The Best of The Indian Startup Show - Part 10

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Ganesh Shankar, Co-Founder of FluxGen - On Solving India’s Water Shortage Crisis.

"WHO WILL MARRY YOU!" - Ganesh's mother's reaction to him quitting General Electric & starting his own company! A start-up company based in Bangalore they has developed a low-cost and local Internet of Things (IoT) solution for energy and water management (EWM). So in this podcast we talk about - How he got the idea, how it works, the ups and downs of entrepreneurial life to bootstrapping the company.

We also talk about management styles & why the 14th February is an important date! Nothing to do with Valentine's day! Future of Indian Startups. Stats. The cultural advantages of Indian startups. He also talks about an inspirational cycling adventure from Bangalore to Goa.

Examples of troubles & challenges

Stats so far

Starting the business without a business plan

Can anyone be an Entrepreneur?

What problem are they solving?

Aims and objectives in the next 2 years

How does he keep on top of things

His management styles "You focus on your work, I will focus on your career!"

Life at General Electric

Comparing management styles between Fluxgen & General Electric

Cycling chat!

Next up is Vineet Rajan , Co-Founder of Scout My Trip - On building India's premier do-it-yourself platform for road trips .

When Vineet was 5 years old, his dad shoved him into a car and took him on his first ever road trip! Now he is the co-founder of Scout My Trip, a platform & planner for road trips anywhere in India, they are doing really well. Its a big market 90% of all travel today is by road. 60% of all vacations today are road trips. We talk about how he got 5,000 signups before launching, being part of a tech accelerator, mistakes he has made on the way, to being profitable. We also talk about amazing road trips you can try, His passion for riding his Royal Enfield bike around India and much more.

In this conversation we also talk about:

Stats for far

Meeting his co-founder on the highway

What he calls his Royal Enfield bike!

A key takeaway from being in an accelerator

Trying to be the Uber for travel agents.

Getting people to the website

Can anyone be an entrepreneur?

Iconic road trips in India

Road trips do's and don'ts

What keeps him up a night?

Having a supportive dad

Taking risks

Lessons learned

The dream trip

Bill Gates chat

And finally Mathew Browne, CEO of Kolkata Yoga Club - On bringing Yoga to the masses!

we talk about the difficult first 3 months in his startup journey, marketing tactics, pricing strategies, roadmaps, his management style, getting into the corporate wellness space we also discuss laughter yoga, super brain yoga, desk yoga and some Conor McGregor chat as well and much much more so please enjoy the show!

in this conversation we also talk about:

Stats

Delivering yoga to your home

How they got started

Painting walls to attract customers

No pushy sales!

Who are they targeting?

Popular classes

Thoughts on online yoga apps

Why Yoga?

Dealing with Corporate companies

How big do they want to go with this?

I would like to pay tribute to everyone listening and subscribing to show for the past four years. Without you, this podcast would not have been possible! I’m very grateful.

Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel 

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