Episode 4: 'Be Yourself' - Tarun Saini, CEO Vidyakul

Episode 4: 'Be Yourself' - Tarun Saini, CEO Vidyakul

Tarun is one of those hustlers who has faced his fears head on and turned it into his strengths. Inability to converse in English or stammering could not deter him, and he became a very successful salesman in Australia.    Mission to democratize education for the people in small towns and villages brought him back to India. He is founder of Vidyakul, a platform which aims to bring quality education in vernacular languages for the people of Bharat.   His mantra for success is - 'Be Yourself'  Catch this hustler in a candid conversation with Team Dexter.   0:55 Early childhood  4:30 How he became a salesman  9:20 Overcoming obstacles  12:15 Seed of entrepreneurship - contracting business  14:00 The journey back to India  17:20 Vidyakul vision  19:30 Zero CAC model  20:50 How to find a tech cofounder  22:10 Key challenges for an entrepreneur    24:25 Impact of Covid on vidyakul  25:25 Dealing with noise  27:45 Sailing through the ups & downs of entrepreneurship  30:40 Rapid Fire

Episode 3: Chase your dreams - Sandeep Senan, Founder BiBox

Sandeep is an innovation evangelist & an educator. He has a special skill, which is building innovative hardware centric products. He is founder of BiBox, which he started back in 2012. BiBox focuses on promoting innovative thinking among children in schools and enabling them to build their own bots.  He has been awarded India's Top 10 Innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review Catch this hustler in a candid conversation with Team Dexter 0:45 Initial Journey of Sandeep "The Innovator" 10:00 Overcoming mindset 'Innovation is Difficult' 12:10 Building Bibox 18:35 Deciding the right approach to move ahead 21:40 Financial Crisis & dealing with challenges 23:00 Managing team during tough times 27:01 Culture Building 28:35 Dealing with the pandemic 32:40 Toughest part of entrepreneurship 35:10 Importance of a good support system 38:00 What does Hustle mean for you 38:30 Rapid-fire round 40:17 Advice to young entrepreneurs

Episode 2: Make ambiguity your friend - Chinmoy Mishra, HooLiv

Chinmoy is a serial entrepreneur who has had a successful exit from his previous venture 'Allizhealth'. Currently Chinmoy is running a student shared living venture named 'Hooliv'. Chinmoy has done his MBA with global management and Strategic planning from the Babson college & has been a recipient of Babson Rising Star Alumni Award & Recipient of Babson Global Student Leadership Award He is also a Graduate Fellow from F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business. Catch him in a candid conversation with Team Dexter Angels [https://www.dexterangels.com] 0.55 Early journey before becoming an entrepreneur 3:25 Importance of an MBA 6.20 Genesis of Allizhealth 8.10 Challenges faced while building Allizhealth 12.25 Setting up culture at Allizhealth 17.50 Experience of building a B2B health-tech startup 22.50 Acquisition experience   26.40 Decision of starting HooLiv 30.10 Challenges of starting up in a red ocean   34.00 Impact of covid on HooLiv 36.57 Role of mentors and support system   40.09 Make ambiguity your best friend 41.35 Thoughts on Blitz scaling   47.50 Rapidfire round 49.45 Parting advice to aspiring entrepreneurs

Episode 1 : Never Give Up - Anuradha Agarwal, Founder MultiBhashi

Anuradha Agarwal is the Founder of MultiBhashi, a simplified Language learning platform for upskilling vernacular speakers in spoken-English as well as refinement of vernacular speakers in their own Indic language usage & associated etiquettes and soft-skills. Catch her in conversation with Team Dexter in the first episode of The Hustle Code.  1:25 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=85s] Anuradha's early background  2:30 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=150s] Genesis of Multibhashi  11:55 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=715s] What does it take to build a great product 14:10 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=850s] Building a stellar team 16:35 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=995s] Mistakes & learnings in 'Hiring'  19:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=1140s] Thoughts on 'Culture' 21:30 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=1290s] Journey as a solo founder 23:25 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=1405s] Role of a mentor  26:50 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=1610s] Fundraise Journey  29:40 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=1780s] What 'Hustle' means to Anuradha  31:35 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=1895s] The turning point  33:25 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU6JhR_L7I&t=2005s] Rapid fire with Anuradha