Ingenuity and downright modesty often do not go hand in hand but when we talk about Pawas Jain, one can easily see both together. He started his journey as a Chartered Accountant, but his eagerness to become an entrepreneur was clearly visible in his early days. He founded Springtide in 2011, which started as an online youth portal magazine but was later transformed into an open blogging platform. He always had a close bond with writing and digital media. He is also a prolific blogger and guest columnist for Tech Portal.
Even though his main job was related to accountancy, he worked closely with many startups, which increased his zeal to start a venture of his own. He also worked as a financial consultant providing end-to-end financial services to start-ups and young entrepreneurs right from company incorporations to bookkeeping. This is where the journey of Blue Box Media started with a sole objective of bringing the youngsters across India on a common platform. Pawas currently manages the financial aspect of Blue Box Media as CFO. It has several online media properties under its belt. It also provides branding solutions for start-ups and businesses.
Nisha always had a gamut of creative ideas and passion to learn more about marketing. She started her career as a creative writer with 160by2.com. From content development, Nisha moved on to head a competent team looking after marketing and branding. This is where her true capabilities came to the forefront. Her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Literature, as well as a knack for effectively managing teams, gave her the needed push in a very early stage. According to most of her peers, she brings in boundless energy to the team and is a die-hard optimist.
Her quick learning abilities and positive attitude have helped her garner business relationships across all verticals. Her experience in marketing, team building and international business development at various levels made it easy for her to found Ubergrad. It is basically an online platform that connects students to overseas universities. It makes the admissions process easier, faster, and more transparent. She closely works with overseas universities and education partners. In addition to it, she also handles the product and marketing part on ubergrad.com.
Sandeep has engrossed several roles in his career, which consist of a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and internet visionary. But he is better known as the founder of Shopclues and Droom. He has 17 years of global experience in business operations, strategy and investment, focusing on Internet and technology. He is counted amongst leading Internet experts globally and has regularly appeared on several prominent media outlets. It is often considered to be a visionary and go-getter. His earlier work as internet analyst gave him the needed leverage to become one of the pioneers of digital revolution.
His latest venture Droom, is India’s first online marketplace to buy and sell new and used automobiles and automobile services. Droom has taken a completely innovative and disruptive approach to building trust and pricing advantages. Prior to founding Shopclues and Droom, he was provided research coverage on Google, Yahoo!, eBay, Amazon, Microsoft etc. as an Internet analyst. He has an MBA from Washington University in St. Louise, USA. He is also a chartered member of TiE Silicon Valley and holds one US patent.
Dr. Nishchal Gowda is a well-informed real estate professional with diverse experience. Apart from being Founder & CEO of Adwog.com, he is associated with other businesses viz. talentsearchindia, nichedevelopers. He has been active in various fields including HR Consulting, Real Estate & IT Web Application development. Having three successful organizations to his credit, he can be called a serial entrepreneur who knows no limit when it comes to increasing business wings.
Dr. Nishchal Gowda has received several accolades for brilliance as an entrepreneur. His venture Adwog.com is one of its kind and is acknowledged greatly as it the first ever marketplace to offer broad house purchase value chain for new projects. It was initially rejected by users as well as builders when Nishchal launched it in 2014 for testing response. He decided to redesign everything and re-launched with 200 projects. Read ahead about his business success.
Nobody could think of earning Rs. 30 lakhs from umbrellas until Pratik Doshi turned it into reality. His venture cheekychunk.com has succeeded in luring online shoppers with colorful umbrellas. It sells through own website as well as other ecommerce marketplaces including Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal and retail stores of Mumbai. Pratik checked market demand before taking his first step and sold around 500 umbrellas through friends and family. This gave him the confidence to bet on bigger scale and he invested Rs. 1, 35,000 to bring it online.
The initial money invested by him came from his tutoring which he did during college days. Two things, which Pratik says encouraged him to take umbrella selling for his startup, were untapped opportunities in this market and his strong zeal to do away with a monotonous day job. Read more about his stint so far.
Pooja Naresh is the founder of PANR International and one of the youngest entrepreneurs in the country. She holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Science Engineering, and a trail of awards & scholarships follow her academic record. Pooja was very young when she started leading and effectively managing teams for tasks under strict deadlines. Her breakthroughs in the staffing industry exposed her to enormous amount of knowledge pertaining to the hiring processes worldwide. She has worked and lived in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Jaipur before laying the foundation of PANR International. She is also a passionate speaker and hiring coach.
PANR International is helping startups and new businesses take the leap ‘from nothing to everything’ by hiring awesome workforce for them. It is a recruiting and hiring platform which is catering India’s emerging new businesses. It offers customized recruitment solutions specifically designed as per client needs.
Rachna has always been a creative person who strives for precision in work. She has a deep love for startups & entrepreneurial community which was the core reason behind launching Crisptalks. The startup offers affordable animated videos & presentations to startups, entrepreneurs & trainers. Since its inception, it has helped numerous businesses by making their end-to-end communication interesting & engaging.
Rachna, over the years, has evolved into a strategic planner and deep thinker. She is a PowToon expert helping entrepreneurs give voice to their products, apps, and software through affordable animated videos. And she always emphasizes on affordability. Apart from Crisptalks, Rachna also holds the position of Jaipur’s City Mayor for EntrepreneurCafe.org
Divya Aggarwal, a B-Tech in electronics from YMCA Institute of Engg & Technology always knew that doing something of her own is the ultimate goal of her life. Co-founding LaundryWala, which is an online laundry and dry-cleaning service of India happened out of that urge only. Her stint as principal software engineer at Spyglass helped her a lot in making her online venture a success. Laundrywala is an emerging brand and within a year of launch it has retained significant share of customers.
Divya as the leading contributor of company believes in planning and follows every action plane with single-mindedness. Having studied from the leading MBA institute of India, she specializes in management too. To learn more about her life-mantra and business philosophy, read her interview below.
Raghav Sehgal founded RxVault.in after spending crucial years in leading healthcare brands like Fortis, Indian Institute of Public health etc. RxVault, a product of Smart Square Technologies Private Limited helps organize health information. Be it prescriptions, reports or any other detail, it saves all in an organized manner and digitalize the hard copies. Apart from health sector, Raghav holds vital experience in different sectors including Finance & Retail.
As director and CEO of RxVault.in, he takes care of everything with his sheer knowledge and various skills including business planning, strategy and leadership. Studying at IIM Ahmedabad and working at Technopack, Seimens only added versatility to this young entrepreneur. It is his strength of mind and well planned business model that brought RxVault to a point of 13,000 users. Read more about him in this interview.
Vinay Pahlajani is an indomitable soul with strong zeal to make a difference in every sphere; be it business or his life. After graduating from Bhilai Institute of Technology, he continued studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. The idea of founding LetsCATCHUP came to him when he saw millions of students graduating every year but not all were getting jobs easily. This alumni based job referral network facilitates hiring and makes it easy to get jobs based on referrals only. As of now, 11,000 graduates from 200+ colleges are using LetsCATCHUP.
Vinay Pahlajani has come a long way since his days at IIT. Call him a mentor, leader or a visionary, his skills and grit are enough to meet all titles. As entrepreneur he believes in action and believes in taking risk. Read ahead what he tells about his life and business journey so far.
