Conversations with a range of business owners from across the globe that discuss the challenges, triumphs and failures that are faced when trying to build and grow a business. In addition we talk about the latest trends in tech and generally anything we feel is relevant for today's tech and business savvy audience The companies interviewed operate in a diverse set of industries and are of varying maturity from the new startup to the established multi-national. If you would like to take part in a…
In this episode of Real World Entrepreneurship, Bhairav and Alan dig into a question every business owner wrestles with: what’s actually worth worrying about? Between cash flow, co-founders, market reception and the things you genuinely cannot see coming, it’s easy to spend energy in the wrong places. Alan and Bhairav talk through how they’ve each dealt with the unexpected over the years,…
**About This Episode** Bhairav sits down with Ramit Mehta, founder of Commfy, a community marketplace app connecting individuals, organisers, venues and brands. Ramit shares his journey from Mumbai to Silicon Valley to London, why he left the US behind, and the thinking behind building a platform to fight rising loneliness and the disappearance of "third places." **What We Cover** - Ramit's…
About This Episode Bhairav sits down with Sanjay Rakshit, now at Poppulo, for his third or fourth appearance on the show. The conversation was sparked by a quote Sanjay gave at DSE (the digital signage industry event run by Invidis): "LLMs are the most overrated part of AI." They unpack what that actually means, and dig into agents, agentic systems, context engineering, data fidelity, AGI,…
Guest: Mateo Bervejillo, CEO of Xseed and author of Back to Basics Mateo started his career as an attorney in Uruguay before moving into outsourcing operations, growing into VP-level roles leading teams across the US, Uruguay and India, and eventually becoming CEO of Xseed, a LATAM software talent company he helped grow from five people to a hundred. He has spent two decades in the gap between…
# Show Notes: Vibe Coding and Real World Problems: Why AI Still Needs a CTO **Guest:** Anuraag Jain, CTO, Executive Coach and Author **Website:** [growthvariable.com](https://www.growthvariable.com) **LinkedIn:** [Anuraag Jain](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuraagjain) --- ## About This Episode Anuraag Jain is a 30-year tech industry veteran who started as an Oracle DBA in India without an…
James found me online looking for fractional CTO services. That conversation eventually made me an investor. In this episode I sit down with all three co-founders of Koloso — James, Petra and Sowi — to talk about building a meaningful EdTech product in Zambia with limited capital, no technical background, and a problem that affects millions of children across Sub-Saharan Africa. **The problem:**…