The Mom Co.s Mompreneurs Show announces winners: HT CEO Praveen Someshwar mentored them

As The Mompreneurs Show finalised the winners among the mom-led startups, HT Media MD and CEO Praveen Someshwar held a masterclass as a distinguished mentor for the final set of mom entrepreneurs. Praveen shared his real-life learnings from his time in Pepsi to Hindustan Times, experiences and advice about building brands.The Mompreneurs show is a hunt for India's top mom-led startups. Fever FM and Radio One are the radio partners. Startup India, the government's nodal body to support Startups, was among the support partners. The Mom Co. is the sponsor of Mompreneurs.

Stride Ventures, a renowned venture debt fund, joined the show promising the winner $10,000 cash prize in the form of a grant over and above the cash and media assets of ₹1 crore that the Good Glamm Group has committed for the winners.

During his mentorship masterclass, Praveen Someshwar was asked several questions on brand building, growth, investing in branding versus performance marketing, investment and strategic landscape etc.

Before joining the Hindustan Times, Praveen Someshwar led PepsiCo's business in the food and beverage sector across Asia. Previously based in Hong Kong, he managed all PepsiCo businesses across Asia, excluding China and India.As per the data released by the National Statistical Office, retail inflation in the food basket was at 8.66 per cent in February, marginally up from 8.3 per cent in the previous month.

The Reserve Bank of India has been tasked by the government to ensure retail inflation remains at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side.

Last month, the central bank projected the CPI inflation at 5.4 per cent for the current fiscal (2023-24) and recorded at 5 per cent in January-March quarter.