How They Did It

The one thing we've all missed in many many months is our urge to step out and have our home-services, personal-care services in place but Urban Company, formerly Urban Clap, has changed this dynamic around. And their layered technology works its way through customer satisfaction, insights and more. In this episode we talk to Raghav Chandra, CTO, Co-founder Urban Company about his journey at Urban Company, previously with Twitter, and more. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

We know of Zoomcar as a car rental service, often the words Zoomcar splashed across a vehicle, more or less found on the skirts of a city. Here is more to not just Zoomcar's journey with providing IoT services, extending its offerings to Original Equipment Manufacturers or OEMs; but also its COO - Sudhindra Reddy who's been a scientist with the Defense Research and Development Organisation for in Hyderabad, managed logistics for an FMCG brand and currently runs Zoomcar in India. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Aalambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

What's it like to partner and be featured as a content creator on Instagram and Facebook? We hear it from the man himself - Manish Chopra is Director and Head of Partnerships for Facebook in India, who tells us the booming creator space in the recent past; the #bornoninstagram initiative along with the story behind the dukan choti par jayegi film stemming from the ‘More Together' campaign and lots more about driving Facebook's India partnership strategies. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

You've definitely noticed that sharp S logo on headphones hanging around mics in studios, haven't you? It's Sennheiser! A German company with its professional headset and headphone as well as professional microphone offerings to the audio industry and those who are particular about how they listen to music. Well, I speak to Saahil Kumar, Head-Marketing at Sennheiser India about what was the first day like, his journey of 11 years here and lots more about the business and products trends! Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

Ranjit Raina, CEO, Geometry Encompass tells us about his entrepreneurial stint, his 10 year-long association with the activations and branding agency and how his team has turned challenges into opportunities and the kind of work they have put out in the post-pandemic world. Ranjit explains his journey has seen the transition from Encompass to Geometry Encompass with WPP on board. He explains the story behind “Once upon a time in quarantine” on GE's social media pages. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

Since our entertainment and social media consumption has turned into rapid scrolls and attending events and gigs have organically transitioned into video calls; on this episode, we talk to Roshan Abbas - someone who has been around in the media industry for over two decades and is spearheading Geometry Encompass as its MD and founder, an activations agency. This one's about how the media events industry has had to quickly adapt to the new world and stay relevant, the scope for new media business ideas and more. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

A household food delivery and now multi-faceted app like Swiggy has taken off as an ever-evolving and dynamic offering in the country. Dale Vaz, CTO, Swiggy lets us step into the Swiggy world to understand how layered technology works for a seamless customer experience, with its business in over 500 cities across the country and the new services beyond food delivery. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

Digital payments have become the norm for consumers in the 'contactless' and post-pandemic world especially now more than ever before and in fact today we have someone who has been a veteran with digital and mobile payments and fintech startups with TrueB Security, and then with PaySense which has been acquired by PayU Credit - Mr Prashanth Ranganathan, CEO, PayU Finance. This conversation is about how digital credit payment modes are increasingly used by consumers as well as merchants as a convenience product. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

More often than not, we are constantly reading social media posts that say - stay afloat amid the storm, but here is a company who is not just floating their boAT but is constantly pushing their product line for boAt lifestyle - with their range of earphones, headphones, charging cables and wearables. This conversation is about Aman Gupta's, adventurous "boat" ride journey of great learnings as the Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at boAt Lifestyle. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

This conversation is about a colourful, creative story driven by leadership and innovation. Pooja Jauhari, CEO, The Glitch, gives us a complete insight into how that one project as an intern at the age of 18 turned it around for her. She tells us more about how leadership was put to test in times of the pandemic and how work culture and gender inclusivity impact employees significantly in the workplace. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

For every business to ensure smooth operations, one of the many crucial things is accounting, along with filing your inventories, keeping all your checks and balances in place and quite literally! Well, there is an accounting solutions software which is almost like a household name for many small and medium enterprises not just in India but all around the world: Tally! Tejas Goenka, Manager Director at Tally Solutions speaks to us about the growth, journey and trends they've seen in the many years of operations. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already! https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

With an itch to ‘do something of my own,' Bollywood actor, Kunal Kapoor worked his way through setting up Ketto.org along with his other founder Varun Sheth. Ketto enables people to raise funds for causes across crucial categories be it medical treatments or NGO and charity related causes. In this conversation, Kunal takes us through about wearing two different hats as and when: acting and entrepreneurship and playing these parts well. Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already here - https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

A journey that started with writing a blog that was more of a personal diary about things she loved - food, music, people and cut to today where MissMalini is a full-blown content - entertainment businesses in India. In this episode, we talk to Malini Agarwal, Founder and Creative Director, MissMalini about how she did it all! Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already here - https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

And we are back with Season 2 of How They Dit It! With over two decades of experience in the media industry, Pankaj Kedia. MD, Emerging Markets at Dolby Laboratories, has prolific tenure filled with media technology innovations, business growth and development and more. He talks to us about, a cinematic experience that blew his mind, while at Dolby Laboratries, his day one at the sound and visual technology giant, the trends he has seen in and out of the storytelling narrative in India and more! Host: Priyanka Ganwani Producer: Priyanka Ganwani Editor: Dhiresh Thakur Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Catch Season 01 of How They Did It if you haven't already here - https://in.mashable.com/podcast/

Surely you've heard of the food chains Faasos, Behrouz Biryani right? Well, they come from Rebel Foods. The internet-restaurant company in India, which has evolved with time has reached new horizons. After managing and building the core of the brand for about 9 years, Sagar Kochhar, Co-founder, Rebel Foods proudly calls himself the father of this enterprise, along with his other co-founders. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

Trell, a lifestyle blogging platform that enables users to create quick videos in languages they are absolutely comfortable in; has been making its own mark with a massive user base in India. And so Pulkit Agrawal, Co-Founder, Trell takes us through his journey of building the lifestyle app and how it is constantly adapting to the user's consumption behaviour. This conversation also covers the bit about how content creators on Trell are helping and entertaining the Indian audience with trustable content, paving the way for a more connected nation. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

Payment gateways in India have an extremely critical role to play for merchants, entrepreneurs, business and any venture that wants to hop onto the digital payments bandwagon. And so, Harshil Mathur, the CEO and Co-Founder of Razorpay takes us through his journey of setting up a secured payment gateway system, along with neo-banking offerings, the work-culture at Razorpay and more. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

Wakefit.co is a company which started off with selling just bed mattresses but soon became an online one-stop sleep solution for its consumers. And the path to founding this company has come with its insightful learnings about R&D to managing profits and even facing demonetization for co-founder, Chaitanya Ramalingegowda. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

Vijay Arisetty, CEO and Co-founder MyGate came out of the Armed Forces and struck with an idea to build MyGate for the gated communities. He has, therefore, built an entire security ecosystem all over the country, aligning technology for the same. MyGate is a tech-driven app that aids building and society residents with security by giving them the sole right to grant permission and keep an eye on who is visiting their home, at what time, with foolproof identification. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

OYO Hotels and Homes have spread its wings far and wide with leased and franchised hotels, and living spaces across the country and South Asia. What's interesting to sit up and notice about this 'Made In India' success story is their response to the world crisis; and Rohit Kapoor, CEO, India and South Asia at OYO tell us how they navigated their way through tough times and worked with oyoprenerus. He also talks about his dynamic journey that brings with it great experiences and learnings to sustain and build ever-evolving innovation at OYO. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

When it comes to filing returns and completing legalities, we all procrastinate and delay it. Don't we? Well, Archit Gupta, founder and CEO, Clear Tax has streamlined the process and looked into building digital finance tools that enable business and entrepreneurs. What started as a personal pain-point to resolve tax-filing is now a portal that takes care of your income tax for many. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

A solution that came out of nothing more than a 'pain-point' to find a rented apartment in a new city, has today turned out to be an efficient way to look for a house without any brokerage. Saurabh Garg, Co-founder of NoBroker, gives us a complete insight about what went into building the real estate platform, the challenges along the way, and more. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

A former lawyer, having dealt with mergers and acquisitions, venture capitalists, private equity, technology; her experience in this space served as building blocks for her own venture. Meghna Suryakumar, Founder and CEO at Crediwatch, a data insight services company, talks about how she set up Crediwatch, the evolution of financial digitization with data analytics and more. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

He's definitely not had a terribly tiny career, but instead an impactful one. Anshuman Ghosh, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Terribly Tiny Tales, a micro-fiction content platform talks to us about how the path to constant innovations has led to making content so unique. Host: Konark Tyagi Producer: Priyanka Ganwani & Aishwarya Kumar Creative Lead: Siddharth Alambayan Channel Head: Jonathan Immanuel Mashable Across The Web Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ

How They Did It, is a podcast by Mashable India, bringing to you stories and experiences of those behind the affluent brands in India. Listen on, as the CTOs and CMOs, CFOs and the chiefs of all things cool of the many businesses and ventures tell us, ‘How they did it! Mashable Across The Web Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mashableindia/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MashableIndia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashable.in... Subscribe for Latest Videos: https://bit.ly/2QIlhxZ Mashable India is for superfans. We're not for the casually curious. Obsess with us as we start exploring India.