An Effort Story

Anjali Vemala

Are you interested in starting a business? But not sure of where to get advice from? Come join me! While I interview many entrepreneurs and help you get tips and advice on everything that is needed to start a business and continue your journey as an entrepreneur. Each episode covers various challenges and endeavors faced by many entrepreneurs in different industries.

  1. 12/13/2021

    What is Design Thinking and why every business needs it? ft. Deepa Bachu | An Effort Story 19

    Today on the show, we have with us an Entrepreneur Ms. Deepa Bachu Co-founder and CEO at Pensaar design. Having more than 2 decades of experience in Design and Product development, she talks about what is design thinking, and why every business needs this. She also shares a few examples of design thinking and how big companies like Amazon, Airbnb uses design thinking to understand their customers and serve them better. We also discussed the challenges, who must implement design thinking, and the basic requirements. If you’re someone who is running a business or planning to start a business, this podcast gives you the answer to why you’ve to use design thinking and how you can implement it as an entrepreneur. Tune in to listen to the entire conversation. Comment or leave us an audio message and let us know what you loved the most in the podcast.

    What is Design Thinking and why every business needs it? ft. Deepa Bachu | An Effort Story 19

  2. 11/03/2021

    Want to grow your startup with $0 paid marketing? Watch this ft. Karthik Sridharan | An Effort Story 18

    Today on the show, we have an Entrepreneur Mr. Karthik Sridharan sharing his startup story, and has been sharing all his hard-earned lessons on Twitter and helping many to understand about the startup in every aspect starting from idea, to marketing, to finding customers and more. Karthik is a co-founder and CEO at flexiple.com which he started along with his friends and bootstrapped it completely without investing a single dollar in paid marketing. In this episode, we've spoken about his journey from being a job holder to getting into IIM Ahmedabad for his education and then becoming an entrepreneur.  He has shared his knowledge on finding his first clients from cold emailing to getting inbound leads within 1 year. Karthik Says, 1. Studying in a good engineering school 2. Working at a reputed Investment Bank 3. Getting an MBA from a top B-school I achieved societal success. My second life began when I realized chasing societal success is NOT the same as seeking happiness. "Your career is supposed to support your life but your life is not supposed to support your career" - Karthik Want to build a startup from scratch? This episode will help you do that. To all the aspiring entrepreneurs out there, this one is for you. Tune in to listen to the complete episode.

  3. 10/27/2021

    How this entrepreneur is trying to make India trade on their opinions? | Story of Sachin Gupta @Probo.in

    This episode covers the story of an Entrepreneur who quit his job for building a startup that has been backed today by big investors like Sequoia, Elevation and also has top business leaders like Kunal Shah (Cred, Founder), Kunal Bahl (CEO) & Rohit Bansal (Co-founder) at Snapdeal as Advisors. In this conversation Mr. Sachin Gupta Co-founder at Probo.in talks about his startup journey and also shares his lessons learned while building Probo.in 00:50 Introduction 12:42 Start of Probo.in 23:02 How to hire productively 25:11 Pros and Cons of having Co-founder 27:32 Approaching Investors 30:19 How does sharing startup idea with others helps you move further 32:42  Marketing Strategies at Probo.in 36:45 Learnings of Time management 38:19 Managing personal finances 39:55 Handling challenges 41:17 Rapid Fire 41:52 Final Advice for listeners 43:02 Tips for aspiring entrepreneurs who is planning to build a startup

  4. 09/24/2021

    How this entrepreneur has delivered the revenue of USD 500K to his clients within the first year of operation | An Effort Story | EP-16

    The biggest challenge for any business is to gain the trust of the clients in the early stages. But, here's a story of an Entrepreneur who has delivered the revenue of USD 500K to his clients within the first year of operation. Listen to the conversation of Mr. Sushant Pande who is an Entrepreneur, a certified Six Sigma black belt holder, and currently working as a Co-founder at EasyProblemSolving. In this episode, Mr. Sushant talks about his entrepreneurial journey, the marketing strategy that works well in the initial years of any business, and also shares few lessons that he learned from his failed startup.

    How this entrepreneur has delivered the revenue of USD 500K to his clients within the first year of operation | An Effort Story | EP-16

  5. 09/20/2021

    How a student took an opportunity of his college to become an Entrepreneur? EP-15 | An Effort Story

    If you're dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur as a student, then the best way is to start from your college.  Here is one such story of an entrepreneur who didn't go to college just for academics but to follow his dreams. Tune in to listen to the entire conversation of Mr. Atul Kumar who is Co-founder and CEO at Cuvette Tech who has taken an opportunity of his college to become an entrepreneur.

  6. 09/03/2021

    An Entrepreneurial story of a mother and a son who built a Health and Nutrition company | An Effort Story | EP-14

    A Young man who quit his CA career and a high-paying job in MNC to help his mother in a health and nutrition company that was built by her at the age of 42. In this conversation, Sahil Jain who is a Co-founder and CEO at MightyMillets talks about their startup journey and shares the common challenges that have been faced by every entrepreneur in Health and Nutrition industry. He also shares the lessons that he has learned the hard way and gives advice on how one can learn things and adapt in the business even coming from no business background. Tune in to listen to this entire conversation and grab some insights for your start-up today!

    An Entrepreneurial story of a mother and a son who built a Health and Nutrition company | An Effort Story | EP-14

  7. 08/29/2021

    Entrepreneurial journey of two friends who turned to be Co-Founders | An Effort Story | EP-13

    Journey of two friends Mr. Raghib Khan and Mr. Faisal Abbas (Co-founders at RnF technologies) who quit their high-paying jobs to pursue their dream of becoming entrepreneurs. In this conversation, Faisal and Raghib share their entrepreneurial journey from being Friends to Co-founders and also explained few reasons on why most startups fail in the early stages. Tune in to listen to this insightful conversation and get some insights for your startup today!

    Entrepreneurial journey of two friends who turned to be Co-Founders | An Effort Story | EP-13

  8. 08/25/2021

    A woman entrepreneur who simplified the process of looking attractive with her unique beauty products | An Effort Story EP-12

    A pharmacist who turned to a retailer to an Entrepreneur.  In this episode, Ms. Harini Reddy shares her entrepreneurial story and the challenges she has encountered on her way to build a unique and simplified healthy and Ayurvedic beauty product. She also talks about some reasons for many startups to fail in the skin care industry. Tune in to listen to the entire conversation with Ms. Harini Reddy Founder & Managing Director at La'vedics

    A woman entrepreneur who simplified the process of looking attractive with her unique beauty products | An Effort Story EP-12
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Are you interested in starting a business? But not sure of where to get advice from? Come join me! While I interview many entrepreneurs and help you get tips and advice on everything that is needed to start a business and continue your journey as an entrepreneur. Each episode covers various challenges and endeavors faced by many entrepreneurs in different industries.

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  • Creator
    Anjali Vemala
  • Years Active
    2021
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Anjali Vemala
  • Show Website
    An Effort Story