Sit back & enjoy some of the best bits of The Indian Startup Show Part 6. But First I would like to pay tribute to everyone listening and subscribing to show for the past two years. Without you, this podcast would not have been possible! Over 420,000 total downloads so far. so I’m very grateful. Today you will hear from:

Shruti Gandhi, the managing partner at Array Ventures. a VC firm based in the U.S. focus on solving impactful problems using revolutionary technology. In this conversation we talk about:

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What she looks for when investing
Whats Silicon Valley really like?
Meeting awesome people
Fear of missing out
Vitamins V Painkillers!
What first-time founders should be focusing on?
Career highlights
The importance of using your gut instinct
Machine learning
Favourite startups

Ashwin Damera Co-Founder of EMERITUS an Edtech start-up. They are making Ivy League education accessible to the world. In this conversation, we also talk about:

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Dealing with competition
Amazing two years spent at Harvard University
Filling the talent gap
Size of the market
Raising Captial - its all about timing!
The 5-year plan
Great book recommendation - Founders dilemma
Leadership and Management
His Background
Startup challenges
The main trait entrepreneurs should have
Being paranoid is important!

Nitin Sood - Co-founder of Happy Shappy an online platform to make Indian weddings a little bit easier!.

In this conversation we talk about:

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What Nitin looks for when hiring staff
The vision of the company
Features and benefits of the platform.
interesting pre-launch strategy
The hardest part about building this business
Key takeaways so far in the journey
Organizing a wedding at an orphanage
How the startup makes money
Tips on organizing an Indian wedding
The importance of the Indian wedding
Reaction to friends and family to starting this business.

And finally, we hear from Prashanto Das - Co-founder of Ping Network. PING is India’s largest studio multi-channel network creating original engaging video content across genres of food, music, entertainment, lifestyle, gaming.

In this conversation we also talk about:

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3.8 Billion videos are being consumed in India every month!
6 months of applied state of nothingness
Building UTV & Times Now
His very own Jerry Maguire moment!
Life as a hardcore creative
The most surprising thing he has learned about his crazy roller coaster journey so far.
being an enabler
Doing too many things but doing nothing
being frugal
Tips on negotiating
Handling rejection.
Finding talented creative people
What do you build first the horse or the cart?
Advice on dealing with setbacks,
Favourite TV shows - Dexter
How you can start your own YouTube channel! - Tell a good story
Persistence

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