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The Mohua Show is a weekly podcast about everything from business, technology to art and lifestyle, But done and spoken ईमानदारी सेConnect with UsMohua Chinappa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohua-chinappa/The Mohua Show: https://www.themohuashow.com/Connect with the GuestDinesh Dhamija: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinesh-dhamija/Follow UsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMohuaShowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/themohuashow/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/themohuashow/For any other queries EMAILhello@themohuashow.comMohua's BookIf Only It Were Spring Everyday: https://amzn.eu/d/ieUSuDYEpisode SummaryJoin Dinesh Dhamija, British Indian entrepreneur and political figure, as he recounts his transformation from a small kiosk owner to founding the successful online travel agency, ebookers.com. Dinesh shares his diverse cultural experiences, his ventures into sustainable energy, and his advocacy for UK-India trade relations. Delve into his philanthropic work with Chikitsa and Shiksha in India, his proactive response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and insights from his book, "The Indian Century," discussing India's growing global influence. The episode touches on the complexities of India-UK trade negotiations, the significance of skilled immigration for the UK, and the role of returning business capital to India's economy.Chapters00:00 - Introduction03:03 - Dinesh Dhamija's Personality and Career: A Global Impact04:56 - The Beginnings of ebookers.com. Journey from Kiosk to Entrepreneurship10:48 - From Entrepreneurship to Politics 13:17 - Philanthropic Endeavors and Impact in India15:18 - Envisioning an Indian Century18:09 - Understanding India's Surge and Its Impact on the Global Balance of Power20:30 - Exploring Investment Opportunities in India24:53 - Discussing the Prospects of the Indian Century26:57 - Insights on the Potential India-UK Trade Deal33:06 - Navigating the Indian Trade and Employment Landscape34:59 - The Positive Impact of Immigration36:05 - Closing RemarksDisclaimerThe views expressed by our guests are their own. We do not endorse and are not responsible for any views expressed by our guests on our podcast and its associated platforms.#DineshDhamija #Entrepreneurship #UKIndiaRelations #GlobalTrade #Ebookers #PoliticalInfluence #RenewableEnergy #Philanthropy #COVID19Response #TheIndianCentury #TradeDeal #Immigration #SkilledWorkers #BridgeIndia #Podcast #EntrepreneurialJourney #BusinessAndBorders #InternationalDiplomacy #GlobalEntrepreneurship Thanks for Listening!
Some notes on Good Energy #GOOD VALUATION SUMMARY Market Capitalisation = £29m Net Cash = £19m Enterprise Value = £10m Net Asset Value = £38m WHAT DO THEY DO? Good Energy is a supplier of 100% renewable power and an innovator in energy services. It has long term power purchase agreements with a community of 1,700 independent UK generators who are independent businesses, non profits and local communities, spread all over Britain.  Since it was founded 20 years ago, the Company has been at the forefront of the charge towards a cleaner, distributed energy system. Its mission is to power a cleaner, greener world and make it simple to generate, share, store, use and travel by clean power. Its ambition is to support one million homes and businesses to cut carbon from their energy and transport used by 2025. Good Energy is recognised as a leader in this market, through green kite accreditation with the London Stock Exchange, Which? Eco Provider status and Gold Standard Uswitch Green Tariff Accreditation for all tariffs. THE CEO In April 2021 Nigel Pocklington was announced as the successor to Juliet Davenport the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Good Energy. This transition is part of the continuing evolution of Good Energy from its roots as a simple green energy provider to a newer world green energy services and 'mobility as a service' provider. Nigel most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer of Moneysupermarket.com Group plc. Prior to this, he held a variety of senior roles within Expedia Inc., including President of eBookers and Chief Marketing Officer of Hotels.com. He spent a decade of his early career at Pearson plc, including a period leading the digital operations of the Financial Times. A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE COMPANY Good Energy have 2 different parts to the business. They supply Renewable energy to domestics & business customers: On 20 January 2022 they announced the disposal of its 47.5MW generation portfolio to Bluefield Solar Income Fund for a total consideration of up to £24.5m. This generation portfolio of two wind farms & six solar farms supplied 15% of their customers. They now have long term power purchase agreements with a community of 1,700 independent UK generators that supply their 277,000 customers. This sale of their generation portfolio was part of their strategy to transition to a higher margin energy services provider. Energy Services, this includes Solar Installation & generation, Heat Pumps & Transport Through acquisitions they now have a business that can install solar panels, heat pumps and manage customers generation. They are the second-largest feed-in-tariff operator in the UK, and has one of the highest profitability/customer in the industry. Transport: They also own 49.9% of Zap-Map, the UK's No.1 EV charging map iOS/Android app. It allows users to search for EV charging points, plan journeys and pay for charging. It has 600,000 customers and recently raised £9m, £5.3m was from from Fleetcor, (NYSE: FLT) is a leading global business payments company that helps businesses spend less by providing innovative solutions that enable and control expense-related purchasing and payment processes. FORECASTS Year Revenue Net profit 2023E £267m £1.75m 2024E £258m £4.55m The net margin is therefore expected to increase from 0.6% in 2023 to 1.7% in 2024, which is more than doubling. They had £38m gross cash at the end of May, which is considerably larger than its market cap. Good Energy rejected a 400p hostile bid in 2021. Canaccord, their brokers, have a target of 475p, current sp 174p. Canaccord: “At our unchanged 475p target, which continues to be based on a sum of-parts, the stock would trade at 13x/8x 2024/25E P/E, and still with a substantial net cash position. We remain Buyers” MY OPINION Good Energy are the original renewable energy company have loyal customers who are of the same ethos, which is to champion green energy decentralisation. As a company they are profitable, pay a dividend and have a big chunk of cash, around £20m. Some of this will be used to acquire complimentary businesses to enable them to expand further into the green energy, higher margin, services sector. This is a sector that is growing and will continue to grow for decades backed by global regulation to cut carbon emissions. Their revenue generation of £240m+ pa means even a slight improvement in margins, which will happen as they transition from energy supplier to energy service provider, could see a major positive re-rating on their valuation. DYOR https://youtu.be/ws7lO4RJcfA
Ranjan Singh is a digital executive, entrepreneur and private equity investor. He has been innovating and investing in sectors on the cusp of transformation for over 20 years. Prior to forming HealthHero, Ranjan held leadership positions in high growth digital companies and private equity firms. Ranjan was with a European PE firm, Penta Investments, leading their investments in digital health and also digital transformation of portfolio companies. Before that, Ranjan was an entrepreneur and founded isango.com, an online tours & activities platform which was acquired by TUI. His entrepreneurial venture followed leadership roles in Exepdia and Ebookers. Get in touch with Ranjan: ranjan@healthhero.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon
ebookers UK was launched in 1998 as the UK's first online travel agency, and added its "Bonus+" programme in 2016, in order to offer its customers a compelling reason to book with them. Listen to this episode of "Let's Talk a LITTLE Loyalty" to hear my favourite aspects of this simple and generous loyalty programme - particularly its focus on mobile users. Show Notes: 1) ebookers.co.uk 2) Bonus + 3) Nicki Helfet 4) Let's Talk Loyalty Interview with ebookers.com
Welcome to The Business Influencer Podcast where we will interview and explore the success stories of entrepreneurs, business leaders, senior policy makers and get insights from thought leaders around the issues of the day. In this first episode, our host interviews Dinesh Dhamija, founder of travel business Ebookers. He gives us an insight into his amazing entrepreneurial journey, how he lost $710 million and how he executed a successful exit plan. The entrepreneur offers his viewpoints on: networking, leadership, crisis-management, scalability, floatation and exit planning. Credits: Host - Ninder Johal DL Videographer - Amarun Johal Production - Simren K. Johal Video editing - Stewart Lawley Executive Producer - Narinder K. Johal Music - EWC / Nachural Selection (Album) © Copyright by Nachural Records / Nachural Publishing
How I Got Here - Inside stories from innovation and startups in travel
MakeMyTrip was not one of those online travel brands that exploded onto the scene.Although it has since go on to become India's biggest OTA, Deep Kalra and his co-founders (including Rajesh Magow) experienced very modest growth in the brand's initial years after its launch.A full-blown focus on its home market in the mid-2000s saw the brand accelerate to establish itself as the country's premier digital travel service.Like other brands that tried to ride an early wave of digitalization in the region, MakeMyTrip faced numerous challenges but stuck to its strategy throughout.The company eventually listed on the U.S. public markets in 2010 and has since gone to make a number of acquisitions of its own and form strategic partnerships (including taking investment) with the likes of the Trip.com Group giant in China. Magow, now group CEO of the company joins us as the latest guest on How I Got Here.HIGH is a weekly show produced by PhocusWire and Mozio, aimed at getting the inside stories behind startups and innovation in travel and transportation.It's hosted by PhocusWire's editor in chief, Kevin May, and Mozio co-founder and CEO David Litwak.
In the travel sector, a compelling loyalty programme can be a key differentiator for customers - for airlines, hotels and also for online travel agencies. ebookers UK was originally launched in 1998 as the UK's first online travel agency, adding the "Bonus+" programme in 2016. Listen to this episode of "Let's Talk Loyalty" to hear how ebookers.com has built a simple and generous loyalty programme - particularly focused on mobile users, along with insights on the KPI's they are measuring and how they're thinking about their members priorities amid Covid-19. Show Notes: 1) Nicola Helfet 2) ebookers.com 3) Bonus Plus Programme 4) Boots Advantage Loyalty Programme 5) TK Maxx 'Treasure' - Retail Loyalty Programme
In this episode, Obi Nwosu- CEO of Coinfloor - joins me to share his thoughts on: -Monetary&(Macro-) Economical Crisis -Inflationary & Deflationary Money -Critical Adoption Rate & Merchant-Adoption? -Bitcoin´s Longterm Security & Stability -AutoDCA with Coinfloor -and much more. Obi is an Anglogerian Technologist with over 20 years of experience in the UK technology sector. He is the co-founder and CEO of Coinfloor, the UK's top cryptocurrency exchange. His interests include Bitcoin, disruptive technology, mobile, AI, ecommerce, design, VR, wearables and fast growing start ups. Previously, he was the CEO and founder of Supalocal, a software company whose products included the Supalocal Queue Management System (sold to QLess inc.). Prior to this he was the CTO and VP of Engineering at WeeWorld, Head of Projects and Development at Ebookers.com and CTO at QXL.com as well as a UCL graduate. Links of Obi Nwosu: twitter: @obi / @coinfloor Website: https://coinfloor.co.uk/hodl/ I would appreciate a positive rating & review on anchor.fm/keyvandavani or any of these platforms: Subscribe to my Podcast-Show on: Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/2IA2dhV Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/31rSymq Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2wOfq1k Breaker: https://bit.ly/2IzhiQO Overcast: https://bit.ly/2R4nnbJ Castbox: https://bit.ly/34DbM97 Pocket-Casts: https://bit.ly/2XElbKv Radio Public: https://bit.ly/2I86iuH twitter: @keyvandavani Website: keyvandavani.com/podcast TheTotalConnector.com YouTube: youtube.com/c/keyvandavani Ethical Bitcoin sponsors are welcome! hello@thetotalconnector.com Thank you for listening and your support! Keyvan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keyvandavani/message
Au programme de l’actu des nouvelles technologies et de l’accessibilité dans cet épisode : Du côté des applications. Les extensions NVDA et Python 3. Be My Eyes procède à une levée de fonds. Plans : Apple ajoute les bus, métros, trams et trains partout en France. Spotify est disponible dans Voxiweb. Parcel ajoute “Relais Colis” en France. L’application eBookers n’est plus utilisable avec VO sur iOS. Appli iOS BNP “Mes comptes” : belle réactivité suite à l’accessibilité mise à mal lors d’une mise à jour. Astuce - Changer la langue d’une application sur iOS. Brèves. Kyocera développe une canne intelligente pour aider à prévenir les accidents dans les gares. Thierry va déposer plusieurs plainte A propos des Captchas…. Annie - Le premier dispositif d’auto-apprentissage du braille au monde. Suggestion de quelques podcasts et émissions à écouter. On refait le Mac : Rencontre avec Luc Julia, l’IA n’existe pas. Les Technos : Hors série « Déficience visuelle et technologie » #1 : Au jour le jour. Canadialog : Podcast et Formation en ligne. Vie du site. Cette semaine, publication du podcast Présentation du service financier Revolut. Jacques donne un micro “Blue Snow Ball”, contactez-nous. Pour animer cet épisode : Fabrice, Jacques et Philippe.
John sits down with the founder of ebookers, Dinesh Dhamija, to talk about how he went from a small kiosk in Earl's Court to owning a company worth $770 million. Dinesh reveals what it was like after his company's value fell by $710 million after 9/11, and produces a note worth 100 trillion dollars.
From a standing start, Dinesh Dhamija grew European online travel agency eBookers to more than one billion in sales in just five years.
Bei Travel-Dealz geht es häufig darum, wie ihr an den den günstigsten Flug von A nach B kommt. Doch ein billiger Flug bringt nichts, wenn die Hotels am Zielort extrem teuer sind und damit ein vielfaches der Kosten ausmachen. Wir haben daher unsere Tipps für die Hotelbuchung zusammen gefasst. Der Podcast dauert gut 30 Minuten. […]
Dinesh Dhamija gives leadership tips to Jamie Wilson, budding entrepreneur and founder of carer provider HomeTouch
YPO member Dinesh Dhamija, Chairman of Copper Beech Group, shares his insights on how he went from selling tickets out of a travel kiosk to creating EBookers.com. The post Episode 31: Dinesh Dhamija (Copper Beech Group), London, United Kingdom appeared first on YPO.
Talks on Entrepreneurial Leadership at London Business School - TELL Series
Dinesh Dhamija, founder of Ebookers, speaks to TELL about his story of starting Ebookers and the lessons he learned along the way. He also shares details of projects he is currently invested in.
Talks on Entrepreneurial Leadership at London Business School - TELL Series
Dinesh Dhamija, founder of Ebookers, speaks to TELL about his story of starting Ebookers and the lessons he learned along the way. He also shares details of projects he is currently invested in.
Keep your eyes and ears open, says Dinesh Dhamija, former Chairman and CEO of Ebookers.com. Nothing is too small to look at. If you can add value to a customer you have got a business. But, he warns, don’t think of every angle in a business before you launch. Launch it so that you have the first mover advantage.
An interview with Ciaran Lally, UK and Ireland general manager for ebookers. In the interview there is discussion on the changing shape of consumption of the travel product, with internet now a key channel of distribution.