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From Living Room Satellite to Democratizing Space: Raunak Kumar Mantri’s Take Me to Space Journey

72 hours 21 mins; August 14, 2025

253: Why Healthcare Startups Fail in India | Dilip Kumar (Rainmatter)

48 mins; April 16, 2025

252: Secrets Behind Building Planes in India – What You Didn't Know | Venkatesh Mudragalla(Jeh Aerospace)

43 mins; February 24, 2025

251: The Winning Formula to Build Billion-Dollar Businesses | Ganesh Krishnan (Serial Entrepreneur)

67 hours 27 mins; January 31, 2025

250 : Solving the Impossible: Teaching Robots to See | Gokul NA (Founder,CynLr)

110 hours 17 mins; January 10, 2025

249: The Truth About Getting Hired in 2024 | FULL | Divesh Dhawan (Founder, Meyrahkee Advisors)

51 mins; November 25, 2024

Why Freshworks Fired 1000+ (While Buying Back Stock) | Roundup #165 | Startup Operator

26 mins; November 15, 2024

248: 100% Made-in-India Guns, The SSS Defence Story | Vivek & Dinesh (Founders, SSS Defence)

104 hours 1 min; October 27, 2024

Is India's Data REALLY Secure? | Roundup #164 | The Startup Operator

33 mins; October 15, 2024

247: How Infinyte is helping startup employees become millionaires! | Joy Saldanha & Ankita Tandon (Founders, Infinyte Club)

70 hours 42 mins; October 08, 2024

Will India Disrupt & Dominate the Space Industry? | Roundup #163 | The Startup Operator

59 mins; September 24, 2024

246: How Alyve Health is Boosting Insurance Access with User-Centric Solutions | Shashank Avadhani (Co-founder, Alyve Health)

97 hours 49 mins; September 17, 2024

Why is Anil Kapoor AI's most influential people? | Roundup #162 | The Startup Operator

49 mins; September 10, 2024

245: How Venture Capital Funding is Changing | Devendra Agrawal (Founder - Dexter Capital)

87 hours 21 mins; September 02, 2024

244: Can Devotion Drive Digital Innovation? | Prashant Sachan (Co-founder, Apps for Bharat)

81 hours 29 mins; August 23, 2024

India's Gaming Future: Will Krafton's R&D bet payoff? | Roundup #161 | The Startup Operator

26 mins; August 19, 2024

Why is Twitter going to war against advertisers? | Roundup #160 | The Startup Operator

40 mins; August 13, 2024

Can Ola Maps Dethrone Google Maps in India? | Roundup #159 | The Startup Operator

54 mins; July 30, 2024

Will Blackbuck’s IPO Boost Confidence in Indian Startups? | Roundup #158 | The Startup Operator | Roundup #158 | The Startup Operator

33 mins; July 17, 2024

Why is India's Twitter Rival KOO shutting down? | Roundup #157 | The Startup Operator

41 mins; July 09, 2024

Why Is OYO’s Valuation Shrinking? | Roundup #156 | The Startup Operator

23 mins; July 03, 2024

243: Build in India, Sell to US | Nivas Ravichandran( Head of Marketing, Spendflo)

47 mins; June 28, 2024

Are IITs losing their value? | Roundup #155 | The Startup Operator

35 mins; June 24, 2024

242: Rentals to EVs - Bounce's Evolution in Mobility with Varun Agni (Co-founder, Bounce)

52 mins; June 17, 2024

Policy Reforms & Tech Innovations: India's Startups Look to Modi 3.0 | Roundup #154

39 mins; June 10, 2024

India's Agnikul Becomes first in the world to 3D Print Rocket Engines! | Roundup #153

20 mins; June 04, 2024

Ola goes against Microsoft! | Roundup #152 | The Startup Operator

33 mins; May 28, 2024

Will Uber exit from India? | Roundup #151 | The Startup Operator

33 mins; May 21, 2024

Whatsapp Threatens INDIA EXIT over encryption dispute and more | Roundup #150

34 mins; April 29, 2024

240:How a Robotics startup aims to revolutionize Sanitation & Hygiene | Divanshu Kumar(CEO, Solinas)

76 hours 46 mins; April 26, 2024

This is how India will become an AI Superpower | Roundup #149 | The Startup Operator

36 mins; April 22, 2024

239:The AI Gold Rush: India's Unique Edge in the Global AI Race | Subhabrata Debnath (CTO, Neuralgarage)

54 mins; April 19, 2024

Reliance set to Enter EV space with Tesla partnership? | Roundup #148 | The Startup Operator

26 mins; April 18, 2024

238: Disrupting Credit - How UPI is shaking up India's credit scene | Siddharth Mehta

51 mins; April 12, 2024

237: How TeleportMe rejected Google & Disrupted the Digital Map | Vineet Devaiah (CEO, TeleportMe)

87 hours 42 mins; April 08, 2024

Amul set to Take over International Dairy market! | Roundup #147 | The Startup Operator

20 mins; April 01, 2024

236: The Pitch That Paid Off: Redefining Recruitment | Rahul Arora(Founder & CEO, Intervue)

58 mins; March 29, 2024

India's EV revolution gets a boost As Centre Cuts Taxes | Roundup #146 | The Startup Operator

37 mins; March 27, 2024

235: Mastering SaaS by Building a multi-product company! | Gaurav Sharma(Founder, SAASLabs)

76 hours 55 mins; March 15, 2024

234: Bringing Robots to Life | Abhinav Das(CEO, Orangewood Labs)

55 mins; March 08, 2024

Elon Musk: Open AI is a threat to humanity!| Roundup #145 | The Startup Operator

40 mins; March 05, 2024

233: You NEED TO know this BEFORE starting a fintech company | Manish Maryada(Founder & CEO, Fello)

83 hours 45 mins; March 01, 2024

Google Gemini AI: Diversity & Inclusivity or Bias & Propaganda?| Roundup #144 | The Startup Operator

32 mins; February 26, 2024

232: WHAT Is Wrong With The Eduction System? Math Genius Answers | Neelakantha Bhanu (CEO, Bhanzu)

63 hours 32 mins; February 23, 2024

THIS is how India and UAE are taking ties to the NEXT LEVEL! | Roundup #143 | The Startup Operator

22 mins; February 19, 2024

231: Changing the Dairy Industry with Data | Ranjith Mukundan (Founder & CEO, Stellapps)

110 hours 51 mins; February 16, 2024

RBI v/s PayTM saga: Busting Myths from Reality | Roundup #142 | The Startup Operator

34 mins; February 12, 2024

230: Changing The Post-retirement Narrative | Neeraj Sagar (Founder & CEO, WisdomCircle)

66 hours 27 mins; February 03, 2024

The future of Byju’s is HORRIFYING here's why! | Roundup #141 | The Startup Operator

21 mins; January 31, 2024

229 : The ULTIMATE hack to become a BETTER communicator. | Matt Abraham (Author)

29 mins; January 26, 2024

BIG investment on supercomputers - Will it help INDIA grow? | #Roundup #140 | The Startup Operator

28 mins; January 22, 2024

Intertwining Geopolitics and Profits! Good Idea for startups? | #Roundup #139 | The Startup Operator

27 mins; January 16, 2024

First ever AI city in UP - Will it succeed? | #Roundup #138 | The Startup Operator

26 mins; January 08, 2024

228 : Building a Multi-million Dollar business WITHOUT FUNDING! | Karthik Sridharan (CEO, Flexiple)

85 hours 58 mins; December 15, 2023

Can Byju’s Find A Way to Stay Afloat? | #Roundup #137 | The Startup Operator

32 mins; December 13, 2023

227: Networking landed her first job in marketing | Preethy Padmanabhan (Marketing, Freshworks) | The Startup Operator Podcast

39 mins; December 07, 2023

Is Indus Appstore REALLY a Google Playstore KILLER | Roundup #136 | The Startup Operator

37 mins; December 06, 2023

226: Namma Yatri : How A Payments Company Built the best Mobility App | Vimal Kumar (Founder, Juspay) | The Startup Operator Podcast

99 hours 24 mins; November 30, 2023

Is India finally ready for Tesla? Unpacking the EV dream! | Roundup #135 | The Startup Operator

43 mins; November 28, 2023

225: This company helps BOOST Indian Manufacturing | Kaushik Mudda (Co-Founder & CEO, Ethereal Machines) | The Startup Operator Podcast

53 mins; November 22, 2023

Can This SAVE You From SPAM calls & messages? | Roundup #134 | The Startup Operator

27 mins; November 20, 2023

224: Building A Business That MATTERS | Helping New Parents | Ravi Teja (Co-Founder & CEO, iMumz) | The Startup Operator Podcast

56 mins; November 17, 2023

Is Zomato’s MASSIVE Growth Only A SEASONAL CHANGE? | Roundup #133 | The Startup Operator

29 mins; November 07, 2023

222: Building a Better Earth - With Satellites! | Awais Ahmed (Co-Founder & CEO, Pixxel Space) | The Startup Operator Podcast

52 mins; November 05, 2023

THIS is why you NEED to WORK 70 hours a WEEK! | Roundup #132 | The Startup Operator

43 mins; October 31, 2023

223: Building a Business Sustainably | Anubhav Jain - Rupifi | Ajay Kumar - House Monk | The Startup Operator Podcast

57 mins; October 30, 2023

Startups Beyond Bengaluru - A Solution to BLR's traffic woes? | Roundup #131 | The Startup Operator

26 mins; October 23, 2023

Mastercard CFO attacks UPI & RuPay - Calls it "Painful" | Roundup #130 | The Startup Operator

31 mins; October 16, 2023

India's Medal Milestone at Asian Games - A Week of Many Firsts | Roundup #129 | The Startup Operator

24 mins; October 09, 2023

Credit cards to Garages: WHAT IS CRED TRYING TO DO? | Roundup #128 | The Startup Operator

33 mins; October 03, 2023

221: This One Step Saved Him From Spending A Lot Of Money | Suumit Shah, Founder of Dukaan App

68 hours 27 mins; September 29, 2023

Caught in the Crossfire: How will Indo-Canada crisis affect Indian Startups?

21 mins; September 25, 2023

220: Will Technology Bridge the Gaps in Healthcare to The Masses?

34 mins; September 22, 2023

India's NavIC Set To end GPS Dominance By 2025? A Step Towards Self-reliance

27 mins; September 18, 2023

Roundup #125: LOSING THE UNICORN STATUS? What is happening with PHARMEASY and other updates

27 mins; September 12, 2023

ONDC’s Model - Future of E-commerce or Looming Conflict? - Roundup #124

15 mins; September 04, 2023

219 : India's Deep Tech Dominance And Its Global Impact

66 hours 53 mins; September 01, 2023

SEBI's New Rules to end Finfluencers? - Roundup #123

21 mins; August 28, 2023

Data Protection Bill Passed in Parliament! - Roundup #122

25 mins; August 21, 2023

Roshan Cariappa on The Evolution of Work

15 mins; August 16, 2023

No More Imported Laptops or Tablets? - Roundup #121

16 mins; August 07, 2023

Pixxel Space Plans to launch Constellations - Roundup #120

22 mins; July 30, 2023

218 : Revolutionizing Water Purification with AI (Advait Kumar, Co-founder - Boon)

46 mins; July 27, 2023

More about Gaming tax, PayTM's ESOPs - Roundup #119

16 mins; July 24, 2023

217 - Marketing Masterclass with Kady Srinivasan

43 mins; July 19, 2023

Flipkart ESOPs creates several millionaires! - Roundup #118

20 mins; July 17, 2023

216 -Helping reduce dependency on Hospitals!

46 mins; July 13, 2023

215 - Helping blue collar workers get formalized

36 mins; July 06, 2023

147 Unicorns in India soon? - Roundup #117

16 mins; July 03, 2023

Indian Startup ecosystem losing steam? - Roundup #116

25 mins; June 26, 2023

Medicine Factory in Space! - Roundup #115

16 mins; June 18, 2023

Apple's New Headset and Sequoia's break up and more! - Roundup #114

21 mins; June 11, 2023

214 : Building a brand of Taste and Culture - GD Prasad (Founder, VS Mani & Co.)

77 hours 51 mins; June 08, 2023

Tata's EV Battery plant and New iPhone Plant - Roundup #113

20 mins; June 05, 2023

213 : Marketing Masterclass with Sairam Krishnan (Founding team, Atomicwork)

82 hours 15 mins; May 31, 2023

OLA announces IPO Plan - Roundup #112

18 mins; May 28, 2023

212 : Finding Your Betterhalf with AI & more - Pawan Gupta (Co-founder, Betterhalf)

96 hours 16 mins; May 25, 2023

Roundup #111 - Is Tesla Coming to India? Why is Kerala Startup Mission Ranked No.1? and more!

19 mins; May 21, 2023

211 : Helping Businesses Become Sustainable through Data - Ankit & Sidhant, Co-founders, Stepchange

36 mins; May 19, 2023

Roundup #110: Startup valuations cut, Startups are relocating back to India, Google IO, and more!

23 mins; May 15, 2023

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