#40 - Salil Bajaj on How to Bootstrap a Small Business in India?

10/17/24 • 53 min

On Episode 40 of #LearningStories, we chat with Salil Bajaj about bootstrapping a small business in India. Salil has over three years of experience in the entrepreneurial world. He previously built a hiring company that achieved a revenue of approximately INR 2 crore within 1/1.5 years, securing deals with notable brands such as Swiggy, Jupiter, Lenskart, and Giant Eagle. Currently, he is focused on becoming a creator, runs Badaam Lessons as growth newsletter and building a newsletter company on a side. You can find him on Linkedin, Twitter and Substack.

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#39 - Hillori Desai Awasthi on Life of an IITIAN in India

On Episode 39 of #LearningStories we chat with Hillori Desai Awasthi. Hillori is from Surat, Gujarat, and studied at Bhulka Bhawan School, a well-known Gujarati medium school. From the 9th grade, she dreamed of joining IIT and started preparing for it in Surat and Kota. She cleared her JEE Advanced and then completed her B.Tech in Biotechnology from IIT Roorkee. Her career began at Microland, an IT MNC in Bangalore, where she worked as a software developer for three years, later taking up roles as a DevOps engineer and project manager. Now, she’s been a senior software engineer for over a year at Floworks, a startup focused on generative AI. With hands-on experience in designing, developing, and deploying SaaS products, Hillori is deeply passionate about how technology can drive transformational change and is motivated to make an impact in the world. When she’s not working, she enjoys reading and traveling, which help fuel her curiosity and creativity. You can find her on Linkedin.

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#41 - Jaikishaan Sharma on How An Accident Changed My Life?

On Episode 41 of #LearningStories, we chat with Jaikishaan Sharma about how an accident changed his life. He is an entrepreneur, digital marketer and mindset coach. He moved to Australia in 2007 and completed a Business Degree from the University of Ballarat. He then acquired 8 years of experience in sales and marketing and became the CEO of a successful Direct Sales Agency in Australia. But in 2015, Jaikishaan hit rock-bottom when he got into an accident and was bound to the wheelchair. With the support of his family he recovered from the accident and then founded Sharmatricks, Dream Chair Club and J’YUG Australia. He is here to share his story and you can find him on Linkedin, Youtube and Instagram.