Blume Podcast | Season 1
- Episodes
- 9 Episodes
- Season
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Naveen Tewari on the quest for a purposeful life, the beauty of creating versus competing, and building a culture of compounding trust
In the finale episode, Sanjay Nath chats up Naveen Tewari of InMobi on building two unicorns, creating an “institution” vs an organization, and not getting fazed by feedback. Sanjay also shares how Naveen has been a major influence in his journey of co-founding…- Episode
- S1 E9
- Authors
- Naveen Tewari, Sanjay Nath
- Published
- Reading Time
- 18 minutes
Manish Taneja on Purplle’s frugality principle, short-term pains vs long-term gains, and niceness as a superpower
In this episode, Manish Taneja of Purplle tells Ashish Fafadia of Blume about the perils of moving away from your vision because “some VC told you to” and the mistakes that entrepreneurs should avoid in their journey.- Episode
- S1 E8
- Authors
- Manish Taneja, Ashish Fafadia
- Published
- Reading Time
- 39 minutes
Prashant Pitti on being curious rather than cautious, finding talent in-house, and taking the hard call of postponing a carefully planned public listing
In this episode, Karthik B. Reddy sat down with Prashant Pitti of EaseMyTrip to talk about his journey from IIT Madras and working in the US to returning to the homeland and starting up with his brothers.- Episode
- S1 E7
- Authors
- Prashant Pitti, Karthik Reddy
- Published
- Reading Time
- 45 minutes
Ashwin Damera on the wisdom of failure, the best form of fundraising, and unlearning through creative destruction
In this episode of X‑Unicorns, Karthik B. Reddy of Blume Ventures sat down with Ashwin Damera of Emeritus Education about the wisdom of failure, the wrong reasons to become an entrepreneur, and the “three box approach” to build a successful…- Episode
- S1 E6
- Authors
- Ashwin Damera, Karthik Reddy
- Published
- Reading Time
- 48 minutes
Nitish Mittersain on entering an industry that didn’t exist, aiming for the stars and landing on the moon, and success being an outcome of EQ
In this episode, Arpit Agarwal, Director at Blume Ventures, sat down with Nitish Mittersain of Nazara Technologies on running a listed gaming company. From coding at the age of seven to bouncing back from an incorrectly timed IPO listing decades later, Nitish’s…- Episode
- S1 E5
- Authors
- Nittish Mittersain, Arpit Agarwal
- Published
- Reading Time
- 40 minutes
Srikanth Velamakanni on the inventor’s curse, becoming comfortable with criticism, and building a client-centric data analytics company
In this episode, Sajith Pai, Director at Blume Ventures, chatted with Srikanth Velamakanni, Co-Founder, Group Chief Executive & Executive Vice Chairman at Fractal Analytics. From being wary of becoming an entrepreneur to succeeding as one for 22 (almost 23!) years…- Episode
- S1 E4
- Authors
- Srikanth Velamakanni, Sajith Pai
- Published
- Reading Time
- 44 minutes
Aniruddha Sharma on hopium, the need for more competitors in the carbon capture industry, and taking long-term passionate risks for the planet
In conversation with Karthik B. Reddy of Blume Ventures, Aniruddha Sharma of Carbon Clean talks about how he bunked IIT exams to walk the lanes of Sand Hill Road, the personal tragedy that influenced his decision to build in the climate tech space, and what made him…- Episode
- S1 E3
- Authors
- Aniruddha Sharma, Karthik Reddy
- Published
- Reading Time
- 34 minutes
Niraj Singh on aspirational purchases, solving for trust, and building the most loved used car platform in India
In our maiden X‑Unicorns episode, Arpit Agarwal sat down with Niraj Singh of Spinny to discuss his journey from a small town called Daltonganj to becoming a unicorn founder of an online used cars marketplace. After two failed ventures, Niraj hit on his (literal)…- Episode
- S1 E2
- Authors
- Niraj Singh, Arpit Agarwal
- Published
- Reading Time
- 21 minutes
The Rise of the X-Unicorns
When first introduced into venture parlance, the definition of a Unicorn was strictly limited to a privately-held company valued at over $1 billion within a decade of its existence. In 2013, this definition applied to only a few Indian companies such as InMobi and Flipkart.…- Episode
- S1 E1
- Authors
- Karthik Reddy, Disha Sharma
- Published
- Reading Time
- 8 minutes