The Young Turks Dialogues

About The Young Turks Dialogues

Welcome to The Young Mavericks, a podcast series by Crobstacle! Join us as we delve into the journey of building Crobstacle from the ground up. Every week, we'll bring you insider perspectives, lessons learned, and solutions we've implemented along the way. From myth-busting in the world of digital transformation to navigating the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, join us for a candid and engaging conversation. Tune in with us on this journey together!

Publisher

Crobstacle

Category

business

Language

hi

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Feb 2023

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Build Where Others Don’t Look | Srikrishna Ellore on the future of lighting | The Young Mavericks

   🎙️ Some of the biggest opportunities are hiding inside problems everyone else has stopped questioning. In Episode 101 of The Young Mavericks | Apex Dialogues, Anmol Gogia sits down with Srikrishna Ellore, Founder & Product Architect of Alya - The Light Co, for a conversation about building technology in an industry most startup founders rarely think about: lighting. Why build here when everyone else is chasing the next obvious AI opportunity? Because sometimes innovation isn’t about inventing a completely new category. Sometimes, it starts by looking closely at an existing industry and asking: “Why are we still doing it this way?” Srikrishna takes us inside the thinking behind Alya, the friction hidden inside traditional lighting workflows, and why solving a niche problem requires far more than adding AI to an old process. We explore: 💡 Why he chose to build in a market most people overlook 🏗️ What Alya actually solves for lighting professionals ⚙️ Where friction still exists across real-world lighting workflows 🤖 The real role AI can play, beyond the buzzwords 🧠 Why technology should enhance professional judgment rather than replace it 📐 How products change when they’re built from ground reality instead of assumptions 🔬 What it takes to build in deep-tech and highly specialised markets 🚀 Why niche industries can create some of the strongest startup opportunities 🏢 How buildings, lighting and intelligent spaces could evolve over the next five years 🎯 The founder mindset required when you’re building something the market doesn’t immediately understand And we close with a question every aspiring founder has probably asked: What do you do when you feel like you don’t have a “cool” startup idea? Because the next meaningful company might not come from chasing the category everyone is already talking about. It might come from looking deeper into a problem everyone else has learned to tolerate. Build where others don’t look. If you’re a founder, architect, designer, product builder, AI professional, deep-tech entrepreneur or simply interested in how technology transforms traditional industries, this conversation is for you. 🎙️ The Young Mavericks | Apex Dialogues - Episode 101 🌐 Explore Crobstacle: https://crobstacle.com/ (https://crobstacle.com/) 📲 Follow Crobstacle: Instagram: https://instagram.com/crobstacle (https://instagram.com/crobstacle) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crobstacle/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/crobstacle/) X: https://twitter.com/crobstacle (https://twitter.com/crobstacle) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crobstacle (https://www.facebook.com/crobstacle) #TheYoungMavericks #SrikrishnaEllore #Alya #ArtificialIntelligence #LightingTechnology

2. 

   6 Sept 2026

   100th Episode: Leadership Is a Muscle. Are You Training It? | Dr. Anil Khandelwal

   🎙️ 100 episodes. Countless conversations. One milestone we’re incredibly proud to reach. For the 100th episode of The Young Mavericks | Apex Dialogues, Anmol Gogia sits down with Dr. Anil K. Khandelwal, former Chairman & Managing Director of Bank of Baroda and author of "The Gym of Leadership", for a powerful conversation on what leadership really demands when titles, authority and optics stop being enough. Leadership isn’t a title. It’s a muscle and muscles only grow when you train them. Having led transformation inside one of India’s largest public-sector institutions, Dr. Khandelwal has spent decades studying leadership through people, pressure, character, self-management and real-world decision-making. And his argument is simple: You don’t become a leader because someone gives you a designation. You become one through consistent practice. If you’re a young manager, founder, CXO, team leader, entrepreneur or professional trying to grow into leadership, this episode offers a practical lens on building leadership from the inside out. 🎙️ Welcome to The Young Mavericks | Apex Dialogues. 🌐 Explore Crobstacle: https://crobstacle.com/ (https://crobstacle.com/) 📲 Follow Crobstacle: Instagram: https://instagram.com/crobstacle (https://instagram.com/crobstacle) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crobstacle/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/crobstacle/) X: https://twitter.com/crobstacle (https://twitter.com/crobstacle) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crobstacle (https://www.facebook.com/crobstacle) #TheYoungMavericks #AnilKhandelwal #TheGymOfLeadership #Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment

3. 

   30 Aug 2026

   27 Years of Business Lessons: Sales, Startups & Stamina | Hetal Sonpal | The Young Mavericks

   🎙️ What does 27 years across business, startups, investing and global markets teach you that no MBA can? In this episode of The Young Mavericks | Apex Dialogues, Anmol Gogia sits down with Hetal Sonpal for an unfiltered conversation on sales, startups, investing, discipline and the stamina required to build for the long term. Having spent decades across organisations including Microsoft, LinkedIn and Intel, while working closely with founders, investing in startups, mentoring entrepreneurs and building across global markets, Hetal has seen business from almost every side of the table. But this conversation goes far beyond corporate lessons. We talk about why founders are chasing funnels and growth hacks while forgetting how to sell, what consultative selling actually looks like, why promising startups fail to become investor-ready, and what separates companies that survive from those that disappear. And then there’s the other side of Hetal’s story: marathons, IRONMAN, reading, writing and building the discipline to keep going long after motivation disappears. In this conversation: 💼 What young founders misunderstand about business 🌏 Lessons from building relationships across India, Japan and global markets 🤝 Consultative selling vs simply pushing a product 🎯 What actually matters when pitching to a CXO 🚀 What separates the startups that survive from the ones that don’t 💰 How investors decide whether to invest, mentor or walk away 📈 The biggest gap between a startup and becoming investor-ready 🌱 What Tier-2 startup ecosystems still need 🏢 Why many incubators fail to create successful companies 🤝 Building community-driven growth instead of isolated hustle 🏃 What IRONMAN and 30+ marathons teach about business endurance 🧠 How to stay disciplined when motivation disappears 📚 Lessons from reading 100 books a year 🎙️ Why content and podcasting can become business assets 🔥 And whether founders should build their product, content or network first One question runs throughout the episode: Is success really about having the best idea or having the sales ability, discipline and stamina to stay in the game long enough? If you’re a founder, entrepreneur, sales professional, investor, marketer or young professional building your career, this episode is packed with perspectives you can apply immediately. Welcome to another episode of The Young Mavericks | Apex Dialogues. 🌐 Explore Crobstacle: https://crobstacle.com/ (https://crobstacle.com/) 📲 Follow Crobstacle: Instagram: https://instagram.com/crobstacle (https://instagram.com/crobstacle) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crobstacle/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/crobstacle/) X: https://twitter.com/crobstacle (https://twitter.com/crobstacle) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crobstacle (https://www.facebook.com/crobstacle) #TheYoungMavericks #HetalSonpal #StartupPodcast #SalesStrategy #Entrepreneurship

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• Abhishek Gaggneja
• Rimjhim Ray
• Sushil Vaishnav
• Roni Mondal
• Alex Jimenez

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