The Women Stories: Recent Episodes

Khushi Khare

The Women Stories podcast features women who have been breaking stereotypes through their ambitions. You will be learning different business principles from women around the world who have proved themselves again and again with their excellence in the business world.

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Vibha Kagzi is the Founder and CEO of ReachIvy.com. ReachIvy is a student assistance platform for high achievers that guides young minds in various facets of their education. In this episode, she shares her journey. Coming from a diverse educational background, including studies at prestigious institutions like Harvard. She also reflects on how her upbringing in a Marwadi family shaped her path. Additionally, Vibha discusses her book, 'Break the MBA Code,' published by Jaico Publishing House, and its ongoing impact on the future of aspiring professionals.

Key Takeaways from this episode:

  1. Navigating the world of education and career guidance.

  2. The power of determination and diverse experiences.

  3. Insights into studying abroad and building a successful career.

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Saumya Kabra is the CEO & Founder of Confetti Gifts. It is a company located in Jaipur, India. The brand is known for its premium gifting services. The gifting company has collaborated with big companies like Amazon and LivSpace. And you know what? They were the official gifting partner in our favorite #Vikat wedding that is Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif's Wedding. Saumya shares her journey of starting this gifting company from a corner of her bedroom and scaling it to what it is today in this episode.

Key Takeaway from this episode:

  1. Do's and Don't in a gifting business
  2. Family support and entrepreneurship
  3. The dark side of being an entrepreneur

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Shilpa Ajwani is the founder of UnoMantra.

Shilpa carries an extensive corporate experience of working as a manager and director with firms like Oriflame and Tupperware. Yes, the same lunch box brand that we all are obsessed with! She left her full-time job to start a business strategy consultancy firm named Unomantra.

Unomantra uplifts companies by giving them the way to create their go-to-market.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  1. The four D's of conducting a business consultation call

  2. Things to keep care of while creating a strategy for a business

  3. Discussion on the investment world being a male-dominated space

  4. Investors helping women-founded businesses

Some names mentioned by Shilpa in the episode:

  • Vani Kola

  • Asha Jadeja Motwani

  • Anisha Singh (She Capital)

  • Diksha Ahuja

  • DSG Consumer Partners

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Gunjan Jhunjhunwala is the founder of Sandbox clothing.

Gunjan left her corporate life that includes companies like Airtel and Google to start a business with her husband. But sadly, she lost all the rights on her first business to her husband as her marriage fell apart in the first five years. It took extreme courage on her part to stand tall again.

She established Sandbox clothing from the scratch all on her own. Sandbox is a premium kid's clothing brand that envisions bringing out the unique identity of every child through clothes. It is listed as a top kid clothing brand on platforms like Ajio, Flipkart, Amazon, Nykaa, and many more.

Key Takeaways from this episode:

  1. Finding your USP in a saturated market

  2. Setting distribution channels in the apparel industry

  3. Ranking your products on leading platforms like Nykaa and Ajio


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Vidisha is the founder of Shahr Lifestyle. Shahr Lifestyle is a new-age Instagram store with a following of over 16K. The store caters the latest fashion and clothing demands of Gen Z. Vidisha is also a final year undergraduate student at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. She manages her Instagram business with the help of her three interns.

Instagram stores are currently the favorite spot to buy customized fashion clothes and accessories for customers located worldwide. Instagram shops have become a great source to follow the latest fashion in the past few years. A lot of people wish to set up and grow Instagram stores at this time, especially where this marketplace is at a peak.

But one needs to know certain technicalities before setting up a successful Instagram store. This episode could be the best help for you if you are thinking to set up an Instagram store.

Key highlights of this episode:

  1. How to set up an Instagram Store

  2. Things to take care of when creating content for your Instagram store

  3. The secret of blowing up your Instagram store


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Divya Singhal and Trishla Pareek are the founders of ShareALittle.

ShareALittle is a nonprofit B2C crowdfunding platform that connects potential patrons to mid-sized NGOs. The platform streamlines the donation process. ShareALittle offers a three-click process to donators. And you can also file a tax return for your donation with their platform. It is a quick, hassle-free, and transparent place for donators.

Divya and Trishla are proud chartered accountants and mothers of ShareALittle. They share their journey of being friends for over 18 years to becoming co-founders in this episode. You will have a great time listening to this power-packed partnership.

Key Takeaways from this episode:

  1. Process of setting up a crowdfunding platform in India

  2. Revenue model of donation platforms

  3. Scaling a donation platform


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Arielle Nisenblatt is the founder of Ear Buds Collective. A newsletter made to support independent podcasters. She has a following of over 7000 on Twitter. Her face is also associated with premium podcasting platforms like Squad Cast.Fm In all she is the right person to hear today if you are willing to learn the technical side of podcasting that includes production, monetization, sponsorship, podcast awards, and getting featured in international newsletters.

Key takeaways from this episode:

1. Untapped podcast marketing tips

**2. Getting sponsors for your podcast

  1. Must follow podcast newsletters**

**4. Podcast Awards to participate in

Resources mentioned in the episode

  1. Podcasting platforms

- Squad Cast.FM - Stitcher - Cast Box - Pocket Cast - Libsyn 2. Podcast sponsorship platforms

- Podcorn.FM - Podgo 3. Podcast newsletters

- Inside podcasting - Pod News - Sounds Profitable - Podcast The Newsletter - Podcast Marketing Magic - Podcast Brunch Club - Find that Pod 4. People to follow in podcasting space

- Lauren Passell - James Cridland

  1. Podcast awards

- The Ambies by The Podcast Academy - Discover Pod Awards - The Webby Awards

  • Podcast Seriously Award

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Ishika Nirula is a 21-year-old CEO and Founder of Women in Business.

Women in a Business is a nonprofit organization with a close-knit community of young female entrepreneurs. The initiative was started with a bunch of students from Delhi University and now there are over 32 females working with this organization. She is presently completing a graduate degree in economics from Delhi University, working as a full-time employee at Cred, and also running a full-fledged business. I bet this line is enough to convince you why she is just the perfect person to hear today.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  1. Time management tips for students

  2. LinkedIn tips for students

  3. Importance of networking as you step out of school

  4. Interaction tips for an introvert

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Swathi Kulkarni is the founder of Elda Health. Her business has recently raised a funding of $1.5 Million. Elda Health is established with the aim to provide the necessary holistic support to women in their mid-40s. They have a proper team of highly qualified doctors to achieve the same.

This episode is extremely important irrespective of your gender. How many of you actually know what it means to go through menopause - a phase that every woman goes through in her late forties or early fifties. A woman goes through a lot of hormonal changes during this phase. Improper care and neglected vigilance during this phase could lead to severe depression. Therefore, I don't want only women to understand the biology behind menopause through this episode but I also want boys and men who might have their mothers and wives going through this phase to listen to this episode.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  1. What is Menopause

  2. Effects of Menopause on Women's health

  3. Taking the right care while going through menopause

  4. Ways to avoid hot flashes while menopause


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Ms. Ranjani Manian is the founder and CEO of Champion Woman. It is a non-profit organization that helps women to regain their confidence level and helps them to re-enter the workforce with great enthusiasm. They do so by conducting workshops and programs for women.

Ms. Ranjani has been working for more than 40 years. She is a multilingual person. She can speak languages varying from French to Tamil. She is known for helping companies like Ford and BMW to enter the Indian Market.

Key Takeaways from this episode

  1. Importance of understanding global culture for a business

  2. How women can re-enter the workforce

  3. Biggest strengths that women can leverage to restart their career

  4. Raising a daughter as a confident individual


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Nida Khan is the founder of Nash FinTechX. She realized during her Ph.D. research, which dealt with applications of blockchain and finance — that emerging technologies have not yet been understood by many people. Nash FinTechX was launched to come up with a software solution. The company utilizes emerging technologies while keeping human psychology at the core of its offering. The organization also seeks to empower corporate with the optimum software to achieve progress and sustainability.

Key Takeaways from this episode:

  1. Understanding the concept of decentralized currency

  2. NFTs explained in an extremely simple language

  3. What is an ethereum wallet

  4. Islamic finance laws for cryptocurrency

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Tanuja Gomes is the co-founder of the Furtados School of Music and has made it synonymous with music education in India. She wears multiple hats through the day—entrepreneur, mother, and wife. Gomes, a graduate of NMIMS left a sixteen-year-old career as a banker to become an entrepreneur. Her goal is to reach out to other female entrepreneurs and build a thriving community that inspires more people. Gomes is also a core committee member of the CII Indian Women Network.

It was an experience beyond happiness to learn about the present music landscape in India and how her organization is leading it presently.

🔴 Key takeaways from this episode

  1. Shifting an offline product to an online platform

  2. Her story of taking a leap into entrepreneurship after 16+ years of banking experience

  3. Reviving business in the pandemic after the organization saw negligible revenue in the pandemic


ABOUT THE PODCAST:

'The Women Stories' is a podcast through which I am trying to build the largest online community of female entrepreneurs. It features women who have been breaking stereotypes through their ambitions. You will be learning different business principles from women around the world who have proved themselves again and again with their excellence in the business world.

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Song: Ikson - Lights (Vlog No Copyright Music)

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Chahat Aggarwal is the founder of Impact Study Biz. She is also the women forum member at Forbes and the Indian president of Poland Business Council.

Impact Study Biz helps companies solve complex business problems in an ever-evolving market with limited resources. They aim to assist their clients to gain more market share, increase profits and reduce costs. There is a lot of focus on collecting the right data at Impact biz and churning it into digestible and scalable bits.

KEY TAKEAWAYS from this episode:

  1. Understanding nudge marketing

  2. Application of AI and data analytics for small businesses

  3. Brand marketing and data analytics

  4. How companies like Oyo and Dominos make data-centric decisions to increase sales

Chahat’s LinkedIn profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chahataggarwal-ceo/


ABOUT THE PODCAST:

'The Women Stories' is a podcast through which I am trying to build the largest online community of female entrepreneurs. It features women who have been breaking stereotypes through their ambitions. You will be learning different business principles from women around the world who have proved themselves again and again with their excellence in the business world. 👩🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏿👩🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏼👩🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏽👩🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏽

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Dr. Ankita is the senior vice president and the global head at CIGNEX Datamatics. She was featured in Forbes as a top 100 people manager in India. She has been also recognized on major women leadership forums across the globe. She did Ph.D. in Management and is a Gold Medalist in BBA as well as MBA. She has done Executive Management programs related to HR and Business Strategy from IIM-A, ISB- Hyderabad, and XLRI. She is a Certified PPA (Thomas Profiling) Practitioner. She has been working with CIGNEX for over 16+ years. She believes that people should be the driving source of culture and values in an organization. In addition to her professional excellence, Ankita is active in supporting social causes by working closely with various NGOs and charities on child education and development.

Key Takeaways:

  1. Roles of a vice-president in an organization
  2. Need for personalization in technology
  3. Remaining updated about the latest technology and HR trends
  4. Message for future women leaders

Dr. Ankita's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankitasin...


ABOUT THE PODCAST:

'The Women Stories' is a podcast through which I am trying to build the largest online community of female entrepreneurs. It features women who have been breaking stereotypes through their ambitions. You will be learning different business principles from women around the world who have proved themselves again and again with their excellence in the business world.' 👩🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏿

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Adela Strakova is the co-founder of Chezuba.

NGOs and other nonprofit initiatives often face the problem to find volunteers to keep the show running. Chezuba helps NGOs to get corporate volunteers who are experts in their domains. Adela is the head product manager in the organization. She successfully made Chezuba an AI-driven platform with the help of her team. The interesting part is that she has a non-tech background.

Chezuba can be an extremely useful platform for everyone who is trying to provide independent services but is unable to find clients. You can sign up yourself on the platform and can serve registered NGOs. This will help you to make a solid portfolio which full further helps you find high-ticket clients. Feel free to check our guest’s profile from the link provided below.

Link to Adela's LinkedIn profile

Register yourself on Chezuba


You may find The Women Stories podcast on:

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Reach out to the host (Khushi Khare) at myindia.khushikhare2000@gmail.com


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Sanchita Daswani is a Hong Kong-based child nutrition consultant with Indian roots. She is on a mission to empower parents with the knowledge they need to enhance their child’s lifestyles, diets, and most of all, their baby’s needs. She believes in making every meal experience for a child memorable in a good way.  Visit her website.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  1. Taking care of your child meal in the first year

  2. Things to take care of in a child's lunch box

  3. Quick meals that can give all the essential nutrition to a child

  4. Indian spices and its importance in a meal

  5. Making a career as a child nutrition consultant

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Song: Marin Hoxha - I See You Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/wZH5Rh4M8iY

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Shalini Gupta is the head of strategic partnerships and a founding member of Sajhe Sapne. Sajhe Sapne is a start-up led by an all-women team aiming to provide the best of best education to girls in every corner of India. The founding team includes four people out of which three are IITians. These people saw the potential in the dreams of rural Indian women. But they also observed the lack of resources as a hindrance to letting these village women be the version of themselves. Therefore they build Sajhe Sapne - a place where every rural woman upskill.

Key Takeaway from this episode:

  1. Rural India - The untapped potential of India

  2. Stories of courageous women from villages

  3. Convincing parents to start something different

  4. Crowdfunding and its process

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Aarushi Sethi is working as a business head at Pollen (Zoom media). Pollen is the largest influencer marketing agency based in India. It has helped brands like Maybelline, Cred, Netflix, etc. to skyrocket their sales through influencer marketing. Aarushi has worked as a celebrity manager in some blockbusters Indian shows like Jhalak Dikhlaja and KBC. Apart from this, she has a rigorous experience of working with Foxymoron (Parent company of Pollen) to generate amazing insights from complex data. The CRED ad with Rahul Dravid came out so well under her leadership at Pollen. There is no other person who can explain influencer marketing better than her. 

Key Takeaways from this episode:

  1. True essence of influencer marketing

  2. Generating insights from data to find the right influencer

  3. Influencer marketing landscape in India

  4. An end message to young women

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Amelia Sordell is the founder and CEO of a personal branding agency named Klowt. She is the most beloved B2B marketing expert on LinkedIn with over 70,000 massive followers. She says that she brand people but not businesses. Amelia started as a recruitment marketing specialist and realized how powerful personal brands were. Finally, one day in 2020 she decided to start a personal branding agency from a small corner of her bedroom. And now she is already working with numerous clients and has a robust team helping her to achieve bigger goals.

Key Takeaway from this podcast:

  1. Mistakes to never commit on LinkedIn

  2. Growing a LinkedIn company page

  3. Humanising B2B marketing

  4. Learning from failures as an entrepreneur

Amelia's LinkedIn Id: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameliasordell/

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Neha Seth has devoted her entire life to the improvement of kids between two to five years. She is an award-winning early childhood educator and speaker known for enjoying holistic development in early childhood years. She's also the founder of Neha Seth Academy. She has worked with various institutions like Mother’s Pride, MSD World School, Makoons and Pudle to awaken the natural curiosity of young minds and provide them holistic approaches for better development. She is also an active member in planning and creating pre-primary curriculums with fun activities and integrated learning. This conversation will help you to learn the exact psychology of kids and their parents and how it has evolved during the last years, with the pandemic taking over the entire world. 

KEY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS EPISODE:

  1. Change in the learning curve in kids amidst the pandemic

  2. Dealing with a frustrated kid

  3. Exercises to activate the cognitive side of your kid

  4. Keeping your kid engaged without the help of technology

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Dr. Falguni Vasavada is currently a Professor and Chair of Strategic Marketing at MICA and has worked with the advertising industry for 24 years. She is a double gold medalist. She teaches a variety of courses, and she also works on team-based projects in the field of Advertising Management & Public Relations, Marketing & Brand Management. The professor has published journals and presented papers at various national and international conferences. She has boldly taken the initiative to speak on some of the major societal problems to make a good change. She also identifies herself as a feminist. She is a philanthropist and on top of that a Diva. You all must have seen her while scrolling your reel feed.

Follow Dr. Falguni on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/falgunivasavada/

Key Takeaways from this episode:

  1. Trends or authenticity
  2. Rising over stereotypical advertisements
  3. As females how we can convince our parents to move out
  4. The ultimate tip to unleash your highest self

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Freelance writer to being director and head of a global company. What a journey it must be! Krusha Sahjwani started her career as a freelance writer at Book My Show (a renowned Indian business to book tickets for shows, movies and concerts.) She is presently leading as the director and head of Asia market for Sociable. Sociable is a SAAS platform for Internal Communication, Employee Advocacy, and Employee Engagement used by companies such as Coca-Cola, Disney, Microsoft, and Renault.

Key takeaways from this conversation:

  1. Getting your foot into international brands as a freelance writer

  2. Shifting career from writing to PR and marketing

  3. Creating PR and marketing strategies for getting into the global market

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Marin Hoxha - Battlefield (feat. Rachel Leycroft) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/HJvQ9uApTZc

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Suzie Yorke is the founder of Love Good Fats. It is the first-ever food startup that distributes ridiculously delicious 100% gluten-free, full of good fats, keto bars across North America and California. She is a proud mom, partner, former marketing CPG Executive and now, first-time entrepreneur (at age 50!) on a fierce mission to spread the word that fat is back and sugar it out. She is also a former Ironman athlete, cyclist, and marathon runner. She has spent the last three years researching nutrition and uncovering misinformation about sugar and fats. This led her to create a delicious line of snacks so that North Americans can eat and enjoy good fats on the go! She revealed her secret marketing strategies and views on the food industry through this episode.

Key Takeaways

  1. Selecting safe snack bars in the American market

  2. Setting an e-commerce business

  3. Evergreen product marketing strategies

  4. Her journey from an athlete to being an entrepreneur

Order some online today from: https://lovegoodfats.com/

See their latest products: https://www.instagram.com/lovegoodfats/

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Jajabor is a brand and communications strategy consultancy that works with platforms and businesses across PR and brand strategy. Jajabor's CEO and founder, Upasna Dash, has been featured in PR 30 under 30. She is an expert in PR and Brand Strategy with over 10 years of experience having worked with Google, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and a host of dynamic startups and VCs across India, Singapore, and Silicon Valley. She believes that people are the greatest asset of an organization. They are the reason for an organization to make it or break it into an industry. Jajabor consultancy has done an incredible job amidst the pandemic while shifting the entire workforce remotely.

Let us learn the following things from this episode:

  • Understanding the basics of public relations

  • The money cycle of the PR and branding industry

  • Crafting a strategic approach to narrate stories

  • Importance of telling data-driven stories

  • People being the biggest capital

  • End message for the entire women fraternity from Upasna

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As a business person, it happens very often that one feels the need of a mentor with whom they can pour out their heart and just be real. Evelien Van Es was able to identify this gap. With a vision to give a right shoulder to stuck business owners and senior managers, she established signature 4 success. Apart from that, we also had a sneak-peek into Evelien’s life who also is a public speaker, consultant, and coach. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: 

  • Keeping up with the speed of life as an entrepreneur

  • Importance of affirmations

  • Reflecting on the thought underneath a thought to unleash your real potential

Evelien's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelienvanes/

Buy her book 'Be relentlessly yourself': https://amzn.to/3tfTicC

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Shveta Raina is the founder of Talerang. With the vision to create a work-ready India, she helps India's most ambitious students and young professionals to be ready for their careers through high-quality training mentorship, access to internships, and jobs with 350 + corporate partners. Talerang has impacted over 2 million students in the past five years. It has partnerships with colleges and corporate media. Shveta started her career in 2007 at McKinsey's Newyork office where she worked on client engagement. In 2009 ― she was a part of the startup team ― 'Tech for India'. She has graduated from the Harvard Business School and is a recipient of the Horace Goldsmith Fellowship for social enterprise.

Key Takeaways:

  1. Finding the right career path
  2. Managing time as a student
  3. Preparing for the Harvard Business School
  4. Study pattern in the Harvard Business School

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Rashi Narang is the creative director of heads up for Tails. Her entrepreneurial journey started when she went to the market to get some stuff for her pet Sara. However, she returned home disappointed due the to lack of some quality goods in the market. At that point, she decided that she will make pet items like bows and collar belts from home to make a difference in the market. She sincerely believes that the whole life of a pet is dependent on a human being. They do not know their right and wrong. It is a great responsibility and a privilege of a pet owner to do thorough research about their pet species and give it the best life possible. Now her company sells food to every essential stuff for every pet species, such as cats, dogs, and birds through online and offline ways. Every product undergoes a research of at least 9 months to be finally launched in the market. And this customer-oriented journey of Heads up for Tails has made its turnover up to 15+ crores so far. The Women Stories feel honored to have a personality who finds her purpose in changing the lives of such beautiful animals.

Key Takeaways:

  1. Things to take care of when you are becoming a pet parent

  2. Process of research for launching every pet product

  3. Juggling between two countries to make Head up for Tails a big Success

  4. Expanding the business online amidst the pandemic

  5. How to do an internship with Heads up for Tails?

  6. Rashi Narang's bigger purpose in life

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If you are a company that produces quintiles of data every day and now looking for a way so that it does not harm the environment. Or an individual who is truly environmentally conscious and wants to learn how signs can help you to minimize your carbon footprint. Then this podcast episode is just for you! Our guest in this episode joined us all the way from Germany. Lubomila Jordanova is the founder and CEO of a company named 'Plan A'. Now try to understand what 'Plan A' exactly does. It is a technology-driven platform that lets companies measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint and improve their environmental, social, and governance ESG performance. Lubomila's Startup has been recognized multiple times on several international platforms like McKenzie, Google rocket, Internet Focus magazine, and the list goes on. Key takeaways from this episode:

  1. Introducing zero water data centers

  2. Making a career and working for climate change

  3. Corporate sustainability and the technology behind it

  4. Building a remote climate-conscious workforce

  5. A hidden internship with Plan A

  6. Endnote for youngsters

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Song: Kvarmez & Markvard - Hopeless Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported Video Link: https://youtu.be/3ZcjiBJtQcM

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Shreyasi Singh is the founder and CEO of Harappa Education. She is dedicated to addressing India's massive education challenges by building and shaping institutions of higher education. Shreyasi has worked for fifteen years in broadcast and print journalism, editorial leadership for entrepreneurship and business reportage, book writing, teaching, and higher education administration. Harappa is an online learning institution that provides skills and knowledge for people to be successful in their chosen careers. It was found with a mission and vision to bridge the gap between knowledge consumption, retention, and implication. Their unique curriculum is designed around foundational habits critical to achieving professional success and personal meaning. This is one of the most thoughtful conversations that you will ever hear.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  1. How print media should tackle abrupt digitalization

  2. Removing glamorization around degrees

  3. What does it take to build good habits as a learner\

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Swati Rawat is the host and producer of the leading podcast named ‘The Vision-Nari.’ Her podcasting journey began when she was looking to tune into inspiring stories of women around the globe but was unable to find any good podcast. The best part is her grit and determination to build something revolutionary brought her an organic listenership of 2.5 Lakhs. The Vision Nari brings inspiring stories of women entrepreneurs, leaders, and visionaries. Her podcast has been identified on several national and international forums like Femina, Scoopwhoop, and Makers India. On the other side, Swati is currently working as a full-time brand partnership expert with Futurebrand Consultants. She has this in-built skill to identify consumer behavior and incur the best practices in the organization to close more revenue. The Women Stories podcast can not be more proud of collaborating with The Vision Nari.

Key Takeaways:

  1. Branding of a podcast
  2. Things to take care of while starting a podcast
  3. Potential ways to monetize a podcast
  4. Scaling a podcast
  5. End message on women empowerment

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Song: Extenz - Summer Memories

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Don't we all wish to close sales calls back to back like a pro? Sometimes asking for money could be awkward but our guest in this episode is all about dominating the sales. Nehaa Beotra is the founder of 'The Sales Dominator' and 'Think on Purpose.' Her former business deals with guiding small business owners and entrepreneurs with juicy yet simple sales tactics so that they are never out of leads and prospects. While Think on Purpose assist corporate heroes to de-clutter their thoughts and manifest the life of their dreams. With her 10+ years of experience from human resource to sales, Neha has helped 1000s of students to generate leads and close sales with a 100% advance. Key takeaways from this episode:

  • How to ask for a 100% advance

  • The proven three-step process to qualify and close deals like an expert

  • Step by step process for automating your sales and marketing funnels

Ms. Neha's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nehaabeotra/

Grab her free black book: https://www.thesalesdominator.com/blackbook/

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Sindhu Raju is the CEO and Founder of India's most played live trivia game named ' Winzy'. The application has over 15k+ downloads. The interesting part of her journey is the dynamic career transition that she went through in the past years. Starting as a pharmacy student and finding her purpose as a product developer is what makes her stand out. Her startup has been featured and recognized in various entrepreneurship fests. Key Takeaways from this episode:

  • Skills to have while transitioning your career into an entirely different domain

  • How to filter the right people to build a team that takes your vision seriously

  • Things to keep care of while building an app

  • How live trivia games make money

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Song: MusicbyAden - Campfire Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Video Link: https://youtu.be/8zZRyOBCTOw

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**Chhavi Gupta is the first woman to score a 100% percentile in one of the toughest Indian exams for MBA aspirants. She is a 2017 Common Admission Test (CAT) topper. She is an IIT as well as IIM alumni. Chhavi has helped 1000s of students with her experience as an engineering turned management student. Despite having so much on her plate as a product manager at Sundial, she hosts a weekly Q&A session on her youtube channel to update wannabe managers with the latest updates and trends of various MBA examinations.

Key Takeaways:**

1. How does life in IIMs and IITs looks like?

3. How to create the right environment at home to study for long hours?

2. How to analyze if you are a right fit for CAT, XAT, and MAT?

4. A sneak peek into the gender ratio at corporates.

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Song: Lichu - Rain Island Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported Video Link: https://youtu.be/4SX4n3xBddA

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Sowmya is a freelance content writer and social media expert She is different in many ways and that's very evident from her Instagram profile. She carries Indian roots with a pinch of westernization and that is what I love about her! Her business deals with clients from all around the globe. She has a podcast named 'Thedreamylass' with an audience of 2000+ people. You may check out her podcast through this link https://anchor.fm/thedreamylass.

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Song: Ikson - Lights (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/bqk80OOCxOQ

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Social media marketing has been a buzz topic. There is a lot of conversation going around organic and inorganic growth. If you are a digital marketer, you know what I mean. In this episode, I have got a very dear friend of mine to break certain myths around digital marketing. Her name is Unnati Bagga. She is an organic growth marketer who has been in this industry for the last 5 years.She knows her job well. You can get in touch with her directly through unnatibagga.com. Her passion for what she is doing is clearly visible on her LinkedIn profile. Apart from that, she is an extremely kind human and I love her for that.  We will be precisely digging into the criticalities of organic marketing. Listen and learn from this episode.

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Our guest in this episode joined us all the way from Texas. She is known around the globe for her extensive collection of communication and voice training videos. With over 28+ years of experience in voice, on-camera, and communication. She is the founder of ‘Captivate The Room’ through which she helps people to identify the psychology of their voice. She believes that voice is the greatest asset of a human. She has worked with multiple celebrities, millennial business holders, and people of the USA’s supreme court to find their real voice. You would learn the process to transform your voice for scaling your business directly from the expert through this episode. Listen to this episode and learn to captivate the room by using your real voice.

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**Diksha Deo is the founder and CEO of an Indian company named Incubsence. She is a computer science enthusiast who has used her knowledge to build products that give a contactless experience to companies. Her products are a haven to the HR fraternity as they smoothen the process of check-in and check-out, managing attendance, and several other stuff. I have never seen a girl much more confident than her. She is both charismatic and empathetic from the bottom of her heart. On top of that, she is extremely vocal about building an independent India that is a golden bird as it was before. Diksha Deo was awarded Exceptional Woman of Excellence 2019 felicitated by the Women Economic Forum. Also, Diksha is a mentor of Change, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Ayog, and helps transform young students into Entrepreneurial Adults.

Key Takeaways from this episode:**

- Making a business scalable

- Awareness of the unknown facts on cybersecurity

**- Promoting 'Aatmnirbhar Bhaarat Mission'

Music Credits:**

Song: Marin Hoxha - Tragic (feat. ENROSA) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/4H4eJvQ1USc

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In this episode we have a power women who knows to bring life to project, divisions and medium enterprises. She has a strong sense of intuition of identifying entrepreneurs and start-ups. She has been supporting start-ups by investing in them along with providing appropriate guidance since her last two decades of professional experience. Ms. Chandni Jafri has worked with companies like TV18, VcCircle, and Mumbai angels network. Currently she is the founder and executive director of a company name sound and light social ventures. SLSV is a global media resources, research and consultancy network with incorporating CSR to bring a social change. Her company envisions building family relationship incorporating strategic corporate social responsibility.

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Song: Ikson - Lights (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/bqk80OOCxOQ​

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If you are a news reader who has always wanted to monetize her skills. I've got someone for you today. We have Tanya Kaathpal founder of 'Eat my News'. She turned passion for news reading into a successful business. She holds various political thought leaders and thinkers interviews on Eat My News YouTube channel in a series called 'Talk with Tanya' along with another explanatory series called 'Politics Explained by Tanya.' She has been a multiple time TEDx speaker and has constantly voice herself for the betterment of society. I was intrigued by her vision to empower people through knowledge so that they can jump into any conversation with confidence. Eat My news was born with a vision that one day every person in this world will be positively inspired, informed, and intelligent. Under her leadership Eat My News has hosted 10 youth leadership conferences, which had participants from across India and the world. I'm elated to have her on the first show of season two of the women's stories.

Key Takeaways - 1. How financial independence can empower a person? 2. Monetizing your news reading skills?

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Song: Ikson - Lights (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/bqk80OOCxOQ

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How perfect might be a podcast episode seems but there is always a blooper in it. So here is the closing epsiode of The Women Stories. This episode is the compilation of all the bloopers that I had while recording all the previous episodes. I had a great time while editing this episode and, I hope you had the same experience while listening to it. This is your host Khushi Khare signing off for 2020.

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Ms.Sinjini Sengupta is the author of the international best-selling novel named 'Elixir.' Her book gave her a chance to walk on the red carpet, of 'the festival of Cannes.' She was a very bright data science student and she prospered tremendously as an actuary. But life had some other plans for her. She got many medical issues at the peak of her career and the doctor even gave her a time limit. However, she is a phoenix. She rose like fire. She chose another road and started writing. And, today she is a voice who has already given multiple TedX talks. She is an author, mentor, and CEO of a company named Lighthouse where she helps people to explore their real-self through the art of writing, branding, and storytelling.

Khushi (host) is truly honored to have such a personality in the last episode of 2020 of 'The Women Stories.' Special Announcement: -Season one has not yet ended. -The next two Friday will be all about the backstage fun and bloopers. -The first episode of 2021 will go out on 8th January 2021.

If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, don't forget to tag 'The Women Stories' on your different social media social handles. ❤

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Dhruvisha Jain (Content writer|Content Marketer) joined Khushi (host) in the episode 8th of The Women Stories. Dhruvisha was working as a computer science engineer at Infosys, Mumbai, India. She was at a very reputed position over there. However, she decided to quit that job and begin with freelance content writing.  This episode is all about exploring Dhruvisha's journey and peeping into her unconventional story from a corporate escapee to a successful freelancer.

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For the first time, Khushi (host) spills some of her podcasting secrets. Also, this is the first time she talks about her podcasting journey up till now. She also reveals her future plans with 'The Women Stories.' Lastly, she answers all the questions that she received regarding podcasting on her different social media handles. Hope you will learn something from this episode and will get inspired to start your own podcast. MUSIC CREDITS: Song: Atch - First Light Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported Video Link: https://youtu.be/lZ0IT4o17Zk Song: Ikson - Lights (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/bqk80OOCxOQ

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Miss.Chetna Vasishth is an XLRI Jamshedpur Alumni. She is also the founder and CEO of India's largest education and career space named 'Chet-Chat.' She has over 2 million subscribers on Youtube. She has been constantly providing us so much valuable content through Youtube. Khushi (host) of 'The Women Stories' had an amazing conversation with Miss. Chetna Vasishth. They majorly talked about making a career in the education sector. They also discussed the upcoming career options for Gen Z.

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Song: Ikson - Lights (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/bqk80OOCxOQ

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It is not the usual business episode that I make live every Friday. Diwali is finally here and, you all must be very busy in the Diwali prep. So, for this episode, I decided to jot down my observations with regards to Diwali preparations and present it in the form of short poetry. I hope you will like it. The festival of lights is not only celebrated in India but is also celebrated all around the world. Deepawali brings so much faith, hope, and love to our hearts. It is not only a festival, but it is a day to remember the power of love. Wishing you a very Happy Diwali from this side! ❤❤

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Song: Ikson - Lights (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/bqk80OOCxOQ

Promise by Mack Powers https://soundcloud.com/mackpowers

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Dhairya is an SAP Management Consultant in KPMG and also a budding entrepreneur. She has recently launched her own biz where she helps people with personal branding, profile makeover and, also has been a speaker to more than 50+ podcasts and webinars up till now. She is a 2020 graduate and holds a degree in electronics and communication engineering. However, she decided to not take a trivial engineering path but to work on personal branding. And here she is! Khushi(host) joins Dhairya to listen to her life story. Every student who thinks or has ever thought that 'I am not worthy enough because I haven't scored well' would be able to completely resonate with the episode.

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Song: Jaks Wilson & ALESH - Vision (feat. notfromvenus) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/XRNHJpzyH74

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Dr.Aparna is CEO and founder of a company named Protouch which is one of the most admired talent transformational and reskilling organizations. She has helped corporates like Haldiram, JBM , Hero, and many other to develop required competencies by conducting engaging and customized training programs. Khushi(host) discusses the importance of emotional intelligence and personal development while growing a business in this episode.

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Shreya Pattar joins Khushi Khare to talk all about building a team as a freelancer. Along with this, they also talk about the importance of uplifting others in a community.

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Khushi chats with Nandini Tyagi (co-founder of Diginflux) about building a content agency. Nandini reveals some of her business secrets while having this conversation. Listen to her and see how she invested her money to form a complete empire of her dreams.

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It is a welcome message from Khushi Khare (the host), where she introduces her latest podcast, The Women Stories. The podcast features women who have been breaking stereotypes through their ambitions. You will be learning different business principles from women around the world who have proved themselves again and again with their excellence in the business world. Music Credit: Song: Ikson - Lights (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/bqk80OOCxOQ