Dollar Gujarati
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, a show about successful Indian Immigrant entrepreneurs and professionals in America. We talk with them about their ideas and struggles on the road to success in this land of opportunity.
As immigrants ourselves, we want to understand the different paths that successful immigrant Gujaratis have taken to establish themselves since this will help us navigate our journey in America.
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dollar-gujarati/support
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Episodes
#19 - Jay Shah on how to start a company in US as an immigrant | Dollar Gujarati
January 10, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Jay left a comfortable high paying job at Facebook to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams and start BlkBox. Blkbox automates performance marketing. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-shah-77a98260/ Blkbox: https://blk...
#18 - Nupur Mehta on Networking Like a Pro | Dollar Gujarati
December 20, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBAbout the guest: Nupur Mehta Shifted to Silicon Valley at the age of 13 with her family. Dropped out of USC to found her own startup. Selected and funded by Y-Combinator, the prestigious startup accelerator which has an acceptance rate lesser than Harvard University. Started her second company OTAInfo which protects internet-enabled devices from attacks such as Zoom Bombing. Despite being a young millennial, she is heavily influenced by traditional Gujarati values of Positivity and Fruga...
#17 - Rahim Fazal on the Sales Strategy for B2B and D2C startups | Dollar Gujarati
December 13, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBRahim Fazal is back with his take on Sales. Let's hear SV Academy's Founder and CEO take on the challenge to design a Sales strategy for a B2B EdTech startup and a D2C Home Automation startup - Let's learn Sales from one of Silicon Valley's best in class Sales Leader. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dollar-gujarati/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dollar-gujarati/support
#14 Y-Combinator's Ankit Gordhandas on how to acquire initial users | Dollar Gujarati
December 07, 2020 14:44 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Ankit Gordhandas is a Mumbai-born technology entrepreneur. Ankit came to America for a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from MIT. He worked for a few years in the biomedical engineering field, before starting his company,...
#16- Vikram Patel on how to get US investors for Indian Startup | Dollar Gujarati
December 07, 2020 14:43 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Today we talk to startup founder, Vikram based in India who got his funding from the US. Vikram Patel is the CTO and Co-Founder of DocVita- a voice enabled medical assistant. Lets learn the secret behind how he was able to b...
#15 Y-Combinator's Jinal and Forum Jhaveri on how to get first paying customer | Dollar Gujarati
November 22, 2020 03:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Today’s founders are power couple Forum & Jinal Jhaveri. They both came to America for a Masters Degree in Computer Science in 2001 together. Jinal worked for a few years as a software developer whereas Foram worked as a Man...
#13 Rahim Fazal on Starting a company as an Immigrant | Dollar Gujarati
November 08, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Rahim Fazal is a Canadian-born technology entrepreneur. He is notable for co-founding Involver, a provider of social media management software. Involver which was then acquired by Oracle in 2012. Involver was the technology...
#12 - Jay Patel on the Art of Being Frugal | Dollar Gujarati
November 01, 2020 03:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Our guest today is Jay Patel who is a second-generation Indian American. He studied Computer Science, worked as a developer in multiple companies before he founded his company FlexEngage. They serve big-name clients such as ...
#11 - Vijay Goradia
September 27, 2020 03:00 - 43 minutes - 40.5 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Our guest today is Mr. Vijay Goradia. Mr. Vijay was born in Mumbai, and that was where he started his first company at the age of 17. He is the Founder of Vinmar International, a global distributor of Chemicals and Polymers....
#10 - Dr Sudhir Parikh
September 13, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBAbout Show: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. About Guest: Dr. Sudhir is a 2010 Padmashree Awardee. He’s also a recipient of the 2005 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the highest civilian honor for U.S. immigrants to contribute to community service. He is a specialist in allergy, asthma, and immuno...
#9 - Dipak Shah
August 30, 2020 03:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Dipak Shah came to the United States with only $6 in his pocket, a bag of clothes and a bag of food. As a student, he had to work to feed himself, his wife and his 6 month old son at $2-$3 per hour. But his aspirations were ...
#8 - Shruti Gandhi
August 23, 2020 03:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. About Guest: Shruti Gandhi is the Managing Director of Array VC, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups Computer Science professor in the CS department at Columbia University. She is the founder of Array Ventures. Array inv...
#7 - Sunil Nayak - Part 2
August 16, 2020 03:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBListen to part 1 here: https://anchor.fm/dollar-gujarati/episodes/4---Sunil-Nayak-eh84q0 About Guest: Mr. Sunil is the quintessential Gujarati immigrant in America. He is CEO of InZenn Hospitality which owns 25 motels along the east coast. He came to the USA in search of a better opportunity but had to start work as a front desk clerk in a motel. Learn how he leveraged $25,000 of his savings to own 13 convenience stores to finally buy his first $1.5 million dollar motel. We will talk about...
#6 - Keval Desai
August 09, 2020 03:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Keval Desai is a General Partner at InterWest Partners, a Silicon Valley Venture Capital firm. He runs a $100M fund that has invested in companies like Canva, which is now valued at $6 Billion. Keval came to the USA for his ...
#5 - Viral Acharya
August 02, 2020 03:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Our guest today is Dr. Viral Acharya. Dr. Viral is a Professor of Economics at New York University’s School of Business. He was the youngest Deputy Governor of the RBI and held the position from January 2017 to July 2019. ...
#4 - Sunil Nayak
July 26, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBAbout Guest: Mr. Sunil is the quintessential Gujarati immigrant in America. He is CEO of InZenn Hospitality which owns 25 motels along the east coast. He came to the USA in search of a better opportunity but had to start work as a front desk clerk in a motel. Learn how he leveraged $25,000 of his savings to own 13 convenience stores to finally buy his first $1.5 million dollar motel. We will talk about how he survived visa denials, being stranded at the airport on his first day in America, ...
#3 Dr. Dayal Meshri
July 19, 2020 03:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBAbout Guest: Dr. Dayal Meshri is the president CEO of advanced research chemicals, one of the biggest fluorine manufacturers in the world. ARC today has annual revenue in excess of 25 million dollars with clients like DuPont, General Motors, and Dow chemicals. After working as a research director in a company for 18 years, dr. Meshri took the plunge to build his own company. In this episode, we learn how he took a calculated risk in his 40’s to accomplish his dream of becoming an entreprene...
#2 Nupur Mehta | Dollar Gujarati
July 12, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBAbout the guest: Nupur Mehta Shifted to Silicon Valley at the age of 13 with her family. Dropped out of USC to found her own startup. Selected and funded by Y-Combinator, the prestigious startup accelerator which has an acceptance rate lesser than Harvard University. Started her second company OTAInfo which protects internet-enabled devices from attacks such as Zoom Bombing. Despite being a young millennial, she is heavily influenced by traditional Gujarati values of Positivity and Fru...
#1.5 - Sam Pitroda Part 2
July 05, 2020 03:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Mr. Sam Pitroda is best known as the father of Indian Telecom. During his tenure as Advisor to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Mr. Pitroda led 6 technology missions. He is the man behind the STD/PCO booths that enabled Indians t...
#1 - Sam Pitroda
June 28, 2020 03:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBShow Introduction: Welcome to Dollar Gujarati, A show about Gujarati entrepreneurs and businessmen, and the stories behind their success in America. We talk about their struggles and opportunities on the road to success in the land of opportunity. Guest Introduction: Mr. Sam Pitroda is best known as the father of Indian Telecom. During his tenure as Advisor to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Mr. Pitroda led 6 technology missions. He is the man behind the STD/PCO booths that enabled Indians...
Trailer - Dollar Gujarati
June 17, 2020 01:24 - 27 seconds - 652 KBWelcome to Dollar Gujarati, a show about successful Gujarati entrepreneurs and professionals in America. We talk with them about their ideas and struggles on the road to success in this land of opportunity. Why are we doing this? As immigrants ourselves, we want to understand the different paths that successful immigrant Gujaratis have taken to establish themselves since this will help us navigate our journey in America. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show...