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   S1 · E158 · 18 Dec 2022 · 56 min

   India's Largest Tech School - Masai ft Prateek Shukla

   On this episode, we talk to Prateek Shukla, Co-Founder and CEO at Masai School Prateek is an IIT Kanpur Graduate, a Teach for India Alum and Ex-Founder of Grabhouse, a real-estate tech startup that was acquired by Commonfloor and subsequently by Quikr. He’s a second time entrepreneur who is picking up his first love of teaching. India has 444 Million People that are in the 0-18 Years Age Bracket. That’s 400 Million people coming into the workforce over the next 15 to 20 years. For the...

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   S1 · E157 · 29 Nov 2022 · 49 min

   Building a Rs. 800 Cr Agarbatti Business | Zed Black ft Ankit Agarwal

   Mysore Deep Perfumery House (MDPH), popularly known for their brand Zed Black has built an Rs. 800 Crore+ Agarbatti Business from India. We talk to Ankit Agarwal, Partner at MDPH about how he has scaled the business profitably over the last 17 years on this episode of The Indian Dream Podcast. We talk about the following things on the Podcast: (00:22) - Agarbatti or Incense Sticks Market in India & Policy Changes of 2019 (05:05) - Start of MDPH in 1992 after 7 Failed ...

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   S1 · E156 · 29 Oct 2022 · 1 hr 8 min

   Building Duroflex and Sleepyhead into Mattress Giants with Rs. 1000 Cr+ in Revenue ft. Mathew Joseph

   In this episode, we talk to Mathew Joseph. He's a 3rd Generation Entrepreneur who was the Marketing Director at Duroflex before he started a D2C Mattress Brand called Sleepyhead. So, mattresses. It’s one of those ‘boring’ and ‘unsexy’ industries and as we’ve often discussed on the podcast, it’s perfect for building a large, profitable business. The mattress industry in India is estimated to be 12,000 Crores Industry of which 60% is still Unorganized. Traditionally, 3 players dominated the i...

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   S1 · E155 · 15 Oct 2022 · 38 min

   The Insane Rise in Value of Sports Leagues & Sports Celebrities ft Kavita & Anand, Founders at Voiro

   In this episode, we host Kavita & Anand (Co-Founders at Voiro) to talk about Ad-Tech Industry. Technology has fundamentally changed how we can consume and interact with Sports Content. And that has resulted in a meteoric rise in the value of Sports Leagues and Sports Celebrities. IPL, Formula 1, NBA, NFL, all these leagues have seen tremendous growth in their revenues over the last decade thanks to rising media rights, new ways of monetisation and fan connects! All of this comes down...

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   S1 · E154 · 1 Oct 2022 · 46 min

   The Business of Ad-Tech ft Kavita & Anand, Co-Founders of Voiro - Part 1

   In this episode, we host Kavita & Anand (Co-Founders at Voiro) to talk about Ad-Tech Industry. We’re all familiar with how big the Digital Ads market has grown over the last decade. To put some numbers, in 2012, the Global Digital Ad spend was close to $100 Billion. Today, that stands at more than 600 Billion dollars - a healthy 20% growth every year. In the next few years, $1 Trillion dollars will be spent on Digital Ads globally. With the rise of Ad Spends, the technology that suppo...

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   S1 · E152 · 28 Aug 2022 · 1 hr 21 min

   The Indian Education System & Building an Alternative MBA School ft. Aditya & Raj, Founders of Stoa School

   The Indian Education System needs an overhaul, especially college education. The current system produces students that barely have the necessary employable skills. In this episode, we talk to Aditya and Raj of Stoa School to talk about the Indian Education System, the problems that exist, how they can be solved and their insights from building Stoa over the last two years. If you haven't already, do subscribe to Stoa Daily. This is one of the best newsletters if you're interested in busin...

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   S1 · E151 · 15 Aug 2022 · 1 hr 2 min

   The Business of Drones & Can India become a Drone Superpower? ft. Vipul Singh, Co-Founder, Aarav Unmanned Systems

   The business of Drones is one of the most exciting themes to look out for in the next 5-10 Years. With wide ranging applications, Drones are set to be a Rs. 15,000 Crore industry by 2026. We have with us, Vipul Singh, Founder of Aarav Unmanned Systems. They manufacture drones and provides integrated services for Geo Surveys. They recently bagged a Rs. 15 Crore contract from Survey of India to map out entire Haryana. Vipul is also the founding member of the Drone Federation of India and ha...

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   S1 · E150 · 12 Aug 2022 · 19 min

   Quick Takes #3 - Aditya Birla Owned Grasim's Entry into $100 Bn B2B E-Commerce Market

   On this episode of Quick Takes, we talk about the USD 100 Bn B2B E-Commerce Market in India and the recent entry of Grasim into this market. ------------------------------------------------------ This episode is brought to you by PushOwl. PushOwl is a web push marketing app built for e-commerce busiensses. Trusted by more than 25000 brands across the globe, PushOwl lets you turn one-time store visitors into subscribers, send highly-visible web push notifications, and increase customer...

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   S1 · E149 · 1 Aug 2022 · 52 min

   The Business of Sula Wines - Part 2 of Business of Wines in India

   This is Part 2 of two part episode on Wine Industry in India and Sula's impending IPO. In the previous episode, we discuss about the Business of Wines in India and a brief history about Sula. In this episode, we take a deeper look at the business of Sula Wines based on the IPO prospectus that they filed. Sula is a ~Rs. 450 Crore business with ~Rs. 52 Crore in Profits. It's been built over the last 20+ years by Mr. Rajeev Samant and the stellar team. We discuss how Sula has been able to dom...

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    S1 · E148 · 28 Jul 2022 · 23 min

    The Business of Wines in India - Understanding the fast growing Rs. 1500 Cr market

    This is Part 1 of two part episode on Wine Industry in India and Sula's impending IPO. Wine is a Rs. 1500 Cr ($200 Million) market in India that's growing fast. Sula's DRHP filings are a great read to understand about this market and what it takes to operate in complex alco-beverage sector in India. In this episode, we focus on the market as it stands today, talk about the global trends that might shape trends within India and what the future could look like. ---------------------------...