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What the HAT!? What the HAT!? - Podcast
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5.0 • 9 Ratings
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We are three friends who met in our engineering undergraduate college catching up with our old friends and acquaintances where each guest has a different journey and different insights that you can learn from. This podcast is for everyone who wants to learn and grow whether it's deciding to start a company, doing a side hustle with your 9-to-5 job, going abroad for further studies, choosing a college for your Masters or MBA, living a sustainably fit life, running a family business, or being happy. We talk about a lot of things!
Extraordinary insights from not so ordinary people.
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WTH S3E5 | Gaurav Singh Talks About 321 Education Foundation, Education In India, Leadership, And Creating A Strong Firm Culture
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About the guest:
Gaurav Singh is a social entrepreneur who founded & led 321 Education foundation for 10 years. In that period 321 Foundation impacted 1 lakh+ students, 30,000 teachers and 1000 schools and an independent evaluation found that in just 1 year, 321 was improving student learning by 4 times. For his work, Gaurav was awarded the prestigious Ashoka & Echoing Green fellowships. He was also the first fellow recruited in the first batch of Teach for India.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gauravsingh961
Harsh Swaminarayan’s Episode: https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com/harsh-swaminarayan-talks-about-a-career-in-education-mental-models-and-how-to-be-a-constant-learner-27/
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Gaurav’s journey from Accenture to the education industry
06:13 - 321 Education Foundation
12:33 - challenges seen by 321 Education Foundation
23:47 - why curriculum needs to be relatable for students
24:34 - Learnings from Teach For India
28:32 - Culture @ 321 Education Foundation
32:57 - Good culture in an organization is important
35:00 - how do you integrate good culture in your organization
40:55 - framework for problem solving
50:30 - stepping into a leadership role
57:19 - Top 3
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About What the HAT!?
This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more.
Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: www.whatthehatpodcast.com
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WTH S3E4 | Tumul Buch on Co-Founding Stupid Sid, Entrepreneurship, Best Country to Pursue Higher Studies
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About the guest:
Tumul Buch, co-founder of Yocket – the largest study abroad community
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:15 - Stupid Sid
10:00 - Yocket
14:20 - Key Decisions as an entrepreneurial
15:50 - Yocket Premium
17:50 - Using Algorithms to Select Universities
19:55 - Surviving the Pandemic
21:35 - Advice to Teenage-self
22:00 - Best place for Doing Masters
23:30 - Bootstrapping vs VC Funding
25:50 - Learnings from entrepreneurship
28:50 - Overcoming Setbacks
30:30 - Top 3
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About What the HAT!?
This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more. We will also talk with our incredible guests in this podcast about productivity, leadership, management, careers, entrepreneurship, spirituality, and a lot more. On this podcast, we discuss everything and anything that will help us live a better life. Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: www.whatthehatpodcast.com
About the Hosts: Hiloni Punatar, Atit Kothari, Tapan Desai - https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com/about-us/
Hiloni Punatar - https://webshakers.in/
Atit Kothari - https://kothariatit.com/
Tapan Desai - https://tapandesai.com
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Listen to What the HAT!? on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/what-the-hat/id1513959425
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Books:
Zero to one
Never Split the Difference
Thinking fast and slow -
WTH S3E3 | Khyati Mashru Discusses Investing, Personal Finance and Writing Your Money Story
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About the guest:
Khyati is a chartered wealth manager by qualification and Financial Coach by choice. She specializes in discovering the financial DNA of individuals and families. She believes that every family's money story is unique and can be rewritten. She is on a mission to help 10,000 families rewrite their money story.
A successful women entrepreneur, admired leader, speaker, and columnist in the financial service industry with over a decade of experience. Founder & Chief Financial Coach of Plantrich & Vama Plantrich. Winner of “Young Innovator in Finance” by International Women Leaders Forum. Trained over 3K people in Personal Finance.
LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/khyatimashru
Plantrich : https://plantrich.in/
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:19 - Background
02:20 - What is Money Story?
05:00 - Women’s Relationship with Money
09:30 - How to Write your Money Story?
15:30 - Money Pitfalls for Newly Weds
19:20 - Is it better to have Joint Accounts?
25:20 - Building blocks of Personal Finance
26:30 - Importance of Writing a Will
28:00 - Money Tips for Young Adults
30:00 - 50-30-20 Rule
31:00 - Portfolio Allocation
33:00 - Bitcoin? NFTs?
35:00 - How much should you have in Gold
37:00 - Diversifying across Geography
39:15 - LIC !!
42:00 - Investing in Stock Market
45:00 - Current State of FinTech
46:50 - Top 3 Investment
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About What the HAT!?
This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more. We will also talk with our incredible guests in this podcast about productivity, leadership, management, careers, entrepreneurship, spirituality, and a lot more. On this podcast, we discuss everything and anything that will help us live a better life. Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: www.whatthehatpodcast.com
About the Hosts: Hiloni Punatar, Atit Kothari, Tapan Desai - https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com/about-us/
Hiloni Punatar - https://webshakers.in/
Atit Kothari - https://kothariatit.com/
Tapan Desai - https://tapandesai.com -
WTH S3E2 | Dhruv Dewan Discusses Building A SaaS Business And Challenges For An Indian Entrepreneur
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A startup founder by day, dreamer by night; our guest this week is Dhruv Dewan. He is a co-founder at Thrive. Thrive is enabling restaurants to take back control from food delivery aggregators – including not having to share revenue and owning their customer’s data. In this episode, Dhruv shares his expertise and experience with building a SaaS business in the food and beverage industry in India, his failures, challenges, and a lot more.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhruv-dewan-3a5b8354/
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Timestamps:
00:50 - Start of Dhruv’s career in the corporate world
03:00 - HashtagLoyalty and beginning of Dhruv’s first business
08:30 - Building a SaaS business
12:41 - 5 metrics you should look at as a SaaS founder - Ideal Customer Profile, Product Market Fit, Value-Based Pricing, Monthly Revenue Run Rate, Geography
20:00 - Starting Thrive
23:03 - The four verticals of food ordering - Marketplace, Infrastructure, Logistics, Payments
25:43 - Challenges in a competitive market such as an India
28:58 - Co-founder accountability and how to resolve for entrepreneurs
32:00 - OKRs and how to measure key metrics
35:00 - Pivoting to a different geographical location with your business
*37:50 - Advice for college students on what should they work on
42:35 - Corporate world and starting a business
45:19 - Top 3
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About What the HAT!?
This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more.
Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: www.whatthehatpodcast.com
SUBSCRIBE TO WHAT THE HAT!?
Listen to What the HAT!? on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/what-the-hat-podcast
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Listen to What the HAT!? on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/what-the-hat/id1513959425
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WTH S3E1 | Neha Mishra Discusses Leadership Training, Goal Setting, Emotional Intelligence
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About the guest: Neha Mishra is a leadership trainer & a communication coach. She believes that a human mind is directed towards the co-development of others can do wonders for not just self-growth but society. She comes with experience in the field of Marketing & corporate communication for over a decade and for the last 5 years is building her own brand called Epinomi Consulting in the field of training & development.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nehatalks/
Epinomi Consulting: www.epinomi.com
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Timestamps:
01:38 - What is Neha Talks?
03:58 - Epinomy Consulting
04:50 - Training Leadership Skills and Behavioral Skills
06:30 - Strategies for increasing your emotional intelligence
09:40 - Process and methods to improve your emotional intelligence
13:05 - Impostor Syndrome and working through your biases
16:15 - Goal setting for work, life
19:05 - Indian education system and competition over collaboration
20:30- the myth of leadership
22:45 - 3 key learnings on training people in leadership (1. Ability to relearn 2. Agility or adaptability 3. Rediscovering yourself)
27:29 - how do you make leaders?
30:15 - how to be a good manager?
34:05 - Top 3 Recommendations - Ankur Warikoo, Gary V, and One Minute Manager
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About What the HAT!?
This is the podcast for you if you are a young adult or currently pursuing or have completed your education. We will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more. We will also talk with our incredible guests in this podcast about productivity, leadership, management, careers, entrepreneurship, spirituality, and a lot more. On this podcast, we discuss everything and anything that will help us live a better life. Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.
Extraordinary insights from not-so-ordinary people.
Read more about What the HAT!? on the website: www.whatthehatpodcast.com
All streaming platforms: https://linktr.ee/whatthehat
About the Hosts: Hiloni Punatar, Atit Kothari, Tapan Desai - https://www.whatthehatpodcast.com/about-us/
Hiloni Punatar - https://webshakers.in/
Atit Kothari - https://kothariatit.com/
Tapan Desai - https://tapandesai.com
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Season Finale- Hiloni Punatar on Digital Marketing, Negotiations and Managing a Offshore Team | 31
About the guest:
We have Hiloni Punatar with us, award-winning entrepreneur and founder of a Digital Marketing agency WebShakers, who is a Creative Thinker and Marketing strategist transforming the way brands communicate and engage with audiences in the digital space. Armed with a strong background of technology and marketing, she has worked with various global brands across different industries like Future Group, Cipla, One Plus, Realme, IndiaBulls, Saffron Stays, and many more.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilonip/
Key Insights in this Episode:
Managing an offshore team
Tips for becoming a better negotiator
Keeping team motivated
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Timestamps:
[02:00] Transition to US
[04:30] Managing offshore team
[09:00] WebShakers
[10:00] What is digital marketing?
[13:00] How to motivate your team?
[22:00] Dealing with imposter syndrome
[26:40] 3 tips for becoming a better negotiator
[31:00] Future of digital marketing in India
[38:00] Challenges for a women entrepreneur
[44:00] Top 3
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