The Brand Called You

Sid Das is the founder of Impact Movement Asia, where he is mapping out the impact ecosystem in an Asian context. He was previously with Google and WWF, and is now a solopreneur, doing 90% of the work himself. Sid's focus is on helping individuals and organizations create a lasting impact and legacy on the world around them. He believes that the way impact is measured and thought of cannot be the same across the world and that it's important to map out what sustainability looks like in an Asian context. Sid believes that while the SDGs were a great start, organizations, and individuals need to go one step further in order to make a lasting impact. He also believes that B Corp certification could be a step in the right direction. 00:34- About Sid Das Sid Das is the founder of Impact Movement Asia - map out the impact ecosystem in an Asian context. He was earlier with Google and WWF. He is also a keen travel photographer.

Eleanor Friedman packed up and headed off to a farm in rural Tuscany. Having recently renounced vegetarianism, she set out to reconcile herself to the reality of meat-eating. She was on this quest to know all of the processes along the food chain—to have some ownership over what she was eating. About Eleanor Friedman & her journey. Eleanor Friedman was apprenticing as a butcher and norcino (salumi producer), and her husband Gian Piero Pepe was running a local restaurant in Italy. Gian Piero and Eleanor moved to New York to be closer to Eleanor's family. Their dream was to open a small salumeria in the Italo-Tuscan style to use the techniques learned in Italy while honouring their home in the Northeast by sourcing local pasture-raised pigs. After an extensive search for the right place for their salumeria, Eleanor and Gian Piero found the perfect location in Harleysville, NY, a hamlet in the Catskills that allows them to be closer to the farmers they work with.

Simon Mulcahy is President, Sustainability at TIME Inc. He is responsible for founding and launching CO2.com, a new division of TIME, focused on providing businesses with the trusted content, solutions, applications, and community that accelerate investment in climate solutions, and progress towards net zero. 00:34- About Simon Mulcahy and his journey. Simon Mulcahy is CEO and co-founder of TIME CO2 (at CO2.com), and President of TIME.  Simon has served in several executive leadership roles at Salesforce over the last decade. From 2018 - 2021, Simon was Salesforce's Chief Innovation Officer responsible for building next-generation solutions to transform industries and for growing Salesforce's reputation and capabilities as a trusted advisor to the C-suite. From 2016 - 2018 he was Salesforce's Chief Marketing Officer, leading Salesforce's global marketing organization. Before that, he was the General Manager of Salesforce’s Financial Services business, defining the vertical go-to-market and product strategy, and launching the Financial Services Cloud.

Alexandra Levit’s goal is to help people succeed in meaningful jobs and to build relationships between organizations and top talent. Alexandra’s own career story is both inspiring and empowering. She has had experiences with companies both large and small and a firm grasp of what it takes to create positive employer-employee relationships. In this episode, we will know how she is inspiring people at work. About Alexandra Levit and his journey. · Alexandra Levit is the founder and CEO of Inspiration at Work, a woman-owned futurist consulting business to prepare organizations and their employees to be competitive and marketable in the future business world. · She consults, writes and conducts proprietary research on leadership, management, human resources, technology adoption, entrepreneurship, innovation, learning and skills gaps, gender and generational differences, DEI issues, and other career and workplace trends on behalf of numerous Fortune 500 companies including Adecco, American Express, Deloitte, and Intuit. · She was named an American Management Association Top Leader for two years in a row and has also been Money Magazine’s Online Career Expert of the Year.

Raj Bandyopadhyay is the owner and photographer of Series A Photography. He started his career as a computer science graduate and went on to earn a Ph.D. in computer science from Rice University. He worked as a software engineer and then later as a Chief Data Scientist at a couple of startups. In his mid-30s, he had a re-evaluation and decided to pursue photography, which brought him joy and fulfillment. He was inspired by his partner's female-to-male gender transition and realized the importance of finding what feels true to oneself. Today, his focus is on personal branding photography, working with entrepreneurs, and helping them build a genuine connection with their brands. 00:37- About Raj Bandyopadhyay Raj Bandyopadhyay is the Owner / Photographer of Series A Photography. Earlier, he was a data scientist and a software engineer. He is a B. Tech in Computer Science from IIT Bombay, and a Ph.D. from Rice University.

Find Joy with Joyan Chan is for anyone looking for more joy, courage, passion and purpose. Joyan has been featured in numerous magazines, publications, and shows and has spoken at industry events. In early 2022, Joyan was named a successful person in her home country by Britishpedia. She said, "I took the courage to take the less taken path." In this Podcast of The Brand Called You, Chan talked about her days of depression and how she is inspiring millions in their journey. About Joyan Chan & her journey. Joyan Chan is an outstanding leadership award-winning coach, international speaker, and podcaster. In her mid-20s, she was depressed and suicidal. She turned her life around and became the woman she is today. The heart of her work is centred on helping female leaders and entrepreneurs to gain unshakable confidence, clarity and courage to live and lead a life with joy. Her years of experience as a young lecturer, team leader and business owner have enabled her to develop a keen sense of what it takes to become a confident, visible and influential leader in today's world. Her journey has inspired her to create a tested roadmap that she takes her clients through to accelerate their confidence and visibility and grow their impact.

Vinayak Kamath is the co-founder and managing partner of Hearth Ventures, which is India's first mentor fund for craft and circular economy enterprises. Vinayak is an alumnus of the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Sciences and has a background in engineering and management. Before starting Hearth Ventures, Vinayak worked as a corporate executive with Indian multinationals like Arvind Mills and G, co-founded a couple of companies, and worked as a private equity investor. The motivation to start Hearth Ventures came from a desire to invest in the handicraft sector in India, which was missing at-risk capital. The sector had numerous skilled artisans but was facing challenges such as skill attrition and traditional art forms dying. With the help of experts in the craft sector, it was concluded that at-risk capital was needed to rejuvenate and revive traditional Indian art forms. Vinayak and his team hope to be the first to set up a venture fund for the craft sector and believe that with at-risk capital, the other elements of a successful venture such as marketing and distribution, design expertise, and a market audience, will fall into place.

Nikhil Chaudhary is the founder and general partner of Nirman Ventures. He is a senior and accomplished professional from San Francisco, USA, and has been in the US for 20 years. He has a background in civil engineering and has founded several award-winning companies in the US. Nirman Ventures is a venture fund that focuses on the construction technology ecosystem. The construction industry is worth around 7-8 trillion dollars annually and is expected to become a 14 trillion dollar industry by 2030. 00:29- About Nikhil Choudhary Nikhil Choudhary is a Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist and founding partner of Nirman Ventures (www.nirman.vc), a VC fund focused on construction tech, clean tech, and property tech. Previously, Nikhil has founded several award-winning companies in the United States and has been an angel and real estate investor for over a decade. He has been recognized, felicitated, and awarded countless times, including the Inc500 & Indian Achiever Award - Entrepreneur of the Year.

When speaking with Dave Stevens, one gets the sense of this man's genuine authenticity. He understands that he holds a certain amount of responsibility to set an example for not only the broader disability community but for society at large. He believes that part of his mission is to "break the stereotypes of what it means to be handicapped or disabled." About Dave Stevens and his journey. ·      Dave Stevens is an athlete and a 7-time Emmy Award-winning sports broadcasting professional. · Stevens, a congenital amputee, is the only athlete ever to play college football or minor league baseball without legs. · Stevens played minor league baseball for the St. Paul Saints in 1996. He was a college athlete at Augsburg College, where he played varsity football and baseball and wrestled. · In 2015, Stevens reinvented himself as a motivational speaker. He enjoys being a father to his three sons and continues to touch the souls of others who are different.

Leaders can define workplace cultures that foster the accomplishment of common goals. What are the key attributes that an efficient leader ought to have? Is (s)he was born with such qualities, or can be developed? We have your answers covered in today's episode of “The Brand Called You.” About Tissa Richards Tissa Richards is the CEO, Keynote Speaker, Leadership Expert, Board Facilitator She is a Repeat Software founder and CEO. She is also the Author of the book "No Permission Needed".