EP #59: Genevive Savundranayagam - Serial Entrepreneur & Brand Builder Behind Mahara Mindfulness (Creator Of "The Human Being Journal")

Genevive Savundranayagam (@genevivesav) is a serial entrepreneur, brand builder and the Co-Founder of Mahara Mindfulness (@maharamindfulness) which created the buzzworthy "The Human Being Journal".She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss the spark behind "The Human Being Journal", side hustles, a fear of not living up to her full potential, quitting her job right before the pandemic to take the entrepreneurial leap, prioritizing friendship/family over business, the peace she experienced in New Zealand and much more.Follow Genevive:- Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/genevivesav/) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevivesav/) Timestamps00:19 - Ara introduces this week’s guest, Genevive Savundranayagam01:08 - Genevive speaks on growing up, her professional experience, and more03:19 - What made her go down an entrepreneurial route?06:57 - Navigating business partnerships with friends10:17 - Initially opting not to sign a shareholder agreement12:32 - Mahara Mindfulness - the idea, the name, and more16:00 - What is ’The Human Being Journal’ ?20:10 - Why there won’t be a digital version, or course, for The Human Being Journal23:42 - The buzz around The Human Being Journal and how it got into Indigo27:11 - Funding Mahara Mindfulness; bootstrapping vs. fundraising28:43 - Deciding which investors they wanted to work with30:13 - Where she sees the company in 5 years; US/global expansion, giving back, and more32:14 - Have friends/family questioned her choices along the journey?33:49 - How Genevive wants to be remembered by friends and family35:27 - Advice she would give her 16-year-old self36:40 - Genevive’s life would be a ‘disaster’ without a calendar39:12 - Her favourite sources of learning, and everything happening for a reason42:13 - The positive impact that morning workouts have had on Genevive’s life43:50 - Who Genevive admires in the global Tamil community and non-Tamil community46:42 - Creator Confessions53:19 - The Wrap UpIntro MusicProduced And Mixed By:- The Tamil Creator- YanchanWritten By:- Aravinthan Ehamparam- Yanchan Rajmohan        Support the show