Prosperity Podcast

In this Global Entrepreneurship Week 2021 (GEW) special episode, we speak to Aayusha Shrestha, founder and designer of AAMO. AAMO is a conceptual accessories brand that prioritizes on understanding, documenting and preserving traditional skill sets of metal crafters. Launched in 2016, AAMO works closely with home based artisans, who continue to practice traditional skills, which has been passed down generationally. and has become a beloved brand for artisanal and handmade accessories. On November 14,  we wrapped up this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week. Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurs, innovators, job creators and startup champions. In celebration of GEW2021, we spoke to three Nepali entrepreneurs on the trials and tribulations of being an entrepreneur in Nepal. In our previous episodes, we spoke to Biswas Dhakal, the president and chairperson of F1Soft and Amun Thapa is the CEO of Sastodeal. Please check those episodes. We had asked our audience on social media to send any question they have for our guests. We would like to thank everyone who sent us the questions. Prosperity Podcast is presented to you by Samriddhi Foundation. To learn more about the podcast and listen to our previous episodes, please visit our website www.samriddhi.org

In this Global Entrepreneurship Week 2021 (GEW) special episode, Amun Thapa gives us an insight into Nepali ecommerce industry and where it is headed. The founder and CEO of Sastodeal, his company is one of the pioneers in Nepali ecommerce. He is also a co-founder of a string of other homegrown brands, including Anthropose and Khalisisi. He currently serves as the president of Confederation of Nepalese Industries Young Entrepreneurs Forum (CNIYEF). And, if you are on LinkedIn, his weekly ‘5 Things SD’ is a delightful read. This year’s #GEW2021 will be celebrated from November 8 to 14. GEW is the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurs, innovators, job creators and startup champions. In celebration of GEW, we are speaking to three Nepali entrepreneurs who have pushed the limits of entrepreneurship in Nepal. In our previous episode, we spoke to Biswas Dhakal, the President and Chairperson of F1Soft. In our next episode, we will speak to Aayusha Shrestha, the cofounder and designer at AAMO. We had asked our audience on social media to send any question they have for our guests. So, a massive thank you to everyone who sent us the questions. Prosperity Podcast is presented to you by Samriddhi Foundation. To learn more about the podcast and listen to our previous episodes, please visit our website www.samriddhi.org

नेपाली information technology को क्षेत्रमा F1Soft लाई एउटा अग्रणी कम्पनी मानिन्छ । सन् २००४ मा स्थापना भएदेखि नै F1Soft ले विभिन्न प्रकारका डिजिटल products र सेवाहरू मार्फत नेपालीहरूको जीवन सहज र सरल बनाउन लागी परेको छ । F1Soft अन्तर्गतकै सन् २००६ मा सुरू भएको eSewa मोबाइलबाट पैसा पठाउने, पाउने सेवाको पर्यायवाची जस्तै नै भएको छ । Financial technology मा  हासिल गरेको सफलता पश्चात हाल F1Soft ले अन्य क्षत्रहरूमा पनि आफ्नो उपस्थिति बढाउँदै लगेको छ । आजको एपिसोडमा हामी F1Soft का अध्यक्ष र Chairperson विश्वास ढकालसँग कुराकानी गर्दैँ छौँ । यस एपिसोड Global Entrepreneurship Week २०२१ को उपलक्ष्यमा प्रस्तुत गरिएको हो । यस वर्षको Global Entrepreneurship Week २०२१ November 8 तारिख देखि November १४ सम्म मनाउदैँ छौँ । विश्वभरका उद्यमीहरू, लगानीकर्ताहरू, नवप्रवर्तकहरू, जो आफ्नो समाजमा भएका अनेकौँ  समस्याहरूको समाधान खोज्न तल्लीन छन् र उहाँहरूका प्रयासहरू र सफलता र सँघर्षका कथाहरूलाई celebrate गर्ने, उहाँहरूलाई थप उत्साह र उर्जा दिने उद्देश्य सहित मनाइने यस उद्यमशीलताको पर्वलाई हामी यस वर्ष पनि मनाउदैँछौँ । Global Entrepreneurship Week २०२१ कै उपलक्ष्यमा हामी नेपाली उद्यमशीलता जगतमा सफलताका नयाँ उचाईहरूलाई पुग्न सक्षम तीन उद्यमीहरूसँग  कुराकानी गर्दैछौँ । यस हप्ताभर हामीसँग F1Soft International का अध्यक्ष विश्वास ढकाल, Sastodeal का अमुन थापा र आमोका आयुषा श्रेष्ठ पडकाष्टमा जोडिनुहुनेछ । Thank you so much for listening to this special episode of Prosperity Podcast. Prosperity Podcast is presented to you by Samriddhi Foundation. To learn more about the podcast and listen to our previous episodes, please visit our website www.samriddhi.org

नेपालको विभिन्न क्षेत्रमा ठुलो - सानो scale मा  ढुङ्गा, गिट्टी, वालुवाको उत्खनन हुने गरेको छ । तर यस्ता प्राकृतिक स्रोतको बढ्दो उत्खनन र प्रयोगले उत्खनन हुने ठाउँको खोला नाला, नदी, पहाड र त्यहाँको समग्र वातावरणमा पार्ने  असर र मानवीय प्रभावहरू हामी सबैको चासोको विषय बन्न पुगेको छ। यस एपिसोडमा हामीले ढुङ्गा, गिट्टी, बालुवाको  उत्खननको  अर्थ राजनीतिलाई अझ नजिकबाट बुझ्ने प्रयास गरेका छौँ । ढुङ्गा, गिट्टी, बालुवाको उत्खननको प्रक्रिया कस्तो हुन्छ? यसबाट उठ्ने रोयल्टी अथवा राजस्व हाम्रा स्थानीय तह र प्रदेशहरूका लागि कतिको महत्त्वपुर्ण छ? यस्ता खानीजन्य स्रोतको प्रयोगलाई  दिगो बनाउन यस क्षेत्रमा कस्तो नियमन आवश्यक छ? आजको एपिसोडमा यिनै प्रश्नहरूमा हामीले प्राध्यापक डक्टर ईश्वर गौतम, लुम्बिनी प्रदेशको प्रदेश योजना आयोगका उपाध्यक्ष, र उत्तम बाबु श्रेष्ठ, Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS) को Founding Director, सँग कुराकानी गरेका छौँ । Research by Prience Shrestha and Shreya Subedi. Edited by Roshan Basnet. Prosperity Podcast is presented by Samriddhi Foundation. New episodes release every fortnight. To learn more about the podcast, visit our website www.samriddhi.org If you have comments or feedback for us, please get in touch with us at [email protected] Credit: Budget 2078/79 Announcement, AP1 HD - https://youtu.be/stiSm1yVEoc Readings: ‘बालुवामा हलुका निर्णय’ - https://ekantipur.com/opinion/2021/06/02/162263511678737589.html ‘The case against reopening export of sand’ - https://samriddhi.org/news-and-updates/the-case-against-reopening-export-of-sand/ ‘Exploring scope of natural resource royalty sharing’ - https://samriddhi.org/news-and-updates/exploring-scope-of-natural-resource-royalty-sharing/ ‘Inconsistencies in mining legislations in federal Nepal’ - https://samriddhi.org/news-and-updates/inconsistencies-in-mining-legislations-in-federal-nepal/ ‘ढुंगागिट्टीमा सर्वोच्चको आदेश : तत्कालको लाभहानि नहेर्नू, निकासी रोक्नू’ - https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2021/06/971543 ‘नदीजन्य उत्खनन : सरकारका लागि पैसा, मूल्य भने वातावरणले चुकाउँदै’ - https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2021/04/945851 ‘BUILT ON SAND - AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRACTICE OF SAND MINING IN SOUTH ASIA WITH REFLECTIONS FROM THE MAHAKALI AND THE TEESTA RIVERS’ - http://pei.center/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Built-On-Sand_TROSA_PEI.pdf

Our guest Ms. Darshana Shrestha is the 3rd Vice-president of Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs Associations of Nepal. She also founded and is the CEO of Nature Nepal, a skincare brand. Over a decade of advocating for women entrepreneurs in Nepal, she has worked with women entrepreneurs across the country and has closely followed the growth of entrepreneurship. In this episode, we spoke to her about the challenges and prospects facing women entrepreneurs in digitalisation of their businesses. Follow FWEAN: Website: http://www.fwean.org.np/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FWEAN On MA-Udhyami Campaign for Digitalizing Women’s Business amidst Covid-19: http://www.fwean.org.np/newspage-35-supporting+women+entrepreneurs+to+digitalize+their+businesses Prosperity Podcast is presented by Samriddhi Foundation. New episodes release on Tuesday at 6 PM every fortnight. To learn more about Prosperity Podcast, you can visit our website www.samriddhi.org If you have comments or feedback for us, please get in touch with us at [email protected]

“एकदमै राम्रो नीति बनेको थियो तर कार्यान्वयन हुन सकेन ” भनेर हामीले धेरै सुन्ने गरेका छौँ । के यस्ता कार्यान्वयन नै हुन नसक्ने  नीतिलाई पनि राम्रा नीति मान्न सकिन्छ ? सार्वजनिक नीति भनेको के हो ? कस्तो नीतिलाई असल सार्वजनिक नीति मान्न सकिन्छ ? आजको एपिसोडमा हामीले नेपालको नीति निर्माण प्रक्रियासँग गाँसिएर आउने यिनै प्रश्नहरूबारे समृद्धि फाउनडेसनका निर्देशक दिपेन्द्र चौलागाईंसँग छलफल गरेका छौँ । समृद्धि फाउन्डेसनद्वारा प्रस्तुत गरिएको Prosperity Podcast को नयाँ एपिसोड हेरक दुई साताको अन्तरालमा मंगलबार साँझ ६ बजे रिलिज हुन्छ । Prosperity Podcast बारेमा थप जान्न हाम्रो वेभसाइट www.samriddhi.org मा जानुहोस् ।  हाम्रो लागि राय सल्लाह र सुझाव भएमा हामीलाई [email protected] ईमेल पठाउनुहोस् ।

Markets make rich the richer and poor the poorer. Markets lead to monopolies and syndicates. We hear these statements thrown around very often. But are they true? Why are we doubtful of competition and the free market? In today’s episode, we examine some of these statement about markets in Nepal with our guest Mr Ashesh Shrestha. He is a Master of Economics student at the University of Texas at Austin. He previously worked as a researcher at Samriddhi Foundation. Prosperity Podcast is presented by Samriddhi Foundation. New episodes release on Tuesday every fortnight. To learn more about Prosperity Podcast, you can visit our website www.samriddhi.org If you have comments or feedback for us, please get in touch with us at [email protected] Related readings: Read more about other myths in ‘Twenty Myths about Markets’ by Tom G. Palmer here: http://tomgpalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/papers/myths_about_markets_ii.pdf Read the publication ‘Cost of Public Education: An Assessment of Basic Education’ here: https://samriddhi.org/publications/cost-of-public-education/ Read researcher Roopali Bista’s article ‘Motorbike - A luxury or need’ here: https://samriddhi.org/news-and-updates/motorbike-a-luxury-or-need/

Dinesh Gautam, founder of Hriti Foundation, and Shristika Neupane, a student and researcher at Bikalpa An Alternative, share their thoughts on what role young people play in policymaking. Dinesh started writing on public issues at the young age of 15 and has since continued to examine the policy environment in Karnali. At Hriti, his team conducts research to identify policy measures that help promote markets and entrepreneurship in Karnali. With her research works, Shristika is also dedicated to making it easier for entrepreneurs to start and operate businesses in Province 1. She is motivated by seeing the impact her work has in informing both public and policymakers about the consequences of policy actions. She hopes her work can help them make the right policy decisions towards the growth of the province. Both of these researchers have much to share about why young people like them need to be engaged in policymaking. Prosperity Podcast is presented by Samriddhi Foundation. New episodes release on Tuesday at 6 PM every fortnight. To learn more about Prosperity Podcast, you can visit our website www.samriddhi.org If you have comments or feedback for us, please get in touch with us at [email protected] Visit Hriti Foundation’s website: http://www.hriti.org/  Follow Hriti Foundation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HritiFoundation Visit Bikalpa An Alternative’s website: http://bikalpa.org/ Follow Bikalpa An Alternative on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bikalpaanalternative Related readings: नेपाल भरको जनप्रतिनिधिमध्य ४० percent युवा हुनुहुन्छ। - https://nepalmag.com.np/opinion/2020/06/17/1592387029

The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection collected Rs 11.8 million through fines from various businesses during the first four months of the fiscal year. Despite the market inspections conducted by the department and other federal and local agencies, consumer protection remains a challenge. In this episode, we talk to Ms. Ayushma Maharjan about why common consumer protection measures the government uses, such as price control, quality control, and profit margin fixation, do little to protect consumers. She suggests that consumer protection laws first need to acknowledge that consumers are rational and make purchases that are best for them. She adds that legislations should focus on protecting consumers from violation of contracts between consumers and businesses rather than stipulating the terms of transaction between the two parties. Ms. Maharjan is a researcher at Samriddhi Foundation. In addition to consumer protection, she has done extensive research on education, agriculture, and public procurement. Prosperity Podcast is presented by Samriddhi Foundation. New episodes release on Tuesday at 6 PM every fortnight. To learn more about Prosperity Podcast, you can visit our website www.samriddhi.org If you have comments or feedback for us, please get in touch with us at [email protected] Related readings: Consumer Protection Act, 2075 Policy Brief - https://samriddhi.org/publications/consumer-protection-act-2075-policy-brief/ तोकियो चिउराको गुणस्तर - https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2020/08/889370 बजार अनुगमन टोलीलाई नै व्यापारी पक्राउ गर्ने अधिकार - https://nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/54038/2020-11-02 University of London, ‘The Role of Negative Emotions in the Social Processes of Entrepreneurship: Power Rituals and Shame-Related Appeasement Behaviors’ - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263670423_The_Role_of_Negative_Emotions_in_the_Social_Processes_of_Entrepreneurship_Power_Rituals_and_Shame-Related_Appeasement_Behaviors

Continuing our conversation on property rights, we speak to Mr. Akash Shrestha about the moral foundations of property rights. Mr. Shrestha is the Research Manager at Samriddhi Foundation.  From Aristotle to Richard Pipes, he traces the arguments in favor of property rights and concludes that property rights are fundamental to freedom. He also shares his observations on why property rights are important for the prosperity of Nepalis. Prosperity Podcast is presented to you by Samriddhi Foundation. New episodes release on Tuesday at 6 PM every fortnight. To learn more about Prosperity Podcast, you can visit our website www.samriddhi.org If you have comments or feedback for us, please get in touch with us at [email protected]