Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) host Piyush Kumar , Founder of Rooter to talk about Game Streaming & E-Sports in India. Gaming is a $160B market globally, and game streaming is one of the fastest growing segments within that. Youtube and Twitch are the most popular global game streaming platforms! Youtube has over 40 million active gaming channels. Twitch, on the other hand, has 9 million active game channels, and On an average, there are 2.8 Million people watching a game strea...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 111
In today's episode we speak to Prashant Sharma , founder of Build by Skip the Line - a combination of a Cohort Based Course and Bootcamp course that takes people from ideation to launching a side-project that can make them financially independent. One of the most popular side projects launched during the Build Cohort is called LetterHunt which generated more than $2000 in revenue in the first 10 days. Join our WhatsApp Group Obviously, you can see why we invited Prashant to join us on this episo...
Oct 17, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) host Gajendra Jangid, Co-founder of Cars24 to talk about the disruption in the Used Car Market. To get summaries of the content we create, join this NO SPAM Whatsapp group. Today, we're talking about Cars24 and the $20B Pre-owned or Used Car market in India. In Financial Year 19-20, 4.4 Million pre-owned cars were sold compared to 2.8 Million new cars. This makes the pre-owned car market about 1.5 times the new car market. Started in 2015, Cars24 is n...
Oct 11, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various ideas on this episode of Business Munchies. Support us and show us your love by buying us a some beer/chai on this link. Timeline: (00:0) - Introduction (2:00) - Detailed account on how we bought a US based e-commerce business from India (25:43) - What are NFT's? (40:00) - Sales Processes for B2B SaaS Business Ideas: How to Buy a US Business from India - our personal story - Buying a small business in the US has become a l...
Oct 03, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 108
In this episode, we host Ryan Valles, Co-founder of Interview Kickstart to talk about Marketplace Businesses & Ed-Tech Roundup. (00:51) - Ryan's Professional Journey as an Entrepreneur, Operator, Investor (10:27) - Different Kinds of Marketplace Businesses (18:00) - The Marketplace Cold Start problem & scaling marketplaces (24:40) - Growing Marketplace using performance marketing (30:13) - Product & Founder Market Fit (35:47) - The role of Venture Capital in building Marketplaces (39...
Sep 27, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 107
We talk to Bharat Goenka, Founder of Tally Solutions, maker of ERP and Accounting Software for SMBs since 1986. We cover the journey of building Tally, go deeper into their unique point of views on Customer Empathy, Distribution, Piracy and some philosophy across the entire episode :) We also go through the ups and downs that the business has gone through in the last 30 years and how it weathered the different storms to build a business that's thriving today. Tally's Website Tally's Twitter The ...
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various ideas on this episode of Business Munchies. Support us and show us your love by buying us a some beer/chai on this link. Timeline: (00:0) - Introduction (1:28) - Drone Market in India (25:43) - Account Aggregator Framework of India Stack (37:42) - How to get rid of Annoying Cold Calls for Loans and Real Estate (42:34) - Business Digitisation Course Update Business Ideas: Drone Market in India - The regulations around Drone...
Sep 12, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 105
While preparing for this episode, I kept wondering - How do you even think about bootstraping a video production business? Equipment rental by itself is almost unaffordable in this industry - you have to rent video cameras, lenses, lights and much more. Despite this, Advait and Akshat still managed to bootstrap Supari Studios from a seed capital of just Rs. 75,000 to ride the wave of content production in India to become one of India's largest content production houses. Listen to this episode if...
Sep 05, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 104
A journey that started 6 years ago has resulted in one of the few Profitable Unicorn startups in India. In the episode today, we speak to Asish Mohapatra, Co-Founder & CEO of Ofbusiness, a B2B Commerce & Lending startup focused on serving the Small & Medium Businesses of India. Episode Outline: (00:00) - Introduction (03:32) - Decision to quit a career as a Venture Capitalist to become an Entreprenuer (06:10) - Deciding to do B2B Commerce + Lending (08:45) - Framework for early itera...
Aug 29, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Heads Up For Tails is India's leading Pet Care ecommerce business and we're super excited to share their story on The Indian Dream. Whoever has heard enough episodes of this show will know that I'm a huge animal lover and have an adopted street dog named Lola. That's why Heads Up For Tails has been on our target list for a long time and we're super excited to speak to its founder Rashi Narang in today's episode. Join Our WhatsApp Group Just a week ago, Heads Up For Tails received $37 million in ...
Aug 19, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out to look back at the 100 Episode journey of The Indian Dream. Yes, we've now release 100 Episodes of content around profitable businesses. Support us and show us your love by buying us a some beer/chai on this link. Timeline: (00:18) - Discussing the learnings from 100 Episodes of TID (10:00) - Update on Business Digitisation Course (21:00) - Brand Stickers to hide Stains on Clothes (26:58) - Aggregator of Govt Service Agents (32:05) - Sustain...
Aug 15, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 100
In this episode, we talk to Shrey Badhani to talk about the journey of Building Kapiva. Kapiva is an Ayurveda 2.0 Brand that combines the two trends that we've written about previously: Ayurveda & Direct to Consumer . We talk to Shrey about the initial thesis behind Kapiva, the pivot to becoming a consumer brand, their process in creating products and how they've scaled up the brand using a combination of D2C + Marketplace approach. Do check out the episode if you're interested in D2C, Ayurv...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 99
A journey that started 33 years ago has resulted in a company that does over Rs. 1250 Cr in revenue and has a public market cap of more than 10,000 Crs. This is the story of Mr. Dinesh Thakkar, CMD of Angel Broking. Before we start, let;s define a stock broker. These are entities that act as the middlemen between stock buyers and the stock exchange. And that's how Mr. Dinesh Thakkar started his career back in 1998. This was a time that the stock market was extremely small and so were the number ...
Aug 03, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out to discuss some business ideas. Timeline: (00:40) - Latest regulations surrounding Bill Discounting (6:11) - Vitamin D & B12 Deficiency Epidemic (16:40) - Disrupting Water Purifier Market (27:30) - Prediction Gambling (34:00) - Unbundling of Upwork Business Ideas from the episode Regulations in Bill Discounting Market : Recently, the Lok Sabha passed a Factoring Regulation Amendment Bill that allows NBFCs to participate in the bill discou...
Aug 01, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 97
We have Angad Soni from Sepoy & Co. - a manufacturer of high end tonic water and carbonated beverages. The very idea of of a high quality tonic water did not exist in India before 2017 or 18. It's only in these last few years that we've seen the simultaneous explosion of domestic gin and then tonic right along with them as a great pairing. Now, Sepoy & Co is leading the charge in a fast growing industry. However, to see such a trend entering the country and making a bet on it is no easy ...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out to discuss some business ideas. Timeline: (00:00) - Intro and some updates (1:30) - No Code WhatsApp Automation (11:15) - Marketplace & Funding for Franchises (24:05) - Unbundling Digital Marketing Agencies Links from the Episode: Sanjeev Jain YouTube Video Sanjeev Jain's website to buy the WhatsApp Automation Template How to Send WhatsApp Messages from Google Sheets with JavaScript and Node.js Hubspot WhatsApp Integration Chat.api YouTub...
Jul 25, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out with Chinmay Bhogle and Patanjali Pahwa who are currently building The Signal Timeline (00:20) - Introduction to Newsletters & The Signal (03:00) - The Zomato IPO (11:30) - Unbundling Digital Marketing Agencies - Focused on Newsletter Growth (18:15) - Bundling Subscriptions (28:50) - D2C Brands Collaborating to share cusotmers. (33:30) - What is Kabuki Studios? Business Ideas in this Episode The Zomato IPO: This IPO is one of the biggest ...
Jul 18, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 94
We speak to Rasika Prashant, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Soulfull Foods which is now a part of Tata Consumer Products. We've also changed the format of the episode a bit - the last 10 or 15 minutes are a Business Munchies discussion where we discuss an idea with Rasika. So what is Soulfull? It's a food brand that's build entire around Millets, aka Ragi or Nachni - they have cereal, instant dosa mix, and other products that are all made from Ragi. The discussion with Rasika starts f...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) take a trip down the SME Business Landscape rabbit hole. And they discuss the state of SMEs, the opportunities and what the modern day SME will look like. We've also launched 'Digitise your business using No-Code Tools' course with the launch of our first cohort. Only 10 spots for the first cohort. You can read more and apply here . Join The Indian Dream WhatsApp group here. The Indian Dream Website Ideas Discussed: 1. SME Landscape and Opportunities:...
Jul 11, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out with Tanay who has built interesting and profitable side hustles: Neog.camp , Rock 8. Join The Indian Dream WhatsApp group here. The Indian Dream Website Timestamps: (2:00) - Tanay's Journey of Building Two Profitable Side Hustles - Roc8 & Neog.camp (5:27) - The Opportunity in Cohort Based Courses (15:32) - The Business of Religion (25:10) - Meditation App built around Religion (28:16) - The Rise of Formula F1 Racing and the opportunities...
Jul 03, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Today's episode is with Vaibhav Chhabra and Richa Shrivastava from Maker's Asylum. Join our WhatsApp Group For those of you who haven't heard of Maker's Asylum, it is a community space where anybody can go and build their dream project with their own hands. For ex, you always wanted to build a table from scratch but don't have the tools or expertise. You can just head over to Maker's Asylum and use the woodworking tools they have available and ask the community for help with your project. If you...
Jul 01, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Aditya Rao of Kaapi (@adityarao310) , Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various business ideas. Send us your feedback at theindiandream20@gmail.com Join our WhatsApp Group. Timeline (1:02) - Aditya's journey with Local Oye and Kaapi (08:45) - Goodreads 2.0 (12:30) - Micro-SaaS Aggregation (Micro Private Equity) (25:45) - Hot Sauces in India...
Jun 26, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various business ideas. Send us an email at theindiandream20@gmail.com Join our WhatsApp Group. Timeline (1:15) - Thras.io Model for India (25:00) - Smart Bartending (28:00) - Ideas for the $50B Indian Wedding Industry Business Ideas Thrasio Model for India: Thrasio is a company in the US that started in 2018 and started acquiring Amazon third party merchants that were doing $3-5 Million in revenue. They went on to raise $1.7B and...
Jun 19, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various business ideas. Send us an email at theindiandream20@gmail.com Join our WhatsApp Group. Timeline (0:36) - No Code Courses (9:05) - Sexual Wellness Industry (20:30) - Eco Friendly Personal Care Products (26:05) - Table Tennis to replace Golf for Networking (28:00) - Warehousing in India Business Ideas No Code Courses: We've started doing a series of lectures on how SME's can start implementing automations in their businesse...
Jun 17, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out and discuss various business ideas. Send us an email at theindiandream20@gmail.com Join our WhatsApp Group. Timeline: (1:20) - Liquid teams and the Cooperation Economy (5:20) - Food Processing Industry (17:15) - Fitness Content Creation & Curation for Teenagers (24:30) - Notion Apps Business Ideas that were discussed: Liquid Super Teams and the Cooperation Economy - Read this essay on The Cooperation Economy by Not Boring - we never reali...
Jun 12, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 86
In this episode we talk to Karthik Sridharan , co-founder of Flexiple which is a network of the top freelance developers and designers. Karthik's Twitter Contribute to The Indian Dream Join The Indian Dream WhatsApp Group The story of Flexiple is a great example of building a bootstrapped tech enabled internet business from scratch and the sacrifices and key decisions that you have to make along the way. Karthik & his co-founders chose not to take any funding from outsiders and this decision...
Jun 10, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out with Rishabh , Co-founder of Pepper Content. Join The Indian Dream WhatsApp group here. The Indian Dream Website Timestamps: (0:40) - Evolution of Dating Apps (8:45) - Course Creators + Colleges (17:55) - Craft Beer Subscription (23:00) - Cult Gyms but for Kids' Extra-curricular activities Business Ideas: Evolution of Dating Apps - We discuss how the current set of dating apps aren't working on what the next evolution could be. We discuss var...
Jun 05, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 84
We do a deep dive into the Hotel Industry with Siddharth Goenka, the founder of Octave Hotels and Aiosell. Contribute to The Indian Dream Join The Indian Dream WhatsApp Group Siddharth started his career as a software engineer for Microsoft in the US and now runs a chain of 30+ hotels across Bangalore. He even used his previous software development knowledge to build Aiosell, a product specifically built to help hotels increase their revenue. This episode will be super interesting for anyone who...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 83
We go even deeper into Space Tech with Awais Ahmed from Pixxel Space . Pixxel was just founded in 2019 and is on a mission to build a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of cutting edge hyperspectral small satellites. Our Space Tech Newsletter Contribute to The Indian Dream Questions: (2:30) - Why did you decide to start Pixxel? (8:45) - Have you already launched a satellite? (11:00) - What kind of help do startups receive from ISRO? (13:30) - Isn't it difficult for a startup t...
May 25, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) hang out with Karn Nahata , former Swiggy employee. Join The Indian Dream WhatsApp group here. The Indian Dream Website Timestamps: (0:35) - Social Stock Trading Apps (9:50) - The Pet Care Industry in India (20:40) - Interstate food delivery (28:03) - Building habits through social accountability Business Ideas: Social Stock Trading Apps - People in India loving trading stocks and there are a bunch of WhatsApp and Telegram groups that have popped up t...
May 22, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 81
