Newslaundry co-founder Abhinandan Sekhri on building an alternative news model & paying to keep the news free!
08/01/20 • 34 min
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
P,S
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
Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel
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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
P,S
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
Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel
https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2
Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends.
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Music by Punch Deck.
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Yash Pariani - Founder of The Indian Gaming League. On building India’s most popular esports league & the booming indian e-sport scene
The Indian e-sport scene is booming. So today I speak to Yash Pariani co-founder of The Indian Gaming League. IGL is India’s most popular competitive gaming and esports league that hosts gaming tournaments online and they are growing fast! IGL hosts daily online tournaments and battle royales across all your favourite game titles like Call of Duty Mobile, Fortnite, Dota 2, Fifa 20, 8-Ball pool, Clash Royale, Pubg and many more. So in this episode he talks about how he is creating an infrastructure for Indian gamers. Talks about building trust within the community. How demonetisation helped the esports industry in India. Talks about esports as a respectable career.and finally he talks about Steve Jobs, dealing with concerned parents and dealing with cheats!
In this conversation we also talk about:
- Stats so far
- Key learnings as an entrepreneur
- Why Fortnite became a hit game
- What you need to be a top esports player?
- Streaming games
- Esports v traditional sports
- Will it become an Olympic event
- Offline tournaments v online tournaments
- how much can you win?
- Thoughts on starting your own Esports team
- Female E-gamers
- Seeking challenges
links
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
Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel
https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2
Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends.
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Music by Punch Deck.
Next Episode
Where are they now? Dr Siddharth Manvati (Ph.D) Co-Founder of ClearMeat. On building India’s first cell based meat company. Chicken 2.0
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
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
Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel
https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2
Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends.
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Music by Punch Deck.
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