SPACe  

00:00 - Prasant Nair sets the context to the Deep Science Forum.
03:00 - The Mathematics, Algorithms, Romance and Poetry of space travel.
06:36 - Deep tech is for everyone, it is for humanity and all living things.
09:00 - Why an Indian should go to Space?
12:00 - Why the Gaganyaan moment matters?
14:15 - Prashant falling in love with flying.
17:16 - Shed the colonial past.
20:40 - Art and Science beyond #ai 
21:28 - The story of Ganesha and Skanda: the Indian way

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18557452 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0530 1491 full false The "Anscer" to made-in-India #robotics: a primer about IP driven deep tech #startups with Raghu The "Anscer" to made-in-India #robotics: a primer about IP driven deep tech #startups with Raghu In this episode we talk about the business of robotics and how it can be made-in-India. Raghu is the co-founder of Anscer Robotics and wants to make 

00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - Intelligence for warehouses.
10:07 - How does it work within an ecosystem?
18:00 - Selling in India and why the ecosystem is evolving?
26:00 - The SME story in robotics.
29:51 - Making robots inexpensive for Indian companies.
37:49 - Funding robotics in India and protecting intellectual property
44:19 - Components should be available globally if you build Robots.
51:30 - Support of the founders.

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]]> In this episode we talk about the business of robotics and how it can be made-in-India. Raghu is the co-founder of Anscer Robotics and wants to make 

00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - Intelligence for warehouses.
10:07 - How does it work within an ecosystem?
18:00 - Selling in India and why the ecosystem is evolving?
26:00 - The SME story in robotics.
29:51 - Making robots inexpensive for Indian companies.
37:49 - Funding robotics in India and protecting intellectual property
44:19 - Components should be available globally if you build Robots.
51:30 - Support of the founders.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18466688 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0530 3259 full false How tech companies plan their routes to boost employee productivity with Routematic's intelligence How tech companies plan their routes to boost employee productivity with Routematic's intelligence In this episode we talk to Sriram Kannan the co-founder of Routematic about how he has made more than 20 cities and their private corporations use smart mobility to ensure employees come to the office on time and are safely reached home after a tiring day.

00:00 - Routematic and its journey.
05:44 - The customer profile and how they use Routematic
14:40 - Why government can use data from Routematic about city productivity.
21:40 - Smart communities and cities.
34:44 - Understanding corporate SLAs.
36:33 - How not to stagnate?
42:25 - Final thoughts

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]]> In this episode we talk to Sriram Kannan the co-founder of Routematic about how he has made more than 20 cities and their private corporations use smart mobility to ensure employees come to the office on time and are safely reached home after a tiring day.

00:00 - Routematic and its journey.
05:44 - The customer profile and how they use Routematic
14:40 - Why government can use data from Routematic about city productivity.
21:40 - Smart communities and cities.
34:44 - Understanding corporate SLAs.
36:33 - How not to stagnate?
42:25 - Final thoughts

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18466668 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0530 2817 full false India's #crypto story and why retail investors are appreciating it - the Coinswitch interview India's #crypto story and why retail investors are appreciating it - the Coinswitch interview In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk to Ashish Singhal, the co-founder of Coinswitch who talks about regulation in crypto currencies, retail investors and the rise of crypto as an investment class.

00:00 - Introduction
01:22 - A quick short history on crypto exchanges in India.
06:00 - How to invest in crypto - have a long term mindset.
12:00 - Talking to government about Web3, payments and its impact.
18:19 - Managing stakeholders like VCs
19:58 - Crypto assets, Security and Protection
25:17 - Developers who love to build on blockchain.
29:41 - Blockchain and its future as a technology.
35:46 - Startups in the Web3 space.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk to Ashish Singhal, the co-founder of Coinswitch who talks about regulation in crypto currencies, retail investors and the rise of crypto as an investment class.

00:00 - Introduction
01:22 - A quick short history on crypto exchanges in India.
06:00 - How to invest in crypto - have a long term mindset.
12:00 - Talking to government about Web3, payments and its impact.
18:19 - Managing stakeholders like VCs
19:58 - Crypto assets, Security and Protection
25:17 - Developers who love to build on blockchain.
29:41 - Blockchain and its future as a technology.
35:46 - Startups in the Web3 space.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18466648 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0530 2633 full false GitHub's open source and how is it converging with #ai - a view from Karan M V GitHub's open source and how is it converging with #ai - a view from Karan M V In this episode we talk to GitHub's Karan M V about how AI and Open Source is converging.

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast.
02:00- The open source community and the developers.
12:48 - Open source has revolutionized technology.
15:43 - Why you must use open source.
21:00 - Productivity gains with AI
29:38 - Developers globally
36:00 - How AI agents operate?
36:55 - College students and AI, humans cannot fear.

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]]> In this episode we talk to GitHub's Karan M V about how AI and Open Source is converging.

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast.
02:00- The open source community and the developers.
12:48 - Open source has revolutionized technology.
15:43 - Why you must use open source.
21:00 - Productivity gains with AI
29:38 - Developers globally
36:00 - How AI agents operate?
36:55 - College students and AI, humans cannot fear.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18466612 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0530 2517 full false How the world of finance is gearing up to #AI - a view from Acuity Analytics How the world of finance is gearing up to #AI - a view from Acuity Analytics In this episode we talk with Acuity Analytics and its tech head Arijit Mitra who talks about how tech is always about generating insights.

00:00- Introduction
03:40 - Transformation to AI and the new tech layer.
13:00 - AI and what should engineers think of.
20:00 - Corporations and how are they evolving with AI
31:07 - How is tech playing out globally?

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]]> In this episode we talk with Acuity Analytics and its tech head Arijit Mitra who talks about how tech is always about generating insights.

00:00- Introduction
03:40 - Transformation to AI and the new tech layer.
13:00 - AI and what should engineers think of.
20:00 - Corporations and how are they evolving with AI
31:07 - How is tech playing out globally?

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18466589 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0530 2960 full false Gyrophint: #ai based reader that detects chemicals in boxes, helping airports save lives Gyrophint: #ai based reader that detects chemicals in boxes, helping airports save lives In this video Ideaspring's founder, Naganand talks to Gyrophint's scientist and co-founder, Siva Umapathy, about the power of Indian deep science and Gyrophint's readers which save lives.

00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - The beginning of Siva's India journey.
06:28 - The early days of using Raman Spectroscopy.
11:00 - Convincing people to invest in science based startups.
17:07 - The products of Gyrophint and their applications.
28:30 - Listening to users and building on the AI.
32:20 - Going to market, in India and abroad.
35:30 - Tech must be democratized to help everyone.

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]]> In this video Ideaspring's founder, Naganand talks to Gyrophint's scientist and co-founder, Siva Umapathy, about the power of Indian deep science and Gyrophint's readers which save lives.

00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - The beginning of Siva's India journey.
06:28 - The early days of using Raman Spectroscopy.
11:00 - Convincing people to invest in science based startups.
17:07 - The products of Gyrophint and their applications.
28:30 - Listening to users and building on the AI.
32:20 - Going to market, in India and abroad.
35:30 - Tech must be democratized to help everyone.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18299122 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0530 2402 full false Beyond the Hype: Practical AI insights from Elastic with Ajay Nair Beyond the Hype: Practical AI insights from Elastic with Ajay Nair In this episode we talk with Ajay Nair, General Manager - Platforms, Elastic, about enterprises building their business with AI.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:00 - Generative AI as a data problem.
05:18 - Driving value with AI.
09:00 - The problem of fragmentation.
11:07 - Regions and AI adoption.
14:10 - Thoughts on the developer community in India.

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]]> In this episode we talk with Ajay Nair, General Manager - Platforms, Elastic, about enterprises building their business with AI.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:00 - Generative AI as a data problem.
05:18 - Driving value with AI.
09:00 - The problem of fragmentation.
11:07 - Regions and AI adoption.
14:10 - Thoughts on the developer community in India.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18201938 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0530 1034 full false Forging the Future with Elastic: Agentic AI and the Power of Contextual Search Forging the Future with Elastic: Agentic AI and the Power of Contextual Search In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Baha Azarmi, the global VP, Customer Engineering, Elastic about new developments at the company. We unlock the power of Elastic's technology for corporations and how it plays a major role in the era of AI.

00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - Roadmap to innovation at Elastic
03:00 - Being relevant in the era of LLMs.
04:40 - Being cost effective for businesses.
07:52 - What are customers using Elastic for?
11:56 - Learning from customers.
12:49 - Opportunity with Indian startups.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Baha Azarmi, the global VP, Customer Engineering, Elastic about new developments at the company. We unlock the power of Elastic's technology for corporations and how it plays a major role in the era of AI.

00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - Roadmap to innovation at Elastic
03:00 - Being relevant in the era of LLMs.
04:40 - Being cost effective for businesses.
07:52 - What are customers using Elastic for?
11:56 - Learning from customers.
12:49 - Opportunity with Indian startups.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-18008172 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0530 1045 full false After funding 200 plus companies, why 247VC's Shashank believes in India's future is in deep tech After funding 200 plus companies, why 247VC's Shashank believes in India's future is in deep tech In this episode I meet with ace seed stage and Series-A investor Shashank Randev, the founder of 247VC. He talks about about how India is changing its outlook towards deep tech and consumer businesses. He talks about all things that will continue to make India rise over the next decade.

00:00 - Introduction to the episode in BHive.
02:53 - 247VC and how it views the Indian startup ecosystem.
05:53 - The growth that mattered between 2014 and 2021.
09:22 - The seeding of ideas that made impact.
16:00 - Enterprise tech, deep tech and more.
19:30 - The concept of LLMs for Indian business clusters.
26:32 - LLMs in manufacturing to consumer brands.
31:35 - The zero plastic industry and India needs this.
34:00 - Growth of brands and sustainability in the true sense 
41:09 - India is rapidly changing.
47:57 - Comparing to China is not correct
48:29 - SaaS versus Agent AI - the vantage points.
54:10 - What do the Enterprises need from startups.
58:15 - Books that Shashank loves.

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]]> In this episode I meet with ace seed stage and Series-A investor Shashank Randev, the founder of 247VC. He talks about about how India is changing its outlook towards deep tech and consumer businesses. He talks about all things that will continue to make India rise over the next decade.

00:00 - Introduction to the episode in BHive.
02:53 - 247VC and how it views the Indian startup ecosystem.
05:53 - The growth that mattered between 2014 and 2021.
09:22 - The seeding of ideas that made impact.
16:00 - Enterprise tech, deep tech and more.
19:30 - The concept of LLMs for Indian business clusters.
26:32 - LLMs in manufacturing to consumer brands.
31:35 - The zero plastic industry and India needs this.
34:00 - Growth of brands and sustainability in the true sense 
41:09 - India is rapidly changing.
47:57 - Comparing to China is not correct
48:29 - SaaS versus Agent AI - the vantage points.
54:10 - What do the Enterprises need from startups.
58:15 - Books that Shashank loves.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17957884 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0530 3921 full false Phyx44 & the happy cow: the recombinant milk based protein alternative for a sustainable future Phyx44 & the happy cow: the recombinant milk based protein alternative for a sustainable future In this episode Ideaspring Capital's founder Naganand talks with Bharath Bakkaraju, the founder of Phyx44, a company manufacturing recombinant protein. They are a deep tech company that is figuring out the alternative to milk and the emission caused by dairy cattle. The numbers are stark and you have to listen to this conversation to understand why companies like Phyx44 are the future in mankind's evolution to consuming protein from a lab and reducing emissions in the form of methane from cattle.

00:00 - Introduction to Phyx44.
01:00 - Bharath's background, recombinant protein and Phyx44.
03:55 - Cattle, emissions and the problem statement 
08:00 - Whey protein and sugar, making the replacement a reality.
10:00 - Folding molecules that can ensure a sweet taste.
11:29 - India has to manage its sugar obsession carefully.
13:00 - Getting Phyx44 growing and making its prototype work.
15:20 - What is the way to beat sugar based protein?

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]]> In this episode Ideaspring Capital's founder Naganand talks with Bharath Bakkaraju, the founder of Phyx44, a company manufacturing recombinant protein. They are a deep tech company that is figuring out the alternative to milk and the emission caused by dairy cattle. The numbers are stark and you have to listen to this conversation to understand why companies like Phyx44 are the future in mankind's evolution to consuming protein from a lab and reducing emissions in the form of methane from cattle.

00:00 - Introduction to Phyx44.
01:00 - Bharath's background, recombinant protein and Phyx44.
03:55 - Cattle, emissions and the problem statement 
08:00 - Whey protein and sugar, making the replacement a reality.
10:00 - Folding molecules that can ensure a sweet taste.
11:29 - India has to manage its sugar obsession carefully.
13:00 - Getting Phyx44 growing and making its prototype work.
15:20 - What is the way to beat sugar based protein?

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17890651 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0530 1171 full false Why this tech investor wants to make farmers his partners while acquiring land for development Why this tech investor wants to make farmers his partners while acquiring land for development In this episode I talk with Bhavdeep Reddy, angel investor in several companies and founder of Access Developers. In this four decade career he has seen it all - from the rise of #ITservices  to #cloudcomputing  to #ai. What has remained constant in this rise is the growth of cities and development. Bhavdeep, also known as Bobby, talks about growth that is inclusive in this podcast.

Note: Bobby is an investor in theUpStreamLife and thanks to BHive for being a fabulous workspace..

00:00 - Introduction
03:31 - Why make farmers partners.
06:06 - Institutional land banking.
09:43 - The returns in this model of partnership.
13:43 - Farmers sell land and don't use the money wisely.
18:28 - Land always appreciates and sustainable buildings in urban regions.
25:37 - Making this model work.
29:00 - BHive's transformation.

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]]> In this episode I talk with Bhavdeep Reddy, angel investor in several companies and founder of Access Developers. In this four decade career he has seen it all - from the rise of #ITservices  to #cloudcomputing  to #ai. What has remained constant in this rise is the growth of cities and development. Bhavdeep, also known as Bobby, talks about growth that is inclusive in this podcast.

Note: Bobby is an investor in theUpStreamLife and thanks to BHive for being a fabulous workspace..

00:00 - Introduction
03:31 - Why make farmers partners.
06:06 - Institutional land banking.
09:43 - The returns in this model of partnership.
13:43 - Farmers sell land and don't use the money wisely.
18:28 - Land always appreciates and sustainable buildings in urban regions.
25:37 - Making this model work.
29:00 - BHive's transformation.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17870688 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0530 1788 full false War to deploy LLMs in enterprises is wide open, adoption of GPTs require experts - Arun of Articul8 War to deploy LLMs in enterprises is wide open, adoption of GPTs require experts - Arun of Articul8 In this episode we talk to Arun, the founder of Articul8, an LLM company that focuses on building models specifically trained for enterprise scale and security. Learn a lot more about the AI wars in this episode, which is similar to the cloud wars that began more than a decade ago between AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. This time around startups like Articul8 have the ability to scale in a niche market. Let us find out Arun's strategy to scale the company. 

00:00 - Introduction.
04:26 - Training the AI models.
11:40 - AI stack and how will it look like in organisations.
17:08 - Infrastructure and how it is changing.
24:19 - Buying habits of the customer (CTO) in the era of GPTs.
32:05 - Handling the noise in the business of LLMs.
39:33 - India cannot escape from the LLM race, we need boldness in ideas.
45:14 - The current LLMs are still very Western led, not inclusive as yet.
50:27 - Hiring for a startup is tough.
55:13 - Reading advice on AI (Sebastian Raschka and Jay Alammar).

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]]> In this episode we talk to Arun, the founder of Articul8, an LLM company that focuses on building models specifically trained for enterprise scale and security. Learn a lot more about the AI wars in this episode, which is similar to the cloud wars that began more than a decade ago between AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. This time around startups like Articul8 have the ability to scale in a niche market. Let us find out Arun's strategy to scale the company. 

00:00 - Introduction.
04:26 - Training the AI models.
11:40 - AI stack and how will it look like in organisations.
17:08 - Infrastructure and how it is changing.
24:19 - Buying habits of the customer (CTO) in the era of GPTs.
32:05 - Handling the noise in the business of LLMs.
39:33 - India cannot escape from the LLM race, we need boldness in ideas.
45:14 - The current LLMs are still very Western led, not inclusive as yet.
50:27 - Hiring for a startup is tough.
55:13 - Reading advice on AI (Sebastian Raschka and Jay Alammar).

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17838119 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 23:00:00 +0530 3522 full false Story of consumption & Indian brands until 2040 - conversation with Vinay Singh of Fireside Ventures Story of consumption & Indian brands until 2040 - conversation with Vinay Singh of Fireside Ventures In this episode we talk to Vinay Singh, the co-founder and Partner at Fireside Ventures. Vinay's Venture Capital firm has bet on Indian brands even before the world believed that India can be capable of building long term brands. They got their thesis right by betting on companies that defined India's aspiring consumers. India is ripe for growth, it also needs to think of sustainability. Here are Vinay's thoughts. Don't forget to like and subscribe to the podcasts.

00:00 - A quick introduction to the conversation.
00:45 - Statistical references to India's growth.
03:38 - The growth happened and so has its per capita income.
07:38 - India's story beyond cities.
11:15 - Fireside's thoughts on AI and brands.
19:30 - Demand planning has changed to micro demand in manufacturing.
24:35 - The future of customer experience.
31:00 - Being climate first.
36:00 - New channels of consumption.
40:00 - Journey towards falling in love with the environment.
43:48 - Fireside's bet on creating iconic Indian brands.

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]]> In this episode we talk to Vinay Singh, the co-founder and Partner at Fireside Ventures. Vinay's Venture Capital firm has bet on Indian brands even before the world believed that India can be capable of building long term brands. They got their thesis right by betting on companies that defined India's aspiring consumers. India is ripe for growth, it also needs to think of sustainability. Here are Vinay's thoughts. Don't forget to like and subscribe to the podcasts.

00:00 - A quick introduction to the conversation.
00:45 - Statistical references to India's growth.
03:38 - The growth happened and so has its per capita income.
07:38 - India's story beyond cities.
11:15 - Fireside's thoughts on AI and brands.
19:30 - Demand planning has changed to micro demand in manufacturing.
24:35 - The future of customer experience.
31:00 - Being climate first.
36:00 - New channels of consumption.
40:00 - Journey towards falling in love with the environment.
43:48 - Fireside's bet on creating iconic Indian brands.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17611371 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0530 2974 full false Deep tech's success is a key to a sustainable future - Social Alpha's founder Manoj Kumar Deep tech's success is a key to a sustainable future - Social Alpha's founder Manoj Kumar In this episode we talk with Manoj Kumar, the founder of deep tech venture building foundation Social Alpha. This venture development platform started as a passion project but overtime it has helped over 350 startups. The model of Social Alphas unique as in it works with foundations to achieve their deep tech goals. Enjoy the interview.

00:00 - Introduction
01:48 - Social Alpha's early days.
09:06 - Aligning incentives with those Social Alpha works with to foster deep tech research.
19:51 - Difference in Indian deep tech versus India
30:30 - Deep tech cannot solve problems in India as a cookie cutter model.
40:44 - Working on the foundation/CSR model.
46:45 - Deep tech from smaller towns.
47:50 - Deep tech innovations are needed in India.

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]]> In this episode we talk with Manoj Kumar, the founder of deep tech venture building foundation Social Alpha. This venture development platform started as a passion project but overtime it has helped over 350 startups. The model of Social Alphas unique as in it works with foundations to achieve their deep tech goals. Enjoy the interview.

00:00 - Introduction
01:48 - Social Alpha's early days.
09:06 - Aligning incentives with those Social Alpha works with to foster deep tech research.
19:51 - Difference in Indian deep tech versus India
30:30 - Deep tech cannot solve problems in India as a cookie cutter model.
40:44 - Working on the foundation/CSR model.
46:45 - Deep tech from smaller towns.
47:50 - Deep tech innovations are needed in India.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17586613 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0530 3740 full false India's fastest growing chronic pain management device, the journey of Litemed and its founders India's fastest growing chronic pain management device, the journey of Litemed and its founders In this episode Naganand Doraswamy of Ideaspring Capital talks to Litemed founders about pain management devices and their efficacy.

00:00 - Introduction to Litemed 
00:33 - What does Litemed do?
02:58 - Building a device for pain management and the science of it.
08:14 - Litemed's go-to-market strategy.
12:39 - Innovative marketing of Litemed.
15:50 - Marketing spends and getting people to buy the product.
19:23 - Using Litemed.
21:00 - Key challenges of the startup.
26:13 - Figuring out the market as you scale.

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]]> In this episode Naganand Doraswamy of Ideaspring Capital talks to Litemed founders about pain management devices and their efficacy.

00:00 - Introduction to Litemed 
00:33 - What does Litemed do?
02:58 - Building a device for pain management and the science of it.
08:14 - Litemed's go-to-market strategy.
12:39 - Innovative marketing of Litemed.
15:50 - Marketing spends and getting people to buy the product.
19:23 - Using Litemed.
21:00 - Key challenges of the startup.
26:13 - Figuring out the market as you scale.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17493857 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0530 1731 full false The journey of Jay Modh's "Intuitive" - AI led business in North America & startup investments The journey of Jay Modh's "Intuitive" - AI led business in North America & startup investments In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Jay Modh, serial entrepreneur and startup investor.

00:00 - Introduction
01:35 - Transformation with Intuitive
04:44 - Companies that need to innovate fast.
09:40 - Acceleration versus stagnation.
14:47 - Buying habits from clients and what is changing.
23:00 - Why India is changing fast
25:00 - Kids should start learning the value of money.
28:24 - Startup investments and what they mean.
34:00 - Having the right vision, being with people who believe in you.
37:50 - Don't be handicapped by changing technology.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Jay Modh, serial entrepreneur and startup investor.

00:00 - Introduction
01:35 - Transformation with Intuitive
04:44 - Companies that need to innovate fast.
09:40 - Acceleration versus stagnation.
14:47 - Buying habits from clients and what is changing.
23:00 - Why India is changing fast
25:00 - Kids should start learning the value of money.
28:24 - Startup investments and what they mean.
34:00 - Having the right vision, being with people who believe in you.
37:50 - Don't be handicapped by changing technology.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17492948 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0530 2598 full false Indian equities, India's rise, Trumpeting Empire, future - thoughts from Bruce Keith of InvestorAi Indian equities, India's rise, Trumpeting Empire, future - thoughts from Bruce Keith of InvestorAi In this episode we talk to Bruce Keith, the co-founder of InvestorAi, a systematic investing platform. 

00:00 - Introduction to the episode.
01:00 - Bruce Keith and India.
02:00 - India's demographic dividend and its advantage.
03:00 - Fund management globally and in India.
05:00 - Indian mindset and the U.S mindset in equities investment.
07:00 - Indians experimenting with F&O and its youth doing it.
09:15 - Indianisation of investing is happening.
10:18 - Regulation is good.
11:19 - Different types of investing AI, machine learning, quant, stats.
14:22 - The machine's perception of the market today.
19:46 - You cannot just input data, you need to train the machine.
23:25 - "Everybody tells you when to buy, they do not tell you when to sell."
26:30 - Global money and the why Empires trumpet before the fall.
29:10 - Changing India, the energy of youth.
30:23 - India's power and its global diaspora. 
32:00 - India's talent and India a couple of decades ago.
36:49 - India in comparison with the geo-politics today.
38:38 - InvestorAi and the AI talent.
42:10 - Agentic AI and LLMs.
47:00 - Selling InvestorAi to stakeholders
51:00 - AI metrics and standards.
53:32 - Engineers are using AI to build base code already.
55:01 - Giving brokers the power research.
57:08 - New products coming out of InvestorAi.
59:38 - AI is a tool to improve your chances.
01:00:00 - A brave new world.
01:05:58 - Bruce and the news.
01:11:11 - Influences from Bruce's father.

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]]> In this episode we talk to Bruce Keith, the co-founder of InvestorAi, a systematic investing platform. 

00:00 - Introduction to the episode.
01:00 - Bruce Keith and India.
02:00 - India's demographic dividend and its advantage.
03:00 - Fund management globally and in India.
05:00 - Indian mindset and the U.S mindset in equities investment.
07:00 - Indians experimenting with F&O and its youth doing it.
09:15 - Indianisation of investing is happening.
10:18 - Regulation is good.
11:19 - Different types of investing AI, machine learning, quant, stats.
14:22 - The machine's perception of the market today.
19:46 - You cannot just input data, you need to train the machine.
23:25 - "Everybody tells you when to buy, they do not tell you when to sell."
26:30 - Global money and the why Empires trumpet before the fall.
29:10 - Changing India, the energy of youth.
30:23 - India's power and its global diaspora. 
32:00 - India's talent and India a couple of decades ago.
36:49 - India in comparison with the geo-politics today.
38:38 - InvestorAi and the AI talent.
42:10 - Agentic AI and LLMs.
47:00 - Selling InvestorAi to stakeholders
51:00 - AI metrics and standards.
53:32 - Engineers are using AI to build base code already.
55:01 - Giving brokers the power research.
57:08 - New products coming out of InvestorAi.
59:38 - AI is a tool to improve your chances.
01:00:00 - A brave new world.
01:05:58 - Bruce and the news.
01:11:11 - Influences from Bruce's father.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17310294 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0530 5034 full false The way we drink water, subscription & access to clean H2O for working India: the DrinkPrime Story The way we drink water, subscription & access to clean H2O for working India: the DrinkPrime Story In this episode we catch up with Manas Ranjan, the co-founder of DrinkPrime, who tells us about how India is subscribing to his company's services. The access to clean drinking water and its narrative is something that he explains to us eloquently. Lets us find out India's working class and water narratives mean for us.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:54 - Consumer's perception of water.
08:34 - The idea of DrinkPrime.
15:45 - Finding people or an OEM to build the device.
21:37 - Many disorganised players in the ecosystem.
26:23 - Pricing for the device.
32:23 - Solving the customer problem rather than sell the device.
43:30 - Access to clean drinking water, an Indian's journey.
49:22 - What is sustainability and relevance to the consumer.
54:51 - What is Manas reading?

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]]> In this episode we catch up with Manas Ranjan, the co-founder of DrinkPrime, who tells us about how India is subscribing to his company's services. The access to clean drinking water and its narrative is something that he explains to us eloquently. Lets us find out India's working class and water narratives mean for us.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:54 - Consumer's perception of water.
08:34 - The idea of DrinkPrime.
15:45 - Finding people or an OEM to build the device.
21:37 - Many disorganised players in the ecosystem.
26:23 - Pricing for the device.
32:23 - Solving the customer problem rather than sell the device.
43:30 - Access to clean drinking water, an Indian's journey.
49:22 - What is sustainability and relevance to the consumer.
54:51 - What is Manas reading?

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17265321 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0530 3394 full false A platform for creators to own their data & monetise their videos: the story of Skara A platform for creators to own their data & monetise their videos: the story of Skara In this episode we talk with Udippta Das,  the founding team member and head of product development at Skara. The startup is founded in Guwahati, Assam. Udippta talks about why this technology enables Indian creators to make more money than share it with third party distribution apps. 

00:00 - Introduction
02:20 - The inspiration behind Skara
07:04 - Freedom to monetise
13:15 - What if you have a million followers?
17:40 - Building a tech business in Assam.
23:45 - Skara is bot free.

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]]> In this episode we talk with Udippta Das,  the founding team member and head of product development at Skara. The startup is founded in Guwahati, Assam. Udippta talks about why this technology enables Indian creators to make more money than share it with third party distribution apps. 

00:00 - Introduction
02:20 - The inspiration behind Skara
07:04 - Freedom to monetise
13:15 - What if you have a million followers?
17:40 - Building a tech business in Assam.
23:45 - Skara is bot free.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17248424 Thu, 29 May 2025 22:00:00 +0530 2140 full false Numocity - India's leading EV network management startup wins big with global contracts Numocity - India's leading EV network management startup wins big with global contracts In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with the founders of Numocity.

Ideaspring's founder Naganand Doraswamy talks to the Numocity founders Ravi and Siddharth about their global play.

00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - From early stage to success.
02:50 - EV is mainstream.
06:02 - EV market in five years.
10:22 - Robustness of the Numocity tech stack
15:20 - Being a globally recognised brand. 
20:08 - Deep research in the EV market
25:08 - Markets that will be big in EV

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with the founders of Numocity.

Ideaspring's founder Naganand Doraswamy talks to the Numocity founders Ravi and Siddharth about their global play.

00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - From early stage to success.
02:50 - EV is mainstream.
06:02 - EV market in five years.
10:22 - Robustness of the Numocity tech stack
15:20 - Being a globally recognised brand. 
20:08 - Deep research in the EV market
25:08 - Markets that will be big in EV

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-17186635 Mon, 19 May 2025 13:00:00 +0530 1809 full false Algorithms, AI & technology buying in Indian banks: in conversation with Scienaptic Systems Algorithms, AI & technology buying in Indian banks: in conversation with Scienaptic Systems In this episode we speak with Joydip Gupta who is the APAC head of Scienaptic Systems. Joydip talks about the evolution of the business rule engine in banking and how algorithms today are intelligent to understand an individual's banking needs faster than in the past. Algorithms today allow a risk officer's team to look at the credit history of an individual and customise a financial product.

00:00 - Introduction
02:12 - Scienaptic - what is it?
03:43 - Enabling a bank's revenues.
07:55 - Using data to build intelligence.
14:40 - The journey with technology in banks.
18:00 - Understanding the end customer.
22:22 - The business of co-op banks
26:21 - Deploying the BRE and its components
32:40 - Understanding the needs of a business owner.
44:44 - How CROs work with AI

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]]> In this episode we speak with Joydip Gupta who is the APAC head of Scienaptic Systems. Joydip talks about the evolution of the business rule engine in banking and how algorithms today are intelligent to understand an individual's banking needs faster than in the past. Algorithms today allow a risk officer's team to look at the credit history of an individual and customise a financial product.

00:00 - Introduction
02:12 - Scienaptic - what is it?
03:43 - Enabling a bank's revenues.
07:55 - Using data to build intelligence.
14:40 - The journey with technology in banks.
18:00 - Understanding the end customer.
22:22 - The business of co-op banks
26:21 - Deploying the BRE and its components
32:40 - Understanding the needs of a business owner.
44:44 - How CROs work with AI

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16950180 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0530 3524 full false NASA to hedge funds want Ambee's climate data to predict wildfires & pollen incidents, discover why NASA to hedge funds want Ambee's climate data to predict wildfires & pollen incidents, discover why 00:00 - Introduction to Ambee.
00:30 - Maddy’s vision of starting Ambee.
05:00 - The early days: air quality monitoring and scaling the solution.
07:41 -  Building a data first climate intelligence platform.
09:20 - The NASA moment.
10:00 - The science of Ambee and its impact.
16:00 - The business of Ambee - sales, product market fit.
20:30 - The short term, mid term and long term plans of business.
22:50 - The business of trust in monitoring air quality.
25:02 - The core is the data in this business.
26:38 - Being married as “founders” for eight years.
32:00 - Why hedge funds want Ambee’s data.

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]]> 00:00 - Introduction to Ambee.
00:30 - Maddy’s vision of starting Ambee.
05:00 - The early days: air quality monitoring and scaling the solution.
07:41 -  Building a data first climate intelligence platform.
09:20 - The NASA moment.
10:00 - The science of Ambee and its impact.
16:00 - The business of Ambee - sales, product market fit.
20:30 - The short term, mid term and long term plans of business.
22:50 - The business of trust in monitoring air quality.
25:02 - The core is the data in this business.
26:38 - Being married as “founders” for eight years.
32:00 - Why hedge funds want Ambee’s data.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16770838 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0530 2172 full false Decoding AI security for enterprises with ManageEngine's head of AI security Decoding AI security for enterprises with ManageEngine's head of AI security In this episode I talk with Sujatha S Iyer, the head of AI Security  @manageengine . ManageEngine enables enterprises to be future ready when it comes to their critical IT, where security is a critical aspect while scaling an organisation. Sujatha paints a wonderful story on how CIOs and CTOs should look at security in the era of AI and the evolution of an enterprise's defences against malware.

00:00 - Introduction to Sujatha
03:00 - Early security, which were rule based.
05:10 - Proactiveness of malware these days.
07:32 - Ensuring digital maturity
09:20 - After being digitally mature, security has several use cases.
12:35 - Combating AI attacks with AI defences.
15:00 - Being a proactive security manager today.
19:09 - LLMs in the large Enterprise world - traditional and new methods.
20:30 - LLMs, agentic AI - beyond the hype.
23:20 - Reactive to productive security and how AI helps.
29:20 - The future of the security stack - the ManageEngine advantage.
32:49 - Training LLMs within your network.
35:30 - It is all about compliance when it comes to security.
37:00 - Research and rapid learning at ManageEngine.
39:14 - Developer productivity with AI is going to shoot up.
40:58 - Your understanding of math should be good even while using AI. 
41:41 - Sujatha's love for Maths and her love for continuous learning.

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]]> In this episode I talk with Sujatha S Iyer, the head of AI Security  @manageengine . ManageEngine enables enterprises to be future ready when it comes to their critical IT, where security is a critical aspect while scaling an organisation. Sujatha paints a wonderful story on how CIOs and CTOs should look at security in the era of AI and the evolution of an enterprise's defences against malware.

00:00 - Introduction to Sujatha
03:00 - Early security, which were rule based.
05:10 - Proactiveness of malware these days.
07:32 - Ensuring digital maturity
09:20 - After being digitally mature, security has several use cases.
12:35 - Combating AI attacks with AI defences.
15:00 - Being a proactive security manager today.
19:09 - LLMs in the large Enterprise world - traditional and new methods.
20:30 - LLMs, agentic AI - beyond the hype.
23:20 - Reactive to productive security and how AI helps.
29:20 - The future of the security stack - the ManageEngine advantage.
32:49 - Training LLMs within your network.
35:30 - It is all about compliance when it comes to security.
37:00 - Research and rapid learning at ManageEngine.
39:14 - Developer productivity with AI is going to shoot up.
40:58 - Your understanding of math should be good even while using AI. 
41:41 - Sujatha's love for Maths and her love for continuous learning.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16702053 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0530 2786 full false Store your gold with zero worries with Aurm's new age lockers built for gated-communities Store your gold with zero worries with Aurm's new age lockers built for gated-communities In this episode we talk to Vijay Arisetty, the founder of Aurm, who went from being in the Airforce to becoming the co-founder of MyGate. Aurm is a special project with a special purpose because a majority of urban Indians are living in a gated community and these communities don't have access to safe-deposit lockers. Aurm is a new age safe deposit company and Vijay explains to us about the market size for this business. There is also a lot of technology behind it. Enjoy this episode.

00:00 - Introduction to Aurm
04:20 - Gated communities need lockers.
09:58 - Bank's cannot scale lockers.
14:55 - Why Aurm works for the customer?
19:30 - Aurm's security protocols to protect customer assets.
26:00 - Behaviour of people in gated-communities in storing gold/jewellery.
33:31 - Aurm's pricing and its users.
38:42 - Insuring lockers - a different way to look at the service.
43:00 - The market opportunity and the team.
43:40 - Transforming oneself to becoming a better entrepreneur.

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]]> In this episode we talk to Vijay Arisetty, the founder of Aurm, who went from being in the Airforce to becoming the co-founder of MyGate. Aurm is a special project with a special purpose because a majority of urban Indians are living in a gated community and these communities don't have access to safe-deposit lockers. Aurm is a new age safe deposit company and Vijay explains to us about the market size for this business. There is also a lot of technology behind it. Enjoy this episode.

00:00 - Introduction to Aurm
04:20 - Gated communities need lockers.
09:58 - Bank's cannot scale lockers.
14:55 - Why Aurm works for the customer?
19:30 - Aurm's security protocols to protect customer assets.
26:00 - Behaviour of people in gated-communities in storing gold/jewellery.
33:31 - Aurm's pricing and its users.
38:42 - Insuring lockers - a different way to look at the service.
43:00 - The market opportunity and the team.
43:40 - Transforming oneself to becoming a better entrepreneur.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16600679 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0530 3015 full false Okulo Aerospace, a use case for made-in-India HAPS drones - in-conversation with Ideaspring Capital Okulo Aerospace, a use case for made-in-India HAPS drones - in-conversation with Ideaspring Capital In this episode we have Naganand Doraswamy, the founder of Ideaspring Capital who interviews Parithi Govindaraju about the future of made-in-India drones and the technology that powers them. 

Parithi comes from the field of deep science and his interest in aerospace has enabled him to build Okulo Aerospace to capture the High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite space. He has thoughts on long-endurance drones and you will love this podcast because the government of India has launched a deep tech fund and has increased the size of funding for startups through the fund-of-funds program.

00:30 - Introduction to Parithi of Okulo.
04:20 - Okulo Aerospace - its genesis.
06:15 - Building Okulo to the future.
09:20 - The market that Okulo is after - the opportunities, the challenges.
14:10 - Okulo's focus in the market.
19:10 - Listening to customers - solar electric hybrids & HAPS.
22:49 - Talent management in this industry.

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]]> In this episode we have Naganand Doraswamy, the founder of Ideaspring Capital who interviews Parithi Govindaraju about the future of made-in-India drones and the technology that powers them. 

Parithi comes from the field of deep science and his interest in aerospace has enabled him to build Okulo Aerospace to capture the High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite space. He has thoughts on long-endurance drones and you will love this podcast because the government of India has launched a deep tech fund and has increased the size of funding for startups through the fund-of-funds program.

00:30 - Introduction to Parithi of Okulo.
04:20 - Okulo Aerospace - its genesis.
06:15 - Building Okulo to the future.
09:20 - The market that Okulo is after - the opportunities, the challenges.
14:10 - Okulo's focus in the market.
19:10 - Listening to customers - solar electric hybrids & HAPS.
22:49 - Talent management in this industry.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16580325 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0530 1672 full true Transformation of the C-Suite's IT buying habits, mapping old & new technologies with Apexon Transformation of the C-Suite's IT buying habits, mapping old & new technologies with Apexon In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we have Sriniketh Chakravarthi, the CEO of Apexon who talks about new age IT Services and how the world of industry is changing with technology.

00:00 - Introduction
02:00 - Engineering, data and experience.
07:00 - Managing the entire cycle of technology.
10:27 - Mapping the old and new.
20:00 - Complete transformation, failures and making it work for CTOs.
25:00 - AI agents and Saas transformation.
35:44 - Working with startups and the Apexon journey.
41:35 - Why change is difficult, but why change is important.
49:32 - Being in the CEO role.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we have Sriniketh Chakravarthi, the CEO of Apexon who talks about new age IT Services and how the world of industry is changing with technology.

00:00 - Introduction
02:00 - Engineering, data and experience.
07:00 - Managing the entire cycle of technology.
10:27 - Mapping the old and new.
20:00 - Complete transformation, failures and making it work for CTOs.
25:00 - AI agents and Saas transformation.
35:44 - Working with startups and the Apexon journey.
41:35 - Why change is difficult, but why change is important.
49:32 - Being in the CEO role.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16488242 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0530 3630 full false Into the future in 2025: Padmashree of Capgemini talks ethical AI & the need for it in Corporations Into the future in 2025: Padmashree of Capgemini talks ethical AI & the need for it in Corporations In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk about AI and ethics. The conversation is led by Padmashree Shagrithaya, one of the leading proponents of ethical AI from India. As EVP and MD of Insights & Data GBL at Capgemini, she is preparing organisations to understand how AI should be built around the foundation of ethical principles. Listen to this podcast as we start the year 2025 with these difficult questions of AI, accountability and ethics.

00:00 - Introduction to the subject.
01:30 - What is AI? Building a context.
09:23 - Ethical AI in its foundation.
14:00 - Ethical layer applies to infrastructure, algorithms and use cases.
18:23 - Infringements while using AI.
22:40 - Energy utilisation in AI and can compute be standardised.
28:00 - Responsibilities of the ecosystem towards ethical AI
33:00 - Trust, generative AI and Small Language Models.
35:35 - Implementations of ethical AI.
45:50 - Can AI help children learn.
49:16 - Conversations around ethical practicals.
52:11 - Padmashree's reading list.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk about AI and ethics. The conversation is led by Padmashree Shagrithaya, one of the leading proponents of ethical AI from India. As EVP and MD of Insights & Data GBL at Capgemini, she is preparing organisations to understand how AI should be built around the foundation of ethical principles. Listen to this podcast as we start the year 2025 with these difficult questions of AI, accountability and ethics.

00:00 - Introduction to the subject.
01:30 - What is AI? Building a context.
09:23 - Ethical AI in its foundation.
14:00 - Ethical layer applies to infrastructure, algorithms and use cases.
18:23 - Infringements while using AI.
22:40 - Energy utilisation in AI and can compute be standardised.
28:00 - Responsibilities of the ecosystem towards ethical AI
33:00 - Trust, generative AI and Small Language Models.
35:35 - Implementations of ethical AI.
45:50 - Can AI help children learn.
49:16 - Conversations around ethical practicals.
52:11 - Padmashree's reading list.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16394848 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0530 3287 full false Jobs that empower intelligence will increase with AI: Abhimanyu Saxena on the business of Scaler. Jobs that empower intelligence will increase with AI: Abhimanyu Saxena on the business of Scaler. In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk with Abhimanyu Saxena, the co-founder of Scaler about how corporations and nations will manage the future of productivity. This episode focuses  how organisations in India, Global Capability Centres, are focusing on building transformative talent.

02:00 - Being in a nervous planet: people and technology.
06:46 - Many technology revolutions that created jobs.
10:10 - Managing youth and energy, making them productive.
15:30 - Selling to CHROs in GCCs, transforming the talent pool.
22:00 - Large companies on training talent.
24:20 - Governments and their role in managing talent.
26:00 - Being relevant as an entrepreneur - journey of Abhimanyu.
32:00 - Building a business in tech-education in India.
37:06 - Managing the marketing of great content.
39:22 - Managing scale.
42:03 - Keeping the story of a business alive with the right goals.
44:30 - Being an avid reader and being a fan of Russian and Hindi literature.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk with Abhimanyu Saxena, the co-founder of Scaler about how corporations and nations will manage the future of productivity. This episode focuses  how organisations in India, Global Capability Centres, are focusing on building transformative talent.

02:00 - Being in a nervous planet: people and technology.
06:46 - Many technology revolutions that created jobs.
10:10 - Managing youth and energy, making them productive.
15:30 - Selling to CHROs in GCCs, transforming the talent pool.
22:00 - Large companies on training talent.
24:20 - Governments and their role in managing talent.
26:00 - Being relevant as an entrepreneur - journey of Abhimanyu.
32:00 - Building a business in tech-education in India.
37:06 - Managing the marketing of great content.
39:22 - Managing scale.
42:03 - Keeping the story of a business alive with the right goals.
44:30 - Being an avid reader and being a fan of Russian and Hindi literature.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16265871 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0530 2899 full false Employee and Customer identity that is omnipresent: Okta's India story for corporations and startups Employee and Customer identity that is omnipresent: Okta's India story for corporations and startups In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Ben Goodman, SVP and GM APJ, at Okta. He talks about identity management and security in the era of collaboration where corporations work with thousands of vendors or freelancers. 

We also talk about cricket and sports as an enabler to being resilient to daily challenges. 

00:00 - Introduction
01:33 - What is Okta?
04:50 - Identity becoming important.
08:30 - Working with people outside the system.
10:38 - Convincing CTOs of working with creative collaboration.
19:00 - Security evolving with AI.
21:30 - Industry standards for customer identity management.
26:00 - Why should startups be on Okta?
26:55 - Being a cricketer and a cyclist - Ben's influences and advice.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Ben Goodman, SVP and GM APJ, at Okta. He talks about identity management and security in the era of collaboration where corporations work with thousands of vendors or freelancers. 

We also talk about cricket and sports as an enabler to being resilient to daily challenges. 

00:00 - Introduction
01:33 - What is Okta?
04:50 - Identity becoming important.
08:30 - Working with people outside the system.
10:38 - Convincing CTOs of working with creative collaboration.
19:00 - Security evolving with AI.
21:30 - Industry standards for customer identity management.
26:00 - Why should startups be on Okta?
26:55 - Being a cricketer and a cyclist - Ben's influences and advice.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16220436 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0530 1873 full false "OG" Jagdish Patankar says Indian cities are now gearing up for bigger, better industry events. "OG" Jagdish Patankar says Indian cities are now gearing up for bigger, better industry events. In this episode we talk to Jagdish, the founder of MM-Activ, who is the OG of the Indian events and exhibitions industry. He talks about how India is changing with events.

00:00 - Introduction
01:29 - Waking up to mega events
05:32 - What does a mega-event do to a city?
11:16 - Organising the event industry.
15:50 - Every Indian who went to America wants to give back.
16:05 - TIE Global as an event and other large events in India.
21:29 - The Bengaluru Tech Summit.
27:10 - Being influenced by ideology as an youngster.
29:20 - Working in a magazine in the early days.
33:44 - Starting up in the events industry.
42:06 - Being in the media business to deliver value.
46:54 - Building intellectual property.
51:22 - Being inspired by theatre.

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]]> In this episode we talk to Jagdish, the founder of MM-Activ, who is the OG of the Indian events and exhibitions industry. He talks about how India is changing with events.

00:00 - Introduction
01:29 - Waking up to mega events
05:32 - What does a mega-event do to a city?
11:16 - Organising the event industry.
15:50 - Every Indian who went to America wants to give back.
16:05 - TIE Global as an event and other large events in India.
21:29 - The Bengaluru Tech Summit.
27:10 - Being influenced by ideology as an youngster.
29:20 - Working in a magazine in the early days.
33:44 - Starting up in the events industry.
42:06 - Being in the media business to deliver value.
46:54 - Building intellectual property.
51:22 - Being inspired by theatre.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16101934 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:00:00 +0530 2683 full false Anup Jain's journey from running a fund to starting up a new fund: the story of Indian-VC 2.0 Anup Jain's journey from running a fund to starting up a new fund: the story of Indian-VC 2.0 In this episode we talk to Anup Jain, an ace early stage investor and believer in the next billion story. He is a VC investor who wants to work with 12 startups a year, and runs a startup knowledge series called the "LP Series" on LinkedIn.

00:00 - Introduction
04:10 - India's 2.0 story of VCs
09:00 - LPs are asking for returns from the startup word and here is why
14:52 - Investing in VC spin-offs.
21:30 - Having a fund that is institutional.
26:08 - India's VC 2.0 needs one change - be institutional.
31:39 - Boardroom battles of the Indian startup ecosystems, which everyone misses and why it killed value.
35:00 - The new fund thesis and India needs new ideas.
44:00 - Changing consumer mindsets.

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]]> In this episode we talk to Anup Jain, an ace early stage investor and believer in the next billion story. He is a VC investor who wants to work with 12 startups a year, and runs a startup knowledge series called the "LP Series" on LinkedIn.

00:00 - Introduction
04:10 - India's 2.0 story of VCs
09:00 - LPs are asking for returns from the startup word and here is why
14:52 - Investing in VC spin-offs.
21:30 - Having a fund that is institutional.
26:08 - India's VC 2.0 needs one change - be institutional.
31:39 - Boardroom battles of the Indian startup ecosystems, which everyone misses and why it killed value.
35:00 - The new fund thesis and India needs new ideas.
44:00 - Changing consumer mindsets.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-16082561 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0530 2936 full false All roads lead to Bengaluru: Madan Padaki discusses TiE Global Summit, rise of nanopreneurs All roads lead to Bengaluru: Madan Padaki discusses TiE Global Summit, rise of nanopreneurs In this episode we bring you Madan Padaki, veteran entrepreneur and TiE Bangalore - President. He talks about why the TiE Global Summit is not just going to be an event, but a large networking session where ideas such as deep tech, hard tech and sustainability will play a major role in the future of business.

00:00 - Introduction
01:46 - India has come a long way with entrepreneurs.
04:41 - India's talent and opportunities.
07:11 - The summit at Bengaluru and Mysuru.
11:00 - Nanopreneurs today.
16:00 - The impact of family offices.
17:50 - Nano-networks and their impact.
21:40 - The pace of change in the global south.
22:43 - TiE for the new age entrepreneur.
26:55 - TiE's college/university play.
28:30 - Mysuru and TiE 
31:35 - The sessions in the Summit.
36:27 - India's policy changes and Karnataka's support for entrepreneurs
38:19 - Having fun at the event.

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]]> In this episode we bring you Madan Padaki, veteran entrepreneur and TiE Bangalore - President. He talks about why the TiE Global Summit is not just going to be an event, but a large networking session where ideas such as deep tech, hard tech and sustainability will play a major role in the future of business.

00:00 - Introduction
01:46 - India has come a long way with entrepreneurs.
04:41 - India's talent and opportunities.
07:11 - The summit at Bengaluru and Mysuru.
11:00 - Nanopreneurs today.
16:00 - The impact of family offices.
17:50 - Nano-networks and their impact.
21:40 - The pace of change in the global south.
22:43 - TiE for the new age entrepreneur.
26:55 - TiE's college/university play.
28:30 - Mysuru and TiE 
31:35 - The sessions in the Summit.
36:27 - India's policy changes and Karnataka's support for entrepreneurs
38:19 - Having fun at the event.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15989007 Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0530 2392 full false Solving problems for customers: Brillio India MD's take on digital transformation in the AI era Solving problems for customers: Brillio India MD's take on digital transformation in the AI era In this episode I talk with Chander Damodraran, the MD and CTO of Brillio about how AI led transformation is possible at scale.

00:00 - What is Brillio?
03:35 - Matching the old with the new.
11:41 - Tech transitions for customers.
21:05 - New age technology in retail.
25:15 - Why customers want Indian talent.
29:23 - The future of enhancing talent in India.
34:34 - Managing time as a leader.
37:00 - The Brillio focus on global markets.
42:00 - Looking at new tech and inspirations.

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]]> In this episode I talk with Chander Damodraran, the MD and CTO of Brillio about how AI led transformation is possible at scale.

00:00 - What is Brillio?
03:35 - Matching the old with the new.
11:41 - Tech transitions for customers.
21:05 - New age technology in retail.
25:15 - Why customers want Indian talent.
29:23 - The future of enhancing talent in India.
34:34 - Managing time as a leader.
37:00 - The Brillio focus on global markets.
42:00 - Looking at new tech and inspirations.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15969988 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0530 2648 full false Pain & joy of an "Empire" - Shakir Haq's take on operating a restaurant chain & being tech ready Pain & joy of an "Empire" - Shakir Haq's take on operating a restaurant chain & being tech ready In this episode we bring you a piece of Bengaluru's modern history. No other restaurant chain is so well known as Empire. Its young CEO, Shakir Haq talks about all the decisions that he took to make this multi-million dollar business remain family first and still be a company that runs on sound management principles. It's a fascinating journey of transformation and perseverance for Shakir, who was always interested in automobiles and technology. His entry into the family business and rise happened with sheer grit.

00:00 - Introduction
01:51 - Bengaluru means so much to the Empire brand  
03:40 - Scaling the brand.
08:08 - Blending experience with technology, especially the old chefs.
11:30 - The operations of the stores.
14:00 - Experimenting and scaling in the era of technology.
16:00 - Joining the company as a management trainee
21:00 - Firing a senior manager & garnering support from a team.
25:00 - Managing consistency of taste and challenges many brands face.
29:00 - Experiments that worked, failed and the evolution of Empire.
32:00 - Going to the central kitchen concept.
38:40 - Standing apart in the business.
44:00 - Working towards a farm to fork linkage
47:23 - Accelerating new brands.
49:28 - Being bootstrapped even as a lot of PE Funds want a piece.
53:00 - Retaining workers in the Blue Collar segment.
56:00 - The need for grooming those who work part time.
01:03:57 - Being inspired by Dad and handling COVID-19
01:08:05 - Learning to run a professional business.
01:11:50 - Family first

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]]> In this episode we bring you a piece of Bengaluru's modern history. No other restaurant chain is so well known as Empire. Its young CEO, Shakir Haq talks about all the decisions that he took to make this multi-million dollar business remain family first and still be a company that runs on sound management principles. It's a fascinating journey of transformation and perseverance for Shakir, who was always interested in automobiles and technology. His entry into the family business and rise happened with sheer grit.

00:00 - Introduction
01:51 - Bengaluru means so much to the Empire brand  
03:40 - Scaling the brand.
08:08 - Blending experience with technology, especially the old chefs.
11:30 - The operations of the stores.
14:00 - Experimenting and scaling in the era of technology.
16:00 - Joining the company as a management trainee
21:00 - Firing a senior manager & garnering support from a team.
25:00 - Managing consistency of taste and challenges many brands face.
29:00 - Experiments that worked, failed and the evolution of Empire.
32:00 - Going to the central kitchen concept.
38:40 - Standing apart in the business.
44:00 - Working towards a farm to fork linkage
47:23 - Accelerating new brands.
49:28 - Being bootstrapped even as a lot of PE Funds want a piece.
53:00 - Retaining workers in the Blue Collar segment.
56:00 - The need for grooming those who work part time.
01:03:57 - Being inspired by Dad and handling COVID-19
01:08:05 - Learning to run a professional business.
01:11:50 - Family first

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15887865 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0530 4424 full false Democratically enabled "Reviews" guide you to the right software: the story of G2 & Godard Abel Democratically enabled "Reviews" guide you to the right software: the story of G2 & Godard Abel In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk Godard Abel, the CEO and co-founder of G2 who talks about why the G2.com platform is far better, and trusted, than Gartner in guiding people towards buying software. Gartner serves Fortune500 CIOs/CTOs, but what about an entire universe of business; this is where G2 enables small companies and SMBs, or even large corporations, to search for software that works for them. Rather than getting stuck with clunky software G2's authentic reviews ensures a safe and secure way of buying software for many businesses. Enjoy this podcast.

00:00 - Introduction to G2
02:23 - "Unicorn" : Godard's thoughts on the early days of G2.
04:08 - Software eating the world, buffet of products for companies.
06:26 - Going beyond recommendations of friends to buy products.
07:29 - Building a system of "trust" for software reviews.
08:25 - The product story behind the "trust."
09:59 - Creating a community for new software products 
11:38 - The objective of G2's research team.
12:50 - Listing products for free on G2 for a young startup.
15:05 - Community of G2 is growing in India.
15:39 - Gartner & G2, a comparison: the user knows more than the analyst.
17:18 - Meeting the Gartner founder and learning.
21:10 - Technology on "Ruby on Rails" and the AI play.
22:22 - G2's AI "Monty" to find the software that works for a company. 
24:42 - Listening to customers to grow.
26:00 - Generative AI: its applications.
26:52 - AI is important theme for everyone to make sense of data.
27:56 - A global company, but will focus on India as well.
29:00 - APAC and the south-Asia region.
30:41 - The early days of starting and its lessons.
31:35 - Getting past failure, being persistent for seven years.
34:30 - The support system that mattered for Godard.
35:40 - The learning from Godard Sr., and why it mattered.
36:50 - Building a team on grit and values.
38:00 - Marty Cagan's "Transformed"
38:35 - "Inner Engineering" by Sadhguru.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk Godard Abel, the CEO and co-founder of G2 who talks about why the G2.com platform is far better, and trusted, than Gartner in guiding people towards buying software. Gartner serves Fortune500 CIOs/CTOs, but what about an entire universe of business; this is where G2 enables small companies and SMBs, or even large corporations, to search for software that works for them. Rather than getting stuck with clunky software G2's authentic reviews ensures a safe and secure way of buying software for many businesses. Enjoy this podcast.

00:00 - Introduction to G2
02:23 - "Unicorn" : Godard's thoughts on the early days of G2.
04:08 - Software eating the world, buffet of products for companies.
06:26 - Going beyond recommendations of friends to buy products.
07:29 - Building a system of "trust" for software reviews.
08:25 - The product story behind the "trust."
09:59 - Creating a community for new software products 
11:38 - The objective of G2's research team.
12:50 - Listing products for free on G2 for a young startup.
15:05 - Community of G2 is growing in India.
15:39 - Gartner & G2, a comparison: the user knows more than the analyst.
17:18 - Meeting the Gartner founder and learning.
21:10 - Technology on "Ruby on Rails" and the AI play.
22:22 - G2's AI "Monty" to find the software that works for a company. 
24:42 - Listening to customers to grow.
26:00 - Generative AI: its applications.
26:52 - AI is important theme for everyone to make sense of data.
27:56 - A global company, but will focus on India as well.
29:00 - APAC and the south-Asia region.
30:41 - The early days of starting and its lessons.
31:35 - Getting past failure, being persistent for seven years.
34:30 - The support system that mattered for Godard.
35:40 - The learning from Godard Sr., and why it mattered.
36:50 - Building a team on grit and values.
38:00 - Marty Cagan's "Transformed"
38:35 - "Inner Engineering" by Sadhguru.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15861077 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0530 2571 full false The tech that powers travel: how Sabre's engineering enables startups, OTAs, airlines & travellers The tech that powers travel: how Sabre's engineering enables startups, OTAs, airlines & travellers In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com, we speak with Sabre India's managing director Sriram Gopalswamy. Sriram talks about the evolution of the travel industry from mainframes to Saas; powering online travel agents, and customer experiences.

00:00 - Introduction
02:00 - Sriram talks about what happens at Sabre worldwide.
11:15 - Creating a seamless experience.
17:12 - Technology and evolution from the Sabre India perspective.
24:00 - The dynamic play of tech
34:36 - Making customer experience a success.
42:18 - The modern tech stack
54:00 - Being inspired by sport.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com, we speak with Sabre India's managing director Sriram Gopalswamy. Sriram talks about the evolution of the travel industry from mainframes to Saas; powering online travel agents, and customer experiences.

00:00 - Introduction
02:00 - Sriram talks about what happens at Sabre worldwide.
11:15 - Creating a seamless experience.
17:12 - Technology and evolution from the Sabre India perspective.
24:00 - The dynamic play of tech
34:36 - Making customer experience a success.
42:18 - The modern tech stack
54:00 - Being inspired by sport.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15856161 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0530 3491 full false Light Box and its bets on the India story: consumption, supply chains & an evolving customer Light Box and its bets on the India story: consumption, supply chains & an evolving customer In this episode we bring you Sandeep Murthy of Light Box. The venture fund has only invested in a dozen plus Indian startups and has been a partner to several startups by enabling their operations to scale. Sandeep talks about the growth of the India story and beyond in this podcast.

00:00 - Introduction to Light Box and the Indian venture opportunity
02:13 - India having changed in the last decade.
06:15 - Looking at India's consumer brand opportunity.
12:50 - Building a brand where there is little wastage.
21:00 - Being disciplined and focused to build a new India
29:00 - Investing as India evolved with tech.
36:36 - Investing is about helping the entrepreneur.
42:00 - Thinking about starting up, working with complexity
45:12 - Operating differently from other VCs
53:25 - Options for liquidity in the market.
01:04:35 - Being inspired by EDM

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]]> In this episode we bring you Sandeep Murthy of Light Box. The venture fund has only invested in a dozen plus Indian startups and has been a partner to several startups by enabling their operations to scale. Sandeep talks about the growth of the India story and beyond in this podcast.

00:00 - Introduction to Light Box and the Indian venture opportunity
02:13 - India having changed in the last decade.
06:15 - Looking at India's consumer brand opportunity.
12:50 - Building a brand where there is little wastage.
21:00 - Being disciplined and focused to build a new India
29:00 - Investing as India evolved with tech.
36:36 - Investing is about helping the entrepreneur.
42:00 - Thinking about starting up, working with complexity
45:12 - Operating differently from other VCs
53:25 - Options for liquidity in the market.
01:04:35 - Being inspired by EDM

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15798207 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0530 3706 full false An investor, a CA & a journalist discuss markets, economy, transparency and transformation in India An investor, a CA & a journalist discuss markets, economy, transparency and transformation in India How should corporations & aspiring youth look at Indian markets and its political economy. Look no further than this podcast with Pavan Sharma, partner at BCL India, Saketh R, founder of QuickAlpha and senior journalist Vishal Krishna. 

00:00 - Introduction to the guests, setting the context of discussing India’s economic future & aspirations of youth.
01:40 - The post COVID-19 investing boom in India, a great run.
04:56 - Corporate expectations in India and the optimism backing the markets.
06:52 - Is India over priced - a realistic view.
09:46 - Could a global recession hit us, even with India being business friendly.
11:20 - Indian talent and the business friendly policies that India needs to maintain.
16:16 - India is creating a system of accountability and transparency.
18:12 - Family offices investing and retail “young” investors view of the market.
22:10 - Difference between trading and investing
23:15 - Rs 63000 crore went to large investing institutions, individual traders lost money.
30:23 - Influencers being regulated.
33:40 - Global fissures in economy and how Indian economy is resilient.
39:18 - An entire generation of Indians have not faced a recession.
42:15 - Indian entrepreneurs encouraged to new heights and inspiring new ideas.
45:00 - Having good regulations that support business.
46:00 - What can hurt India - jobs/skills/investing.
51:00 - India’s population edge or a tough thing to manage.
56:12 - India needs new cities.
58:00 - Talking about our companies

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]]> How should corporations & aspiring youth look at Indian markets and its political economy. Look no further than this podcast with Pavan Sharma, partner at BCL India, Saketh R, founder of QuickAlpha and senior journalist Vishal Krishna. 

00:00 - Introduction to the guests, setting the context of discussing India’s economic future & aspirations of youth.
01:40 - The post COVID-19 investing boom in India, a great run.
04:56 - Corporate expectations in India and the optimism backing the markets.
06:52 - Is India over priced - a realistic view.
09:46 - Could a global recession hit us, even with India being business friendly.
11:20 - Indian talent and the business friendly policies that India needs to maintain.
16:16 - India is creating a system of accountability and transparency.
18:12 - Family offices investing and retail “young” investors view of the market.
22:10 - Difference between trading and investing
23:15 - Rs 63000 crore went to large investing institutions, individual traders lost money.
30:23 - Influencers being regulated.
33:40 - Global fissures in economy and how Indian economy is resilient.
39:18 - An entire generation of Indians have not faced a recession.
42:15 - Indian entrepreneurs encouraged to new heights and inspiring new ideas.
45:00 - Having good regulations that support business.
46:00 - What can hurt India - jobs/skills/investing.
51:00 - India’s population edge or a tough thing to manage.
56:12 - India needs new cities.
58:00 - Talking about our companies

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15785098 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0530 3657 full false "Matter": why Steerworld is a made-in-India manufacturing success in construction, pharma & food "Matter": why Steerworld is a made-in-India manufacturing success in construction, pharma & food In this episode we host Dr Babu Padmanabhan, who is a first generation entrepreneur who went from being a scientist to becoming a businessman. He has built a sizeable organisation around manufacturing machines and digitising manufacturing for three industries. Steerworld is a bonafide made-in-India success story with plants all over the world. Babu loves physics and he talks about what should be done in order to make the world a sustainable place with modern day manufacturing.

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast.
02:00 - Steerworld: a quick introduction.
06:53 - Building world class products with technology.
12:00 - Building a sustainable world with sustainable food production.
17:40 - Building an in-house accelerator for ideas "Applications Labs."
17:58 - How care is changing? The importance of Ayurveda.
21:31 - Playing with multiple materials and verticals.
43:17 - Company is built around materials technology, circular economy
50:00 - Being a design led company and inspirations.

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]]> In this episode we host Dr Babu Padmanabhan, who is a first generation entrepreneur who went from being a scientist to becoming a businessman. He has built a sizeable organisation around manufacturing machines and digitising manufacturing for three industries. Steerworld is a bonafide made-in-India success story with plants all over the world. Babu loves physics and he talks about what should be done in order to make the world a sustainable place with modern day manufacturing.

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast.
02:00 - Steerworld: a quick introduction.
06:53 - Building world class products with technology.
12:00 - Building a sustainable world with sustainable food production.
17:40 - Building an in-house accelerator for ideas "Applications Labs."
17:58 - How care is changing? The importance of Ayurveda.
21:31 - Playing with multiple materials and verticals.
43:17 - Company is built around materials technology, circular economy
50:00 - Being a design led company and inspirations.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15755831 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 23:00:00 +0530 3706 full false Make learning relevant in the AI era: Simplilearn's Krishna Kumar on future of training & education Make learning relevant in the AI era: Simplilearn's Krishna Kumar on future of training & education In this episode I speak with a founder whose business I have tracked for over 12 years. Krishna Kumar, the founder of Simplilearn was one of the early proponents of digital learning with curated programs specific to individual career needs. His company has grown while many learning companies have slowed. He has now moved to the USA to build a new line of learning business for individuals and corporations. In this episode he talks about how to stay resilient as a founder in times of a funding crunch and how to focus on the business.

00:00 - Introduction
01:03 - The journey of Simpliearn during Covid-19 and today.
05:25 - The business in the USA for individuals and corporations.
09:00 - The difference between course learning in India and the USA.
17:40 - Why corporations must fund learning and enable career paths.
22:00 - Building learning for corporations.
29:25 - Companies looking at training their staff in an ever changing world.
31:30 - Making Indian engineering cool with training.
34:00 - India's complex problem of education, making engineers relevant
38:00 - India should become the software hub for the world.
42:16 - How Indian companies in quick commerce can help delivery boys to learn and become relevant?
44:30 - Is India's talent expensive - how can we be competitive?
45:27 - Why there are a lot of jobs even after Generative AI comes in
48:00 - The personal story of raising money.

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]]> In this episode I speak with a founder whose business I have tracked for over 12 years. Krishna Kumar, the founder of Simplilearn was one of the early proponents of digital learning with curated programs specific to individual career needs. His company has grown while many learning companies have slowed. He has now moved to the USA to build a new line of learning business for individuals and corporations. In this episode he talks about how to stay resilient as a founder in times of a funding crunch and how to focus on the business.

00:00 - Introduction
01:03 - The journey of Simpliearn during Covid-19 and today.
05:25 - The business in the USA for individuals and corporations.
09:00 - The difference between course learning in India and the USA.
17:40 - Why corporations must fund learning and enable career paths.
22:00 - Building learning for corporations.
29:25 - Companies looking at training their staff in an ever changing world.
31:30 - Making Indian engineering cool with training.
34:00 - India's complex problem of education, making engineers relevant
38:00 - India should become the software hub for the world.
42:16 - How Indian companies in quick commerce can help delivery boys to learn and become relevant?
44:30 - Is India's talent expensive - how can we be competitive?
45:27 - Why there are a lot of jobs even after Generative AI comes in
48:00 - The personal story of raising money.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15654866 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0530 3235 full false NuVentures & its new thesis: founder Venk Krishnan talks Saas, AI & enabling startups with customers NuVentures & its new thesis: founder Venk Krishnan talks Saas, AI & enabling startups with customers In this episode of theUpStreamLife we bring you a series that defines the veteran venture capitalist, Venk Krishnan. In the past, Venk, has backed the likes of MuSigma, Daily Ninja, Acko, Pocket Aces, Third Wave Coffee & Geist.

NuVentures is now renewing its India strategy, the startups that the fund will bet on will have to have a global thesis with their technology. Interestingly, the fund also has a consumer play.

The fund's new investments include Pivot Robots (www.pivotrobots.com) , Raga AI (www.raga.ai) , Mantys (www.mantys.io) and Zigment (www.zigment.ai), which define NuVentures and its current thesis. In the current thesis startups will have access to customers, in the USA, with NuVentures sister firm NuWare, an IT services company with 40 customers in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) industry and in healthcare.

Venk and the fund believe in backing founders that are mature and have industry experience. Just as curve ball Venk also invests in direct to consumer businesses such as Adukale (www.adukale.com) and Foxtale (www.foxtale.in).

Venk Krishnan breaks down the new approach with Vishal Krishna in the first episode of NuVenture's new podcast series NuPod. Enjoy the podcast.

00:00 - Introduction to NuPod

00:46 - Setting the context to NuVentures new thesis.

01:03 - A quick history of NuVentures

01:59 - A coffee chain that started this love for a focus on India.

03:22 - Being a sector agnostic fund, but with a focus on AI & SaaS.

04:42 - The dual play of NuVentures with IT services firm NuWare

07:07 - An influencer who enables Saas & AI startups with customers

09:07 - Startups in the NuVentures current thesis.

14:47 - Validating startup ideas with customers

16:18 - Startup founders who love this model of working with NuWare's customers

27:26 - Helping startups in its GTM and working with mature founders

34:30 - Looking at problems from the customer's pain point

39:27 - Being in the box office business of D2C (direct-to-customer)

42:47 - The Indian consumption story

43:47 - Trends of tech and the surge of AI

45:49 - Startup founders must be closer to the customer in the USA

48:53 - The status of the VC ecosystem in India. 

52:23 - The basis of advice and what weight it carries.

55:00 - Venk's inspirations

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we bring you a series that defines the veteran venture capitalist, Venk Krishnan. In the past, Venk, has backed the likes of MuSigma, Daily Ninja, Acko, Pocket Aces, Third Wave Coffee & Geist.

NuVentures is now renewing its India strategy, the startups that the fund will bet on will have to have a global thesis with their technology. Interestingly, the fund also has a consumer play.

The fund's new investments include Pivot Robots (www.pivotrobots.com) , Raga AI (www.raga.ai) , Mantys (www.mantys.io) and Zigment (www.zigment.ai), which define NuVentures and its current thesis. In the current thesis startups will have access to customers, in the USA, with NuVentures sister firm NuWare, an IT services company with 40 customers in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) industry and in healthcare.

Venk and the fund believe in backing founders that are mature and have industry experience. Just as curve ball Venk also invests in direct to consumer businesses such as Adukale (www.adukale.com) and Foxtale (www.foxtale.in).

Venk Krishnan breaks down the new approach with Vishal Krishna in the first episode of NuVenture's new podcast series NuPod. Enjoy the podcast.

00:00 - Introduction to NuPod

00:46 - Setting the context to NuVentures new thesis.

01:03 - A quick history of NuVentures

01:59 - A coffee chain that started this love for a focus on India.

03:22 - Being a sector agnostic fund, but with a focus on AI & SaaS.

04:42 - The dual play of NuVentures with IT services firm NuWare

07:07 - An influencer who enables Saas & AI startups with customers

09:07 - Startups in the NuVentures current thesis.

14:47 - Validating startup ideas with customers

16:18 - Startup founders who love this model of working with NuWare's customers

27:26 - Helping startups in its GTM and working with mature founders

34:30 - Looking at problems from the customer's pain point

39:27 - Being in the box office business of D2C (direct-to-customer)

42:47 - The Indian consumption story

43:47 - Trends of tech and the surge of AI

45:49 - Startup founders must be closer to the customer in the USA

48:53 - The status of the VC ecosystem in India. 

52:23 - The basis of advice and what weight it carries.

55:00 - Venk's inspirations

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15612943 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0530 3446 full false A platform that enables and nurtures brands in their distribution: the story of Oxbow Brands A platform that enables and nurtures brands in their distribution: the story of Oxbow Brands In this episode I talk with Rahul Johar who has literally scaled brands in India across several retail formats. What is true is that Indian e-commerce brands are now moving offline and they need all the nurturing to understand how distribution works. Distribution is hard, it eats into margins and is a question of having the right eye-balls at retail outlet. This is where Oxbow Brands steps in. 

00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - What is Oxbow and what does it intend to do?
03:06 - 70 years of business legacy
09:00 - The offline experience and why brands need it
12:59 - Why offline distribution derisks your business
20:16 - The fun of modern shopping
23:40 - The business of Oxbow and nurturing brands
31:05 - The excitement of being a business in India.
34:10 - Working with distributors
36:40 - Why tech is necessary to blend with distribution and experience.
40:20 - Retailers supporting smaller brands is important
44:56 - Expansion plans
46:00 - Rahul's inspiration

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]]> In this episode I talk with Rahul Johar who has literally scaled brands in India across several retail formats. What is true is that Indian e-commerce brands are now moving offline and they need all the nurturing to understand how distribution works. Distribution is hard, it eats into margins and is a question of having the right eye-balls at retail outlet. This is where Oxbow Brands steps in. 

00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - What is Oxbow and what does it intend to do?
03:06 - 70 years of business legacy
09:00 - The offline experience and why brands need it
12:59 - Why offline distribution derisks your business
20:16 - The fun of modern shopping
23:40 - The business of Oxbow and nurturing brands
31:05 - The excitement of being a business in India.
34:10 - Working with distributors
36:40 - Why tech is necessary to blend with distribution and experience.
40:20 - Retailers supporting smaller brands is important
44:56 - Expansion plans
46:00 - Rahul's inspiration

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15610624 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0530 2867 full false Moorings from Akshayakalpa & its founder Shashi Kumar: making Indian farming lucrative Moorings from Akshayakalpa & its founder Shashi Kumar: making Indian farming lucrative In this episode we explore the many facets of Shashi Kumar and his wonderful journey to make farming viable. He is an engineer who stepped into the world of business without a business plan and he tried blending
ancient and modern techniques that could save the soil, and bring money to the farmer by organising the supply chain with the food value chain. Here is his story.

00:00 - Introduction to why farming is life
01:30 - Why Shashi came back to farming.
10:00 - Why is farming difficult in India, what should change.
17:30 - Making farming viable
27:15 - People who came back to farming.
33:40 - Agro ecology being critical.
38:48 - Surviving nine years of hardship before the business took off.
43:40 - The business model that farming needs.
48:38 - Building systems of transparency.
53:24 - Working with the community that loves farming.
57:00 - Inspired by family, father and Dr G N S Reddy.

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]]> In this episode we explore the many facets of Shashi Kumar and his wonderful journey to make farming viable. He is an engineer who stepped into the world of business without a business plan and he tried blending
ancient and modern techniques that could save the soil, and bring money to the farmer by organising the supply chain with the food value chain. Here is his story.

00:00 - Introduction to why farming is life
01:30 - Why Shashi came back to farming.
10:00 - Why is farming difficult in India, what should change.
17:30 - Making farming viable
27:15 - People who came back to farming.
33:40 - Agro ecology being critical.
38:48 - Surviving nine years of hardship before the business took off.
43:40 - The business model that farming needs.
48:38 - Building systems of transparency.
53:24 - Working with the community that loves farming.
57:00 - Inspired by family, father and Dr G N S Reddy.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15574918 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0530 3692 full false Enabling transparency with digital transformation: Srividya Kannan's journey of building Avaali Enabling transparency with digital transformation: Srividya Kannan's journey of building Avaali In this episode we speak with Srividya, the founder of Avaali. Her company reduces procurement cycle times using digital practices. She talks about how her company has scaled over the years and how digital services are so important for companies going through transformation into the era of generative-AI.

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]]> In this episode we speak with Srividya, the founder of Avaali. Her company reduces procurement cycle times using digital practices. She talks about how her company has scaled over the years and how digital services are so important for companies going through transformation into the era of generative-AI.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15550212 Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0530 3036 full false Building a CRM "Unicorn", love for Hindi literature: conversation with Prashant Singh of LeadSquared Building a CRM "Unicorn", love for Hindi literature: conversation with Prashant Singh of LeadSquared In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk about how an enterprise grade CRM can be built from India. LeadSquared as you all know is well known for its story of going from India to the world. The founders are IT professionals who sold that business before delving into building a product for India. As opportunity would have it, they have scaled to the USA and are betting big on Indian talent. Its COO and co-founder Prashant Singh tells a story of why it's the era for Indian technology businesses.

00:45 - The meaning of LeadSquared.
07:35 - The first customer and the stakeholder you have to address.
11:00 - Why USA will remain a big business opportunity in years to come.
17:00 - Serving Indian businesses.
23:26 - Building without capital before signing VCs.
29:40 - Traditional businesses going into the digital era.
35:00 - Focusing on the mid-market customer.
42:10 - Building an experience with technology.
47:00 - Using AI and what should India do to lead the #AI story.
50:45 - Lessons of building a product company versus IT services.
53:00 - Prashant's inspirations.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk about how an enterprise grade CRM can be built from India. LeadSquared as you all know is well known for its story of going from India to the world. The founders are IT professionals who sold that business before delving into building a product for India. As opportunity would have it, they have scaled to the USA and are betting big on Indian talent. Its COO and co-founder Prashant Singh tells a story of why it's the era for Indian technology businesses.

00:45 - The meaning of LeadSquared.
07:35 - The first customer and the stakeholder you have to address.
11:00 - Why USA will remain a big business opportunity in years to come.
17:00 - Serving Indian businesses.
23:26 - Building without capital before signing VCs.
29:40 - Traditional businesses going into the digital era.
35:00 - Focusing on the mid-market customer.
42:10 - Building an experience with technology.
47:00 - Using AI and what should India do to lead the #AI story.
50:45 - Lessons of building a product company versus IT services.
53:00 - Prashant's inspirations.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15507127 Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0530 3449 full false Building an AI led transformation business: in-conversation with Deepthi Muthuraman of Ascendion Building an AI led transformation business: in-conversation with Deepthi Muthuraman of Ascendion In this interview we talk to Deepthi Muthuraman who is a senior brand manager at Ascendion, a company that transforms businesses in the digital age. She paints a wonderful story of how Ascendion was able to scale up fast and win clients. She talks about the impact of Generative AI and why a services businesses that is AI led can transform several businesses.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:10 - The story of Ascendion and its AI play.
16:45 - The journey of clients and the transformative aspects of Gen AI
18:20 - The services of Ascendion.
26:42 - Deepthi's leadership journey.

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]]> In this interview we talk to Deepthi Muthuraman who is a senior brand manager at Ascendion, a company that transforms businesses in the digital age. She paints a wonderful story of how Ascendion was able to scale up fast and win clients. She talks about the impact of Generative AI and why a services businesses that is AI led can transform several businesses.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:10 - The story of Ascendion and its AI play.
16:45 - The journey of clients and the transformative aspects of Gen AI
18:20 - The services of Ascendion.
26:42 - Deepthi's leadership journey.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15472491 Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0530 2048 full false Economic Survey & the Indian Budget2024: buyback tax, jobs, food inflation, AI & toxic smartphones Economic Survey & the Indian Budget2024: buyback tax, jobs, food inflation, AI & toxic smartphones In this episode with Pavan Sharma, partner at BCL India, a compliance and tax advisory firm, we compare why the #Budget2024 has to be looked at along with the Economic Survey of India. The economic survey showcases the challenges of India with AI, the end of globalisation and menace of climate change. The first thirty minutes we analyse the survey and then we look at the budget and the fiscal position of India.

Part 1: Economic Survey and why its important to understand the budget

00:00 - Introduction to Budget2024 and the Economic Survey.
04:10 - The economic survey is the key for the Budget2024
05:55 - Why the economists are pessimistic for business while growth has been great.
07:20 - End of globalisation and a new world order
10:18 - AI, climate change, inflation, food and the impact on bottom of the pyramid.
14:53 - Why retail investments have grown and why food inflation can slow new investments. 
18:30 - Laws in India still don't support make-in-India.
19:54 - Unemployment is rising and the finance minister addresses this.
21:56 - The tripartite compact: job creation is for the private sector.
24:30 - Taxation and revenue shares with Private, Government and Public sectors.
26:10 - Why AI is not important for the economic survey - energy and job losses
27:45 - Can the farm sector save the county - stay back in villages and become farm-preneurs.
30:25 - Getting back with China.
31:38 - The impact of "toxic" smartphones

Part 2 - Budget 2024

33:19 - The fiscal position of the nation.
34:50 - Individual tax contribution is high and 800 million Indians live on subsidy.
40:10 - The four new castes in India and the nine sub-themes that defines the new India.
41:48 - Direct benefit transfers to first time formal workers.
43:35 -Benefits to SMEs, individual entrepreneurs and larger companies.
46:20 - Taxes, capital gains 
48:57 - The impact on real estate.
51:42 - Buyback taxation and its impact on startups.

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]]> In this episode with Pavan Sharma, partner at BCL India, a compliance and tax advisory firm, we compare why the #Budget2024 has to be looked at along with the Economic Survey of India. The economic survey showcases the challenges of India with AI, the end of globalisation and menace of climate change. The first thirty minutes we analyse the survey and then we look at the budget and the fiscal position of India.

Part 1: Economic Survey and why its important to understand the budget

00:00 - Introduction to Budget2024 and the Economic Survey.
04:10 - The economic survey is the key for the Budget2024
05:55 - Why the economists are pessimistic for business while growth has been great.
07:20 - End of globalisation and a new world order
10:18 - AI, climate change, inflation, food and the impact on bottom of the pyramid.
14:53 - Why retail investments have grown and why food inflation can slow new investments. 
18:30 - Laws in India still don't support make-in-India.
19:54 - Unemployment is rising and the finance minister addresses this.
21:56 - The tripartite compact: job creation is for the private sector.
24:30 - Taxation and revenue shares with Private, Government and Public sectors.
26:10 - Why AI is not important for the economic survey - energy and job losses
27:45 - Can the farm sector save the county - stay back in villages and become farm-preneurs.
30:25 - Getting back with China.
31:38 - The impact of "toxic" smartphones

Part 2 - Budget 2024

33:19 - The fiscal position of the nation.
34:50 - Individual tax contribution is high and 800 million Indians live on subsidy.
40:10 - The four new castes in India and the nine sub-themes that defines the new India.
41:48 - Direct benefit transfers to first time formal workers.
43:35 -Benefits to SMEs, individual entrepreneurs and larger companies.
46:20 - Taxes, capital gains 
48:57 - The impact on real estate.
51:42 - Buyback taxation and its impact on startups.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15466001 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0530 3647 full false Startups in the early stage will continue to be sought after: in-conversation with IPV's Mitesh Shah Startups in the early stage will continue to be sought after: in-conversation with IPV's Mitesh Shah In this episode we talk to Mitesh Shah, co-founder of Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), about how investing is shaping up in the Indian startup ecosystem in 2024, and in the context of the next 18-months.

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]]> In this episode we talk to Mitesh Shah, co-founder of Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), about how investing is shaping up in the Indian startup ecosystem in 2024, and in the context of the next 18-months.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15408323 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:00:00 +0530 2456 full false Kumaar Bagrodia speaks on upgrading the subconscious: the science & business of brain enhancement Kumaar Bagrodia speaks on upgrading the subconscious: the science & business of brain enhancement In this episode I talk with India's brain-enhancer Kumaar Bagrodia who is also the founder of Neuroleap and Arkni PhotoBioLife. Many of you listening to or watching this podcast would have pondered over the question "how does one punch above your weight mentally?" 

As science proves it, you need to understand the subconscious mind before you want to further enhance your potential. Making this a lifelong endeavour is Kumaar who believes in enhancing human potential with the help of applied neuroscience. 

Neuroscience studies the brain, the nervous system and its impact on behavior and cognitive functions. It strives for a deeper understanding of how the brain’s 100 billion nerve cells are born, grow, and connect. 

When you take the services of Neuroleap, to enhance the brain, the user will not be subject to medication, it is non-invasive and there is no use of AI. In this fascinating conversation Kumaar paints the story of how his startups NeuroLeap (https://www.neuroleap.science) and Arkni PhotoBioLife (https://www.arkniphotobio.life) are helping people lead better lives by enabling them to unlock the potential of their brain.

00:00 - Introduction.
03:05 - Understanding the subconscious mind, the emotional abilities
10:00 - Recognising the patterns of the brain, measuring them.
17:48 - Human intelligence, resolving problems related to stress and pressure, how Neuroleap works and how it helps individuals.
30:00 - Nobody asks you to take charge of your consciousness, how do you fix things at the subconscious level.
35:05 - The outcomes with Neuroleap.
41:52 - Working with clients who have addictions.
44:17 - COVID-19 has impacted the brain and the hungry ghosts in the mind.
53:49 - The role of Arkni PhotoBioLife.
01:09:10 - Helping the individual understand themselves.
01:19:00 - Scaling the business.

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]]> In this episode I talk with India's brain-enhancer Kumaar Bagrodia who is also the founder of Neuroleap and Arkni PhotoBioLife. Many of you listening to or watching this podcast would have pondered over the question "how does one punch above your weight mentally?" 

As science proves it, you need to understand the subconscious mind before you want to further enhance your potential. Making this a lifelong endeavour is Kumaar who believes in enhancing human potential with the help of applied neuroscience. 

Neuroscience studies the brain, the nervous system and its impact on behavior and cognitive functions. It strives for a deeper understanding of how the brain’s 100 billion nerve cells are born, grow, and connect. 

When you take the services of Neuroleap, to enhance the brain, the user will not be subject to medication, it is non-invasive and there is no use of AI. In this fascinating conversation Kumaar paints the story of how his startups NeuroLeap (https://www.neuroleap.science) and Arkni PhotoBioLife (https://www.arkniphotobio.life) are helping people lead better lives by enabling them to unlock the potential of their brain.

00:00 - Introduction.
03:05 - Understanding the subconscious mind, the emotional abilities
10:00 - Recognising the patterns of the brain, measuring them.
17:48 - Human intelligence, resolving problems related to stress and pressure, how Neuroleap works and how it helps individuals.
30:00 - Nobody asks you to take charge of your consciousness, how do you fix things at the subconscious level.
35:05 - The outcomes with Neuroleap.
41:52 - Working with clients who have addictions.
44:17 - COVID-19 has impacted the brain and the hungry ghosts in the mind.
53:49 - The role of Arkni PhotoBioLife.
01:09:10 - Helping the individual understand themselves.
01:19:00 - Scaling the business.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15380641 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 23:00:00 +0530 5585 full false From bug bounties to enabling security for brands, the AppSecure.Security whitehat story From bug bounties to enabling security for brands, the AppSecure.Security whitehat story In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we will talk with Sandeep Hodkasia the founder of AppSecure.Security tells us about how modern brands can secure themselves at very low cost and how Corporations can use white-hats to build new age security.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:30 - Sandeep's love for security.
06:00 - AppSecure's view of security in modern corporations.
10:24 - Working with large customers.
16:39 - Winning businesses as a startup in security.
23:40 - Even the person writing code is responsible for security.
29:30 - The blackhats versus whitehats: where do the whitehats stand
35:48 - The research and AI in security.
41:32 - Corporations should support whitehats.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we will talk with Sandeep Hodkasia the founder of AppSecure.Security tells us about how modern brands can secure themselves at very low cost and how Corporations can use white-hats to build new age security.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:30 - Sandeep's love for security.
06:00 - AppSecure's view of security in modern corporations.
10:24 - Working with large customers.
16:39 - Winning businesses as a startup in security.
23:40 - Even the person writing code is responsible for security.
29:30 - The blackhats versus whitehats: where do the whitehats stand
35:48 - The research and AI in security.
41:32 - Corporations should support whitehats.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15334340 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0530 3065 full false Interoperability of loyalty points, use cases, opportunity & tech - Abhay Tandon of Monet explains Interoperability of loyalty points, use cases, opportunity & tech - Abhay Tandon of Monet explains In this episode of theUpStreamLife we speak with veteran startup enabler and co-founder of Monet, Abhay Tandon. He talks about why blockchain works for interoperability of loyalty points and the opportunities to get brands to work together in order to win loyal customers in the long run.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:26 - Abhay making the transition back to a startup.
04:28 - Monetising loyalty points and the difficulty in interoperability.
16:35 - Convincing brands to consent to share data.
22:48 - Saving the CFO of the brands costs and convincing them to work on interoperability.
25:30 - Blockchain and decentralisation - the need for decentralisation.
38:34 - The stakeholder management in Monet
45:33 - Convincing brands about tokens.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we speak with veteran startup enabler and co-founder of Monet, Abhay Tandon. He talks about why blockchain works for interoperability of loyalty points and the opportunities to get brands to work together in order to win loyal customers in the long run.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:26 - Abhay making the transition back to a startup.
04:28 - Monetising loyalty points and the difficulty in interoperability.
16:35 - Convincing brands to consent to share data.
22:48 - Saving the CFO of the brands costs and convincing them to work on interoperability.
25:30 - Blockchain and decentralisation - the need for decentralisation.
38:34 - The stakeholder management in Monet
45:33 - Convincing brands about tokens.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15331465 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0530 3523 full false Talking tech, compliance & AI in an era of transformation: in-conversation with Ragu Rajaram of EY Talking tech, compliance & AI in an era of transformation: in-conversation with Ragu Rajaram of EY In this episode we talk with Ragu Rajaram, EY’s Global Cloud Consulting Leader. Ragu talks about how EY GDS is helping organisations transform in the era of data and AI.

00:00 - Introduction to EY GDS
01:18 - What does EY GDS do?
02:56 - Board room to server conversations.
04:56 - Compliances and technology: blending the two
10:16 - Transformative nature of cloud 
15:06 - Conversations with the C-Suite.
21:08 - Building a strategy for hiring.
26:00 - Managing multiple markets.
31:07 - Being fit as a leader.
35:00 - Working with AI.
40:00 - Working in EY and training talented tech grads.
42:00 - Raj’s inspirations.

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]]> In this episode we talk with Ragu Rajaram, EY’s Global Cloud Consulting Leader. Ragu talks about how EY GDS is helping organisations transform in the era of data and AI.

00:00 - Introduction to EY GDS
01:18 - What does EY GDS do?
02:56 - Board room to server conversations.
04:56 - Compliances and technology: blending the two
10:16 - Transformative nature of cloud 
15:06 - Conversations with the C-Suite.
21:08 - Building a strategy for hiring.
26:00 - Managing multiple markets.
31:07 - Being fit as a leader.
35:00 - Working with AI.
40:00 - Working in EY and training talented tech grads.
42:00 - Raj’s inspirations.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15197443 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0530 2639 full false Journey of product innovation in India through the eyes of Naganand Doraswamy of Ideaspring Capital Journey of product innovation in India through the eyes of Naganand Doraswamy of Ideaspring Capital In this episode we talk with Naganand Doraswamy the founder of Ideaspring Capital. He has been a champion of product innovation and deep tech in India for over eight years now. He talks about his journey and learning. He also believes that the deep tech India story has just begun and tells every founder to focus on the sales for success.

00:00 - Introduction to Ideaspring
02:00 - Differentiating between SaaS, deep tech and product innovation
05:20 - Raising capital today and the journey of Ideaspring
11:28 - Convincing LPs and the learning
17:04 - Helping founders to succeed with their product innovation
23:42 - Sales in India and the climb involved.
29:35 - Building companies generative AI
35:00 - The semi-conductor story in India
43:40 - Space and drones as an industry from India
47:40 - Setting the stage for good exits.

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]]> In this episode we talk with Naganand Doraswamy the founder of Ideaspring Capital. He has been a champion of product innovation and deep tech in India for over eight years now. He talks about his journey and learning. He also believes that the deep tech India story has just begun and tells every founder to focus on the sales for success.

00:00 - Introduction to Ideaspring
02:00 - Differentiating between SaaS, deep tech and product innovation
05:20 - Raising capital today and the journey of Ideaspring
11:28 - Convincing LPs and the learning
17:04 - Helping founders to succeed with their product innovation
23:42 - Sales in India and the climb involved.
29:35 - Building companies generative AI
35:00 - The semi-conductor story in India
43:40 - Space and drones as an industry from India
47:40 - Setting the stage for good exits.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15182007 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0530 3347 full false Payments & the journey of Indian business: in-conversation with Akash Sinha of Cashfree Payments Payments & the journey of Indian business: in-conversation with Akash Sinha of Cashfree Payments In this episode we speak with Akash Sinha, the CEO and co-founder of Cashfree Payments. We discover how India is changing with digital payments and how the smart phone generation loves easy checkout experiences. 

00:00 - Introduction of Cashfree Payments.
01:05 - The early journey as a developer.
04:42 - Scaling up a company and a product.
05:50 - Transitions in the payment economy in India.
13:27 - Building industry first products.
19:30 - Innovating constantly as a fintech.
26:22 - How traditional businesses are going online in India?
32:00 - Going global as an Indian company.
37:00 - Becoming a leader and managing a large organisation.
41:16 - Payments and the evolution of tech, especially security.
44:30 - New technologies that Akash advices folks to learn.

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]]> In this episode we speak with Akash Sinha, the CEO and co-founder of Cashfree Payments. We discover how India is changing with digital payments and how the smart phone generation loves easy checkout experiences. 

00:00 - Introduction of Cashfree Payments.
01:05 - The early journey as a developer.
04:42 - Scaling up a company and a product.
05:50 - Transitions in the payment economy in India.
13:27 - Building industry first products.
19:30 - Innovating constantly as a fintech.
26:22 - How traditional businesses are going online in India?
32:00 - Going global as an Indian company.
37:00 - Becoming a leader and managing a large organisation.
41:16 - Payments and the evolution of tech, especially security.
44:30 - New technologies that Akash advices folks to learn.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15114216 Wed, 22 May 2024 14:00:00 +0530 3035 full false In-conversation with Anil Achyuta of TDK Ventures: deep tech's impact & ideas from India In-conversation with Anil Achyuta of TDK Ventures: deep tech's impact & ideas from India In this episode of the India Deep Tech Series, we host the MD of TDK Ventures, Anil Achyuta. Born and raised in Bengaluru, Anil went from being a sportsman to falling in love with deep tech - firstly as an academic and then as an investor. In this podcast he talks about an ever changing world with deep technology, what are the risks and rewards for startups in this community. The interview is a must watch for those who aspire to build businesses with deep tech ideas.

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast 
00:38 - Anil's love for science
01:47 - The TDK Ventures investment thesis
04:32 - Not every scientist should become an entrepreneur
07:07 - Transitioning from science to an investor
09:30 - The need for 'Dream Syndicates' to support deep tech
14:51 - Why we need to come together to solve bigger problems
17:24 - The Tesla example of beating all numbers and expectations
19:13 - Why TDK Ventures takes big bets?
22:47 - The 'Fit' principles of investing
24:59 - Business is about data: upstream, the supply chain, downstream
29:31 - Role of the government in deep tech
30:30 - Impact of Ascend Elements and AM Batteries in the EV industry
34:20 - Building a thesis around 'heat' applications.
36:33 - Quick responses on industries transforming themselves - automotive, energy, healthcare and many more.
44:49 - Impact of AI.
48:29 - The TDK Goodness and what it means for startups 
52:11 - Using sports and its competitive nature as a lesson in investing
55:34 - Learning a lot from people, inspirations and sport. 

In this podcast the startups I talk about are Ascend Elements (https://ascendelements.com), AM Batteries (https://am-batteries.com), Verdagy (https://verdagy.com), Autoflight (https://www.autoflight.com/en/), Ineratec (https://www.ineratec.de/en) & Fasal (https://fasal.co).

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]]> In this episode of the India Deep Tech Series, we host the MD of TDK Ventures, Anil Achyuta. Born and raised in Bengaluru, Anil went from being a sportsman to falling in love with deep tech - firstly as an academic and then as an investor. In this podcast he talks about an ever changing world with deep technology, what are the risks and rewards for startups in this community. The interview is a must watch for those who aspire to build businesses with deep tech ideas.

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast 
00:38 - Anil's love for science
01:47 - The TDK Ventures investment thesis
04:32 - Not every scientist should become an entrepreneur
07:07 - Transitioning from science to an investor
09:30 - The need for 'Dream Syndicates' to support deep tech
14:51 - Why we need to come together to solve bigger problems
17:24 - The Tesla example of beating all numbers and expectations
19:13 - Why TDK Ventures takes big bets?
22:47 - The 'Fit' principles of investing
24:59 - Business is about data: upstream, the supply chain, downstream
29:31 - Role of the government in deep tech
30:30 - Impact of Ascend Elements and AM Batteries in the EV industry
34:20 - Building a thesis around 'heat' applications.
36:33 - Quick responses on industries transforming themselves - automotive, energy, healthcare and many more.
44:49 - Impact of AI.
48:29 - The TDK Goodness and what it means for startups 
52:11 - Using sports and its competitive nature as a lesson in investing
55:34 - Learning a lot from people, inspirations and sport. 

In this podcast the startups I talk about are Ascend Elements (https://ascendelements.com), AM Batteries (https://am-batteries.com), Verdagy (https://verdagy.com), Autoflight (https://www.autoflight.com/en/), Ineratec (https://www.ineratec.de/en) & Fasal (https://fasal.co).

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-15031890 Wed, 08 May 2024 12:00:00 +0530 3582 full false Healthy or unhealthy India: taxes, freebies, the rise of packaged food, new rich & new age politics Healthy or unhealthy India: taxes, freebies, the rise of packaged food, new rich & new age politics In this episode with Pavan Sharma, the partner of BCL India, an advisory and audit firm, we decode India by the numbers just as the elections are underway. Please download the report (https://tinyurl.com/yxykv3pv) for you to understand what Pavan is analyzing. All data sources mentioned in the PDF.

We analyze the Centre versus State tax conflicts, climate change, income growth, rise of the middle-class, jobs and the conflicts within youth employability.

Part 1 - Tax bouts, realities of freebies and Consumption.

00:00 - Introduction
02:50 - The heart of the conflict between India States and the Centre.
05:35 - The formula for tax sharing between States - the fair or unfair ask.
08:30 - The opposition narratives when it comes to Tax.
13:00 - The Human Development index, tax incentives for States.
15:25 - No freebies to youth please - differentiate between necessity and needs.
16:33 - The narrative of freebies - where will the money come from.
21:55 - Income Classes in India: the real truth.
24:35 - What do our income classes own - 92 million Indians earn Rs 12 lakh per year and this is growing. This is what capital loves.

Download our analysis: https://bclindia.in/indeco-apr24/

Part 2: 

28:49 - Household consumption and its interesting numbers - India is spending and is typical of a growing economy.
31:40 - Unhealthy nation: falling cereal and vegetable consumption, rise of packaged product consumption.
38:10 - The new billionaires who earn Rs 13 lakhs per day.
41:00 - Indian disparities.
42:12 - Where is India's wealth locked up?
43:20 - Analyzing India can be daunting - different reports, different analysis and the future of wealth creation.
45:38 - Unemployment in India - 45 percent of graduates are unemployed and the need to invest in training or reskilling.
52:22 - Climate change, lack of water and more.
54:30 - Who pays in India to keep things moving?
58:45 - Our energy sustainability

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]]> In this episode with Pavan Sharma, the partner of BCL India, an advisory and audit firm, we decode India by the numbers just as the elections are underway. Please download the report (https://tinyurl.com/yxykv3pv) for you to understand what Pavan is analyzing. All data sources mentioned in the PDF.

We analyze the Centre versus State tax conflicts, climate change, income growth, rise of the middle-class, jobs and the conflicts within youth employability.

Part 1 - Tax bouts, realities of freebies and Consumption.

00:00 - Introduction
02:50 - The heart of the conflict between India States and the Centre.
05:35 - The formula for tax sharing between States - the fair or unfair ask.
08:30 - The opposition narratives when it comes to Tax.
13:00 - The Human Development index, tax incentives for States.
15:25 - No freebies to youth please - differentiate between necessity and needs.
16:33 - The narrative of freebies - where will the money come from.
21:55 - Income Classes in India: the real truth.
24:35 - What do our income classes own - 92 million Indians earn Rs 12 lakh per year and this is growing. This is what capital loves.

Download our analysis: https://bclindia.in/indeco-apr24/

Part 2: 

28:49 - Household consumption and its interesting numbers - India is spending and is typical of a growing economy.
31:40 - Unhealthy nation: falling cereal and vegetable consumption, rise of packaged product consumption.
38:10 - The new billionaires who earn Rs 13 lakhs per day.
41:00 - Indian disparities.
42:12 - Where is India's wealth locked up?
43:20 - Analyzing India can be daunting - different reports, different analysis and the future of wealth creation.
45:38 - Unemployment in India - 45 percent of graduates are unemployed and the need to invest in training or reskilling.
52:22 - Climate change, lack of water and more.
54:30 - Who pays in India to keep things moving?
58:45 - Our energy sustainability

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14930945 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0530 3700 full false MNCs love India & Zinnov has helped them tap India's capabilities in technology & leadership MNCs love India & Zinnov has helped them tap India's capabilities in technology & leadership In this episode theUpStreamLife.com's speak with Zinnov's President, Globalisation Excellence, Nilesh Thakker who talks about how India has become the place for setting global capability centres or some may even call it excellence centres or innovation centres.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:20 - Globalisation is about innovation and leveraging talent.
02:08 - A bit of history, the cost arbitrage era.
05:30 - How Zinnov builds globalisation excellence.
08:30 - Productivity in excellence centres is higher.
10:15 - Looking at business within India.
11:40 - How India became a global product hub?
19:34 - Indian leadership is global.
22:30 - Staying close to the American time zone.
26:16 - IT Services have to add value going forward.
31:14 - The war for talent in India 
38:10 - Nilesh's personal story.

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]]> In this episode theUpStreamLife.com's speak with Zinnov's President, Globalisation Excellence, Nilesh Thakker who talks about how India has become the place for setting global capability centres or some may even call it excellence centres or innovation centres.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:20 - Globalisation is about innovation and leveraging talent.
02:08 - A bit of history, the cost arbitrage era.
05:30 - How Zinnov builds globalisation excellence.
08:30 - Productivity in excellence centres is higher.
10:15 - Looking at business within India.
11:40 - How India became a global product hub?
19:34 - Indian leadership is global.
22:30 - Staying close to the American time zone.
26:16 - IT Services have to add value going forward.
31:14 - The war for talent in India 
38:10 - Nilesh's personal story.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14917114 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0530 2576 full false Can new-age EV OEMs make an impact in the commercial vehicle industry; the Planet Electric story Can new-age EV OEMs make an impact in the commercial vehicle industry; the Planet Electric story In this episode we speak to Gagan Agarwal, the co-founder of Planet Electric. Their speciality is to work modular but create a centralised IP for vehicle manufacturing. As an EV OEM in the commercial vehicle industry they have to take on the Mahindras and the Tatas. Check out the podcast to know their aspirations.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:35 - From space to an OEM.
03:46 - Starting up Planet Electric and the modular approach.
10:00 - The economics of Planet Electric'd light weight EV.
16:25 - Second life of an EV.
22:13 - Pricing of the vehicle.
30:00 - Designing a functional vehicle.
35:41 - What would you do with the data generated from the EV?
39:40 - The early supporters of Planet Electric.
44:30 - EV first policy in India.
48:00 - Gagan's inspirations.

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]]> In this episode we speak to Gagan Agarwal, the co-founder of Planet Electric. Their speciality is to work modular but create a centralised IP for vehicle manufacturing. As an EV OEM in the commercial vehicle industry they have to take on the Mahindras and the Tatas. Check out the podcast to know their aspirations.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:35 - From space to an OEM.
03:46 - Starting up Planet Electric and the modular approach.
10:00 - The economics of Planet Electric'd light weight EV.
16:25 - Second life of an EV.
22:13 - Pricing of the vehicle.
30:00 - Designing a functional vehicle.
35:41 - What would you do with the data generated from the EV?
39:40 - The early supporters of Planet Electric.
44:30 - EV first policy in India.
48:00 - Gagan's inspirations.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14907721 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:00:00 +0530 3141 full false All about India's transformation in HR services: in-conversation with Aditya Mishra of CIEL-HR All about India's transformation in HR services: in-conversation with Aditya Mishra of CIEL-HR In this podcast we talk about how CIEL-HR became a large business in nine years and is preparing for an IPO.

00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - The business of CIEL-HR
10:25 - Building end to end solutions for modern organisations.
15:55 - Early customers and value propositions.
23:40 - Managing the business in the early days.
27:00 - Going after the EV & manufacturing industry.
33:20 - AI and the HR function.
36:22 - Funding raising and IPO plans.
40:30 - Being in touch with Hindu philosophy.

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]]> In this podcast we talk about how CIEL-HR became a large business in nine years and is preparing for an IPO.

00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - The business of CIEL-HR
10:25 - Building end to end solutions for modern organisations.
15:55 - Early customers and value propositions.
23:40 - Managing the business in the early days.
27:00 - Going after the EV & manufacturing industry.
33:20 - AI and the HR function.
36:22 - Funding raising and IPO plans.
40:30 - Being in touch with Hindu philosophy.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14886110 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0530 2616 full false Building autonomous vehicle & safety technology from India for the world, get to know Minus Zero Building autonomous vehicle & safety technology from India for the world, get to know Minus Zero In this episode you will discover the skill of the Minus Zero engineering team in building world class software for the automotive world. If the world of AI led driving is real, then Minus Zero is building such technologies from India to the world's best automotive companies. They have already signed a couple of large commercial vehicle companies to use their platform. Discover the thoughts of the co-founder Gagandeep Reehal in taking his business to a market where automobile makers have to stay relevant.

00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - The early days of Minus Zero.
06:40 - The paradigm shift in the automotive world.
10:41 - Democratising the tech for all automotive.
15:45 - LLMs and hallucinations in the automotive world.
20:07 - Why Large Language Models are big in India.
21:10 - Talent for this tech in India
26:37 - Natured inspired AI
34:34 - GPUs in the automotive world
42:52 - Partnering with OEMs

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]]> In this episode you will discover the skill of the Minus Zero engineering team in building world class software for the automotive world. If the world of AI led driving is real, then Minus Zero is building such technologies from India to the world's best automotive companies. They have already signed a couple of large commercial vehicle companies to use their platform. Discover the thoughts of the co-founder Gagandeep Reehal in taking his business to a market where automobile makers have to stay relevant.

00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - The early days of Minus Zero.
06:40 - The paradigm shift in the automotive world.
10:41 - Democratising the tech for all automotive.
15:45 - LLMs and hallucinations in the automotive world.
20:07 - Why Large Language Models are big in India.
21:10 - Talent for this tech in India
26:37 - Natured inspired AI
34:34 - GPUs in the automotive world
42:52 - Partnering with OEMs

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14862892 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0530 2885 full false Fast-charging CVs: Exponent's 15-min bet with battery tech, in-conversation with TDK Ventures Fast-charging CVs: Exponent's 15-min bet with battery tech, in-conversation with TDK Ventures In this episode Anil Achyuta, Managing Director of TDK Ventures, speaks with Arun Vinayak, the founder of Exponent Energy, a company whose tech has enhanced fast charging capabilities to increase value for commercial vehicle fleets in India. Their 15-mins fast charge technology has allowed them to create an ecosystem for fleet operators exclusive to Exponent. Arun talks about the future of the charging ecosystem in India and why his company is poised for Exponential growth. 

00:00 - Introduction to Exponent Energy by TDK Ventures.
00:40 - The business of Exponent Energy. 
04:00 - The aha moment for Arun and team - fast charging in 15-mins.
07:36 - Belief in the idea & an ecosystem for Commercial Vehicles.
10:53 - Being cell agnostic, working with partners and a data led play.
14:49 - Providing value to Exponent's ecosystem of partners.
17:53 - The benefits of Exponent to the small business.
20:23 - Managing engineers to solve problems.
23:09 - The future in the energy game and the upstream.
28:48 - The importance of story telling for a startup founder.
29:46 - What would Arun change if he has to build Exponent again.
35:21 - The future for Exponent.

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]]> In this episode Anil Achyuta, Managing Director of TDK Ventures, speaks with Arun Vinayak, the founder of Exponent Energy, a company whose tech has enhanced fast charging capabilities to increase value for commercial vehicle fleets in India. Their 15-mins fast charge technology has allowed them to create an ecosystem for fleet operators exclusive to Exponent. Arun talks about the future of the charging ecosystem in India and why his company is poised for Exponential growth. 

00:00 - Introduction to Exponent Energy by TDK Ventures.
00:40 - The business of Exponent Energy. 
04:00 - The aha moment for Arun and team - fast charging in 15-mins.
07:36 - Belief in the idea & an ecosystem for Commercial Vehicles.
10:53 - Being cell agnostic, working with partners and a data led play.
14:49 - Providing value to Exponent's ecosystem of partners.
17:53 - The benefits of Exponent to the small business.
20:23 - Managing engineers to solve problems.
23:09 - The future in the energy game and the upstream.
28:48 - The importance of story telling for a startup founder.
29:46 - What would Arun change if he has to build Exponent again.
35:21 - The future for Exponent.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14847948 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0530 2192 full false Making you believe: how Zveta is working with certified "traditional" experts in treating arthritis Making you believe: how Zveta is working with certified "traditional" experts in treating arthritis In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com you will discover Indian tradition or "traditional" certified methods of treating musculoskeletal conditions and the impact of nutrition in making one return to form. It's all about the diet and lifestyle.

I speak with an experienced nutritionist, Arti Balse, and an experienced medical doctor, Deepa, from the Ayurveda tradition who together at Zveta (https://zveta.health) , a startup that wants to make Indians live pain free,  enlighten us about managing three types of arthritic conditions without being subject to heavy medication. They talk about how the startup Zveta is making patients take control of their lives.

Zveta aims to improve quality of life with comprehensive and and reliable treatment at the convenience of home. 

00:00 - Introduction to Zveta
03:00 - What is a musculoskeletal condition?
04:00 - Types of arthritis, contributing factors to arthritis and more.
06:35 - Treatments at Zveta.
09:00 - Treating arthritis with diet.
17:40 - Treating spondylosis with Zveta’s experts.
29:30 - Treating osteoporosis with Zveta’s experts.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com you will discover Indian tradition or "traditional" certified methods of treating musculoskeletal conditions and the impact of nutrition in making one return to form. It's all about the diet and lifestyle.

I speak with an experienced nutritionist, Arti Balse, and an experienced medical doctor, Deepa, from the Ayurveda tradition who together at Zveta (https://zveta.health) , a startup that wants to make Indians live pain free,  enlighten us about managing three types of arthritic conditions without being subject to heavy medication. They talk about how the startup Zveta is making patients take control of their lives.

Zveta aims to improve quality of life with comprehensive and and reliable treatment at the convenience of home. 

00:00 - Introduction to Zveta
03:00 - What is a musculoskeletal condition?
04:00 - Types of arthritis, contributing factors to arthritis and more.
06:35 - Treatments at Zveta.
09:00 - Treating arthritis with diet.
17:40 - Treating spondylosis with Zveta’s experts.
29:30 - Treating osteoporosis with Zveta’s experts.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14728070 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0530 2586 full false Fasal's story of Indian farmers, the future of tech & the business of Indian agriculture Fasal's story of Indian farmers, the future of tech & the business of Indian agriculture Think about this - Indian farmers were struggling with low yields for generations so much so that a country like Netherlands had more yield per acre. India has the technology skills to enable farmers to improve the yield, predict the yield and plan the supply. You would wonder why this change is yet to happen at scale.

Fasal, a startup in agritech, has proved that Indian farmers can not just improve yields, but, make sustainability a core factor in the business. 

By significantly reducing the use of chemicals and water Fasal has truly enabled a new age of agritech in India. Watch this interview with Shailendra Tiwari and TDK Ventures Managing Director, Anil Achyuta.

TheUpStreamLife is proud to be presenting this podcast for the Indian deep tech community.

This podcast is part of TDK Ventures India Deep Tech Series.

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast by Anil Achyuta.
01:00 - Creating a new language for Indian farmers by Fasal.
02:21 - Going beyond conventional wisdom, the Netherlands way.
06:42 - Ability to absorb failures as a founder, obsession with the problem.
11:28 - Journey through mistakes and getting better at execution.
16:00 - Managing teams and enabling the team.
21:00 - The challenge with managing the farm.
24:20 - India's horticulture story and Fasal's role in the supply chain.
29:30 - Fasal's work in the value chain for an economically rising India.
34:43 - Fasal's moat in the business.
37:16 - Enabling farmers to embrace tech and learning from mistakes
42:00 - Closing in on the Netherlands yield per acre.

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]]> Think about this - Indian farmers were struggling with low yields for generations so much so that a country like Netherlands had more yield per acre. India has the technology skills to enable farmers to improve the yield, predict the yield and plan the supply. You would wonder why this change is yet to happen at scale.

Fasal, a startup in agritech, has proved that Indian farmers can not just improve yields, but, make sustainability a core factor in the business. 

By significantly reducing the use of chemicals and water Fasal has truly enabled a new age of agritech in India. Watch this interview with Shailendra Tiwari and TDK Ventures Managing Director, Anil Achyuta.

TheUpStreamLife is proud to be presenting this podcast for the Indian deep tech community.

This podcast is part of TDK Ventures India Deep Tech Series.

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast by Anil Achyuta.
01:00 - Creating a new language for Indian farmers by Fasal.
02:21 - Going beyond conventional wisdom, the Netherlands way.
06:42 - Ability to absorb failures as a founder, obsession with the problem.
11:28 - Journey through mistakes and getting better at execution.
16:00 - Managing teams and enabling the team.
21:00 - The challenge with managing the farm.
24:20 - India's horticulture story and Fasal's role in the supply chain.
29:30 - Fasal's work in the value chain for an economically rising India.
34:43 - Fasal's moat in the business.
37:16 - Enabling farmers to embrace tech and learning from mistakes
42:00 - Closing in on the Netherlands yield per acre.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14717850 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0530 2655 full false The "OG" of HR services: K Pandiarjan's bets big on CIEL HR to capture India's booming HR business The "OG" of HR services: K Pandiarjan's bets big on CIEL HR to capture India's booming HR business In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com you will discover the internal values that are necessary to inculcate and execute in order to build a long term business. 

You will hear the story of K Pandiarajan, the founder of MaFoi who sold the business in 2008. MaFoi was one of the top HR firms in India at the time. After a decade long break and a long stint in politics Pandiarajan is now back to doing what he does best, which is starting up. 

His firm “CIEL HR” is rapidly growing and the stakes are high for Pandiarajan as his business is now placed in the eighth position, in India, and there is an opportunity to get back to the top. 

He has already built CIEL HR to a Rs 1000 crore plus business in sales and he wants to make it an end-to-end HR tech and services firm. Will he win? He can because this industry whose size is Rs 1,76,000 crore and CIEL HR can grow with acquisitions and win businesses across industry vertical. Watch the podcast to know more. 

00:00 - Introduction to Mr K Pandiarajan.
00:55 - Pandiarajan talks about his early days in Tamil Nadu.
01:36 - Starting MaFoi and the HR play in liberalised India.
02:50 - Managing a recruitment firm in the pre-social media days.
05:56 - Handling more than 250 investors, talking to VCs and being successful.
10:05 - Building a company for the long term.
13:17 - Handling vulnerabilities as an entrepreneur and growing.
16:55 - Managing the exit in 2008.
19:00 - CIEL HR and its growth to become a major leader.
26:00 - Tech and integrative systems in HR
27:28 - Anchorage around OKRs where tech is blended with human results.
33:57 - Reverse mentoring and why it’s important in an organisation.
38:55 - How fast can one scale a company today? It’s easier today, grow by acquisitions.
39:44 - Never regretted being in politics, it is macro-HR.
43:00 - The mentors and inspirations that guided Pandiarajan.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com you will discover the internal values that are necessary to inculcate and execute in order to build a long term business. 

You will hear the story of K Pandiarajan, the founder of MaFoi who sold the business in 2008. MaFoi was one of the top HR firms in India at the time. After a decade long break and a long stint in politics Pandiarajan is now back to doing what he does best, which is starting up. 

His firm “CIEL HR” is rapidly growing and the stakes are high for Pandiarajan as his business is now placed in the eighth position, in India, and there is an opportunity to get back to the top. 

He has already built CIEL HR to a Rs 1000 crore plus business in sales and he wants to make it an end-to-end HR tech and services firm. Will he win? He can because this industry whose size is Rs 1,76,000 crore and CIEL HR can grow with acquisitions and win businesses across industry vertical. Watch the podcast to know more. 

00:00 - Introduction to Mr K Pandiarajan.
00:55 - Pandiarajan talks about his early days in Tamil Nadu.
01:36 - Starting MaFoi and the HR play in liberalised India.
02:50 - Managing a recruitment firm in the pre-social media days.
05:56 - Handling more than 250 investors, talking to VCs and being successful.
10:05 - Building a company for the long term.
13:17 - Handling vulnerabilities as an entrepreneur and growing.
16:55 - Managing the exit in 2008.
19:00 - CIEL HR and its growth to become a major leader.
26:00 - Tech and integrative systems in HR
27:28 - Anchorage around OKRs where tech is blended with human results.
33:57 - Reverse mentoring and why it’s important in an organisation.
38:55 - How fast can one scale a company today? It’s easier today, grow by acquisitions.
39:44 - Never regretted being in politics, it is macro-HR.
43:00 - The mentors and inspirations that guided Pandiarajan.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14709326 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0530 2865 full false "Grab Me" stories of brownies & more: Gagana Ganesh scaling a youthful brand in modern retail "Grab Me" stories of brownies & more: Gagana Ganesh scaling a youthful brand in modern retail In this episode meet Gagana Ganesh, the founder of Grab Me, who has defied conventional wisdom. She has expanded to modern retail first even while others go for a D2C concept. Don't get us wrong she has also built a "brand".com D2C store, but has expanded to over 100-retail stores. This podcast covers her journey and her efforts to build India's first long lasting brownies and more.

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]]> In this episode meet Gagana Ganesh, the founder of Grab Me, who has defied conventional wisdom. She has expanded to modern retail first even while others go for a D2C concept. Don't get us wrong she has also built a "brand".com D2C store, but has expanded to over 100-retail stores. This podcast covers her journey and her efforts to build India's first long lasting brownies and more.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14576422 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0530 2567 full false Incentives in the world of Web3: Ketan Jog of Absinthe Labs bets on a new age of loyalty management Incentives in the world of Web3: Ketan Jog of Absinthe Labs bets on a new age of loyalty management Incentives in the world of Web3: Ketan Jog of Absinthe Labs bets on a new age of loyalty management

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]]> Incentives in the world of Web3: Ketan Jog of Absinthe Labs bets on a new age of loyalty management

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14546874 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:00:00 +0530 900 full false A proprietary discovery platform for new age brands: in-conversation with Esha Tiwary of Furrl A proprietary discovery platform for new age brands: in-conversation with Esha Tiwary of Furrl In this episode we talk with Esha Tiwary, the founder of Furrl, a proprietary platform to discover new age brands. She has in the past worked with Entrepreneur First, Myntra, CloudNine and ITC. She is a graduate of IIT-Kanpur and Harvard Business School. Her marketing techniques along with blending technology and data has led her to scale up Furrl, which supports several new age brands to be discovered by customers. This has led many an entrepreneur to scale up their brands on Furrl.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:48 - Zero to One journey and the beginning of Furrl.
06:37 - Building a community on Furrl.
10:57 - Communities are moving online.
15:31 - Curating Furrl’s partners.
24:42 - Furrl follows a brand first strategy and is content first.
31:42 - Men! They are impulsive shoppers too.
35:25 - The search versus discovery analogy
36:21 - Discovery using hashtags
37:40 - Balancing business and life.
41:09 - The influence of parents on Esha
43:00 - Books and music

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]]> In this episode we talk with Esha Tiwary, the founder of Furrl, a proprietary platform to discover new age brands. She has in the past worked with Entrepreneur First, Myntra, CloudNine and ITC. She is a graduate of IIT-Kanpur and Harvard Business School. Her marketing techniques along with blending technology and data has led her to scale up Furrl, which supports several new age brands to be discovered by customers. This has led many an entrepreneur to scale up their brands on Furrl.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:48 - Zero to One journey and the beginning of Furrl.
06:37 - Building a community on Furrl.
10:57 - Communities are moving online.
15:31 - Curating Furrl’s partners.
24:42 - Furrl follows a brand first strategy and is content first.
31:42 - Men! They are impulsive shoppers too.
35:25 - The search versus discovery analogy
36:21 - Discovery using hashtags
37:40 - Balancing business and life.
41:09 - The influence of parents on Esha
43:00 - Books and music

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14507283 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0530 2715 full false The South-East Asia & the Indian startup influence: meet Shauraya Bhutani from Breathe Capital The South-East Asia & the Indian startup influence: meet Shauraya Bhutani from Breathe Capital In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk to Shauraya Bhutani, the co-founder of Breathe Capital and Capital Connect Advisors. Shauraya has been the bridge in the movement of capital betweenIndia and South-East Asia. In this podcast he talks about the new age of Indian business and what they are going to do in South East Asia.

00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - Starting out as an I-banker.
05:38 - The bridge: South-East Asia and Indian startups
10:15 - Indian startup influence in South-East Asia
16:25 - Growth of ideas in the region.
21:00 - The future of edtech.
30:54 - Geo politics and the business of managing LPs.
34:37 - Debt versus Equity for early founders.
42:20 - The rise of brands in South-East Asia and India.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk to Shauraya Bhutani, the co-founder of Breathe Capital and Capital Connect Advisors. Shauraya has been the bridge in the movement of capital betweenIndia and South-East Asia. In this podcast he talks about the new age of Indian business and what they are going to do in South East Asia.

00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - Starting out as an I-banker.
05:38 - The bridge: South-East Asia and Indian startups
10:15 - Indian startup influence in South-East Asia
16:25 - Growth of ideas in the region.
21:00 - The future of edtech.
30:54 - Geo politics and the business of managing LPs.
34:37 - Debt versus Equity for early founders.
42:20 - The rise of brands in South-East Asia and India.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14493637 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0530 2862 full false The TDK Ventures "Goodness" & its deeptech mission in India: in-conversation with Nicolas Sauvage The TDK Ventures "Goodness" & its deeptech mission in India: in-conversation with Nicolas Sauvage In this episode we talk with the President of TDK Ventures, Nicolas Sauvage, who has been at the forefront of discovering entrepreneurs making impact in the climate-tech industry with the power of hardtech and deeptech. In this episode discover what TDK Ventures intends to do for India's deeptech community. 

Deeptech is combining the hard work at the atoms level with the power of algorithms and software to help humanity in a new journey towards energy storage, battery recycling, air-taxis, green hydrogen, electric vehicles and digital transformation. Their investments in AutoFlight (https://autoflight.com/en/), pH7 Technologies (https://ph7technologies.ca), Verdagy (https://verdagy.com), AM Batteries (https://am-batteries.com), Ascend Elements (https://ascendelements.com) and many others is testimony to their commitment to the global deeptech community of entrepreneurs.

In India they have invested in Exponent Energy (https://www.exponent.energy), Fasal (https://fasal.co) and (https://www.infinite-uptime.com/). 

If you are a scientist or a deeptech business in India you must not miss this episode with Nicolas if you want to understand the TDK Goodness. 

00:00 - Introduction to the TDK Goodness.
00:50 - Investing in deeptech - innovations in materials science.
01:41 - Atoms level innovation combined with software.
02:55 - Nicolas love for deeptech - the TDK Ventures thought process.
04:39 - Scaling deeptech businesses and the role of VCs & CVCs.
05:36 - TDK & TDK Ventures - the history of a deeptech enterprise.
06:35 - Investing in entrepreneurs contributing to the future of humanity.
11:00 - Challenger Technologies and the business of deeptech. 
13:30 - Green energy and energy storage in the years to come.
16:03 - Green hydrogen and its opportunities in India.
17:17 - TDK Ventures mission in India & it wants to meet scientists.
19:55 - Backing scientists and scaling a deeptech venture.
24:10 - What are a Challenger Technologies?
27:10 - Generative AI and its impact.
27:30 - Investing in Groq,  https://chat.groq.com/ [chat.groq.com]
28:26 - Entrepreneurs going beyond the "Jugaad" mindset.
30:03 - Needing those exits in deeptech to inspire people.
32:09 - Nicolas and the TDK Ventures team.
33:33 - https://www.tablegroup.com/product/dysfunctions/

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]]> In this episode we talk with the President of TDK Ventures, Nicolas Sauvage, who has been at the forefront of discovering entrepreneurs making impact in the climate-tech industry with the power of hardtech and deeptech. In this episode discover what TDK Ventures intends to do for India's deeptech community. 

Deeptech is combining the hard work at the atoms level with the power of algorithms and software to help humanity in a new journey towards energy storage, battery recycling, air-taxis, green hydrogen, electric vehicles and digital transformation. Their investments in AutoFlight (https://autoflight.com/en/), pH7 Technologies (https://ph7technologies.ca), Verdagy (https://verdagy.com), AM Batteries (https://am-batteries.com), Ascend Elements (https://ascendelements.com) and many others is testimony to their commitment to the global deeptech community of entrepreneurs.

In India they have invested in Exponent Energy (https://www.exponent.energy), Fasal (https://fasal.co) and (https://www.infinite-uptime.com/). 

If you are a scientist or a deeptech business in India you must not miss this episode with Nicolas if you want to understand the TDK Goodness. 

00:00 - Introduction to the TDK Goodness.
00:50 - Investing in deeptech - innovations in materials science.
01:41 - Atoms level innovation combined with software.
02:55 - Nicolas love for deeptech - the TDK Ventures thought process.
04:39 - Scaling deeptech businesses and the role of VCs & CVCs.
05:36 - TDK & TDK Ventures - the history of a deeptech enterprise.
06:35 - Investing in entrepreneurs contributing to the future of humanity.
11:00 - Challenger Technologies and the business of deeptech. 
13:30 - Green energy and energy storage in the years to come.
16:03 - Green hydrogen and its opportunities in India.
17:17 - TDK Ventures mission in India & it wants to meet scientists.
19:55 - Backing scientists and scaling a deeptech venture.
24:10 - What are a Challenger Technologies?
27:10 - Generative AI and its impact.
27:30 - Investing in Groq,  https://chat.groq.com/ [chat.groq.com]
28:26 - Entrepreneurs going beyond the "Jugaad" mindset.
30:03 - Needing those exits in deeptech to inspire people.
32:09 - Nicolas and the TDK Ventures team.
33:33 - https://www.tablegroup.com/product/dysfunctions/

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14442163 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:00:00 +0530 2196 full false Analysing 10 years of govt performance & the interim Budget 2024: Startups, tech, taxes & innovation Analysing 10 years of govt performance & the interim Budget 2024: Startups, tech, taxes & innovation In this episode we bring you BCL India's partner Pavan Sharma who will talk about the interim #Budget2024. He will tell us about taxes, money, tech and the performance of the economy while we balance to support the poor and support the exuberance of a youthful nation. BCL India is an audit, compliance and financial transformation firm based in Bengaluru.

00:00 - Introduction to the episode
03:12 - What is the interim budget?
04:46 - Your taxes remain the same & availing benefits.
06:44 - Rationalising taxes to protect the poor & support business.
09:00 - High taxes versus govt services delivered, private services being expensive.
11:37 - India does not have a lot of money to play with.
12:01 - Fiscal deficit to govt debt - how India is moving to the future.
14:00 - MSME recovery and economy’s revenue and expenditure.
20:36 - The corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore for innovation & R&D
22:00 - The reason for using words like Deep Tech in the budget.
25:00 - The dilemma of running India with subsidies - good and bad.
28:00 - Individual taxes , old regime versus the new regime.
32:10 - Looking at the Prime Minister’s Yojana schemes.
33:00 - Analyzing the government’s performance in direct transfer of subsidies and managing Covid-19.
34:58 - Analysing the last ten years.
37:34 - Managing automation and technology while uplifting the poor and the salaried.
38:29 - We should manage our education better, only 40 percent of rural school kids can read.
41:15 - Why communities are important in India?
42:14 - The rise of the startup community.
44:50 - Rise in EPF payments, which means new companies are being created.
47:03 - India will grow on a smaller base with very little money to play with.


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]]> In this episode we bring you BCL India's partner Pavan Sharma who will talk about the interim #Budget2024. He will tell us about taxes, money, tech and the performance of the economy while we balance to support the poor and support the exuberance of a youthful nation. BCL India is an audit, compliance and financial transformation firm based in Bengaluru.

00:00 - Introduction to the episode
03:12 - What is the interim budget?
04:46 - Your taxes remain the same & availing benefits.
06:44 - Rationalising taxes to protect the poor & support business.
09:00 - High taxes versus govt services delivered, private services being expensive.
11:37 - India does not have a lot of money to play with.
12:01 - Fiscal deficit to govt debt - how India is moving to the future.
14:00 - MSME recovery and economy’s revenue and expenditure.
20:36 - The corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore for innovation & R&D
22:00 - The reason for using words like Deep Tech in the budget.
25:00 - The dilemma of running India with subsidies - good and bad.
28:00 - Individual taxes , old regime versus the new regime.
32:10 - Looking at the Prime Minister’s Yojana schemes.
33:00 - Analyzing the government’s performance in direct transfer of subsidies and managing Covid-19.
34:58 - Analysing the last ten years.
37:34 - Managing automation and technology while uplifting the poor and the salaried.
38:29 - We should manage our education better, only 40 percent of rural school kids can read.
41:15 - Why communities are important in India?
42:14 - The rise of the startup community.
44:50 - Rise in EPF payments, which means new companies are being created.
47:03 - India will grow on a smaller base with very little money to play with.


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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14426073 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0530 2913 full false Data matters with Tracxn: life after the IPO, ideas & thoughts of its co-founder Neha Singh Data matters with Tracxn: life after the IPO, ideas & thoughts of its co-founder Neha Singh In this interview we bring you a company that is well known in the Indian startup ecosystem. We are talking to Tracxn, a company whose novel way of collecting data has brought it a lot of respect. We speak to its co-founder Neha Singh. 

00:00 - Introduction to Tracxn.
03:05 - The first version of Tracxn was coded by Neha.
06:47 - Early lessons in the USA when Tracxn was launched a decade ago. 
13:45 - Winning early customers.
19:22 - Sales cycles in India vis-a-vis the world.
26:18 - USA being a deeper market for Corporate.
34:18 - Sitting in earning calls after the IPO and the questions on tech.
44:06 - Being organised as an entrepreneur.

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]]> In this interview we bring you a company that is well known in the Indian startup ecosystem. We are talking to Tracxn, a company whose novel way of collecting data has brought it a lot of respect. We speak to its co-founder Neha Singh. 

00:00 - Introduction to Tracxn.
03:05 - The first version of Tracxn was coded by Neha.
06:47 - Early lessons in the USA when Tracxn was launched a decade ago. 
13:45 - Winning early customers.
19:22 - Sales cycles in India vis-a-vis the world.
26:18 - USA being a deeper market for Corporate.
34:18 - Sitting in earning calls after the IPO and the questions on tech.
44:06 - Being organised as an entrepreneur.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14405768 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:00:00 +0530 3082 full false Battery experts & the Mantis: the aura of Orxa Energies & its founders Ranjita and Prajwal Battery experts & the Mantis: the aura of Orxa Energies & its founders Ranjita and Prajwal In this interview we deep dive into the battery ecosystem and the bike "Mantis" which is being built by Orxa Energies. The founders Ranjitha and Prajwal have been in the industry for two decades and they know a thing or two about deep tech. They are bonafide experts who also work with the defence and aerospace industry. Discover their trials and tribulations in this interview.

00:00 - Introduction to Orxa Energies
01:30 - Orxa's beginnings 
05:20 - Starting up after many years in Corporate
11:15 - The rigour of becoming an OEM and a brand
26:40 - Battery chemistries 
31:50 - Choosing the performance segment.
34:57 - The importance of battery recycling
38:00 - Managing the data from the bike and the Orxa tech stack.
43:00 - The importance of customer service
47:00 - Connected mobility and the customer
51:00 - Closing thoughts

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]]> In this interview we deep dive into the battery ecosystem and the bike "Mantis" which is being built by Orxa Energies. The founders Ranjitha and Prajwal have been in the industry for two decades and they know a thing or two about deep tech. They are bonafide experts who also work with the defence and aerospace industry. Discover their trials and tribulations in this interview.

00:00 - Introduction to Orxa Energies
01:30 - Orxa's beginnings 
05:20 - Starting up after many years in Corporate
11:15 - The rigour of becoming an OEM and a brand
26:40 - Battery chemistries 
31:50 - Choosing the performance segment.
34:57 - The importance of battery recycling
38:00 - Managing the data from the bike and the Orxa tech stack.
43:00 - The importance of customer service
47:00 - Connected mobility and the customer
51:00 - Closing thoughts

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14353778 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:00:00 +0530 3208 full false India is not just a consumer story, it is also about deep tech, says Narendra Bhandari of seafund India is not just a consumer story, it is also about deep tech, says Narendra Bhandari of seafund In this interview we bring you a senior technocrat Narendra Bhandari who has in the past worked with the likes of Intel and Microsoft. He has been advising startups for more than a decade and is now a partner at "seafund" - a deep tech fund. 

00:00 - Moving from Corporate Venturing to become part of a fund.
05:54 - Building the startup network.
07:07 - Deeptech and software - moving from IT services to products.
15:00 - Building moats around tech.
26:27 - Building digital "highways", large language models for India.
36:00 - Monetising data.
42:30 - The colour of the LPs in "seafund".
47:29 - The AI story is never going away.
50:33 - The chip wars are here.

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]]> In this interview we bring you a senior technocrat Narendra Bhandari who has in the past worked with the likes of Intel and Microsoft. He has been advising startups for more than a decade and is now a partner at "seafund" - a deep tech fund. 

00:00 - Moving from Corporate Venturing to become part of a fund.
05:54 - Building the startup network.
07:07 - Deeptech and software - moving from IT services to products.
15:00 - Building moats around tech.
26:27 - Building digital "highways", large language models for India.
36:00 - Monetising data.
42:30 - The colour of the LPs in "seafund".
47:29 - The AI story is never going away.
50:33 - The chip wars are here.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14353371 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:00:00 +0530 3433 full false Elektrobit's connected mobility: the car as an extension of your living room experience Elektrobit's connected mobility: the car as an extension of your living room experience In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we bring you Elektrobit, an automotive software company, which has pioneered connected mobility for three decades in the industry. We have Elektrobit’s VP Strategy and Country Manager - India, Satish S, discuss mobility in India and the role of engineers globally in the automotive industry.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:17 - How Satish entered the automotive industry. 
05:52 - Elektrobit, Autosar and Mobility.
14:07 - Electronics, software, and the cost of the vehicle.
28:00 - Data in a car and how it is used.
37:00 - Making the car secure in a connected era
42:18 - The use cases in mobility
47:30 - The Chip wars are here to stay.
54:00 - Unwinding as a CEO or a country

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we bring you Elektrobit, an automotive software company, which has pioneered connected mobility for three decades in the industry. We have Elektrobit’s VP Strategy and Country Manager - India, Satish S, discuss mobility in India and the role of engineers globally in the automotive industry.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:17 - How Satish entered the automotive industry. 
05:52 - Elektrobit, Autosar and Mobility.
14:07 - Electronics, software, and the cost of the vehicle.
28:00 - Data in a car and how it is used.
37:00 - Making the car secure in a connected era
42:18 - The use cases in mobility
47:30 - The Chip wars are here to stay.
54:00 - Unwinding as a CEO or a country

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14325364 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0530 3487 full false Arjun Vaidya of V3 Ventures illustrates brand power in India, youth culture & consumption Arjun Vaidya of V3 Ventures illustrates brand power in India, youth culture & consumption In this episode of theUpStreamLife we explore how Arjun Vaidya went from being an operator to becoming a VC. He celebrates India's new age brands, modern marketing and the future of consumption led sustainable growth.

00:00 - Introduction
02:00 - The mythical term called D2C in 2018.
08:00 - The omnichannel world or digital commerce.
16:20 - Brands & customers collaborating with digital experiences.
23:00 - Digital micro-cultures and communities.
30:00 - The journey to the world of Venture Capital.
36:00 - Working with entrepreneurs who understand digital culture.
43:00 - Living in a completely digital world.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we explore how Arjun Vaidya went from being an operator to becoming a VC. He celebrates India's new age brands, modern marketing and the future of consumption led sustainable growth.

00:00 - Introduction
02:00 - The mythical term called D2C in 2018.
08:00 - The omnichannel world or digital commerce.
16:20 - Brands & customers collaborating with digital experiences.
23:00 - Digital micro-cultures and communities.
30:00 - The journey to the world of Venture Capital.
36:00 - Working with entrepreneurs who understand digital culture.
43:00 - Living in a completely digital world.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14269366 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0530 2887 full false The practical & real uses cases of decentralised technology: in-conversation with Celestia Labs The practical & real uses cases of decentralised technology: in-conversation with Celestia Labs In this episode we talk with Mustafa Al-Bassam of Celestia Labs who talks to us about a consensus based data networks and the practical uses cases of decentralised technology. This episode is brought to you by Lumos Labs and Builders Tribe.

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]]> In this episode we talk with Mustafa Al-Bassam of Celestia Labs who talks to us about a consensus based data networks and the practical uses cases of decentralised technology. This episode is brought to you by Lumos Labs and Builders Tribe.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14242042 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:00:00 +0530 741 full false Giving up a cushy govt job to build tech for SMBs - the story of Karan Javaji & his startup Boni Giving up a cushy govt job to build tech for SMBs - the story of Karan Javaji & his startup Boni In this interview we speak with multi-talented personality Karan Javaji who has been an RBI Officer, a rugby player and an equestrian. Karan also serves as a Colonel in the territorial army of India. He is also involved in public policy research. 

00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - Karan and his multi-faceted career.
05:00 - Origin of the name Boni
10:00 - Boni for SMBs
15:00 - Focusing on solving problems Indian businesses 
23:00 - ONDC and why it is built for Indian SMBs to thrive.
30:08 - Generative AI and the future of technologies for SMBs
35:48 - Leaving the RBI and starting up
41:00 - Equestrian training and hobbies

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]]> In this interview we speak with multi-talented personality Karan Javaji who has been an RBI Officer, a rugby player and an equestrian. Karan also serves as a Colonel in the territorial army of India. He is also involved in public policy research. 

00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - Karan and his multi-faceted career.
05:00 - Origin of the name Boni
10:00 - Boni for SMBs
15:00 - Focusing on solving problems Indian businesses 
23:00 - ONDC and why it is built for Indian SMBs to thrive.
30:08 - Generative AI and the future of technologies for SMBs
35:48 - Leaving the RBI and starting up
41:00 - Equestrian training and hobbies

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14241927 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:00:00 +0530 2826 full false Modern food & food tech: in-conversation with food scientist Rinka Banerjee of Thinking Forks Modern food & food tech: in-conversation with food scientist Rinka Banerjee of Thinking Forks In this episode we talk with Rinka Banerjee who has built a practice around food and everything food tech. She had been with HUL for two decades before she started up Thinking Forks a decade earlier. She discusses the opportunity in food brands from India for the world.

00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Journey of Thinking Forks
05:10 - How large food companies experiment?
09:50 - Getting the food supply chain right.
16:00 - The opportunity for startups in food.
22:19 - Indians consuming food and the experience.
29:26 - Global food companies coming into India.
35:36 - Figuring out customer service.
41:05 - Income segments and consumption in food.
45:00 - Serving safe food, future of food consumption and food tech.
52:00 - Rinka's hobbies beyond Thinking Forks

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]]> In this episode we talk with Rinka Banerjee who has built a practice around food and everything food tech. She had been with HUL for two decades before she started up Thinking Forks a decade earlier. She discusses the opportunity in food brands from India for the world.

00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Journey of Thinking Forks
05:10 - How large food companies experiment?
09:50 - Getting the food supply chain right.
16:00 - The opportunity for startups in food.
22:19 - Indians consuming food and the experience.
29:26 - Global food companies coming into India.
35:36 - Figuring out customer service.
41:05 - Income segments and consumption in food.
45:00 - Serving safe food, future of food consumption and food tech.
52:00 - Rinka's hobbies beyond Thinking Forks

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14241622 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:00:00 +0530 3371 full false Cannabis stories from Awshad: Richa Jaggi explains why this plant is mainstream in Ayurveda & India Cannabis stories from Awshad: Richa Jaggi explains why this plant is mainstream in Ayurveda & India In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk about the benefits of cannabis as a medicinal plant and how it is sold in India under the aegis of the Ministry of Ayush. Richa Jaggi, the co-founder of Awshad explains why this plant is now mainstream for its ancient medicinal purpose.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:06 - Cultural relevance of cannabis in India.
04:40 - Why Richa started up?
06:06 - The Vijaya territory and what is it?
14:46 - Testing Awshad's formulations.
18:00 - Marketing Awshad today through its own e-commerce channel.
25:54 - Managing sleep and stress with Ayurveda

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk about the benefits of cannabis as a medicinal plant and how it is sold in India under the aegis of the Ministry of Ayush. Richa Jaggi, the co-founder of Awshad explains why this plant is now mainstream for its ancient medicinal purpose.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:06 - Cultural relevance of cannabis in India.
04:40 - Why Richa started up?
06:06 - The Vijaya territory and what is it?
14:46 - Testing Awshad's formulations.
18:00 - Marketing Awshad today through its own e-commerce channel.
25:54 - Managing sleep and stress with Ayurveda

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14165207 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0530 2090 full false Indian universities shape the Deep Tech ecosystem: Siddharth of TDK Ventures talks to Prof. Krishnan Indian universities shape the Deep Tech ecosystem: Siddharth of TDK Ventures talks to Prof. Krishnan In this second episode of the India Deep Tech Series brought to you by TDK Ventures, theUpStreamLife brings you how Indian universities are shaping the Deep Tech ecosystem. Siddharth Mehta, Director of TDK Ventures India, talks to Prof. Krishnan Balasubramanian from IIT Madras about the journey of the Indian deep tech community. The professor himself predicts that innovations from India's deep tech community will become successful globally.

00:00 - Introduction.
00:34 - The journey of Professor Krishnan.
05:45 - The importance of the 2011 time frame for India's deep tech
08:56 - Comparing the quality of Indian deep tech to the West.
13:29 - The student mindset to take innovations to the startup world.
18:35 - Changing culture in Indian universities to support startups.
28:50 - Taking Indian innovations global
30:50 - Importance of frugal innovation.

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]]> In this second episode of the India Deep Tech Series brought to you by TDK Ventures, theUpStreamLife brings you how Indian universities are shaping the Deep Tech ecosystem. Siddharth Mehta, Director of TDK Ventures India, talks to Prof. Krishnan Balasubramanian from IIT Madras about the journey of the Indian deep tech community. The professor himself predicts that innovations from India's deep tech community will become successful globally.

00:00 - Introduction.
00:34 - The journey of Professor Krishnan.
05:45 - The importance of the 2011 time frame for India's deep tech
08:56 - Comparing the quality of Indian deep tech to the West.
13:29 - The student mindset to take innovations to the startup world.
18:35 - Changing culture in Indian universities to support startups.
28:50 - Taking Indian innovations global
30:50 - Importance of frugal innovation.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14164922 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0530 2307 full false Building self governing AI for industry: the journey of scientist Balaji Renukumar of Sensfix Building self governing AI for industry: the journey of scientist Balaji Renukumar of Sensfix In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we speak with Balaji Renukumar, the founder of Sensfix who is a scientist building an AI company which makes maintenance of a machine faster and the work of a servicing team efficient. The company targets facility management.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:15 - Balaji's journey as a scientist and Sensfix
06:00 - Sensfix work in AI and its business
11:53 - Working with industries
26:58 - The B2B customer metrics.
35:00 - Sensfix in India
41:00 - Managing to unwind away from business

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we speak with Balaji Renukumar, the founder of Sensfix who is a scientist building an AI company which makes maintenance of a machine faster and the work of a servicing team efficient. The company targets facility management.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:15 - Balaji's journey as a scientist and Sensfix
06:00 - Sensfix work in AI and its business
11:53 - Working with industries
26:58 - The B2B customer metrics.
35:00 - Sensfix in India
41:00 - Managing to unwind away from business

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14126243 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 21:00:00 +0530 2750 full false A $10 million grant for blockchain & Web3 entrepreneurs: why Bitget is betting on India A $10 million grant for blockchain & Web3 entrepreneurs: why Bitget is betting on India In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Simran Alphonso from Bitget about the $10 million grant for developers and startups in India. We spoke to her on the sidelines of the #BuidlforWeb3 Summit 2023. This episode is brought to you by LumosLabs.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Simran Alphonso from Bitget about the $10 million grant for developers and startups in India. We spoke to her on the sidelines of the #BuidlforWeb3 Summit 2023. This episode is brought to you by LumosLabs.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14117192 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0530 769 full false India is the hub for Web3 developers, Kaavya Prasad of LumosLabs talks about the community India is the hub for Web3 developers, Kaavya Prasad of LumosLabs talks about the community In this episode we talk with Kaavya Prasad, the founder of LumosLabs, she talks about how the Web3 and blockchain community is looking at India and how the talent for good engineers is only growing. She caught up with us at the sidelines of the #BuidlforWeb3 summit 2023 in Bengaluru.

00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - The BuidlforWeb3 Summit
02:44 - Working from India and building for the global Web3 community.
04:40 - The community of Web3 at the summit.
09:59 - The evolution of Web3 builders.
15:00 - Kaavya talks about LumosLabs and BuildersTribe
19:00 - Real world use cases of blockchain

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]]> In this episode we talk with Kaavya Prasad, the founder of LumosLabs, she talks about how the Web3 and blockchain community is looking at India and how the talent for good engineers is only growing. She caught up with us at the sidelines of the #BuidlforWeb3 summit 2023 in Bengaluru.

00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - The BuidlforWeb3 Summit
02:44 - Working from India and building for the global Web3 community.
04:40 - The community of Web3 at the summit.
09:59 - The evolution of Web3 builders.
15:00 - Kaavya talks about LumosLabs and BuildersTribe
19:00 - Real world use cases of blockchain

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14113810 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0530 1377 full false Tomasz Stañzack of Nethermind breaks down the practical applications of Web3 for industry & nations Tomasz Stañzack of Nethermind breaks down the practical applications of Web3 for industry & nations In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk to the founder of Nethermind, Tomasz Stañzack, who was an ex-Investment Banker who fell in love with decentralised technology and its impact the world over. Here is why he believes it is going to be a significant technology going forward. This episode is brought to you by LumosLabs and BuildersTribe.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:50 - From an i-banker to falling in love with Web3.
02:50 - Becoming an entrepreneur in the Web3 industry.
04:00 - Blockchain and the business of convincing banks.
09:00 - Blockchain helps in bringing stability in financial downturns.
12:32 - Practical and not so practical applications of blockchain.
17:00 - Blockchain is all about the digital asset.
23:00 - Being dedicated to work

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk to the founder of Nethermind, Tomasz Stañzack, who was an ex-Investment Banker who fell in love with decentralised technology and its impact the world over. Here is why he believes it is going to be a significant technology going forward. This episode is brought to you by LumosLabs and BuildersTribe.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:50 - From an i-banker to falling in love with Web3.
02:50 - Becoming an entrepreneur in the Web3 industry.
04:00 - Blockchain and the business of convincing banks.
09:00 - Blockchain helps in bringing stability in financial downturns.
12:32 - Practical and not so practical applications of blockchain.
17:00 - Blockchain is all about the digital asset.
23:00 - Being dedicated to work

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14106896 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:00:00 +0530 1556 full false Collaboration & execution of work in the era of Web3, Rohit Goyal talks about JediSwap Collaboration & execution of work in the era of Web3, Rohit Goyal talks about JediSwap In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk with Rohit Goyal, the founder of JediSwap and co-founder of Mudrex, who talks about how decentralisation will allow engineers to deliver global projects at scale and efficiency. He talks about decentralised finance about how rewards can drive people to work effectively in a permission less world. This episode is brought to you by LumosLabs & BuildersTribe.

00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - What is JediSwap?
02:34 - Decentralised work and how it can help organisations.
09:00 - Rohit’s love for decentralisation.
16:36 - The increasing number of De-Fi creators and users.
22:11 - Is the industry misunderstood, its vision as a tech use case.
26:30 - Young people being part of a community.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk with Rohit Goyal, the founder of JediSwap and co-founder of Mudrex, who talks about how decentralisation will allow engineers to deliver global projects at scale and efficiency. He talks about decentralised finance about how rewards can drive people to work effectively in a permission less world. This episode is brought to you by LumosLabs & BuildersTribe.

00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - What is JediSwap?
02:34 - Decentralised work and how it can help organisations.
09:00 - Rohit’s love for decentralisation.
16:36 - The increasing number of De-Fi creators and users.
22:11 - Is the industry misunderstood, its vision as a tech use case.
26:30 - Young people being part of a community.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14104941 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0530 1914 full false Ecosystem for Web3 founders to blossom: In-conversation with Raghu Mohan of BuildersTribe Ecosystem for Web3 founders to blossom: In-conversation with Raghu Mohan of BuildersTribe In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we speak with Raghu Mohan the founder of BuildersTribe, a place to find mentors for Web3 startups and much more. Raghu Mohan has been championing the blockchain industry for several years and he believes that India has so many builders who can build for the Web3 world.

00:00 - the Buidl for Web3 summit and the business of BuildersTribe
01:45 - Why blockchain is an engineer's movement 
02:35 - BuildersStack and LumosLabs
04:45 - What is decentralisation and where is it heading?
06:30 - Blockchain as the new internet, will it get there.
08:50 - Conundrums of making the technology mainstream
14:00 - The talent in blockchain
22:12 - The old world embracing crypto
23:00 - Experimenting with DApps

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we speak with Raghu Mohan the founder of BuildersTribe, a place to find mentors for Web3 startups and much more. Raghu Mohan has been championing the blockchain industry for several years and he believes that India has so many builders who can build for the Web3 world.

00:00 - the Buidl for Web3 summit and the business of BuildersTribe
01:45 - Why blockchain is an engineer's movement 
02:35 - BuildersStack and LumosLabs
04:45 - What is decentralisation and where is it heading?
06:30 - Blockchain as the new internet, will it get there.
08:50 - Conundrums of making the technology mainstream
14:00 - The talent in blockchain
22:12 - The old world embracing crypto
23:00 - Experimenting with DApps

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14093950 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0530 1623 full false Powering loyalty points towards a DApp approach & interoperability with Cultos Global Powering loyalty points towards a DApp approach & interoperability with Cultos Global In this interview with Pavan Govindan, the co-founder of Cultos Global, a Dubai based Web3 entity, theUpStreamLife discusses how brands can move their loyalty points from a centralised system to working in a decentralised system which use blockchains and tokens to offer interoperability of such points across brands and thereby retaining customers.

02:04 - Cultos Global and its business
05:53 - Working with brands.
11:00 - Building the Web3 talent
17:45 - Listing through an ICO and managing tokens
20:00 - Scaling the business in the Middle East and Asia.
27:00 - Incentivising the customer and the brand.
30:00 - Expansion.
35:00 - Impact of being an entrepreneur.

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]]> In this interview with Pavan Govindan, the co-founder of Cultos Global, a Dubai based Web3 entity, theUpStreamLife discusses how brands can move their loyalty points from a centralised system to working in a decentralised system which use blockchains and tokens to offer interoperability of such points across brands and thereby retaining customers.

02:04 - Cultos Global and its business
05:53 - Working with brands.
11:00 - Building the Web3 talent
17:45 - Listing through an ICO and managing tokens
20:00 - Scaling the business in the Middle East and Asia.
27:00 - Incentivising the customer and the brand.
30:00 - Expansion.
35:00 - Impact of being an entrepreneur.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14092185 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0530 2489 full false Why WebEngage is building a platform for startups to meet investors & talk retention metrics Why WebEngage is building a platform for startups to meet investors & talk retention metrics In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk to Nitya Shah, lead WebEngage Startup Program and Anand Lunia from India Quotient who talk about annual demo days and their importance.

00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - Customer acquisition and retention marketing, what is important?
05:27 - Reviewing startups on a demo day.
09:00 - Retention metrics and why its important.
15:00 - Why WebEngage curates great startups?
23:50 - The example of Carwale's success.
25:55 - The demo day.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk to Nitya Shah, lead WebEngage Startup Program and Anand Lunia from India Quotient who talk about annual demo days and their importance.

00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - Customer acquisition and retention marketing, what is important?
05:27 - Reviewing startups on a demo day.
09:00 - Retention metrics and why its important.
15:00 - Why WebEngage curates great startups?
23:50 - The example of Carwale's success.
25:55 - The demo day.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14056720 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 23:00:00 +0530 2351 full false A platform for individuals to invest in the climate movement - the story of Incept.Green A platform for individuals to invest in the climate movement - the story of Incept.Green In this interview we have Murali S, who is the co-founder of Incept.Green. He talks about how the platform allows retail investors to participate in the renewable energy movement. Investors get fractional ownership in large renewable energy projects. The platform also also enables renewable project developers to build and exit fast rather than being locked in for years.

00:00 - Introduction.
02:00 - Bringing climate change action to individuals with solar.
03:25 - The four founders of Incept.Green and their mission.
05:07 - The advantage for the builder and the investor.
10:10 - Pipeline of assets
14:25 - The regulatory complexity and the technology of Incept.Green
20:18 - The advantage for small developers to work with Incept.Green
23:24 - Talking about bio-fuel and other renewables.
29:36 - Unwinding as a co-founder.

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]]> In this interview we have Murali S, who is the co-founder of Incept.Green. He talks about how the platform allows retail investors to participate in the renewable energy movement. Investors get fractional ownership in large renewable energy projects. The platform also also enables renewable project developers to build and exit fast rather than being locked in for years.

00:00 - Introduction.
02:00 - Bringing climate change action to individuals with solar.
03:25 - The four founders of Incept.Green and their mission.
05:07 - The advantage for the builder and the investor.
10:10 - Pipeline of assets
14:25 - The regulatory complexity and the technology of Incept.Green
20:18 - The advantage for small developers to work with Incept.Green
23:24 - Talking about bio-fuel and other renewables.
29:36 - Unwinding as a co-founder.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14054290 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0530 1850 full false Deep tech in India: Siddharth Mehta of TDK Ventures speaks with Vishesh Rajaram of Speciale Invest Deep tech in India: Siddharth Mehta of TDK Ventures speaks with Vishesh Rajaram of Speciale Invest It is time for a deep technology podcast focused only on India. Why? India has a tradition of deep science and one only has to look at its academic work to realize that there is a celebrated history of deep technology. 

To further enable the Deep Tech community in India, TDK Ventures is setting up an “Innovation Hub”, a shared office space in Bengaluru to bring together deep tech investors committed to contributing to society. If that resonates with you, we would love to chat on how we partner on the “Innovation Hub.”  

In our first episode we will be talking to Vishesh Rajaram, the Managing Partner of Speciale Invest, a fund that has taken multiple bets on the Indian deep technology ecosystem. 

Siddharth Mehta, Investment Director, TDK Ventures, broadly talks to Vishesh about the ecosystem, opportunities it presents and advice to entrepreneurs. 

In this podcast, Siddharth and Vishesh discuss how universities are catalyzing deep tech startups in India — just like how MIT and Stanford catalyzed the U.S. startup ecosystem. Indian universities are seeing a shift from working only on research to solution orientation and working with corporates. 

The podcast enunciates why deep technology startups and the founders must note the key pillars of diligence. Founders need to be strong in their domain knowledge (founder moat), they need to know why this is the right time for their technology and the company. They should understand their IP strategy and look at technology and business models which are exponential versus incremental changes with high gross margins. 

The next 10 years is about building deep tech from India and is the next wave of attracting large capital. Since the opportunity is so fresh, there is no single standard deep tech playbook across all the sectors and investors and founders need to carve their own path to success. Vishesh mentions the key deep tech trends to look for in India — material science, synthetic biology and manufacturing. He shares key advice with global VCs entering India: “Unlearn what you know about India and work with Indian institutions, investors and partners to acclimatize”. 

Guide to the podcast.

00:00 — Introduction
00:57 — What is deep technology? Vishesh defines the meaning of it.
04:10 — India’s deep technology, its history and the present.
10:00 — Doing diligence on an early stage deep tech company.
13:14 — Making deep tech investments mainstream — a VC’s outlook.
21:54 — India’s deep tech strengths. 
25:31 — Limited Partners and their mindset on deep tech investments.
28:29 — Top three deep tech trends in India.
30:36 — India for the world with deep technology.
33:00 — Advice to deep tech entrepreneurs.

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To further enable the Deep Tech community in India, TDK Ventures is setting up an “Innovation Hub”, a shared office space in Bengaluru to bring together deep tech investors committed to contributing to society. If that resonates with you, we would love to chat on how we partner on the “Innovation Hub.”  

In our first episode we will be talking to Vishesh Rajaram, the Managing Partner of Speciale Invest, a fund that has taken multiple bets on the Indian deep technology ecosystem. 

Siddharth Mehta, Investment Director, TDK Ventures, broadly talks to Vishesh about the ecosystem, opportunities it presents and advice to entrepreneurs. 

In this podcast, Siddharth and Vishesh discuss how universities are catalyzing deep tech startups in India — just like how MIT and Stanford catalyzed the U.S. startup ecosystem. Indian universities are seeing a shift from working only on research to solution orientation and working with corporates. 

The podcast enunciates why deep technology startups and the founders must note the key pillars of diligence. Founders need to be strong in their domain knowledge (founder moat), they need to know why this is the right time for their technology and the company. They should understand their IP strategy and look at technology and business models which are exponential versus incremental changes with high gross margins. 

The next 10 years is about building deep tech from India and is the next wave of attracting large capital. Since the opportunity is so fresh, there is no single standard deep tech playbook across all the sectors and investors and founders need to carve their own path to success. Vishesh mentions the key deep tech trends to look for in India — material science, synthetic biology and manufacturing. He shares key advice with global VCs entering India: “Unlearn what you know about India and work with Indian institutions, investors and partners to acclimatize”. 

Guide to the podcast.

00:00 — Introduction
00:57 — What is deep technology? Vishesh defines the meaning of it.
04:10 — India’s deep technology, its history and the present.
10:00 — Doing diligence on an early stage deep tech company.
13:14 — Making deep tech investments mainstream — a VC’s outlook.
21:54 — India’s deep tech strengths. 
25:31 — Limited Partners and their mindset on deep tech investments.
28:29 — Top three deep tech trends in India.
30:36 — India for the world with deep technology.
33:00 — Advice to deep tech entrepreneurs.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14011910 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:00:00 +0530 2283 full false Nurturing impact led innovations to scale, Marico Foundation's playbook for social innovation Nurturing impact led innovations to scale, Marico Foundation's playbook for social innovation In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk to Suranjana Ghosh, head of the Marico Innovation Foundation, who tells us how startups can build a vision towards social impact and profit. In this interview the audience will understand how to build processes for social innovation.

00:00 - Introduction
01:06 - A quick peek into the journey of Suranjana.
03:50 - Joining the Marico Innovation Foundation.
07:03 - Being different from other incubators and accelerators.
17:06 - Startup playbook for social impact.
21:23 - Path to sustainability, the playbook to reduce plastic waste.
30:33 - Weaving in sustainability into the business model.
39:10 - Building for a short fix versus first principles thinking
44:40 - Finding startups that can be coached on sustainability.
46:23 - Impact of technologies for social impact.
53:33 - The Foundation focuses only on startups.
57:38 - Being resilient as an individual.

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]]> In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk to Suranjana Ghosh, head of the Marico Innovation Foundation, who tells us how startups can build a vision towards social impact and profit. In this interview the audience will understand how to build processes for social innovation.

00:00 - Introduction
01:06 - A quick peek into the journey of Suranjana.
03:50 - Joining the Marico Innovation Foundation.
07:03 - Being different from other incubators and accelerators.
17:06 - Startup playbook for social impact.
21:23 - Path to sustainability, the playbook to reduce plastic waste.
30:33 - Weaving in sustainability into the business model.
39:10 - Building for a short fix versus first principles thinking
44:40 - Finding startups that can be coached on sustainability.
46:23 - Impact of technologies for social impact.
53:33 - The Foundation focuses only on startups.
57:38 - Being resilient as an individual.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-14009166 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0530 3896 full false The entrepreneur who funds small schools in India to scale: Steve Hardgrave's quest in Varthana The entrepreneur who funds small schools in India to scale: Steve Hardgrave's quest in Varthana India has around 250 million kids in school and India has dreams of becoming a $10 trillion economy. Getting to that GDP number is not an herculean task if the education system can make children go to good schools with curriculum that makes them aspire for higher education. The inspiration for that aspiration comes from founders of schools, teachers, parents and government, it's an all around team effort. 

These dreams have to be enabled by funding and theUpStreamLife.com met with Steve Hardgrave who in his capacity as entrepreneur of Varthana has aided several schools to scale up by financing them. The story of Varthana is filled with hardships and is testimony to how entrepreneurs build companies, it is a long road. Enjoy this interview like we have.

00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - The business of Varthana and its origins.
09:44 - Financing schools in India & how these businessmen work.
16:39 - Varthana's first customer a decade ago.
22:44 - Clients that come to Varthana are the small schools and colleges.
28:00 - Making schools successful in India.
29:10 - Managing NPAs pre and post COVID-19.
33:35 - Being inspired by music.

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]]> India has around 250 million kids in school and India has dreams of becoming a $10 trillion economy. Getting to that GDP number is not an herculean task if the education system can make children go to good schools with curriculum that makes them aspire for higher education. The inspiration for that aspiration comes from founders of schools, teachers, parents and government, it's an all around team effort. 

These dreams have to be enabled by funding and theUpStreamLife.com met with Steve Hardgrave who in his capacity as entrepreneur of Varthana has aided several schools to scale up by financing them. The story of Varthana is filled with hardships and is testimony to how entrepreneurs build companies, it is a long road. Enjoy this interview like we have.

00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - The business of Varthana and its origins.
09:44 - Financing schools in India & how these businessmen work.
16:39 - Varthana's first customer a decade ago.
22:44 - Clients that come to Varthana are the small schools and colleges.
28:00 - Making schools successful in India.
29:10 - Managing NPAs pre and post COVID-19.
33:35 - Being inspired by music.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-13916064 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0530 2147 full false The story of CreditAccess Life & why it's going after lower income groups in rural & urban centres The story of CreditAccess Life & why it's going after lower income groups in rural & urban centres In this episode with theUpStreamLife you will discover why the youngest life insurance player in the country wants to start from rural regions and make impact. Listen to the MD and CEO, Diwakar Ram Boddupalli, discuss how insurance plays a vital role in changing lives in rural regions.

00:00 - Introduction
01:55 - CEO speaks about his experience, the opportunity in rural regions.
05:00 - The differentiation of CreditAccess Life.
10:00 - Getting people to save and secure their loved ones.
17:18 - Low income groups run on risks everyday
23:29 - Bringing costs of insurance down for rural communities.
35:33 - Building trust in life insurance.
40:40 - The market expansion of CreditAccess Life going forward.

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]]> In this episode with theUpStreamLife you will discover why the youngest life insurance player in the country wants to start from rural regions and make impact. Listen to the MD and CEO, Diwakar Ram Boddupalli, discuss how insurance plays a vital role in changing lives in rural regions.

00:00 - Introduction
01:55 - CEO speaks about his experience, the opportunity in rural regions.
05:00 - The differentiation of CreditAccess Life.
10:00 - Getting people to save and secure their loved ones.
17:18 - Low income groups run on risks everyday
23:29 - Bringing costs of insurance down for rural communities.
35:33 - Building trust in life insurance.
40:40 - The market expansion of CreditAccess Life going forward.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-13893543 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0530 2893 full false Continental's poetry in motion: crafting millions of lines of code to make cars safer & cleaner Continental's poetry in motion: crafting millions of lines of code to make cars safer & cleaner In this interview with theUpStreamLife.com, Prashanth Doreswamy of Continental India talks about platforms, data, AI and other technology that is going to make cars and bikes safer and cooler.

00:00 - Introduction
03:00 - Daily life of Prashanth at Continental.
05:00 - The Continental legacy and why it matters.
07:00 - 200 million lines of code in a car, making cars safe and clean.
11:59 - Software defined cars and their evolution.
20:35 - Reducing emissions in a car.
25:49 - Indian car and bike market's evolution with the world market.
29:41 - Advice to people who have to handle AI.
35:26 - Managing talent in a world of technology.
40:00 - Industrial IOT and how modern factories use AR/VR
43:26 - Staying relevant in an era of multitudes and leadership style
51:20 - What inspires Prashanth?

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]]> In this interview with theUpStreamLife.com, Prashanth Doreswamy of Continental India talks about platforms, data, AI and other technology that is going to make cars and bikes safer and cooler.

00:00 - Introduction
03:00 - Daily life of Prashanth at Continental.
05:00 - The Continental legacy and why it matters.
07:00 - 200 million lines of code in a car, making cars safe and clean.
11:59 - Software defined cars and their evolution.
20:35 - Reducing emissions in a car.
25:49 - Indian car and bike market's evolution with the world market.
29:41 - Advice to people who have to handle AI.
35:26 - Managing talent in a world of technology.
40:00 - Industrial IOT and how modern factories use AR/VR
43:26 - Staying relevant in an era of multitudes and leadership style
51:20 - What inspires Prashanth?

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-13841380 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0530 3246 full false Funding ideas to build a $5 trillion economy: Peer Capital's Rohit talks entrepreneurs & inspiration Funding ideas to build a $5 trillion economy: Peer Capital's Rohit talks entrepreneurs & inspiration In this interview with theUpStreamLife.com Rohit M A, the managing partner of Peer Capital, talks about how India can become a $5 trillion economy. He talks about betting on ideas whose business model can build long term businesses. He talks about building for positive outcomes. 

00:00 - Introduction to Peer Capital.
01:46 - From being a business operator to running a fund.
04:42 - Rohit's stint as a young entrepreneur before building a business.
09:36 - The Peer Capital team and early investments.
18:56 - What happens when India hits $5 trillion GDP?
23:14 - Processes and systems are necessary while building a company.
29:35 - Building a calibrated portfolio for the fund.
36:30 - Turning into an investor - the transformation.
41:00 - The importance of domestic capital.
49:13 - Managing daily life and being inspired.

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]]> In this interview with theUpStreamLife.com Rohit M A, the managing partner of Peer Capital, talks about how India can become a $5 trillion economy. He talks about betting on ideas whose business model can build long term businesses. He talks about building for positive outcomes. 

00:00 - Introduction to Peer Capital.
01:46 - From being a business operator to running a fund.
04:42 - Rohit's stint as a young entrepreneur before building a business.
09:36 - The Peer Capital team and early investments.
18:56 - What happens when India hits $5 trillion GDP?
23:14 - Processes and systems are necessary while building a company.
29:35 - Building a calibrated portfolio for the fund.
36:30 - Turning into an investor - the transformation.
41:00 - The importance of domestic capital.
49:13 - Managing daily life and being inspired.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-13799849 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0530 3213 full false Financial planning is about goal setting & most of them need a guide: Rohit Rao of Finesse explains Financial planning is about goal setting & most of them need a guide: Rohit Rao of Finesse explains In this episode with theFinesse.life and its founder Rohit Rao theUpstreamLife explores the intricate art of financial saving. Most of us have to look at stages of life and plan the need for money to meet any contingency.  

00:00 - Introduction
02:05 - Indians are great savers, but, need to set their financial goals
07:05 - Planning for cycles or meeting contingencies with age
13:21 - Conversations with people about their goals.
20:34 - Being in prolonged debt cycles is not good.
26:34 - Plan to cut down on expenses.
31:00 - Indian saving patterns going forward
38:23 - Books - Rohit names the ones he loves.

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]]> In this episode with theFinesse.life and its founder Rohit Rao theUpstreamLife explores the intricate art of financial saving. Most of us have to look at stages of life and plan the need for money to meet any contingency.  

00:00 - Introduction
02:05 - Indians are great savers, but, need to set their financial goals
07:05 - Planning for cycles or meeting contingencies with age
13:21 - Conversations with people about their goals.
20:34 - Being in prolonged debt cycles is not good.
26:34 - Plan to cut down on expenses.
31:00 - Indian saving patterns going forward
38:23 - Books - Rohit names the ones he loves.

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-13748794 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0530 2478 full false The "Train" to colleges: the journey with Infinity Learn The "Train" to colleges: the journey with Infinity Learn In this episode we talk to Ujjwal Singh, the founding CEO of Infinity Learn, a startup founded by the popular Sri Chaitanya Group. They are an assessment company that helps students prepare for JEE and other exams.

00:00 - Introduction

01:27 - The idea of Infinity Learn. 

05:39 - Solving for aspiration of parents 

10:20 - Building to a startup like Infinity Learn

23:00 - The product and who the technology 

29:30 - Advertising in the edtech industry

36:00 - Never forget the student when building the business 

47:00 - Favourite moments at Infinity Learn and inspirations

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]]> In this episode we talk to Ujjwal Singh, the founding CEO of Infinity Learn, a startup founded by the popular Sri Chaitanya Group. They are an assessment company that helps students prepare for JEE and other exams.

00:00 - Introduction

01:27 - The idea of Infinity Learn. 

05:39 - Solving for aspiration of parents 

10:20 - Building to a startup like Infinity Learn

23:00 - The product and who the technology 

29:30 - Advertising in the edtech industry

36:00 - Never forget the student when building the business 

47:00 - Favourite moments at Infinity Learn and inspirations

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]]> Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-13684219 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0530 3027 1 22 full false Drones Are Handling Mid-mile Logistics In India: Find Out How From Scandron | Ft. Arjun Naik | The UpStreamLife Drones Are Handling Mid-mile Logistics In India: Find Out How From Scandron | Ft. Arjun Naik | The UpStreamLife In this episode we bring you Arjun Naik the founder of Scandron who talks about the impact of drones on logistics and why it's happening here in India.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - The journey of Arjun Naik with drones
04:55 - The business of the mid mile in Indian logistics
11:00 - Getting to know the economics of drone logistics
16:22 - Customised to specific needs of the customer
19:49 - Explaining the mid mile in logistics with government regulations
26:00 - History of the policy of drones in India
32:14 - The government has put in the right drone policy in India for standardization
39:25 - Indian needs Drone Labs and other challenges for the ecosystem
43:45 - Capital to fund a drone company
50:51 - Books that influenced Arjun Naik

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00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - The journey of Arjun Naik with drones
04:55 - The business of the mid mile in Indian logistics
11:00 - Getting to know the economics of drone logistics
16:22 - Customised to specific needs of the customer
19:49 - Explaining the mid mile in logistics with government regulations
26:00 - History of the policy of drones in India
32:14 - The government has put in the right drone policy in India for standardization
39:25 - Indian needs Drone Labs and other challenges for the ecosystem
43:45 - Capital to fund a drone company
50:51 - Books that influenced Arjun Naik

#TheUpStreamLife | #ArjunNaik | #Scandron | #Podcast | #SuccessStory | #VishalKrishna

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Arjun Naik Buzzsprout-13632625 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0530 3317 Arjun Naik Scandron, Drones in Logistics India, Drone Impact on Logistics, Indian Drone Policy, Mid Mile Logistics, Drone Economics, Customized Drone Solutions, Government Regulations on Drones, Drone Company Funding, Books Influencing Arjun Naik, Scandro full false Changing the face of retail: How AR/VR amplifies customer experiences | Ft. Sourabh Paithane Changing the face of retail: How AR/VR amplifies customer experiences | Ft. Sourabh Paithane Sourabh Paithane, Senior Director of Product Management and Catalog at  Myntra , talks about the ways in which AR/VR is changing fashion today. Get his perspective on how technology adapts in response to customer needs.

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Sourabh Paithane Buzzsprout-13575518 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0530 496 AR/VR in Fashion, Fashion Technology, Myntra Catalog, Sourabh Paithane Interview, Fashion Innovation, Augmented Reality in Fashion, Virtual Reality Trends, Customer-Centric Technology, Fashion Industry Transformation, Technology and Fashion, Customer Need full false Understanding RETENTION MARKETING - Hear Why WebEngage Believes It Can Help Startups | Ft. Nitya Shah Understanding RETENTION MARKETING - Hear Why WebEngage Believes It Can Help Startups | Ft. Nitya Shah In this episode we talk with Nitya Shah who leads the WebEngage startup program. He discusses why early stage startups need to focus on retention marketing.

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00:50 - WebEngage & its startup program
02:32 - Building a startup program &
05:15 - Building on first principles
07:03 - The art of retention marketing for businesses
15:00 - The startup program and its success stories
22:20 - Investing time with startups and its founders
26:50 - Engagement and Retention, which of these become important.
29:43 - Built for startups in the early stage.

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02:32 - Building a startup program &
05:15 - Building on first principles
07:03 - The art of retention marketing for businesses
15:00 - The startup program and its success stories
22:20 - Investing time with startups and its founders
26:50 - Engagement and Retention, which of these become important.
29:43 - Built for startups in the early stage.

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Nitya Shah Buzzsprout-13575437 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0530 2422 Retention Marketing, WebEngage, Startup Program, Early-Stage Startups, Marketing Strategies, Growth Tips, Success Stories, Nitya Shah, Customer Engagement, Business Growth, Marketing for Startups, Customer Retention, Marketing Insights, WebEngage Success, full false Driving Efficiency and Productivity: How Generative AI will augment retail tech | Ft. Rohit Chatter | The UpStream Life Driving Efficiency and Productivity: How Generative AI will augment retail tech | Ft. Rohit Chatter | The UpStream Life In this episode of theUpstreamLife.com we bring you Rohit Chatter the Chief Architect at Walmart Global Tech who talks about why Generative AI is real and is here to stay.

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00:30 - The rise of Generative AI
01:00 - Generative AI is real and will be part of our lives
01:33 - Generative AI is very different from automation
02:31 - Difference between AI and Generative AI
03:44 - Why is it exciting for engineers?
05:00 - Cutting edge innovations at Walmart Global Tech
05:31 - Engineers should learn constantly
07:33 - Play with AI if you are a college student

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00:30 - The rise of Generative AI
01:00 - Generative AI is real and will be part of our lives
01:33 - Generative AI is very different from automation
02:31 - Difference between AI and Generative AI
03:44 - Why is it exciting for engineers?
05:00 - Cutting edge innovations at Walmart Global Tech
05:31 - Engineers should learn constantly
07:33 - Play with AI if you are a college student

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Rohit Chatter Buzzsprout-13509911 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0530 568 Generative AI, Retail technology, Efficiency, Productivity, Rohit Chatter, Walmart Global Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Augmented Retail, Technology Trends, AI in Retail, Retail Industry, UpstreamLife.com, Future of Retail, Tech Innovat full false Deepali Dani, Talent Partner, talks about life at Walmart Global Tech | The UpStream Life Deepali Dani, Talent Partner, talks about life at Walmart Global Tech | The UpStream Life Deepali Dani, Talent Partner at Walmart Global Tech India, talks about what it takes to build cutting-edge retail tech for the world! Register for their flagship event, Converge @ Walmart bit.ly/3qNn7nS

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00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - Deepali Dani's journey with Walmart Global Tech
04:12 - Skills you need to be at Walmart Global Tech
09:26 Innovation at Walmart Global Tech
11:20 - Converge @Walmart

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09:26 Innovation at Walmart Global Tech
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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Deepali Dani Buzzsprout-13481762 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0530 871 Deepali Dani, Talent Partner, Walmart Global Tech, UpStream Life, Retail Tech, Converge @ Walmart, Flagship Event, Technology Innovation, Life at Walmart Global Tech, Cutting-edge Retail Solutions, Tech Talks, Career Insights, Innovation in Retail, Walmar full false Fighting Counterfeit Products: THE STORY OF ACVISS & Its Vision To Help Brands! | The Upstream Life Fighting Counterfeit Products: THE STORY OF ACVISS & Its Vision To Help Brands! | The Upstream Life In this episode we talk to Vikas Jain, the founder of Acviss who has for the last seven years been building technology to track counterfeit products and help consumers and brands access the right products. They protect a brand's value with their consumers and stop money from going into the black economy.

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02:00 - Counterfeiting is a $3 trillion market .
05:54 - Acviss & its technology
13:00 - Consequences of counterfeiting & brands should fight it
22:34 - Counterfeiting is a snake that the Government alone cannot fight
29:57 - Being an entrepreneur - life of Vikas.
35:00 - Support of family and life beyond business

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02:00 - Counterfeiting is a $3 trillion market .
05:54 - Acviss & its technology
13:00 - Consequences of counterfeiting & brands should fight it
22:34 - Counterfeiting is a snake that the Government alone cannot fight
29:57 - Being an entrepreneur - life of Vikas.
35:00 - Support of family and life beyond business

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Vikas Jain Buzzsprout-13455613 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0530 2275 Acviss technology, Vikas Jain interview, Anti-counterfeiting solutions, Fake product tracking, Brand integrity, Consumer trust, Counterfeit economy, Authenticity verification, Counterfeit prevention, Black market impact, Brand value preservation, Acviss f full false From Small Enterprises To Large Enterprises, Shopify is Helping The Journey of 'Brand'.Com in India | The UpStream Life From Small Enterprises To Large Enterprises, Shopify is Helping The Journey of 'Brand'.Com in India | The UpStream Life In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we meet Bharati B, Country Head & Director,  Shopify  India & SEA, who discusses how Shopify has become popular among many old and new brands in India. She discusses how Shopify enables brands to launch their online stores in a few clicks and  serve customers better.

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01:19 - Bharti talks about her journey
02:14 - Shopify India and the impact it's is making in India
06:24 - The importance of "Brand.com" & how large companies can build their omni-channel strategy
12:55 - B2B companies can use Shopify too.
17:02 - Number large businesses who take ecommerce seriously in India
23:02 - Building a brand online - a few tips for large and small companies
30:16 - Understanding the digital marketing journey for a young brand on Shopify
35:30 - Bharti's leadership experience and learning
45:00 - Experiences built for India
51:38 - Life lessons from Bharti
52:12 - Favorite books

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01:19 - Bharti talks about her journey
02:14 - Shopify India and the impact it's is making in India
06:24 - The importance of "Brand.com" & how large companies can build their omni-channel strategy
12:55 - B2B companies can use Shopify too.
17:02 - Number large businesses who take ecommerce seriously in India
23:02 - Building a brand online - a few tips for large and small companies
30:16 - Understanding the digital marketing journey for a young brand on Shopify
35:30 - Bharti's leadership experience and learning
45:00 - Experiences built for India
51:38 - Life lessons from Bharti
52:12 - Favorite books

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Bharati B Buzzsprout-13374813 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0530 3241 Bharti B interview, Shopify, The UpStream Life, India, Vishal Krishna, E-commerce solutions, Online store launch, Brand growth, Small enterprises, Large enterprises, Success stories, Bharti B interview, Indian brands, E-commerce journey, theUpStreamLife.c full false Being Technical & Business First Helps An EV Business Scale, Zen Mobility's Bets In India | The UpStream Life Being Technical & Business First Helps An EV Business Scale, Zen Mobility's Bets In India | The UpStream Life In this episode we bring you Namit Jain, the Director and Co-Founder of Zen Mobility, who talks about design and drivetrain that can make an EV product scale in India.

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00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Zen Mobility & it's name, playing in the B2B EV space
08:32 - Zen Mobility's IP in design and drive train, the vehicle is a Micro-pod 
16:17 - Decoding the business model with EVs
21:35 - The selling narrative for Zen Mobility - it's all about operational efficiency.
27:00 - Applications of Zen Mobility's micropod
32:45 - Making a Make-in-India product & how the industry is going local with components   
41:00 - Research and Patents: Zen Mobility's focus on the long term
49:54 - Running a business with family members

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00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Zen Mobility & it's name, playing in the B2B EV space
08:32 - Zen Mobility's IP in design and drive train, the vehicle is a Micro-pod 
16:17 - Decoding the business model with EVs
21:35 - The selling narrative for Zen Mobility - it's all about operational efficiency.
27:00 - Applications of Zen Mobility's micropod
32:45 - Making a Make-in-India product & how the industry is going local with components   
41:00 - Research and Patents: Zen Mobility's focus on the long term
49:54 - Running a business with family members

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna Buzzsprout-13319781 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +0530 3169 Namit Jain, Director, Co-Founder, Zen Mobility, EV (Electric Vehicle), Design, Drivetrain, Scale in India, B2B (Business-to-Business), Micro-pod, Business Model, Operational Efficiency, Applications, Make-in-India, Local Components, Research, Patents, Fam full false Fixing The Most Indian Of Problems 'Potholes' - The Story Of PotHoleRaja | The UpStream Life Fixing The Most Indian Of Problems 'Potholes' - The Story Of PotHoleRaja | The UpStream Life Meet the co-founder of PotHoleRaja, Sourabh Kumar, who tell you about making communities live better by building accident free roads.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - The journey of the founder and the business
07:00 - Community can play a vital role in fixing potholes
14:30 - The ready mix to fix a pothole
19:00 - The business of PotHoleRaja
28:41 - Working with the government
37:22 - The next 18 months for the company and the new product.
44:52 - Unreported accidents in India because of potholes.
49:00 - Influences

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00:00 - Introduction
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - The journey of the founder and the business
07:00 - Community can play a vital role in fixing potholes
14:30 - The ready mix to fix a pothole
19:00 - The business of PotHoleRaja
28:41 - Working with the government
37:22 - The next 18 months for the company and the new product.
44:52 - Unreported accidents in India because of potholes.
49:00 - Influences

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Sourabh Kumar Buzzsprout-13185649 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0530 3115 PotholeRaja, The UpStream Life, Sourabh Kumar, Community improvement, Road safety, Accident-free roads, Infrastructure development, Indian roads, Community engagement, Road maintenance, Pothole repair, Indian infrastructure, Community empowerment full false Building Sustainability & Energy Efficiency With AI And IOT - The Story Of Bert Labs | The UpStream Life Building Sustainability & Energy Efficiency With AI And IOT - The Story Of Bert Labs | The UpStream Life Meet Rohit Kochar the founder of Bert Labs, who is helping corporations and governments achieve business transformation goals on ESG with technology. Watch this podcast to learn about building a profitable Al business.

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02:16 - Beginning of Bert Labs: is the impact of AI real
11:10 - Integrating AI with existing industrial systems
24:21 - The cost-saving from using AI and the business of Bert Labs
29:44 - Supervised AI learning &  the benefits to industry
34:40 - ESG goals are real and these goals are not esoteric
39:18 - Building a company that can leave a lasting legacy
44:43 - Creating the perfect balance of clients & profit making.
49:44 - Know the rigour of building a product to succeed
55:18 - Learning & unlearning, having a problem led approach
59:00 - Meeting Jack Welsh and the books that inspire

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02:16 - Beginning of Bert Labs: is the impact of AI real
11:10 - Integrating AI with existing industrial systems
24:21 - The cost-saving from using AI and the business of Bert Labs
29:44 - Supervised AI learning &  the benefits to industry
34:40 - ESG goals are real and these goals are not esoteric
39:18 - Building a company that can leave a lasting legacy
44:43 - Creating the perfect balance of clients & profit making.
49:44 - Know the rigour of building a product to succeed
55:18 - Learning & unlearning, having a problem led approach
59:00 - Meeting Jack Welsh and the books that inspire

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Rohit Kochar Buzzsprout-13158591 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0530 4020 Bert Labs, The UpStream Life, Rohit Kochar, business transformation, ESG, technology, podcast, Al business, Al business, corporate sustainability, government, technology innovation, environmental impact, sustainable development, digital transformation, gr full false Drones Finally Fly, Find Out How And Why From Vipul Singh of AEREO! | The UpStream Life Drones Finally Fly, Find Out How And Why From Vipul Singh of AEREO! | The UpStream Life In this episode Vipul Singh [Co-Founder & CEO at AEREO] elucidates how the government has been progressive about drones and why several large businesses want to use drone applications.

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01:50 - Drones are mainstream in India now, startups are the stakeholders
06:18 - New drone regulations have positively changed the way the ecosystem is built
11:00 - Drones have mapped 200K villages in India
24:00 - AEREO is a stack and not a drone company
28:26 - Overcoming the struggles of a technology company
35:30 - Government loves drones now because of the opportunity
41:40 - Building deep technology in India
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01:50 - Drones are mainstream in India now, startups are the stakeholders
06:18 - New drone regulations have positively changed the way the ecosystem is built
11:00 - Drones have mapped 200K villages in India
24:00 - AEREO is a stack and not a drone company
28:26 - Overcoming the struggles of a technology company
35:30 - Government loves drones now because of the opportunity
41:40 - Building deep technology in India
50:20 - Localising the drone ecosystem

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09:10 - Managing Pricing & Selling To The Right Customer
14:11 - The Mistakes That Prasanna Made That He Does Not Want You To Make.
20:23 - Upekkha's Company Portfolio And Performance
25:57 - The Idea Of A Flywheel From A Business Context
29:33 - Managing Marketing And Sales When Going International
36:00 - Winning Tech Contracts In The USA Is Easier Than In India
36:53 - The Upekkha Fund And Team
42:33 - Changes In Technologies  And Running An Organization In The World Of AI
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14:11 - The Mistakes That Prasanna Made That He Does Not Want You To Make.
20:23 - Upekkha's Company Portfolio And Performance
25:57 - The Idea Of A Flywheel From A Business Context
29:33 - Managing Marketing And Sales When Going International
36:00 - Winning Tech Contracts In The USA Is Easier Than In India
36:53 - The Upekkha Fund And Team
42:33 - Changes In Technologies  And Running An Organization In The World Of AI
49:17 - Leaders Also Need Mentors

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03:10 - The Barely Opinionated story
09:35 - Making news relevant for the current generation
15:45 - Content creation & scaling the business
20:18 - Barely Opinionated's plans for the future
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03:10 - The Barely Opinionated story
09:35 - Making news relevant for the current generation
15:45 - Content creation & scaling the business
20:18 - Barely Opinionated's plans for the future
29:30 - Advantages of being in the business of content
39:45 - Challenges and opportunities in building the Barely Opinionated community
42:25 - How do digital platforms & algorithms support content creators?

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Rohit Agarwala Buzzsprout-13036007 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0530 2842 The UpStream Life, Rohit Agarwala, founder, news discovery, social media, generations, social media news, novel news discovery, social media trends, social media for all, digital news, online news, news consumption, news sharing, social media platforms, full false Taking Local Tech To The World, 100X.VC's CTO Bets On The India Story! | Vatsal Kanakiya | The Upstream Life Taking Local Tech To The World, 100X.VC's CTO Bets On The India Story! | Vatsal Kanakiya | The Upstream Life In this episode of The UpStream Life we talk to Vatsal Kanakiya, the founding team member of 100x.VC about Indian tech companies going global. Find out why 100X.VC has become the platform for Indian companies to raise capital.

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06:00 - 100x hypothesis on startups.
11:30 - Looking at deals closely. 
17:00 - Communicating the value of tech.
20:24 - Cheque sizes and valuing money. 
28:30 - Startup investments that worked and did not
33:31 - First principles from a business & tech perspective. 
40:00 - New age businesses are rapidly scalable. 
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06:00 - 100x hypothesis on startups.
11:30 - Looking at deals closely. 
17:00 - Communicating the value of tech.
20:24 - Cheque sizes and valuing money. 
28:30 - Startup investments that worked and did not
33:31 - First principles from a business & tech perspective. 
40:00 - New age businesses are rapidly scalable. 
43:00 - Vatsal and his thoughts on books & business

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Vatsal Kanakiya Buzzsprout-12986966 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0530 2983 Indian tech companies, global expansion, 100x.VC, capital raising, The UpStream Life, Vatsal Kanakiya, podcast, technology, startups, business insights, entrepreneurship full false CORPORATE GIFTING Is Key To HR Retention, How Offineeds Is Bringing Curated Experiences To Employees! | The Upstream Life CORPORATE GIFTING Is Key To HR Retention, How Offineeds Is Bringing Curated Experiences To Employees! | The Upstream Life In this episode of The UpStream Life we bring you the founder of Offineeds, one of India's largest gifting platforms. Srikanth Acharya has survived three phases of running this business- the eager startup founder, a founder who loses everything & yet bounces back, and the current phase being building India's largest gifting stack.

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01:31 - Why get into the gifting business? It started with a prank! 
05:18 - Build a business don't chase VC money until you have clarity.
10:00 - Toughest years of building Offineeds - How Offineeds made a comeback?
15:20 - Fixing distribution is the key to winning in commerce. 
22:03 - Every company must tell stories to their stakeholders.
28:30 - Staying disciplined and committed. 
32:33 - The business of Offineeds.
40:53 - Organising the gifting industry and handling clients.

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05:18 - Build a business don't chase VC money until you have clarity.
10:00 - Toughest years of building Offineeds - How Offineeds made a comeback?
15:20 - Fixing distribution is the key to winning in commerce. 
22:03 - Every company must tell stories to their stakeholders.
28:30 - Staying disciplined and committed. 
32:33 - The business of Offineeds.
40:53 - Organising the gifting industry and handling clients.

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Srikanth Acharya Buzzsprout-12950961 Wed, 31 May 2023 10:00:00 +0530 2710 The UpStream Life, Offineeds, Offineeds.com, Gifting Platform, Srikanth Acharya, India, Startup Founder, Entrepreneurship, Business Journey, Success Story, Resilience, Growth, Gifting Stack, CORPORATE GIFTING, Vishal Krishna full false Insurance-suite For Corporate Employees, A Curated Seamless Experience By Pazcare | Sanchit Malik | The Upstream Life Insurance-suite For Corporate Employees, A Curated Seamless Experience By Pazcare | Sanchit Malik | The Upstream Life In this episode [The UpStream Life] We have Sanchit Malik, the co-founder of Pazcare, talks about building a tech business that enhances employee experience in the insurance buying and claims settlement process.

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01:52 - Building Pazcare as platform with seamless experience 

05:52 - Convincing Insurance companies and third party assurance companies about the Pazcare platform.

16:57 - You must buy insurance. 

25:25 - How does the app work for employees?

30:00 - Sachin's inspirations 

35:38 - Having mentors at an early age. 

42:06 - The world is optimistic about India.

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01:52 - Building Pazcare as platform with seamless experience 

05:52 - Convincing Insurance companies and third party assurance companies about the Pazcare platform.

16:57 - You must buy insurance. 

25:25 - How does the app work for employees?

30:00 - Sachin's inspirations 

35:38 - Having mentors at an early age. 

42:06 - The world is optimistic about India.

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Sanchit Malik Buzzsprout-12901815 Wed, 24 May 2023 10:00:00 +0530 2671 The Upstream Life, Sanchit Malik, Pazcare, tech business, employee experience, insurance, Pazcare platform, insurance companies, third party assurance companies, app, employees, Sachin's inspirations, mentors, India, podcast, success story, Vishal Krishna full false Don't Let Medical Expenses Eat Savings: QubeHealth, A New Way To Pay For Healthcare | Chris George | The UpStream Life Don't Let Medical Expenses Eat Savings: QubeHealth, A New Way To Pay For Healthcare | Chris George | The UpStream Life In this episode I talk to serial entrepreneur and co-founder of QubeHealth about the future of healthcare in India and why we need a way to pay for healthcare. What you will get from this interview is a way to build a great business around healthcare and fintech. You will also hear Chris's business ideas and what he wants QubeHealth to become in a few years.

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01:13 - What is QubeHealth solving?
07:38 - Building a frictionless healthcare payments ecosystem in India. 
14:50 - Using the QubeHealth platform to pay
18:43 - Managing payments out of pocket & where QubeHealth plays a role
24:42 - Chris's evolution as an entrepreneur 
31:32 - Who are the stakeholders of QubeHealth?
35:15 - Being a boxer while away from the company. 
39:00 - Being resilient as a founder.

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07:38 - Building a frictionless healthcare payments ecosystem in India. 
14:50 - Using the QubeHealth platform to pay
18:43 - Managing payments out of pocket & where QubeHealth plays a role
24:42 - Chris's evolution as an entrepreneur 
31:32 - Who are the stakeholders of QubeHealth?
35:15 - Being a boxer while away from the company. 
39:00 - Being resilient as a founder.

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcast-listing.html Vishal Krishna - Chris George Buzzsprout-12864995 Wed, 17 May 2023 09:30:00 +0530 2912 The UpStream Life, QubeHealth, Chris George, Healthcare expenses, Medical payments, Savings, Paying for healthcare, Fintech, Future of healthcare, Healthcare ecosystem, Frictionless payments, Out of pocket expenses, Entrepreneurship, Business ideas, Stake full false A Food Stack That Manages Everyone & Everything - Can Waycool Win The Agtech Race? | Sanjay Dasari | The UpStream Life A Food Stack That Manages Everyone & Everything - Can Waycool Win The Agtech Race? | Sanjay Dasari | The UpStream Life In this episode of theUpStreamLife we bring you Sanjay Dasari, the co-founder of WayCool.

Sanjay talks about building a tech-enabled food value chain company. India is a nation rooted in agriculture, but tech and tech-enabled agriculture has its own complexities to thrive as businesses. Sanjay Dasari tells us why the timing is just about right for agriculture to be data led. 

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00:50 - The business of WayCool

07:11 - Organising the unorganised in agriculture & how the WayCool name was born

15:13 - The Omni-Channel and Omni-Product approach to drive agtech

19:12 - The world of private labels and why the B2C play makes sense 

28:15 - Why kiranas or small stores are here to stay in India. 

32:23 - Technology that helps the farmer to maximise the value of their asset

41:15 - Why is the tech side exciting in agriculture?

46:33 - Favourite books & Movies.


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Sanjay talks about building a tech-enabled food value chain company. India is a nation rooted in agriculture, but tech and tech-enabled agriculture has its own complexities to thrive as businesses. Sanjay Dasari tells us why the timing is just about right for agriculture to be data led. 

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00:50 - The business of WayCool

07:11 - Organising the unorganised in agriculture & how the WayCool name was born

15:13 - The Omni-Channel and Omni-Product approach to drive agtech

19:12 - The world of private labels and why the B2C play makes sense 

28:15 - Why kiranas or small stores are here to stay in India. 

32:23 - Technology that helps the farmer to maximise the value of their asset

41:15 - Why is the tech side exciting in agriculture?

46:33 - Favourite books & Movies.


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]]>  In this episode of The Upstream Life, we talk to Rohan Shenoy, the Director of Operations at Sanveo, a US-based construction technology company in India. He was the founder of BuildInn, and he talks about the difficulty of running proptech in India and why there is still a large opportunity. He also talks about Sanveo's business and the opportunity for technology to penetrate large real estate projects in India.

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcasts/episode/e624949d/from-being-a-founder-to-running-a-tech-mnc-rohan-shenoy-talks-about-proptechs-imminent-rise Vishal Krishna - Rohan Shenoy Buzzsprout-12673288 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:30:00 +0530 1865 Rohan Shenoy, Sanveo, The Upstream Life, BuildInn, Business, Podcast, technology companies in India, The Upstream Life, Vishal Krishna full false Playing MOBILE GAMES Can Incentivise Youth To Save: Fello's Founder SHOURYA Speaks Of A New Future | The Upstream Life Playing MOBILE GAMES Can Incentivise Youth To Save: Fello's Founder SHOURYA Speaks Of A New Future | The Upstream Life In this episode of The UpStream Life we bring you the CTO and Co-Founder, Shourya Lala, of a new age saving and gaming startup Fello. In the interview he talks about why savings need to be incentivised and why gaming can help keep the fun element to the whole aspect of building a secure financial future.

Playing MOBILE GAMES Can Incentivise Youth To Save:  Fello's Founder SHOURYA Speaks Of A New Future

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]]> In this episode of The UpStream Life we bring you the CTO and Co-Founder, Shourya Lala, of a new age saving and gaming startup Fello. In the interview he talks about why savings need to be incentivised and why gaming can help keep the fun element to the whole aspect of building a secure financial future.

Playing MOBILE GAMES Can Incentivise Youth To Save:  Fello's Founder SHOURYA Speaks Of A New Future

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcasts/episode/2738fa14/playing-mobile-games-can-incentivise-youth-to-save-fellos-founder-shourya-speaks-of-a-new-future Vishal Krishna - Shourya Lala Buzzsprout-12628123 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:30:00 +0530 2696 The UpStream Life, Shourya Lala, Fello, MOBILE GAMES, SHOURYA, GAMES, Vishal Krishna, Gaming, financial future full false SPICE Farming & Its Business: Raj Kancham, Founder Of Krishikan, Explains AGRICULTURE BEYOND TECH! | The Upstream Life SPICE Farming & Its Business: Raj Kancham, Founder Of Krishikan, Explains AGRICULTURE BEYOND TECH! | The Upstream Life In this episode you will learn about the growth of spice farming, India agriculture's many problems in the modern era and the way agri-tech needs to play the long game. Raj Kancham is an engineer who has spent a decade with farmers and he has a legacy of farming experience backing his efforts to make his company Krishikan a successful Agri-Tech Company.

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]]> https://www.theupstreamlife.com/podcasts/episode/1ebdf921/spice-farming-and-its-business-raj-kancham-founder-of-krishikan-explains-agriculture-beyond-tech Vishal Krishna - Raj Kancham Buzzsprout-12619934 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:30:00 +0530 3285 Agri-Tech, Raj Kancham, farmers, SPICE Farming, Krishikan, The Upstream Life, Vishal Krishna full false