The Indian Startup Show

Giving a voice to people who don’t have a voice. Today my guest is Meet Singhal. Co-founder of Stamurai. A Mobile app that helps you learn & practice speech therapy exercises for stuttering & stammering. So in this episode he talks about how stuttering controlled his life almost having a breakdown and how he turned it all around by developing this mobile app. Talks about the initial prototype & acquiring his first customers. Which now has 40,000+ installs across 155 countries around the world. Talks about the science and psychology around stuttering. Never ordering food he liked only ones that were easy to say. Dealing with speech therapists. (30% sceptical , 70% encouraging) Talks about the best day so far. What you should and should not do when dealing with a person who stutters and telling his first ever joke! Talks about the subscription based business model . Does music work? - We talk about the headphone scene from the King's Speech! And finally gives great advice about raising finance & finding product market fit. Its an inspiring story and one that will inspire you!

In this conversation we also talk about:

• Traditional speech therapy is expensive
• Growing 15% every month.
• His Initial assumptions - would people use a self-directed product?
• Honey is not the cure for stammering & other quacky myths!
• Speech therapy has not changed for the last 100 years.
• Being a 2x entrepreneur
• Why do people stutter?
• Biggest learning from the initial MVP
• Why his first startup failed (Khan academy for india)
• Being Inspired by Charlie Munger.
• App design challenges.
• ‘Getting rich is never easy in a well formed society’
• How they onboard users.
• Getting help from Prosus, a global consumer internet group.
• Why do products fail?
• ‘It's a hard journey , but filled with meaning’
• Product roadmap - expanding into other speech disorders.

links

https://stamurai.com/

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music by Punch Deck.

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Vivek Bajaj is back on the show! He is co-founder of StockEdge & Elearnmarkets.com. He appeared back in August 2016 (EP39) and since then his app has gone from 50K downloads to 1.5million downloads. And has gone from employing 25 staff to over 140 staff. So in this episode he talks about how they have scaled the operation. Talks about finding great business partners. Thoughts on the current stock market, Common mistakes first time investors make. Shares formulas for investing including the ‘10 10 10’ rule. Talks about his best investments and worst. Why Reliance stock is a ‘buy’. Why he doesn't invest in Bitcoin. Talks about raising finance. Gives great advice for entrepreneurs And finally the most important lesson about money he has learned so far!

in this conversation we talk about:

• Revenue stats so far
• What problem are they solving
• Which product makes most revenue?
• Are they still a startup?
• Dealing with the big losses
• Never comprising on sleep
• Why you shouldn't just look at the price of a stock
• Using you gut/intuition picking stocks
• The importance of interest rates on the stock market
• What is going to happen to the stock market in the next 6 months
• Thoughts on robo advisors
• Why your tech product should always be in 'beta'

And much more!

Links

https://twitter.com/vivbajaj

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music by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

W.V. Raman’s vast experience as a player and coach at the top level will provide wonderful learnings on how to achieve one’s potential in all walks of life. - Sachin Tendulkar. Today I speak with Mr W V Raman - Former test match cricketer , and coach of the indian women's team. We talk about his book The Winning Sixer , leadership lessons to master. He talks about how anyone can be a leader. He talks about building credibility. Biggest mistakes leaders make. He talks about life changing advice from a non-cricketer which led him to break all records in 88-89 season and scoring one of the best knocks overseas by an indian batsman. Talks about dealing with the pressure of playing for India. Nasser Hussain's perceptions on the Indian touring sides in the 1990's and how S.Ganguly changed it. Thoughts on the winner takes all 'mentality' and finally we talk about his current coaching career .

In this conversation we also talk about:

• Dealing with Sledging
• Getting bowled out for 66 in Durban
• Do you have to be selfish to be a top cricketer?
• Going back to school
• Listening to talking ratios
• Talks about underrated Indian cricket players
• How he got his big break as a top order batsman
• Facing a prime Allan Donald!
• Life in the dressing room

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if you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.

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music by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

I catch up with Dr Siddharth Manvati, co-founder of Clear Meat. He came on the podcast last year (EP125) And a lot has changed since we last spoke. He finally talks about the magical moment he finally tasted the first product. He talks about the science behind evaluating taste and smell. The economics of making lab based chicken. Talks about raising finance. Talks about proof of concepts, having 14 sleepless nights , why they are moving from the Indian market to the global markets. When will this be available to the general public? And how they plan to scale the company.

In this conversation we talk about:-

• shifting from the lab to industry.
• Plant based v cell based thoughts
• What does it taste like?
• Why they not ready to start branding yet
• How they hire scientists
• Not being a salesperson
• Thoughts on the China market
• Chicken nuggets chat.
• What does the law say?
• An update on what we will be eating & drinking in 100 years time!

and much More

links

https://www.clearmeat.com/

P.S

if you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.

Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!

https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel

music by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Indians don't pay for news! Well they do and today my guest is Abhinandan Sekhri, co-founder of Newslaundry, a news, current affairs & media analysis organisation. They are building an alternative news model , so in this episode he talks about building this high risk venture. Old media & new media business models. Not being dependent on eyeballs. Find out which newspaper is worth reading. Dealing with Twitter trolls. Govt interference in the news. Thoughts on PM Modi, Arnab Goswami and what kept him going in the early days. And why the 'self made man' is a myth. Finally we talk about his experience of directing/producing Highway On My plate , the award winning travel and food program.

In this conversation we also talk about:

• Subscription stats
• How he got started
• Mistakes made
• The culture of paying for news
• Advice on building your own media company
• What questions would he ask PM Modi
• Working on a piece about the Delhi riots
• Great food experiences & not so great food experiences.
• Podcast recommendations

and much more

links

https://www.newslaundry.com/

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I am producing a brand new indian comedy drama called he 'The Great indian Startup' Check out the first episode now!

Rajeev quits his boring corporate job to start his own venture on comic books with his two friends Veronica and Siddharth. The plot revolves around various issues the entrepreneur faces in starting up - conflicts with girlfriend, family, fundraising, hiring, scaling. Original Scripted Comedy Drama coming soon!

https://soundcloud.com/indianstartupshow/new-updated-version-the-great-indian-startup-ep1