Fill out our brand recall survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6HP2RVB On this episode of Shunya One, the D2C segment continues with Meghna and Pritesh, CEO and COO of brand Juicy Chemistry. They join us all the way from Coimbatore and tell us how the two of them came to know each other, how did the journey of 'Juicy Chemistry' start, and what thought process went into creating their products. They talk about the challenges of production, understanding and maintaining the quality of the product, why there was a lag in the market regarding the ingredients, and making Juicy Chemistry breaking the gap in the Market. Further, they talk about the unique idea of going waterless with the products, why today it's become a trend, and how many months went into researching before putting out the first product in the market. Tune in for this and much more. You can know more about Juicy Chemistry: Website: https://juicychemistry.com LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/juicy-chemistry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chemistry_juicy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juicy_chemistry/?hl=en You can follow Pritesh Asher on social media: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pritesh-asher-5123821a1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megha_pritesh/?hl=en You can follow Megha Asher on social media: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megha-desai-asher-0b38561a/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megha_pritesh/?hl=en You can get in touch with our hosts: Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ ) Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/dMITass ) Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ ) Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit ) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

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Pritesh Asher & Megha Asher On Creating An Organic Personal Care Brand

Fill out our brand recall survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6HP2RVB On the new series of D2C brand on Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit, Founder of Neeman's. Taran talks to us about the origins of Neeman's, why he switched from a data background to building a shoe company and making sustainable shoes which can be worn without socks. Amit asks Taran about how difficult was it to convince people about his idea, how he brought in innovations in to the brands with different ideas and why he wanted to building something which is more value driven and not brand driven. They talk more about the consumer struggle of wearing shoes for hours and coming across merino as a material, why it was a huge step in making footwear from them and what was that game changing adaption. Further, when did this project convert to a real business, what is the tech they are using behind the scenes and how thry are making use of plastic by recycling it to make shoes. Tune in for this and much more. You can know more about Neeman's: Website: https://neemans.com LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neemans Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/neemansofficial/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NeemansOfficial You can follow Taran Chhabra on social media: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taransingh2/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taranchhabra/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/taran451 You can get in touch with our hosts: Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ ) Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/dMITass ) Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ ) Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit ) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Taran Chhabra On Making Comfortable Shoes From Renewable Resources

Fill out our brand recall survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6HP2RVB On Shunya One this week, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Aditya Sharma, Co-founder of The Souled Store. They talk everything about the company, why did he get into the apparel business, how his journey began and what lead to the idea of 'The Souled Store'. Aditya talks to us about how they converted their passion into business back in 2013, why it took them years to learn and perfect how things work. Shiladitya asks Aditya if in all these years they kept the same selling model or did they flip stuff around and how important franchisees are towards 'The Souled Store' model-do they matter or its good to be in an individual place. Further, he tells us how did they start reaching out to all the big franchisees of the world and how was their licensing process. They also talk about what was the difference between them and other brands while perusing the franchisees, how much approval right do the brands have, is it hard to work with them and the story behind their brand name. Tune in for this and much more. You can know more about The Souled Store: Website: https://www.thesouledstore.com LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-souled-store-pvt-ltd-/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesouledstore You can follow Aditya Sharma on social media: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-sharma-33018634/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aditya6589 You can get in touch with our hosts: Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ ) Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/dMITass ) Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ ) Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit ) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Aditya Sharma On Designing Funky Products And Styling India

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit talk to Matt Chitharanjan, Co-Founder at Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters. They talk about the product 'Blue Tokai', how they are building some great stuff and starting the D2C wave for coffee in India. Matt talks to us about his Journey, the idea behind starting a business in a tea loving nation and how did he get investors to invest in them. How did he get from a roaster in his parents' bedroom to cafes and raising their first capital in 2015 and when did they open up to the rest of the coffee market. Amit asks Matt about what is the most popular grind that people buy in India, what does he thinks getting the best flavor in the coffee. Further, they talk about what is the sales like online visive cafes, how are they proportional to each other and how much of the supply chain they own and control or if there are certain contracts with the farms. Tune in for this and much more. You can know more about Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters: Website: https://bluetokaicoffee.com/ LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bluetokaicoffeeroasters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlueTokaiCoffee You can follow Matt Chitharanjan on social media: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mchitharanjan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt_chit/ You can get in touch with our hosts: Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ ) Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/dMITass ) Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ ) Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit ) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Matt Chitharanjan On Making High Quality Coffee More Accessible In India

In the first episode of Our D2C segment on Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Shashank Mehta, Founder & CEO at The Whole Truth Foods. They talk about how the brand was born digitally and what was it named initially. Shashank tells us about his journey, when did the startup bug hit him first, the motivation behind building 'The Whole Truth Foods' and what hardships he had to face in terms of getting the product into the market. Shashank talks about how they can expand the shelf life of their products, what does he expect from retail and online businesses in the next five years, why he is not considering quick commerce. Further, they talk about how the subscription model is working for them; what kind of nutrition bars they are working on getting into the targeted markets, and the story behind a celebrity sending his staff to collect the product at their warehouse. Tune in for this and much more. You can know more about The Whole Truth Foods: Website: https://thewholetruthfoods.com LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thewholetruth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wholetruthfood You can follow Shashank Mehta on social media: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashank-mehta-977925a/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitellectual You can get in touch with our hosts: Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ ) Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/dMITass ) Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ ) Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit ) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Shashank Mehta On Building a Clean and Trusted Food Brand

On Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Vijay Prateik, Founder & CEO at deMITasse Energies. Vijay talks to us about coming from a naval background, his family having huge respect for Science and Technology, and wanting to be an Aero engineer but ending up being an electronic engineer. He tells us about his journey and experience at starting deMITasse Energies back in 2011, from making electric wheelchairs in the earlier days to now building powerplants. Vijay explains what kind of technology and innovation they use in making these powerplants, why thermal energy is more efficient, how did all the science come together and how did he solve a 200-year-old energy efficiency problem. Further, they talk about why many investors don't invest in these kind of Startups and whether he is a technology provider for powerplants or a company that creates captive powerplants for different industries. Tune in for this and much more.You can know more about deMITasse Energies: Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/dEnergies )Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/company/demitasse-energies/)You can follow Vijay Prateik on social media:Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayprateik/?originalSubdomain=in )Twitter: (https://twitter.com/dMITass )You can get in touch with our hosts:Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/dMITass )Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit )You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Vijay Prateik On Designing Engines For Efficient Power Consumption

On Shunya One this week Shilditya and Amit are joined by Divya Jain & Arihant Jain, Co - Founders at Seekho. They talk about the journey of building Seekho, what were the reason behind it and how they plan to solve India's employability. Divya tells us about identifying high demand sector which have massive demand for skilled talent, why they are targeting the age group of 20 - 30 years of age and how they are formatting their content in respective of the targeted age group. Divya and Arihant talk about how the content is made, why they have regional mentors for regional languages and technology and the product that they had have made it possible. Further they talk about how the product works, their vision of building seekho and innovation for the future. Tune in for this and much more.You can know more about Seekho: ( https://seekho.ai )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/Seekho_ai )Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/company/seekho-ai/ )You can follow Divya Jain on social media:Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/divya-jain-7aaba030/ )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/divsjainseekho )You can follow Arihant Jain on social media:Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/arihant-jain-15016b2/ )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/arihantism )You can get in touch with our hosts:Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/shiladitya )Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit )You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Digital Upskilling for India feat. Seekho

This week on #ShunyaOne, Host Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya and Amit Doshi are joined by Suumit Shah, Founder & CEO - Dukaan where they discuss how Dukaan makes the digital experience seamless for small scale businesses and much more! They talk about the origin story of Dukaan and the motivation behind it, the current trends in the eCommerce industry in India. Further, they even chat about the consumer behaviour in physical and online shopping post-pandemic, how Dukaan is unique from its competitors, the working and technical aspects of Dukaan. All this and much more!Team IVM Podcasts wishes you a very Happy New Year :)You can know more about Dukaan: ( https://mydukaan.io/ )Facebook: ( https://www.facebook.com/mydukaanapp/ )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/mydukaanapp )Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/company/dukaan/ )You can follow Suumit on social media:Linkedin: ( https://in.linkedin.com/in/suumitshah )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/suumitshah )You can get in touch with our hosts:Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/shiladitya )Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit )You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Suumit Shah on digitizing small scale business in India

This week on #ShunyaOne, Host Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya and Amit Doshi are joined by Sanjeev Barnwal - Founder and CTO - Meesho where they discuss the business as well as the tech side of Meesho and much more! They begin the conversation on the origin story and vision behind Meesho, the current trends in the P2P market, inventory perspective, and the experience of various sellers on the platform. Further, they even chat about why Meesho is unique from other competitors in the market, the logistic side of the business, and much more! You can know more about Meesho: ( https://meesho.com/ )Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/company/meesho/mycompany/ )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/Meesho_Official )Facebook: ( https://www.facebook.com/meeshosupply/ )Instagram: ( https://www.instagram.com/meeshoapp )You can follow Sanjeev on social media:Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjeev-barnwal-4099341b/ )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/barnwalsanjeev )You can get in touch with our hosts:Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/shiladitya )Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit )You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Sanjeev Barnwal of Meesho on unlocking the Indian eCommerce market

This week on #ShunyaOne, Host Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya and Amit Doshi are joined by Viraj Tyagi, CEO at eGov Foundation where they discuss digital governance in India. They initiate the conversation on Viraj's entrepreneurial journey, followed by various trends in the sector and how the eGov foundation has changed the Indian landscape in structuring digital governance. Further, they even chat about the origin story of Government OS and its application in India. All this and much more!You can know more about eGov Foundation: ( https://egov.org.in/ ) You can follow Viraj Tyagi on social media:Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/virajtyagi )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/virajpositive )You can get in touch with our hosts:Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya/ )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/shiladitya )Amit Doshi - Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdoshi/ )Twitter: ( https://mobile.twitter.com/doshiamit )You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Viraj Tyagi on Digital Governance in India

On this episode of Shunya One, Amit and Shiladitya are joined by Alok Goyal, Partner at Stellaris Venture Partners. Shiladitya tells Alok how there haven't featured many Venture Capitalists on Shunya One till date and how it would be interesting to get to know his perspective on the entrepreneurship scene in India. Alok tells us about his journey, his learnings, how he came up with the idea for starting a Venture Capital company, and why he calls himself a SAAS investor. They discuss whether SAAS was his core thesis from day one or was it just for funding, why India as a startup ecosystem had not been established at the time when funding scenario was maturing and India was going through three phases of venture capitalists. Further, Alok shares stories of interesting startups they found, why SAAS will work in India and how has it evolved over time. Tune in for this and much more. Follow Stellaris Venture Partners on all social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stellaris-venture-partners Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stellaris_VP?s=20 Follow Alok Goyal on LinkedIn & Twitter: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alok-goyal-536557 Twitter: https://twitter.com/alokgoyal1971?s=20 Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode. To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Alok Goyal On Backing Fearless Tech Enterprises

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit talk to Rhythm Gupta, Co-Founder & CPO of Easy Eat. They talk about why South-East Asia has a higher participation of women in the hospitality business, why 90% of business comes from Dine-In, and why they wanted to build something in that category. We ask him why Easy Eat is based outside India, and what was the idea behind building a product like this. Rhythm talks about what technology they work with in enabling orders, how food tech is a category where technology was adopted utmost and if he saw South East Asia as an emerging market rather than India, and if the growth has been predictable or the continued pandemic has hit them with a road block. Further, they talk about how do they counter competition, how do they convince restaurants to keep using them, and what further innovations they have done in improving their overall product. Tune in for this and much more. Follow Easy Eat on all social media : Twitter: https://twitter.com/easyeat_ai Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/easyeat.ai/?hl=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/easyeatai/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EasyEatAI/?_rdc=1&_rdr Follow Rhythm Gupta on LinkedIn & Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhythmgupta/?originalSubdomain=in https://twitter.com/irhythmgupta Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode. To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Rhythm Gupta On Digitizing Dine-Ins In South East Asia

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Rohit Manglik, Founder and CEO, EduGorilla. He talks to them about how his journey started, the origin story of the company, and what it offers to users. Rohit explains why the impact matrix was missing even when they had successfully started getting a million people to join them. He highlights the problems they faced and how they made sure that the content reaches the students before their exams, why are the other larger Edu tech players not focusing on a particular sector or series of exams. Further, Rohit talks how is their tech team distributed, and why they have around 1500 apps on the app store. Tune in for this and much more. Follow EduGorilla Linkedin & Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edugorilla-pvt-ltd/ https://twitter.com/edugorilla Follow Rohit Manglik on Linkedin & Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohitmanglik/ https://twitter.com/rohitmanglik Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode. To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Rohit Manglik On Providing Mock Tests for Competitive Exams in Vernacular Languages

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Able Joseph, Founder & CEO of Aisle. They talk about having their office close to some of the biggest start-ups in Bengaluru, how they are the only B2C company that's been around for 7 years, his take on what the market needed at the time, why he started 'Aisle', how it was built, its success story and the tech they use on the platform. They further talk about why venture capitalists were not ready to fuel their investments, innovations being the key in making the product more popular, and tons more. Shiladitya and Amit ask Able about how he got Aisle's user base to grow, what were the things that they did to build trust with their users and what makes Aisle a viable business still. Tune in for this and much more. Follow Aisle on Instagram, Linkedin & Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/aislenetwork/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/aisle/ https://twitter.com/aisleofficial Follow Able Joseph on Linkedin & Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ablejoseph/ https://twitter.com/ablejoseph Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode. To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Able Joseph On Dating With A Purpose

Did you know? 85% of content in gaming is streaming. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Piyush Kumar, Founder and CEO of Rooter. Piyush talks about why gaming will never stop being popular and why gamers produce a lot of content around it. He also shares what Rooter is and how the idea for it came about. They further discuss why the number of people playing games is high in India and if it will grow in the coming years, why the gaming community angle is very strong and how it works. Among other things discussed were professional gaming becoming a thing, if streaming is an important part of upscaling for professionals, why gaming in India is a mobile gaming market, and why anyone launching games in India needs to think 'mobile first' in many categories; the nature of the platform Piyush has built, the technology that they are using, the vision and mission they laid down for Rooter, what's in it for the streamers and how they make money. Tune in for this and much more. Follow Rooter Linkedin & Twitter: https://twitter.com/RooterSports https://www.linkedin.com/company/hello-rooter/ Follow Piyush Kumar on Linkedin & Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/writetopiyush/ https://twitter.com/writetopiyush Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode. To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Piyush Kumar On Game Streaming Being The Biggest Category In India

Every week Shiladitya M. brings together a couple of his techie friends to talk about whats happening in Indian tech. No Gadget reviews.

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