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Hey, It's Puneet! Join me on this utterly, butterly delicious  journey! I have got a fascinating 2-hour episode lined up all about Varghese Kurien, the legend behind India's White Revolution. We'll be flipping through the pages of his book I Too Had a Dream and sharing the juiciest highlights. From his game-changing innovations in the dairy industry to his unwavering commitment to uplifting rural communities, From breaking the back of monopolies to safely treading the political and bureaucratic waters for 50 years,  Kurien's story is packed with inspiration and insight into what makes Indian entrepreneurship tick! So grab a snack, settle in, and get ready for a cozy chat about Kurien's legacy and the spirit of entrepreneurship that continues to shape India's future. Trust me, this is one conversation you won't want to miss!In this episode, I discuss the book called "I Too Had a Dream" by Varghese Kurien and its lessons on Indian entrepreneurship.Buy the book for the full story: I Too Had a Dream by Varghese KurienWhen you buy from the link, you support me with no additional cost to you. :-)Watch Manthan the movie produced by Kaira's farmers. 

In this electrifying episode of Galata, join Puneeth as he sits down with the legendary Peter De Jager, a titan in the world of change management and technology. Together, they dive deep into the intricacies of navigating change, captivating audiences, and crafting compelling presentations.Discover why people leave companies, the real secret behind effective change, and the most crucial question you need to ask when leading change initiatives. Peter reveals his unparalleled techniques for grabbing and holding an audience's attention, debunking the myth of starting with a joke and delving into the fine line between humor and a joke.Uncover the pitfalls of blindly following best practices, learn how to make a lasting impact on stage even as an extreme introvert, and bid farewell to death by PowerPoint with Peter's invaluable insights. From the power and perils of confirmation bias to the essential three letters in change management, this episode is a masterclass in navigating the complexities of modern leadership and communication. Happy Listening and note taking!   

Tune in to the Galata Podcast as we unlock the fascinating story of Indian retail pioneer Kishore Biyani, through his insightful autobiography "This Happened in India." From humble beginnings to building retail empires like Pantaloons and Big Bazaar, Biyani's journey is a testament to innovation and understanding the Indian consumer.Whether you're interested in business, retail, or simply the story of an inspiring individual, this episode is for you! Tune in and be prepared to be captivated by the story of "This Happened in India."Bonus: Share your thoughts on the episode with us on social media! #GalataPodcast #KishoreBiyani #IndianRetailList of books mentioned: Want to buy paperbacks of them all? Here's Kishore Biyani's Book recommendation wish listIt Happened In India: The Story of Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Central and the Great Indian Consumer“I have also read my fair share of autobiographies written by foreign and Indian entrepreneurs. But no book strikes me more than Verghese Kurien's autobiography, I Too Had a Dream. Kurien's story is of a genuine Indian folk hero. Sam Walton : Made In America“ I couldn't help but get inspired by Sam Walton, the iconic founder of the chain. I have learned some of the most enduring lessons of business from a heavily underlined and dog-eared copy of the classic Made in America.”“A book I would like to recommend to everyone is Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It provides a step-by-step framework for living and working, based on some fundamental principles or natural laws.”“Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist and Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingstone Seagull have inspired many of us within the organisation and helped us achieve what others thought impossible”“Another equally motivating book is Anthony Robbins' Awaken the Giant Within. It explores how every human being can live up to their true potential."Further recommended readings:“Among my favourites is Howard Schultz's Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time. Schultz proved that it is simplicity and passion coupled with a spirit of innovation that lies at the root of creating a great consumer experience. There are other equally fascinating books written on retailers like Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank's How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 billion; lngvar Kamprad's Leading By Design: The IKEA Story;and Marvin Traub's Like No Other Store; The Bloomingdale's Legend and Revolution in American Marketing.”“Peters' books, A Passion for Excellence and Re-Imagine are both provocative and inspiring. The thought process with which we are today building our organisation is in fact quite similar to that of Tom Peters.”  

Explore his journey to becoming a content powerhouse, learn his unique creative process, conquer resistance, reflect powerfully, think actively, and embrace the daily grind. Uncover micromanagement secrets, leverage the power of constraints, and ignite your creative spark. Tune in now!

Hey, It’s Puneeth and Welcome to The Galata Podcast. In this episode we have a guest whose vision is reshaping the future of healthcare technology. This episode was recorded live on the vibrant campus of IIM Bangalore during Eximius 2023.As a Y Combinator alum from the Summer 2020 cohort, our guest is on a mission to democratize health insights for a billion people. Leading a dynamic team at MedPiper, he has unlocked the potential of custom Digital Health twins, providing precision health data to insurers, health plans, and digital platforms. With over 12 years of expertise, he spearheads pan-India, consumer-grade health assessments impacting over 10 lakh lives.But his journey goes beyond healthcare. A Startup Leadership Program lead and fellow, a member of the American Economic Association with certifications from Stanford and the London School of Economics.Before MedPiper, he showcased his entrepreneurial flair with a successful exit at Still Alive Media Solutions Private Limited, where he cashed in a whopping 85* Lakhs at the age of 24! Now, as we embark on this insightful conversation, get ready to hear from the visionary mind behind MedPiper Technologies, our guest today is none other than Nitthin Chandran Nair.Here’s Nitthin's journey, recorded live at IIM Bangalore's Eximius 2023, exclusively on The Galata Podcast!

In this episode we discuss the beauty in simplicity, meditating on Indian highways, the fascinating difference between the west and the east, visible scale vs hidden depth and so much more!

We are joined by someone who studied MBBS at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. He served in the Indian Army as a Doctor in multiple counterinsurgencies, high altitude and peace locations for seven years. He became a Major in 2013 but gave it all up..to become a prominent quizzer and quizmaster.As a quizzer, he has won and placed at prestigious open quizzes such as India's Biggest Open quiz, the Landmark Quiz and The Karnataka Quiz Association’s Mahaquizzer and Megawhats, He has been a Six-time winner of the World Quizzing Championship Kerala edition. He is a member of the Bangalore-based quizzing team CIDs From Kerala…He is also passionate about travelling, reading, and footballPlease enjoy Major Chandrakant Nair and my discussion.Contact Major Chandrakanth Nair:Twitter: @reduvid

Sometimes I walk down the aisle of a bookstore and stumble upon a book that draws me in…once I open it, I just can’t keep it back!Maybe it was the bearded gentleman on the cover with a welcoming smile or the outright audacious title or the index. Yes, it was the index that stirred something in me. I thought this man must be crazy! But that’s how I stumbled upon “Let me hijack your mind” at Sapna book house on a chilly Bangalore evening last winter.Very unusual…no? Oh! Wait, there’s more.The book was not easy to read because it made me feel so uncomfortable! Though I felt deeply inspired by Alyque Padamsee‘s extraordinary contributions in so many domains, especially advertising and theatre. The ideas, arguments and questions being asked to me in the book shook my intellectual foundation of everything all at once!Still, this ended up being my most highlighted, scribbled-on-the-margins, messy doodled book.Well, Life sent me a reward when I found out that Vandana Saxena Poria, the coauthor would be speaking in Bangalore so I made sure I attended it. She was a bundle of energy, welcoming and had so much to share. When I went up to her after the talk…we vibed instantly! I did this interview soon after and I am excited to share it with you. Please, enjoy our conversation.Check out the book “Let me hijack your mind: Restart Your Life with Freedom”: https://amzn.to/3TqQo1w Connect with Vandana:LinkedIn: Vandana Saxena PoriaWebsite: vandanasaxenaporia.com

Barkha Dutt speaks the changing voice of journalism, people-first news and her latest book in this short episode recorded at VIsra 2022 in IIM BangalorePlease enjoy the interaction.check out her latest book: To Hell and Back: Humans of COVID - https://amzn.to/3EogTz9PS: This link helps me to continue making Galata!

This is the second part of the solo episode where I share 3 things to do when you arrive at the venue, how to become a powerful super host, storing and recalling people's names, startups, and milestones.Resources mentioned:#55: 5 Powerful WhatsApp Hacks To 10X Your Productivity!: Where I share my methods to organize WhatsApp to work for your business and you, maintain relationships with 100's people, systems and scripts you can automate, a visual and memorable name-saving tip, wise texting tip, becoming a part of your audiences' daily routine and more!How to Develop a Super Power Memory by Harry Lorayne - https://amzn.to/3pqHSl9How to Remember Names and Faces: Master the Art of Memorizing Anyone's Name by Practicing w Over 500 Memory Training Exercises of People's Faces by Luis Angel Echeverria. - https://amzn.to/3QzzsDUFirst  Part of the solo episode: 3-time tested strategies before you go to a startup networking event!  This  outlines 3 powerful weapons you need in your social kit before you go to another event, how to find and make it to the right events, and creating a memorable visiting card that converts! How to get in a socialite mode. The 3-time tested strategies that networkers swear by!   

Rohith Bhat is a parallel entrepreneur who started three companies: Robosoft Technologies, Global Delight, and 99Games. Founding Robosoft Technologies in 1996, with Apple Inc. as a first customer. (Which we cover in this episode) As an entrepreneur for over 25 years, he has done it all: product design, fundraising, exits, coding, sales & marketing, and evangelism. TechnoPro, a Japanese company acquired Robosoft in 2021 for $100m+ the surprising part? The acquisition happened virtually!He loves Udupi, is a comic geek, and is bullish on mobile gaming.This conversation ranges very, very widely, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. So, without further ado, please enjoy my interaction with Rohith Bhat.  

This is the first of the 3-part series focused on networking. This first solo episode outlines 3 powerful weapons you need in your social kit before you go to another event, how to find and make it to the right events, and creating a memorable visiting card that converts! How to get in a socialite mode. The 3-time tested strategies that networkers swear by! Make sure you implement at least one of these before you move to part 2.

Megna Jain and I uncover the science of baking, scaling from a home kitchen,women-only kitchen, values, choosing a cloud bakery, surviving logistical tsunami and so much more!About Megna Jain:Megna Jain runs an online bakery called Dream a Dozen with an all-women kitchen in Bangalore with the dream of expanding across the world one day.She's a cheerleader for all business people, especially businesswomen. At the age of 18, she started selling cupcakes to her university's cafeteria and never looked back. Today, they deliver desserts and gift boxes to thousands of customers across the country.Megna did her B.Com honours from Christ University, which was followed by a stint at a food tech startup called InnerChef where she learnt how businesses start ground up. She also got training at a renowned bakery called Cakewala and learnt how things work at scale. She completed the 10k women entrepreneur program by IIM Bangalore and Goldman Sachs in 2021.She writes about her business experiences in a blog called Yours Dessertfully and also runs a program called Pay it Forward where small business owners can write to her to speak for an hour every weekend. 

About Vivan MarwahaVivan Marwaha is a user researcher who works on technology projects in emerging markets. A millennial himself, he cares deeply about understanding India and its future through its youth. He has lived and worked in New Delhi, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Buenos Aires, and has written for the Washington Post, New Statesman, Mint, and Times of India, among other publications.Instagram , TwitterBuy: What Millennials Want: Decoding the Largest Generation in the World | A must-read to understand the largest generation of people in the world by Vivan Marwaha

About Shridhar Venkat: He has over 25 years of work experience and has been associated with leading multinationals like Philips, ABB, Webex Communications (now CISCO), etc. Prior to joining Akshaya Patra, he was Vice President – Sales, Webex Communications. He joined Akshayapatra in search of existential purpose in life.He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Management. He has been inducted into the hall of distinguished alumni leaders by NMIMS. Shridhar is an Eisenhower Fellow for Innovation and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program from Wharton Business School. He is a recipient of the Mother Teresa Social Leadership Scholarship. In Akshaya Patra, he brings to the table strong people management and organization skills. He believes that it is important to blend missionary spirit and professionalism to deliver value.Resources Mentioned:If you are a beginner in spirituality – Perfect Questions, Perfect answers; If you are advanced – Science of self-realisation. God’s own kitchen – Rashmi BansalBijay Gautam's The Inspiring Talk's 120th episode - Connect with Shridhar:  info@akshayapatra.org 

Episode Notes:Touch it once - only when you are ready to deal with it.if needed tilt the phone and read further to decide but touch only when ready to act upon it.Schedule WhatsApp time in your daily planner/agenda and use it ONLY then.Allow your messages to stack! Silent all notifications, sounds except for WhatsApp calls.No to WhatsApp first thing in the morning, the last thing in the night, seeing stories during lunch and check in every 3rd minute.Organize to make Whatapp work for you.Name saving tip - Add things you can recall. Like:W1- Shree Balaji - Xprof Pes, Made Cement clock, Met at Sheraton night market.W2- Priyanka Ref: Ankit's Aunt that makes yum chocolate stuffW3 - Curious cat Rishabh - Mandya SanghBroadcast list Prefix - W1, W2, W3Use label feature - A, B, C, D, Followup. - Create more and experiment based on your business.Go to the most important labels FIRST during the scheduled time. NOT the recent messages stacked on top.Exit toxic, distracting, directionless groups - will it hurt to exit this group? almost always the answer is NO. so, let go and exit.Archive random forwards, unimportant messages or anything that isn’t relevant to you.block persistent broadcasters.Communication chain for productivity - Text > audio note > Call > Physical meetFor smarter texting: Anticipate a person's questions/ concerns/ objections and address them in a single message.Reinforce your systems using forward slash shortcuts. Here's a sample to ensure every call I get has a clear agenda:/agenda1 That sounds doable. So I can best prepare for our interaction, can you send me a note with an agenda? That is, the topics and questions we’ll need to address? That would be great. Thanks in advance./agenda2 To make the best use of everyone’s time I like to have a well-defined agenda with objectives for a call before jumping on the phone. Can you please send over some bullet points with what you’d like to cover and decide on the call? Thanks in advance.Marketing to your HOT market: Use the status feature strategically and consistently to become a part of your hot market's routine.Create a separate status for links and use a green background (converts better)Limit statuses of your products to 5. followed by a link to your catalogue on WB.Ask for support (even to test your network's willingness to help)Few more hacks:Back up all devices to another system on the first of every month.Build a catalogue slowly and consistently of any service or product you provide.Turn off the auto-download of photos and videos.P.S.: Galata's new website is on its way.

Harsh Pokharna and I discuss how to make apps for Bharath, unusual influencers, cracking Y Combinator, building Trust, killing idea babies and so much more!Resources Mentioned:Lean Startup - How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses.Y CombinatorPS: Proceeds from the Amazon link above go to my Thick Chocolate Shake Fund. Thanks In advance.About our sponsor: Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE American: KLR, KLR WS) serves omni-channel communication solutions to businesses worldwide. It is a globally trusted cloud communication platform that helps enterprises and organizations connect with billions of users in a scalable, reliable, and secure manner.To know more about Kaleyra's offerings, visit http://bit.ly/38KcPJ5Stay in touch:LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3cGxUFpTwitter - https://bit.ly/3vtjBN7Facebook - http://bit.ly/3rX46LdInstagram - https://bit.ly/38OLo0IReach out to Harsh:Instagram: elpsykongroo_Linkedin: Harsh PokharnaOkCredit: https://okcredit.in/  

Vanitha Vr is an India Cricketer. In this interaction, she open's up about speaking the truth, being bullied, developing high pain tolerance, obsessing over sugar, making money as a cricketer and more!  

  About Bijay Gautam:Bijay,is a podcasting mentor, co-founder of WYN Studio and Host of one of the top podcasts in India, The Inspiring TalkHe empowers coaches, trainers, speakers experts and entrepreneurs to build their influence, authority and business using the power of podcasting.Resources mentioned:Books:Naked by Papa CJThe Alabaster Girl by Zan PerrionBlogsBijay's complete blog: Why Listening To News Sucks!Robin Sharma's blog Steve Pavlina's blog App's mentioned: Insight Timer,The Inspiring Talk episodes mentioned: Davidji, Suren His other podcast: Podcast unfiltered

Vaibhav Khandelwal On How He Co-founded Shadowfax, Gig Economy, LOTR, Reliable Last-Mile Delivery, Power Of Tech, Engineering Pleasant Experiences, Forgotten Frontline Warriors And More!About Vaibhav Khandelwal:He was an all-time school topper. Bagging 100% scholarships throughout his schooling! He pursued his Engineering from IIT Delhi where a chance internship at Adobe changed the course of his career. He enjoys solving Kakuro (a Japanese crossword puzzle), learning tabla and unwinds with Premchand’s stories and listening to upbeat songs. In 2015 along with an IIT Delhi batchmate he founded a company that is today India’s fastest and most reliable new-age logistics company empowering over 1,00,000 individuals and presently delivering 5 lakh+ orders a day! But more than anything else he is engineering pleasant experiences! He is the co-founder and CTO of Shadowfax.Linkedin: Vaibhav KhandelwalSangatkar by Manglesh Dabral is sourced from: LyriklineAbout our sponsor: Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE American: KLR, KLR WS) serves omni-channel communication solutions to businesses worldwide. It is a globally trusted cloud communication platform that helps enterprises and organizations connect with billions of users in a scalable, reliable, and secure manner.To know more about Kaleyra's offerings, visit http://bit.ly/38KcPJ5Stay in touch:LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3cGxUFpTwitter - https://bit.ly/3vtjBN7Facebook - http://bit.ly/3rX46LdInstagram - https://bit.ly/38OLo0ISign up for free on Kaleyra and start communicating with your business customers: http://bit.ly/3tttSXQ