Making Indian Product Global with Design

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Subramanian V. is the co-founder of Disprz, an enterprise learning app powered by a career & skill acceleration suite, and has given a million employees the tools and opportunities they need to elevate and transform their careers. Disprz also features AI functionality and boldly takes steps towards a brighter future in EdTech. To date, Disprz has created more than 330,000 training modules and elevated employees in over 66 countries.
Subbu, is the former McKinsey and is an alumnus of IIT Madras and Indian School of Business (ISB) but most importantly he’s an entrepreneur at heart.
In this podcast, Divanshu talks with Subbu to discuss the story of Disprz, its journey, and the role of experience design in shaping the product.
Subbu starts off by discussing his fiery passion for entrepreneurship, and how the idea for Disprz occurred to him. He later shares his early versions of the Disprz platform, shaping the platform into a B2B system, and eventually undergoing various transitions and evolutions to reach the heights it has today. Subramanian also shares his heartfelt struggles which come along with making a local idea or product and putting it on a global stage.
Finally, we touch on the process of designing a consumer learning app in 2015 mustn't have been easy, without having much inspiration or reference from which to draw, and our guest delved into how he and his team overcame this by harnessing the power of UX/UI design.

Furthermore, Subramanian spoke about breaking into a market as notoriously challenging as enterprise learning, and how taking a design-first, UX-based approach gave Disprz an edge over the competition. Listeners will also learn plenty about why Subramanian is a big believer in the impact of UX design as well, far beyond just granting a competitive advantage.

To hear the ins and outs of Disprz, Subramanian’s story in full, and the process of taking a local product on the world stage, check this edition of the podcast!