The Jazznation Podcast

Hey! Here is the second episode of Jazznation Podcast Season 2 with Swasti Jain (Founder of @Festamarketing). This was an interesting conversation for two reasons, first the niche that Swasti is operating in is very unique and second building a full fledged business at such a young age is quite commendable . Back in college I remember the process of reaching out to sponsors for our fests used to be hectic and there always used to be firefighting at the end moment for some or the other reason. This is where the role of Festamarketing comes into play as they act as a link between the sponsor companies and college societies. If you are someone who is interested to know about sponsorships or need sponsors for your fests you have come to the right place.

Jazznation Podcast Season 2 starts off with a Super Special Guest who came out to share his journey as a marketing professional. Akarshit Mahajan is the Youngest guest I have had on my podcast and I can't fathom such a young guy so successful and focussed towards what he really wants out of his life. I guess people are right when they say Gen Z is the smartest generation there ever has been. Akarshit founder of Markex media and Finge.io is killing it with his two startups helping High ticket E commerce clients get the conversions and dough they deserve. So if you are someone who wants to know how to dominate on Youtube with paid ads and 10X your ROI ,You have come to the right place. Also, Don't forget to Like, Share and Subscribe. Guest - Akarshit Mahajan https://www.linkedin.com/in/akarshit-mahajan/ Host- Arpit Arora (Founder Jazznation) https://www.instagram.com/arpit.aroraaaaaa/ Editor - Rohan Singh (Co-Founder Jazznation) https://www.instagram.com/rohansingh3015/ Follow us on : Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jazznation-105813628619964/?ref=page_internal Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/jazznationmedia/

This week on Episode 18 of the Jazznation Podcast I have invited a very special guest on the show. So I suppose we are all fan of what Zomato and Swiggy does! Food Delivery Services was the best thing that we could ask for during the lockdown to have some amazing food without stepping out of the house. But have you thought about if you are in Bangalore and instead of the local food you would like to have something like a chole Bhature from Delhi or Lucknow's most amazing Biryani but you are in Jharkhand. Now you are sorted my friend! You would not believe that there is a start up which delivers food any where from India to your doorstep within 24 hours. It's called Justmyroots and we have the founder of Just my roots on this episode Mr Samiran Sengupta. I spoke Mr Samiran about How he started out, How he executed this crazy Idea and what does the future looks like for Just my Roots. So I hope you will like this. Make sure you Hit Like Share and Subscribe if you want to get regular updates from me Pals!

Hey Guys! This week I have invited Mr Vishesh Bajaj on the podcast, who is a founder of Knot9 which is a media company based out Faridabad, India. Knot9 produces 4k Indian stock footages for content creators and from India and abroad. So we have all seen the advertisement on social media and billboards where people use an American/Australian guy on the ad ,which looks utterly disgusting. So when I heard about this company I became an instant fan. So in this episode we spoke about how Vishesh started out,his journey and what the future looks like for Knot9. So there is tons of wisdom for the people in the media space and for budding entrepreneurs. Hope you like it.

Today we have invited a very special guest on the show Anchit Sharma aka Rapper Maddy. A Rapper / Singer & an Actor who has worked with some of the top artists of like Boris Brejcha, Jordy Dazz, W& W to name a few. He started his journey as a resident Rapper at Elevate Noida, gained limelight as a participant on MTV Splitsvilla 10 and MTV Roadies. On this episode we spoke about how he started out, what are his plans for the future , how was Hip Hop scene back when he started out and lot of other cool stuff. Hope you enjoy this episode.

This week I have invited a dear friend Shan Ahuja, a creative entrepreneur who manages artists, curates events and creates killer music content. He has been a part of Indian music Industry for more than 12 years now. In this episode we spoke about what he looks out for before signing an artist onboard, strategies for growth for an upcoming artist and his years of experience in the Industry. So if you are a musician trying to grow in the music scene I would highly suggest you to check this one out. Hope you learn a ton.

This is very special episode with Mr Anuj Johri who runs a rehabilitation centre in Delhi ,AARA. He shared his 25 years of journey as a recovering addict , how he helps hardcore drug addicts to get off the filthy habit of drug intake. He also shared how drugs had spoiled his life,his dreams and career so he wants to help others so that they don't fall in the same trap.So if you are someone who is an addict to any sort of drug , I would suggest please check out this episode. Hope it helps in you in someway!

Hello guys. I am back with one more power packed episode and this week we have Mr Samant Sikka on the show who is a co-founder and CEO of Sqrrl Fintech. (Sqrrl is a platform aimed at helping young Indians save their earnings while keeping things simple). It was a lovely conversation where we spoke about how Mr Sikka started his dream company, scope of Fintech in India and advise for the young guys out there in this space.So, If you are a young entrepreneur out there, I would suggest you to check this as it will open your mind to new ways of looking at your business. Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom with us Sir.

This week we Have Rahul Negi, aka Madara on the show. Madara is a rapper from Delhi who is known for speaking out bluntly about social issues, contemporary topics and hypocrisies. He became popular in the circuit with his recent track "Tukde-Tukde Gang ?". His music brings forth the brutal, despondent realities of the society. Such is the nature of his music , self and socially aware , as it is sarky. Penetrating through the fundamentals of hip-hop which generally have been gang-violence, poverty, riches, self-praise, he has found a way to breathe life into it with his conscious rap.

Our guest this week is Mr Dhruv Nath. Dhruv Sir is a Co-Author of "Funding Your Startup - And Other Nightmares", published by Penguin, which is one of the most important books for Startup Entrepreneurs on getting funded. He is a Director at Leads Angel Network , Ex- Professor at MDI Gurgaon and a mentor to many young Entrepreneurs out there. Hope you gain a ton of wisdom from Dhruv Sir.

Today we have Mr Nagaraja Prakasam on the show. Mr. Nagaraja (Naga) Prakasam is a versatile and passionate leader with 2+ decades of global experience (decade in the USA and a decade+ in India). As a full time angel investor, invested in 21 start-ups and seen 4 exits. Spearheaded Impact thinking in Indian Angel Network and co-founded IAN Impact. His personal mantra is “Start-ups should focus on India's strength – people, problems, Tech (PPT)” He believes in hands on approach and travels extensively in rural areas understanding the need first hand. Sought after as thought leader in Impact space and inspired many students as a motivational speaker in number of colleges. Featured by Forbes magazine as Social investor engineering social change. Delivered C.K.Prahalad memorial lecture at WorldCoCreationDay. Chaired “Green Revolution 2.0 – Food Security and the role of innovation” at 10th CII Innovation Summit. Spoke at launch of Bank of Innovations and Ideas (BII) by Ministry of Rural Development along with Dr.Abdul Kalam. Awarded “Successful Person 2015/Vetri Tamilar” by Sangam4, Chennai. Proud to join CM of Rajasthan to unveil state startup policy. Partner at Acumen – New York based $100M impact venture fund and serves as an independent director in one of its portfolio company, Guardian – a micro finance venture working in Water and Sanitation. Founder Chairman of Native Angels Network (NAN) by Nativelead foundation (NLF) – enables entrepreneurship in non-metros of Tamilnadu, with the vision to Enable, Nurture, Incubate, Invest. NAN grown into 152 angels in Madurai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Erode, Tuticorin with 3 investments, touching 120 startups, 37 colleges.

Today we have Mr Himanshu Periwal on the show. He is one of the coolest guest on this podcast till now. Himanshu is the Co-Founder at unlu, a fan-to-celebrity connect platform. He has worked with Amazon, Bain & Company, ixigo over the last 10 years. He was the VP Growth at ixigo, helping it grow transactions by 23x over 3 years. At Amazon, he was part of the team that launched it in India and was its' first Product Marketing Manager. Prior to that, he worked with Bain & Company on various Private Equity, Fin-tech, Retail sector mandates. A graduate of IIM Calcutta, he is also a Product Management Faculty at upGrad, a Start-up Advisor at NASSCOM, GSV Labs, TechStars and has been associated with over 20 start-ups as a Mentor/Investor/Consultant. Himanshu has also been on the stage for various events at IAMAI, Google, Facebook, Branch.io, Netcore, SATTE, HiFi, Clevertap, IIM Calcutta, MDI Gurgaon, Delhi University, Nirma University, BITS Pilani, Growth Folks, Headstart, etc. Let's welcome Mr Himanshu Periwal on the show guys!

This week we have Hozaifa Sayed on the show. Hozaifa is India's leading music production educator and he is an Ableton & AVID certified Instructor, Mastering Engineer @ Waves Krāft Mastering. He is a senior faculty at Seamedu, Pune which is India's top Sound and Music Institute. It was lovely to talk to him about his journey as a musician and an educator. So basically he started out as a DJ like many of us who are music producers and later got into production got certifications from some top music audio workstation brands like Ableton live,Pro tools etc. So if you are someone who wants to learn music production professionally or you are producer and want to take your sound to next level you can contact Hozi from Waves Craft Mastering.

We have Mr Swaroop Guhathakurta on the show today. He said something very beautiful ,It goes like this ‘' I came to this world alone and empty taking the physical form i have today. I thank my parents for giving me this form which I am priviledged to have as shelter for the time being. I am just like you and every other conscious living being in its form. I have come acorss and continue to come across many other beings in their unique form and everyone have been playing a part in helping me realise who I really am. This will continue till my physical form perishes. I may be difficult to understand but please dont misunderstand me. I like expressing myself through ART and MUSIC. I try and communicate with other conscious beings portraying all forms of emotions through my work.'' So on this beautiful note let's just start the show. Here are the links to Sanathana: Website: • http://www.psytraveller.net/sanathana Soundcloud: • http://www.soundcloud.com/sanathanaFacebook: • http://www.facebook.com/sanathana.psy

Our guest for today is Akshat Taneja .Akshat is a professional musician/live sound engineer and has worked with numerous Independent bands across India. After working as a keyboardist for 5 years he later switched his career to being a sound engineer which has proved to be really great move as he got to work with artist like Papun, The Local Train,Peter Cat Recordings and many more and got to tour with bands across India and abroad. He started out as a keyboardist with a metal band called Guillotine based out of New Delhi, then later played with Faridkot and was featured on MTV when he was just 17 years old.Trust me this has been one of the most amazing podcast till date. I hope you Enjoy it. Follow me for more such videos. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/ArpitAroraofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arora.arpit92 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jazznationindia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArpitArora92

Today we have invited Mr Rumster Sharma to our show. Rummy Sharma has been able to hit international charts year after year and track after track. Besides being one of the most renowned techno/underground artists in India, Rummy has also earned a commendable position as the first rated Indian at the world's biggest underground music festival, The Love Parade, in Berlin. After living for more than twenty years between Berlin and Delhi, he recently moved to Bordeaux in France. Rummy has very strong ties in these three major cities, he splits his time between the European scene and India. Listen to his music on : http://www.soundcloud.com/djrummysharma Follow him on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rummysharma/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djrummysharmaofficial/

Welcome to my podcast series The Jazznation Community. In this series we invite artists, entrepreneurs, start up founders, visionaries, philosophers from various walk of life to share their experiences with us. I feel everything is an art in life , from the way we walk, the we lead our life,the decisions we make, the way we do stuff and the life itself. So we should know the art of living. Not how someone else tells us to but how we experience it personally because otherwise it won't be art ,it'll just be clone of something else that has been existing already. We just try to learn from our guests who maybe know a little more or something different which can maybe help us figure out something about ourselves and help us grow as a community. Because we humans we like each other, like to live together and prosper together that's what makes us happy. Today we have invited Nitish Bhardwaj to our show. He is a founder of Skillboxes which is India's largest open platform for all artists. He helps connect artists with each other and with different recruiters. The platform can be used by artists to market their talent to the pool of artists hungry clients registered with us. Similarly, Nitish provides clients with the best of the marketplace for budding and professional artists.He signs up budding talent from various fields with an aim to nourish and develop them into their best self & ensure that their inspiring story reaches out to as many people as it can. And also his Uber rating is 4.7. Follow him on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nitishbhardwaj____/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bhardwajism

Our guest today is Mannan Dattah ,A Business Consultant,Fight club owner and an Entrepreneur. He is a founder of the leading Martial Arts gym chain in the country. A Global Choice Award winner. He has been featured in prominent media platforms like BBC and Aaj Tak. According to Mannan ‘' A real spiritual teacher understands that this whole process of enlightenment is a homecoming – getting rid false identifications, attachments, issues, pain, and so on''. Follow him on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mannanrdattah/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannan.dattah/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/manannukedatta

Our guest today is Sachin Sharma ,A Business Strategist,Digital Marketeer and an Entrepreneur. He began the journey by learning marketing by himself. He studied several books in-depth and eventually went on to complete a course in Digital Marketing. He decided to practically apply those concepts and hence undertook a project which went on to become a full-time job. In those two years, he applied every concept he had learnt and sky-rocketed the company's sales. In retrospect, the failure of his first startup made him a better marketer, so he started up again and co-founded a marketing agency by the name of Foxy Media . He even has a podcast of his own called ‘The Sachin Sharma Show'. He considers his podcast to be a way in which he can add value to budding and existing entrepreneurs. Apart from being an entrepreneur, Sachin is a certified mountaineer and former Pro Mixed Martial Arts fighter. Follow him on: Instagram- @foxy.way Spotify -https://open.spotify.com/show/1uXulEIhpedtQ0PMmsABFk

Welcome to my podcast series The Jazznation Community. In this series we invite artists, entrepreneurs, start up founders, visionaries, philosophers from various walk of life to share their experiences with us. I feel everything is an art in life , from the way we walk, the we lead our life,the decisions we make, the way we do stuff and the life itself. So we should know the art of living. Not how someone else tells us to but how we experience it personally because otherwise it won't be art ,it'll just be clone of something else that has been existing already. We just try to learn from our guests who maybe know a little more or something different which can maybe help us figure out something about ourselves and help us grow as a community. Because we humans we like each other, like to live together and prosper together that's what makes us happy. Our first guest of the series is Khiladi. an Indian music producer, Pop singer, lyricist. He started as a session and recording artist, and now is a full time music producer/singer. With his latest release sukoon Khiladi is now a rising sensation in the indie hindi pop scene. In this interview Khiladi talks about how he started out as an artist to now being a full time musician. He talks about what keeps him motivated ,his goals and his upcoming releases. It was a really fun and informative talk with Khiladi.