The Doers Nepal -Podcast

The way we learn, work, and stay relevant is changing faster than ever.

Yet many of our education systems were built for a very different world.

In this episode, we sit down with Subigya Basnet, a multimedia specialist and long-time video producer who has worked closely with universities and global institutions to build online education content. From starting out in engineering to shaping digital learning experiences, Subigya brings a rare behind-the-scenes perspective on how education, AI, and content are evolving together.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

-Why earning a degree no longer guarantees real-world readiness

-How online education actually works behind the scenes

-Why early online programs relied on “white-glove” models and why that’s changing

-How universities are shifting from third-party platforms to in-house digital learning

-Why the application of knowledge matters more than information itself

-How AI is reshaping learning, work, and job roles without fully replacing humans

-Why one person using AI well can outperform entire teams

-How content, multimedia, and storytelling are becoming core learning tools

-Why personalized learning may define the future of education

How global experience, networks, and content creation can become powerful assets

 

This episode is for students, professionals, creators, educators, and anyone trying to understand how learning and careers are evolving in an AI-driven, content-first world and what it takes to stay relevant.

 

Timestamps: 

00:00:00 Intro 

00:02:47 Leaving Engineering for an Uncertain Career

00:03:11 The Video-First Internet Prediction

00:04:42 How Online University Degrees Actually Work (OPM)

00:06:58 The Revenue Model Behind Online Education

00:08:34 The Rise and Fall of 2U (EdTech Reality)

00:10:15 Producing a Semester of Education in 5 Days

00:12:40 The “White Glove” Culture in Higher Education

00:14:51 Why Education Was Built for the Industrial Age

00:15:59 Why Classroom Teaching Failed Online

00:16:45 The End of Universities as Knowledge Gatekeepers

00:17:29 ChatGPT vs Traditional Classrooms

00:20:25 Do Degrees Have an Expiry Date?

00:21:41 Why Big Tech Doesn’t Care About Degrees

00:24:35 The Era of Multiple Careers

00:25:42 Interdisciplinary Skills vs Single Specialization

00:27:51 AI Won’t Replace You But Someone Using AI Will

00:31:31 Applying Knowledge vs Memorizing Information

00:50:09 Why Every Company Is Becoming a Media Company

01:09:54 Building Community Before Building Products

01:35:50 2026 and the Need for Bold Decisions

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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire

Founder of Doers Nepal 

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👥 Guest

 Subigya Basnet

Multimedia Specialist

German Marshall Fund of the United States

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/subigyabasnet/ 

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This fintech platform disbursed ₹18,000 crore+ in loans and serves over 3 crore users across India.

In this episode, we sit down with Dipesh Karki, Co-founder & CPTO of LenDenClub, to unpack how a Nepali founder built one of India’s largest peer-to-peer lending platforms by focusing on systems, scale, and execution.

Born into a middle-class family of teachers in Khotang, Dipesh began his journey with a scholarship to study engineering in India. Instead of looking West, he chose to build in India leveraging proximity, market depth, and a rapidly maturing fintech ecosystem.

Today, LenDenClub has enabled ₹17,000–18,000 crore in loans, serves 30+ million customers, and is preparing for a potential IPO positioning itself as India’s first listed P2P lending platform.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Why “Nepal is a small market” is an incomplete way of thinking
  
  
• What India’s startup ecosystem gets right about scale and regulation
  
  
• How unsecured lending works when borrowers have little or no credit history
  
  
• How AI is used to assess “intent to pay,” not just credit scores
  
  
• How LenDenClub navigated RBI regulation while others struggled
  
  
• Why India can be a real alternative market for Nepali founders
  
  
• Why Nepal needs to move from exporting labor to building creators and systems
  
  

This episode is for founders, builders, students, policymakers, and anyone curious about how large-scale platforms are built, regulated, and sustained in the real world—especially from South Asia.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:35 Why Nepal Feels Like a “Small Market”

04:05 Nepali Identity Beyond Political Borders

07:28 Choosing India Over Nepal for Education

09:20 First Job in Delhi & Early Career Reality

12:05 Moving to Mumbai & Entering High-Stakes Engineering

14:35 Birth of LenDenClub

16:35 ₹17,000+ Crore in Loans & National Scale

18:05 Serving 30 Million Customers

19:35 The Problem with Shadow Lending

21:15 Why Regulation Was Non-Negotiable

25:35 How AI Changed Credit Decisions

27:05 Judging “Intent to Pay” with Data

30:35 The Future of Banking Without Banks

35:35 Why Unsecured Lending Matters

38:35 India vs Nepal: Regulation & Ease of Doing Business

41:35 Why Building in India Is Easier Today

47:35 Staying Nepali While Building in India

51:54 Nepal Between the World’s Two Biggest Markets

58:35 Why Civic Sense Holds Countries Back

1:06:35 Turning Native Skills into Global Products

1:24:35 The Only Limitation Is the Mind

1:34:35 From Labor Economy to Creator Economy

 

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👥 Guest

 Dipesh Karki

 CTO @ LenDenClub

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As part of Digital December 2025, in partnership with Laxmi Sunrise Bank Limited, this episode explores how Nepal’s digital payment infrastructure is shaping the way money moves across the economy from everyday transactions to enterprise and national-level systems.

This conversation brings together two key perspectives from Nepal’s digital payment ecosystem:

• Manoj Thapa, Country Head – Visa Nepal, sharing a global view on payments, cross-border commerce, and how international networks connect Nepali businesses to the world.
  
  
• Munni Rajbhandari, COO – Nepal Clearing House Ltd. (NCHL), explaining the national payment rails, enterprise payment systems, and the infrastructure that processes millions of transactions every day.
  
  

Together, they discuss Nepal’s journey from manual, paper-based processes to a digitally connected payment ecosystem — and why the focus is now shifting from building infrastructure to driving adoption, trust, and customer experience.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How money moves across banks, businesses, and platforms in Nepal
  
  
• What large-scale digital payment volumes reveal about the economy
  
  
• How enterprises and SMEs manage salaries, vendors, taxes, and disbursements digitally
  
  
• Why global payment connectivity matters for tourism, exports, and IT services
  
  
• How digital transaction data builds trust, creditworthiness, and future financial access
  
  
• Why security, standards, and financial literacy are critical as digital payments scale
  
  

Whether you’re a business owner, financial professional, policymaker, or someone who pays digitally every day, this episode helps you understand where Nepal’s digital payment system stands today — and where it’s headed next.

Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome to Digital December | Episode 2
02:00 – Why Digital Payments Matter for Nepal’s Economy
05:00 – Nepal’s Leapfrog Journey into Digital Payments
07:00 – Women Leadership in Nepal’s Fintech Sector
10:00 – What Visa Really Does Beyond Cards
14:00 – Connecting Nepal to Global Money Movement
18:00 – Tourism, Remittance & Early Payment Advantage
23:00 – How Government Payments Went Fully Digital
27:00 – From Cheques to Instant Dividends & Salaries
30:00 – Digital Payments Growth: Data vs Reality
35:00 – What Is NPI? Nepal’s Payment Backbone Explained
38:00 – APIs, Account Validation & Secure Transfers
42:00 – Why Trust & Security Come Before Scale
45:00 – Corporate Pay & Enterprise Payments for SMEs
49:00 – How Nepali Businesses Can Accept Global Payments
56:00 – Why SMEs Struggle with Digital Adoption
01:02:00 – Payment Gateways, Aggregators & Automation
01:14:00 – How Digital Payments Build Credit History
01:26:00 – Fraud, Awareness & Consumer Protection
01:44:00 – Final Takeaways: The Future of Digital Nepal

 

👥 Guest
Munni Rajbhandari
Chief Operating Officer @ Nepal Clearing House Ltd. (NCHL)
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👥 Guest
Manoj Thapa
Country Head – Nepal @ Visa
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As part of Digital December 2025, in partnership with Laxmi Sunrise Bank Limited, this special roundtable explores how digital payments and software systems are reshaping businesses and the economy in Nepal.

This episode brings together three perspectives from Nepal’s digital payment ecosystem:
Santosh Tamrakar, Managing Director at IMS Software, sharing the system builder’s view on business software, data, and scalable growth.
Arun Khatri, CEO of Digital Network Solutions, covering digital infrastructure, security, compliance, QR innovation, and biometric identity.
Shashank Prabhat Shrestha, Managing Director of Caffeophilia, offering real-world insights from running a multi-outlet business where most transactions are digital.

Together, they discuss Nepal’s shift from near-zero digitization to a QR-first economy where digital payments are now essential especially for urban businesses.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why digital payments are non-negotiable for modern businesses
  
  
• How QR, cards, and compliance systems work behind the scenes
  
  
• The role of data, loyalty systems, and real-time reporting
  
  
• Why sustainable payment systems can’t be free forever
  
  
• What’s next: biometric KYC and data-backed, collateral-free digital lending
  
  

Whether you’re a business owner, policymaker, or someone who pays digitally every day, this conversation helps you understand how Nepal’s digital payment ecosystem works and where it’s headed next.

Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
02:00 – Digital December

03:20 – How Businesses Depend on Digital Payments Today

05:20 – The Evolution of Digitization in Nepal

06:28 – Covid and the Digital Payment Surge

07:02 – Why QR Payments Replaced Cash in Urban Nepal

07:50 – Real-Time Data and Business Control

11:01 – Digitization vs Digital Transformation

14:17 – Customer Loyalty Systems and Data Usage

21:02 – Entrepreneurial Vision and First-Mover Advantage

27:17 – How Digital Payments Reduce Fraud and Risk

33:06 – Biometrics and Centralized KYC

36:42 – QR vs Card Payments: How Nepal Pays Today

46:26 – MDR Explained: The Cost of Digital Payments

01:08:21 – The Future of Unsecured Digital Lending

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👥 Guest

 Arun Khatri

 CEO @ Digital Network Solution

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👥 Guest

 Shashank Prabhat Shrestha

Managing Director @ Caffeophilia

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👥 Guest
Santosh Tamrakar

Managing Director @ IMS Software

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This platform approves loans in hours, not days  and is used by 3.53 crore+ people.

In this episode, we sit down with Bhavin (Co-founder & CEO) and Dipesh (Co-founder & CTO) to unpack how one of India’s most impactful fintech platforms was really built.

One of the founders is Nepali, who coded the first version himself  and today the platform has enabled ₹17,000+ crore in loans and operates at a speed traditional banks struggle to match.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

  -How the first product was built without a tech team

  -Why coding is not the hardest part but vision is

  -How lending moved from days to hours

  -Why banks struggle with small-ticket loans

  -How AI is used as a daily habit, not a buzzword

  -Why trust in fintech takes 15+ years, not quick growth hacks

  -What young founders should build next in fintech

  -Why entrepreneurs must invest back into the ecosystem

This episode is for founders, builders, operators, and anyone curious about how large-scale platforms are built, scaled, and sustained in the real world.

 

Timestamps  

 

00:02:36 From Football to Founders

00:04:19 The P2P Idea Begins

00:07:46 Coding Without a Tech Team

00:10:28 Credit Banks Ignore

00:13:19 Trust Takes Time

00:15:27 The UPI Effect

00:16:59 Building First Credit

00:20:51 Why We Don’t Pivot

00:24:57 Facing Regulatory Storms

00:28:39 Vision Over Coding

00:35:46 Why Banks Avoid Small Loans

00:37:39 The Secret Lending Recipe

00:44:08 AI as a Daily Habit

00:50:19 Building with 100% AI

00:54:39 Big Fintech Opportunities

01:07:53 Surviving the Long Game

01:10:16 Nepal’s Startup Loop

 

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👥 Guest

 Dipesh Karki

 CTO @ LenDenClub

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepeshkarkee/

👥 Guest

 Bhavin Patel

CTO @ LenDenClub

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khanalbhupendra/

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What happens when two of the sharpest minds in analytics, decision science, and entrepreneurship sit together to decode how data shapes businesses and how intuition and persistence shape a founder’s journey?

In this episode, we speak with Anunay Gupta, former analytics leader at JPMorgan & HSBC and now Managing Director at Xcelyst Partners and Bhupendra Khanal, serial entrepreneur and founder of Dogsee and Himalayan Natives, known for building global consumer brands powered by data.

What You Will Learn in This Episode

• How data quality impacts decisions and business outcomes
  
  
• When to trust intuition over dashboards
  
  
• The realities of starting a company after 35
  
  
• Why data-thinking transfers across every industry
  
  
• How algorithms shape opinions and create echo chambers
  
  

Together, they bring decades of experience building companies, leading teams, and making decisions that changed their lives.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:40 – Data vs Intuition: Which One Wins?

4:17 – How Marketelligent & Simplify360 Were Built

10:10 – Satya Nadella’s Bold Prediction: Will SaaS Die?

13:39 – Real-World Use Cases of Data

18:30 – How a Data Background Accelerates Your Career

22:42 – Applying Data to Build Better Businesses

33:16 – Good Data vs Bad Data: How to Tell the Difference

42:39 – The Future is Automated: Data Without Humans

44:59 – How Social Media Rewires Your Brain

51:39 – Why Staying Private Is Becoming Expensive

57:37 – The Fear Holding 30–40 Year Olds Back

1:01:49 – Scale vs Impact: What Truly Matters?

1:06:29 – Using Data to Improve Your Personal Life

1:08:19 – Finding Your Best Business Idea

 

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👥 Guest
Anunay Gupta
Managing Director @ Xcelyst Partners
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anunaygupta/ 

👥 Guest
Bhupendra Khanal
Founder & CEO @ Dogsee & Himalayan Natives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khanalbhupendra/

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Pet care in India isn’t just dog food. It’s 20+ untapped verticals and the next big opportunity.

In this episode, we sit down with Vineet Khanna, Founder of Supertails, a platform building one of India’s largest pet ecosystems with 1,700+ products across nutrition, healthcare, and services.

Alongside him, we have Sneh Sharma, Founder of Dogsee Chew, the brand that took a single iconic product i.e. chhurpi and turned it into a global clean-treat loved in 30+ countries.

What will you get:

-what early players actually do in a market with no roadmap, no benchmarks, and no safety net

-why India’s next big consumer unicorn could come from the pet industry

-the contrast between building wide (1,700+ products) vs. building deep (one hero product)

-the biggest myths about pet care in India—and why they’re wrong

-the discipline required to build a bootstrapped company in a new market

-the real mistakes, pivots, and founder decisions you never hear publicly

 

Whether you're a doer, a founder, a creator, or just someone curious about how new industries are born,  this conversation will open up a side of the pet industry you’ve never seen before.

 

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:39  Why start a pet business? The easiest question with the hardest answer  

7:57  What makes a truly “good” pet product? Inside the craft  

8:47  Is this a borrowed industry? How India & Nepal adopt pet trends  

11:05  90% of Indian pet parents are first-timers — what that means  

12:37  India vs. Nepal pet parents: are they really that different?  

13:47  "No competition?" Why this industry is still surprisingly open  

15:42  Supertails ecosystem vision: the full-stack pet care play  

16:57  What pet founders don't do (and why it matters)  

18:47  The hardest part: evolving with the industry  

21:02  3 co-founders, one mission: how they divide the work  

22:52  Why saying NO matters more than saying YES in pet care  

24:37  Why pet products can't be built like other D2C categories  

27:07  Niche vs. mass market: why stay focused  

28:15  The metrics that wake these founders up every morning  

29:42  How they measure market size and real opportunity  

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Founder of Doers Nepal 

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👥 Guest

Sneh Sharma

Co-Founder @ Dogsee Chew 

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manishlens/ 

 

👥 Guest

Vineet Khanna 

Co Founder @ Supertails

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khanalbhupendra/ 

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The Doers Nepal – Nepal’s Longest Running Business Podcast

In this episode, we have Manish Maheshwari, General Partner at BAT VC, former Twitter India CEO, and one of India’s top AI investors.

Along with him, we have Bhupendra Khanal, former founder of Simplify360 and current CEO of Doxy.

 

From decades of experience and exposure, they offer insights into the realities of today’s AI ecosystem. Most people think the AI boom means every AI startup will win.

But the truth is the opposite.

We’re in the middle of an AI bubble and when it bursts, 99% of today’s AI companies won’t survive.

In this conversation, they broke down:

-How do you differentiate a good AI company from a bad one?

-Why are LLMs rapidly becoming a commodity?

-How can platform dependency wipe out companies overnight?

-What should a founder really do after a life-changing exit?

 

And in a crowded AI market, what strategic advantages actually help you stand out?

This episode isn’t hype.

It’s a reality check for founders, creators, students, and anyone who wants to stay relevant in the next decade.

 

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:22 — Introduction to Manish Dai

03:07 — The 3 C’s of the Internet

03:24 — Content, Creators & Social Media Dynamics

04:29 — Brand Challenges and Opportunities

07:29 — AI Fads and Wrapper Apps

07:40 — Good AI Companies vs Bad AI Companies

10:30 — Early Bets & Missed Investment Opportunities

15:10 — Why Distribution Matters in Tech

19:00 — Diversifying Risk in Business

20:45 — The Relentless Pace of Technological Change

27:00 — Platform vs UI: What Drives Adoption

29:32 — New Algorithms and Emerging Insights

30:25 — Meta’s LLaMA and the AI Model Race

32:45 — Power of Proprietary Data

33:30 — Google’s Missed Chance at Uber & WhatsApp

36:00 — WeChat’s Dominance in China

37:00 — How Jio Disrupted a Monopoly Market

44:35 — Understanding Customer Psychology

46:10 — Leading Twitter India: Inside Experience

48:25 — Twitter’s Stance on Content Ownership

58:20 — Elon Musk’s X Changes & Verification Issues

1:08:00 — Why Startup Exits Feel Like Divorce

1:10:30 — When a Company Becomes Your Identity

1:23:32 — Life in Nepal: Twitter India Head Speaks Nepali

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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire

Founder of Doers Nepal 

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👥 Guest

Manish Maheshwari

General Partner @ BAT VC

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manishlens/

👥 Guest

Bhupendra Khanal

Former Founder @ Simplify360 

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khanalbhupendra/ 

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The Doers Nepal – Nepal’s Longest Running Business Podcast

What if the biggest threat to your career… is comfort?

In this episode, we sit with Jagnoor Singh, one of India’s versatile professionals, who went from leading teams at Airtel (Telecom) to OYO (Hospitality), Unacademy (EdTech), and now as COO at Practo (HealthTech).
His story proves that real growth begins where comfort ends.

He shares the mindset behind fearless career transitions, what separates a good leader from a great one, and why building new "career muscles" is the only way to stay relevant.

We discuss:

• Why he left a high-growth role at Airtel for uncertainty and challenge
  
  
• The 7 muscle-building traits that let him lead across industries
  
  
• How to identify a great leader by their energy, not their words
  
  
• Why the last 30 days of your job matter more than the first 3 years
  
  
• The 90/10 principle for solving any career challenge
  
  
• How to future-proof your job in the AI era
  
  
• What most people get wrong about career growth, peace, and legacy
  
  

Whether you're a student, early professional, or founder — this conversation will challenge your mindset and sharpen your career compass.

The Doers Nepal – Nepal’s Longest Running Business Podcast

Three Nepali founders who built, scaled, and exited ventures in Bengaluru share their experiences.

They discuss:

-Differences between India and Nepal’s startup ecosystems

-Challenges like brain drain, FDI restrictions, and high equity demands

-The real homework every layer(government, corporates, colleges) must do to build a system that works

-Shift from services to products for growth

-AI’s role in efficiency and creativity

-Mindset differences between Indian and Nepali youth.

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   Host: Anup Ghimire, Founder of Doers Nepal

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  Guest: Bhupendra Khanal, Founder & Ceo - Dogsee Chew

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Laxmi Khatiwada, Co-founder, Glancewise

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Hemant Kumar Shah, Co-Founder, Finnoto

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