Positive Attitude

<p>It's difficult to stay positive when everyone around you is negative. In this episode, Aastha Almast a co-founder from the New Shop stops by the show to share how she was able to push through all obstacles she has faced. We talk about starting as a stockbroker and ultimately becoming an entrepreneur. </p><p>~ ~  ~</p><p>Aastha Almast is the Co-founder of <a href="https://thenewshop.in/" target="_blank">The New Shop</a>, a venture backed and fast growing omni-channel 24/7 convenience store chain in India. She wants to build the largest retail chain in India, with a mission to make modern retail more accessible to the next billion. The New Shop is present at prominent transit points such as railway stations and neighborhoods in India.</p><p>Previously, co-founded 2 startups -  a smartphone gaming app company and a leading global Online Reputation Management company that had Bollywood celebrities, HNIs and MNCs as clients ; She is a serial entrepreneur, who is always looking for solutions to simplify businesses - making them more productive and efficient. She started working while still in school when she landed a role in a Bollywood film when she was 10 years old. While studying Bachelor’s, she joined a stockbroking firm making her one of the youngest certified stock-broker from National Stock Exchange at the age of 18. She has also previously worked in Bank of America and S&P Global. She has lived an adventurous life and has amassed 15 years of diversified experience in entertainment, finance, technology, and retail.</p><p>She believes spirituality is the guiding force in her life and practices Vipassana meditation every day. She is known as the happiest and most optimistic person in her circles. However, she wasn’t always the happy person who people know her as now. She has evolved from a pessimist to an eternal optimist, and it took her 30 years and many hard lessons in that journey to make her realize who she truly is.</p><p>~ ~ ~</p><p>Support the show on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/norlund" ta