You built it. Now sell it.
Business with Charan covers sales, marketing and entrepreneurship for people who build. I'm Charan, and I'm learning it through my own businesses, a business degree, and conversations with people who sell for a living.
Charan Manikanta Nalla
Founder, devsforfun Studio
Studying business at University of the People
Now
Updated
- Rebuilding this site.
- Inviting the first guests for the podcast.
- Finished the Foundations courses at University of the People.
What's on the site
Blog
Posts on sales, marketing and entrepreneurship from running my own businesses, with real numbers where I can share them.
Read the blogPodcast
Conversations with salespeople, marketers, founders and business owners. Coming soon.
See the podcast pageSchool
Notes from my BSBA at University of the People on what each course covers and how it applies to a real business.
See my progressResources
Articles, tools, books and course material on sales, marketing and entrepreneurship, sorted by topic.
Browse resourcesFrom the blog
All posts- Published Why a software engineer is starting a business degree4 min read
I've been a software engineer for almost two and a half years. On 12 November I start a business degree, and I plan to use it before I finish it.
- Published Your business has a single point of failure. Mine was an AI model.8 min read
A sudden AI model restriction showed me how fragile a workflow can become when one tool sits underneath too much of the work—and why I started diversifying.
- Published I thought launching the product was the hard part8 min read
I can build software. What I keep learning is that building a reliable way to get it in front of the right people is a different problem.
[Show name]
A Business with Charan podcast
Conversations about sales, marketing and entrepreneurship with salespeople, marketers, founders and business owners.
School
I'm studying for a BSBA online at University of the People. When I finish a course, I write about what it covered and how it applies to running a business.
University of the People
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Student
Charan Manikanta Nalla
0 of 120credits done
| Part | Credits | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orientation | Done | |
| Foundations courses | Done | |
| General education | 24 | Not started |
| Core business courses | 60 | Not started |
| Electives | 36 | Not started |
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