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The UpstreamLife

The UpStream Life offers an editorial approach to content creation that focuses on capturing the intellectual foundations of an organization.While social media and marketing content are important, our approach prioritizes storytelling that resonates with stakeholders.Our experienced team of writers, filmmakers, and editors works closely with clients to create narratives that capture the essence of their organization.By emphasizing conversations that truly matter, we believe our approach can help

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48:19

Jobs that empower intelligence will increase with AI:...

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2024/12/12

In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk with Abhimanyu Saxena, the co-founder of Scaler about how corporations and nations will manage the future of productivity. This episode focuses how organisations in India, Global Capability Centres, are focusing on building transformative talent.02:00 - Being in a nervous planet: people and technology.06:46 - Many technology revolutions that created jobs.10:10 - Managing youth and energy, making them productive.15:30 - Selling to CHROs in G...

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31:13

Employee and Customer identity that is omnipresent:...

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2024/12/04

In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Ben Goodman, SVP and GM APJ, at Okta. He talks about identity management and security in the era of collaboration where corporations work with thousands of vendors or freelancers. We also talk about cricket and sports as an enabler to being resilient to daily challenges. 00:00 - Introduction01:33 - What is Okta?04:50 - Identity becoming important.08:30 - Working with people outside the system.10:38 - Convincing CTOs of working with cre...

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44:43

"OG" Jagdish Patankar says Indian cities are now...

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2024/11/13

In this episode we talk to Jagdish, the founder of MM-Activ, who is the OG of the Indian events and exhibitions industry. He talks about how India is changing with events.00:00 - Introduction01:29 - Waking up to mega events05:32 - What does a mega-event do to a city?11:16 - Organising the event industry.15:50 - Every Indian who went to America wants to give back.16:05 - TIE Global as an event and other large events in India.21:29 - The Bengaluru Tech Summit.27:10 - Being influenced by ideolog...

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48:56

Anup Jain's journey from running a fund to starting...

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2024/11/11

In this episode we talk to Anup Jain, an ace early stage investor and believer in the next billion story. He is a VC investor who wants to work with 12 startups a year, and runs a startup knowledge series called the "LP Series" on LinkedIn.00:00 - Introduction04:10 - India's 2.0 story of VCs09:00 - LPs are asking for returns from the startup word and here is why14:52 - Investing in VC spin-offs.21:30 - Having a fund that is institutional.26:08 - India's VC 2.0 needs one change - be institutio...

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39:52

All roads lead to Bengaluru: Madan Padaki discusses...

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2024/10/25

In this episode we bring you Madan Padaki, veteran entrepreneur and TiE Bangalore - President. He talks about why the TiE Global Summit is not just going to be an event, but a large networking session where ideas such as deep tech, hard tech and sustainability will play a major role in the future of business.00:00 - Introduction01:46 - India has come a long way with entrepreneurs.04:41 - India's talent and opportunities.07:11 - The summit at Bengaluru and Mysuru.11:00 - Nanopreneurs today.16:...

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44:08

Solving problems for customers: Brillio India MD's...

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2024/10/22

In this episode I talk with Chander Damodraran, the MD and CTO of Brillio about how AI led transformation is possible at scale.00:00 - What is Brillio?03:35 - Matching the old with the new.11:41 - Tech transitions for customers.21:05 - New age technology in retail.25:15 - Why customers want Indian talent.29:23 - The future of enhancing talent in India.34:34 - Managing time as a leader.37:00 - The Brillio focus on global markets.42:00 - Looking at new tech and inspirations.Thanks for Listening...

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73:44

Pain & joy of an "Empire" - Shakir Haq's take on...

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2024/10/08

In this episode we bring you a piece of Bengaluru's modern history. No other restaurant chain is so well known as Empire. Its young CEO, Shakir Haq talks about all the decisions that he took to make this multi-million dollar business remain family first and still be a company that runs on sound management principles. It's a fascinating journey of transformation and perseverance for Shakir, who was always interested in automobiles and technology. His entry into the family business and rise hap...

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42:51

Democratically enabled "Reviews" guide you to the...

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2024/10/03

In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk Godard Abel, the CEO and co-founder of G2 who talks about why the G2.com platform is far better, and trusted, than Gartner in guiding people towards buying software. Gartner serves Fortune500 CIOs/CTOs, but what about an entire universe of business; this is where G2 enables small companies and SMBs, or even large corporations, to search for software that works for them. Rather than getting stuck with clunky software G2's authentic reviews ensures...

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58:11

The tech that powers travel: how Sabre's engineering...

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2024/10/02

In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com, we speak with Sabre India's managing director Sriram Gopalswamy. Sriram talks about the evolution of the travel industry from mainframes to Saas; powering online travel agents, and customer experiences.00:00 - Introduction02:00 - Sriram talks about what happens at Sabre worldwide.11:15 - Creating a seamless experience.17:12 - Technology and evolution from the Sabre India perspective.24:00 - The dynamic play of tech34:36 - Making customer experience a su...

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61:46

Light Box and its bets on the India story:...

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2024/09/23

In this episode we bring you Sandeep Murthy of Light Box. The venture fund has only invested in a dozen plus Indian startups and has been a partner to several startups by enabling their operations to scale. Sandeep talks about the growth of the India story and beyond in this podcast.00:00 - Introduction to Light Box and the Indian venture opportunity02:13 - India having changed in the last decade.06:15 - Looking at India's consumer brand opportunity.12:50 - Building a brand where there is lit...

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60:57

An investor, a CA & a journalist discuss markets,...

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2024/09/20

How should corporations & aspiring youth look at Indian markets and its political economy. Look no further than this podcast with Pavan Sharma, partner at BCL India, Saketh R, founder of QuickAlpha and senior journalist Vishal Krishna. 00:00 - Introduction to the guests, setting the context of discussing India’s economic future & aspirations of youth.01:40 - The post COVID-19 investing boom in India, a great run.04:56 - Corporate expectations in India and the optimism backing the...

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61:46

"Matter": why Steerworld is a made-in-India...

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2024/09/15

In this episode we host Dr Babu Padmanabhan, who is a first generation entrepreneur who went from being a scientist to becoming a businessman. He has built a sizeable organisation around manufacturing machines and digitising manufacturing for three industries. Steerworld is a bonafide made-in-India success story with plants all over the world. Babu loves physics and he talks about what should be done in order to make the world a sustainable place with modern day manufacturing.00:00 - Introduc...

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53:55

Make learning relevant in the AI era: Simplilearn's...

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2024/08/28

In this episode I speak with a founder whose business I have tracked for over 12 years. Krishna Kumar, the founder of Simplilearn was one of the early proponents of digital learning with curated programs specific to individual career needs. His company has grown while many learning companies have slowed. He has now moved to the USA to build a new line of learning business for individuals and corporations. In this episode he talks about how to stay resilient as a founder in times of a funding ...

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57:26

NuVentures & its new thesis: founder Venk Krishnan...

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2024/08/20

In this episode of theUpStreamLife we bring you a series that defines the veteran venture capitalist, Venk Krishnan. In the past, Venk, has backed the likes of MuSigma, Daily Ninja, Acko, Pocket Aces, Third Wave Coffee & Geist.NuVentures is now renewing its India strategy, the startups that the fund will bet on will have to have a global thesis with their technology. Interestingly, the fund also has a consumer play.The fund's new investments include Pivot Robots (www.pivotrobots.com) , Ra...

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47:47

A platform that enables and nurtures brands in their...

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2024/08/20

In this episode I talk with Rahul Johar who has literally scaled brands in India across several retail formats. What is true is that Indian e-commerce brands are now moving offline and they need all the nurturing to understand how distribution works. Distribution is hard, it eats into margins and is a question of having the right eye-balls at retail outlet. This is where Oxbow Brands steps in. 00:00 - Introduction01:36 - What is Oxbow and what does it intend to do?03:06 - 70 years of bus...

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61:32

Moorings from Akshayakalpa & its founder Shashi...

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2024/08/13

In this episode we explore the many facets of Shashi Kumar and his wonderful journey to make farming viable. He is an engineer who stepped into the world of business without a business plan and he tried blendingancient and modern techniques that could save the soil, and bring money to the farmer by organising the supply chain with the food value chain. Here is his story.00:00 - Introduction to why farming is life01:30 - Why Shashi came back to farming.10:00 - Why is farming difficult in India...

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50:36

Enabling transparency with digital transformation:...

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2024/08/08

In this episode we speak with Srividya, the founder of Avaali. Her company reduces procurement cycle times using digital practices. She talks about how her company has scaled over the years and how digital services are so important for companies going through transformation into the era of generative-AI.Thanks for Listening! Follow Us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or Find us on YouTube

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57:29

Building a CRM "Unicorn", love for Hindi literature:...

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2024/07/31

In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk about how an enterprise grade CRM can be built from India. LeadSquared as you all know is well known for its story of going from India to the world. The founders are IT professionals who sold that business before delving into building a product for India. As opportunity would have it, they have scaled to the USA and are betting big on Indian talent. Its COO and co-founder Prashant Singh tells a story of why it's the era for Indian technology busi...

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34:08

Building an AI led transformation business:...

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2024/07/25

In this interview we talk to Deepthi Muthuraman who is a senior brand manager at Ascendion, a company that transforms businesses in the digital age. She paints a wonderful story of how Ascendion was able to scale up fast and win clients. She talks about the impact of Generative AI and why a services businesses that is AI led can transform several businesses.00:00 - Introduction.01:10 - The story of Ascendion and its AI play.16:45 - The journey of clients and the transformative aspects of Gen ...

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60:47

Economic Survey & the Indian Budget2024: buyback tax,...

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2024/07/24

In this episode with Pavan Sharma, partner at BCL India, a compliance and tax advisory firm, we compare why the #Budget2024 has to be looked at along with the Economic Survey of India. The economic survey showcases the challenges of India with AI, the end of globalisation and menace of climate change. The first thirty minutes we analyse the survey and then we look at the budget and the fiscal position of India.Part 1: Economic Survey and why its important to understand the budget00:00 - Intro...

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