03 November,2023 05:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Devanshi Doshi
Rana Daggubati and Kishore Biyani
Many studies suggest that learning begins in the womb. As one grows up, it becomes a natural process. You learn, you grow; and you're supposed to keep at it. So, when we come across a new video podcast series called Unboxing Unlearning, where some of the biggest entrepreneurs of India stress on the concept of unlearning for unhindered growth, we are immediately tempted to check it out.
Despite only two episodes currently available, we must admit that this podcast (it premiered on October 12) is yet to create buzz among podcast enthusiasts. The debut episode is our favourite of the two. It features Kishore Biyani, CEO and founder of conglomerate Future Group, in conversation with actor and producer Rana Daggubati, also known as a secret serial entrepreneur in the show; 20-year-old Aadit Palicha, co-founder of Zepto; and Harsh Lal, co-founder of The Souled Store, which recently completed 10 successful years in the fashion industry. What brings the four to the same table, you ask? Unlearning their way to success. The one and a half hour-episode is a relook at the early lives of the entrepreneurs and what shaped them into the individuals they are today.
Harsh Lal and Aadit Palicha. Pics courtesy/Youtube
Palicha is naturally in the spotlight since the beginning, as he sits amid three other equally successful men, each at least twice his age. The new-age entrepreneur reveals his journey as a Stanford University dropout, and how his decision to stop going to school was a result of accidentally producing a product, KiranaKart (now extended as Zepto). This service was initially aimed only at meeting the quick delivery requirements for the residents of his society in Mumbai, but started garnering more than a thousand orders a day at its initial stage, and seemingly promised a much better future than if he were to go back to his school in Silicon Valley.
In episode two, entrepreneur Naiyya Saggi speaks about the rise of mompreneurs in India
The episode follows Daggubati's life outside of the film world, and Lal's journey as he and his friends hit the nail on its head by leaving behind their jobs as engineers and lawyers to risk entering the online fashion industry that had then only started growing in India. A futuristic and ambitious Palicha doesn't shy away from sharing his plans for the country in the future, and how he thinks that the market in India is currently where that of Europe or The USA was in the 1960s. This creates a steamy debate between 62-year-old Biyani and the Zepto co-founder. And, slowly, it turns into conversation that sheds light on the ideas and values that separate the two generations, and how it is important to keep unlearning so that you allow space for new learnings. We believe this video podcast is a fun and engaging combination of lighthearted banter and need-of-the-hour debates for young and/or emerging entrepreneurs.
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