From India to Korea: This HBS MBA will inspire you!

In This Episode:

In this inspiring episode, host Denise Silber sits down with HBS MBA Pankaj Agarwal, an EdTech entrepreneur who was born in an Indian village and developed a deep desire to pay it forward. Today he and his team are optimizing the education process in thousands of Indian and Korean classrooms thanks to the low-tech invention from Taghive, his Samsung-backed startup headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

Because Panjak is a keen observer and deep thinker, you will learn as he shares his story, how simple technology can impact students and teachers in a big way and create remarkable outcomes. Discover how his company, TagHive, is bringing solutions to one of the biggest problems for teachers: knowing which students have understood the lesson and are ready to move on. This episode is for any entrepreneur looking for inspiration and a new way of thinking about his or her life, goals, and hopes.

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A Glimpse of What You’ll Learn

  • What are some of the leading characteristics of how business is done in Korea?

  • How choosing long term commitment over short term opportunity can be a key to success

  • What do entrepreneurs need to do first as they look into investors for their business

  • Why knowing which question to ask can be more important than being a problem solver

  • When and how to consider low-tech solutions

  • Why the education system still holds so many opportunities for improvement-oriented start-ups


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    Pankaj Agarwal, Founder & CEO at TagHive
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    Twitter : https://twitter.com/PankajHarvard

Mr. Pankaj Agarwal, an alumnus of HBS is the Founder & CEO at TagHive, a Samsung funded education technology venture with operations in South Korea and in India. He is an inventor on over 75 international patents and was on the list of Fortune India 40 Under 40 in 2021. He was also one of the 10 winners of MIT TR35 India (Innovators Under 35) Award in 2017.

Prior to TagHive Mr. Agarwal was with Samsung Electronics for over a decade. Mr. Agarwal is the Founder and Chairman of the IIT Alumni Association of South Korea since 2015. He is also a board member of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea and an adjunct professor at the Ewha Woman’s University.

Mr. Agarwal is a trained magician and is fluent in Korean. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree in EE from IIT Kanpur, an MS from Seoul National University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.