'Why is HUL considered a Leadership factory? “Every great brand is built on fundamental human insights.” Do you agree that people come before revenue? “Invest in Brand, even as little as possible, and not just Performance Marketing from Day 1.” Listen to Shashank Mehta, Founder of The Whole Truth Foods and a passionate HUL Ex-employee in today’s episode to know his perspective about everything mentioned above. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 03:43 - Definition of the D2C market in Indian context 07:11 - His early career prior to starting his entrepreneurial journey 09:40 - Post-MBA why did he choose Marketing over Finance? 11:30 - Why HUL is considered a leadership factory? 14:30 - Learnings from his stint at HUL 18:48 - Why did he join Faasos (now REBEL Foods) a lesser-known startup leaving HUL in 2012? 23:40 - Scale of Faaso’s when he joined and left the company 24:30 - Why did he leave Faasos and joined HUL again? 28:22 - Learnings from setting up an Ayurveda brand within HUL 34:09 - Consumer insight which HUL was trying to solve with its AYUSH proposition 34:54 - His blog about food and fitness - FIT SHIT 41:54 - Raising around 5 Cr+ initial funding during his Notice Period 45:10 - Zero to One Phase of The Whole Truth Foods 50:02 - Realizing the ‘Aha Moment’ of brand’s journey 52:32 - Sales & Revenue Milestones during their journey 54:05 - Being a Truth company rather than being a food company 57:00 - Key learnings while scaling a brand Leaving HUL to Building a D2C Food Brand ft. Shashank Mehta(Founder - The Whole Truth'
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