The Doers Nepal -Podcast

What happens when two brothers who grew up in Belgium return to Nepal in their early twenties to take over a luxury mountain resort built entirely on their father's life savings?

In this exclusive episode of The Doers, Anup Ghimire sits down with Sushil Adhikari (CEO) and Manish Adhikari (Managing Director), the two sons of Pushpa Raj Adhikari (Founder of Rupakot Resort, Pokhara).

While 90% of second-generation family businesses in South Asia collapse due to sibling rivalry, ego, and succession battles, Sushil and Manish reveal the raw, unvarnished truth of stepping into their father's shoes:

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction
02:25 - Why Two Sons Left Belgium at 21

05:01 - The Classic Tech Secret: Why Manish Worked for NPR 15,000

07:46 - The 18-Month Age Gap: Zero Sibling Ego

12:11 - "Nepal Was Foreign to Us": The Culture Shock of 50 Bowing Staff

16:41 - The Giver Mentality: "Don't Dream of 5 Lakh Jobs; Dream of Giving Them"

18:20 - Fire Meets Fire: Confronting an Authoritarian Founder

20:26 - "Maya Talai Bagchha": Earning a Father's Validation

23:36 - The Trembling Waiter: Eliminating the Toxic "Hakim" Fear Culture

30:56 - European Work Ethic vs Nepali Bureaucratic Reality

38:06 - Managing Multimillion Resort Cash Flows at 23

44:41 - The Domestic Pricing Trap: Paying NPR 5k Expecting 50k Service

51:16 - Why Global Travelers Skip Pokhara (Highway & Aviation Bottlenecks)

58:36 - Escaping the Patriarch's Shadow: The Sushant KC Concert Validation

01:05:41 - The Elephant in the Room: The Rupakot IPO Roadmap

01:15:11 - How Two Brothers Divide Power: Operations vs Brand

01:23:56 - Why BHM Colleges in Nepal Only Produce Visa Applicants, Not Managers

01:30:16 - Message to Diaspora Returnees: "Don't Be Strangers to Your Country"

 

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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire

Founder of The Doers

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anup-ghimire-9366aa5a/  

 

Name: Manish Adhikari

Designation: Managing Director 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manish-adhikari-280158169/

 

Name: Sushil Adhikari

Designation: CEO

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In this episode of The Doers, host Anup Ghimire speaks with Pushpa Raj Adhikari, the founder of Rupakot Resort in Pokhara. 

After spending 20 years in Belgium and working in Kathmandu's 5-star hotels, Pushpa returned to Nepal. Instead of choosing an easy life abroad, he bought land on a remote, roadless ridge overlooking Rupa and Begnas lakes to build one of Nepal's most recognized luxury eco-resorts.

 

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Episode Highlights

01:47 - The difference between Love (Maya) and Trust (Bharosa) in business

05:33 - Discovering Rupakot: Seeing value on a barren hill

10:18 - The diaspora dilemma: Why returning alone fails

15:38 - 20 years in Belgium: What working abroad teaches you

21:28 - Passing the baton: The agony of next-gen succession

26:23 - Land in Pokhara: Speculation vs productive business

31:33 - The $30 room disaster: Why price cutting ruins tourism

36:03 - Tourism infrastructure: Why cities fail to deliver

41:38 - The small country myth: Singapore is smaller than Chitwan

46:58 - Chitwan vs Pokhara: Agriculture vs hospitality

53:18 - Generational transition and system friction

01:00:08 - The truth about soft loans and subsidized capital

01:05:33 - The future of Rupakot and high-value Nepali hospitality

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🎙️ Guest: Pushpa Raj Adhikari

Chairman, Rupakot Resort

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From her early days as a Fair & Lovely ad model and a student at Army School Kathmandu earning ₹500 at a Bhrikuti Mandap book fair, to Senior Director at MIT RAISE raising $28 Million from Google, this is the unvarnished story of Rupa Laxmi Shah.

Over the last 13+ years at the world's premier technology institute (MIT Media Lab / MIT RAISE), Rupa has closed landmark multi-million-dollar partnerships with Google, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and the Hong Kong Jockey Club, impacting over 30 million children globally.

In this candid masterclass with Anup Ghimire, Rupa pulls back the curtain on how high-stakes global philanthropy actually works: sitting across tables with over 160 billionaires, the psychology of raising 8-figure checks, the hard research on why AI won’t replace teachers, and why sending generic ChatGPT cold emails is destroying your chances with global investors.

Timestamps

00:00 - Highlights

03:09 - Growing Up in Kathmandu: Army School & Teaching at Age 15

06:09 - Moving to America 23 Years Ago: Arriving at MIT Media Lab

10:24 - The $28,000,000 Cheque: Closing Google for MIT RAISE

15:39 - The Anatomy of a $17M Research Initiative

20:09 - Walking Into Rooms of Power: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

25:39 - How Billionaires Actually Give Money (DAFs & The 5% Rule)

30:24 - Sitting Across 160 Billionaires: What the Super-Wealthy Care About

36:09 - Storytelling Over Pitch Decks: The Art of Raising Capital

40:39 - The Brutal Truth About AI in Education (Gates Foundation Research)

45:24 - Scaling AI Ethics in Asia: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Project

51:09 - Motherhood & The Dual High-Impact Career Reality

56:24 - The Nepal Capital Trap: Why Nepali Giants Can’t Invest Globally

01:01:39 - Mentoring Nepali Founders: How to Pitch US Investors

01:05:24 - The Golden Rule: Stop Sending Generic ChatGPT Emails!

 

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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire

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🎙️ Guest: Rupa Laxmi Shah

Global Philanthropy and Partnerships, MIT Media Lab

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In this episode, Attorney Khagendra Chhetri, the first Nepali-origin lawyer practicing in the United States and a 10-time "Super Lawyer" honoree (2014-2024), shares his journey of arriving in America in 1983 and witnessing the Nepali diaspora grow from roughly 800 individuals to over half a million across the country.

 

From navigating pre-internet immigrant life to practicing before the U.S. legal system, Attorney Chhetri breaks down the realities of diaspora assimilation, why "staying for 2 years" often turns into 25, the fight for Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) economic rights, and how direct micro-investing can empower Nepal’s emerging young tech and AI entrepreneurs.

 

00:00:00 - Highlight

00:01:58 - Introduction & Welcome

00:02:13 - The First Nepali Lawyer in the US

00:05:28 - The Diaspora Shift (From 800 to 500,000+)

00:10:43 - The Immigrant Mindset: Short-Term Myth

00:15:18 - Why Diaspora Capital Hesitates in Nepal

00:19:28 - The NRN Citizenship Mirage ("कागजको खोस्टो")

00:24:13 - The Slow Pace of Nepal's Reform

00:28:43 - The Mom & Pop Economy: 80% of America

00:32:13 - The Soaltee Hotel Gala Illusion

00:35:28 - The $19 Billion Diaspora Napkin Math

00:38:43 - Overcoming Mindless Cynicism ("Desh Bigriyo")

00:41:58 - Advice to a 25-Year-Old Khagendra

 

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🎙️ Guest: Khagendra Chhetry

Managing Attorney, Chhet­ry & Associates, P.C.

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In this episode of The Doers, we sit down with Himal Karmacharya, Founder and President of Leapfrog Technology. Himal shares the playbook on how he built a world-class technology company from Nepal and scaled it to serve major healthcare and fintech enterprises across the United States.

 

This conversation goes far beyond surface-level startup advice. Himal unpacks how AI is forcing tech service firms to shift from headcount billing to outcome-based contracts, what it takes to crack international sales, and why finding a trusted on-the-ground ally abroad changes everything. He also breaks down national policy blueprints such as the "Israel Model" to demonstrate how emerging markets can build a $1B+ tech ecosystem.

 

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Beginning

01:42 - Introduction: The Leapfrog Story & Building Global Tech from Nepal

02:25 - How AI is Disrupting Traditional Software Outsourcing & Agency Models

04:27 - The Pricing Shift: Moving from Headcount Billing to Outcome-Driven Value

07:55 - Why Generic Dev Shops Die: Carving Deep Niches in Healthcare & Fintech

11:42 - Nepal’s $1B IT Roadmap: Unlocking Policy Reform & Global Visibility

13:42 - Enterprise Readiness: Tackling Global Legal, Compliance & Insurance Hurdles

15:22 - Cracking U.S. Business Development: Outbound Sales Strategy from Day One

17:02 - Diaspora Power: Bridging the Cultural & Credibility Gap in Western Markets

22:42 - Operating at Global Speed: Matching the Relentless Velocity of the U.S. Market

24:02 - Expanding Overseas: Why Every Founder Needs an "Ally" on the Ground

25:17 - The Crucial Pivot: Shifting from Local Mobile Cash to a $150K U.S. Deal

27:42 - Emerging Market Traps: Why Small Domestic TAMs Cap Company Growth

33:42 - The Israel Policy Playbook: How Governments Can Act as Early-Stage VCs

37:00 - NAS-IT Blueprint: Building $50M–$100M Anchor Tech Companies

39:22 - The Golden Founder Rule: Why You Must Pay Yourself from the Start

40:57 - Surviving Phase A-to-B: Managing Cash Flow, Runway & Micro-Seed Capital

44:52 - What Makes an Outlier Founder: Extreme Ownership, Resilience & Drive

48:32 - Angel Investing Philosophy: Why You Back Dynamic People Over Static Ideas

53:52 - Personal Story: From Budhanilkantha to MIT & Breaking Language Barriers

59:42 - Playing the 10-Year Game: Weathering Downturns & Mentoring Next-Gen Talent

 

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🎙️ Guest: Himal Karmacharya 

Founder and President @ Leapfrog Technology Inc.

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Right after +2, in the early 2000s, he left Nepal for Texas to build a life and chase bigger dreams. Two decades later, his company is building the bridges that connect terminal gates at DFW Airport. 

 

Anup Tamrakar didn’t inherit an empire. He started by working at his father’s engineering practice in Nepal, tracing blueprints and even scrubbing bathrooms, long before “CEO” was ever part of the picture. Today, he leads Urban Infraconstruction LLC, a 400-person heavy civil construction company behind major Texas infrastructure like airport bridges, transit lines, and municipal water systems.

 

Key Milestones:

-Scaled to ~400 employees, earning spots on the Inc. 5000 list and recognition as an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Finalist.

-Founded the Amaalya SK Foundation, committing to fund foundational education for 1 million children in Nepal by 2035.

 

This isn’t another polished immigrant success story. It’s a conversation about what it really takes to build something at scale with the difficult decisions, risks, setbacks, and responsibility. 

 

Featuring Anup Tamrakar, Founder, CEO, Urban Infraconstruction LLC

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00  Highlights

00:02:17  What is Real Ambition? ("Cruising Means Going Down")

00:03:09  Arriving in the US in 2003: The 20-Year Vision

00:06:16  Time Allocation & The 24-Hour Reality Check

00:10:52  Early Roots: Working in His Father's Office in Nepal at Age 12

00:12:27 Cleaning Office Bathrooms & Learning Early Humility

00:15:03  Bypassing Traditional Engineering for Construction Management

00:16:28  Self-Studying for SATs on Dial-Up Internet in Nepal

00:18:45  Father’s Tough Love: "I’ll Get You There, You Do the Rest"

00:20:27  Parental Sacrifice: "I Learned to Let You Go" (Goosebumps Moment)

00:22:56  Defying the Advisor Who Said a Community College Visa Was Impossible

00:24:30 Facing Cultural Judgment & Staying Firm in Conviction

00:28:22  Be Careful Who You Take Career Advice From

00:32:08  Hacking the Curriculum: Creating Custom Classes to Graduate Faster

00:33:25  Leaving Your Comfort Zone is the True Meaning of Entrepreneurship

00:35:51  Overcoming Fear & Loud Phones: Making 300 Cold Calls a Day in Texas

00:37:35  Vulnerability as a Power Move: Learning from Veteran Tradesmen

00:38:55  The "Above & Beyond" Catalyst: Turning a Report into an Opportunity

00:45:35  The Age 30 Epiphany: Holding His Daughter & Feeling the Weight

00:46:27  The Operational Motto: Decide, Commit, Act

00:59:46  The 2-Millimeter Gap: Don't Give Up Right Before Your Breakthrough

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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire

Founder of The Doers

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🎙️ Guest: Anup Tamrakar

Chief Executive Officer, Urban Infraconstruction LLC

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Fitness entrepreneur, fitness coach, and the host behind one of Nepal’s influential podcasts: Sushant Pradhan is stepping out from behind the host desk and into the guest seat for this episode!

 

We sat down for an unfiltered 1 on 1 conversation on what really happens behind the scenes of content creation, media, and networking.

 

In this episode, we talk about:

 

-Why being effective on camera is an acquired professional skill rather than an extroverted personality trait

-How to build a high-impact network when you naturally despise traditional networking events, parties, and small talk

-What separates parasitic networking from symbiotic value creation and why cold outreach fails when you bring nothing to the table

-Why young creators need to spend six to twelve months quietly building a portfolio before trying to leverage high-profile connections

-How automating an inefficient workflow with artificial intelligence only scales your operational mistakes faster

-What the global shift toward open-source AI models means for local media companies and independent builders

-Why deep, multi-hour 1 on 1 conversations remain the ultimate mechanism for building trust, influence, and intellectual leverage

 

Your network isn’t built in noisy rooms handing out business cards; it’s earned through the depth of your work and the quiet value you bring to the table.

 

If you’re a founder or creator trying to build something that lasts in Nepal’s changing digital landscape, missing this conversation isn’t just an oversight. It’s a missed blueprint.

 

TIMESTAMPS:

 

0:00 Highlights

1:50 Intro 

9:30 Realization of self worth & self reflection 

18:11 How Open Source Is Taking Over

26:40 Sushant Pradhan Keeps up with Geopolitics, Culture & Human Conflict 

36:26 How the Host Inspired Sushant Pradhan to Start Podcasting

48:16 The Harsh Reality of Competing in the Global Market

54:52 Is Success Just Borrowed Time From Your Youth?

1:00:38 Creator Economy in 2014: Before "Influencers" Existed

1:10:15 "Making Money Is Making Money" (Unfiltered Advice)

1:17:49 Sushant Pradhan’s perception as the "Fitness Guy" 

1:25:10 Rethinking Fitness: Beyond Just Going to the Gym

1:30:37 Sushant Pradhan's Core Philosophy on Life

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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire

Founder of The Doers

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anup-ghimire-9366aa5a/  

 

🎙️ Guest: Sushant Pradhan

Podcaster & Entrepreneur

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How Nepali Immigrants Built a Federal Bank in the US | Suman Raj Timsina (CEO, Everest Federal Credit Union)

In this episode of The Doers, we sit down with Suman Raj Timsina, CEO of Everest Federal Credit Union (EFCU) and Executive Director at the International Development Institute. EFCU stands as the first and only financial institution chartered specifically for the Nepali diaspora across the United States.

Note: Everest Federal Credit Union (EFCU) is a federally chartered, NCUA-insured credit union operating as a full-service community financial institution. Unlike traditional commercial banks driven by outside shareholders, EFCU is 100% member-owned and not-for-profit.  

From conceptualizing the credit union in a New York basement in 2015 to securing a rare 50-state federal charter approved by the NCUA, Suman breaks down how community trust transforms into institutional financial power. We dive deep into affinity banking, how the US Nepali diaspora holds an estimated $19B+ in collective economic capacity, why modern banks operate as software enterprises, and how shifting diaspora mindsets from remittance to angel investing can back the next generation of global startups.

 

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Introduction 

00:01:23 - Welcome to Dallas & Show Kick-Off

00:02:07 - Establishing the First Nepali Community Bank Outside Nepal

00:02:59 - The Historic Roots of "Affinity Banking"

00:04:10 - Regulatory Approval: The Role of the US Congress & NCUA

00:04:59 - Humble Beginnings: Incepting Everest in a New York Basement

00:05:16 - Unlocking Nationwide Reach with a Rare 50-State Federal License

00:05:46 - The Not-For-Profit Model: Banks vs. Credit Unions

00:06:06 - Democratic Governance: Every Depositor Gets One Vote

00:06:33 - Broad Diaspora Eligibility: Nepal, Bhutan, and Beyond

00:08:31 - Life-Cycle Financial Products: Credit-Building to Mortgages

00:13:35 - Supporting the 10th Largest Foreign Student Population in the US

00:14:48 - Absolute Security: Federal Insurance up to $250,000

00:15:46 - 100% Reinvestment: Supporting Our People, Not Corporations

00:16:57 - Going Global: Opening US Dollar Accounts with Passports

00:18:59 - Replicating the Indian "Bank of Houston" Motel Success Model

00:21:40 - The Trust Test: Raising $3.65 Million in Just 3 Hours

00:23:42 - Modern Banking Shift: "Banks are IT Companies"

00:30:06 - Shifting Diaspora Culture: From Remittance to Angel Investing

00:38:11 - The Reality of BBA/MBA Degrees & The Power of Storytelling

00:55:57 - Beyond Banking: The Life-Saving $2,000 Emergency Loan

 

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What does modern agriculture actually look like behind the scenes? 

 

In this deep-dive episode, we sit down with Brad Doyle, Chairman of the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and former President of the American Soybean Association,  operating out of Weiner, Arkansas. 

Stepping far beyond traditional manual labor, Brad pulls back the curtain on how multi-million-dollar family farms operate today as high-tech, data-driven global enterprises. 

You will discover how tractors drive themselves via precision GPS, how growers utilize complex yield-mapping software, and what happens when practical farming meets Ph.D.-level plant breeding alongside his wife Joyce.

 

The conversation also tackles the profound economic realities of managing capital-heavy operations, utilizing land and equipment as loan collateral, and navigating global soybean export markets. You will hear firsthand how producers beta-test tomorrow’s heavy machinery hand-in-hand with major engineers like John Deere, while critically addressing the real operational limits of AI integration. 

 

Ultimately, this episode lets you grasp the scale behind 80 million US acres, showing how farmers increase yields and why 97% of American farms remain fiercely family-owned. Whether you are an entrepreneur, an agribusiness professional, or simply curious about where your food comes from, this conversation completely reframes how technology, business, and tradition intersect on the modern farm.

 

Chapters

00:00:00 Highlight

00:01:35 - Introduction

00:02:45 - The 3rd-Generation Family Farm & Eagle Seed

00:03:19 - When Farming Meets PhD Science

00:06:42 - Surprise: 97% of US Farms Are Family-Owned

00:09:14 - The High-Stakes Business & Profitability of Farming

00:10:30 - Financial Risks, Bank Loans, & Farm Collateral

00:11:39 - The Generational Shift: From Manual Labor to Tech

00:15:26 - How Modern Farms Fuel Local Rural Economies

00:16:06 - Tech Transformation: GPS & Self-Driving Tractors

00:16:31 - Yield Monitors, Big Data, & Off-Season Planning

00:17:43 - The Reality, Limits, and Fears of AI in Agriculture

00:23:49 - Navigating the Global Soybean Export Market

00:31:11 - The Soybean Checkoff System Explained

00:32:41 - The $80M Impact of the United Soybean Board

00:38:43 - Grasping Scale: 80 Million Acres of Production

00:39:14 - How Farmers Increase Yields While Losing Farmland

00:42:02 - Beta-Testing the Future of Machinery with Engineers

00:44:48 - What Keeps a Farmer Up at Night? (Profitability)

00:47:01 - The Pride and Honor of American Agriculture

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Chairman @ Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board 

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Kevin Roepke, Executive Director, Middle East, North Africa & South Asia at the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), joins us live from Chicago for a wide-ranging conversation on agriculture, food security, global trade, remittance, and entrepreneurship.

From how American farmers approach agriculture as a business to why Nepal continues to depend on food imports and remittance, Kevin shares a global perspective on what it takes to build a stronger and more competitive agricultural economy.

We explore the strategic importance of soybeans, the changing nature of globalization, food and energy security, Nepal’s need for focused industries, and the importance of long-term thinking in building the country’s economic future.

A conversation on how Nepal can turn its agricultural potential into a focused, competitive, and globally relevant economic engine.

Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:29 Live from Chicago: Why America Celebrates Its Farmers

00:04:03  Nepal’s Agriculture: Poor Image, Huge GDP

00:05:50  Remittance: A Sweet Outcome of Desperation

00:06:51 If Nepal Were a Company, What Would It Focus On?

00:10:03  The Mathematical Farmer: How US Agriculture Competes

00:16:06  Why Nepal Imports Its Staple Crops

00:17:30  Can Hydropower Replace Remittance?

00:19:59  The Soybean Problem: Nepal’s Hidden Protein Gap

00:22:56  How Soybeans Shape Global Geopolitics

00:23:53  Why a “Jack of All Trades” Strategy Never Works

00:29:38  Food & Energy Security Is National Security

00:33:29  Nepal’s Missing 25–40 Generation

00:37:12  Shark Tank Nepal Season 2: What Changes?

00:38:48  The Shark’s Golden Rule: Deal Structure

00:40:36  Why Global Business Connections Matter

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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire

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🎙️ Guest: Kevin Roepke
Executive Director - Middle East, North Africa & South Asia
U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC)

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