#53 - Dhokebaaz CEO of Astrix Exposed Ft. Shruti

The Astrix Show presents, *drum rolls* CEO, Siddhant Tripathi! On the eve of 5 years of Astrix, let's roast our much beloved (hated) boss. Kyun ki salary tum dete nahi. Despite all the complaints, we know how much we adore him. So let's dive into the personal and professional diary of the CEO!

00:00 Intro

0:36 The story behind Astrix

4:14 Dichotomy between academic life & business

5:44 Founder's view on work-life balance

6:44 What's gonna be the new tagline of Astrix?

7:05 The equity share of Astrix

8:48 Remarkable turning point in Astrix's journey

9:54 Nuanced controversies during the early days of Astrix

12:57 Power of Intuition

13:48 The diversification and learnings of Astrix

15:32 A fun story related to the founder's childhood

16:20 All about Astrix's work culture

17:40 The hiring process in Astrix

19:10 Astrix in the next five years

21:02 Founder's work & hate relationship with co-founder

24:02 Astrix's all-time best podcasts

25:56 Siddhant's journey as a founder

27:26 Suggestions for employees

28:32 Founder's view on his expenses

31:57 What's the future of Astrix after a year from now

Supported by #redbull(

The Astrix Show - Season 2, Episode 23)

Episode hosted by: Shruti Sinha

Idea and creative by: Shruti Sinha, Amritansu Sahoo

Edited by: Siddhant Tripathi, Nilesh Patnaik

Graphics by: Arindam Panigrahi

Show Notes by: Shruti Sinha

Crew: Arindam Panigrahi, Amlan Tripathy, Anirudh Das, Amritansu Sahoo

Location Courtesy: The Space, Patia

Produced by: Siddhant Tripathi

Episode Transcript

(00:02):
Controversy school. Hi everyone welcome back to the

(00:39):
asterisk show I'm your very own no shruti Sinha and today we
have the founder of asterisks the founder of asterisk
siddhantrepati OK you want to take fun

(01:02):
questions yeah. Would you kill your other 2 Co
founders for equity? Back.

(02:06):
Initial startups elgen pence andS and.

(02:47):
School teachers or principal. Of.

(03:13):
Course benefits. Take it then sna.
Corporation. Model sustainable.

(03:36):
Same concept. In.

(04:15):
OK as a priority last but last just accept it and move on

(04:38):
but question how do you balance your studies.
But still how do you balance your studies and the. 90%
priority. 3.

(05:19):
Lakhs per month. Yeah video like.

(05:50):
So how do you manage. Family and the work.

(06:23):
Education can add value to this company education
no comments guys OK next question.

(06:47):
Agar aztek mascot hota tagline hai just aztek said for Agar koi
or Tamara crazy Walla tagline hotel for mascot hotel amster is
it what I'm thinking it is OK 3030% equity is between you

(07:11):
animesh and 10% equity. Professional meeting sort of
presentation I hope so so your experience on that.
So so 2019 so one of them was anactor.

(07:43):
Like Oscar winning movie like he's not an Oscar winning actor
but movie now movie one day Oscar yeah so he's a.

(08:10):
So he was like really excited about it and then he set us up
for a meeting like then he shared me his number.

(08:38):
Finally it took us 6 months to onboard him and undisclosed
amount of our company may investKia for 10% equity.
OK is winning I seat TCS it wizzcompetition a turning point in

(08:58):
your life chuki jitna mane suna hai from the other Co founders
Ki vahasi tumko paise kamani kandasa.
Because you won like 20,000 or something each in that so that
experience. Exactly like what event was a
turning point in my life becauseexperience was outstanding like

(09:28):
the youngest team in India to bein the finals and even.
Became the won the prize in the company by.

(09:55):
The way is podcast he called youa dead ass.
You have zero romantic tension in your life.
Exactly. What do you have to say about
that I don't make fake promises do you remember anything about

(10:22):
this? What?
Resignation. I need to read this.
So for the context this was a resignation letter that amrit

(10:46):
anshu signed when they are in class 8 wahat is yada
professional contract so. Or siddhanth nostalgic are you
are you nostalgic very much yes.So.

(11:16):
What do you have to say about this?

(11:59):
Regardless. Regardless of anything it's true
right I know so very professional I appreciate

(12:27):
it. But.
So can you tell me the background of this thing was it
very childish that is today's motivation OK.

(12:57):
Yeh Ek mera personal question hai Ki mujhe essay tumaisa jitna
baat kar ke patacha like you have a very strong intuition
ticket and most of the time it'slike such OK and it proves to be
right so how is it like something there or just.

(13:25):
And recently September and October.
Yeah also mere hiring. So extra expenses you are way

(13:53):
too invested in this opinions what do you have to say about
being way too diverse.

(14:19):
Company diversified so.

(14:57):
Events. OK next question this is

(15:30):
related. To your childhood I see a few
things what do you see. One of them is.

(16:16):
School teachers. How do you feel that Asterix has
turned 5 years? Honestly like even you are one
of the most friendly startups for genjis to work at like it's
such a even in like east region.Startup but internship

(16:44):
certificate unpaid internship Sir I agree but even her and
subsets are the high paying startup that's one thing.

(17:14):
While you are studying at school.
I hope so I nearly also OK the future is very very very very

(17:45):
dark. Yeah.

(18:21):
Do you ever feel this key you have made wrong decision and do
you regret it did you learn anything?
For marketing sponsorship. Name 3 of your best hires best

(18:58):
yes. One of them is you heard.
OK where do you see where do yousee asterisks from 5 years from.
Now. Of course.

(19:48):
Nice one so 5 years from now seriously. 5 years from now at
least that 100 CI evaluation company anyhow 100 CI evaluation
comes second no matter what internationally expand India

(20:09):
itself is an emerging market. What do you plan for the?

(20:31):
Welfare of your employees do youthink as a hotel companies make
employees welfare. For the employees.
Just check any other. Intention of course.

(20:59):
But if they're designing. Last questions.
Guys describe every member in asterisk every employee in one
word or Max to Max one line he'snot an employee but still thank

(21:29):
you. Thank.
You. Gargi

(22:18):
OK. No.
He's not worth mentioning danadin sastik.
Sastik hard working. Vibrant you're making content

(22:41):
out of my house shut up. Hard work hard work devoted
devoted sorry. Describe your work and hate

(23:07):
relationship with. I have seen key you hate
amritanshu but you cannot live without amritanshu basically you
are the mother of his child how do you feel.
About it. Professionally.

(23:59):
Your attention look thick but let's not go there it's a grey
area guys so your best experience with it as a podcast
is making tomorrow best experience actually may actually
returns mileho for me I feel it's Samar pratap naik so I.
I do 2 podcasts one of them is avinash patnaik Jim gone manage
but also just a name but vinash is on such a support person.

(24:29):
Was the best guest has been the best guest to invite coach
technical issues was a guy he was very patient and number 2
hours he was calm and composed coach vivo drama and even he was
very supportive he was? Second is like he gave us too

(25:08):
much of time support even after the podcast like audience
episode. And it went so well so he was
even surprised to see all the first all of the employees so.

(25:28):
Not all of them OK OK. So summer was really supportive
and imports video like during the shoot KSM set classic 10 he
even told Mickey ambition numberI gave him to focus naked it
contained summation number. So focus more on quality and

(25:54):
before and after the shoot so I really appreciate that.
Anything for yourself that you feel improve you want the
employees to improve. Professional sense make your
time commitment like told us allon time.

(26:21):
Are? You planning to get a real HR
and. Not.

(26:43):
What? Yeah.
It's a budding company to employees but.

(27:27):
OK for the employees. For the employees personal and
professional. Life separate.

(28:01):
OK I I I have no argument for that I get.
Taken nice one personal and professional life separate
questions. But no one get your personal

(28:24):
issues. Next question last question
personal question personal life but still do you feel key you

(28:45):
have a lot of expenses in and itwill.

(29:16):
What do you have to say about itdefend yourself?
Good attitude I like it.

(29:47):
Thoughtfully spend karnagely spends.
Thought thoughtfully OK. Is not at?
All thoughtful I gave business class for the

(30:08):
question to IIT Bombay for an event.
Why not business then international

(30:41):
dishes vegan options then drinks?
So. And he he was like so he was

(31:19):
giving us an undisclosed withoutany equity to support our
content clinches he was very keen but again.
But starting me you got nothing.Nothing but.

(31:44):
He. Gave me some good inputs about
life and everything like like like he's just like 2 years
older than you but inside. Last question is keep.
Where long term goals short termgoals next year 2000?

(32:13):
24 so. One would be definitely in the
company it will be a major destination after we have from

(32:36):
our team Co founders of course second of next like onsite all
over the India spread OK. Changes.

(33:00):
Any major cities you're planningto make the base?
3 cities Delhi Mumbai partnership offices.
OK this much yeah and no thank you for joining.

(33:24):
Thank you take care. So thank you for it.
See you never but. Still.
Okay so like share like share and subscribe see you next time
bye.