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Don't Follow The Leader Noah Martins
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DFTL is a platform through which I, Noah Martins, try to understand the people I refer to as "society's exceptions". I believe that not everyone can create change, and it takes a certain audacity to even think you can do it. With this podcast, I try to understand the creative and decision making processes of game changers. I try to decode how these risk taking, high performers think, and what motivates them.
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What Do Venture Capitalists Do? : Kushal Bhagia | DFTL 14
Kushal Bhagia is a Venture Capitalist and the CEO of First Cheque, an early stage VC firm from India.
In this episode of the podcast, we discuss Kushal's journey, from starting up straight out of college to running his own venture capital firm at 31. He talks about what he looks for in the founders and companies he invests in, what he thinks makes someone a good VC, where he sees the Indian start up ecosystem in 10 years from now, and a lot more. He even gives some really good advice for college kids.
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How to Build a Startup: Akhil Singh | DFTL 13
Akhil Singh is a serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Questt.com
In this episode of the podcast, we primarily discuss Akhil’s journey and learnings as an entrepreneur, starting with Cubito, a cab sharing start up that he started working on while in college, followed by Invol.in, a plug-in for news channels that allowed them to interact with viewers, and then Real Learning, an ed tech start up that evolved into Questt. Given his years of experience, Akhil’s insights are not just thought provoking, but also very well-articulated. Besides some best practices for entrepreneurs, we also discuss his college life at BITS Goa, and he gives some great advice for students currently in college.
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Don't Follow the Leader (DFTL) is a college podcast run by Noah Martins, along with Rayan, Rohan and Gada in an attempt to understand society's exceptions. We interview entrepreneurs, business people, celebrities and academics, and try to understand what makes these people special, and try to decode how they think.
Tags: entrepreneurship, Indian entrepreneurs, bits goa, Akhil singh, questt, start ups, college start ups, advice for college students
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What is Stoa School? : Raj Kunkolienkar and Aditya Kulkarni | DFTL 12
Raj Kunkolienkar and Aditya Kulkarni are the co-founders of Stoa School, an internet based business education university.
In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the process of creating a startup, both from a practical and a philosophical point of view, we discuss the psychology behind India's engineering and MBA craze, and we discuss Raj and Aditya's journey so far building Stoa School.
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Don't Follow the Leader (DFTL) is a college podcast run by Noah, Rayan, Rohan and Gada in an attempt to understand society's exceptions. We interview entrepreneurs, business people, celebrities and academics, and try to understand what makes these people special, and try to decode how they think. -
What is Venture Debt? : Nilesh Kothari | DFTL 11
Nilesh Kothari is the Co Founder and Managing Partner at Trifecta Capital.
Trifecta Capital is India's first venture debt fund. It is a platform focused on providing alternative financing to new age businesses in India, founded by Nilesh and Rahul Khanna in 2014. Before starting Trifecta, Nilesh worked on building Zenta, a data analytics start up, until it's acquisition in 2011 by Accenture. It was Accenture's largest acquisition at that time. Besides this, Nilesh is also a music and movie buff, and a big Pink Floyd fan.
In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the difference between venture debt and venture capital, Nilesh's journey as an entrepreneur, and how he goes about building great businesses, the state of the start up ecosystem in India, and more.
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Don't Follow the Leader (DFTL) is a college podcast run by Noah, Rayan, Rohan and Gada in an attempt to understand society's exceptions. We interview entrepreneurs, business people, celebrities and academics, and try to understand what makes these people special, and try to decode how they think. -
From Hyperloop to Pixxel Satellites : Awais Ahmed | DFTL 10
Awais Ahmed is the Co Founder and CEO of Pixxel, an Indian space technology start up.
Pixxel is building the world's most advanced constellation of earth imaging microsatellites, and revolutionizing the Indian private space sector. They recently also raised a $5 million round of funding. Besides running Pixxel at the age of 22, Awais was also one of the founding members of India's Hyperloop team for Elon Musk's competition.
If you are even mildly interested in space, entrepreneurship, engineering, or even just interesting challenges in general, this is the episode for you. Awais is genuinely one of the most inspiring people I've ever spoken to.
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Don't Follow the Leader (DFTL) is a college podcast run by Noah, Rayan, Rohan and Gada in an attempt to understand society's exceptions. We interview entrepreneurs, business people, celebrities and academics, and try to understand what makes these people special, and try to decode how they think. -
Animation Director For Rick & Morty : Pete Michels | DFTL 9
Pete Michels is an animation director and has worked on The Simpsons, Rick & Morty and Family Guy! He has also directed shows like Rugrats and Rocko's Modern Life for Nickelodeon. Throughout his career, he has worked with platforms and channels like Netflix, Fox TV, Cartoon Network, Disney, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central. He was nominated for an Emmy in 2000. Currently, he is working with Netflix for an upcoming Animated series. In this episode we discuss his journey as an animator, the history of animation, careers in art, some philosophy, and his advice for young artists.
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Don't Follow the Leader (DFTL) is a college podcast run by Noah, Rayan, Rohan and Gada in an attempt to understand society's exceptions. They interview entrepreneurs, business people, celebrities and academics, and try to understand what makes these people special, and try to decode how they think.