Shunya One

On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Kiran Menon. Kiran talks about how he started his journey towards Tydy, running Corporate Development for Opera Browser, and lots more. He tells us about how the idea of Tydy came from another product that they had at the time, and doing onboarding automation to offboarding alumni management for some of the corporates and startups globally. Shiladitya, Amit and Kiran also talk about how Tydy works, how the automation works making it completely digital, and much more. Shiladitya and Amit also ask Kiran about what already existed, how much of it is tech solutions vs Tooling solutions, what makes it suitable for large teams, who they sell to and what were some of the problems he came across working with big corporates. Tune in for this and a lot more on this informative chat with Kiran Menon, CEO & Co-Founder of Tydy.Follow Kiran Menon on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiranmenon/https://twitter.com/menon_kiranTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a special episode on Shunya one with Varun Duggirala from Advertising is Dead joining Shiladitya and Amit for a candid chat on the rise of live streaming, social media laws, and D2C branding. They discuss how radio evolved into podcasts that further evolved into platforms like Clubhouse and Twitter spaces, how have the consumption patterns been so far, list their preferences and experiences on the mentioned platforms, etc. Then they go on to talk about the legality of these platforms, copyright issues that might arise, how brands can use them to their advantage, etc. And lastly, they shed light on D2C brands, their pros and cons and list some of their favourites.Follow Varun Duggirala on Instagram & Twitter:https://twitter.com/varunduggihttps://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/ME_PASTEBIN%Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Dhrupad Karwa, Founder & CEO of Inspo, and HaikuJAM. He talks about coming to India from England, having the idea of starting a social writing game where strangers from all around the world write short 3-lined poems called Haikus, and the app was thus named 'HaikuJam'. This idea was created on part of a failed startup in the UK. He also talks about the attention the app started garnering from college fests to journalists reviewing it, realizing that to evolve they have to be serious about technology and invest in natural language processing and working with data scientists just to understand the corpse. He takes us through the journey of launching 'Inspo' and it being the search engine for design inspiration to enrich creative thinking and more. Shiladitya and Amit ask Dhrupad about the analysis on how people showed their creative expressions, what stood out for them in finding insights better than other companies, and how Inspo works. Tune in for this and a lot more.Follow Dhrupad on Instagram & Twitter:https://twitter.com/dhrupadkarwahttps://www.instagram.com/dkarwa/Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Shiladitya and Amit talk to Ravish Agrawal. Ravish talks about his early entrepreneurial stint from his IIT Kanpur days and the struggles that shaped him to be able to start 'Able Jobs'.He also talks about identifying himself as a marketing or a growth person, calling people to teach them sales and then shifting the teaching to WhatsApp, how he ended up answering almost 300 chats every day while teaching people and solving their doubts, why they are going after jobs which are in the salary range of 15-50 thousand per month, why sales is the most important feature in any company and why businesses look after good talent rather than expensive talent. Shiladitya and Amit also ask Ravish about how long the journey has been, if he explores the two sides of the market where he has creators and teachers join him, and more. This and a lot more with Ravish Agrawal, Co-Founder & CEO of Able Jobs.Follow Ravish Agrawal on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravishagrawal/Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every startup initially struggles with capital and eventually with payments. The fintech universe is so diverse and to regulate them such that transactions happen seamlessly, is an entrepreneur's nightmare. Juggling multiple technologies, at the same time keeping consumers happy requires a strong payment infrastructure and that is where companies like YAP come in. Joining Shiladitya and Amit is Madhusudan R who explains the challenges in start-up fintech and how his company has been providing solutions to the same.Follow Madhusudanan R on LinkedIn & Twitter :https://www.linkedin.com/company/yapbym2p/https://twitter.com/onlymadhooTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Amit Lakhotia. Amit Lakhotia talks to us about his early stints from joining MakeMyTrip to working with Paytm, then later starting Park+, and how he came up with the idea for it. He talks about how, after scaling the business for over 4 years, he has seen the startup and the internet boom which has helped to get more ideas out. He discusses e-commerce, how we now have a wallet inside our smartphones, building his company with the goal to make it profitable, going to China and seeing people paying through QR codes and applying the same thing in India by giving it to local businesses and how that is massively taking off. Amit Lakhotia also talks about Uber coming onto Paytm and then doing half a million transactions in a day on Paytm, while Uber's own payment mode say only 5000 transactions in a day, and how Park+ plans to make car parking spaces more digital, be it in malls, corporates or housing societies. This and a lot more in this informative chat with Amit Lakhotia, Founder of Park+.Follow Amit lakhotia on LinkedIn & Twitter :https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitlakhotia/https://twitter.com/amit_lakhotiaTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Logistics is 14% of India's GDP, and transportation around 60-65%. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Md. Imthiaz. Imthiaz talks to us about how he started working for a pizza startup in Chennai, to then selling liquor, to setting up his first hyper-local commerce company in 2010 called Hopper and then later in 2017 starting Raaho. He further tells us about his dad being a trader, cycling for 2.5 km just for the food grain truck to arrive, and lots more. Imthiaz also talks about having 10 trucks at one point to later having only 6 and how most of the customers use trucks as moving warehouses. Shiladitya and Amit also ask Imthiaz about organized and unorganized trucking and the break-up between the market that he has and the larger trucking business. They also discuss how the trucking industry has not changed for 100 years, the dark side of it and how technology can work well in this space. This and a lot more with Md. Imthiaz, Co-Founder & CEO at Raaho.Follow Md. Imthiaz on LinkedIn & Twitter :https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdimthiazhttps://twitter.com/livingondedgeTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here:http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know 13% of India's population still commutes on cycle? On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Aditya Oza to talk about electric bicycles. Aditya talks about meeting the other co-founders during his masters and founding a startup where they started by renting out vehicles (bikes). He talks about manufacturing e-bikes (bicycles) and also working on three models with the range of up to 50-70kms with paddling as an option. Aditya tells us about how India is going to be a 250 million market in electric cycles. Shiladitya and Amit also ask Aditya about why EMotorad opted for a paddle and EV bike rather than a pure EV bike, how difficult it is to manufacture, and the components that EMotorad are innovating on. Aditya also talks about inviting customers into their meetings for reviews and why that has been advantageous in this process. This and a lot more on this informative chat with Aditya Oza, CoFounder and Chief Marketing Officer at EMotorad.Follow Aditya Oza on LinkedIn & Twitter :https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-oza-30356090https://twitter.com/thisisadityaozaTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ensuring deep participation in the financial ecosystem and lowering the barriers to entry - that's what PayPal's mission is all about. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Guru Bhat, who talks about the role PayPal plays in India and how it's helping businesses of all shapes and sizes, and tons more. Guru calls the payments business as a crowded one as there are many players in the market currently. Guru talks about how PayPal has over 377 million customers and counting with 1000 joining them on a daily basis, how PayPal is very efficient in dealing with fraud that may take place over the internet, the global rise of cryptocurrency and what PayPal's plans around crypto are, and lots more. He also shares how every single employee at PayPal has the ability to own stocks. This and so much more with Guru Bhat, VP Customer Success Platform.Logon to PayPal.com and check out their jobs section nowhttp://bit.ly/ppindiajobsFollow Guru Bhatt on LinkedIn & Twitter :https://www.linkedin.com/in/gurubhat/https://twitter.com/_gurubhat_Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know that senior citizens lose their purpose in life after they retire? On Shunya One this week, Hemanshu Jain talks to us about how his parents have been the biggest influence in his life and how his struggles made him make something like Khyaal. Hemanshu speaks on various topics, including getting rejected by every investor in India, the issue that elder people have with loneliness once they retire, the idea behind building something like Khyaal to help solve the primary problems of senior citizens, and then build a product and learn from it, and tons more. Hemanshu also talks about subscriptions for kids living abroad and in India, how it seems like a gift from children to their elder ones and the benefits that they get on buying these subscriptions. Shiladitya and Amit ask Hemanshu about why he is going around a particular age bracket, what specific things he is doing to curb urban loneliness and also what questions he gets asked by kids. This and a lot more with Hemanshu Jain Founder and CEO of KhyaalFollow Hemanshu Jain on LinkedIn & Twitter :https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemanshujain/https://twitter.com/hemanshujainLogon to PayPal.com and check out their jobs section nowhttps://jobsearch.paypal-corp.com/Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.