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Apoorv Shaligram and Uttam Sen at e-Trnl Energy on reimagining cell technologies for India
In this episode, Apoorv Shaligram and Uttam Sen, co-founders of e-Trnl Energy, talk about the critical need for developing cell technologies and cell manufacturing technologies and processes locally, for the long-term sustainability of India's EV ecosystem. The entrepreneurs have just raised some funding to set up a full-fledged R&D centre in Bengaluru to turn their knowhow into a commercial product — a locally developed and manufactured cell with lower costs and higher quality than what is in the market today, they say
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Vishalini Paliwal on ambition to help developers debug their software in a jiffy at Zipy.ai
In this episode, Vishalini Paliwal, founder and CEO at Zipy.ai, talks about how developers often don't get the full picture when it comes to something that didn't work with their software code. Paliwal, a serial entrepreneur, has raised $2.8 million in funding from investors including Blume Ventures and Together to develop Zipy, an observability platform. The Silicon Valley-headquartered company, into its third year now, has a team of 20, working mostly out of Pune. Vishalini, a painter and a trained Kathak dancer, also talks about melding her artistic side and her passion for produc
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Kinner Sacchdev on helping creators 'crack the funnel' and plans ahead at Knorish
In this episode, Kinner Sacchdev, co-founder and CEO of Knorish, talks about how his company is growing, providing a SaaS platform for creators to go from showcasing and offering their knowledge and skills online, to winning paying customers. Knorish itself is sharpening its focus in this direction, to help creators "crack the funnel." The three-year-old Gurugram company has a team of 40 and $2.4 million in funding thus far. And a Series-A funding round is also around the corner, which will help Knorish strengthen its product, add leadership-level talent and grow faster
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Showstoppers 2022-23 edition: The making of
What are Showstoppers? And who are the 2022-23 Showstoppers? Delve into our latest cover story podcast with Forbes India's Divya J Shekhar to go behind the scenes and into the making our our first-ever Showstoppers list, which recognises 50 outperformers from the field of cinema, OTT and sports
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Best of 2022 Ep10: Rohan Murty at Soroco on the digital worker's last mile as a data problem
In this episode from November, Rohan N Murty, founder and CTO of Soroco, talks about bringing empathy to dealing with the last mile friction that the modern digital enterprise employee faces, by harnessing data. Soroco offers a 'work graph,' which in essence, is a map of how teams execute digital work, and it lies at the intersection of people, work, and technology. Once discovered, the work graph enables teams to collaborate and work more effectively, raising the overall productivity of the enterprise
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Best of 2022 Ep9: Ankit Jain and Sidhant Pai at StepChange on their SaaS platform to target carbon emissions
In this episode, from October, Ankit Jain and Sidhant Pai, co-founders of StepChange, talk about their enterprise software products that help businesses track and reduce their carbon footprints. They help companies attempting to build sustainable products get useful insights into the impact of their products and operations. Ankit and Sidhant are developing StepChange into a SaaS software platform that businesses can use to also specifically target what are called Scope 3 emissions, which the entrepreneurs say are the most difficult to curtail
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Best of 2022 Ep8: Sanjay Swamy and Anshul Rai on what founders should know about exits
In this conversation, from September, Sanjay Swamy, managing partner and co-founder at Prime Venture Partners and Anshul Rai, co-founder and CEO of Happay, which was acquired by CRED, talk about the central role of exits in the venture capital-driven startup model. The VC investor and the entrepreneur break down everything from the timing of an exit to what not being able to provide a good exit to stakeholders can do to founders. Rai also reflects on what life is like, after Happay's success and $180 million sale to CRED
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Best of 2022 Ep7: Narayan Subramaniam, Niraj Rajmohan and Vishesh Rajaram on learnings from building the F77
In this episode, from September, Niraj Rajmohan and Narayan Subramaniam, co-founders of Ultraviolette Automotive, and Vishesh Rajaram, managing partner at Speciale Invest, talk about the importance of strong local R&D for the long-term growth of the EV sector in India. They also talk about how developing Ultraviolette's first electric motorcycle, the F77, which has since been launched in the market, helped the company build a connected vehicle platform that can support multiple future products and services
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Best of 2022 Ep6: Saravana Kumar on his dream of building Coimbatore's first SaaS unicorn
In this conversation, from August, Saravana Kumar, founder and CEO of Kovai.co, recalled how he bootstrapped his company from one customer—a casino in Hong Kong—to thousands, including Shell, Boeing and Ikea, in a niche software area, growing to a $10 million ARR SaaS venture out of London and Coimbatore. Saravana—who went from a distance-learning MCA degree to a successful software entrepreneur—spoke of tripling revenue by 2024 and creating the first SaaS unicorn from his hometown
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Neeraj Chopra and his journey to becoming an all-time great
Neeraj Chopra became the first track and field athlete from India to win an Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In 2022, he became the first Indian to win the Diamond League final with a javelin throw of 88.44 metres. The Haryana lad has become the most written-about sportsperson this year. His achievements have landed him on the cover of our 2022 Year-Ender Special. In this podcast, Kathakali Chanda talks about her cover story which analyses how Chopra has given Indian athletics a seat at the table
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Best of 2022 Ep5: Ankita Thakur at GeoIQ on turning her fascination for data into a business
In this episode, we go back to a conversation from August with Ankita Thakur, co-founder and chief data officer at GeoIQ. Ankita spoke about how her fascination with data brought out the idea that became her first successful startup. She also explained the connection between the availability of rich location data and real-world business outcomes for customers—made easy through the APIs that GeoIQ offers, with all the heavy lifting happening in the backend. At the time of this conversation, Ankita was expecting to grow revenues fourfold in the coming quarters