Young Turks is a TV series, broadcast by CNBC TV18 and hosted by Shereen Bhan. It features current young (business) achievers who are likely to become tomorrow’s corporate leaders. Shereen and some co-anchors interact with these achievers in an informal setting – its a good learning experience for wanna-be businessmen, especially when first generation entrepreneurs are featured. Its like a “Start Up 101″ with gems of info / tips in staffing, funding, marketing etc from these achievers.
Presently, Young Turks is on a trip across the nation. Today they featured the first part of Goa leg. Shereen talked to Srinivas Dempo, Chairman of Dempo Group and Swapnil Kamat, CEO of trip2Goa.com. I enjoyed the section with Swapnil’s interview. Swapnil, a 25 year old Commerce graduate from Goa University and an MBA from Symbiosis of Business Management, was with L’Oreal before the entrepreneurial bug bit him. According to him, he would like to make trip2goa.com an “obvious choice for Goa related travel”.
Inspired by Richard Branson, Swapnil wanted to do something different to stand out in the fast saturating Goan travel market and thus was born trip2goa.com a website that promotes Goa. With a team of seven employees across Goa and Mumbai trip2goa is a one stop shop online for all kind of info on Goa.
Having spent a better part of my life in Goa and being a sort of ambassador in my organization (pushing people for a holiday in Goa) , Swapnil’s idea struck a chord. Wish him all the luck and yes, do visit Goa.