Varun Agarwal
Indian film maker
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Varun Agarwal (born 6 December 1986) is an Indian entrepreneur, film maker and author. He has co-founded three companies and authored a national bestseller, How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded a Million Dollar Company.[1][2][3]
Varun Agarwal | |
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Varun Agarwal | |
| Born | 6 December 1986 Bangalore, India |
| Occupation | Author, entrepreneur, film maker and investor |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company |
| Website | |
| varunagarwal | |
Early life
Brought up in Bangalore, Varun did his schooling from Bishop Cotton Boys' School and studied engineering at CMR Institute of Technology.[1]
Entrepreneur
Varun has co-founded three startups, Alma Mater, an online store for merchandise especially for students of colleges and schools which was started in 2009, Reticular, a social media marketing company started in 2010, and Last Minute Films, a production company for online video content which was started in 2005.[4][5][6]
Alma Mater
Varun says that the current aim of the company is to become profitable as well as more responsible.[7]
Alma Mater has also launched a customised online Do-It-Yourself (DIY) online T-shirt maker tool called PLAY. The user can join or create a group, make custom T-shirts with an online editing tool, share it with friends and group members and invite others to join.[8][9]
Mento
Varun Agarwal also founded an online e-learning platform name Mento[10] which is also India's first Ed-tech platform[11] for creative courses.
Author
How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded a Million Dollar Company was rolled out in 2012 by Rupa publishers and is a national bestseller. ‘How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-founded A Million Dollar Company’ had already hit the number 5 spot on the Amazon India bestsellers list.[6][1]
Music video
He has teamed up with a Bangalore-based stand-up comedian Sanjay Manaktala to make a music video called ‘Anu Aunty, Engineering Anthem’ based on his book.[12] This video, which went viral, was featured on The Enthu Cutlets, a channel promoted by Varun in 2014 to showcase Bengaluru's comedians.[13][14][15][16]
The Movie
Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala will be making a movie named Tumse Na Ho Payega, which is an adaptation of Varun's book ‘How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-founded A Million Dollar Company’. Nitesh Tiwari, who directed the Bollywood movie Dangal, is working on this new film.[17][18][19][16]