The Art of Jugaad

Becoming a Sports Agent In India: Abhishek Sharma

Most people are passionate about something or the other, but very few actually end up turning their passion into a career. Abhishek Sharma, did exactly this. After working at various companies and organisations, including a famous Bollywood star's agency, he realised that his true passion lies in athlete representation. He set out to create his own sports agency, Athletes Today. The only problem, as he quickly discovered, was that it's quite difficult to set up an agency and to establish yourself in the sports industry. After facing many hurdles, losing money, draining all his saving, things took a turn for the worse, when his business partner quit. But Abhishek was determined and convinced that he could make it and grow his business. Within a few months, he turned his fortunes around and become one of India's youngest successful sports agents. He now works with some of the top Athletes, Clubs and Brands from around the world.

Cricketer Mayank Agarwal's Agent on the Indian Sports Industry & how Cricketers make money | The Art of Jugaad 02 - Dhruv Mullick

Dhruv Mullick is an athlete representative with close to 20 years experience in the Indian Sports industry. He started his journey as a cricket journalist with Wisden India and went on to work with some of the top sports management firms in the country before disrupting the athlete representation space.   In this episode, Dhruv talks to us about his journey within the Indian Sports industry, working with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), the Indian Premier League (IPL), Managing Indian Cricketer Mayank Agarwal, his advice for young athletes and aspiring sports agents and why he hates the movie Jerry Maguire. This episode will be extremely valuable for young athletes, aspiring sports agents/sports management professionals, cricket and sports fans.

1. Sleepy Owl Coffee: Arman Sood

Making a business out of coffee in a tea-drinking nation like India and weaning consumers off brands such as Bru and Nescafe is a tough ask.  But Arman Sood, Ajai Thandi and Ashwajeet Singh were up to the task, when they co-founded Sleepy Owl Coffee in 2016 from a two-bedroom apartment in New Delhi, India. Today, Sleepy Owl Coffee is one of the most exciting and fast growing coffee brands in the country and is a pioneer in the Indian Cold Brew Coffee industry. The trio were mentioned in the GQ: 50 Most Influential Young Indians of 2018 and Forbes 30 under 30 lists in 2020.  Arman talks about his entrepreneurial journey - Starting an online party accessory company while in law school - Choosing an alternative career after Law School - How he dealt with failure at an early stage - Co-founding Sleepy Owl Coffee - Working with friends - Maintaining a good work-life balance - Hustling and perfecting the 'Art of Jugaad' - and finally, the importance of storytelling. This episode is sure to inspire and motivate many of you. For more information on Sleepy Owl Coffee visit: https://sleepyowl.co

The Art of Jugaad - Trailer

Are you someone who wants to pursue their dream and build a successful career? Someone who has the audacity to pursue an idea and do something new, but is struggling with the fear of failure? Someone who’s a dreamer who has big ambitions, but lacks the experience? Someone who wants to do something, but doesn’t know how to do it or where to start? The ‘Art of Jugaad Podcast’ has been specifically designed for you. It will feature in depth interviews of some of the most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs, athletes and more. Each episode is structured to follow and trace their journey - how they found their calling, how they executed their ideas, how they navigated the initial growth stages of their careers and how they reached where they are today. The goal here is to shed light and give you insights into success stories, be it in entrepreneurship, sports or life in general and provide you with a blueprint on how to build  something, whether that’s an idea, a career or a business. Each episode will explore and deal with various things that nearly every entrepreneur, personality and athlete face while building their careers or business. From coming up with an idea to figuring out how to execute it. From finding a co-founder to finding and managing resources to achieve their goals. From dealing with failure to figuring out how to scale-up and reach the next level. From self-doubt and unhappiness to feeling good about who they are and what they are contributing to the world. Through this podcast you will get a chance to see how other people have solved problems and how they have achieved success. You will get to learn from other people's mistakes instead of going through them yourself. You will see that the solutions for all your problems, have already been found. Tune in to the ‘Art of Jugaad’ podcast with Pranav and start writing your own success story."