When it comes to wealth, there are lot of chatter about making wealth and growth wealth. But what about protecting it? How to ensure it gets passed to the next generation in the way you would like it to be? One of the ways of protecting wealth is with will. To discuss how to protect your wealth with will, I have a good friend of mine and a leading lawyer, Priyanka here. We discuss everything about creating will. What you'll listen (00:00) - Introduction (00:59) - Who should create a will? (02:46) - Are there any restrictions for creating a will? (06:29) - Common mistakes in drafting a will (0 ..read more

While we talk about entrepreneurship, most of the discussions are about success, growth, and all the glories associated with it. It is said that we learn the best from our success and from other's failures. So here I'm talking to my friend Samson who can be rightly called as a serial entrepreneur to discuss what we should be careful about and what we should avoid in the path of entrepreneurship. What you'll listen (00:00) - Introduction (02:33) - Samson's ventures (04:10) - Lessons from failed & successful ventures (11:19) - Balancing passion and execution (16:36) - Identifying problems t ..read more

Today in "Being a dad" series, KK and I are going to talk about parental anxiety from Dad's point of view. Anxiety is part of life. We can't avoid it. But we should learn to manage it, otherwise it can damage our families. KK and I are going to talk about trigger points for anxiety and our coping mechanisms of anxiety. Let me set some expectations here: I've two boys. KK has a son and a daughter. They are still young. Our kids are still in school going ages. They have not appeared for board exams, we have not stood in line for hours for college admissions, we have not handled the tension of ma ..read more

We are living our lives on the digital space more and more. But how many of us understand digital safety? I brought in my mentor and good friend Sastry to discuss the topic. Sastry is a serial entrepreneur and a Information Security Specialist. He also dealt with an identity theft. Hope today's conversation is useful to you. What you'll listen (00:00) - Introduction (01:17) - Definition of identity theft (05:01) - Example of an identity theft (08:31) - Purpose of identity thefts (09:27) - Are Indians safe from identity thefts? (10:05) - Identity thefts in digital era (11:57) - How identity th ..read more

Generative AI is the talk of the town. But is genAI a solution looking for a problem or can we use it to solve business problems? How can we use it to scale our business? What are its potentials for businesses? To discuss all of this, today I'm joined by Krishna Kumar, CEO of GreenPepper. He has been using OpenAI and developed more than 20 tools on it; he conducts workshops on prompt engineering, and possibilities of GenAI for business innovation. What you'll listen (00:00) - Introduction (01:12) - How KK is using OpenAI & ChatGPT (04:29) - Tools KK's team developed on OpenAI (08:16) - Wo ..read more

English has given us enormous leverage in growing our services industry. But if India has to grow beyond the creamy layer and the metro, we need to teach the same software fundamentals in vernacular languages. If you look at Germany, Japan, and Russia they teach in their mother-tongues. My guest today, Tamizhvendan is doing exactly that. True to his name and combining his profession, he is teaching software fundamentals in Tamil. We are discussing the challenges and impact of his teaching. If India has to grow multi-fold as we project, we need more such educators. Hope today's discussion is a ..read more

In this series on "Being a dad", KK and I talk about everything about fatherhood. On today's episode we talk about our role-models as fathers, how we learn about being a dad, and how society influences fatherhood. I hope you find this helpful in being a dad. (00:00) - Introduction (00:29) - Rolemodels for us (09:44) - Peer pressure on fathers (13:39) - Is community living good or bad (23:34) - Challenges of fatherhood (24:58) - Seeking advice or complaining (28:05) - Bonding with kids (31:43) - Summary of the conversation Connect with me Twitter: https://twitter.com/jjude LinkedIn: https ..read more

In this series on "Being a dad", KK and I talk about everything about fatherhood. In this first episode, we talk about our families, fathers, and everything that shapes our thought process as a dad. I hope you find this helpful in being a dad. (00:00) - Introduction (00:44) - Background of our families (02:55) - Influence of our fathers in our childhood (15:37) - Kids mimic us (20:34) - Does timing our marriage matter? (25:21) - Peer pressure and influence of society Connect with me Twitter: https://twitter.com/jjude LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjude/ Website: https://jjude.com ..read more

If India has to grow, we need lot of startups and entrepreneurs. Not all of them will be privileged to bootstrap their ideas. That is where angel investors come in. Today I have my friend and an angel investor, Manish Verma. He has been a banker, operator, and investor. So he knows all angels of running a business. We are going to discuss how to get funded from angel investors. What you'll listen (00:00) - Introduction (01:09) - How Manish got into angel investing (04:08) - Overall investment philosophy of Angel Blue (07:43) - How can startups get funded from Angel Blue (10:32) - PERSISTENT f ..read more

Ruthless with strategy means having a clear understanding of the goals to achieve, resources needed to get there, and partners who will facilitate the journey. Those leaders demand data and they make data driven decisions, rather than swinging based on emotions. Working for them is not easy. It is highly demanding. Long hours are probably required. However, in the long run employees under such bosses tend to learn more and feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. Working for bosses who are ruthless with people can be frustrating. They demand that you reply back to their emails and slac ..read more