The One Percent Project- Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Resilience
Pritish Sanyal
Explores the stories and ideas of some of the most innovative and creative business minds. The show features conversations with inspiring entrepreneurs, investo...
Episode 83: CEO’s Journey: McKinsey to Entrepreneurship w/ Simran Khara
About Simran Khara:
My next guest on The One Percent Project is the charismatic Simran Khara, the founder and CEO of Koparo. Simran talks about her Journey: From McKinsey to Entrepreneurship.
She has an MBA from the Indian School of Business and is an alumnus of the London School of Economics and Shri Ram College of Commerce. With over 16 years of experience, she has advised, built, and monetized in her roles at McKinsey & Co, Star TV, and Juggernaut Books. Now, she is building Koparo, a D2C toxin-free home-care brand.
In this conversation, Simran talks about the importance of discipline, adaptability, and social skills that she imbibed growing up in a Faugy Family, the liberating environment Mumbai offers to women, her role at Star TV and what she gathered from her mentor, Uday Shankar, becoming the CEO of Jaggaurnat Books, building Koparo, the impact of being featured on Shark Tank India, and much more. This conversation inspired me to kick off a series on "First Time Founders", where I will invite young and experienced entrepreneurs who will help share their journey of building a business with no prior entrepreneurial experience. If you have any guest recommendations, drop me a line at [email protected]
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In this conversation, he talks about:
00:00 Intro
02:24 Finding Love and Career in Mumbai: A Personal Journey
03:31 Life Lessons from a Fauji Brat: Discipline, Packing, and Social Skills
05:07 Embracing Competition and Empathy in Professional Life
07:41 From McKinsey to Star TV: A Career Transition Story
10:47 Learning from Uday Shankar?
11:30 The CEO's Perspective: Sales vs. Operations
13:15 Leading Juggernaut: An innovative book publishing venture
21:06 Launching Koparo: Innovating in Home Cleaning
24:27 Applying to Shark Tank India: Leveraging TV for Brand Growth
26:24 Unique Challenges and Insights as a D2C Founder
30:15 Generalist Vs Specialist: A career choice for youngsters
32:26 Why is struggle an evolving concept?
33:41 Counterintuitive insight about entrepreneurs.
34:28 Shark Tank India: Impact, Value & Opportunity
36:15 What does success mean to you?
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Insight Business Breakdown: Do Restaurants make Big Profits?
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Insight Business Breakdown: The Rise of Cloud Kitchens in the Delivery-Only Era
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Insight Business Breakdown: How much is restaurant rental?
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Episode 82: Business Breakdown of the Indian F&B Industry w/Sarthak Ahuja
About Sarthak Ahuja:
My next guest and co-host on The One Percent Project is Sartha Ahuja. In this episode, Sarthak & I deep dive into India's Food and Beverage industry. We discuss the unit economics of running a restaurant to making butter chicken, ordering patterns in India, the business models of food aggregators like Zomato and Swiggy, cloud kitchens, and the reason behind the rise and fall of Uber Eats. We uncover the success story behind Domino's and how in such a competitive industry, Ankit Gupta and Chirag Chhajer built Burma Burma, a Burmese cuisine restaurant chain.
Sarthak shares how consumer businesses must undergo a "speed Ludo test," emphasising time efficiency, small transaction sizes, and positive unit economics. This strategy is essential for long-term success in a price-sensitive market like India.
Sarthak is a published author, a seasoned Chartered Accountant with expertise in startup advisory and investment banking and a LinkedIn top voice who brings a wealth of intriguing insights to the discussion.
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00:00 Intro
04:10 The most ordered dishes
09:21 Indian Food Preferences and the Authenticity of Chinese Cuisine
11:06 The Business Models and Unit Economics of the Food Industry
15:40 The Challenges and Economics of Running a Restaurant
39:54 The Success Story of Domino's in the Indian Market
44:38 Identifying Opportunities in the Food Industry
45:18 Burma Burma's reason of success
About The One Percent Project- Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Resilience
Explores the stories and ideas of some of the most innovative and creative business minds. The show features conversations with inspiring entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders who are pushing boundaries and making a change in the world. The podcast explores entrepreneurship, business, technology, creativity, and more and provides valuable insights and advice on how to take action and make an impact in your life and career. The podcast also offers listeners exclusive access to inspiring stories and the chance to learn from the best and brightest minds in their respective fields.
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