Hanika's Stories

  I am thrilled to share my conversation with Brian Mathias who is the founder/owner of a Powell-based micro-brewery called Ill Mannered. For this conversation, I went in person to meet Brian who also gave me a tour of his brewery which was so interesting to see & learn about. I am sharing our summarized conversation and my experience of understanding the process to make beer. Brian was very kind to spend time with me to share his experiences building his business. 1. What inspired you to start your own brewery? Brian fell in love with craft beer and the process of making craft beer. With his engineering background, he got together with a couple of friends who started the Ill Mannered Brewing company. Two things that have helped Brian succeed through his journey is understanding that building a product is one important part but the second important part is selling it and you can achieve a lot with less. You need to creatively solve problems. 2. Why did you choose the name Ill M...

  I am so excited to share my conversation with Sajid Chougle. He is 40 years old from Mumbai India and is an adventurer at heart. Sajid really likes to experience nature, meet new people, explore new cultures and many more things. I had a blast chatting with him and it was very interesting to hear his story. I asked him some questions during our exciting conversation and summarized our conversation below.   1. What inspired you to get into adventure sports? When he was a kid he watched a lot of cartoons that had transformation, flying, innovations where humans and robots could connect. Some of the cartoons he was inspired by were Centurions, SilverHawks, Jestsons, Dexter's Lab and Johnny Quest. He saw a lot of adventure sports on National Geographic, and also read books on the same topic. As a kid he was always curious and he wanted to explore beyond his surroundings. While living in India he didn’t have the access to adventure sports, so he went to explore more of it outside...

I met with Brooke Yoakam. She is 21 years old from Columbus, Ohio and is the founder of AvidAI. She is currently studying at Boston College. I had a lot of fun chatting with her and it was very inspiring to hear her story. I asked her some questions during our insightful conversation and summarized the discussion.  1. What is the name of your startup?  Her startup is called AvidAI. It was called GiftPocket which is an app to exchange, buy and donate gift cards. Now it has evolved into a Shopify app which is used to acquire customers using artificial intelligence tools with promotional gift cards. 2. Why the name AvidAI? It was originally going to be called GiftPocketAI. But she decided to change the name and wanted it to start with the letter “A”. I asked her why. She said she is inspired by companies that started with the letter “A” such as Amazon, Apple and Alphabet. She chose AvidAI because she wants to build avid customers for brands. Avid customers are loyal and repeat cu...

  Hi, my name is Hanika. As I’m writing my first blog, I am 10 years old today. Let me share a little bit about myself. I am from Columbus, Ohio. Some of my interests are to swim, write poetry, play the piano and do art. I have been swimming since the age of 2 and currently part of the Buckeye Swim Team. I have been on a team for 3 years. My favorite stroke is backstroke. I love traveling to new places and trying out new food. Some of the places I have visited are Mumbai, Jodhpur, London, New York, Maui, Honolulu, Nassau and many other cities in the US. I also love to run and can run 2 miles at a stretch. My favorite food is my dad’s homemade pizza and my mom’s chole masala which is basically chickpea stew. I love ice cream!! My favorite flavor is the Wild Berry Lavender at Jeni’s. I am starting this blog because I am very interested in listening to stories by entrepreneurs. It provides a lot of inspiration personally and I want to share those stories with many people. In this blog...