Creating new markets and serving it at scale is no easy task. Predicting the future even harder. On this show, we speak with founders who have created products and services that defied the status quo while demonstrating the ability to predict future trends. How will the world look like by the end of the next decade? We find out, with host, Sreeraman Thiagarajan

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A 'Forbes 30-under-30 Asia’ listee, Arnav Kishore - CEO, Founder - Fire-Boltt, was the only honoree in the ‘Consumer Technology Category’ amongst other entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific region. Arnav started Fire-Boltt in 2015 with his sister and it has seen remarkable success in India as well as across the globe. He talks about his journey in 2015 as the market was a bit nascent back then. They discuss how Fire Boltt tapped into the fashion and accessory aspect of wearable smart watches in India and changed the game of smart watches in the Industry. Today Fire Boltt has 24% market share in the Industry and has strived to become India’s number ONE smartwatch player.

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On this episode of Next Ten Years, we speak with Arun Chittilappilly- the Managing Director of Wonderla. Wonderla – is an emotion especially for folks from the South! Started in the year 2000, Wonderla today is the largest chain of amusement parks in India. Arun and Sreeraman discuss how technology and frugal innovation has helped Wonderla give the best experience to the customers. Arun also spills the secret about how despite the pandemic, Wonderla managed to remain profitable in the hospitality sector.

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In this episode of Next Ten Years, Sreeraman speaks with Swagat Sarangi – Founder of Smytten. Smytten is a platform that offers discovery, trials and purchase of lifestyle brands across multiple categories like beauty and grooming, food and beverages, health and wellness and fragrances, among others. Having worked as the Head of Business Marketing at Google, Swagat started his entrepreneurial career after a rich 17 years experience in varied industries. Sreeraman and Swagat discuss the challenges and what the future looks like for the growing E- commerce Industry in India which is poised to be a 200 billion dollar Industry.

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GyanDhan seeks to revolutionize education financing in India and is on a mission to equalize and expand access to education. Ankit Mehra, Founder and CEO, GyanDhan, discusses with host Sreeraman how he and his co-founder conducted an in-depth analysis of the market and found gaping holes in the education loan processes of major lenders. Ankit talks about the journey and how Gyandhan helped students overcome hurdles to get financial assistance for abroad education. After acquiring the NBFC license, Gyandhan is also providing financial assistance in the overall domestic loan space.

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Chennai-based fintech startup IppoPay is a payments aggregator that enables small businesses, SMEs, freelancers in Tier II, III, and rural areas to collect payments with its POS software. Mohan K, co-founder and CEO of Ippopay talks about his inspirational journey from being a programmer to establishing a start up with host Sreeraman. Mohan explains how his Company is eyeing the next billion users and trying to bridge the gap in non-metro cities and rural areas.

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This is the passion project started by Prasanna and his co-founders – Anand and Chattanathan with an aim to solve the farmer’s problems with respect to warehousing, storage of goods, quality assurance using their warehousing network and credit solutions.The startup claims to assist over 65 lakh farmers and 500 Farmer Produce Organisations. Listen to Prasanna speak with our Host, Sreeraman how his startup has succeeded in bridging the trust gap between stakeholders in the agricultural sector.

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