AroundStartups
By AroundStartups
AroundStartupsJul 08, 2020
In conversation with Sonal Asthana, Head of Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Multi-organ Transplantation, Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore
Sonal was kind enough to give his 30 minutes for this conversation. Some highlights:
- How our lifestyle is impacting our life and liver.
- How our food habits are making us sick.
- How COVID has changed patient-doctor consultation and tech being an enabler.
- What is the future in technology holds for liver healthcare.
Sonal's profile on astermedcity
Sonal's twitter handle(do follow him and learn about healthy living)
In conversation with Manan Shah, Co-Founder at Recruiterflow
Manan Shah is a seasoned entrepreneur. In his current avatar he is running Recruiterflow, a bootstrap startup helping recruiters with custom workflow.
We spoke about time, money and software paradigm with Indian context. The show has good piece of advice for SaaS founders selling software in India.
In Conversation with Satyen Kothari, Cube Wealth
In Conversation with Satyen Kothari, Cube Wealth
Satyen is a serial entrepreneur and Cube Wealth is his 5th venture. In previous avatar he founded Citrus Pay – India’s first digital payment gateway. A successful venture that sold for USD$130M in 2016.
In this episode we spoke to him about his life journey, what keeps him motivated to do more. We learnt from him the founders journey, keeping personal and professional life together.
The Untold Flipkart Story, Mihir Dalal
In this episode of AroundStartups podcast I caught up with Mihir Dalal author of 'Big Billion Startup: The Untold Flipkart Story. In this Episode he talks about his book and insiders view of making of Flipkart.
Balaji Vishwanathan, Mitra Robotics
In Conversation with Balaji Vishwanthan, Mitra Robotics
Interview: Sandeep Murthy, Lightbox
In this episode of AroundStartups interviews we bring to you Sandeep Murthy [Twitter,LinkedIn], Partner at Lightbox.
Last but not the least, we did manage to get Sid Talwar was also there in the podcast for sometime. :)
Credits:
Background Music LA Montage by Rockit Maxx
Graphics by Jugal Mody
Your suggestions and feedback are most welcome to make this project the best of its kind. You can write to me at atul@aroundstartups.com or connect via Twitter or Facebook.
Interview: Karthik Reddy, Blume Ventures
In this episode of AroundStartups interviews we bring to you Karthik Reddy [Twitter, LinkedIn],Co founder & Managing Partner at Blume Ventures.
Prior to founding Blume, Karthik holds bachelors degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee & MBA in Finance from Wharton
In this podcast we spoke about:
- History behind Blume Ventures
- US connection [study & stay] & learning
- Near misses in investment
- Some portfolio winners
- Current scene of Indian startup ecosystem
- Recent initiative around Blogging
- Advice to budding entrepreneurs
- Advice how to reach Blume Ventures
- Advice on growth & burn rate
Credits:
Background Music LA Montage by Rockit Maxx
Audio Editing, Mixing & mastering at Mediaforart studios, Gurgaon
Nikhil Pahwa, Medianama and Kiran
This episode of aroundstartups is really important for each one of us. Facebook has come up with a project called freebasics.com & according to them they are helping poor india's which is far away from the reality.
What is facebooks free basic? [In reality]
- A separate Internet pipe, which has limited number of websites for access.
- It is insecure and un-encrypted so technically anyone can sniff your conversation.
- Facebook will keep copy of all the data [& will run analysis for our usage pattern]
- All the competing facebook products are not part of it.
- They can change terms & conditions anytime they want.
I have known Nikhil & Kiran for long and they have been one of the few leaders who stood against this Facebook FUD and launched campaign called save the internet, to make us all aware what is really happening.
Interview: Gourav Bhattacharya, Matrix Partners India.
In this episode of AroundStartups interviews we bring to you Gourav Bhattacharya [Twitter, LinkedIn], VP, Matrix Partners India. Gourav is a graduate from IIT Mumbai & holds MBA degree from IIM Ahmedabad with distinction. He has worked with UBS & McKinsey prior to joining Matrix.
Gourav wholeheartedly accepted our interview request and shared his perspective on a range of topics about India’s startup ecosystem including:
- Day to day life of an Indian VC.
- Challenges of starting a SaaS based startup in India
- Tips to budding entrepreneurs
- Work/Life balance
- Happiness
Credits:
Background Music LA Montage by Rockit Maxx
Audio Editing, Mixing & mastering at Mediaforart studios, Gurgaon
Graphics by Jugal Mody
Your suggestions and feedback are most welcome to make this project the best of its kind. You can write to me at atul@aroundstartups.com or connect via Twitter or Facebook.
Interview: Sameer Brij Verma, Nexus Ventures
In this episode of AroundStartups interviews we bring to you Sameer Brij Verma [Twitter, LinkedIn], Director & Junior Partner at Nexus Ventures. Sameer has over 8 years of experience in investment domain. Sameer was the founding team member at Reliance Ventures.
Sameer is a graduate from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago with a BS - Computer Engineering
Sameer wholeheartedly accepted our interview request and shared his perspective on a range of topics about India’s startup ecosystem including:
- Challenges faced by Indian VC
- What makes Nexus different from the rest
- Investors dilemma
- Scaling startup
- Indian market compared to silicon valley
Books Recommended:
Elon Musk: Biography of the Mastermind Behind Paypal, SpaceX, and Tesla Motors [Amazon]
The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance [Amazon]
Website, Service, Technology, People & Startups mentioned:
roadrunnr, Amazon Web Services, Open Source, Helpshift, Postman, Druva, Indix
Credits:
Background Music LA Montage by Rockit Maxx
Audio Editing, Mixing & mastering at Mediaforart studios, Gurgaon
Graphics by Jugal Mody
Your suggestions and feedback are most welcome to make this project the best of its kind. You can write to me at atul@aroundstartups.com or connect via Twitter or Facebook.
Interview: Sanjay Nath, Blume Ventures
In this episode of AroundStartups interviews we bring to you Sanjay Nath [Twitter, LinkedIn], Co founder & Managing Partner at Blume Ventures. Prior to founding Blume, Sanjay spent over 12 years in the US, in business development, management consulting and operations roles across organizations such as PwC Consulting, IBM Global Services and Sun Microsystems.
Sanjay is an engineer from BITS, Pilani and holds an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Graduate Management.
Sanjay wholeheartedly accepted our interview request and shared his perspective on a range of topics about India’s startup ecosystem including:
- What VC's look in an entrepreneur
- On founders
- Mumbai & tech startups ecosystem
- Pitching to an Investor
- Football & entrepreneurship
Website, Service, Technology, People & Startups mentioned:
InMobi, Naveen Tewari, Justdail, Sandipan Chattopadhyay, TaxiForSure, Marc Benioff, Tesla, Elon Musk, Hyperloop, Spacex, FC Barcelona, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, GreyOrange Robotics, Paul Graham, Jack Ma, Mumbai Angels, Karthik Reddy
Credits:
Background Music LA Montage by Rockit Maxx
Audio Editing, Mixing & mastering at Mediaforart studios, Gurgaon
Graphics by Jugal Mody