In today’s episode of the Pitch Cafe podcast, we have Neil Fernandes, co-founder of Enroute AI with us! Named as the most promising tech startup of 2022, by FoundersBeta, 😃💛 Enroute AI was shortlisted for the FalconX Accelerator's Immersion Program 2022. Neil completed his B. Tech from NIT Karnataka and his MS from the University of Michigan. He had a keen interest in algorithms for transportation, which eventually led him to build San Francisco, California-based Enroute AI. 🚗 Enroute AI employs 10 people, powers approximately 50,000 deliveries every month, and is releasing new features nearly every week. Neil shared how his company is different from other competitors and talks about its features like real-time GPS tracking, route optimization, efficient management, etc. ✨
In today’s episode of the Pitch Cafe podcast, we have Vinay Bhardwaj with us. 😃💛 Vinay is a friend who has never failed to make me laugh even in the toughest situations. He is in an engineering leadership position, investor, and board member of many non-profit organizations. But is a huge rage on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and other platforms for his short humorous videos and hugely popular Kannada YouTube Channel for his media company ಕಿತ್ತಾಕ್ಬುಡ್ತೀವಿ - Kittaakbudteevi Films Inc [KFI] https://www.youtube.com/c/Kittaak He is fueling the Bangalore-California startup ecosystem and is a champion of the local Kannada Koota chapter, which is growing in popularity throughout the United States. We had an insightful conversation where we discussed his early life and journey, his source of inspiration, what to do when you’re stuck, dealing with stressful situations, moving on from failures, and a lot more. ✨
In today’s episode of Pitch Cafe Podcast, we have Nikita Jagadeesh, Head of Marketing at Instabase.😃💛 From startup to scale up, she has deep, tried and tested hacks on marketing, listen on! If you are a startup or a new marketing org. trying to scale, thinking deeply along the lines of volume versus focus, identifying customer segment and pain points of your customer, juggling with your very first hires, how can you do more with less? As a leader or even just a career aspirant in your organization, how do you work on your confidence, is it a skill set? In this fantastic podcast, learn more from candid insights from a Silicon Valley's woman leader... Nikita completed her graduation (Economics & Business Administration) from the University of California, Berkley, and then did MBA from Harvard Business School. 🔥 She has plenty of experience in marketing and product management. Apart from Instabase, she has worked for companies like Deloitte Consulting, Credit Suisse, McKinsey & Company, and Nutanix! ✨ In this video, she talks about purpose, profit, lessons in marketing, career, confidence, and a lot more! If you’re someone who’s aspiring to have a bright future, this podcast is for you!
In today’s episode of Pitch Cafe, we have Mona Sabet, Chief Corporate Strategy Officer at UserTesting, a company that believes businesses succeed when they understand the human connection. 💛😄 Her leadership philosophy is truly refreshing as she talks about building your genius by. embracing 1- Confidence over certainty ✌️ 2- Tribes over teams 🎳 3- Why over What ⚖️ Mona excels in driving accelerated growth in the tech business, both inorganically & organically through acquisitions, technology partnerships, equity investing, building high-performing teams, and scaling business operations. ✨ She talks about the most essential traits of women leaders, frameworks and NGOs she’s associated with, problems faced by women in this patriarchal society, and a lot more!
In today’s episode of Pitch Cafe, we have a leading corporate manager, Preethy Padmanabhan, Senior Director of Platform Product Marketing at Freshworks, with us! 😄💛 Preethy has 20+ years of high-tech and leadership experience across marketing, product, sales & engineering. She is a strategic problem solver and connector who helps people to work as a team and bring exponential growth. 📈 Preethy has an Executive MBA from UCLA Anderson graduating with distinction, focusing on Entrepreneurship & Marketing. She has an undergrad from BITS Pilani, India. ✨ She will talk about her inspirational journey, experience at SV Business Journal Woman of Influence, Freshworks, etc.