"Purpose beyond Profit" with Ankur Jadav Ankur Jadav

How does someone without any technical background start a successful venture in e-waste management? Ankur Jadav speaks to Karan Thakkar, Founder and CEO, The Recycling Company (‘THRECO) to find out.

Karan Thakkar talks about his motivation to start his entrepreneurial journey in e-waste management, how he taught himself about the subject, key challenges he faced and lessons for budding social entrepreneurs.

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1:45 minutes - Motivation for starting an e-waste recycling company

6:57 minutes - Entrepreneurship demands courage and some foolishness to take the dive!

8:34 minutes - Researching a new field of business and insights into the Indian recycling industry.

14:58 minutes - Awareness of e-waste management across the globe.

17:15 minutes - Key challenges and how Karan faced it. (where to begin, educating customers, building a team

24:04 minutes - 3 traits of entrepreneurship (purpose, passion and perseverance)

25:52 minutes - An example in perseverance - Fundraising

31:30 minutes - Message to budding entrepreneurs

34:00 minutes - Thank you!

To know more about THRECO, visit THRECO and follow Karan Thakkar at https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanthakkar/

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Ankur Jadav

Purpose Beyond Profit

Ankur Jadav introduces the listeners to 'Purpose beyond profit', a podcast where he interviews social entrepreneurs and change-makers who are transforming the society. Understand how these entrepreneurs dealt with challenges, kept moving forward and made a groundbreaking impact in society.

In this episode, I speak to Santosh Parulekar, CEO of Pipal Tree Ventures who has already given employment to more than 50,000 rural youth and increase this number many fold in the coming years.

In this episode, you will know:


His key motivations to work for the rural youth of India despite having a cosy job in the banking industry.

What were the key challenges that he faced while setting up Pipal Tree Foundation and how did you overcome them?

What are the 3 key personality traits when you work in the social impact sector?

His message to the Indian youth about maintaining work-life balance and contributing to society.


To know more about Pipal Tree Ventures, visit www.pipaltreeventures.com

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