Week 5 – Making a Career in Sports

This week I interact with Raspreet Sidhu, Captain Indian Basketball Team, I talked to her about

– Starting a career in Sports outside of Cricket in India

– Representing India at the International level

– Career options post-playing

– Being an inspiration for Women across the country

Week 4 – Starting and Scaling a Home Food Business

This week I interact with Hetal, Founder of Mithus, I talked to her about 

– Starting a Home Food Business and experimenting with various products

– How immediate friends and family are the first sources of orders

– Managing a corporate role while sustaining a self-made business

– Getting different perspectives and guidance from Mentors and Coaches is extremely important.

Week 3 – Starting an NGO straight out of MBA!

This week I interact with Team Khwaab, I talked to them about 

– Giving confidence to women from under privileged backgrounds became a business/NGO

– How Teach For India fellows got together to start this NGO & people joined in

– Working at grassroots can be most satisfying and produce classy products

– Getting different perspectives and guidance from Mentors and Coaches is extremely important.

Week 2 – From IT Recruitment to Farming Support Startup!

This week I interacted with Vijaya Kumar Mani, Founder ‘I Support Farming’

I talked to Vijay about

– The willingness to help and associate with farming was a need of corporate employees and unsecured loans, AgriTech and marketing information was a need of the farmers which could be connected to make a growing business

– Profitability in farming if the farmers are given right inputs

– Working with incubators and accelerators gives you access to great mentors and coaches who can assist you accelerate your performance

Week 1 – The Business of Making Presentations!

This was my first interview of the Career Shifts Series where I spoke to Mr. Mohit Chabbra, Founder KNOLedge Services, I talked to Mohit about –

– How much money do you need in your bank before you start something of your own

– How making Power point Presentations can be a business in itself

– Exploring B2C Business during the pandemic

– How having mentors & coaches at different times helped him find his true North