E09: Apoorv Mangalam - Founder & CEO at GODS - India's Leading Outdoor Gear Brand

E09: Apoorv Mangalam - Founder & CEO at GODS - India's Leading Outdoor Gear Brand

Discussion with Apoorv on all things biking, startups and design thinking.  Spoke about finding your IKIGAI, counter-intuitive idea of not relying on user feedback as a design first company, challenges of 3rd part manufacturing and finally on the threat of counterfeiting & how good patent laws help with innovation. Find Apoorv here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/apoorvmangalam/ Find RoadGods here - https://www.roadgods.com/

E08: Bhuman Dani - Founder at TGL & WickedGud

Join us as we pick Bhuman's brain on the why he decided to startup after being a consultant at BCG and INSEAD, how he managed to raise funds from 17 investors in a pre-seed round, how do you create a market for high quality products and how he came up with a classy yet minimalistic design for TGL. Additionally we speak about the movies that's inspired him and the most common mistake that he's seen founders make. Find Bhuman here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhuman-dani/ Find WickedGud here - https://wickedgud.com/

E07: Akshay Pai - Nutrova (India's leading nutraceutical brand)

Join us as we pick Akshay's brain on the opportunity in the health & fitness segment, growth of nutraceuticals space in India, dealing with failures while coming up with breakthrough products and the process from ideation to product launch. Additionally we speak about how the big pharma and FMCG players are entering the nutraceuticals space in big time. Find Akshay here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshay-pai-5a59ab15/ Find Nutrova here - https://nutrova.com/pages/about-us

E06: Arman Sood - Sleepy Owl Coffee - Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2020 (Asia)

Join us as we pick Arman's brain on how he built a super-successful consumer product brand, insights on how the beverage space is going to evolve, takeaways from growing and in many ways transforming a traditional F&B space and how that led to him being named in Forbes 30U30.  Additionally we delve into how he's created metrics that Sleepy Owl obsessively tracks on a daily basis and tips on recruiting the right people. Find Arman here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/armansood/ Find Sleepy Owl here - https://sleepyowl.co/

E05: Subramanian Chidambaram - Expert on Indic Perspectives in Leadership Studies (Ex-McKinsey)

Subramanian Chidambaram's profile: linkedin.com/in/subramanianchidambaran [https://www.linkedin.com/in/subramanianchidambaran?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BXKUzX%2F6wSlmcmE7FaZp9XA%3D%3D] https://www.youtube.com/user/bcsubbu * Idea about Indian philosophy is that it’s highly esoteric. Does traditional indic wisdom have any relevance for modern management? * Why is going deeper in indic wisdom considered by many as a challenge in corporate growth?  Is that really the case? * Leadership can be divided into two parts - leading oneself and leading others. What does Indian philosophy have to tell us about effectively leading others? * "Thinking brain is the supporting character who imagines it's the hero". How do you ensure that you keep emotions in check and avoid laziness, procrastination, impulsiveness etc.? * How do we avoid nihilism - the idea that nothing matters. Pleasure for the sake of pleasure, success for the sake of success without answering the broader why? * There is always a perceived friction between science and religion - being someone of scientific temperament, how do you reconcile both?