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Get Inspired with YourStory

by YourStory

Championing and celebrating stories of entrepreneurs, doers and changemakers across India's ecosystem!

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EP 22 - Meet the ‘Mirchi lady’ helping small sweet and snack sellers make an income through her ecommerce platform

7m · Published 24 Mar 06:17

Mirchi.com is the brainchild of Hyderabad-based Poornima Mital who launched an ecommerce marketplace for Indian sweets and snacks like homemade pickles, snack bars, laddoos, chocolates, podis, bhujia, ghatiya, kachoris, nimkis, etc. Four years later, there are close to 5,000 sellers listed on the platform whose products are shipped across India and the US and the UK.

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2021/01/woman-entrepreneur-snacks-sweets-mirchi-ecommerce

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This story was reported by Rekha Balakrishnan on 21st Jan 2021 with edits by Megha Reddy. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

EP 21 - Building a brighter future: For 30 years, Sabina Solomon has been caring for orphans in Bengaluru

7m · Published 23 Mar 05:33

Building a brighter future: For 30 years, Sabina Solomon has been caring for orphans in Bengaluru. Sabina Solomon and her family have been looking after the children at Angels Orphanage for over 30 years. But the pandemic has made meeting even their basic needs a challenge

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/socialstory/2021/01/orphans-bangalore-covid19-aid-csr

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This story was reported by Diya Koshy George on 1st Feb 2021 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

EP 20 - The inside story: why Viru of Dailyhunt got Umang Bedi to be his co-founder so late in the business journey

7m · Published 22 Mar 06:30

Does it make sense to bring in an outsider at the top so late in a company’s life cycle? Is it a ploy to attract top talent or something more than that? Here’s a look at the blockbuster jodi at Dailyhunt. With the marriage metaphor often used in the startup world to explain the inexplicable, it was akin to saying, ‘who gets married at 60’. Not to say that Dailyhunt’s Virendra Gupta and Umang Bedi are 60. Or married to each other. But you get the point.

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/06/viru-dailyhunt-umang-bedi-co-founder-virendra-gupta-startup

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This story was reported by Dipti Nair on 3rd June 2020 with edits by Tenzin Pema. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

EP 19 - How this Delhi-girl became a stylist to Aishwarya Rai and other stars

9m · Published 19 Mar 05:44

The founder of celebrity, fashion, film and wedding styling startup, Wardrobist, Aastha Sharma was set to become a lawyer, but fate had other plans. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Disha Patani are just some of the names from Aastha Sharma’s long list of celebrity clients. Founder of celebrity, fashion, film and wedding styling startup, Wardrobist, she has styled the red carpet looks of stars at the celebrated Cannes Film Festival since 2015. Aastha and her team have also styled campaigns for global marquee brands such as L’oreal and Longines. The former Harper’s Bazaar senior stylist, launched her Mumbai-based startup in 2012 after a two-year stint at the iconic fashion magazine. 

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2021/02/how-delhi-girl-aastha-sharma-became-a-stylist-to-aishwarya-rai-wardrobist

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This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 10th Feb 2021. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

EP 18 - The greatest story never told: 40 years later, Eva Erben shares her Holocaust survival story

11m · Published 18 Mar 06:35

For over 40 years, Holocaust survivor Eva Erben has refused to tell her story. But today, with the rise of antisemitism and Holocaust denial, she shares her story to help the fight against antisemitism and for human rights. YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma recently caught up with the 89-year-old holocaust survivor on YourStory Inspirations series to talk about her incredible and moving journey.

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/07/holocaust-survivor-eva-erben-human-rights-antisemitism-inspiration

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This story was originally interviewed by YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma. Reported by Ryan Frantz on 27th Jan 2021 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Ep 17 - How a Silicon Valley techie and a media veteran launched an ambitious startup from a garage

7m · Published 17 Mar 06:16

When Rajiv Bansal came back to India after twenty years in Silicon Valley to lead the transformation at HT Media, India's second-largest media company, as its digital CEO, he needed a partner to lead content operations and form a shared vision about the future. So, he reached out to journalist and digital newsroom veteran Nilanjana Bhaduri Jha, who had been instrumental in NDTV’s ascent to the top spot in the content space across verticals such as news, entertainment, sports, tech, and health. But after having spent over a decade building one of the biggest success stories in digital media from scratch, Nilanjana had no intention of leaving NDTV.

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/06/silicon-valley-techie-media-veteran-startup-opoyi

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This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 15 June 2020 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

EP 16 - From humble village boy to billionaire: Byju’s success mantra revealed

9m · Published 16 Mar 06:24

Byju’s Founder and CEO Byju Raveendran grew up in the coastal village of Azhikode where he studied in a Malayalam-medium government school. “I do business for fun... been very fortunate enough [sic] to have my passion intersect with the real need, and obviously, I had the guts to pursue it, and I’ll pursue it till I get it and there is nothing like (actually ever getting it). The day I think it is successful, the game is over,” Byju says during a chat with YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma.

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/08/byjus-byju-raveendran-profile-village-boy-billionaire

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This story was originally interviewed by YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma. Reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 26th Aug 2020 with edits by Suman Singh. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

EP 15 - Rags-to-riches: This agarbathi brand was started at home, now sells 12 billion agarbathies globally

7m · Published 15 Mar 05:56

N. Ranga Rao started Cycle Pure Agarbathies in 1948. What started at home to make ends meet, now has a presence in 75 countries selling Rs 1,000 crore worth agarbathies a year. NR group has been conferred with Par Excellence Awards (2009 and 2010) at the National Convention on Quality Concepts. The group has also received nine Chemexcil awards, six Visvesvaraya Industrial Trade Centre awards for excellence in exports, three Niryat awards from the Federation of Indian Export Organisations and five Merit awards from the Handicrafts Council at the State and National levels.

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/smbstory/cycle-pure-agarbathi-large-business-arjun-ranga

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This story was reported by Palak Agarwal on 26th Mar 2020 with edits by Javed Gaihlot. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

EP 14 - Rashesh Shah Chairman Edelweiss Group quit his job in the mid-90s to start the home-grown professional financial services group

7m · Published 12 Mar 06:43

Rashesh Shah never wanted to become an entrepreneur. Born in a Gujarati business family, he was the first to study in an English-medium school. In fact, he pursued an MBA (Master of Business Administration) specifically so that he would not have to follow in his father and uncles’ footsteps and get into business. 

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/12/rashesh-shah-profile-edelweiss-startup

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This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 14th Dec 2020. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

EP 13 - Born poor and raised in a village hut find out how this entrepreneur built a Rs 10 Cr business

6m · Published 11 Mar 06:23

Sandip Patil had a rough childhood, but he went on to start E-Spin Nanotech and make nanofibers for cancer diagnosis, optical sensors, air filtration, etc. Here's his incredible story.

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/smbstory/iit-kanpur-espin-nanotech-sandip-patil

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This story was reported by Rishabh Mansur on 16th Sep 2019. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Get Inspired with YourStory has 52 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 7:12:06. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 26th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on June 23rd, 2023 18:56.

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