Josh Talks

The company was founded in 2015 by Shobhit Banga and Supriya Paul.{{Cite news|url=http://dsim.in/blog/2015/10/08/an-interview-with-co-founder-of-joshtalks-com-shobhit-banga-and-supriya-paul/|title=DSIM- Digital Marketing Blog|work=Digital Marketing Blog - DSIM|access-date=2017-11-09|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/josh-talks-how-22-year-old-duo-harness-power-of-stories-to-move-and-motivate-people-in-chandigarh/|title=Josh Talks: How 22-year-old duo harness power of stories to move and motivate people in Chandigarh|date=2016-04-10|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-11-09|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.joshtalks.com/about-us/|title=About Josh Talks & How We are Changing The World|website=Josh Talks|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-04}} It is seed-funded by investors such as Ritesh Malik (Founder of Innov8), Sumit Ranka (Founder of Thinkpot) amongst other names in the Indian investor circuit.{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/why-josh-talks-has-the-energy-to-be-bigger-better-than-ted-talks/articleshow/55936596.cms|title=Why Josh Talks has the energy to be bigger & better than TED Talks|last=Borpuzari|first=Pranbihanga|date=2016-12-13|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-09-23}}

Josh Talks began its journey with conferences in 2014 in Delhi and Bengaluru. The speakers were social activists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, academics, administrators, sportspeople, authors, musicians, actors and other artists.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/morefromlifestyle/the-premise-of-josh-talks-ordinary-people-extraordinary-journeys/story-grlc3BCJiDtUqLVDsI78NM.html|title=The premise of Josh Talks: Ordinary people, extraordinary journeys|date=2015-07-24|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://dubeat.com/2015/11/josh-talks-2015-stories-that-inspired-delhi/|title=Josh Talks 2015: Stories that inspired Delhi - DU Beat|date=2015-11-02|work=DU Beat|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/josh-talks-hosts-6th-event-in-delhi-speakers-inspire-the-audience|title=Josh Talks Hosts 6th Event in Delhi, Speakers Inspire the Audience|work=The Quint|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en}}

The marquee Josh Talks LEAP 2016 took place October, featuring 24 speakers and 5,000 attendees.{{Cite news|url=http://mediainfoline.com/brand/delhi-gears-up-for-josh-talks-leap-2016|title=Delhi Gears Up For ‘JOSH TALKS LEAP 2016' - Media Infoline|date=2016-10-06|work=Media Infoline|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://everythingexperiential.businessworld.in/article/I-will-own-the-most-valuable-event-IP-in-5-years-Shobhit-Banga-Josh-Talks/13-10-2016-106870/|title=I will own the most valuable event IP in 5 years- Shobhit Banga, Josh Talks|work=Everything Experiential|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/josh-talks-looks-to-inspire-indian-youth-through-stories-check-out-how/419531/|title=Josh Talks looks to inspire Indian youth through stories; check out how|date=2016-10-16|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en-US}} In August 2017, the company has been on the road with monthly conferences in various tier 2 cities across India.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cppr.in/event/josh-talks-kochi-2017/|title=Josh Talks Kochi 2017|work=Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en-US}}

Josh Talks on 27 February raised $1.5 million in pre-Series A funding round led by New York-based Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF).{{Cite web|url=https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/josh-talks-raises-1-5m-funding-led-by-new-york-based-fund-mdif/74335561|title=Josh Talks raises $1.5M funding led by New York-based fund MDIF - ETtech|last=www.ETtech.com|website=ETtech.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-02}}

File:National Media Awards 2018 Josh Talks.jpg honouring National Media award to Josh Talks co-founder Supriya Paul]]

On 25 January 2019, Josh Talks was awarded with the National Media Award {{cite web |title=NATIONAL AWARDS |url=http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/eci%20nvd%20brochure.pdf |publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |accessdate=19 February 2019 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306185831/http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/eci%20nvd%20brochure.pdf |url-status=dead }} by Honourable President of India, Ramnath Kovind for #MakeYourMark campaign to create awareness and engagement amongst the first time voters.{{cite web |title=President of India awarded Josh Talks with the National Media Award |url=http://www.fashionlingua.com/trends.php?detail=2159 |website=www.fashionlingua.com |accessdate=19 February 2019 |archive-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219130241/http://www.fashionlingua.com/trends.php?detail=2159 |url-status=dead }} The company was named in a list of "Top 50 Startups of India" for 2017 by Economic Times.{{Cite news|url=https://in.thehackerstreet.com/100-indian-startups-2017/|title=Top 100 disruptive Indian startups to look out for in 2017|last=THS|first=Team|date=2017-04-02|work=The Hacker Street|access-date=2017-11-09|language=en-US|archive-date=16 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716111916/https://in.thehackerstreet.com/100-indian-startups-2017/|url-status=dead}}

Some of the major partners of Josh Talks are UN Women, United Nations Development Programme, ILO, DICCI, Indian Army,and among many others. One of Josh Talks' major partners is Facebook with whom they conduct conferences, workshops & bootcamps to encourage entrepreneurship in India.{{Cite news|url=http://bwdisrupt.businessworld.in/article/In-Association-with-Facebook-Josh-Talks-Aims-to-Inspire-Young-Minds-Through-the-Power-of-Stories/06-04-2017-115830/|title=In Association with Facebook Josh Talks Aims to Inspire Young Minds Through the Power of Stories|last=Sangwan|first=Sujata|work=BW Disrupt|access-date=2017-11-09|language=en}}

The company's content can be found on YouTube, Facebook, iTunes,{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/josh-talks/id1245037758?mt=2|title=Josh Talks by Josh Talks on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en|access-date=2017-11-09}} Saavn{{Cite web|url=https://www.saavn.com/s/show/Josh-Talks/1/nth8f,XTIuI_|title=Josh Talks {{!}} Listen on Saavn #SaavnOriginals|website=Saavn|access-date=2017-11-09}} amongst other online platforms.

Josh has covered over 1,000+ speakers with over 8.93 Million subscribers on YouTube{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYlNGlloLLZiAL3zBgbMgQ|title=Josh Talks|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2017-11-09}} and 999,000+ fans on Facebook.,{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/JoshTalksLive/|title=Security Check Required|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-09}} and receives 20 Million views monthly.{{Cite web|title=An Interview with Co- Founder of Joshtalks.com, Shobhit Banga and Supriya Paul|url=https://sites.google.com/view/joshtalk/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=sites.google.com|language=en-US}}

Some of Josh Talks' speakers have been Boman Irani, Anurag Kashyap,{{cite web |last1=The Economic Times |author-link=The Economic Times |title=Why Josh Talks has the energy to be bigger & better than TED Talks |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/why-josh-talks-has-the-energy-to-be-bigger-better-than-ted-talks/articleshow/55936596.cms |accessdate=16 July 2018 |date=13 December 2016}} Sonam Wangchuk, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, Zeishan Quadri, and Ankur Warikoo.{{cite web |last1=The Times of India |author-link=The Times of India |title=Josh Talks is here to inspire people - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Josh-Talks-is-here-to-inspire-people/articleshow/50776290.cms |accessdate=16 July 2018}}{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

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• [https://www.joshtalks.com/ Official website]

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