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Indore-based Kimirica Hunter now manufactures hotel toiletries and amenities for a range of premium hotels such as Marriott, Starwood, Hilton, Jumeirah, Hyatt, Sofitel, Pullman, and an array of independent luxury hotels. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/smbstory/hotel-travel-kimirica-hunter-marriott Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rishabh Mansur on 21th Feb 2019. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Two-time Silver medalist, para-athlete Divij Shah lives by the maxim that fear is the greatest disability of all. 'Daar ke aage jeet hai' Some injuries heal faster if you move forward. This is not just a simple motivational line, but a powerful statement that Divij Shah lives by. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2018/03/divij-shah-silver-medal-para-cycling-champion Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Dipti Nair on 14th March 2018. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

A spinal injury may have confined her to a wheelchair, but Nisha Gupta didn't let that stop her. Now an international basketball player, she dreams of being a model when not on the basketball court. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2021/02/monday-motivation-wheelchair-basketball-woman-nisha-gupta Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Diya Koshy George on 15th Feb 2021 with edits by Anju Narayanan. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

In 2019, the Sarin brothers — Shaan, Rahul, and Aakash — took up a three-storey building in Punjabi Bagh, Delhi, and launched three restaurants — one on each floor. The three restaurants, which share a kitchen, are named TEO Lounge and Bar, The Dineroom, and Cartoony Planet. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/smbstory/delhi-restaurant-dineroom-teo-lounge-cartoony-planet Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rishabh Mansur on 6th March 2021 with edits by Suman Singh. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Logistics startup Rivigo changed the way trucks ply across India with its relay model. The company, India’s latest unicorn, now has 3,000 customers across 20 sectors, and aims to expand its footprint. Rivigo was set up in 2014 by former Mckinsey consultants Deepak Garg (37) and Gazal (33) with the idea of creating a relay truck model, where no driver would drive for more than four-five hours at a stretch and would return home the same day. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2019/07/rivigo-unicorn-logistics-startup-gurugram Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 31st July 2019 with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Wasif Mohd started Fresh Up Mattresses in 2016 to differentiate from the competition and capture the unorganised sector. In four years, Fresh Up has emerged as a fast-growing mattress brand in North India with over 250 employees. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/smbstory/mattress-brand-fresh-up-noida Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rishabh Mansur on 14th Jan 2021 with edits by Anju Narayanan. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Justin Waldron co-founded gaming company Zynga with Mark Pincus when he was 19. Today, he is an investor in over 50 companies across the globe, and has also founded another gaming startup - Playco. Justin talks about his Zynga journey, investing in startups, and founding Playco. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2021/03/zynga-startup-investor-serial-entrepreneur-playco-justin-waldron Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Sindhu Kashyaap on 16th March 2021 with edits by Tenzin Pema. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Boxer Manju Rani shares how she broke the glass ceiling in a Haryana village, and overcame economic hardships to become successful. This is a story of grit, determination, and how belief can take you to great heights. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/socialstory/2020/04/manju-rani-young-boxer-india Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Anju Ann Mathew on 6th April 2020 with edits by Javed Gaihlot. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Laminar is a platform as a service that lets a content company or a creator launch a global streaming service, by providing end-to-end solutions. Raheel Khursheed was Snapchat’s first employee in India, hired to lead the Santa Monica-based disappearing messaging application’s operations in the country. But six months into the gig, bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, he quit. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/07/ott-startup-laminar-raheel-khursheed-netflix-amazon-prime Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 13th Jul 2020 with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Founded in 2015, Ultraviolette is a Bengaluru-based electric vehicle company, which is building an ‘aspirational’ superbike for the Indian market. In India, entrepreneurs Narayan Subramaniam and Niraj Rajamohan realised that the next decade would see a rising need for electric vehicles. However, they wanted to find a niche in this sector, and make a considerable impact. To this end, the duo decided to build electric superbikes in India for the Indian market. Thus, in 2015, they founded Ultraviolette Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/12/elon-musk-tesla-ev-startup-building-superbikes-india-ultraviolette Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Sindhu Kashyaap on 17th Dec 2020 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

With no revenue to rent an office, Piyush Somani started a small web hosting support business in a kindergarten centre in Nashik, where his team worked after the kids had left. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/smbstory/entrepreneur-kindergarten-centre-inspiration-esds-software-company Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rishabh Mansur on 19th March 2020 with edits by Suman Singh. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

In this story, we feature Lalitesh Katragadda, the man who built Google Map Maker and Google Maps for India. Currently, as the founder of Indihood, the serial entrepreneur is building tech to create impact at scale. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/03/techie-tuesday-lalitesh-katragadda-google-maps-india Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Sindhu Kashyaap on 17th March 2020 with edits by Megha Reddy and Tenzin Pema. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

[Product roadmap] The role tech played in the journey of Bharat-focused social media startup ShareChat. In this week’s Product Roadmap we feature ShareChat, one of India’s newest unicorns. Here’s the story of how technology helped the Bharat-focused social media content platform build a 280-million user community along with video platform Moj. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2021/04/product-roadmap-social-media-startup-sharechat-unicorn Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Sindhu Kashyaap on 14th April 2021 with edits by Teja Lele. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Popular YouTuber and content creator Saloni Srivastava started HustlePost Academy to cater to a growing number of people who wanted to use social media platforms to start a business. The Academy offers 13 courses with live interactive sessions. Three years after Saloni Srivastava became a successful YouTuber with an interesting blend of tips and tricks for millennials, the 27-year-old is now giving hope to hundreds of Indians by encouraging them to start a new business. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2020/11/woman-entrepreneur-online-business-youtube-instagram Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rekha Balakrishnan on 18th Nov 2020 with edits by Megha Reddy. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Haris Ali, a Bengaluru-based animal rescuer and entrepreneur, started Sarvoham Welfare Trust to rescue and rehabilitate injured dogs from across the city. As a 12-year-old, Haris Ali loved taking care of a little family of dogs near his home – a mother with a litter of three puppies. With his daily pocket money of Rs 2, Haris would buy a small pack of biscuits and feed this canine family. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/socialstory/2021/01/bengaluru-dog-rescuer-entrepreneur-sarvoham-cupa-haris-ali Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Anju Ann Mathew on 11th Jan 2021 with edits by Suman Singh. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Growing up in Dehradun, Eltropy Co-founder, Ashish Garg, dreamt of going to the US, working with computers and having his own startup; all of which he realised. This is his story. he tells YourStory over a Zoom call, from his residence on a hilltop in San Jose, California, where he has his own tech startup called Eltropy today. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2021/02/bits-pilani-alum-ashish-garg-journey-from-uttarakhand-to-california-startup-eltropy Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 26th Feb 2021. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

One of Google’s early employees, Mohit was a part of the team that built the Google File System, which the tech giant still relies on for storing data and access. He is also referred to as the Father of Hyperconvergence, the main technology of his product at his first startup, Nutanix, a listed cloud computing company with a valuation of over $5 billion. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/11/techie-tuesday-mohit-aron-google-file-systems-nutanix-hyperconvergence-cohesity Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Sindhu Kashyaap on 10th Nov 2020 with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Khushboo Jain, Co-founder of ImpactGuru, says, the crowdfunding platform continues to change the lives of people through timely healthcare assistance. “Every minute, 100 people get hospitalised in India and 30 health insurance claims are filed. Seven out of 10 from the middle class population in India do not have any health insurance and those who do, are typically underinsured as the average cover in India is Rs 5 lakh. High out of pocket expenses stands at 60 percent - 3x global average,” explains Khushboo Jain, Co-founder, ImpactGuru. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2020/11/woman-entrepreneur-crowdfunding-impactguru-covid19 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rekha Balakrishnan on 11th Nov 2020 with edits by Megha Reddy. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Diksha Pande and Amit Nanwani started snacks startup Samosa Party in 2017 to make quality samosas accessible to customers across all channels. It has sold 22 lakh samosas till now. The Indian snack market is pegged at Rs 42 lakh crore, and 65 percent of this is completely unorganised. With Indians consuming 2.7 times snacks compared to 2.3 times meals – and this savoury their top favourite - it’s literally a samosa party out there. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2020/12/woman-entrepreneur-snacks-startup-samosa-party Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rekha Balakrishnan on 24th Dec 2020 with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

IndiaMart, which was set up at the height of the dot com boom and went on to survive the bust, launched its Initial Public Offer (IPO) on June 24, 2019, with a price band of Rs 970-973 to raise over Rs 474 crore. In this exclusive, in-depth story read how Dinesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO of IndiaMart InterMesh, founded this B2B ecommerce company in the early days of the internet era, how he scaled his business, and what the IPO means for him personally. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2019/06/indiamart-ipo-uber-curefit-funding Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Team YS on 26th Jun 2019. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Social Story brings you the story of Project Balika. Launched by Jasmine Bala, Project Balika focuses on girls’ education and also conducts several community initiatives around menstrual hygiene, nutrition, and gender sensitisation. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/socialstory/2021/03/project-balika-girls-stay-in-school-menstrual-hygeine-covid-19 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Diya Koshy George on 8th Mar 2021 with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Rajani Etimarpu belongs to a small village Enumulavaripalli in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. Despite being unable to afford proper equipment, her grit and determination led her to play for the national team. Not many would have heard of Enumulavaripalli village. It is a small hamlet in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. However, many hockey fanatics know about Rajani Etimarpu, the goalkeeper of the Indian national women’s team who hails from this small village. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2020/06/indian-hockey-rajani-etimarpu-olympic-inspiration-sports Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Nirandhi Gowthaman on 8th Jun 2020. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

From Wuhan to Germany, this Bengaluru startup has found a way to teleport human expertise during coronavirus. In February this year when the rest of the world was still blissfully ignoring the harm that the novel coronavirus was silently but surely unleashing, a young startup from Bengaluru was on a mission impossible in Wuhan in China. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/04/coronavirus-wuhan-germany-bengaluru-startup-blinkin-ai Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Dipti Nair on 21st April 2020. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

How much will you pay for love on online dating apps? Tinder, which has 5.7 million paid subscribers globally, utilises a dynamic pricing structure that offers multiple price points that may vary by region, length of subscription, recent in-app promotions, and more. Bumble, which made its high-profile entry in India in 2018 riding on Bollywood celebrity Priyanka Chopra’s shoulders, has over 80 million global users and more than a billion first moves made globally. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/02/valentines-day-online-dating-apps-love-tinder-bumble-startups-india Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Dipti Nair on 14th Feb 2020. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Aditi Pany is the Founder and CEO of Qalara, a Bengaluru-based startup that offers a wholesale ecommerce marketplace for small businesses to export across the world. The startup is backed by the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/12/mukesh-ambani-reliance-industries-startup-qalara-aditi-pany Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 4th Dec 2020. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Subhag HealthTech that was set to take off in India this year with its low-cost, home-based infertility treatment solution, temporarily shifted gears and started manufacturing copper face masks. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/10/vconceive-subhag-healthtech-startup-iui-infertility-treatment-copper-mask-covid19 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Dipti Nair on 12th Oct 2020 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Flipkart is attracting many young and upcoming brands, now backing new entrepreneurs by offering seller support services, training in fulfilment, and more. As of date, Flipkart has more than one million small sellers registered on its platform. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift towards a digital world and triggered lasting changes in online shopping behaviour. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2021/01/inside-flipkart-big-bet-small-business-entrepreneurs Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Vishal Krishna on 3rd Feb 2021 with edits by Teja Lele Desai and Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

ChaiPoint's SaaS-based end-to-end operating system handles billing, warehouse management, inventory, and vendor management, and frees up the entrepreneur to focus on the product. Tea café chain Chai Point brewed its success story by focusing on retail outlets and IOT-based vending machines, primarily in tech parks. Launched in 2010, the company claims it sold close to 0.6 million cups of tea a day in 2020 across all its channels (before the COVID-19), including stores, delivery, dispensers, and the direct-to-consumer business. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/08/tea-retail-chain-startup-chaipoint-saas-ai-software-amuleek-singh Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Vishal Krishna on 31st Aug 2020 with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

As the global fashion scene changes due to coronavirus, Bengaluru-based AI startup Bigthinx is making all the right noises, and finds itself at the heart of the revolution. Helping Fashinnovation — which counts marquee brands such as Louis Vuitton and Fast Company as part of its community — put together this virtual fashion show is Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Bigthinx. Read more at : https://yourstory.com/2020/06/bengaluru-ai-startup-bigthinx-fashion-prada-fashinnovation Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 3rd Jun 2020 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Started by Shauravi Malik, Meghana Narayan, and Umang Bhattacharyya, Slurrp Farm offers healthy and preservative-free snack options for children made from traditional grains. The brand has seen 3x growth during the pandemic. The two friends started Slurrp Farm in October 2016 when they realised most supermarket shelves only stocked products made with wheat or rice for children. These contained trans fats and alarming quantities of sugar, not exactly a healthy option. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2021/01/women-entrepreneurs-slurrp-farm-healthy-snacks-children Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rekha Balakrishnan on 7th Jan 2021 with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rekha Balakrishnan on 21st Jan 2021 with edits by Megha Reddy. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Diya Koshy George on 1st Feb 2021 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Dipti Nair on 3rd June 2020 with edits by Tenzin Pema. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 10th Feb 2021. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com 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!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 15 June 2020 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com 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!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Palak Agarwal on 26th Mar 2020 with edits by Javed Gaihlot. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 14th Dec 2020. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

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 Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Rishabh Mansur on 16th Sep 2019. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

The ‘Green Man of India’, Rohit Mehra’s aim is to give back to mother Earth with his various initiatives - from building vertical gardens with single-use plastic to creating a hospital for trees. Apart from his green work, Rohit is also the author of Super Child - a book on parenting, with another on the way. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/socialstory/2021/02/irs-officer-rohit-mehra-green-man Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Anju Ann Mathew on 8th Feb 2021 with edits by Rekha Balakrishnan. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

The year was 2000, and all eyes were on the stunning trio – Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Dia Mirza – representing India simultaneously at international beauty pageants. While Lara, born to a Punjabi father, retired Wing Commander L.K. Dutta, and Anglo-Indian mother Jennifer Dutta, went on to create history by becoming the second-ever Indian to be crowned Miss Universe; her fellow pageant contestants too bagged winning titles. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/weekender/lara-dutta-miss-universe-arias-skincare-business Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was reported by Sutrishna Ghosh on 23rd Nov 2019. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

During a fireside chat with YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma, She charted her journey from being a software engineer to a film star, to her most recent entrepreneurial undertakings. You might remember her as Minal Arora in Pink, Shabana Khan in Baby and more recently, Naina in Badla. But Bollywood actor and National Film Award winner Taapsee Pannu is more than just your average leading lady. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2019/10/techsparks-2019-actor-taapsee-pannu-acting-entrepreneurship Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was originally interviewed by YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma. Reported by Debolina Biswas & Tenzin Pema on 14th Jul 2020 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma recently caught up with the critically-acclaimed actor on YourStory Inspirations series to talk about Vidya Balan’s incredible and inspiring journey so far. Nepotism in Bollywood, has been a hotly debated topic for several years, and more so now. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule such as superstar Shah Rukh Khan who transitioned successfully from being a TV star to becoming the ‘Badshah of Bollywood’, without any connections or backing in the industry. However, the general impression is that for an outsider without any Bollywood connections or mentors, it’s difficult to survive, let alone thrive. But Vidya has thrived and how. Vidya started her film career in 2005 at the age of 26 with the Saif Ali Khan-starrer Parineeta based on the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel of the same name, where she essayed an author-backed central character. The film picked up several awards including Vidya bagging the Filmfare award for the best debut. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/07/vidya-balan-bollywood-outsider-personal-journey Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was originally interviewed by YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma. Reported by Ramarko Sengupta on 14th Jul 2020 with edits by Tenzin Pema. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Actor and entrepreneur Sushmita Sen in a video conversation with Dipti Nair talks about how it began and how it is going. For those of us who were witness to the 1994 international beauty pageant that went on to crown India’s first Miss Universe, it was indeed a wow moment. “I was very happy to play a mother of three grown-up kids. But at no point was I underplaying my sexiness. Aarya is a sexy girl. She has this inbuilt mechanism that she is not trying to underplay because she is the mother of three teenagers,” Sushmita Sen says. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2020/10/sushmita-sen-instagram-influencer-myntra-fashion-jury-aarya?utm_pageloadtype=scroll Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was originally reported by Dipti Nair on 22nd Oct 2020 with edits by Saheli Sen Gupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

From broken bones to podium finishes how bike racer Ullas Santruptnanda throttled towards success Read more at: https://yourstory.com/weekender/podium-finishes-bike-racer-ullas-santruptnanda Follow us on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: https://twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was originally reported by Vishal Krishna with edits by Kanishk Singh Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Multinational human resource consulting firm Randstad’s India CEO Paul Dupuis has come a long way, from having to sleep on a park bench to becoming a corporate honcho. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2021/01/from-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-to-becoming-ceo-randstad-india Follow us on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: https://twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was originally reported by Ramarko Sengupta. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Gulshan Nagpal started his real estate business Gulshan Homz in Delhi in 1989 after successfully building a home for his family. Today, the company has carved out a niche for itself in the luxury residential housing segment. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/smbstory/real-estate-delhi-housing-gulshan-homz Follow us on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: https://twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was originally reported by Rishab Mansur with edits by Kanishk Singh. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Founded by Kaushik Roy and Vishal Jindal in 2015, Gurugram-based Biryani by Kilo aims to grow to 150-plus outlets across India in the next four years and expand to international destinations. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/06/foodtech-startup-biryani-by-kilo-growth Follow us on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: https://twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was originally reported by Vishal Krishna with edits by Teja Lele Desai. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

Meet Saiman Shetty who went from a small town near Udupi to building powertrain systems at Tesla. Saiman Shetty is a Technical Program Manager for Robots at California-based robotics company Nuro. Saiman has launched two startups, worked at Lyft’s autonomous vehicle division, and was part of EV major Tesla. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2021/02/techie-tuesday-saiman-shetty-tesla-lyft-autonomous-vehicle-robots-nuro Follow us on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: https://twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was originally reported by Sindhu Kashyaap with edits by Teja Lele. Hosted by Julius Sharma!

A rare bacterial disease led to the amputation of Shalini Saraswathi’s limbs when she was in her 30s. At 36, she took up running and is now preparing for the Paralympics to be held next year. She is also a motivational speaker and blogger with her own original series on Firework. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2020/08/quad-amputee-blade-runner-paralympics Follow us on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: https://twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us: podcast@yourstory.com This story was originally reported by Nirandhi Gowthaman, with edits by Rekha Balakrishnan. Hosted by Julius Sharma!