Ravishankar Gundlapalli PhD

Dr. Ravi’s vision and life purpose are to bring the transformative power of mentorship to 100 million people in the world. Dr. Ravishankar Gundlapalli is the Founder and CEO of MentorCloud, an online mentoring platform for enterprises and academic communities to rapidly grow capabilities and performance of people through guided mentorship connections at scale. Dr. Ravi is a globally recognized thought leader on mentoring and learning. Ravi is the author of "The Art of Mentoring," Dr. Ravi is a frequently invited speaker on the topic of mentoring at global conferences that include, Horasis Extraordinary Meeting on the USA, International Mentoring Congress in Spain, Women Economic Forum in Egypt, World Woman Summit in USA, Horasis India Meeting in Switzerland, Delivering Change Forum in India, YPO Innovation Week (Guatemala), World Demographic Forum in Switzerland, Global Diaspora Forum in Washington DC (at the invitation of then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton), and National Entrepreneur Week in Mexico, Igniting the Genius Within at ISB, India. For his work, Dr. Ravi has been featured in publications such as Huffington Post, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Forbes India, Knowledge@Wharton, and in multiple podcasts and radio shows in US and India, and also in two books, Dealstorming (by Tim Sanders) and Mark of an Eagle (by David McNally). He also serves on the Advisory Board of The Global Mentor Network, founded by Keith Krach. Prior to founding MentorCloud, Dr. Ravi led supply chain solutions for Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Raytheon and Hitachi Global Storage. Dr. Ravi actively mentors entrepreneurs and professionals globally, and also serves as a mentor at the Founder Institute in Silicon Valley. One experience that inspires Dr. Ravi every day is Srikanth Bolla, a visually challenged student who he has been mentoring since 2008. Under Dr. Ravi’s mentorship, Srikanth graduated from MIT Sloan and is now CEO of Bollant Industries, a fast-growing green products company in India. Ravi has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, U.S.A, M.S. from Florida Atlantic University, U.S.A, and B. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. Ravi lives in Silicon Valley, California and enjoys traveling, singing and having serendipitous conversations with new people.

Podcast Episode 18: The startup Adventure of Galard

Episode 18- The startup Adventure of Galard In this episode of Spontaneous Conversations, Dr. Stan, the founder shares his adventurous story of how he bootstrapped and sold his first company https://www.galard.cz/. He shares some insights on branding too. A real story of growing a bootstrapped business.     Podcast Transcription Ravi: Hi there, welcome to episode number …

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Podcast Episode 17: When should an employee transition to being a full time entrepreneur

Episode 17- When should an employee transition to being a full-time entrepreneur In this episode, Ravi and Rajesh talk about when should an employee transition to being a full-time entrepreneur. Having a personal conviction is a very important checklist. A time when you cannot do it. Have you built enough reciprocity?     Podcast Transcription Ravi: …

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Podcast Episode 16: How to validate ideas?

Episode 16- How to validate ideas? In this episode Ravi and Rajesh talk about how to validate ideas? Learn how to have bold conversations with your target audience and sell it. What are your idea distributions channels? Is your idea solving a problem big enough?     Podcast Transcription Ravi: Hi there, welcome to episode number 16 …

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Podcast Episode 14: The mystery and benefits of traveling!

Episode 14- The mystery and benefits of traveling! The Hosts Ravi Gundlapalli & Rajesh Setty talk about Traveling and it being an enriching experience. Learn how traveling can change your worldview and perspectives in a powerful way. Great humour in this episode.     Podcast Transcription Ravi: Hi welcome to episode number 14 of Spontaneous Conversations. The …

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Podcast Episode 13: Inflection points and how to choreograph them!

Episode 13- Inflection points and how to choreograph them! The hosts Ravi Gundlapalli and Rajesh Setty talk about inflection point. Learn how to choreograph ‘Inflection Points’ in your life and business. They share Inflection Points from their personal life stories and how that changed the trajectory of their life.     Podcast Transcription Ravi: Hi there, …

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