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Harsha Ravindran












S1E3: Conversations & Customization: From Finding A Co-Founder to Customizing Your Product Ft Trey, CJ & David | Wharton MBA ‘21

By Harsha Ravindran · Oct. 17, 2022

Listen on Spotify | Google Podcasts | Apple Podcasts The Start-Up Circle  In this episode, Harsha speaks to Trey, CJ and David. Trey and CJ are students at Wharton’s MBA program who founded Breed Science, a start-up that is on a mission to help dogs live long through nutrition. They talk about the conversations with potential co-founders, investors, clients and more that serve as the first step in getting your start-up off the ground. Listen to hear how to communicate with potential co-founders, consumers, and stakeholders and utilize these conversations to reiterate your idea.

S1E2 - Navigating the Noise Around NFTs: Gaining Visibility and Credibility Ft Evan Golinsky

By Harsha Ravindran · March 20, 2022

Listen on Spotify | Google Podcasts | Apple Podcasts The Start-Up Circle  The entrepreneurship journey can often be a long, arduous and lonely one. This podcast sits down with student start-up founders from the University of Pennsylvania ecosystem who are at various stages of building and growing their ventures. The aim of this podcast is to create awareness about the amazing ideas and projects that Penn students are working, highlight their journey's and struggles, and document their lessons for others who wish to venture into the start-up space.   In this episode, we speak to Evan Golinsky (C'24), who founded MyCrptoWish - an NFT project that donates 100% of proceeds directly to St. Jude Children's Hospital with the goal of raising $1,000,000 for their cause of ending childhood cancer. He shares with us how he’s currently navigating the noise around the NFT space to build and ensure the success of his current venture, a charitable platform leveraging on NFTs - the first of its kind. Hosted and edited by Harsha Ravindran. Podcast art by Harsha Ravindran. Music by Heerraa (@heerraaofficial on Instagram)

S1E1 - Gaining Traction: Build Your User Base from Scratch

By Harsha Ravindran · March 13, 2022

Listen on Spotify | Google Podcasts | Apple Podcasts The Start-Up Circle  The entrepreneurship journey can often be a long, arduous and lonely one. This podcast sits down with student start-up founders from the University of Pennsylvania ecosystem who are at various stages of building and growing their ventures. The aim of this podcast is to create awareness about the amazing ideas and projects that Penn students are working, highlight their journey's and struggles, and document their lessons for others who wish to venture into the start-up space.   With hundreds of start-ups in Penn's ecosystem, we have an abundance of stories to tell, and a vibrant community of entrepreneurs who will be able to benefit from hearing the experiences of others who are going through similar challenges and pitfalls as they are. Learn the essential lessons from the experiences of our fellow entrepreneurs Penn here at "The Start-Up Circle". In this episode, we speak to Sarah Tran (W'25) and 5x start-up founder, whose expertise lies in gaining traction and users for her ideas before they even launch! Sarah shares with us how student start-ups can attract and build their user base leading up to their launch date and how they can utilize their traction to accelerate their growth. Hosted and edited by Harsha Ravindran. Podcast art by Harsha Ravindran. Music by Heerraa (@heerraaofficial on Instagram)