In this episode, we welcome Rahul Ritesh, Senior first officer at Indigo airlines. Rahul graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2013. He then worked as an android developer for a year at Y Media Labs, after which he decided to become a pilot and started his journey to become one. In this episode, we’ll be taking an interesting flight through Rahul’s journey, the aviation industry, a pilot’s life, and much more. You can find him on Linkedin using the Link below. Links - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulritesh/ https://twitter.com/naivenmp https://twitter.com/Rakshitiwari10 https://twitter.com/jollyshashwat 0:00 - Introduction 0:55 - When did you decide to become a pilot 4:58 - Process of becoming a pilot 10:40 - Becoming a pilot or becoming an engineer 16:08 - Any specific training required for international flying 21:37 - Commercial pilot or an Air commando 22:46 - Life struggle to become a pilot 27:50 - Was spending 4 years at IIT was a waste of time? 28:52 - Duties as a commercial pilot 30:56 - Fees for becoming a pilot 32:52 - Upsides and downsides of being a pilot 36:38 - Responsibilites at different levels 39:50 - Pricing of commercial flight tickets 45:20 - Revolution in pricing 46:50 - Crises in the aviation industry 53:00 - The aviation industry and Covid 54:48 - Will the industy come back to normal? 57:38 - Cultural changes in flights 61:40 - Optimism is everything

In this episode, we welcome the co-founder and CTO of AI Palette, Himanshu Upreti, who is revolutionizing the FMCG industry using Machine Learning and AI. AI Palette helps in getting fast and relevant consumer insights from millions of data points by using Artificial Intelligence to build the product consumers want. Catch him in this podcast discussing with us everything about product ideation, strategy, accelerator programs, what it means to have skin in the game for a startup employee, and multiple other exciting questions revolving around the startup world. You can check him on Linkedin using the Link below. Links - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hupreti/ https://twitter.com/Rakshitiwari10 https://twitter.com/jollyshashwat https://www.thebusinessplanshop.com/blog/en/entry/tam_sam_som https://www.joinef.com/ The Mom Test - http://amzn.to/3fox94z Previous discussion - https://youtu.be/Uc4pZlTqsNs 00:00 Introduction 1:35 Intro by Himanshu Upreti + Details about AI Palette 4:20 Days when the love with machine learning started 8:14 Ownership given in top tech companies to early employees 14:35 How extracurriculars shapes your personality 20:50 How difficult it is to satisfy the demands of the consumer 28:12 What exactly is the process after you think of a startup idea? 30:38 How to fund your startup 35:40 About Entrepreneur First 39:40 Accelerator programs in India 41:04 About market research (SAM, TAM) 46:25 How are work boundaries in a startup defined 50:50 Employee roles in a startup: jack of all trades 53:49 How to ensure you're hiring the right people 58:10 The role of equity in motivating people - an important lesson 62:30 How will ML/AI affect non-tech careers 65:50 Which industries are going to be impacted by ML/AI now 70:27 The confidentiality of data 72:14 Cryptocurrency and AI