Varun Agarwal
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Varun Agarwal | |
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 Varun Agarwal | |
| Born | 6 December 1986 Bangalore, India |
| Occupation | Author, entrepreneur, film maker and investor |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company |
| Website | |
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Varun Agarwal (born 6 December 1986) is an Indian entrepreneur, film maker and author. He has co-founded three companies and authored a national bestseller, How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded a Million Dollar Company.[1][2][3]
Early life
[edit]Brought up in Bangalore, Varun did his schooling from Bishop Cotton Boys' School and studied engineering at CMR Institute of Technology.[1]
Entrepreneur
[edit]Varun has co-founded three startups, Alma Mater, an online store for merchandise especially for students of colleges and schools which was started in 2009, Reticular, a social media marketing company started in 2010, and Last Minute Films, a production company for online video content which was started in 2005.[4][5][6]
Alma Mater
[edit]Varun says that the current aim of the company is to become profitable as well as more responsible.[7]
Alma Mater has also launched a customised online Do-It-Yourself (DIY) online T-shirt maker tool called PLAY. The user can join or create a group, make custom T-shirts with an online editing tool, share it with friends and group members and invite others to join.[8][9]
Mento
[edit]Varun Agarwal also founded an online e-learning platform name Mento[10] which is also India's first Ed-tech platform[11] for creative courses.
Author
[edit]How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded a Million Dollar Company was rolled out in 2012 by Rupa publishers and is a national bestseller. ‘How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-founded A Million Dollar Company’ had already hit the number 5 spot on the Amazon India bestsellers list.[6][1]
Music Video
[edit]He has teamed up with a Bangalore-based stand-up comedian Sanjay Manaktala to make a music video called ‘Anu Aunty, Engineering Anthem’ based on his book.[12] This video, which went viral, was featured on The Enthu Cutlets, a channel promoted by Varun in 2014 to showcase Bengaluru's comedians.[13][14][15][16]
The Movie
[edit]Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala will be making a movie named Tumse Na Ho Payega, which is an adaptation of Varun's book ‘How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-founded A Million Dollar Company’. Nitesh Tiwari, who directed the Bollywood movie Dangal, is working on this new film.[17][18][19][16]
Motivational speaker
[edit]Agarwal has given talks to executives at Unilever in London, college students in Pune and to employees of tobacco firm Philip Morris in Macau.[12][3][20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Varun Agarwal – Keynote speaker". London Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Being independent". The Hindu. Metroplus. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Braving Anu Aunty". The Hindu. The Hindu. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Koramangala is a convenient location for entrepreneurs: Varun Agarwal". indiatimes.com. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Notes to Myself". The Hindu. 18 May 2012.
- ^ a b Satyendran, Nita (22 December 2013). "Making a statement". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Chaudhary, Apurva. "Indian Angel Network Invests In Almamaterstore.in". MediaNama. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Young Guns Of India". India Today. 29 December 2011.
- ^ SARKAR, NEEI. "PLAY on your own". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Mento. "Mento". Mento. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "An Education Startup With A Clear Philosophy: Grades Don't Matter". Forbes India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ a b Rai, Saritha (12 January 2015). "Engineering a Revolution". The Indian Express. The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Myrtle Lazarus, Susanna. "One up on Anu Aunty". MetroPlus. The Hindu. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "City's best tubes tickle". The New Indian Express. Express News Service. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Watch Varun Agarwal's Anu Aunty video go viral". IBN Times. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b Agarwal, Stuti (17 May 2017). "Anu Aunty goes to Bollywood". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Roshmila. "DANGAL DIRECTOR NITESH TIWARI GEARING UP TO TAKE A NOVEL ROUTE NOW". The Times Group. Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "'Dangal' director wants Varun Dhawan for his next". The Times of India. PTI. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Mid-Day, Team. "When aunties make books happen". Mid-Day. Mid-Day. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Sharma, Piyush (6 July 2017). "From Running A YouTube Channel To Bollywood, This Is The Inspirational Tale Of Varun Agarwal". MensXP. Retrieved 13 November 2017.