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.

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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.

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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.

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