The Inspiring Talk is turning two on August 21 and I decided to celebrate it by taking the show live. Join me for a conversation with Rahul Narvekar, Founder of The India Network, Serial Entrepreneur and an Investor. You will get to know about Rahul’s journey: from growing up in Chawls of Mumbai to the successful entrepreneurial journey. The interview will be followed by QnA session.
With The Inspiring Talk, my mission is to inspire you to tap into your true potential. This evening will be no different, you will get inspired to dream big and transform your life.
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About Guest: Rahul Narvekar
Rahul Narvekar is CEO and Founder of The India Network and Sun and Sands Advisors. An Alumnus of Harvard Business School, IIM Calcutta and ESSEC business school Paris, Rahul Narvekar has had an interesting life journey so far.
Starting as a Ward boy in the night shift in a hospital in Mulund, to door to door sales , he has the singular distinction of being selected and then getting Expelled from the first formal entrepreneurship programme of India in 1994, for asking too many uncomfortable questions and being a troublemaker.
Starting his first venture in 1994 in the advertising space, he co-founded Asia’s first interactive music channel in 1998 called Channel Oxygen in Mumbai.
It went from zero to 2 crores revenue and came back to zero within 3 years and then moving to Delhi ( having been conned by his Wife, who he met online, to move to this ” Shaant ” place )
Having worked for various Retail Real Estate companies including DLF , Rahul Co founded www.fashionandyou.com in 2009 . It became the first luxury ecommerce company to Raise $ 8 million from Sequoia Capital , then $ 40 Million and then $ 128 Million .
In 2013 he set up www.indianroots.com with NDTV with a seed capital of Rs.84 lakhs which became an $ 85 Million company in 2 years.
About Host: Bijay Gautam
Bijay Gautam is the host and producer of The Inspiring Talk podcast. With over 70 episodes, this show has been #1 under Self-Help and #3 under All Categories on Apple Podcasts. He is also the Producer and Host of India’s only Podcast about Podcasting Podcast Unfiltered.