The Indian Startup Show - The Best Bits [Part11]

Trapped indoors by the Storm Ciara & Storm Dennis. I decided to listen back through the archives and put together some of the best bits. So today you will hear from Govinda Upadhyay- Cofounder LEDsafari, Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur - On bringing solar-powered light to students in India., we talk about:-

• Going from one village to the next with a suitcase
• A great example of entrepreneurship in Uganda
• The one child one lamp initiative.
• Grandma & Grandpa thoughts!
• Dealing with the knockbacks
• Interesting story where the name comes from
• Growing up in an army family & changing friends every 3 years.
• Don't build product build solution - Former President of India - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Next up is Venkat Iyer - the author of Moong Over Microchips - Adventures of a techie turned farmer! We talk about:

• Unable to sleep
• Dealing with the silence and the darkness
• Depression
• Russels Viper Snake
• Not knowing anything about farming
• Getting ripped off the first time
• The 4 C’s and 2 P’s of success
• How being project manager helped!
• Taking risks
• Someone interested in buying the movie rights
• Realities of living on a rural farm in India (kids not interested!)

Next the 'The Guru of Giggling' Dr Madan Kataria - Founder of Laughter Yoga Clubs- On why laughter really is the best medicine! Including exercises you can try at home helped me a trapped nerve in my shoulder! We talk about:

• The body not being able to differentiate between fake laughter or real laughter.
• His mother being embarrassed when she found out and how he turned it around.
• Milkshake laughter
• Dealing with shy and inhibited people
• The gibberish workshop!
• Skype laughter club.
• Being a social crusader
• Not having a business brain! but reaching 100 + countries.
• Depression is the No1 sickness in the world
• Acting like a happy person

Last but by no means least - Rajeev Tamhankar founder of TBS Planet a comic & animation startup. He is building the next Indian Superhero Universe!. We talk about:

• Leaving the corporate life
• Attending Comic-Con
• Developing superheroes including Karma & Mother Nature
• Writing his first novel - Get corporate before you get fired!
• Joining an accelerator
• Creating an augmented treasure hunt at Comic-Con
• Dads feedback.
• Getting his first sale
• State of the Indian comic market.
• DC/Aquaman chat.
• Experiment - content development takes time!

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

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