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Conversations with South Asians shaping America.

Long-form conversations with founders, executives, investors, creators and leaders across industries, focused on what they built, how they did it and what they learned.

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Vish Rao Dumpeti

Vish Rao Dumpeti is the Founder, CEO of ForwardShare – a venture studio combining capital, experienced operators, and hands-on execution to back high-potential founders. Previously he held leadership positions at CLEAR, JustWorks, Spotify, WeWork.

Oct 31, 2026Watch the episode →

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Tejal Desai

Tejal Desai is an award-winning screenwriter and director. He is a Nicholl Fellowship winner for Linda and Henry, writing credits include Disney, Focus Features, and Lifetime. He is the director of Cowboys and Hindus – winner at Rock, the Shorts Film Festival.

Oct 24, 2026Watch the episode →

RK

Rathnakumar (aka) RK is the Founder and CEO of Legalyti, building the largest network of AI-native law firms. He’s a 5x founder with multiple exits, has scaled AI and enterprise software across Amazon, IBM, Clara Analytics, and Netradyne.

Oct 17, 2026Watch the episode →

Akshit Kandi

Akshit Kandi is the Founder, CEO of SkySync – the AI ROI Firm designing, implementing and managing autonomous operating agents and models to deliver measurable ROI. Previously, he was a Senior Product Manager at Salesforce.

Oct 10, 2026Watch the episode →

Awadhesh Kumar

Awadhesh Kumar is the Founder, CEO of AK Studios – producing feature length films from South Asian storytellers, targeting American and European markets and top international film festivals.

Oct 3, 2026Watch the episode →

Shivang Mehta

Shivang Mehta is the Founder, CEO of Mehta Studios – an independent film studio currently producing a feature length film Landlord. He previously led story production for TV networks including Bravo, CBS, Discovery+, Nickelodeon and OWN. He is an alum of Chapman University.

Sep 26, 2026Watch the episode →

Aashumi Mody

Aashumi Mody is the Founder, CEO of Aayka – the largest Indian occasion-wear rental company in the US, bootstrapped to $1.4M in revenue and 4,000+ rentals since 2024. Aayka marketplace allows anyone to rent and resell from their own closet.

Sep 19, 2026Watch the episode →

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Decisions, tradeoffs and lessons from executives and leaders.

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Navigating

Career pivots, setbacks, identity, risk and the choices behind visible success.

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