{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/632498166f582400138c0fa7/663c33e8ead6590013b39fc2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#35 Dileepan Siva, Founder of Upscribe","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/632498166f582400138c0fa7/1715221029821-b74d313fcee991c741d525118854d5b6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><a href=\"https://www.dileepansiva.com/?utm_campaign=foreignfounders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Dileepan Siva and his executive coaching service</a></p><p><br></p><p>Dileepan Siva is a two times founder who has bootstrapped his company to profitability and north of $1B of GMV, prior to that experience he’s scaled several early to mid stage companies, and helped raise over $100M in venture capital.</p><p><br></p><p>Dileepan shares a lot in this episode:</p><ul><li>His first experience of feeling underrated in school</li><li>Being accused of being a foreign spy</li><li>Moving from politics to business, and the advantages that it’s given Dileepan</li><li>Two narratives that immigrants tell themselves that may be detrimental long term</li><li>Why people should be more comfortable asking for help</li></ul><p><br></p><p>As a serial entrepreneur turned executive coach,&nbsp;Dileepan&nbsp;believes in the power of business as a tool for both personal and social transformation. Over the course of a 20 year professional career, he learned that your own strengths and weaknesses are mirrored in the organization you build. And how you relate to your business is often how you relate to other parts of your life. This experience led&nbsp;Dileepan&nbsp;down the same path advising and coaching top tier founders and leaders in their own business–and personal–transformation journeys. Dileepan&nbsp;has built, scaled and sold three high-growth venture-backed startups and also served as a senior commerce executive at Twitter and eBay. Before working in the technology sector, he advised leaders at global Fortune 50 companies including PepsiCo and Unilever as well as public and non-profit institutions including the United Nations, US Department of State and the Gates Foundation. He brings this breadth of experience across sectors and in career transition to his coaching practice. Blending executive coaching with depth psychology and spiritual traditions,&nbsp;Dileepan&nbsp;leverages a range of modalities in his work. He is trained as a coach through the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), Conscious Leadership Group and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Marin.&nbsp;Dileepan draws on his Buddhist meditation and mindfulness experience. He&nbsp;received his MBA from Harvard Business School and&nbsp;BA from the University of California at Berkeley.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.dileepansiva.com/?utm_campaign=foreignfounders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Work with Dileepan Siva today!</a></p><p><br></p><p>Enjoy the episode!</p><p>Twitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/dileepansiva\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://twitter.com/dileepansiva</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/dileepansiva/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dileepansiva/</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you love this episode, please share and review the podcast! It will help more immigrant and international founders find these content. Please do not hesitate to reach out to <a href=\"mailto:foreignfounderspod@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">foreignfounderspod@gmail.com</a> for any inquiries and questions.</p>","author_name":"Chibit"}