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The story of India's fastest-growing smoothie chain with Drunken Monkey
Samrat Reddy, Founder, Drunken Monkey, joins Divya on this episode. Drunken Monkey is one of the fastest-growing smoothie chains of India. It runs on a franchisee model of operation through the country and has signed up over 42 plus outlets in the middle of the pandemic making a total of 100 plus outlets in 43 cities as of this year.
They discuss:
Q. What is the gap in the industry you saw when establishing Drunken Monkey?
Q. Was educating the Indian customer to a smoothie brand a challenge? How did you create awareness for the product and market it?
Q. What is your business model?
Q. Was your business hit by COVID or has COVID-19 acted as a catalyst to boost the demand for healthy products such as yours?
Q. If I am a smoothie virgin how should I start to incorporate it in my diet? The benefits etc.?
Q. Speak to us a little bit on this sector, is there a lot of competition? Do you see the market for such niche products like yourself growing in India?
Q.Your biggest struggles/drawbacks when getting into the smoothie business?
Q.Is there a story behind the name of your brand?
Q. Looking back, what would you have done differently when establishing Drunken Monkey? Your biggest learning as an entrepreneur?
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22 Dec 2020
Sustainability in the Beverage Sector with Responsible Whatr
Ankur Chawla, Co-Founder, Responsible Whatr, joins Divya on this episode. With a vision for a sustainable future and with an agenda to reduce single-use plastic pollution, Ankur and Bhrigu founded Responsible Whatr, India’s first natural mineral water beverage offered in sustainable and endlessly recyclable aluminium cans.
They discuss:
Q. What is the gap in the industry you saw when establishing Responsible Whatr?
Q. Why the water beverage industry, arent there too may players in this sector, how do you deal with the competition?
Q. What is your business model (B2B or B2C?), how do you drive revenue, as Responsible Whatr is an extremely niche product.
Q. Changing people’s essential water drinking habit is a huge task, what is the human psychology you are targeting here for people to convert to your sustainable brand?
Q. Why did you settle for aluminium cans for your product?
Q. In the long term, what do you hope to achieve with your product?
Q. Looking back, what would you have done differently when establishing Responsible Whatr? Your biggest learning as an entrepreneur?
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9 Dec 2020
Hydroponic Farming and Innovation with Triton Foodworks
Dhruv Khanna, co-founder, Triton Foodworks, joins Divya on this episode. Triton is an agriculture tech startup and is using smart and innovated farming methods to upgrade this sector. Triton was also part of the coveted Forbes Asia and Forbes India 30Under30 list.
They discuss:
Q. Triton believes in clean farming - walk us through your farming model? What is hydroponics farming that Triton uses for its produce?
Q. What is the gap in the industry you saw when establishing Triton?
Q. The Indian agriculture industry is archaic, and we see significantly less innovation here, why? What more unconventional solutions do we need to tackle the problems faced in this industry?
Q. Your background is not in agriculture, what prompted you to enter this sector? What challenges have you faced?
Q. You have been part of the coveted Forbes list of entrepreneurs in Asia and India, what was this experience like for you personally? Any learnings/takeaways from this experience?
Q. Are you mostly bootstrapped? Any tips on creating a sustainable business plan for early age startups? Is there a “right time” to get funding?
Q. Any shoutouts to startups you feel are doing a fantastic job revolutionising agriculture in India? What innovations do you think are still required/necessary in this sector?
Q. Looking back, what would you have done differently when establishing Triton? Your biggest learning as an entrepreneur?
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