ALL ABOUT THE ELEVATED ENTREPRENEUR PODCAST

Intro  0:01

You’re listening to The Elevated Entrepreneur Podcast. A podcast designed to help retailers, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs simplify business operations, and use modern technology to elevate their business. Here’s your host, Dhiren Bhatia.

Dhiren  0:16

Hello, hello, and a very big welcome to the very first episode of The Elevated Entrepreneur Podcast. My name is Dhiren Bhatia, and I’m the founder of Cloudscape here in Dubai, and also your host for the show. Firstly, thank you so much for listening in and staying with me. In this episode, I’d like to take a few minutes and introduce to you The Elevated Entrepreneur Podcast, the story behind the podcast, and why you should consider subscribing to this show. So, who is this show for? This show is designed specifically for inventory based businesses and business owners.

So if you’re a retailer, a restaurant, or a wholesaler, maybe even a distributor running a big distribution business, then this podcast is just for you. I’m on a mission to help you simplify your operations, help you learn more about technology, and also connect you to the amazing community of other business owners who have run and managed successful inventory based businesses across the world. Over the past eight years, I’ve gained a tremendous amount of knowledge from listening to podcasts made by some amazing people like Leo Laporte, Pat Flynn, Roman Mars, Guy Raz, and Joe Rogan.

I listen to podcasts on various topics including technology, design, entrepreneurship, and even random life facts. These podcasts have not only transformed me as a person, but ignited this idea of paying it forward as a fellow human, and sharing my knowledge as an entrepreneur. And now that you know about my love for podcasts, I’d love to tell you about myself. My parents started their very own first retail business here in the UAE when I was 13 years old. And ever since then, I’ve been part of this business journey. Those early years is where I began to get the concept of running an inventory based business. And over the years, the family business grew and I was asked to take on more senior roles in that business, where I learned about operations, sales, and even some management and leadership.

But in the early 2000s, I decided to move to Toronto and make a man out of myself. I went to university, got my degree in IT systems, and started my career as an IT guy. Then in 2010, my wife and I decided to start the very first branch of my family business in Toronto. And what we ended up creating in the process was the first ever international location, and the first ever South Asian theme store to be in a northern American mall. Coupled together with my early experience, I really deep dived into learning everything there is to learn about running a business including technology, operations, and creating the right process. And that’s how I’ve come to believe that technology should make business easy, and not add extra headaches.

You did not start your business to figure out technology problems, but to create a product that you love, and then show that to your customers. And that’s exactly why I’ve started The Elevated Entrepreneur Podcast. The podcast is designed to help you, the retailer, the restaurateur, to help learn about modern technology systems, and how you can improve your own business. While the basics of retail and restaurants have not changed over the last century, technology has, and that’s what I want to show you all about, so that you can unchain yourself from your business, and in turn, elevate your business. So if you haven’t already, consider subscribing to the show, and stay tuned for all the amazing episodes I have in store for you. Thank you so much, and I’ll see you in the next episode.