1947 Rise

Mukund Kulashekaran is currently the SVP at Urban Company (valued at $2.1b). Previously he was the CBO at Zomato, which is looking to go public soon and is currently valued at $5.4b. SHOW NOTES Journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) His thought process for making the move back to India (2:25) How did Zomato and later Urban Company come about (3:50) Times when he thought this could be it at Zomato / Urban Company (8:30) Favorite stories at Zomato / Urban Company (8:45) His advice to India-born, US-trained Indians thinking about moving back to India (12:40) Skills that he picked up from his experience in the US that ended up becoming valuable in India (15:50) Those who are thinking about moving back, what skills and experiences they should optimize for (19:35) His favorite failure and the learnings from it (21:35) What were the turning points in his life (24:50) A book that changed his life. what are one to three books that have greatly influenced his life (28:40) What do his friends know him for (32:00) What keeps him going (33:40)

Abhinav Sinha is currently the global COO & CPO at OYO. He launched and built OYO in SEA, UK, US and other foreign geographies. Headquartered in Gurgaon, OYO is the fastest-growing and second-largest hotel chain in the world. OYO is spread across 800 cities in 80 countries. Most recently it was valued at $10 billion. SHOW NOTES Journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:06) His thought process for making the move back to India (4:59) How did OYO come about (7:48) Favorite stories at OYO (17:20) His advise to India-born, US-trained Indians thinking about moving back to India (21:12) Skills that he picked up from his experience in the US that ended up becoming valuable in India (28:10) His favorite failure (31:22) What was the turning point in his life (36:00) A book that changed his life. what are one to three books that have greatly influenced his life (39:22) What keeps him going (42.48) What do his friends know him for (44.45)

It’s a podcast that helps India-born, US-trained Indians get integrated into the Indian tech ecosystem and inspires them to move back to India to build massive tech companies and/or help enable the tech ecosystem. We do this by interviewing India-born, US-trained Indians who have moved back to India and built massive tech companies themselves and/or helped enable the tech ecosystem.