BlitzBusiness Indian Podcast

By Ashish Airon

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The best Indian podcast business/startup stories from India and beyond. On each episode, host Ashish Airon talks to entrepreneurs/CXOs on new-age business models, challenges, opportunities how to scale. New episode every week. www.blitzbusinesstalk.com

Episode Date
#164 How These Founders Built a ₹400 Crore Business | Sumit Bhatia | Ankit Jain | AKSUM |Ashish Airon
Apr 26, 2025
#163 The Untold Story of India’s Mobility Revolution! | Ashok Vashist | WTicabs | Ashish Airon
Mar 29, 2025
#162 🚀 Revolutionizing Indian Kitchens | ESHWAR K VIKAS| Beyond Appliances | Ashish Airon
Mar 27, 2025
#161 The Future of Banking, IT & AI– Explained| Ranga Reddy | Maveric Systems Limited | Ashish Airon
Mar 25, 2025
#160 The Hiring Crisis & Future of Jobs in India | Neeti Sharma | TeamLease Digital | Ashish Airon
Mar 21, 2025
#159 The Future of Hydrogen in India | Anil K Agrawal | AIROX NIGEN | Ashish Airon
Mar 19, 2025
#158 How Crowdfunding is Changing Healthcare | Pankaj Nawani | CarePal Secure | Ashish Airon
Mar 17, 2025
#157 From Small Town to Big Business: Paper Manufacturing | Amit Mittal | Chandpur Paper| Ashish Airon
Mar 01, 2025
#156 Building Sustainable Manufacturing | Naivedya Agarwal | Runaya | Ashish Airon
Feb 11, 2025
#155 Turning the Stars into a Startup: Astrology Startup | Meena Kapoor | Astroyogi | Ashish Airon
Jan 30, 2025
#154 Mastering Data Analytics: Anirudh Varshney's Journey with Trailytics | Ashish Airon
Jan 21, 2025
#153 Revolutionizing Immigrant Fintech in Canada | Aditya Mhatre | My Beacon | Ashish Airon
Jan 09, 2025
#152 Transforming Real Estate: Fractional Ownership Startup | Avinash Rao | Alt DRX | Ashish Airon
Dec 29, 2024
Restaurant Economics & Market Shifts in Mumbai | Dr. Vikram Kamat | KamKamats Legacy | Ashish Airon
Dec 29, 2024
Financing EVs in India: Challenges, Strategies & Future Trends | Nehal Gupta | AMU | Ashish Airon
Dec 29, 2024
#151 From Filmmaker to Fintech Innovator: Veer Mishra Journey | Plus Gold | Ashish Airon
Dec 19, 2024
#150 Revolutionizing Travel Gear: Disrupting the Luggage Industry | Naina Parekh | EUME | Ashish Airon
Dec 13, 2024
#149 From 0 to 100+ Crores Exit | Building D2C Brand |Just Herbs | Megha Sabhlok | Ashish Airon
Nov 19, 2024
#148 How this CEO is building a Global Coffee Empire | Praveen Jaipuriar| CCL Products | Ashish Airon
Nov 07, 2024
#147 EV Financing: Future of Electric Vehicle Lending in India | Nehal Gupta | AMU | Ashish Airon
Nov 07, 2024
#146 BUILDING A Rs.400 CRORE COMPANY WITHOUT PPT! | Akshayakalpa | Shashi Kumar | Ashish Airon
Oct 26, 2024
#145 From Outsourcing to AI: Evolving Business Models with Siva Balakrishnan | Ashish Airon
Oct 20, 2024
#144 From High-Frequency Trading to Sustainable Landscapes Sunith Reddy's Inspiring Journey with BeForest
Oct 13, 2024
#143 Building a wellness brand in India | Isaac lux | SkinbyDrG | Jharna Dhar | Dr Geetika Mittal Gupta
Sep 26, 2024
#142 Building a Mobile Gaming Company in India | BeBetta | Meet Shah !!
Sep 22, 2024
#141 Building 160+cr Air Cooler Startup | Harshit Aggarwal | Novamax | Air Coolers
Sep 10, 2024
#140 Building India's largest office space solutions, with 80+ locations & 200+ clients !
Sep 03, 2024
#139 Rajasthan's Entrepreneur Builds ₹100 Cr Ayurveda Startup with no funding Shrawan Daga
Aug 23, 2024
#138 Building a wellness brand in Australia with Sanjay Gidwani / Wallaby Wellness
Jul 17, 2024
#137 Importance of Financial planning, mistakes to avoid & more with Krishan Mishra FPSB India
Jul 10, 2024
#136 Understanding the Logistics and Maritime business with Jitendra Srivastava
Jul 04, 2024
#135 Building a women only social community Coto with Tarun Katial
Jun 29, 2024
#134 Building India's leading talent solution provider, serving over 1000+ clients, 2000+ employees, w/ Anshuman Das
Jun 28, 2024
#133 Pravaig building a Indian deep technology firm in #electricvehicle, #batteries and #ai w/ Ram Divedi
Jun 21, 2024
#132 Building a consumer lending platform with over 20 million users / Olyv (formerly SmartCoin)
Jun 19, 2024
#131 Building a migrant blue-collar worker marketplace, helping over 10k workers w/ Samuel Joy of Huntr
Jun 14, 2024
#130 From a small-time entrepreneur to building the iconic Hilton Goa Resort w/ Suraj Morajkar
Jun 13, 2024
#129 Building India's leading #EdTech platform TimesPro w/ Anish Srikrishna, CEO of TimesPro
Jun 10, 2024
#128 Understanding influencer marketing space with Praanesh Bhuvaneswar Co-Founder and CEO of Qoruz
May 24, 2024
#127 Building a blockchain company, challenges and opportunities in this space.
May 24, 2024
#126 Building a preschool brand in India @MakoonsPlaySchool | Vijay Kumar Agarwal
May 10, 2024
#125 Building VAMA- faith-tech virtual platforms, raising US$2.8 million, & segment insights | Manu Jain
May 10, 2024
#124 Shark Tank India rejection brand, Recode now valued at Rs 240 crore w/ Dheeraj Bansal
May 02, 2024
#123 Jumboking building India's largest chain of vegetarian burgers, India’s third-largest burger chain (after McDonalds and Burger King), 170+ stores in Mumbai, Delhi, & Hyderabad| Ft. Dheeraj Gupta
Apr 23, 2024
#122 Building Advantage Club global employee engagement platform with over 4 million users !!
Apr 03, 2024
#121 Becoming CA, Building multiple businesses w/ 15,000+ employees, Launching Kalpana Chawla Space Academy ft. Narayan Bhargava
Mar 21, 2024
#120 Top courses to study abroad, scholarships, jobs, & how to finance your studies | Ft. Manisha Zaveri
Mar 14, 2024
#119 Failed Twice, built a profitable Rs. 200 Crores #cybersecurity #startup #jaipur | Ft. Karmesh Gupta
Mar 07, 2024
#118 Building Milkman, pivoting and exiting. Life in Dubai and starting a new company | Ft. Samarth Setia
Feb 29, 2024
#117 Starting his business with 25 Lakhs to 100+ crore revenue, listing on BSE | Ft. Dr. Vikram Kamat
Feb 22, 2024
#116 Value of patience & hard-work, setting meaningful goals, & Narendra modi political style [Episode in HINDI]
Feb 15, 2024
#115 Building #india's foremost #coworking space - Indiqube
Feb 07, 2024
#114 Building a global #employees engagement platform Advantage club with over 4 million users
Feb 01, 2024
#113 Saurabh Gupta / ZEUX Innovation - India's leading UX design firms
Jan 23, 2024
#113 Teaser Saurabh Gupta / ZEUX Innovation - India's leading UX design firms
Jan 20, 2024
#112 Ankur Gigras / HexaHealth - a HealthTech platform, understanding Indian healthcare system and building trust in Healthcare
Jan 19, 2024
#111 Rohit Gupta / College Vidya - Failing multiple times, building a 30+ crore business, and opportunities in EdTech space
Dec 27, 2023
#110 Vijeth Reddy / Kots - Understanding residential leasing space, Built to Rent (BTR) Model, and finding tenant-market fit.
Dec 23, 2023
#109 Milind Padole / ARAPL, a BSE-listed company - Unlocking the world of robotics, journey on listing on Bombay stock exchange and getting the first customer.
Nov 29, 2023
#108 Nitin Chhabra / ace turtle - India's new age tech-native retail company having exclusive licensee of Lee®, Wrangler®, Toys“R”Us®, Babies“R”Us® and and Dockers® for India and South Asian markets
Nov 23, 2023
#107 Nitin O Mahipal / Mega Pack and Carry - Behind the Scenes of a Moving Company: Stories from Movers
Nov 14, 2023
#106 Satyen Kothari / Cube Wealth - "1 app, 1 minute" wealth management platform
Nov 08, 2023
#105 "Bottle Openers"- A new age omnichannel communications commerce consultancy.
Oct 24, 2023
#104 Lee Keshav: an entrepreneur on weekdays and a motorhead on weekends. A self made racing driver from India.
Oct 17, 2023
#103 ⁠PolicyEnsure⁠, India's first and fastest-growing PHYGITAL insurance distribution network
Oct 04, 2023
#102 ⁠Spectrum Talent Management⁠ is a one-stop solution for all local & global human talent management needs. It has over 15000+ associates on its payrolls.
Sep 26, 2023
#101 University Living – an online global student accommodation marketplace, with global footprints in 300+ International cities markets. Clocking over $300 million gross booking value.
Sep 19, 2023
#100  Cactus Communications is working with top publishers, universities, institutes, scientists, researchers, and governments in India and globally. It has helped 250,000+ researchers get published.
Aug 30, 2023
#99 PayMe FinTech company that offers a wide range of financial services for individuals and corporations
Aug 30, 2023
#98 Fountain India, a platform for high-volume employment
Aug 16, 2023
#97 DrinkPrime - a subscription-based service for water purifiers
Aug 16, 2023
#96 Columbia Pacific Communities
Aug 04, 2023
#95 HOP Electric Mobility (an integrated sustainable auto-tech electric mobility start-up)
Aug 04, 2023
# 94 Founders of Atmantan Wellness Centre
Aug 01, 2023
# 93 Ashok Shastry / DriveU
Jul 25, 2023
#92 Ankit Mittal / Sheru
Jun 29, 2023
#91 Divij Talwar / FuelBuddy
Jun 25, 2023
#90 Amitek Sinha/ ET MediaLabs
Jun 25, 2023
#89 Amit Lakhotia / Park+
Jun 04, 2023
#88 Mainak Sarkar / Explorex
Jun 04, 2023
#87 Somnath Meher / Zynga India
May 17, 2023
#86 Sandeep Chachra / ActionAid Association
May 17, 2023
#85 Avneet Singh Marwah / Super Plastronics PVT LTD (SPPL)
Apr 10, 2023
#84 Sairaj Dhond / Wakao Foods
Apr 04, 2023
#83 Devdatta Potnis / Animeta
Mar 26, 2023
#82 Sudhir Kunder / DE-CIX India
Mar 07, 2023
#81 Nikhil Aggarwal / Grip
Feb 28, 2023
#80 - Dipti Tolani / Salt Attire
Feb 03, 2023
#79 CuriousJr: Mobile-based coding education for K12
Jan 20, 2023
#78 - Siddharth Dabhade / MiQ, Programmatic advertising, Cookieless future, Breaking the data silos, Future & opportunities in Media solutions
Nov 22, 2022
#77 - Varna Bhat, Blisswater Industries, maker of Indian vodka brand Rahasya and the whisky Yaksha
Nov 19, 2022
#76 - Rajesh Singla / Planify
Oct 06, 2022
#75 - Arjun Khanna
Sep 15, 2022
#74 - Arnav Kishore / Fire-Boltt
Aug 31, 2022
#73 - Ranjan Reddy / Founder & CEO of Bureau.
Aug 28, 2022
Trucknetic is a tech-first logistics company that is redefining digital freight services by establishing a marketplace for shippers and carriers
Aug 26, 2022
MiQ is the leading programmatic media partner within the adtech domain.
Aug 18, 2022
FreshMenu started in 2014 and pioneered the concept of an online restaurant and delivery service
Aug 05, 2022
 The June Shop: a design-inspired lifestyle e-commerce home décor brand.
Jul 14, 2022
Rubans : with more than a million customers RUBANS is India’s most loved jewellery brand
Jul 01, 2022
Tann-ed is a Noida based design studio offering premium, high quality leather goods that are modern, classic & sophisticated.
Jun 27, 2022
The Fair Trust : an ecosystem building a borderless and democratic community of investors funding the next generations of revolutionary blockchain projects
Jun 05, 2022
Mysore Deep Perfumery House (MDPH) : 15 Lacs (1.5 million) Incense pack sold everyday , 3,500 distributors, 5 Factories, 3000+ people with more than 70% women
May 17, 2022
FroGo - India’s first and largest online frozen food delivery company
May 10, 2022
Vaccine on Wheels: India’s 1st Doctor-based Mobile Vaccination Clinic - which has been developed in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Apr 13, 2022
Hyperface: simplifying launching credit card and BNPL products backed by Kunal Shah, Binny Bansal (021 Capital) and other notable founders
Apr 10, 2022
Victorinox : a global company with five product categories: Swiss Army Knives, Household and Professional Knives, Watches, Travel Gear and Fragrances.
Apr 08, 2022
Sleepyhead is a D2C lifestyle home décor brand made for the digital native Indian millennial & Gen Z headquartered in Bengaluru.
Apr 01, 2022
MyHealthcare Technologies is a digital health tech company that works with hospitals to build out an integrated, digital patient care ecosystem.
Apr 01, 2022

Lisén is India’s first Cosmeceutical brand that enables a new healthy relationship between you and your skin with scientifically advanced skincare backed by proven clinical benefits.
Mar 08, 2022
Therapize India - Making mental healthcare easy
Mar 07, 2022
Pratik Gauri's 5ire is a blockchain ecosystem that brings forward Sustainability, Technology & Innovation to build the 5th industrial revolution (5IR)
Feb 22, 2022
All about M&A w/ Kison Patel Founder and CEO of M&A Science
Feb 22, 2022
Smarak Swain - Discussion on Tax, Startups, Technology (blockchain, DAO, Cryptocurrency), and Policies.
Feb 13, 2022
AISECT - India’s leading Social Enterprise that is working in the areas of Skill Development, Higher Education, Financial Inclusion, e-Governance, and other ICT-based services.
Jan 19, 2022
Wonderla Holidays- India’s largest Amusement park chain!
Jan 10, 2022
Mahabelly : The story of building an authentic Kerala cuisine restaurant.
Dec 02, 2021
India’s #1 digital acquisition platform, 7 million + activated accounts, $100 million+ disbursed loans, managed 13 million+ leads and garnered 1 million+ application users
Nov 11, 2021
GoKwik - an e-commerce enablement company, on a mission to democratize the shopping experience and increase GMV realization for e-commerce businesses.
Nov 02, 2021
Smytten- India's leading online platform for consumer product discovery and trials, hosting over 700+ brands partners and more than 5 million users, one of the largest D2C sampling platforms
Oct 26, 2021
Reynolds Pens – one of the most well-known and respected stationery brands, trusted by generations.
Oct 12, 2021
Gilded – a new-age wealth-tech app offering long-term savings through fractional investment in gold.
Oct 09, 2021
Asset Direct's CEO Adam Rice : Creating the world’s first global personal loan marketplace, and aspiring to connect up to six billion people.
Sep 14, 2021
Sasha Mirchandani : Managing Director and Founder of Kae Capital and Co-founder Mumbai Angels.
Sep 14, 2021
BIC CELLO: India’s market leader for writing instruments in India, selling over five million pens a day in more than 70 w/ Tanveer Khan, Director, Marketing at BIC Cello India
Aug 31, 2021
Slurrp Farm's Meghana Narayan : With a mission to take Indian millets to global shelves, catering to a rapidly growing customer base from 100 to 7,00,000, and growing 300% ARR during the last 6 months
Aug 21, 2021
FabAlley & Indya's Co-Founder Tanvi Malik : Enhancing the D2C footprint, Entering into pandemic-proof categories, raising recently over INR 25.5 crore and strengthening its digital presence
Aug 04, 2021
Bobble AI's Co-Founder & CEO Ankit Prasad : an Artificial Intelligence innovation start-up that empowers billions of everyday conversations of over 50 Million users from India and around the world
Jul 24, 2021
Arata's Dhruv Madhok : a community-led lifestyle brand with an entire ecosystem built around the core philosophy of clean formulations, responsible practices, and sustainability
Jul 18, 2021
Lightbox's Partner Sid Talwar : Discussion on Investment thesis, raising capital, building a startup, InnerHour deal discussion and much more
Jul 18, 2021
Floating Canvas Company's Founders : More art. At more places. In more ways. By more people. For more people.
Jul 07, 2021
Bili Hu's Founder Bharat Singhal : All about coffee
Jul 06, 2021
220 calls, a synthetic secondary fund but a first in India, learnings from one of the most aspirational investor Ram Shriram, Sandeep Murthy walks us through exactly why we love Lightbox Ventures
Jun 27, 2021
Emoha Elder Care's Saumyajit Roy : The current landscape of India’s eldercare industry, elder-tech, state of elder care in India & the evolution of this space in the ‘New Normal'
Jun 26, 2021
Backstage | FLYX's Founders : Building first streaming social network and disrupting audio conversation space, opportunities in social audio space, understanding the venture capital a founders lens
Jun 26, 2021
Orfium's Michael Petychakis: Understanding the rights management technology, building and scaling a technology company, and the future of Music label / Streaming industry
Jun 16, 2021
TRUSTDOCK's Azusa & Jeff : Building a global business from Japan, challenges and opportunities in KYC space, and future of digital identity
Jun 16, 2021
The Ayurveda Experience's Rishabh Chopra: The critical pivot, building a D2C brand w/right customer acquisition strategy, being ROI driven and having a gap focussed approach
May 28, 2021
Spaceman & company's Aditya: understanding AlcoBev market, building Samsara - Contemporary Indian Gin and Spaceman Spirits Lab, the world's first cloud distillery platform for beverage entrepreneurs
May 28, 2021
Vithika Yadav, Member of Condom Alliance and Head of Love Matters: Using technology to break barriers on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in India, and building a global program
May 19, 2021
Fireside Ventures's Kanwaljit Singh : The courage of conviction, raising $118 million for second fund, co-building ventures, and understanding the consumer space.
May 18, 2021
CAARA's Director Alice Helme : Journey of an accidental entrepreneur, and building a multifaceted food company in India with restaurants, cafes catering & delivery service.
May 14, 2021
Ugaoo's Founder & CEO Siddhant Bhalinge : Building and scaling Ugaoo from seed to plant business, creating a niche brand, and understanding many different aspects of a Farm to Fork model.
May 13, 2021
Kabo's CEO/Founder Vino Jeyapalan: Building Canada's largest direct-to-consumer fresh dog food brand, Scaling over $3M ARR and pitching their idea to CBC's Season 15 Dragons' Den.
May 06, 2021
Kaze Living's Co-founder Shruti Jain: Understanding the hydroponics market - the future of urban farming, building a startup during the pandemic and the opportunities in fresh produce space.
Apr 30, 2021
YourNest's Sunil Goyal : An Industry veteran, now conquering venture capital in the DeepTech domain. Learn about how he did it all !
Mar 31, 2021
Building a career in science and research, how to get into Oxford and the process of applying and finding the right scholarship with Clarendon Scholar & Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Sounak Sahu.
Mar 27, 2021
BOHECO - Bombay Hemp Company's co-founder Yash Kotak discusses the Indian's hemp and cannabis industry in depth,  BOHECO's current positioning, challenges and new opportunities in the hemp segment.
Mar 27, 2021
Shell Ventures's Siddharth Mehta discusses investment methodology, details on Shell India accelerator program & Shell Ventures, and the thought process behind multiple investments
Mar 16, 2021
FableStreet's Founder & CEO Ayushi Gudwani - building a premium workwear for women. understanding the fundraising process, raising $2.9 million and insights into D2C market
Mar 05, 2021
Tethr's Matt Zerker journey from fighting depression to being an entrepreneur, building a mental health and well-being platform & the need to build such new support structures for men
Feb 23, 2021
Green Panda's Fanis talks about building a consumer brand, solving a supply-side problem statement, raising €1.5M, and challenges/opportunities in a B2B vs B2C businesses
Feb 18, 2021
The Gourmet Jar's Apeksha Jain : The accidental entrepreneur, a fascinating journey, and building a farm to fork business
Feb 11, 2021
Sanjeev Aggarwal, a Venture Capital Titan: An upscale journey, with enviable numbers and 3 unicorns! Tune in to hear about his $600 million fund, and where it all started 30 years ago.
Feb 01, 2021
The incredible entrepreneurial journey of Jimmy Mistry on building diverse businesses. A pioneer in Adventure parks, conceptualizing, designing, and operating India’s largest Adventure Park.
Jan 30, 2021
Raising $150+ million in equity, executing 500+ acquisition in k-12 space & understanding the Education/Edtech future in M&A w/ Sridhar Balaraman
Jan 25, 2021
Honey Twigs's Paras Fatnani: Understanding the honey market, retail customer acquisition strategies and on how to build B2B partnerships with big brands.
Jan 24, 2021
India's First Certified Tea Sommelier Snigdha Manchanda founder of TeaTrunk: Building a global tea brand, growing 8x during pandemic and understanding the tea market. 
Jan 14, 2021
Pidge's Co-founder Rushil Mohan: Understanding city logistics space, the future of logistics and Pidge's unique proposition
Jan 06, 2021
Miam's Bani Nanda: From physics graduate to being a baker, the importance of delegation, understanding the right way to build a trusted brand, scaling without marketing budget and much more!
Dec 27, 2020
Drover's Alex Nesic journey from working in Hollywood to Tech startup, understanding the micromobility space, building partnerships, finding the right product-market fit & when to start a startup
Dec 17, 2020
Happy Jars’s co-founder Surabhi Talwar: Setting up a health brand, establishing a supply chain for procuring quality ingredients, and building a sticky customer base
Dec 11, 2020
Understanding India's education market in depth, the challenges & opportunities in managing schools, The ‘Manchise’ model, blended learning & future of EdTech w/ Edunation's Jairam Balakrishna
Dec 09, 2020
Building a retail analytical solution, finding the product-market fit, the right sales strategy and why letting the fire burn is a good idea w/Envolve.ai's Brett Mather
Dec 02, 2020
Building a pet care brand with passion, having 32 retail outlets across India with over 7,000 SKUs, and winning the Lufthansa Runway To Success w/Heads Up For Tails's Rashi Narang
Nov 25, 2020
How to build a business with no rulebook, scaling to 20,000+ members w/IvyPlus Network's Swati Sahni
Nov 20, 2020
DeepSea's Roberto Coustas: Raising $3 million dollars, the importance of story and scaling in times of covid.
Nov 18, 2020