‘Entrepreneurship and New Media’ with Suresh Venkat & Arun Prabhudesai at Mumbai OH.

When it rains it pours. This time, at the Mumbai Open House on March 28th, we didn’t have one panel discussion, but two!!

We decided to do something very different than we usually do. We invited media experts like Suresh Venkat & Arun Prabhudesai to talk to us about everything to do with New Media.

They covered topics like the changing patterns of content creation and consumption; The ability to influence and bring about change through new media & citizen journalism; How to make money when everything is free?! And much much more!!

For the newbies…

Suresh (a dear friend of trhs and Alok), is an Independent Media Consultant & Anchor

Previously, Suresh was Technology Editor with CNBC TV18, India’s preeminent business news network. Suresh’s editorial expertise lies in the domains of Technology, Innovation, Green Businesses and Social Enterprise.

With over 15 years of media experience, Suresh was with CNBC TV18 for eight years. Prior to this, he was programme director and radio jockey at RadioCity 91.1 FM, Bangalore and a producer with Channel [V].

And Arun – a rodinhooder himself, is Founder Trak.in, My Open Courses

Worked in IT Industry with top MNCs for over 10 years in US and UK and returned back to India to fulfill his desire to startup on his own.

After mixed success with his 2 startups, he is now looking at making Trak.in one of the most visited Tech news and opinion sites in India. 

Watch Alok moderate this awesome session full of insights – Suresh is a vault of knowledge and Arun is what every tech content creator wants to be!

There are lots of mind blowing definitions. And quotes. Do add them in the content. Signing off with a few of Suresh’s words:

“Do something star worthy… Touch. Move. Inspire.”

Video shooting & editing credits: Sanket Bhatt & the Dhinchak Mumbai team 

Animation courtesy: Prathamesh 

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Read Mohul’s summary of the OH!

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