The UpstreamLife

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The UpstreamLife is a business podcast hosted by Vishal Krishna, with 139 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Vishal Krishna hosts The UpstreamLife, a business show with 139 episodes published.

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  One account, simplified book keeping: Tally's path towards automating SME accounting worldwide

  Aug 4, 202643 min

  In this episode I talk with Tejas Goenka, the Managing Director of Tally Solutions. TheUpStreamLife delves deeper into the soul of the company that has built India's accounting software story. Find out what the path of Tejas Goenka would be in making this company go deeper into the Indian and global SME industry. Already running into the millions of users, its one of the most valuable software companies built in India and its truly Indian in every essence. 00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - Tally as an operating system. 02:38 - Built for the Indian SME. 06:18 - SMEs being similar globally. 09:23 - The different layers of Tally. 17:55 - Creating an insights layer for the Banks. 22:07 - Building market winning products and DPIIT 28:01 - India's entrepreneurial stories. 33:13 - Tally 7.1 and scaling up AI initiatives. 38:00 - Books and other inspirations. Support the show Thanks for Listening! Follow Us on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , LinkedIn or Find us on YouTube

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  Rise of social impact startups in IIM-CIP & the North-East: in-conversation with chairman Ajay Jain

  Jul 6, 20265 min

  In this episode we talk with Chairman of the IIMCIP, Ajay Jain, who has been through forty years of entrepreneurship and is now paying it forward as a professor and startup mentor. He talks about how the North-East part of India is going to attract several startups in the years to come and why IIMCIP is playing a vital role in its growth. @iimcalcutta 00:00 - Introduction to the podcast 01:21 - Learning from the Corporate world 05:20 - Career in Kuwait and the stepping stone to business. 08:44 - Why Institutions will create social impact going forward. 14:33 - The balance to create innovation that makes impact. 18:11 - Academia/Corporate partnership - will it become mainstream. 23:12 - Carrying empathy to build a business. 29:00 - Supporting the North-East Corridor to become a startup centre. 33:03 - Why North East supports some great opportunities. 35:55 - The North East will change going forward. 41:03 - Role of government, going beyond grants. 49:00 - What does it take for innovation to work in the future 54:42 - Building future leaders. Support the show Thanks for Listening! Follow Us on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , LinkedIn or Find us on YouTube

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  Why schools still need edtech, STEM interventions & test prep that matters: the SpeEdLabs story

  Jun 21, 20261h 3m

  In this episode I talk with Vivek Varshney, the founder of SpeEdLabs, a test prep company that has survived the test of being a startup and is now growing to become a preferred partner for schools in smaller towns. How did Vivek and team do this, lets find out. 00:00 - Introduction. 01:22 - Being an IIT/IIM grad and going on to set up a startup. 05:25 - Education is the only currency to come out of poverty. 10:30 - Building a startup is all about product market fit, the first customer. 15:30 - Outcomes decide the future of a startup, why B2B worked. 20:09 - The elements that worked for SpeEdLabs. 30:00 - How should one prepare for tests? 34:00 - Having the playbook ready? 42:00 - Why schools are going to enable parents? 45:33 - The AI in the app and the future playbook. 49:50 - How is the SpeEdLabs journey going into AI? 55:15 - The future of education in India. Support the show Thanks for Listening! Follow Us on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , LinkedIn or Find us on YouTube

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  The journey of Prequate, how Pradyumna went from Yeshas Academy to setting up an advisory firm

  Jun 17, 202658 min

  In this episode we talk about the growth of an idea, how Pradyumna went from being a back bencher to setting up an advisory/investment banking firm that works with the brightest startups and large corporations. This interview covers his student days and also covers how investment banking works. 00:00 - Introduction 00:34 - The objective of the Disha Series with Mentorsforkids.in - an introduction by Pavan Sharma, partner at BCL India 04:00 - The reason why MentorsForKids wants employability. 06:00 - The journey of Pradyumna 16:20 - Building a network for I-Banking 24:15 - Working with engineers to build business, commerce students deploy money. 27:28 - Why AI is expensive and how Prequate works with technology. 41:00 - Being ready for work life. 45:00 - Conversation with students Support the show Thanks for Listening! Follow Us on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , LinkedIn or Find us on YouTube

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  Lab to business: AI native platform LatentForce fixes enterprise code migration with scale & context

  Jun 14, 202638 min

  In this episode Ideaspring Capital's Naganand Doraswamy talks with deep tech startup LatentForce, which has a special combination of a research professor and his students who are building the business as founders. This fascinating story showcases how Indian science is scaling globally. 00:00 - Introduction 00:34 - Genesis of LatentForce 05:40 - From lab to business 06:59 - Keeping in touch with disruptions in AI 15:00 - From professor to thinking business 17:53 - LatentForce is solving code migration with context 22:00 - Taking the business to customers 25:25 - Getting great talent. 35:39 - Revenue pipeline of the company Support the show Thanks for Listening! Follow Us on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , LinkedIn or Find us on YouTube

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