Chai Not Chai Latte
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On ”Chai Not Chai Latte,” first-gen sisters Nidhi Chillara and Siri Chillara chat about building their Brooklyn startup juice., health and wellness, culture, and technology.
Atelier App: Sustainable home design
Andrea Orrego is the CEO of Atelier App, a platform that connects high-quality and planet-conscious makers to design-savvy users who want to create their own interior design projects. Andrea shares about her path to entrepreneurship, how she approached her institutional fundraise as a first-gen female founder, and what it takes to build a mission-aligned business!
Jul 15, 2022
38 min
McKensie Mack: Moving beyond institutions
Siri and McKensie meet IRL in Philly to celebrate McKensie joining the juice. advisory board, discuss the overturn of Roe v. Wade and how we ended up here, and hear about the experiences growing up that led to McKensie founding their global change management firm MMG EARTH.
Jul 8, 2022
48 min
India Rising: Uniting Brown Ballers
India Rising is the Home for Brown Athletes. With over 12 million basketball players in India and its Diaspora, India Rising was built to serve as a global media platform for the world's best Indian-origin athletes. Gautam Kapur and Navin Ramharak discuss the importance of representation in professional athletics, their plans for a documentary about India Rising, and most importantly, their upcoming debut on ESPN to compete for $1M dollars at "The Basketball Tournament" this summer in Syracuse, New York.
Jul 1, 2022
40 min
Khalo: Restoring our relationship with food
After seven years of building some of the world's largest beauty brands, Ankita realized that beauty starts from within, literally, with what we eat. This week, Siri interviews Ankita, Founder and CEO of Khalo, about what it takes to build a brand, develop gut-friendly and Ayurvedic-inspired meal kits, and embrace the challenges of entrepreneurship.
Jun 17, 2022
40 min
Happea Nutrition: Health beyond the scale
As a model-turned-dietitian, Paula Doebrich, MPH, RDN advocates for ditching yo-yo diets and and improving health through nutrigenomics, the science of the effects of food on gene expression and how diet may contribute to or prevent disease. Paula offers personalized nutrition services and coaching at her private practice Happea Nutrition in New York City.
Jun 11, 2022
39 min
Environmental well-being
This week, Siri speaks to Carly Venghaus about environmental well-being. Carly is a hydrologic technician for the United States Geological Survey, which is a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior. They discuss the positive impacts of spending time outdoors, how COVID-19 changed the way we all relate to physical space, and most importantly, water!
Jun 4, 2022
25 min
Can DEI mitigate the risk for violence?
Siri and Nidhi discuss DEI and well-being in the workplace in the context of recent violence in Uvalde and Buffalo.
May 28, 2022
32 min
Deal Bazaar: Shop locally, source globally
Nafis Salauddin is the Founder and CEO of Deal Bazaar, a company that enables people to buy global brands with local currency. Nafis talks about the wallet that lead him down the rabbit hole of starting Deal Bazaar, how he built a supply chain between the United States and Bangladesh, and the advice he has for emerging entrepreneurs.
May 21, 2022
36 min
Eternal Fleur: Flowers, well-being, & physical space
Amanda Wojtas is the Founder and CEO of Eternal Fleur, which promotes happiness and well-being through climate conscious, preserved flower arrangements. Amanda shares about the early days of her venture, how she thinks about scaling her brand, and her recent post-fundraise pivot.
May 14, 2022
42 min
Bicultural identities and mental health
This week, Nidhi and Siri are joined by Nithyaa Venkataramani to discuss power, privilege, and positionality as they relate to bicultural and first-gen people accessing mental health resources. Nithyaa is a Columbia-educated, NYC-based psychotherapist and wellness coach with extensive training in trauma-sensitive yoga and mindfulness.
May 7, 2022
47 min
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