Origins of The Podium
This is where Akshay and I decided on the company structure, our vision (which continues to evolve). Can you guess where's this? Hi! Lemme tell you a story. The origin Akshay (AD) is a senior from college and while in college, our paths never crossed - he is that old. But like any business school of repute (MDI Gurgaon), we have this really active alumni group and that's where AD and I became "friends". We would often chat on inane things, bounce off ideas against each other, and help each other wherever we could. He and I are as different as chalk and cheese - he runs an HR business , I run a marketing agency ; he is a data-first person, I am a lot more gut person; he believes in structures and processes, I am lot more fluid. But we do have a common passion for experimenting, creating new things and top of them all, people! These three shared-interests were enough for us to continue our aimless, goalless chats. Life was cool till one day while talking o...