Podcasts about Kashish

Join Pathmonk Presents as we chat with Kashish Jain, a client-facing marketing professional at Boge Group, a company revolutionizing funding by helping clients secure 0% interest financing through credit card applications. Kashish shares how Boge Group supports over 3,000 entrepreneurs in industries like finance and startups, emphasizing purpose-driven work. Learn about their client acquisition through LinkedIn and word-of-mouth, the critical role of SEO and website design, and Kashish's holistic approach to productivity via journaling and meditation. Discover tips for creating converting websites and prioritizing consumer psychology for marketing success. Tune in for inspiring insights!

Kashishये हुआ तू कि हर इक शय की कशिश माँद पड़ीमगर इस मोड़ पे आने में बहुत देर लगी- यासमीन हमीदKya aapne kabhi mehsoos kiya hai ki hum kisi stranger se ek pal mein kaise connect ho jaate hain? Kisi idea, kisi khwaab, ya kisi insaan ki taraf hum khud-ba-khud kyun khich jaate hain? Kashish – yeh ehsaas humein banata bhi hai aur barbaad bhi kar sakta hai.Is special episode mein, aaiye chalte hain ek gehri samaajh ki yatra par – ki hum kyun attract hote hain, kis tarah yeh emotion humare rishton, career aur khud se judaav ko influence karte hai. Experts aur mahaan thinkers ke nazariye se hum samjhenge ki:✔️ Kashish ko blindly follow karna khatarnak kyun ho sakta hai?✔️ Self-awareness aur self-love se hum sahi logon ko apni taraf kaise attract kar sakte hain?✔️ Toxic relationships se bachne ka formula kya hai?✔️ Body language, communication aur mindset ka kashish par kya asar padta hai?Kuch ehsaas humein zindagi dete hain, aur kuch humse cheen lete hain. Kashish ko samajhna, control karna aur isseapni growth ke liye use karna – yeh episode aapko yeh superpower dega!

Do you feel your current problems are not getting resolved no matter what you do? Then you might want to dig into your ancestral roots because that is where the problem might be! This is why we have Kashish Vyas on the podcast today to help you understand how your problems might be linked to your family system! Kashish is a spiritual practitioner and a certified systemic counselor & consultant. He has been working in the industry for the past 3 years helping hundreds of clients through systemic facilitation using family constellation and inter-generational trauma. In this episode, we explore the following topics - What is the systemic perspective on your problems? How does your ancestral past affect your future? Why the solution to the problems of your present may lie in your past? Connect with Kashish on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kv_theconsciouscoach?igsh=eDAyOHZyaWNyMmsz Liked this? Drop Ashu a message on Instagram & let her know ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/listeningstoriesuntold/ Sign up for the Juicy Inside Scoop Newsletter to get the most vulnerable business stories in your inbox ➡️ https://subscribepage.io/lsujuicyinsidescoop

Hightouch is a composable customer data platform. It helps companies collect and sync user data into ad platforms, CRMs, email tools etc. Last valued at over $600M, Hightouch has over 600 customers, including the NBA, Spotify, Plaid, Calendly, and more. In this episode, Sandhya Hegde chats with Kashish Gupta, co-CEO and co-founder of Hightouch.  Join us as we discuss:  00:00 Switching personas to find product-market fit 1:44 Evolution of the Data Integration Space 2:42 The Concept of Reverse ETL 5:41 The Origin Story of Hightouch 8:01 Exploring Different Business Ideas 12:06 Early Design Partners and Product Strategy 14:46 Transition from Founder Selling to Hiring Sales Team 16:48 Go-to-Market Motion and Marketing Strategy 18:39 Hightouch's Product Vision and Future Direction 22:55 Challenges in the Market and Building User Certainty 27:01 Co-CEO Arrangement and Founder Team Dynamic 31:04 Advice for Aspiring Founders in 2024 Sandhya Hegde is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures, leading investments in modern SaaS companies with a focus on AI. Previously an early executive at Amplitude, Sandhya is a product-led growth (PLG) coach and mentor. She can be reached at sandhya@unusual.vc and  Twitter  LinkedIn  Kashish Gupta is the co-CEO and co-founder of HightouchUnusual Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm designed from the ground up to give a distinct advantage to founders building the next generation of software companies. Unusual has invested in category-defining companies like Webflow, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Robinhood, and Harness. Learn more about us at https://www.unusual.vc/.

RJ Kashish from 94.3 MY FM in EK MULAKAT show interacting with Lav Dileep Grover, The Thought Designer and discussing Success, Being Relevant without being successful, and Discipline and Time Management in Life.... Do Listen to this... एक मुलाकात शो में 94.3 माय एफएम की आर जे कशिश ने लव दिलीप ग्रोवर, द थॉट डिजाइनर के साथ बातचीत की और सफलता, सफल हुए बिना प्रासंगिक बने रहने और जीवन में अनुशासन और समय प्रबंधन पर चर्चा की... इसे जरूर सुनें... #thethoughtdesigner #lavgrover #lavdileepgrover #success #motivation #selfhelp #discipline #relevant #timemanagement #lifelessons #hindipodcast

In the latest episode of the Data Chaos podcast, I had the privilege of hosting Kashish Gupta, the co-founder, and co-CEO of Hightouch, a reverse ETL data activation and composable customer data platform SaaS company.

Ed Mylett once said- "You are most qualified to help the person you used to be."Today's episode is about mental health and also about entrepreneurship. I have Kashish Agrawal with me. Kashish is a Self-Taught Mental Health Supporter. She is a freelance content writer and also a published author.Kashish had her own share of struggles with anxiety and with her experience and journey, she talks about mental health through her initiative- Anxiously Yours. In this episode--Kashish shares her story of anxiety, panic attacks and working on it-why she started Anxiously Yours-how her platform helps people-why it is essential to keep talking about mental health-starting and growing a small businessConnect with Kashish Agrawal- https://www.instagram.com/anxiouslyyours_/Shownotes- https://maitrisconfetti.com/106/Music Credit- Epidemic SoundConnect with @littlefixespodcast on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/littlefixespodcast/ Email me- littlefixespodcast@gmail.comDisclaimer- This podcast is only for educational and entertainment purposes. It doesn't intend to replace the guidance of trained professionals like doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists and coaches etc.Music Credit- Epidemic Sound

Kashish Gupta is the Co-Founder of Hightouch, a state-of-the-art data platform that syncs data from any data warehouse into the SaaS tools that a business runs on. With a background in venture capital before crossing over into the tech industry, Kashish brings with him a set of skills that have propelled his career in the Bay Area.    Kashish's story begins humbly with him moving into a new home in a new city. After getting settled in San Francisco, he went on to found Hightouch with his roommates. Kashish shares his exciting story today on the One Away Show.   Read the show notes on Arcbound's Podcast Page: https://arcbound.com/podcasts/    Find Arcbound here: Homepage: Arcbound.com Services/Work with Us: https://arcbound.com/work-with-us/ About: https://arcbound.com/about/ Founders Corner: https://arcbound.com/category/founders-corner/ Connect: https://arcbound.com/connect/

The word 'Kashish' means attraction. The world of Urdu poetry looks at the art of attraction in different ways, from Wasim Barelvi to Sahir Ludhianvi to modern lyricists like Sameer, everyone has a unique way of understanding attraction.  February is considered to be the month of love. So, we decided to look at different stages of love in this 4-part series. In the previous episode about 'Nazar', the Shayar set his eyes on their beloved. Listen to this episode of UIrdunama, where Fabeha talks about the feeling of being charmed by someone, and find out if this Kashish will fulfill itself.

feedback @ decentmakeover13@gmail.com EPISODE LINKS: Kashish's Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kashishkhannn/?hl=en YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@Kashish5100/videos PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://anchor.fm/ryandsouza Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NQhg6S Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3qJ3tWJ Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3P66j2B Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3am7rQc Gaana: https://bit.ly/3ANS4v1 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/609210d4/podcast/rss

Kashish ka arth hota hai kisi ke prati khichav ya fir aakarshan. Agar aapko kisi se pyar hai ya fir koi aapka crush hai to aapko ye Kashish Shayari post ko Deepti ji inki khushnuma aawaz me jarur sunana chahiye aur apne dosto ke sath bhi jarur share karna chahiye. Voice-Over: Deepti Website post link: https://shayarisukun.com/kashish-shayari-status/

Joining us this week is Kashish Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Hightouch. Hightouch is a software for your data stack that syncs any data warehouse to the SaaS tools that your business runs on, making internal usage and sharing easier for everyone. Kashish talks to us about the current state of the modern data stack community and how the industry is constantly pushing forward. He describes how this plays into their sales tactic of “evangelizing” larger corporations by teaching them about “Reverse ETL” and how Hightouch works without pushing the sale. We cover themes such as starting a company with two of his good friends and the procedures they take when it comes to decision-making, the perfect modern data stack, and how to sell your business when the product is something that no one has heard of yet. For The Room Podcast in your inbox every week, subscribe to our newsletter. 6:00 - Where did Kashish grow up and how did that shape his view of the world?8:08 - Did Kashish always want to be a founder?9:27 - How did Kashish's education impact his professional goals?13:08 - What is the story behind Mama’s Cooking?15:01 - What was the “aha” moment that got Kashish thinking about Hightouch?18:10 - How do businesses take advantage of Hightouch?19:56 - How is Kashish's relationship with his partners, Tejas Manohar and Josh Curl?21:28 - How do Kashish's and his partners split up responsibilities and tasks?22:24 - How do Kashish and his partners handle things when there is a disagreement?25:03 - What part of the go-to-market is Hightouch going to continue investing in?27:58 - Who was the first person to say yes to investing in Hightouch? 29:51 - When is the right time for a company to embrace its data warehouse?32:29 - What is Kashish's stance on the semantic layer?34:38 - What are some tools in the modern data stack?35:39 - What tools does Kashish recommend for a company building their modern data stack?38:15 - What advice would Kashish give to an entrepreneur building in this space?40:44 - What’s next for Kashish and Hightouch?44:00 - Who is a woman that has had a profound impact on Kashish and his career? WX Productions

Kashish Das Shrestha is a policy analyst, environmental activist, Save Nijgadh Forest Campaigner, writer, photographer, and entrepreneur, among other things, having expertise in renewable energy, urban planning, and other areas of sustainable development. In this episode of On Air, we discuss Darjeeling, Nijhgadh case, independent candidate trend, Mark Zuckerberg, the dozer of Balen, Gagan Thapa, wrath of Dengue, and many other aspects of his life.

As we travel on the spiritual journey, most people look to a teacher or mentor to help along the way, but how do we know who the "perfect spiritual teacher" is for ourselves? In today's episode we had the honor of having Kashish Gambhir on with us to talk about finding this kind of spiritual teacher. This conversation was so powerful, full of wisdom and such beauty. Kashish has a beautiful way of breaking down spirituality in a way that will leave you in awe. Listen along so you can learn: A simple definition of what spirituality is Why it's important to find the "perfect" spiritual teacher How to actually find the perfect spiritual teacher for yourself And much more! As Kashish shared, when anyone connects to their Spirit, they are always connected. The spiritual journey is never backwards. If a person is in the human form they will always have human experiences (aka, challenges), but the person becomes detached when they are truly connected. Knowing the truth creates detachment and that is when we become free. If you would love to learn more, check out Kashish's course below: "How to Find the Perfect Spiritual Master" https://www.udemy.com/course/how-to-find-a-guru/?couponCode=KEVINANDCHRIS Use the coupon code - KEVINANDCHRIS And check out Kashish's website: https://karmicbuzz.com/ Happy listening :) Kashish Bio: Kashish Gambhir is a Spiritual Guide, Writer & Consultant from India. She teaches that Spirituality is all about consciousness; It is beyond the concepts of religion, color, class, nationality, etc. As a child, Kashish was an atheist, but with profound spiritual experiences over many years of her life, she turned from an atheist to a knower of the existence of God. She teaches that the most important and fundamental aspect of one's spiritual journey is to first find a Perfect Spiritual Master. Further, she says that the problem is that people do not really know who a perfect spiritual master is and therefore a lot of seekers are unable to realize their full potential as a spiritual being going through a human experience or even to leading themselves to an expansion in their consciousness infinitely.

Kashish is a co-founder of Hightouch, which syncs data from warehouses into something that business teams can use and rely on, through a unique process called Reverse ETL. They've raised over $50 million in funding and are growing faster than ever in the data activation space! Today, I talked to Kashish about his origin story, how the company pivoted 6 or 7 times before landing on data activation and where he sees the space moving in the future! FOLLOW Arnav: https://twitter.com/arnavvgarg FOLLOW Kashish: https://twitter.com/kashgupta_ To stay up to date with the podcast: Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9m1vhdkW7tA8NM8r6F9rOA/?sub_confirmation=1. Follow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GXOT2uv64WEXjXTnMfeOb Follow us on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/investigating-pathways/id1554195882 Follow us on Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80NTJiMWY3MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== #investing #startups #entrepreneurship #data

Kashish Gupta has already raised tens of millions of dollars for his fast-growing data startup. In fact, they are hiring to keep scaling this year. The venture, Hightouch has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Bain Capital Ventures, Y Combinator, ICONIQ Growth, and Amplify Growth.

Join me today for my conversation with Kashish Aggarwal, who is a Global Shapers Community Curator which is a network of young people driving dialogue, action and change. Kashish developed a passion for helping and educating young people from marginalised backgrounds from a very young age and that passion has developed into her contributing to making a global wave in supporting those who do not have privileged access to education. Show Notes: Kashish offered some of her favourite song and book recommendations including "Planting Seeds" by Nimo Patel, "Unstoppable" by Sia, Zero to One by Blake Masters and Peter Thiel, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle and Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. She also shared that she would highly recommend the movie A Beautiful Mind to our Narratives of Purpose listeners. To connect with Kashish, you can find her on LinkedIn. You can also find out more about the Global Shapers community on their website, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Learn more about activities from the Chandigarh Hub as well (community curated by Kashish) on their website. Be sure to visit our podcast website for the full episode transcript.

Kashish Gambir is a spiritual guide who teaches karma, divine love, the path back to Source, the inner journey of the soul, and infinite peace of mind and bliss. As a guide/intuitive, she is able to transfer Divine Energy to people through meditation sessions and consultations, awakening aspects of the soul. She also leads peace meditations in Delhi, India as well as online. In this episode, Kashish tells the fascinating story of her search for God and meaning since childhood, and finding a spiritual teacher who helped her gain a quantum jump on her spiritual awakening. She and Rev. Carol have a lively conversation about all sorts of things including world religions, transcendent experiences, karma, and reducing suffering in the world. https://karmicbuzz.com/

Show Notes(00:43) Kashish shared briefly about his upbringing in Atlanta and his early interest in STEM subjects.(02:38) Kashish described his overall academic experience studying Economics, Management, and Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania.(05:53) Kashish walked over the Machine Learning classes and projects throughout his MSE degree in Robotics.(09:02) Kashish shared valuable lessons learned from multiple internships throughout his undergraduate: data science at Implantable Provider Group, investment analysis at Tree Line, and product management at LYNK.(13:14) Kashish told the anecdotes that enabled him to realize his passion for building startups.(17:14) Kashish recapped his learning about venture capital from spending a summer as an analyst in early-stage deep-tech companies at Bessemer Venture Partners in New York.(22:09) Kashish shared learnings from his entrepreneurial stints at an early age.(26:12) Kashish talked through his decision to move to San Francisco after college (Read his blog post explaining how he moved here without a job and a home).(29:04) Kashish recalled his experience working on a project called Carry (an executive assistant for travel on Slack) with his friend Tejas Manohar and going through Y Combinator.(36:40) Kashish shared the founding story of Hightouch, a data platform that syncs customer data from the data warehouse to CRM, marketing, and support tools.(44:15) Kashish emphasized the importance of speed and execution around different pivots that led to Hightouch.(46:35) Kashish unpacked the notion of Operational Analytics, an approach to analytics that shifts the focus from simply understanding data to putting that data to work in the tools that run your business.(49:46) Kashish dissected Hightouch's market-leading Reverse ETL, which is the process of copying data from a data warehouse to operational systems of record.(54:51) Kashish discussed Hightouch Audiences, used primarily by larger B2C customers, that allows marketing teams to build audiences and filters on top of existing data models.(58:09) Kashish explained how the “Reverse ETL” concept fits into the quickly evolving modern data stack.(01:00:26) Kashish shared how the Hightouch team prioritizes their product roadmap, given the high number of customer requests.(01:02:47) Kashish shared valuable hiring lessons to attract the right people who are excited about Hightouch's mission.(01:05:13) Kashish shared the hurdles to find the early design partners and lighthouse customers of Hightouch.(01:08:06) Kashish explained how Hightouch prices by destinations, reflecting the value customers get from using the product and helping them predict costs over time.(01:10:32) Kashish shared upcoming go-to-market initiatives that he is most excited about for Hightouch.(01:14:36) Kashish shared fundraising advice for founders currently seeking the right investors for their startups.(01:17:47) Kashish emphasized the industry recognition of the Reverse ETL market.(01:19:47) Closing segment.Kashish's Contact InfoLinkedInTwitterGitHubWebsiteMediumHightouch's ResourcesWebsite | Twitter | LinkedInData Features | Hightouch Audiences | Hightouch NotifyDocs | BlogCustomers | Careers | PricingMentioned ContentArticles“On Moving to SF Jobless and Homeless” (Aug 2018)“Hightouch Ushers In The Era of Operational Analytics” (March 2021)“The State of Reverse ETL” (May 2021)“What is Operational Analytics?” (July 2021)“Hightouch Has Raised a Series A!” (July 2021)“Hightouch Raises $12M to Empower Business Teams With Operational Analytics” (July 2021)“The Cloud 100 Rising Stars 2021” (Aug 2021)“What is Reverse ETL?” (Nov 2021)Companiesdbt LabsShipyardBig Time DataBook“The Hard Things About Hard Things” (by Ben Horowitz)NotesMy conversation with Kashish was recorded back in August 2021. Since then, many things have happened at Hightouch. I'd recommend looking at:Kashish's piece about Hightouch's transition from Reverse ETL to becoming a Data Activation companyKashish's recent talk at Data Council Austin about the current state of Data Apps built on top of the warehouse and the future as warehouses become even faster.The release of Hightouch Notify that sends notifications on top of the data warehouseHightouch's Series B funding of $40M back in November 2021Finally, Kashish lets me know that back in August, Hightouch were only 25 people. Now, the company is 70-person strong!About the showDatacast features long-form, in-depth conversations with practitioners and researchers in the data community to walk through their professional journeys and unpack the lessons learned along the way. I invite guests coming from a wide range of career paths — from scientists and analysts to founders and investors — to analyze the case for using data in the real world and extract their mental models (“the WHY and the HOW”) behind their pursuits. Hopefully, these conversations can serve as valuable tools for early-stage data professionals as they navigate their own careers in the exciting data universe.Datacast is produced and edited by James Le. Get in touch with feedback or guest suggestions by emailing khanhle.1013@gmail.com.Subscribe by searching for Datacast wherever you get podcasts or click one of the links below:Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsIf you're new, see the podcast homepage for the most recent episodes to listen to, or browse the full guest list.

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Kashish Gaur, 14 Years Old Founder of Talkify Show and The Little Yoga Club share her story of becoming a podcaster and how her parents are our biggest support in maintaining the balance between her studies and podcast.

The podcast episode features a young podcaster who, at just 13 years old, has already started making a name for herself in the podcasting world. In this episode, the young podcaster shares her journey, from her first tentative steps into the world of podcasting to the lessons she has learned and the successes she has achieved along the way. The young podcaster also offers valuable advice for other aspiring young podcasters, sharing her insights and experiences on what it takes to succeed in the world of podcasting. Kashish Gaur, 14 Years Old Founder of Talkify Show and The Little Yoga Club shareS her story of becoming a podcaster and how her parents are our biggest support in maintaining the balance between her studies and podcast.

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Reverse ETL is the hot, popular trend within the modern tech stack. ETL tools like Fivetran, Stitch, and Matillion make it easy to set up and send data to a warehouse with the click of a button. As software firms of all sizes generate more data than ever, their data warehouses are becoming more and more important in facilitating the rise of operational analytics in various internal organizations. Hightouch is a data platform that helps users to sync their customer data in their data warehouse to their SaaS sales and marketing tools such as Hubspot, Salesforce, Marketo, Zendesk, Gainsight and others. We wrap up Season 2 of our podcast with an interview with Kashish Gupta, a co-founder and co-CEO of Hightouch, discussing the main key innovation in data warehouse technology that facilitated empowering business teams with operational analytics.   https://hightouch.io/blog/ kashgupta.com/

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In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Kashish Gupta, the founder and Co-CEO of Hightouch. Hightouch recently raised over $12 million in their Series A round. Abraham and Kashish had a wide-ranging conversation covering topics such as the vision behind Hightouch, increasing accessibility of data-driven solutions, and the rapid growth in the data science field.

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Kundan is the founder and CEO of LegalPay, a tech-based B2B litigation finance company. He is also the founder of a litigation finance platform called advok8, in which he excelled in ample investment methods related to litigation finance. He is a specialist to write articles on various topics like Private Equity, Alternative Investment, FinTech, Payment, Credit Risk, Legal Insurance, Microinsurance. Kashish is the CIO of LegalPay and a founding member of a food & beverage start-up. He is an investor, mentor, and guest speaker with a previous experience of PwC in Goldman Sachs. ---------------- Know more about us:https://www.thebuildersclub.me/ We hold Watercooler Chats every Saturday - This is an interactive voice chat we have as a community about a topic with an industry expert. Join the discussion here:https://discord.gg/rvMNmVHb7k Get notifications of all TBC events right on WhatsApp:https://bit.ly/3vkIVDt

Hear the exclusive interview of Shelin Chako who is a songwriter and a music composer himself with Kashish on the 973 show.

Get to know BIlal Kazi who is a Marketer | Food | Hospitality | PR | LifestyleLive | Smile | Adapt | InspireBrand Ambassador-@jasmiscoffee @entertainerbah for an exclusive & a first time video interview with Kashish on the 973show.

Mohsin Naqvi (5 May 1947 − 15 January 1996) was a Pakistani poet, popular for his ghazals. Poet. Mohsin Naqvi. recital. Faiz Ahmed. Ghazal :- Ashk apna ke tumhāre nahi dekha jaata. اشک اپنا کہ تمہارا نہیں دیکھا جاتا ابر کی زد میں ستارا نہیں دیکھا جاتا اپنی شہ رگ کا لہو تن میں رواں ہے جب تک زیر خنجر کوئی پیارا نہیں دیکھا جاتا موج در موج الجھنے کی ہوس بے معنی ڈوبتا ہو تو سہارا نہیں دیکھا جاتا تیرے چہرے کی کشش تھی کہ پلٹ کر دیکھا ورنہ سورج تو دوبارہ نہیں دیکھا جاتا آگ کی ضد پہ نہ جا پھر سے بھڑک سکتی ہے راکھ کی تہہ میں شرارہ نہیں دیکھا جاتا زخم آنکھوں کے بھی سہتے تھے کبھی دل والے اب تو ابرو کا اشارا نہیں دیکھا جاتا کیا قیامت ہے کہ دل جس کا نگر ہے محسنؔ دل پہ اس کا بھی اجارہ نہیں دیکھا جاتا ashk apnā ki tumhārā nahīñ dekhā jaatā abr kī zad meñ sitārā nahīñ dekhā jaatā apnī shah-e-rag kā lahū tan meñ ravāñ hai jab tak zer-e-ḳhanjar koī pyārā nahīñ dekhā jaatā mauj-dar-mauj ulajhne kī havas be-ma.anī Dūbtā ho to sahārā nahīñ dekhā jaatā tere chehre kī kashish thī ki palaT kar dekhā varna sūraj to dobāra nahīñ dekhā jaatā aag kī zid pe na jā phir se bhaḌak saktī hai raakh kī tah meñ sharāra nahīñ dekhā jaatā zaḳhm āñkhoñ ke bhī sahte the kabhī dil vaale ab to abrū kā ishārā nahīñ dekhā jaatā kyā qayāmat hai ki dil jis kā nagar hai 'mohsin' dil pe us kā bhī ijāra nahīñ dekhā jaatā अश्क अपना कि तुम्हारा नहीं देखा जाता अब्र की ज़द में सितारा नहीं देखा जाता अपनी शह-ए-रग का लहू तन में रवाँ है जब तक ज़ेर-ए-ख़ंजर कोई प्यारा नहीं देखा जाता मौज-दर-मौज उलझने की हवस बे-मा'नी डूबता हो तो सहारा नहीं देखा जाता तेरे चेहरे की कशिश थी कि पलट कर देखा वर्ना सूरज तो दोबारा नहीं देखा जाता आग की ज़िद पे न जा फिर से भड़क सकती है राख की तह में शरारा नहीं देखा जाता ज़ख़्म आँखों के भी सहते थे कभी दिल वाले अब तो अबरू का इशारा नहीं देखा जाता क्या क़यामत है कि दिल जिस का नगर है 'मोहसिन' दिल पे उस का भी इजारा नहीं देखा जाता Search My YouTube channel Alfaz e Qalb on YouTube.

Damian Pelliccione is the co-founder and CEO of Revry. We discuss saying no to his family cheese business, being an early expert in live video for car shows, launching the 1st Queer streamer network from his living room, how a delayed mortgage and the launch of QueerX festival almost bankrupt the company, the power of grassroots marketing during SF Pride, how diversity inclusion starts with ownership, and changing the narrative for the Queer community.Subscribe to our newsletter. We explore the intersection of media, technology, and commerce: sign-up linkLearn more about our market research and executive advisory: RockWater websiteFollow The Come Up on Twitter: @TCUpodEmail us: tcupod@wearerockwater.com---Chris Erwin:Hi, I'm Chris Erwin. Welcome to The Come Up, a podcast that interviews entrepreneurs and leaders. Damian Pelliccione:Cut to November, around Thanksgiving of 2015. I was playing a new Apple TV. You install it on your TV and you search for apps of apps that are of interest to you. I searched lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer. Nothing came up. I was like, ding. The light bulb went off. This is it. We're going to create the first LGBT streaming network. I had Alia, LaShawn, and Chris in my living. I said, "I have this idea. What do you guys think?" They were like, "Yeah, let's do it. We're all in." Chris Erwin:This week's episode features Damian Pelliccione, the co-founder and CEO of Revry. Damian was born in Canada, and since a young age had a passion for the creative arts. So he passed on taking over his family's large cheese and food distribution business, and moved to New York City to study acting and production. But after the tragic events of 9/11, Damian decided to move to LA and became an early mover and shaker in digital video. He did it all, from early web streaming and YouTube production, to producing live streams at car shows, and even running his own digital workshops. Chris Erwin:In 2015, Damian was sitting in his living room with three friends, frustrated by the fact that there wasn't any queer streamer apps on platforms like Apple TV or Amazon Prime, so he decided to change that and soon after launched the first 24/7 queer streamer network, Revry TV. Chris Erwin:Damian and I get into a lot of different things during our chat. Some highlights include how a delayed mortgage and the launch of the QueerX festival almost cost Damian the company, the wild success of grassroots marketing at San Francisco Pride, why Damian was such a standout at one of my executive dinners in LA, and changing the narrative for the queer community. Chris Erwin:All right, I'm pumped that we get to publish this episode during Pride month. Let's get to it. Chris Erwin:Damian, thanks for being on the podcast. Damian Pelliccione:Thanks so much, Chris, for having me. It's exciting to be here. Chris Erwin:Awesome. Let's rewind a bit. Why don't you tell me about where you grew up and what your household was like. Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, so I grew up actually in Canada. I'm from Toronto, a suburb of Toronto actually called Unionville, which is a small town, colonial, turn of the century, Victorian home that I grew up that was built in the later 1800s. It was a wonderful place to grow up because it was extremely multicultural. There was definitely not one of anything in terms of race and culture. Ironically enough, even though my family is extremely Italian, my father was actually born in Italy and immigrated at six years old to escape World War II. He was the youngest of six. Both my nonna and nonno, which is Italian for grandmother and grandfather- Chris Erwin:Oh, I'm Italian as well. Damian Pelliccione:Really? Chris Erwin:My mother was born in Italy, in Trieste, on what used to be the Yugoslavian border. I know nonna and pop pop. That's my grandparents. Damian Pelliccione:Parli Italiano? Chris Erwin:No. My mom spoke Italian growing up, and spoke it with my grandmother, but never taught the children. To this day, we always give my mom crap about that. Damian Pelliccione:[inaudible 00:03:33]. This is where my talking with my hands, that is completely my Italian [crosstalk 00:03:39]. Chris Erwin:It's all coming together now. Damian Pelliccione:All coming together, yeah. My family, my dad, was from [inaudible 00:03:46], which is in the [inaudible 00:03:49] province of Abruzzo. Unfortunately it was ravaged by a massive earthquake in the early 2000s. Since recovered, but we still have family there. I have cousins actually there. My dad... cross section of Damian is my dad was the entrepreneur in the family. Him and my uncle started the family business, which is huge in Canada. We're, I think in the top five biggest Italian cheese distributors to Canada. Chris Erwin:Wow. Damian Pelliccione:They obviously distribute to the United States as well. They built that from scratch, my dad and my uncle, and now all my cousins run the company. I had no interest in selling cheese. Chris Erwin:Was the opportunity was available to you and you were just like, "Ah, pass"? Damian Pelliccione:Of course. In a big Italian family, the opportunity was given to me and my sister. Both of us past. My sister, Kelly, was definitely going into a different sector than sales and cheese distribution. It's ironic, because I'm in distribution, but I'm more on the film and TV side of distribution, not the food side of distribution. Definitely was very inspired by my father, who was a tremendous salesman, and an entrepreneur who ran his own businesses and obviously started the big family business with my uncle. Damian Pelliccione:Then, ironically enough, my mother is also Italian, but she is third generation. Her and her parents were born in Canada. Her grandparents were born in Italy, a different part of Italy, too. Calabria, which is the heel of Italy, just across from Sicily. It's a little bit different in terms of Italian traditions between the two families, but obviously my mom and my dad are wonderful people. My mother was a politician. She was chairman of the Catholic school board. So was my father, actually, before my mother was. She ran the race relations committee in our city where we grew up. You can see, my mother was a politician, and my father, the entrepreneur, and out comes Damian. Chris Erwin:Yeah, I was going to say, I was like, it makes total sense because I think about, you're the ultimate showmen. You have incredible charisma. I remember that from when we first met at one of our executive dinners. Then the entrepreneurial bend, now I know where that comes from. Yeah, totally get it now. Damian Pelliccione:One of the biggest things, you know Toronto. Most of my family lives in Woodbridge, or Vaughan, which is extremely Italian, predominantly Italian. My mother and my father were very much, this is instilled in me and my sister growing up, about being respectful and understanding and learning about all races, religions, and cultures and walks of life. They chose Unionville, which is a part of town where it was very eclectic. I had friends from all over the world, whose families were immigrants from all over the world. I had so many different cultural upbringings. My parents even made me and my sister, even though I was raised Catholic... I'm not very practicing myself. I consider myself Agnostic, but made us go to all the different: Hindu, Jewish, Islam, all the different sects to see what that religion could provide. Chris Erwin:Would you actually go to their places of worship? Damian Pelliccione:Yeah. I went once or twice to multiple places of worship my mother would take me and my sister to because she wanted us to experience everybody. I think that is where, at least for me, it was instilled at a very young age, were authenticity, diversity, and inclusion, before it was even a thing. This is the late 80s, early 90s. I'm 40 years old now. That was always a part of my upbringing. I think it's ironic where you have a mother politician, father, entrepreneur, and very inclusive family in terms of how we were raised and outcomes Damian and Revry. Chris Erwin:Your mother was super ahead of the times giving you exposure to these different religions and different cultures early on. I get that. I see that as a seed for what you're doing for the overall queer community, trying to drive awareness and inclusion and change the message around queer culture. I think that's brilliant. Chris Erwin:I think that you are involved in the dramatic arts and the school for film and TV at an early age as well. Was this something that came out in your teen years, or before then? When did that start to be? Damian Pelliccione:I was a scene stealer before I was even five years old. I think my performance started at family functions where I have some cousins, and we're all born the same year. I would direct and create the family productions. The kids would get together and we would put on some kind of a show, where it was a musical number, a comedy, or whatever. We would perform for the whole family in the living room. I did this growing up, I think until the time I was 10 or 12 years old. We made that a fun family activity. Of course that led me into being an actor, and I started with community theater, just like anyone else does in Unionville or Markham, Ontario, where I'm from. Damian Pelliccione:From there, I auditioned for the Arts York program, which is part of Unionville High School. Unionville High School ironically enough had this arts program that was to take kids from all over the region, so not just by town, but other surrounding townships who specialize in music or dance, or visual arts, or drama. I was accepted to the drama program and had the most amazing inspirational teachers. These folks are still family members of mine. They inspired me in so many ways to stay in the arts and stay in drama. My passion when I was a teenager and into my early 20s was to be an actor. That's what led me to New York City. I got into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and graduated from that program in 2001. Damian Pelliccione:Then 9/11 happened, and I had already booked a gig in Los Angeles. I was going to do this actor showcase for agents and managers and casting directors. I had a really good friend, one of my good friends from high school, is Hayden Christiansen, who is, as you know, Darth Vader. Hayden, like, come to LA, you should come to LA. I came to LA. Did the showcase, stayed on his couch I think for one or two nights and at a hotel and with other friends. Before the end of the week, I had been booked. I had been booked on a short. Got a commercial agent, got a theatrical agent. Chris Erwin:Okay, interjection. Along this journey, was your family supportive, or were they increasingly questioning, like, Damian, we have ae family cheese business, why are you not involved? Everyone else is here, what are you doing? Damian Pelliccione:No, they've been supportive the whole way through of my career. I am very lucky and blessed. They've been supportive of me, as a queer man, and they also have been supportive of Chris and I, my partner. They've been extremely supportive of my career. They knew, I think, what they were getting into at an early age, that this was pathway, was to be in entertainment. They helped my entire journey, both financially... I was very lucky, and I'm blessed that I had that opportunity. And even my immigration to the United States, because remember, I'm not an American citizen. I am now. I only became an American citizen three years ago now. They have been extremely supportive of my career the entire time, and supporting me early on and when I was in college, obviously financially, and then also with my move to Los Angeles. And then from there, I did what every other actor does. I waited tables for probably almost 10 years. Chris Erwin:You're at Hayden Christiansen's, on his couch, and then all of a sudden you start getting booked. You get an agent, so you're like, okay, this is happening for me. My career is taking off, right? Damian Pelliccione:Here's what's funny. After I finished school in New York, which is a two year program at ADA, I made a deal with my parents. I had been accepted to Concordia University in Montreal for philosophy, which ironically enough I had failed in high school. I'm like this is kind of funny that they accepted me for philosophy. I packed up my apartment in New York. This is, again, a month after 9/11. The decision was if I don't book an agent or manager or things don't start to feel like they're going to pick up in Los Angeles, then I'll go to Montreal, and I'll tell the movers to take my stuff to Montreal, or take my stuff to Los Angeles. Damian Pelliccione:I got lucky. They took my stuff to Los Angeles, and that was October of 2001. It was a crazy time to be in Hollywood. It was an exciting time to be 20 years old and moving to LA, and just hitting the ground running. I think one of the biggest things is that I've always had commitment to everything that I do, good or bad. I think that that has been my greatest life lesson. It was an exciting time. It was back when there was still pilot season, and you test for pilots. I tested for a bunch of pilots, and back when the casting process wasn't about your Instagram influence or your Facebook, or your YouTube. It was well before all those times. It was the old school... I think I even still have my black and white, 8 x 10 head shots that they had from that era. It was an exciting time. Damian Pelliccione:Look, when you're 20 years old, and I was also coming out at the time as gay and queer, it was a great place to be for me, both professionally and socially. Chris Erwin:In terms of pursuing your career, where do you start to hone in, which is like okay, of all the different types of acting or genre or projects that I can do, where were you starting to lean into more? Damian Pelliccione:Like I was saying, my early 20s was all about acting. I auditioned for a bunch of things, worked with agencies. My biggest booking to date was the Gilmore Girls. I actually had one pretty big scene with Alexis Bledel, and a character whose name was Lance. It was season five. I still have... well people and friends and family who watch it on Netflix, marathon watch it. They're like, "Oh my God." They'll screenshot it with their phone and send me a text. I still get residual checks from that show, because it's such a legacy project, right? It was wonderful to do that. I had done a bunch of independent. I had done a bunch of commercials. I had a pretty decent resume as an actor, but then the writer's strike happened in 2009, and it changed. Damian Pelliccione:That's when there was a dramatic shift. My roommate at the time, Deanna Nicole Baxter, who is a true inspiration of mine, had started to create a web series. This is 2006. Remember for context, YouTube launched in 2005, 2006. Chris Erwin:Is this like lonelygirl around that time, too? Damian Pelliccione:Before. Chris Erwin:Before, wow. Damian Pelliccione:This is [inaudible 00:13:44] 88, which won the first daytime technical Emmy for best broadband drama. I saw Deanna do it, and I was completely inspired by her commitment for work and the team that she had. I was like, oh, she can do it, I can do it. I'm always inspired by other people. I surrounded myself with amazing like-minded friends who I still have today, who have always been supportive. We've always supported each other's work along the way. This is my chosen family, as we say in the gay community. It's also, we need to inspire each other to push ourselves to do more. Deanna was one of those, and still today, is a big inspiration for how I lead. Seeing her win the first ever Emmy, was, hey, if she can do it, I'm going to do it. I created a web series vehicle for myself, called Homolebrity. Chris Erwin:Wait, hold on. Wait, hold on. Homolebrity? Damian Pelliccione:Homolebrity, yeah. It's not a very PC name for today, but the idea was to play off the reality boom at the time, and queer celebrity and the reality boom. I remember I was pitching it to Logo, which had just launched as well in 2007 in hopes that we'd get our own TV deal. Bright eyes, big hopes. The whole thing was, regardless of it just going to the web, we did it. We did another one. We did a superhero fantasy show called [inaudible 00:15:04]. We just, I kept producing and producing and producing, and eventually I wasn't putting myself in it, because people are like, "Oh, you're a great producer." Chris Erwin:Were you self distributing, or were you distributing through third-parties? Damian Pelliccione:Oh yeah. No, we were self distributing, just like everybody else. You would call it, I guess user generated content, but we were doing it on a bigger scale and a lot more scripted. It was a really exciting time, and I just got really good at producing. Here's where the transition happened, and I transitioned out of being an actor and being a producer. I produced for other people, and more projects. Damian Pelliccione:I started our own little production company. I remember my first office, which is right at 5th and Spring, because I had a loft in downtown. This is now, cut to 2007-2008. I had a couple of friends. One was an editor and a shooter. The other one was a producer as well. We had this office that was 150 square feet, one room, [inaudible 00:15:58], and three desks. We were like, we're going to be a production company. We just started producing stuff. We produced things for broadband TV and we produced things for YouTube. Some of them we got paid for, and some of them we didn't. We produced Illeana Douglas with Easy to Assemble. I think it was her second or third season. It was a lot of folks who were, they saw and recognized our skillset for user generated content and specifically the web. That was our first office. Chris Erwin:You transitioned from an actor to a producer. Then you're having more and more projects. Some you're getting paid for. Where do you think this is headed? In this moment when you're like, I'm on my way to be a film producer. Damian Pelliccione:That was literally what I was thinking. I'm like, I'm on my way to be a film producer, and I love the journey, and I love production. Even just now, I produced something in house for us last week and every time I get to be on set it reminds me about my passion for even just being a producer and how much fun it is. Then afterwards, we did this for awhile and produced a whole bunch of work, a lot of editorial content, broadband TV, when broadband had been around different areas and different cities. Damian Pelliccione:You could bid for different stories or pitch them stories, very much like a newsroom. That was really exciting. We did a bunch of different op ed pieces and exciting pieces. We even, I remember covering the... this is so funny. I was covering Prop 8 in the 2008 elections, the proposition for equality marriage. There was this big rally in downtown Los Angeles, and it was a lot of Yes on 8, and for context, Yes on 8 was you're anti gay marriage. No on 8 was you're pro gay marriage. I was at a Yes on 8 rally, and I thought I was undercover. I was with my friend, Logan, who produced a show called The Yellow Mic. I was interviewing people and asking them questions about why are you voting yes, and tell us your theories, and collecting the other side of the story, which is really interesting. Damian Pelliccione:Then all of a sudden, the police are like, "We're going to put up blockades in the No on 8 people." They stopped the intersection and there was Yes on 8, No on 8 people across the aisle yelling and screaming and holding up their signage and marching. All of a sudden, Sacha Baren Cohen shows up. He did a film where he was the gay character. He shows up. No one knows who he is, and we were the only who had cameras. I'm like, "Oh my God, that's Sacha Baren Cohen." We got him doing it. We were the only ones with cameras. I remember the next morning we sold it to the news and TMZ. That was my foray into being a paparazzi, which was kind of exciting. It ran on, I think KTLA even and TMZ the next day. Chris Erwin:Oh wow. Where does this lead you, Damian? You're being opportunistic. What's the next major step as you're working your way to eventually be the founder of Revry? Damian Pelliccione:The next step was I worked at Dogma Studios, [inaudible 00:18:41] who was my CEO there saw something in me. Started producing a lot of great content, did stuff with Taylor Dane, Taylor [inaudible 00:18:48] who has since passed, and some great comedians. Dogma, of course, happened during the recession in 2009. I only got to be there for a year, and Scott cut our department. But Scott's like, "Hey, we have this great space. Do something with it." The next thing that I created was with Deanna, which was web TV workshop, which was literally, we're like, hey, what do people do in a recession? They go back to learning new skills. We created our own, tried to produce content for the web with an Emmy award winning actress, writer, director, Deanna Nicole Baxter, and Damian Pelliccione, entrepreneur and web producer as well. Chris Erwin:Was it an early master class, like you sold these as tutorial videos? Damian Pelliccione:Not even videos. We did videos a year later, but we were doing it brick and mortar, where on Tuesday nights every week, or Tuesday/Thursday nights, and we had [inaudible 00:19:36] speak and then [inaudible 00:19:38] speak. [inaudible 00:19:38] we had speakers... like lonelygirl from [inaudible 00:19:41]. Everybody, they all come and speak in the class and we would have different topics ranging from production, all the way to the distribution and understanding the technology and YouTube. It was an eight week course. We were packed. We were full. We did that for a year, and then we created an online version, which now you can still on [inaudible 00:19:58], which was shot, I think in 2000, oh my God, '10 or '11. They still use it on their website. Yeah, it was an exciting time, and that took us into technology. Damian Pelliccione:From there, just to bridge the gap to Revry, Deanna and I were approached an Israeli casting startup called Audish, which was a self casting website, because now we're going into the world of not having to do self casting, which is now the norm, and shooting yourself and making sure it's all final. I was head of business development and user experience. Deanna was head of sales and marketing. Chris Erwin:Is this the first time that you're working for somebody else, or a startup? Because before it's like these are your own projects. Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, Dogma was, they were more of a post house, and I worked for them. They were established. They were not a startup, but yes, this was the first time working for a startup. It was Audish. It was super fun. We'd work at the founder's house in West Hollywood in the Hills, and we were this small team. We just loved it. Then from there we got approached by another startup, which was kind of doing something similar, another Israeli casting startup called eTribez which still exists. Then from there, I got approached by Chevy and Cadillac to do auto shows, both domestic and abroad. In the auto shows I was doing, I was product present. They put me on stage on what those rotating stages to talk about the cars. Chris Erwin:How did they find you? How did Chevy and Cadillac say, "We think Damian's going to be a great showman to sell our cars?" How does that come to be? Damian Pelliccione:I had a friend who worked for the agency, and the agency saw some of my work and said, "Hey do you want to do this?" I'm like, "Hell yeah, I get to travel the country." It was good pay. Then through that work, I suggested, "Hey, you know what you should do? Put a camera up connected to your GM website." Then all of a sudden it became this whole big thing about streaming these presentations. I was the first one to suggest this. This is 2013. You got 250,000 people coming through the Chicago Auto Show or the Detroit Auto Show. Put a camera in front of it and show the rest of the world what's happening here. That was huge. Then from there, they sent me to Geneva. They're like, "Oh, can you go do this for Cadillac in Geneva?" I'm like, "Sure, yeah. Why not? I've never been to Switzerland." I did it for a year. It was really exciting. GM is super, super corporate. I'll leave it at that. Damian Pelliccione:Then I found myself back in startup. The startup that I ended up leaving GM and Cadillac for was a German streaming company called Make.TV. I promise, this is the last one before I get to Revry. I'm giving you my entire resume right now. Chris Erwin:No, it's a great story. Damian Pelliccione:Make.TV, which has since been acquired by LTM group, I was head of VD for North America. Then someone got pregnant in Germany and they get a four year option. They gave me Globe. During my time there, I created a partnership with YouTube Space LA in New York. I actually trained creators at Space LA and Space New York on how to use this proved technology. It was a proven vendor of YouTube on how to stream live, and using multi cam and all that great stuff. I really got my feet wet with SaaS, and SaaS tech ed. I knew everybody in the YouTube market, all the influencers, all the execs, all the players, all the Space people in New York and LA, even in Space Dubai and Space Japan. It was really cool. They sent me all over the world. I went to Dubai for [inaudible 00:23:08]. I went to Singapore for broadcast Asia. Of course I was always at IBC in Amsterdam. I always at NAB here in Vegas. I went to all the entertainment tech shows and met everybody, and really understood the technology in a way and where it was going. Damian Pelliccione:I did that with Make.TV up until 2016, so almost three years, two and a half years. Chris Erwin:Were you developing a relationship as, okay, Damian is one of the preeminent digital producers, also with a specialty in live streaming as well? That was the brand you were creating for yourself. Damian Pelliccione:And understanding the technology, first and foremost. Going to all these technical trade shows, you're in front of all the new SaaS tech players, which used to when you went to NAB, a small section of one of the convention room floors. Now it's multiple floors, because it's all software. It's no longer hardware. Software and SaaS obviously in streaming is so huge. We were very OG SaaS tech streaming technology. Definitely carved a space for my knowledge. I just love this stuff. It was combining my love of technology and producing and content and entertainment into distribution and understanding really the ins and outs of how technology effectuates the consumer experience, and how that was my vision of how that would shift. Of course all of the things I thought of back then are all now definitely coming true today, or are already at fruition. Chris Erwin:Hey, listeners. This is Chris Erwin, your host of The Come Up. I have a quick ask for you. If you dig what we're putting down, if you like the show, if you like our guests, it would really mean a lot if you can give us a rating wherever you listen to our show. It helps other people discover our work, and it also really supports what we do here. All right, that's it everybody. Let's get back to the interview. Chris Erwin:Damian, I think next up is that you found Revry with three other co-founders. Tell me about that. Damian Pelliccione:Ironically enough, I was in Germany prepping for IBC in Amsterdam. I only speak a few words in German, and there's nothing to watch. There's not that much English content on TV that was in my hotel room. I watched the Apple broadcast every September, and then even when it was... before I'd even watch it every September when they had the new product launches with Steve Jobs, who's a hero of mine. Damian Pelliccione:I saw the announcement of the Apple TV, and specifically TV OS, the new operating system. I was like, wow, this is going to be huge. This is going to change TV. I see something here. I want to build something. I was inspired to do something. Of course, I didn't know what right away, right? It hadn't dawned on me. Damian Pelliccione:Cut to November, around Thanksgiving of 2015. When Chris, my partner, broke his iPhone, the glass on the iPhone. You used to go to the Apple store and they'd fix it there for you. Apple Care. I was playing a new Apple TV, and Alia, who is now my co-founder and our COO, she had gotten it in October when it came out. She's like, "It's super cool. You should get it. You should get it." Damian Pelliccione:I bought it, and you install it on your TV at home, and you search for apps, just like when you get an iPhone that's blank, of apps that are of interest to you. I searched lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer. Nothing came up. I was like, ding. The light bulb went off. I was like, this is it. We're going to create the first LGBTQ streaming network. I had Alia, LaShawn and Chris in my living. I said, "I have this idea. What do you guys think?" They were like, "Yeah, let's do it. We're all in." Chris Erwin:That just sounds so easy, because many people will say, "Oh yeah, I was recruiting them and they had different jobs, and someone just had a baby. They have financial obligations." But you guys, you're sitting in a room. You tell them the idea, and they're like, "Yeah, let's do it." Damian Pelliccione:I think everyone, besides... I'm just an entrepreneur who's crazy and has all the ideas. One of out of ten works. This is the one that's worked the biggest, in the biggest way. Alia wanted to be in entertainment. She was an attorney, went to law school with Chris. Her background is more small business and startup and employment law. I think she was over working at the firm she was at. Damian Pelliccione:LaShawn, besides being an Army veteran, woman of color like Alia, she is a graduate of the American Film Institute for editorial. She knows all the editorial, and she's our Chief Product Officer, is amazing at what she does in terms of spinning up channels. She was working on a freelance project, editing a film at the time. She was ready for the next big challenge. Damian Pelliccione:Chris, who was I think the most interesting story, he was the attorney for Shark Tank, and even worked on People's Choice awards. That was his biggest legal job. Prior to that he was at Original Productions doing a lot of the reality TV production contractions. When you're on a studio like that, it's not necessarily the most exciting thing. Depending on who your bosses were at the time... that's all I'm going to say about that. They're not necessarily the nicest people to work for. He was ready for a change. He's like, "This wasn't what I thought it was going to be." Damian Pelliccione:It's also difficult when I'm the one that's all over the place doing a whole bunch of different jobs. I'm like, "Let's quit both of our jobs, make no money for five years, and start this startup." Chris will tell you, it's the greatest decision he's ever made his entire life, the same with Alia and LaShawn. What we have built and what we have accomplished in five years consumer basing, this June, when we first started marketing our product at San Francisco Pride in 2016, drove ourselves up to SF, because gay capital of the world. Bigger Pride than Los Angeles, of course. We had a lot of friends up there that were going, so we're like why not? It's going to be a fun weekend. Self printed pink tshirts with a horrible old Revry logo on it. Giant postcard size fliers. I don't know why we thought that was a good idea. We hit the streets handing out the fliers. Chris Erwin:What were you promoting? Damian Pelliccione:Download our app, download our app, download our app. Just download our app and watch some great content. For those who you know, San Francisco, everyone parties in Delores Park on the Saturday before the Sunday of the parade. We were just walking through Delores Park handing out fliers with these hideous pink tshirts, fuchsia tshirts on with the Revry logo, old school Revry logo. People are like, "Oh, what street marketing team do you work for?" I'm like, "No, that's the CBO, that's the CPO, that's the COO. I'm the CEO." They're like, "What?" They're like, "You must really believe in what you do." I'm like, "No, we totally do." We were positing it on the porta potty stalls. We were trying to stick them up to walls and on posts. Damian Pelliccione:By the end of the weekend, we ended up getting booked on Oakland News. Two days later, San Francisco News. Bay Area News. Chris Erwin:What was the reception as you were telling people in the streets in Delores Park about Revry? Did they immediately get it? Were they confused? Damian Pelliccione:They got it, and they downloaded it, and they were watching stuff. They were subscribing. Again, this is the easiest sell, because it's queer capital of the world and San Francisco, tech capital of the world. They totally were in it to win it. I think they were just more astounded by our commitment, and that we're doing it in a very nontraditional, grassroots way. Damian Pelliccione:By the end of that weekend, had a friend of a friend of a friend who introduced us to Mac World. He was queer. He was a writer for Mac World. He's like, "I got to do a story on you." He did the interview that weekend. It didn't come out until about a month later, but once it was published, it was instantaneous downloads that rippled into 10 different languages and 100 different media publications, because Mac World is such a major player that we were the first LGBTQ TV OS app ever created for Apple TV. Damian Pelliccione:Even today, I will say we are bound to be featured again on IOS this next month in June. Everyone at Apple are big fans of Revry, and they keep featuring us, which I'm very happy about. I said it in this interview. If Tim Cook is listening, my ultimate dream is to have lunch with him in Cupertino at the Spaceship. I would fly up there in a heartbeat if he said yes. We'll see. You never know. Dream. Dream big. Chris Erwin:I think that's something I've seen in tracking your business over the last couple years since I first met you at that dinner, was that your resilience, persistence, and passion just always pays off. You've gotten a lot of nose in raising money and pitching partnerships, but then you call me three, six months later, and you're like, "I ended up getting that partnership. Yeah, we just got a check. Yeah, we just closed that round." Feels like the Tim Cook lunch in Cupertino is coming up. I'm excited to get that call from you. Damian Pelliccione:You'll be the first one to know, for sure. Chris Erwin:You mentioned that you launched QueerX in 2016. I want to hear about that, and then there's a pretty crazy moment in 2018 when you were running out of money. You had to do some unique financing structures to figure it out. Tell us about that. Damian Pelliccione:We're crazy. We launched two things at the same time. The former name of it was Out Web Fest. Then we rebranded to QueerX in 2019. We launched our own festival, kind of playing off the LGBT film festival circuit, but more focused on the short form side. Digital content, shorts, music videos, things that are typically not as publicized as feature films in the LGBTQ film festival consumer markets. Damian Pelliccione:We wanted to carve out that space and really highlight these new up and coming emerging voices. The big caveat to this was this is a great way to connect, create, an experiential event, create community, and also find content for Revry. At the end of the day, this is how we even seeded our application at the early stages, because folks were excited not to play in the festival. I would say about 50-60% were also excited to license us their content. It became a tool to curate content for our platform. Damian Pelliccione:Cut to 2018, an investor didn't write a check when we thought they were going to. That was going to be a thing that was going to float the festival. I was two weeks out from the festival, freaking out trying to figure out how to raise $10,000. I ended up getting a creative mortgage. I say that because it was a hard money loan, and not that it has interest... not terrible. I think at the time it was only 6%, but definitely- Chris Erwin:That's pretty good for hard money. Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, definitely on the high end, but because my credit wasn't the greatest, because when you start a business your finances drop a little bit. You're not making as much money. You're taking a pay cut. That was the only available loan to me, but I was able to close it quick enough to be able to float what we needed for the festival. I remember how stressful that was and tears and joy when it did all come through. That's I think the testament to our resilience. That's just one story. There's multiple stories on how... not to get too down in the weeds, but how anytime we were close, and this is any startup has this problem, running out of money or close to the end of your burn or your runway, and you're like, "Oh shit, when is the next check going to come in? Is that investor really going to come through the door and cross the line? Are we going to get the revenue we need?" These are the stressors of your first five years. Damian Pelliccione:Then eventually as time goes on and you sustain, you get... this becomes less and less of an issue. I can count at least two or three moments in time with Revry where I thought we were going to go bankrupt, or we weren't going to be able to pay our payroll, or whatever. There is always some saving grace, whether it was my home and our mortgage, that first time, or an investor that just came out of nowhere that then we would be able to get a check from to be able to sustain the difference in what we weren't making up in our burn for revenue. That's been kind of our mode, that and staying lean and really understanding how to run a business and scale a business with not a lot of money. We are four minorities. We represent veteran, LGBTQ, Latina, African American women, immigrant. I do consider myself non-binary. Chris Erwin:Just to be clear, these are the four co-founders of Revry. I think it's the most diverse founding team that I've ever worked with or been exposed to. Damian Pelliccione:That's our superhero strength. Because we represent so many different cultural, racial, sexual identities, gender identities and backgrounds, I think is a testament to our resilience, our skillset, and our ability to move at a really fast pace. We even got knocked in the beginning from being four co-founders. They're like, "It's never going to work. Someone's going to drop out. Something's not going to happen," whatever. It's like being in a rock band, I always say. It's like if you can get past your first few years, you probably can sustain. Damian Pelliccione:Alia, LaShawn, Chris, and I are very close. We even have founders night out once a month, just social time for the four of us. We support each other in every possible way of our business. I am saying, I proved all the nay sayers wrong that no, you can have four co-founders. You can diversity and inclusion. We believe that diversity and inclusion starts, authentic leadership starts from ownership. That's why we're four equal co-founders. No one owns any more equity than the next person. We leave from that pillar when I'm talking to a tech partner or a vendor, when I'm talking to a content creator, filmmaker, or distribution company. When we're talking to, even advertisers, like Lexus or [inaudible 00:35:53] who we work with, the main pillar and mission with our company is true reflection, authenticity, and diversity, and inclusion within our community. Damian Pelliccione:Because the great thing about being LGBTQ or queer, we like to add queer. We're adopting unapologetically queer, is that you're not one race. You're not one gender. You're not one sexual orientation. You're not one cultural background. You're not one language. Queer exists all over the world. This is a really exciting moment for us, and the rest of the world, and the entertainment business to be embracing what we're doing with Revry in such a big way where we've got some pretty big wins coming down the pipeline which we'll have announcements for in Pride month in June. Chris Erwin:Which leads to the next question of what is next for Revry? Now that you've been doing this, I think you said, for the past five years that you've now been officially consumer facing, right, with the product in the market, tell us how many different apps, how much programming do you have? Let's fast forward three to five years out. Where are you headed? Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, so right now Revry is available in over 280 million households and devices. That is our reach. This is our sweat equity over the last three years, and really understanding the market and the differential between... we call ourselves a trihybrid of fast, free, ad supported streaming TV, AVOD, ad video on demand, and SVOD, subscription video on demand. We started as a subscription video on demand platform when SVOD was not as big of a thing as it was today, and building that subscription audience. That was hard. Now today, it's super competitive and competing Disney+, Hulu, and Amazon, and Apple TV Plus, and all the ones that have way deeper pockets than I do. I think where we saw a major opportunity, which was in 2017, we started with Pluto TV, a fast channel. Revry was the first LGBTQ network on Pluto TV. Then a year later we launched on Xumo TV in 2018. We crushed it and we brought in advertisers like Lexus. They were the first advertiser. They actually unbounded us six months after we launched. Damian Pelliccione:So, launched in 2016. January 2017 I receive an email from our info at Revry.TV email from this agency that represents Lexus and asked if we did advertising. Of course we get that, we're like, "Yes, we do." You figure it out, because you don't want to say no to that opportunity. Luckily we have the Pluto TV channel to be able to figure that out on, which launched the next quarter. It was great, and they've increased their spend year over year and we're a major partner of Lexus, specifically in the LGBTQ space. We're very honored to have worked with them for so long now since 2017, but we saw just based on that one advertiser and that one channel, the opportunity for having free, linear TV. Damian Pelliccione:Today it's the cable killer. It's fast. It's going to overtake the market. I believe that the new cable networks are the smart TV manufacturers. The Samsung, the Vizios, the LGs, the Sonys even now are getting into this space. These are the ones that will lead the charge and why you won't need a subscription pairage package to your teleco broadcaster like Comcast or AT&T, and what Comcast bought Xumo, and why AT&T is mostly likely going to go into facet as well, to catch up to the market. Damian Pelliccione:Cut to day, we're on 35 fast platforms, more than half of which we are the exclusive and/or only LGBTQ provider. We are also on SVOD platforms, like Xfinity. We're about to launch on a few other big ones coming down the pipe this summer. Our distribution footprint is so massive, and it's not just US. We just launched May 12th with Samsung UK. We launched in a territory in March, which I can't talk about, because we're still in beta for that. We're launching with Australia this week. Actually in just a few days we launch TV across Australia. Next month we're launching in another Latin American territory. Then later on in North America, and hopefully Canada. Damian Pelliccione:It's just been this rolling explosion of opportunity with big partners like TV and Samsung and Vizio, and really embracing what we're doing in the content and how we're distributing. I think the next phase, to answer the question of the business, outside of continuing to spin up channels and build more connections for our networks so now we're not just one network, we have multiple networks... we have our North American English feed, our global English feed, our USA English feed, but we also have Revry News, the first ever LGBTQ 24/7 news network. We have OML under our Revry, which stands for Oe More Lesbian, the first ever queer women acts lesbian network, which has exploded. Revry LatinaX, the first LGBTQ Spanish language network. Damian Pelliccione:Then we have a few more announcements coming up later this year for specialty channels of language specific channels, because, again, we exist as people, LGBT people everywhere, and we're massive underserved in the market other than the few things you can watch on Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, or whatever territory that you live in, or on YouTube. There's no global network like Revry for our community until now. Damian Pelliccione:Really, for us, it's taking over all those global markets and tapping into... even outside of just English speaking markets, the community in Brasil, the community in Mexico, the community in India, the community all over Europe, and very soon the community in Africa. That's exciting to me. What's more exciting from a social impact standpoint is we don't have a barrier to entry. Yes, we still have our subscription product. We call it Revry Premium. That's upgrade from our... just like Peacock, right? The idea there is that if you want greater access and no ads, you pay the subscription price. You don't need to register to our site. You can just go on and start watching. Download the app and start watching anywhere on any device. Damian Pelliccione:The social impact site is like no matter your socioeconomic background, or where you are in the world, you can access Revry content. You as a trans person in Saudi Arabia, as a lesbian in Russia, as a gay man in South Africa can watch great, free content that is ad supported to see your story, to see yourself reflected. Damian Pelliccione:We've had letters from all over the world. The letter was after the Mac World article. That was from a gay man in Saudi Arabia who wrote me a message on LinkedIn of all places, from an anonymous profile saying, "I'm a queer man from Saudi Arabia. I read your Mac World article. I didn't know really what gay meant. I'm closeted, and I now see that there are other people out there like me. Thank you for doing what you're doing. I love this film, so and so." That was powerful. That's not the first. I have that framed, by the way. That message is framed and sits next to my desk, a reminder for why I do what I do every morning. When you're creating something way bigger than yourself, it gives you so much more purpose and drive than any other job you could ever have. That, I equate to our success. Damian Pelliccione:The other opportunity that I had where I saw the impact that Revry is having as a platform was when I was in India in June of 2019. I went to Mumbai to speak at the queer film festival, KASHISH. At the opening night ceremony, they had all the guest speakers come in and just say hello and give a little insight into what their talk would be later on in the week. All these queer female filmmakers surrounded me at the after party. We had this one title called The Other Love Story by this great filmmaker, [inaudible 00:42:50] in London, about this lesbian relationship in Bangalore. It was a scripted show. We branded it as a Revry original distributed in 2017 and '18, and it exploded, like these numbers from India, which we never expected. Again, testament to massively underserved market, but big opportunity. No one's tapping that. Damian Pelliccione:These queer women were so excited to meet Revry, a representative from Revry, let alone the CEO. I was like, "Oh my God. I'm so excited to meet you, too. Tell me what your project is. Can I license something?" That's where my mind goes in distribution, licensing and acquisition. This one girl's like, "No, no, no. Damian, I want to show you something." She pulls out her phone and shows me her Tinder. I'm like, "Why are you showing me your Tinder?" She funnels for lesbian, right? All the images in the grid were images were from The Other Love Story, our acquisition original from that territory. Damian Pelliccione:For context, we're celebrating 50 years of Stonewall right now in the United States, but for context, they only have their stonewall moment in 2018 where they decriminalized being LGBTQ. This is a year later that I'm in that territory. For fear of discretion, for their friends, their families, their jobs, or their places that they live or worship, that's how they identify themselves. Queer women specifically, and I started crying. I took this girl to dinner. I woke up Alia, LaShawn, and Chris in the west and was like, "Hey you have to, have to hear this story. This is huge. Everyone was crying." Damian Pelliccione:Even when I tell this story, I still get a little emotional, but it shows the power of the impact that media and a platform like Revry can have for the greater good of our community on a global scale. I've been quoted saying this story and the Saudi Arabia story multiple times in the past, but I will continue to quote it on all the interviews that I do, because that is the impact that we're having. That is the most exciting and biggest reward that I can receive as a founder. Chris Erwin:Beautifully put. Look, before we move on to the rapid fire, Damian, in terms of reward, what are the exit opportunities as you think about Revry? Where does this go? Do you just continually raise funding, or is there an exit that you're targeting in the next two to three years? I know the common answer is heads down building, we have a lot more to do, but what are you really thinking there, you and the three other founders? Damian Pelliccione:Heads down building, we have a lot more to do for sure. A lot more that we want to do and where I'd like to take this company, and where the founders, collectively, Alia, LaShawn, Chris, and I would like to take this company. We always knew from inception that this was not an idea business. We were an acquisition. When you look at the consolidation that's happening right now, MGM being bought by Amazon, Disney buying Discovery, I don't think that my thesis of acquisition is going to have very much longer before we're sucked up into a bigger machine. I wouldn't hate that, to be honest. I don't think any of the founders... I think we're all excited for that opportunity once it presents itself with the right partner. Damian Pelliccione:Right now, what am I doing? We're raising our next round. Series day is next. We'll see where the future takes us, but there's other conversations happening in the background. I think we're a really hot ticket item. We are the market leader, clearly, hands down the market leader for LGBTQ end streaming. We would be a great acquisition for any of the major studios at this point. And for the right price, not just the right pice, the right upside, but more or less being able to be capitalized in a way with the powers of a bigger studio and keep running the business the way we want to, which is to focus now more into the original side of content, and to create our whole slate of content and market and distribute that. I think that is a big value proposition. Damian Pelliccione:When you look at the stuff that we're coming out with this Pride season, I'm very proud of our slate of originals and content and shows and specials that we are about to announce just in a few days. Chris Erwin:Awesome. Last thing before I move on to rapid fire, Damian. I want to give you and the team some kudos. I remember, I threw an executive event nearby when our office was in Culver City. I think this is in the summer 2019. I did not know you, nor Revry before this. I think one of the guests that was commenting was like, "Oh, I want to bring this guy, Damian. He's electrifying. Can I add him to the guest list?" I was like, "Sure. Let's see." I remember, I think there was three or four long tables. You ended up sitting directly across from me. I just remember from the moment that we sat down, you not only lit up the space between us, but the entire table. I had such a good time talking to you. I got so excited by your vision and your gumption and your energy. That kicked off us working together on a few different fronts. Chris Erwin:I remember, and I was like, this is just a show that existed for this couple hours together, or does this persist? As I have continuously gotten to know you and the team better, and going to your office for an offsite and meeting the other members of your team, like you said, I had hesitation. I'm like, four co-founders? How does that work? But you guys have something very special in what you're building in your product, very special between the four co-founders, and your mission is fantastic. I know without a doubt that you guys are going to be coming out in a very, very special place. Keep on doing what you're doing. It's been amazing to track your journey, and it's fun getting to know you. Damian Pelliccione:We love you, Chris. You've always been a big cheerleader since we've met, and we appreciate your support. Chris Erwin:Cool. With that, we're going to move into the rapid fire round. Six questions. The rules are as follows. The answers are to be very brief, at most one to two sentences, but could also be one or two words. Do you understand the rules? Damian Pelliccione:Yes. Chris Erwin:Great. Let's dive in. Proudest life moment? Damian Pelliccione:Mumbai, India. Chris Erwin:What do you want to do less of in 2021? Damian Pelliccione:Work. No, I'm kidding. Chris Erwin:That's totally fair. Damian Pelliccione:What do I want to do less of? I want to eat less. Chris Erwin:You want to eat less, okay. What do you want to do more of? Damian Pelliccione:Exercise. Chris Erwin:What one to two things drive your success? Damian Pelliccione:Passion, innovation, love. Chris Erwin:Final three. What advice do you give media execs going into the end of 2021? Damian Pelliccione:Fail fast, fail big, and learn. Chris Erwin:Any future startup ambitions? Damian Pelliccione:Cannabis. Chris Erwin:Huh. Okay, I have to ask, what are you thinking on the cannabis front? Damian Pelliccione:Don't know yet. I have a passion for it, too. I think there's a frontier and a gold rush. I think there's so many healing qualities to it and so many unlocked potential and scientific research on what this plant can do. I wanted to be a part of that in some way. It hasn't revealed itself exactly, like what sector of cannabis, but I just know that I definitely want to... if I were to start another startup, it would definitely be in the cannabis sector. Chris Erwin:That'll be a good reason to have you on the show a second time, about your new venture. Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, there you go. Chris Erwin:Last one, very easy. How can people get in contact with you? Damian Pelliccione:Easy. You can go to our website, Revry.TV. You can also find me on Instagram, Damian, D-A-M-I-A-N media, M-E-D-I-A, or Revry TV, R-E-V-R-Y T-V. Chris Erwin:Awesome. All right, Damian. Thanks for being on the show. This was a delight. Damian Pelliccione:Thank you so much for having me, Chris. Always a pleasure to talk to you. Chris Erwin:I got to say, I just love spending time with Damian. He is so positive. He is so effusive. He always brings a smile to my face. That interview was a real delight. All right, before wrapping up, we have an exciting announcement. Rock Water has launched our second podcast. It's called the Rock Water Roundup. In under 15 minutes, me and my colleague, Andrew Cohen, breakdown recent media and commerce news. We already have, I think around seven or eight episodes up, and we cover topics like live stream commerce and whatnot's $40 million capital raise, the growth of creator competition series, including the recent Logan Paul and Floyd Mayweather fight, the rapid growth of the resale market, including Etsy's $1.6 billion acquisition of Depop, and so much more. Chris Erwin:You can get it wherever you listen to your podcast: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, you name it. And you can also go to Rounduppodcast.com. We're getting some really good feedback on the short, what we like to call micro cast format. Would love to have you check it out. All right, that's it everybody. Thanks for listening. Chris Erwin:The Come Up is written and hosted by me, Chris Erwin, and is a production of Rock Water Industries. Please rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts, and remember to subscribe wherever you listen to our show. If you really dig us, feel free to forward The Come Up to a friend. You can sign up for our company newsletter at wearerockwater.com/newsletter. You can follow us on Twitter at TCU Pod. The Come Up is engineered by Daniel Tureck, music is by Devon Bryant. Logo and branding is by Kevin Zazzali. Special thanks to Andrew Cohen and Mike Booth from the RockWater team. 

Ghazal : Meri Dastane Ghazal written by renowned Poetess Nidhhi Guuptaa "Kashish"

ON AIR WITH SANJAY - #004 KASHISH DAS SHRESTHA

Preeta Mathur Thakur has been working on the Hindi Theatre Stage for the last 30 years. With about 4000 shows of more than 50 plays behind her, Preeta has a large and varied experience to draw from. Preeta began her career in professional Theatre with The Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA)  under the influence of and inspiration from veterans like A K Hangal, M S Sathyu, Javed Siddiqui, Sudhir Pandey, Mushtaq Khan, Sulbha Arya, Ramesh Talwar, Kuldeep Singh and other seniors After a few important plays with IPTA, Preeta moved on to Dinesh Thakur's ANK, one of the the most prolific Theatre Groups of the country. Preeta saw great growth with Ank under the stewardship of Dinesh Thakur whom she regards as her Guru. Her oeuvre with Ank includes the big playwrights of our times like Mohan Rakesh, Vijay Tendulkar, Girish Karnad, Badal Sarkar, Neil Simon, George Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, Oliver Goldsmith, Agatha Christie, Ranbir Sinh, Rabindranath Tagore, Mohan Katdare, Satish Alekar, Mahesh Elkunchwar, Asghar Wajahat etc. as well as a whole host of genres from comedy to tragedy. Preeta has also worked in television beginning with Shyam Benegal's Bharat Ek Khoj to M S Sathyu's Kayar, Kundan Shah's Manoranjan, DD's popular Kashish etc, Telefilms for DD  like Chauthi Ka Joda etc and hosting a programme on Zee with Tom Alter. Preeta's film work has mainly been interesting cameo's with directors Shyam Benegal, Kundan Shah, Raj Kumar Santoshi, Prakash Mehra, Basu Bhattacharya, Amol Palekar Preeta has also been essaying an important corporate role as a senior Finance and Procurement Executive with Cement major ACC Ltd. for almost 30 years Preeta now heads Ank Theatre Group and in her most recent work on stage has been directed by Devendra Raj Ankur, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Ashok Mishra, Veena Bakshi, Amol Palekar and Brandon Hill. Apart from having Articles on theatre published and designing innovative narration of unusual stories online during lockdown times,  Preeta has also been directing plays and conducting acting workshops and training for Ank.  Preeta is now putting the finishing touches to a major play written by her which she will be directing for Ank. Preeta is considered a respected game-changer in the theatre world,  possessing unique knowledge and first-hand experience,  being a revolutionary theatre personality and actress with over 30 years of experience in the Hindi theatre world. Having now moved out of her Corporate role, Preeta is ready to experiment afresh with Film and digital platforms. Listen to her amazing journey on this episode of Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, or send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media The content is owned & produced by Ep.Log Media | A division of Zero Hour Entertainment. Reproduction of this content without permission is strictly prohibited.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we held our second community event! We discussed the nuances of navigating the startup world as an Asian American entrepreneur in a Clubhouse room with some of their wonderful founder friends. It was great to invite friends from our own networks, have them open up to each other, and build friendships to support one another moving forward. We held this event live on April 27th, 2021. In this podcast we spoke about the following: Taking a financial risk to leave comfortable career paths to start a company How filial duty can impact your decision making How the model minority myth can help and hinder fundraising ------------------------------- Episode resources: Kashish's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptakashish/ Yehong's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yehongzhu/ Michelle's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellebkwok/ Ravina's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravinacanand/ ------------------------------- If you enjoyed today's conversation about the intersection of work and Asian American identity, please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review to spread the word. We'd really appreciate it! Learn more about the show at acrossthelinespodcast.com, follow us @acrossthelinespodcast, and subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest updates.

Kashish Ali, joins me for a conversation where we open up about our personal views when it comes to love and relationships, and how being first generation and South Asian impacts it! We also share our thoughts on how we personally try to break the cycle when it comes to changing stereotypical ideas and values imposed on women by society and our culture. Follow Kashish: Instagram: @digital.kash Twitter: @digitalkash Facebook: Kashish Ali Follow Synergy-Cast: Instagram: @synergycast Mutual Aids to Support: @free99fridge https://free99fridge.com/ @atlsolfund https://atlsolidarity.org/ @hermosamutualaid https://hermosamutualaid.org/ @gplxc https://www.gplxc.org/mutual-aid @bravespacealliance https://linktr.ee/bravespacealliance Chicago Mutual Aid App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mutual-aid-a-helping-hand/id1518174898 . . . . #firstgeneration #mutualaid #wetakecareofus #girlchat #romanticrelationships #settingboundaries #relationshipproblems #southasian #desigirls #browngirls #browngirlproblems #desigirlproblems #breakthecycle #glassceiling #feminist #feminism #podcast #mentalhealth #mentalhealthpodcast #relationalhealth #atlanta #chicago #chicagomutualaid #generation #multigeneration #southasianculture #selflove #selflove #independentwoman #loveyourself #synergycast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/synergy-cast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/synergy-cast/support

Are you tired of stories about teenagers getting into trouble? Are you yearning to hear stories that involve young people succeeding at worthwhile causes? Please listen to this heartwarming podcast of two 16 year-olds, Kashish Chainani & Alexandra Bohla, who are positively impacting their communities.  They have discovered an interesting and important way to promote peace through books.  As you listen to their inspiring stories, you will be convinced that this is teen-talk that needs to make headlines, because these two teens can teach us about the power of persistence, peace, and books.    

Kashish is the founder of @kandliez which is an amazing candle brand and she also is a crystal seller. In this conversation, we discuss how she created and expanded her business in the pandemic! Listen to the end because I have sprinkled a 15% discount coupon somewhere in between! Find more content on Instagram @listeningstoriesuntold

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I'm glad to bring you a NEW EPISODE of Taekwondo Passion.The story of Kashish Malik. A young athlete with high aspirations from India.Gold medal in South Asian Games 2019. Only indian athlete to reach quarter finals in Jakarta Asian Games 2018 three months after being diagnosed with jaundice.She didn't want to learn taekwondo but her sports instructor challenged her.She loved taekwondo so much that she changed her goals of a high position in the Government of India to start pursuing an athletic career.She is fighting outside the ring trying to inspire future indian taekwondo athletes.Fighting internationally she has learned that in competition you can be an opponent with other athletes, but outside it your opponents are also beautiful souls.Kashish is young but determined, an athlete that never gives up.Please enjoy the interview and let us know your thoughts on the comments section. Feeling a superheroThe story of Kashish Malik has a common beginning on successful taekwondo athletes.They were very active kids, not always with the best behaviour. She was a very sporty girl who loved to play cricket with her brothers.When she was 6 year old, playing to be a superhero Kashish Malik jumped over the back of her brother, causing him to fall to the floor and to have a tooth broken. Later she got in trouble at school for defending against a bully.Her sports teacher and also a taekwondo instructor saw her energy and invited her to take taekwondo classes.But the martial art was not attractive for her. As she already stood up against the bully with no need of taekwondo, why would she need it?The teacher challenged her to go to his taekwondo school and sparr with one of his students. As she was new to the martial art naturally she didn't win.But even though it was something new for her she didn't give up.Now she is one of the best athletes of her country. The first to win a gold medal at the South Asian Games and with a strong compromise to inspire future Indian taekwondo athletes.How to help athletes to pursue a career in taekwondo?Taekwondo is a martial art practiced in the whole world. Often we hear that is only the second most practiced sport after football.It is an Olympic sport, but still we do not have a solid professional platform for athletes around the world. As we talked with Erica Stephens the Grand Slam is one of the first attempts and I hope in the future we will have more events like this.Pursuing a taekwondo career is a difficult task for many athletes. Kashish shared with us that she wants to make taekwondo more popular in her country, because although many people practice taekwondo in India, athletes are not encouraged to go for the olympic dream.It is seen as very risky, because if you don't succeed it is considered a waste of time. But it is not the same with other more popular sports, like cricket.This is common around the world. Athletes and their families have to make big efforts to fund competitions and training, we can hear about it in our interviews with Terrence Jennings and Victoria Stambaugh for example.Kashish shared with us that she wants to win an olympic medal to change this. One medal can change everything. As Bradly Sinden shared with us, there was a big difference after Sarah Stevenson's olympic medal for Great Britain.The fighting spirit of Kashish “I never give up”Kashish is a fighter, she proved it at her first taekwondo class and later in her career she had to do it many times.She was selected to the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Three months before the competition she got jaundice. The doctor said that she couldn't go to the tournament, her situation was bad and she couldn't even walk sometimes.The doctor's main reason was that she needed to recover and that it was very irresponsible to compete. Kashish had made the decision to go. She didn't want to lose the opportunity to represent her country in such an important tournament.She wanted to give a medal to India. So she decided to compete, supported by her family and her coach. The day after she was discharged from the hospital she went to train and to prepare for the tournament.At the Asian games she was the only indian athlete to reach quarter finals. She lost with 2017 World Champion Lee Ah-reum, a very good result considering she was only 18 year old.More on the interview.Surely, we're going to hear of Kashish career soon, she is pointing high and she doesn't let obstacles stop her.She had another important knee injury before the Manchester 2019 World Championships. She even hid it to her teammates afraid of losing her spot for the competition. That is another story that is better to hear from her voice. Links below, please comment and let us know what did you learn from Kashish interview.

Some pacey, high energy rave influenced techno from Kashish on this episode of the Flipmag podcast. Give it a good listen. About the artist: In a remarkably short span of time, Kashish has established a strong footing in the underground music circuit in India. Having garnered support from some of the most celebrated clubs and promoters, Kashish has been making people dance to her brand of hypnotic techno laced with EleKtro, DnB, Acid House! Her sets are interspersed with the signature acid sound, a guilty pleasure of hers. A vast repertoire of sounds, coupled with quality skills behind the decks, makes her capable of not only playing the vibe but also dictating it. She has shared the stage with revered acts from around the globe, such as Coyu, Third Son, YaYa, Clarian, Secret Cinema, Guy J and Guy Mantzur, Daria Kolosova, Milo Spykers, Kaiser, Tasha (UK), Rudosa, Fideles, Artbat among others. Her passion for music is seen even off the decks, as she finds herself constantly hunting for new tunes and revelling in the rich musical culture Mumbai has to offer. Follow Kashish: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/itskashishsingh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itskashiish/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/kashishkollision/

In this episode, Sanchi Nasta Ray chats with weight management specialist, Kashish Alimchandani about motherhood and it's effects on physical health and well-being. Kashish shares easy tips on how moms can take care of themselves and go back to being fitter and healthier. If you would like to connect with Kashish, her Instagram handle is @kashishalimchandani

In this episode, Sanchi Nasta Ray chats with weight management specialist, Kashish Alimchandani about motherhood and it’s effects on physical health and well-being. Kashish shares easy tips on how moms can take care of themselves and go back to being fitter and healthier. If you would like to connect with Kashish, her Instagram handle is @kashishalimchandani

Join host Sofia Vavaroutsos via remote production with co-hosts Lauren Stallone and Kashish Hura to discuss the first Black woman to graduate as valedictorian from the University of Toronto's medical school. Plus, more with a news feature by Kashish from the Black Lives Matter protests, artist spotlights, and quarantine content. Then, an exclusive interview by Denise Ruzage with Shireen Ahmed, sports journalist and an advocate for diversity in sports who hosts the Burn It All Down podcast!

Join host Sofia Vavaroutsos via remote production with co-hosts Lauren Stallone and Kashish Hura to discuss the first Black woman to graduate as valedictorian from the University of Toronto's medical school. Plus, more with a news feature by Kashish from the Black Lives Matter protests, artist spotlights, and quarantine content. Then, an exclusive interview by Denise Ruzage with Shireen Ahmed, sports journalist and an advocate for diversity in sports who hosts the Burn It All Down podcast!

Abhishek talks about how his life journey has always been about taking risks and burning bridges in order to walk the entrepreneurial path. Listen on and find an exclusive discount code to Kashish Yoga's Online Classes that will be starting in July 2020.

On this episode I talk to a fellow 12th grader about her Youtube channel (The Owl), why she records her videos at 3 AM, how and why it all started, what fuels her ideas for the content on her channel and a whole lot more! Kashish's Youtube Channel (The Owl): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTGt-KxJosDBg3ZsfsCu1Pg Kashish's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kashx.a/?hl=en LIKE, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE AND SEND FEEDBACK. https://linktr.ee/perspections.podcast All Things Vir Gupta: https://linktr.ee/virgupta Checkout my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzbsp-6_GILOiOXqsKTe8Bw Drop us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perspections.podcast/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/vir__gupta/ Catch all the episodes on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/12MZt8Mgf5wYFM3UuOHuiN Catch all the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJCw0GSS1SQ02YJTrm8Fj0g Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perspections-podcast/id1467639004?uo=4 Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9iZTc5NmQwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/perspections Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1467639004/perspections Radio Public: https://radiopublic.com/perspections-GA2vNZ Anchor FM: https://anchor.fm/vir-gupta Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/dFY7 Hosted and created by Vir Gupta.

Hi everyone I hope you are doing really good today I am sharing with you are amazing podcast in the podcast thank you so much kashesh chhabbria for coming in the Tanya show this episode is so amazing and so knowledgeable which is Kashish chhabbira is an entrepreneur she is life transformation coach , Instagram ifluencer, youtuber. Thank you so much Kashesh maam for coming in the Tanya show and guys this podcast super valuable and knowledgeable we have spoken about hustle, life goals,fear,failure.Our handles. TANYARAMAVTAR (INSTAGRAM) KASHESH CHABBARIA (INSTAGRAM) lots of love and respect Tanya❤

It's such a fun time when i get to jam about a whole bunch of different tech topics with other smart people. Kashish is 100% one of these people. He's the founder of Carry, which is a travel planner software that lives in your Slack. Need to book a flight and get a hotel? Just ping Carry and it's done. Amazing! This conversation took us well past Carry, though. Some of the topics we covered are:- How to build trust within your product- Why trust is so important to compete in 2019- What does Kashish think about Libra, and how it will affect the travel industry  - A deep dive into self driving cars and the brands that will lead the charge- A look into robots that can make food, and what that means in the future- Top companies he knows about that most people are sleeping on- AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!You can find Kashish here: https://twitter.com/kashgupta_You can learn more about Carry here:  https://carry.travel/ Get on the email list at forwardthinking.substack.com

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Our life is the result of our thoughts, words and actions. What we do on a daily basis sows seeds for our future. What are you planting for your life today?

Frankie & Joe Invite recording artist, & youtube personality @ThisIsKash into the Den.Kash formally known as Kashish is an R&B/ pop singer-songwriter and YouTuber. As a songwriter, Kash draws inspiration from her everyday life, her inner most personal thoughts and uses it to add a fresh twist to her music. Kash has focused her attention on spreading positivity through music and her YouTube channel called "ThisIsKash." Her music has garnered the attention of notable press outlets like Lady Gunn, Galore Magazine, and FEISTY. Kash has also performed at many rallies and marches all across New York City including the Women’s March on NYC. She hopes to use her platform to inspire audiences around the world and promote change.In this episode she teaches the boys about the Muslim Culture through her eyes. STRONGER TOGETHER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJNyP82PuF8 ARTICLE: https://www.thetriangle.org/opinion/through-the-eyes-of-a-hijabi/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adult-kindergarden/support

This week on Keeping it Queer, we focus on the upcoming KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. And to talk about it, we have Sridhar Rangayan and Shibu Thomas from the KASHISH team joining Navin in the studio. They discuss the joys and difficulties of putting a film festival together, the waves the films have created in India and abroad, and also touch upon the weirdest question people ask queer folks. In the Culture Vulture segment, Farhad talks about a film that showcases a coming-of-age story of a young gay man. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

In the second part of this conversation with Navin Noronha, filmmaker Sridhar Rangayan opens up about how he met his partner of 22 years, why making films on LGBTQ issues can be daunting and why organising the Kashish film festival tends to be a lot of hard work. The Keeping it Queer podcast is available on Audioboom: https://goo.gl/ZpfjJY You can also find it on any of your favourite podcasting apps. Also, follow Keeping it Queer on: Facebook: https://goo.gl/EKPnU6 This is an IVM Production; for more such awesome podcasts, come find us:  Website: Indusvox.com Facebook: https://goo.gl/P130uw Twitter: https://goo.gl/7P7Uec Instagram: https://goo.gl/qH3PHm

Nitin Karani is a gay rights advocate from Mumbai. He is on the board of Humsafar Trust, India's leading community-based HIV prevention organization, and has been associated with the trust since its inception in 1994, when it hosted the country's first South Asian gay men's conference. Nitin was one of only 13 people who took part in India's first Pride march in Kolkata on 2 July 1999. In 2002, he was media liaison for the first Asian conference of ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans And Intersex Association) hosted by Humsafar and Aanchal Trust in Mumbai. Most recently, he played the same role at Kashish, India's first international queer film festival (April 2010) held in Mumbai. Nitin's writing has appeared in various mainstream publications and in 'Bombay Dost' magazine, India's only registered LGBT magazine, of which he is currently editorial board member. Nitin was a journalist for eight years at various newspapers and magazines, including 'The Indian Express' and 'Mid-Day', until 2003. He currently makes his living as an editor in the Royal Bank of Scotland's equity research production team. Previously, Nitin was in similar roles at JPMorgan India and Reliance Equities International.

Nitin Karani is a gay rights advocate from Mumbai. He is on the board of Humsafar Trust, India's leading community-based HIV prevention organization, and has been associated with the trust since its inception in 1994, when it hosted the country's first South Asian gay men's conference. Nitin was one of only 13 people who took part in India's first Pride march in Kolkata on 2 July 1999. In 2002, he was media liaison for the first Asian conference of ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans And Intersex Association) hosted by Humsafar and Aanchal Trust in Mumbai. Most recently, he played the same role at Kashish, India's first international queer film festival (April 2010) held in Mumbai. Nitin's writing has appeared in various mainstream publications and in 'Bombay Dost' magazine, India's only registered LGBT magazine, of which he is currently editorial board member. Nitin was a journalist for eight years at various newspapers and magazines, including 'The Indian Express' and 'Mid-Day', until 2003. He currently makes his living as an editor in the Royal Bank of Scotland's equity research production team. Previously, Nitin was in similar roles at JPMorgan India and Reliance Equities International.

SAJA presents a conversation about Nepal with Upendra Yadav, the foreign minister of the world's newest republic. He'll discuss the political situation in Nepal and South Asia; the Maoist vision for Nepal; and his trip to the U.S. with the new prime minister of Nepal. MODERATOR: Kashish Shrestha, freelance reporter and photojournalist, and producer and host of the podcast "In Conversation" on Samudaya.org