We sat with Tarun Mor, Founder of CoKarma, in the very first

English episode of Kaushik & Co., and what he shared, we didn't expect.

Tarun didn't plan CoKarma. He came back from Melbourne, one of

the best cities in the world to live in, left a good-paying job,

and moved back to India to chase something he believed in.

He just needed a place to work close to home.

So he built one. 40 seats. Nothing fancy.

The tech startup he actually came back for?

It didn't work out. But that little 40-seater?

Ran full. Doubled it. Filled again in 13 days.

In this episode we talk about:

How CoKarma started by complete accident

The dining table conversation with his mom that changed everything

Going from 40 seats to 4,200 seats across 13 locations

Why he left Melbourne, rated best city in the world, to come back

What the WeWork crash actually did to the co-working industry

Why he doesn't believe in calling his team a "family"

What it really takes to become an entrepreneur

And where CoKarma is headed next

Timestamps :

00:00 Intro

02:05 Introduction and first English episode

02:43 Why co-working spaces?

02:49 The Melbourne moment

03:44 How CoKarma actually started

05:37 The name Co-Karma, the story behind it

07:55 From 40 seats to 4,200 seats

08:24 Why big companies use co-working spaces

20:07 How the first expansion was funded

20:33 The mom and dining table moment

22:32 The Durgam Lake building story

24:00 The Marwari business mindset

25:08 Selling sarees at age 12

43:00 Family vs sports team culture debate

45:12 Community and the HR startup story

01:19:49 Should everyone become an entrepreneur?

01:21:06 Why he left Melbourne

01:21:43 I want to build something that lasts longer than me

01:25:08 How they survived COVID

01:29:59 The WeWork question

01:31:56 Where is CoKarma going next?

01:32:17 First city outside India

01:33:03 End

Kaushik & Co has been running conversations for a while now

, but this is the first time we've done it in English. And we couldn't

have picked a better person to start with.

If you're a founder, an entrepreneur, or just someone figuring

out their next move, this one is for you.

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Location partner: CoKarma - Co-working Space, Nanakramguda, Hyderabad

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