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  • CNBC-TV18’s show ‘Young Turks’ teams up with Chumbak for a revamp

    CNBC-TV18’s show ‘Young Turks’ teams up with Chumbak for a revamp

    Mumbai: CNBC-TV18’s startups and entrepreneurship show, “Young Turks” has completed 19 years. To mark the occasion, the show has hit the refresh through and launched its new logo, designed by Chumbak, a homegrown lifestyle brand.

    Over the last two decades, the show has nurtured a community of startups and founders. So far, this year “Young Turks” has not only captured the coming-of-age of Indian startups but also kept its ear to the ground as startups joined India’s fight against COVID-19.  

    CNBC-TV18 managing editor and show’s helmer Shereen Bhan said, “It has been exciting and gratifying to chronicle the story of India’s startup universe. Over the last 19 years, Indian startups have come of age and Young Turks has been witness to the changes. We start afresh decade, in a milestone year, of IPOs and big deals. We look forward to telling more startup stories and building a robust community of founders, investors, and mentors.”

    Chumbak’s co-founder Vivek Prabhakar said, “Chumbak has been associated with Young Turks for a long time and today on their 19th anniversary we are happy to have worked on their rebranding. The new logo stands for the enthusiasm and clarity that today’s startups exuberate.”

    Last year, the pandemic upended the way everybody goes about their business. In one of its first ports of call in 2021, Young Turks spoke to startup investors as they crystal gazed into the coming year. Collectively, they indicated that digital is the new dealmaker. Innovations in edtech, fintech, SaaS, and health tech have led to the rise of 16 unicorns in the first half of the year itself, said the channel in a statement.

  • ‘Young Turks’ to inspire next-gen entrepreneurs

    ‘Young Turks’ to inspire next-gen entrepreneurs

    MUMBAI: Young Turks is not only one of the most popular shows but also has been one of the longest running shows on Indian business news channel CNBC-TV18. It is hosted by the channel’s managing editor Shereen Bhan who recently launched a book commemorating 13 years of the show by the same name- Young Turks: Inspiring Stories of Tech Entrepreneurs.

    Talking about the long running stint of the show Bhan says, “For 13 years we have interviewed close to 2000 people who have displayed new ideas through their entrepreneurship, received legitimate funding from different sources and are showing positive signs of sizeable revenues.”

    She informs that as she did not have a compelling story to tell, she decided to narrate the encouraging tales of 13 tech entrepreneurs like Red Bus’ Phanindra Sama and Charan Padmaraju and shopping portal Flipkart’s Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal among others. The book has been co-authored by Syna Dehnugara. “Through our long conversations we tried compiling up the stories on the entrepreneurs. We wanted to narrate their story from their eyes rather than just our opinions,” she adds.

    Published by Random House, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy launched the book in New Delhi. As to the book’s focus on just tech entrepreneurs, Bhan says, “We wanted the book to have a diverse range of stories but decided to focus on tech entrepreneurs as these companies have shown a certain amount of scale and feedback in terms of business growth and revenues. We also reached out to investors and industry experts to find out how well these companies were performing and then zeroed down on the final tally.”

    Bhan’s compelling reasons for someone to pick the book are: “Firstly this is for those who are mostly interested in business.  Secondly there will be many people who want to start one on their own but would not have a clear sense of idea how to go about. This book showcases how first gen entrepreneurs who without a very large bank balance and in the absence of a business background started their companies. Thirdly, the book contains exciting stories of how the founders of these start ups were prisoners of circumstances but managed to outgrow themselves due to their optimism and the fact that they wanted to live their dream.”

    According to her, reading books exposes an individual to opportunities and insights as it broadens one’s thinking horizon. She also feels that today it is far easier to publish a book and an exciting time for the industry as young students are reading books of diverse genres.

    On her favourite books, she says, “I enjoy reading books by Rohinton Mistry. My personal favourite is his book A Fine Balance. I also enjoy reading autobiographies such as that of Vinod Mehta and Warren Buffet.”

    The choice to put Bhan as the face of the book was that of the publishers who also provided the option of publishing the title as a series but for now decided to stick to just one edition of the 304 page book. The marketing for the book is being done by the publishers while the news presenter and her team are promoting it on the show and on social media.

    The kindle edition of the book has been priced at Rs 380 on Amazon. On Flipkart, the hardcover edition is priced at Rs. 447 while the e-book is priced at Rs 380.

     

  • ‘Young Turks’ to feature entrepreneurs from small cities

    MUMBAI: In a bid to highlight the fact that youth entrepreneurship has developed into a pan India phenomenon, CNBC TV18’s feature show Young Turks on young achievers in the Indian economic landscape will start its new season in a new avatar – Young Turks On The Road.

    As part of this, the show will now visit the emerging hotspots of entrepreneurial activity across the nation and will showcase talented young leaders in Bangalore, Goa, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, amongst other cities.

    Some of these young achievers who will be featured on the series are Zendle founder and CEO Vikram Narayan, Travel Tours director Shravan Gupta, Minglebox.com founders Kavita Iyer, Sushma and Sanjay, The Writers Block founders Rakesh and Helen Shukla, Rainwaterclub.org founder and water management expert S Vishwanath and Spectrum CEO I Badrinath.

    Said CNBC Universe marketing head Ajay Chacko, “At CNBC TV18, our focus on providing a value adding and powerful feature line up has always been strong. Young Turks has been a pioneering show in the area of entrepreneurship and this new season of Young Turk On The Road will strengthen our offering. The fact is that young entrepreneurship has indeed become pervasive nationwide, and this epitomizes the Indian growth story and demographic advantages the nation enjoys we believe Young Turk on the Road will provide a unique perspective on the individuals who are driving this change.”

    Young Turks is one of the oldest shows on CNBC TV18. It recently completed 150 episodes, which was celebrated with a ground event involving all featured guests.