The Indian Startup Show Ep88: [The Best] of the Indian Startup Show - Part 5
Sit back & enjoy some of the best bits of The Indian Startup Show Part 5. Today you will hear from Daniel Becerra Co-Founder & CEO of Buffalo Grid (@BuffaloGrid). BuffaloGrid uses solar energy to provide mobile power and internet services to off-grid communities around the world.
In this conversation we also talk about:
- Product development
- How he got started
- The social innovation scene
- Work within rural African & Indian communities.
- Fundraising
- Scaling the business
- Number of communities they have helped
- How you can get one for free! (if you live in India!)
- Examples of how they have changed rural communities.
- Advice on starting your own tech for good startup.
- The hardest part about building this business.
- Interesting story where the name came from!
Chamutal Afek-Eitam, Founder & CEO of 3 Million Club (@3millionclub) The 3 Million Club is the amazon.com for life-saving products for the humanitarian sector.
In this conversation we also talk about:
- Where the idea came from
- 17 years working in the humanitarian sector
- The most surprising thing about her entrepreneurial journey
- What she is working on right now
- Advice on working with freelancers
- How the tracking device works.
- Outsourcing advice for nonprofits
- Scaling the business
- How YOU can get involved
- Working with manufacturers in India.
- Advice for developers for getting involved with tech for good startups
- Finding communities
We hear from Vidya Vellala. Founder & CEO of Evayadesk - Evayadesk is a software as a service product providing help desk software solutions for businesses around the world.
in this conversation, we talk about,
- What excites her most about this startup
- How she spends her Sundays
- Digital marketing
- Inspirational mother!
- The vision of the company - empowering small to medium-sized businesses
- Why did she want to start her own business
- Engineering background
- How big is the market
- Her views on entrepreneurship
- The number of businesses signed up
- Five quickfire questions. find out Vidya's food heaven and hell!
- Favourite books
- Viday's advice on learning to code "There is nothing we cannot learn in this world!"
- Where the name Evaya comes from
Deepak Goel, founder of KarmaCircles, (@KarmaCircles) a peer to peer social learning platform.
In this conversation we also talk about:
- We talk about how he got started
- Mentoring over 1,000 people.
- What excites Deepak most about this startup
- Deepak's 3 main Passions
- Amazing experiences from working in Silicon Valley
- The ONE thing Deepak wants you to know about building a startup! (ITS A GREAT ANSWER!)
- 4 questions you need to answer before you raise finance!
- 6 things you need to put in your slide deck
- His favourite startups over the last 10 years.
- Go build something that will outlive you!
- Stats so far.
- How the app works
Vivek Bajaj . Founder of Kredent Academy (@KredentAcademy) Kredent Academy is one of the foremost professional training institutes in India with a focus on finance and capital markets.
In this conversation we also talk about:
- How he got started
- Developing content across multiple languages
- Breakthrough moment in 2014
- Business heroes
- E-learning platforms
- Excellent financial & recruitment advice
- Plans for the future
- How he keeps on top of things
- Career highlights
- Advice on building a startup
- Be careful about money!
and much much more!
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