Not-So-Common Common Sense

In this podcast, we will discuss how Sachin and Binny, an entrepreneur duo with randomly the same surnames, turned the tide of the eCommerce industry with their platform Flipkart. Sachin loved games and Binny loved the outdoors, but when it came to eCommerce, these opposite individuals shared the same values, and made the greatest Indian eCommerce site ever.

This podcast is about an entrepreneur who when trying to solve a problem for his original startup, developed another mind-blowing startup. Today Xpressbees is the leading logistics business, a unicorn with sky-touching revenue. Learn how its journey was paved.

This podcast is about V.S.S. Mani, a man who couldn't afford a telephone connection, and yet revolutionized what one could do on a call. Justdial was started from an office in a rented garage and today has 131.3 million quarterly new users and over ten million downloads. Learn how it became one of India’s most popular startups and how timing was key.

This podcast is about a young entrepreneur who was not only a dropout but an inexperienced enthusiast who later built his empire to fulfill the accommodation needs of people. This startup journey is full of ups and downs and is a great way to learn how volatile situations can be in the startup world. Today, housing.com is counted as one of the most successful Indian startups.

This podcast is about a young man in a comfy job who chose to switch paths and leave a stable life to become an entrepreneur. He took a risk, and joined hands with 18 co-founders , transforming the insurance market in India. Here’s the story of Policybazaar.

This podcast is about a mother of two and a loving wife living in a foreign country who decided to fly back to her nation India and start an e-commerce company. She had everything, yet she chose to leave the life of comfort for a tough entrepreneurial life. Let’s discuss her reasons for success: focusing on the right metrics.

Groww was founded by four colleagues with an interest in investing. It would confuse them as to why others would not participate in the investment markets and grow their wealth. Find out how they decided to take the jump to leave their comfy jobs and start an investment platform that would change the Indian nation.

Not every belief you hold will be correct. Sometimes your beliefs will be questioned and new decisions will have to be made. Learn about Vedantu’s crossroads with this and how it did a 180 to become an edtech giant.

If you’re lucky one of your only challenges will just be to figure out the name of your startup and the rest will come about smoothly. Unfortunately, nobody is that lucky. Learn about how Bookmyshow changed names more times than you can count and how that was just the beginning of their problems.

What if you could do good and be successful? This is one such story, in which the founders were motivated by making an impactful difference in the lives of ordinary citizens. The Indian healthcare system still has major strides to make, but one success story is PharmEasy. Learn about how it got started, the challenges it faced, and the mantra that it used to become a unicorn.

Learn the story behind a chai obsession worth millions of dollars.

What if BigBasket was formed in the late 90’s? Would it have succeeded? Well, in fact, an earlier version did come out during that time. Find out what happened and more in this episode.

With such a significant population, India has unique challenges it is trying to overcome. One of the biggest problems is India's education quality. Especially when we talk about elementary or middle school, students need the guidance of quality teachers that can facilitate them with all the skills necessary to face global competition. To strengthen India's education system and provide the opportun...

Would you leave it all as a woman in India in a successful corporate career with young children to start your business? And that too in makeup? Learn how Falguni Nayar converted a difficult choice into a successful decision through her billion-dollar e-commerce business Nykaa.

Zoho Corporation is worth about $1.83 billion today – without taking a cent of external investment! Learn how Zoho grew on its own terms and how you can mirror it for your own success.

Undoubtedly the last two decades of technological advancement have put us on the verge of what is perhaps the most massive tech boom to date – the one even greater than the birth of the internet in the 1990s. And so, this begs the most pertinent question – what lessons can a startup learn from the dot-com boom of the late 90s and the crash that followed? In this episode, you will learn the history...

In this podcast, we review the strategy of FirstCry – an Indian startup that identified an untapped market to boost its repeat order by over 400% to carve a niche in the baby-care market. And take cues from their success story to learn how you can choose an untapped market for your next endeavor.

We often forget that success and failure are two sides to the same coin. And so, while we all want to experience success, we can't deny that failures and breakdowns lend us an equally important lesson. On this podcast, we take you beyond the sparkling success of startups. We learn from the failure of Doodhwala – "India's Largest Fresh Milk Delivery App," to understand how the inability to adapt an...

Tesla Motors has transformed how we look at vehicles in 2022. But to get here, they have burned money! In fact, between 2010 to 2017, Tesla had produced a combined net loss of $4.2 billion. Yet in 2022, it remains among the most sought-out ventures across the automobile industry. In this podcast, we evaluate the interesting financial situation of Tesla and take cues from their strategy to learn ho...

If you have a fantastic idea for a startup that can change the world, storytelling will be an essential part to your growth. But that brings us to the fundamental question of what makes an authentic story? And how do you make it? Find out by hearing some of the best storytellers like Steve Jobs and our analysis on the subject.

Wow! Momo was born with: A 200-square-foot kitchen One table Two part-time cooks And ingredients that were taken on credit from a grocery store And today it generates over 1.5 billion dollars in revenue! Learn how a simple idea from simple means changed the face of the Indian foodie scene.

The Indian startup market is in the top three nations in the world based on the number of unicorns or startups with a valuation greater than 1 billion dollars. As a matter of fact, in the year 2021 alone, India added 42 new unicorns, a 5x jump from only 9 Unicorns in 2019. Yet the Covid-19 era is a mere snapshot into the overall growth of the Indian startup ecosystem and overall economy. The large...