Listen "12: Nirmit Parikh (Apna)"
Episode Synopsis
Nirmit Parikh is the founder and CEO of Apna. India's largest professional networking & job opportunities platform for the rising workforce.
SHOW NOTES
Nirmit's journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00)
The journey after moving back to India and how did the idea of building Apna come about (13:00)
What's the magical outcome Nirmit has for Apna (26:00)
What does he struggle with? What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction? (31:00)
His advice to those who are thinking about moving back to India (38:00)
Failures (42:00)
If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would he work on (46:00)
SHOW NOTES
Nirmit's journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00)
The journey after moving back to India and how did the idea of building Apna come about (13:00)
What's the magical outcome Nirmit has for Apna (26:00)
What does he struggle with? What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction? (31:00)
His advice to those who are thinking about moving back to India (38:00)
Failures (42:00)
If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would he work on (46:00)
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