Have you always wondered what it takes to make an Idea go from ok to amazing? To go from Idea to Exit?
What are the trends shaping India today, and how can we take the lessons from Silicon Valley and apply them at scale?
We created Halo Drop to build a community of amazing entrepreneurs, investors, family offices, hustlers, and change agents. We want you to be inspired to learn, build, and become successful! We spend countless hours researching the top trends in India and America to bubble up the macro trends, find amazing companies, and share actionable tips for you to get started.
This isn’t just a show for you to listen in on, we want you to participate and build.
Visit https://www.halodrop.fm for more information.
Sustainable Fashion, the Popularity of Podcasting & Mental Health Support
How sustainable are your fashion choices? What can you do to play your part in consuming clothes that respect the planet? While listening to podcasts is a great way to escape mentally, we share our favorite companies set up to support mental health. And finally, do you collect baseball cards? Then don’t miss our recommendation for where to source old ones!
Key takeaways:
Sustainable fast fashion brands
The audio app space
Taking care of your mental health
Trading baseball cards
Stretching your calves
24 Jun 2021
Applying Lessons Learned from Football to the Business World with San Francisco 49er, Jerry Rice
If you need motivation to take your startup to the next level, don’t miss this amazing conversation with American football player, Hall of Famer, Jerry Rice. Jerry imparts a wealth of wisdom gleaned during his time both on and off the football field, including why failure motivates him, and fueling the GOAT mindset.
Key takeaways:
From football dream to reality
Winning and losing the Super Bowl
Why fear of failure is his biggest motivator
The importance of leading by example
Fueling the GOAT mindset
10 Jun 2021
Venktesh Shukla - Becoming One Of Silicon Valley’s Most Active Angel Investors
Don’t miss Venktesh Shukla sharing his incredible journey on Halo Drop. Coming to the US for his MBA. How he became Teradyne’s most successful sales person having never sold before. Why he became a VC. How he became involved in Startup India. Why having a wide network of people is invaluable. And how meditation gets his head back in the game.
Key takeaways:
Finding product market fit
Becoming a TiE angel
The advantage of being a distributed company
Startup India
His advice for new entrepreneurs
27 May 2021
3D Printers, DTC Brands & Hydration Multipliers
In today’s quirky episode, we discuss everything from 3D printers, including printing your own home, to DTC brands that are hugely successful, such as dog food, makeup, and gender neutral perfume; before touching upon hydration multipliers, and the best sorts of lube. It’s an eclectic mix as always! Don’t miss out.
Key takeaways:
3D printing
Jinx dog food
Gender neutral perfume
The rise of DTC brands
Hydration multipliers
13 May 2021
The Rise of Athleisure Wear
Getting back to in-person meetings after a year of working from home means having to find clothes that aren’t athleisure wear and ‘proper shoes’. We’ve become so accustomed to wearing sweats day in and day out, it’s tough setting them aside.
29 Apr 2021
Peter Pham - The Entrepreneurial Journey To Science Inc.
On today’s episode we are thrilled to chat to the phenomenal Peter Pham, one of L.A.’s most prominent early-stage investors and the co-founder of Science Inc., a Santa Monica startup studio and early-stage venture fund that manages over $100 million and recently launched a $310.5 million SPAC (and is also behind Dollar Shave Club).
Key takeaways:
His journey to entrepreneur
Find your superpower
Founding Science Inc.
What makes a desirable founder
Miami vs LA vs Austin vs Bay Area
In today’s episode of Halo Drop, we discuss the rise of virtual events, from conferences and trade shows, to virtual workouts and cooking classes, before jumping into clean cosmetics, drone technology and surveillance. Also, check out Dave Portnoy’s Barstool Fund - he’s raised over $32m, in under 2 months, supporting close to 200 different businesses.
Key takeaways:
Virtual events and conferences
Drone technology and surveillance
Indian video conferencing companies
Clean cosmetics
The Barstool Fund
1 Apr 2021
Managing Your Work From Home Life
Whether you’ve embraced WFH or not, the general feeling is that productivity has increased with everyone being at home. That’s great for companies who are experiencing increased revenues, not so great for employees experiencing burnout. How can companies manage to maintain balance when WFH?
Key takeaways:
How to work from home
The impact of WFH on creativity
Asian culture of 6 day work weeks
Managing camaraderie over Zoom
The top 30 Indian startups
TikTok doesn’t exist in India
18 Mar 2021
Vishal Gondal: The Father Of Indian Gaming On Preventative Health
Vishal Gondal, the father of Indian gaming, is an Indian entrepreneur and angel investor. From starting in the gaming realm, to approaching Pepsi, hiring underdogs to work at IndiaGames, to founding GOQii, this is a fascinating interview with the guy who modestly says ‘I just build the products’.
Key takeaways:
Getting into the gaming realm
Raising investment for IndiaGames
The preventative healthcare space
Scale and growth of GOQii
What entrepreneurs can learn from spirituality
11 Mar 2021
How To Augment Your Healthcare With Alternative Medicine
Today in the ‘what’s keeping everyone refreshed and reset section’, we’re talking about mental health burnout, and how to stay sane. Quite literally, what works for us to bring us back into ourselves when the stress levels are rising. Don’t forget to download and subscribe!
Key takeaways:
Mental health burnout & how to recalibrate
The cost of healthcare
The benefits of continuous glucose monitors
Alternative medicine startups
AI chatbots for mental health
Celebrity workout apps
4 Mar 2021
Vertical Farming, Agricultural Sensors & The Sleep Industry
Welcome to another episode of Halo Drop, this one’s a real eclectic mix for you. We’ve got everything from vertical farming at home, to agricultural sensors, to the best startup Indian mattress companies. Don’t forget to download or subscribe!
Key takeaways:
Vertical farming
Agricultural sensors
Sleep industry
The fish that ate the whale
Gold Belly
25 Feb 2021
Mason Borda - Using Digital Assets As A Growth Strategy
If you want to know what the price of Bitcoin is going to be in five years, don’t miss this incredibly special episode with Mason Borda that was recorded live on Clubhouse. It was so good, we couldn’t not share it with Halo Drop listeners! From taking risks, to starting a startup, how crypto works, the fundamental concepts of blockchain, wrapped assets, even buying a Tesla with bitcoin - this is an unmissable deep dive into the world of crypto for anyone seeking to use digital assets as a growth strategy.
Key takeaways:
Entering the crypto space
How to start a startup
How crypto works
The fundamental concepts of blockchain
Buying a Tesla with bitcoin
Security tokens
18 Feb 2021
All About Indian Startups with Cross Border Venture Capital Attorney, Shantanu Surpure
We are so excited to have Shantanu Surpure on the show today. For founders in India thinking about fundraising, incubators and accelerators, to venture capitalists looking for new deals and opportunities to invest in, this is an episode not to be missed. It is jam packed full of useful information and top tips for startup founders in India. From how Shantanu came to practise law between India and Silicon Valley, to creating an ecosystem that can support startups, to how founders should be thinking about equity distribution and where they should incorporate, India or the US.
Key takeaways:
Foreign venture capital investors in India
The startup ecosystem
Where to incorporate, the US or India
Common pitfalls for Indian startups
Crypto blockchain and FinTech
The Mumbai angels
Who owns your data
11 Feb 2021
Naveen Tewari - InMobi The Next Decacorn
On today’s episode we are super excited to chat to our mentor and inspiration, Naveen Tewari, the awe-inspiring Indian entrepreneur, founder and CEO of InMobi Group, a global provider of enterprise platforms for marketers. From the personality traits of an entrepreneur and what it takes to have the tenacity to be successful, to the frameworks they used to pivot from mKhoj to InMobi, this incredibly in depth episode is jam-packed full of insight from the Indian version of the PayPal mafia.
Key takeaways:
How to stay optimistic
Raising finance for InMobi Group
Creating an environment of innovation
The future of InMobi, Glance, Roposo
Why he’s not in the space race
Hosts Twitter
Vishal - https://twitter.com/vgurbuxani
Krishna - https://twitter.com/ksub15
Sunil - http://twitter.com/vermasun
Show Social
Twitter https://twitter.com/halodropfm
4 Feb 2021
Wellness And The Re-Imagined Experience Economy
Today we’re talking about wellness and rethinking experiences. More and more of us are turning to nature for an escape from the confines of home, but with travel curtailed, how can we connect with the wilderness, without really leaving home?
Key takeaways:
Rethinking experiences in light of COVID
The appeal of creation and destruction
Male grooming products
The rise of plant based companies
Fermented beet juice
Sleep optimization without an Oura Ring
Hosts Twitter
Vishal - https://twitter.com/vgurbuxani
Krishna - https://twitter.com/ksub15
Sunil - http://twitter.com/vermasun
Show Social
Twitter https://twitter.com/halodropfm
4 Feb 2021
Digital Fitness, Interior Design & E-Commerce
What has been keeping us up at night? Well, lately, it’s been fitness. Fitness and working out makes us happy, it gives us a chance to disconnect from our otherwise chaotic days. But during the last year, what with being stuck at home and gyms closed, we’ve had to find new ways to get our sweat on.
Key takeaways:
Digital fitness workouts
Accountability in working out at home
The Halo Drop award
Interior design companies
Developments in e-commerce
Long Way Down
Hosts Twitter
Vishal - https://twitter.com/vgurbuxani
Krishna - https://twitter.com/ksub15
Sunil - http://twitter.com/vermasun
Show Social
Twitter https://twitter.com/halodropfm
21 Jan 2021
Dealing With Death During Covid
How do you prepare for death? What do you think about death? This is the topic of today’s conversation. What should you leave behind? What will your legacy look like?
“I think one of the things we don't as a society, we don't talk about it [death] enough. We don't think about it enough. And we stumble upon it when it's thrown at us.”
Key takeaways:
Death logistics in the US and India
The virtual celebration of life
Preset therapy and celebration sessions
Startups in the deathcare space
Guruji on demand
Hosts Twitter
Vishal - https://twitter.com/vgurbuxani
Krishna - https://twitter.com/ksub15
Sunil - http://twitter.com/vermasun
Show Social
Twitter https://twitter.com/halodropfm
17 Dec 2020
Introducing Halo Drop
Introducing Halo Drop, launching January 2021.
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