The Differentiators

Money will not make money by sitting where it is |Vijetha Shastry|TiE| EntrepreunerJourneys (S2|E1)

Our differentiator for today is Vijetha Shastry, Executive Director at TiE. The mission of TiE is to foster entrepreneurship globally through the 5 pillars of TiE : mentoring, networking and education, funding and incubation. TiE’s focus area is to generate enable the next generation of entrepreneurs.   Vijetha on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijethashastry/   TiE Bengaluru: https://bangalore.tie.org/   Listen on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/differentiators   Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0EuQ33s...   Listen on Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-differe...   Listen on RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-different...   Google Podcasts: https://rb.gy/j1e2n6   Follow Differentiators on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-differentiators/   Video recorded on 27th Mar 2021   Music credits: https://youtu.be/4IC3kYcaguI   Composer: Alexandros Vlastaras Composer: Anouk Hendriks Music Publisher: Featherstone Music Auto-generated by YouTube.   Powered and Supported by : Protoaccel Solutions

We aim to enable a rocketry ecosystem in India | Divyanshu Poddar |S1|E4| (EntrepreneurJourneys)

Our Differentiator is Divyanshu Poddar who is the CEO and Chief Educator at Rockeeter’s research institute. Rocketeers Research Institute is a tech enabled platform providing students with a step by step path to go and become the spacecraft builders of tomorrow irrespective of their location and formal education. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. So, lets hear from him how he is transforming education to a practical playground.

Million face shields in 49 days|Richa Shrivastava (Maker's Asylum) |S1|E3| (Startup Journeys)

Our Differentiator in this episode is Richa Shrivastava who is a Managing Partner at Maker’s Asylum. Maker’s Asylum is a community space focussed on fostering innovation through purpose based learning focussed on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She is graduate from Indian School of Business and in her previous stint she worked with Government of Andhra Pradesh to drive IT investments into the state. She has been particularly instrumental in forging strategic partnerships with the likes of Monetary Authority of Singapore, Visa, Thomson Reuters and 30+ such partners for Fintech Valley Vizag (a sustainable ecosystem created to support the flourishing Fintech industry in India) in the short period since the initiative took off as a state level strategy. She has also been responsible for creating the brand proposition for Fintech Valley and has travelled to most of the global fintech hubs to learn and incorporate the best practices in Vizag.  Richa has also worked in the Indian Telecommunications industry. Her role as the Business Intelligence to the Chief Technology Officer at Idea Cellular involved strategic and analytic support to the leadership of the organisation. She was recognised as the Emerging Professional by the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group for her contribution during the Telecom Spectrum Auctions held by the Government of India in February 2014 & 2015.

Easy Finance for all | Hemanth Kumar (Pontis) | S1 |E2 | (Entrepreneur Journeys)

In this interview we talk to Hemanth Kumar (Entrepreneur and CEO of Pontis (Bridge in Greek)). Pontis (Uber for Cryptofinance) is a DeFi (decentralized finance) solution for centralized cryptocurrency exchanges built by a two-member team based out of Bengaluru. In our conversation with Hemanth, we spoke about his journey as an Entrepreneur and also their utopian vision to bring easy finance to everyone in the world through a completely unconventional approach and how their idea is different from other Entrepreneurial ideas.   They were recently funded by AE Ventures (startup accelerator), an investment company that invests in blockchain startups. Note on DeFi: https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-decentralized-finance-defi-574c68ff43c4 Check out Pontis: https://pontis.finance/   AE Ventures: https://aeventures.io   Teams funded by AE Ventures (Starfleet India) : https://medium.com/ae-ventures/starfleet-india-the-3-winning-teams-2addcd6b177e   Anchor: https://anchor.fm/differentiators   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0EuQ33sFSRPiTFJfUk3QCZ   Google Podcasts: Coming Soon   Apple Podcasts: Coming Soon   Follow Differentiators on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-differentiators   Video recorded on 30th Aug 2020   Please excuse the quality. Recording coincided with the online Chess Olympiad (Internet Outage)   https://www.firstpost.com/sports/online-chess-olympiad-india-russia-declared-joint-winners-after-internet-outage-cloudflare-crash-mar-final-8769661.html   Music credits: https://youtu.be/4IC3kYcaguI  Composer: Alexandros Vlastaras  Composer: Anouk Hendriks  Music Publisher: Featherstone  Music Auto-generated by YouTube.   Powered and Supported by : Protoaccel Solutions

Quantify evaluation of culture fit | Balaji Ramesh (Nordforth) | S1 |E1 | (Entrepreneur Journeys)

In our show "The Differentiators", we talk to achievers from various backgrounds to understand their journeys which will help us unlock key insights and and ideas that will stimulate our learning and growth.   In this interview we talk to Balaji Ramesh, who was nominated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as  “the most influential entrepreneur in Bangalore". Balaji is the founder and CEO of Nordforth which has a vision to provide actionable insights about human behavior and soft skills so that people can upgrade to the best version of themselves. Nordforth Website: https://www.nordforth.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=xtRJ_IiF5sQ&event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nordforth.com%2F&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEtLNm14aHA2NGlTcVVuTHNDdFZSNmFyY1RJd3xBQ3Jtc0tsWldSX1Q0eTloV09PUUhwZ0UyalRoOHBqUXNXbzRsc2NIZDFvZWxrVGs0ZVE5QzBIN1BtVW14cmU1TnVyNUZxNTA5eUFMUVdnaUJmTzRFbVNHNHU4OHNzWTdsVk1LS2tyekJNQWZiMVBMS0I4cTRMYw%3D%3D]  Balaji Ramesh on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmVW... [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmVWBnMjUJZ60Adcu5i6YEA]  Balaji Ramesh on LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/balajiramesh1 [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=xtRJ_IiF5sQ&event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fin.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fbalajiramesh1&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXlTWjVpanRKQ0N4OGJuUEdnM09NSWhiZ1FSQXxBQ3Jtc0trMTdIaDBNOWlMbzhvZjJfQy1OZEdIa0RYRTFuS2JNLThVRm1oSDU0VG9SWlpLbThZOVd1Q2k3Nm5WelpCbl9WZUtRdTNKckpDQU55QVMtYUlfQzZ5MWQwM3l5bDFDTTFURGhwWUZxdGMwSEEyWEMzRQ%3D%3D]  Follow Differentiators on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=xtRJ_IiF5sQ&event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fthe-differentiators&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1JKVjctZnNLdUk0dlQyR24tWlMydHMxbFo0QXxBQ3Jtc0ttYkVsYVAyLVBXUFpMTnBmTkJUMjNSa1NaM1E3WGI0bFpNSzdfbWEwYU4yT2hwdFBubzNKOG9DbWRZQnF5TWlwN0U4UHJaWUVlcnNHOUZTTnJMNGtWTWk3UXNELWw4Q0plb01IQkN2LWd2RWlURzhlRQ%3D%3D]  Aditya on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-ch... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=xtRJ_IiF5sQ&event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Faditya-chayapathy-1a38b1b0%2F&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFd6Zzlxbk15aHhsUmJWUjRCMThMNDBJM3Zhd3xBQ3Jtc0trbVl5VDJYNTRSSjdvZWZ0QUxaSlkyQmw3d0U4WmJxQTZ0YmtrM3R4VkpDdngxQ3pMemRDSjJmLVFkbk9yVGlZM3NsSHdFMGZnR1ZyVzBnemd0cjY2ejJtRmhuQjhYRG5IRHR0enRaVDYxY3ZfVUxYbw%3D%3D]  Yashus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yashusg/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=xtRJ_IiF5sQ&event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fyashusg%2F&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa05zUFY3cE9xeU1xaVZXVDBkRFhNeHJCUm1LQXxBQ3Jtc0treFpJQXFhZTRXSFYwVC1pNVIwRFowZklIY0NWd0R2TXB0Q1A3TFNPSzUxdlhPbzF6UHhPakYyb2k1YVMzb3FRei10TVN4X2Z6RlE2bDBUa1FFSE5Pb0ZvaFZ4QlY2VTVQa2p5MXNwTnlsQUp0MjBWYw%3D%3D]  Video recorded on 16th Aug 2020   Video Edited and Logo Created by : Protoaccel Solutions   Music credits: https://youtu.be/4IC3kYcaguI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IC3kYcaguI] Composer: Alexandros Vlastaras  Composer: Anouk Hendriks  Music Publisher: Featherstone  Music Auto-generated by YouTube.