Research Labs Podcast by SundayPyjamas

When you're building a global startup, you know that you are not just getting into creating the product or understanding your customers. It's much more than that. Focusing on cross-border banking challenges in India, we go through the various hurdles and possible solutions that founders face while dealing with international payments.  Salt is a B2B cross-border payment & compliance platfo...

For those of you looking to break into UX and product design right after grad school, it's time to tune into this light-hearted conversation to get a fresh eye perspective on the product design career path. Anna shares some key takeaways from her time, previously at IBM and currently at Coinbase. Apart from that,  she also opens up about how she thinks about pursuing her passion in illustrati...

In this conversation, Priya shares her adventurous journey so far and inspires us to fall back on our bravest moments to keep expanding our potential. While enjoying working on product strategy and innovation, she shares how she works with her teams and customers, with various products like Microsoft Surface and Windows Hello.    ...  Featured Guest: Priya Ravinder, Senior Product S...

The way products are built has evolved a lot since the 2000s. Jason takes us on a quick tour down the memory lane on the evolution of product design, the tools and frameworks in use. He also shares his journey at LinkedIn, and how his team contributes to the product which has empowered and enabled many of us in our professional lives. ... Featured Guest: Jason Frasier, Principal Product Designer,...

It is one thing to know yourself and another to put your deepest beliefs and desires into action. Manifest your dreams into reality by aligning your mindset and actions with your vibrational frequency. ⚡   ...   Featured Guest: Rita Roushdy, Manifestation Coach, Abundance on Demand   ... Discover more episodes: sundaypyjamas.com/podcast   ...   Credits:   Designed by...

Getting started with web 3 can seem like an uphill battle, but it doesn't have to be. Turns out, if you are already a part of web 1 or web 2, it's easy to transition and embrace web 3 in your workflows. If you're not, there are ways to get started right away too. Let's understand what the web 3 ecosystem is all about.   Featured Guest: Dany Tulumidis, Web 3 / Web Developer   ... Credits:...

There are times when you feel out of touch, when you sense your unproductivity at work, and when you're not so in control of your time. Then maybe it's about time to consider reassessing and rethinking the way you organize your time and get work done. Through her book, Kris helps us understand how we can get more of our time back while also accomplishing our daily goals. ... Featured Guest: Kris W...

Building a profitable business and creating a brand in the consumer markets can sound daunting. Chad set out on this adventure with his pet supplies e-commerce brand which he has now sold and exited at 7-figures.    ...   Featured Guest: Chad Maghielse - Investor, Entrepreneur, Business Owner, Maghielse LLC   ...   Credits: Designed by the Research Labs Platform Produced b...

Making sense of all the data in your business can be overwhelming, and you might need to go beyond the data visualizations and fancy charts to get those insights. Business intelligence is more than the tools that facilitate it and when done right can help you make accurate predictions and deploy data-driven decisions. ... Featured Guest: Dr Jonathan Fowler, Founder & CEO, Logicle Analytic...

Clean technologies to produce energy have been around for a while now. With a bird's eye view, we cover different technologies like solar, batteries, hybrid systems and green hydrogen. Some of these for instance, solar and EV, have seem to become mainstream now although the infrastructure that viably supports it has a lot of catching up to do.  ... Featured Guest: Dwij Vaishnav, Senior Engine...

Ever wondered how the universe was created? Discoveries like the Big Bang have a story in themselves and the people behind uncovering it are an integral part of it since they brought those theories to the world. In his latest book, Ron shares a fictionalised version of that story and discusses some of these insights in this episode. ... Featured Guest: Ron Voller, Author & Producer Books:...

Marketing for crypto and web 3.0 looks a lot different today than traditional marketing and the way marketing efforts in web 2.0 were led. In this episode, Yaseen helps us understand these differences while also giving us a sneak peek into the daily life of a CMO. ... Featured Guest: Yaseen Ghazal, CMO, Mercurian Crypto Technologies ... Credits: Designed by the Research Labs Platform Produced by S...

During an interview, communicating the value you can bring to the table is the most impactful aspect of the hiring process. With a focus on tech interviews, Marco helps understand the nuances and how to better perform in your interview calls which can lead to your next role in tech.  ... Featured Guest: Marco Yim, Founder and Communications Training Expert, Extempra ... Credits: Designed by t...

Leading a thoughtful life makes it enjoyable. A meaningful life is one where each day you wake up with new energy, fresh ideas and enthusiasm. In this episode, Ken shares his thoughts on building a family, organizing your work around your life, and finally shares some of his fun adventure trips across the world. Having built multiple businesses, he shares his lessons on pursuing ideas and the chal...

How to achieve your 1-year marketing goals in 1 day? Not just in principle, but in reality. It starts with truly focusing your thoughts and efforts on what you desire to achieve and then working head-on towards it. Elizabeth and Prathamesh discuss the fundamental elements in growing your business, understanding yourself and getting to where you truly want to be. ... Featured Guest: Elizabeth Pampa...

Know that your financial future is in your control. Ron, a financial mentor at SCORE.org, advises that by acknowledging your current reality, anyone has the chance to apply timeless financial concepts and leverage new opportunities to build wealth and a financially secure future for themselves. ... Featured Guest: Ron Harris CEO, Financial Educator and Consultant Financial Literacy Group ... Credi...

It has never been more crucial to be wary of cyber attacks and everyone needs to be careful about their online privacy, be it companies, individuals, or governments. With 95% of cybersecurity breaches being caused by human error, bad actors deploy social engineering tactics to first hack people and then systems. Understand ways to be cautious and conscious of your online as well as offline activit...

While listening to this candid conversation between Oskar and Prathamesh, you will find out what goes behind building something people want. Particularly, the challenges faced by SaaS companies and how product teams balance or sometimes juggle between product design, user feedback, and market research. After sharing thoughts and observations on culture, the chat steers towards a new product being...

Digital artists and creators are now making use of blockchain platforms to showcase, sell or buy original artwork in the form of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Through this fun conversation with Lane, you can discover ways to get started, understand more about the mindset, and how the NFT space is moving ahead.   ...  Featured Guest: Lane, Digital Artist, Lane Digital Art  ... Rea...

Students, teachers, and educational institutions all around the world, had to make a move abruptly into online learning platforms and methods owing to the onset of Covid-19. A year into the pandemic, a chat with Dr. Siddhartha, who is a Professor at Ahmedabad University shows how much remote learning, teaching, and education have evolved, and what might be the challenges that still prevail. ...

In this conversation with Kaivalya, we uncover how data centers are operated, the evolution into serverless computing, and interestingly, let's find out how we end up using a part of a data center (or the cloud) each time we make use of any internet service.  Featured Guest: Kaivalya Shah, Cloud Consultant ... Read the Conversation: https://sundaypyjamas.com/episode/how-data-centers-work ...&...

Ever thought about how Netflix manages to stream so many of your favorite movies with you? Kaivalya and Prathamesh discuss their journey together, share one of Kaivalya's interesting AI projects, and finally would be answering the Netflix question for us.   Featured Guest: Kaivalya Shah, Cloud Consultant ... Read the Conversation: https://sundaypyjamas.com/episode/cloud-computing ...&nbs...

Sometimes, it so happens in the course of your professional career that you require a transition, a shift from your comfort zone, to learn something new, to take up a new responsibility, a new role: all to eventually become a better leader. As daunting as it can be, we discover ways with Nikki to make adapting ourselves to new mind spaces and new workplaces a smooth ride.   Featured Gues...

Taking an idea to scale or turning it into reality, oftentimes requires startup teams to think about funding.  It becomes crucial for startup founders to learn to build trust with their investors, understand the investor's perspective, and get the foundation of this financial strategy right by working closely either with on-demand executives or full-time executives.  Featured Guest: Neil...

The hospitality industry amongst others has seen a major shake-up during and post the pandemic, making it important to redefine the customer experience strategy for every business. Nadia discusses with us how teams can identify their unique voice,  strategize every point in their customer journey, and determine what really makes customers happy.  Featured Guest: Nadia Pendleton, Hospital...