Galata

Episode Notes: Touch it once - only when you are ready to deal with it. if needed tilt the phone and read further to decide but touch only when ready to act upon it. Schedule WhatsApp time in your daily planner/agenda and use it ONLY then. Allow your messages to stack!  Silent all notifications, sounds except for WhatsApp calls. No to WhatsApp first thing in the morning, the last thing in the nigh...

Harsh Pokharna and I discuss how to make apps for Bharath, unusual influencers, cracking Y Combinator, building Trust, killing idea babies and so much more! Resources Mentioned: Lean Startup - How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. Y Combinator PS: Proceeds from the Amazon link above go to my Thick Chocolate Shake Fund. Thanks In advance. Abo...

Vanitha Vr is an India Cricketer. In this interaction, she open's up about speaking the truth, being bullied, developing high pain tolerance, obsessing over sugar, making money as a cricketer and more!    

    About Bijay Gautam: Bijay,is a podcasting mentor, co-founder of WYN Studio and Host of one of the top podcasts in India, The Inspiring TalkHe empowers coaches, trainers, speakers experts and entrepreneurs to build their influence, authority and business using the power of podcasting. Resources mentioned: Books: Naked by Papa CJ The Alabaster Girl by Zan Perrion Blogs Bijay's complete blog: Why...

Vaibhav Khandelwal On How He Co-founded Shadowfax, Gig Economy, LOTR, Reliable Last-Mile Delivery, Power Of Tech, Engineering Pleasant Experiences, Forgotten Frontline Warriors And More! About Vaibhav Khandelwal: He was an all-time school topper. Bagging 100% scholarships throughout his schooling! He pursued his Engineering from IIT Delhi where a chance internship at Adobe changed the course of hi...

#50: Shweta Sastri - How A Successfully Mobilized Donation Drive Will Now Launch A Life Saving 120-bed Oxygen Facility At Canadian International School And MORE! If you can, contribute to the fundraiser here. About Shweta Sastri: She took over a failing international school at 23 and made it completely eco-friendly and truly international. She pursued her BBM from christ College, MSC in investment...

Chakradhar and I discuss consumer first insights, a milk testing palette, delivering on a brand promise, iterating endlessly, revolutionising milk and much more! Resources discussed during the interaction: Movies/Series mentioned: American History X, Matrix, Forbidden Planet, 24,Schindler's List,  Marvel movies, Paths of Glory, Gangs of Wasseypur,  Top 500 - Greatest Movies of All Time! by IMDB. D...

Manjit Kolekar is India's leading mixed martial artist, She is the first Indian female fighter to fight with Brave FC and The Invicta FC, She has also won the reality show SFL Challengers. Instagram: @manjit_s_kolekar21 Facebook  This is a sponsored series in association with Sirona Hygiene. The series features women who are pioneering careers in sports. We discuss their journey, struggles and ins...

Jwala Gutta is an Indian professional badminton player.

About Brishti Brishti Bagchi is en route to becoming the first Indian female footballer to play in Spain. Having her roots from Bangalore, she has played for S.A.I and represented Bangalore United FC in the Indian Women's' League. Also, it is noteworthy that she has graduated from the University of North Texas in the field of Kinesiology and has managed to integrate her learnings into football. Re...

Mahaveer Shiyal is the founder of Megawatts Electric company. He is an ardent follower of the principles of Lord Mahaveer. Has overcome a lot of challenges in his life by following the simple principles of Jainism. For him any religion is not just words or scriptures, It is a way of life. How one lives 24 hours is religion. He has always given top priority to living a life of values and following...

This is a new variation on the podcast - a short experiment. This episode is less than 20 minutes long and just me riffing on starting up, making some galata, shipping work. It's intended to give you ideas for the week or weekend ahead. Please let me know what you think by pinging me on IG/FB/IN (@Puneethsuraana) using #Galatashots What do you like and what don't you like? Would you like more of t...

Nikhil Kamath Co-founder, Zerodha, and I discuss markets, luck, greek philosophy, helpers high, renaissance paintings and so much more! Reach Nikhil on Instagram: @nikhilkamath586 Links to significant resources mentioned in the interaction: Books: Money: Master the Game - 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom  Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders Updated (Indian Reprint) The Courage To Be Dis...

We discuss sharing greed, fortifying tech, democracy, point of inspiration, mass innovation, integrity, and more! Contact Vadiraj: Vadiraj.a@gmail.com    

Shobhit Saxena and I discuss mobility problems, simplifying strategy, unit economics, minimalism and much more!   

This bonus episode features Founders Institute Bangalore. We discuss pre-seed accelerator, Product-founder-market fit, the Corona opportunity, startup framework, idea validation and much more!  Official deadline is Sunday 21 June ... Today! Apply asap to Bangalore to get advantage of early deadline ( $399 instead of $499 ) https://fi.co/apply/Bangalore Female founder fellowship http://fi.co/FFF Re...

We continue our conversation in this episode and talk about turning stalkers into consumers, behind the scenes of partnering with influencers like Ananya Birla, Melvin Lewis and Raftaar, The Tiktok madness, building a millennial obsessed, influencer-driven clothing company and MORE!

Shakeef Khan and I discuss, building a millennial obsessed and influencer-driven clothing company, over-coming stuttering, accomplishing a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign of 8 Lakh rupees, going broke 17 times and bouncing back, why failure is good and more!  

The Interview with Deep Bajaj is EP 25: Get at it and crack it . We discuss about energy vamps, 1000 days of grit, thoughtful solutions for women and more! In This Episode, I Discuss With Deep Bajaj The Truth About My Painful Childhood, Chain Smoking Random Books, Remarkable Experiments On Myself And More! Lets feed 100 families. 1 at a time. Youth For Parivarthan is creating and distributing kits...

Lets feed 100 families. 1 at a time. Youth For Parivarthan is creating and distributing kits. Each kit contains: 2 K Rice 1 Kg Wheat flour 500 gm Toor Dal 500 ml cooking oil 1 packet of Salt 1 packet of chilli powder 1 packet of biscuit Each kit costs Rs. 250/- only.  They take Gpay, Paytm, Phonepe. I urge you to support 1 family today.  Your For Parivarthan Website: https://m.facebook.com/YouthFo...

We discuss racing with a learner's mindset, bouncing back from injuries, transforming frustration, gaining sponsors, grit and MUCH MORE. Golden Galata's from the episode. The worst can’t get any worse then you’ve seen and you can either pickup yourself and go forward or you can sulk about it. . Every traumatizing experience I have, changes me into a better version of me. Motor-biking is a lonely s...

Aniketh Jain joins me to discuss building a worthwhile college project, raising funds from family, bootstrapping, pivoting a business, his love for running and MORE! Link to download the pdf from Zenonco.io and Love heals cancer: http://bit.ly/Zenonco ZenOnco Website: https://zenonco.io/ Love Heals Cancer website: https://lovehealscancer.org/ Reach out Aniketh Jain: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin....

India’s 1st International Triathlete and a qualified CA Pragnya Mohan joins me to discuss her tryst with Triathlon, her ambition for Olympics , struggles and hacks for women, staying focused and winning for India. This is a sponsored series in association with Sirona India. The series features women who are pioneering careers in sports. We discuss their journey, struggles and insights on the field...

PPS: This episode is full of surprises! From crackers bursting in the middle of a normal day to recording in Bangalore traffic! About I Live Simply movement : A unique crowd-funding campaign where the contribution made is not monetarily, rather by pledging a greener and simpler lifestyle changes. As leaders of tomorrow, students’ participation in this movement can have a huge impact on fighting gl...

Join Us As We Discuss With Ankit Agarwal, The Founder Of Dare2Compete On How He To Profitably Build Your Idea Part-time, Unlock Unusual Revenue Models, Challenge Google And Win! About Dare2Compete: Dare2Compete, known as D2C, is the largest student community across domains B-Schools, Engineering Colleges and other graduate colleges with 1 million+ active registrations from across 20,000+ colleges....