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Raj Shamani's Figuring Out

Raj Shamanirajshamani.com
Figuring Out is a podcast for people who want to learn. It connects the world’s sharpest minds to the 1.4 billion Indians who want to win. Raj Shamani sits across from the world's top 1%: billionaires, leaders, entrepreneurs, athletes, and experts to give you a masterclass in what it takes to reach the top of a global stage. World’s best playbooks, strategies, and stories for the generation that wants to turn their ambitious dreams into reality. Figuring Out has become a place where the world comes to talk to India. And where India comes to learn from the world. Follow to become a part of it.
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Meet India’s First Crypto Billionaire Sandeep Nailwal | Polygon | Figure Out Episode 68

Order my first book here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Sandeep Nailwal who is the Co-Founder of Polygon Technology where we talk about the power of entrepreneurship and how Web3 and Blockchain systems are going to change the world. Sandeep’s story is one literal rags to riches one since he comes from a really humble background. But today, he is a founder of a multi-billion dollar company and is setting his sights on making i...

Dec 21, 20221 hr 5 min

Ajay Lakhotia on StockGro, Indian Stock Market, Networking and more! | Figuring Out Episode 67

Order my first book here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Ajay Lakhotia who is the Co-Founder of StockGro. Before joining this company he has worked with companies like Kissht.com, Gravity Capital, Vertex Venture, Yatra Online, IDG Ventures India, ICICI Bank, Capgemini & others. On StockGro, users get 10 lakh virtual cash, trade, invest and get paid for building a winning portfolio. But how did he think of building such a b...

Dec 16, 20221 hr 25 min

Toshan Tamhane on Business, Problem Solving, Leadership and Success | Figuring Out Episode 66

Order my first book here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Toshan Tamhane, an avid adventurer who lives with 1 aim - “regret minimization - you only live once”. He followed the conventional IIM-A to consulting path - spent 18+ years at McKinsey across 55+ countries, advising billionaires, making deals, and building businesses. Then, a bit bored and a bit reflective, I ventured into traditional corporate roles with a passion for ...

Dec 09, 20222 hr 2 min

Priyanka Khimani on making it as a Woman Entrepreneur and Building Relationships! | FO 65

Order my first book here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Priyanka Khimani, founder of Khimani & Associates, a full-service law firm that is highly recognized for its entertainment and intellectual property practice. We talk about - Her life's journey and career - Work life balance - Connecting, convincing and networking with people - Her experience of working with celebrities and more! She has been able to coalesce her leg...

Dec 02, 20221 hr 46 min

Billionaire Asish Mohapatra On Building A PROFITABLE Business From Day 1 | FO 64 - Raj Shamani

In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Asish Mohapatra, Co-Founder of two unicorns startups in India. OfBusiness turned unicorn with a $160 mn funding round that came on July 31, 2021, thereby becoming the 18th Indian startup to turn unicorn in 2021. Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV5hpZRJtSY ------------- 00:00 - Introduction 03:13 - What content Asish consume? 06:13 - How to achieve top in everything? 09:20 - How did Asish get ins...

Nov 25, 20222 hr 5 min

How I Became A Millionaire? @Finance With Sharan on Content Creation, Money Mistakes & Investing | FO62

Preorder my first book here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Sharan Hegde and we have discussed: -Should you buy a house or rent it? -Why content creation is a great career? -How to get started with content creation? -Why creating content on Linkedin is necessary if you are in the corporate world? -What are the biggest money mistakes people make in their 20s? Sharan Hegde is the founder of Finance with Sharan, where through his...

Nov 18, 20221 hr 1 min

How To Build 1000 Crore Brand? Shantanu Deshpande On Work Life Balance, Consumers & Branding | FO 62

Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 03:18 - Smaller cities are better than Tier 1 cities 06:38 - Why is greed good? 08:05 - Economy Vs Business in flights 13:36 - Flipkart Vs McKinsey 15:38 - Superpower of Founders 18:17 - How do you develop connection with your team? 24:15 - Raj’s biggest mistake in his entrepreneurship journey 26:19 - Biggest mistake of Shantanu in Bombay Shaving Company 29:49 - Founders should not be optimistic? 36:20 - Why did you choose entrepreneurship? 42:11 - Every successf...

Nov 11, 20222 hr 20 min

Byju's Founder On Layoff, Audit Delay, Acquisitions, Sponsoring FIFA and Cricket World Cup | FO 61

Preorder the book here: https://rb.gy/n5nt2w In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Byju Raveendran, Founder and CEO of Byju's, the biggest edtech startup and we have discussed: -How did Byju’s become the biggest edtech startup? -How BYJU's Became the Most Valued Startup of India? -Why did Byju invest his own money in his startup? -Why did they sponsor the FIFA World Cup and Cricket World Cup? -What’s happening with Byju’s employees? BYJU'S was founded in the ...

Nov 04, 20222 hr 1 min

7 Biggest Money Making Secrets To Get Rich In Your 20s | Ft @Finance With Sharan | FO 60

Preorder the book here: https://rb.gy/n5nt2w In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Sharan Hegde and we have discussed "Top 7 Things About Money Which Every Person Should Know In Their 20s To Make A Lot Of Money". Sharan Hegde is the founder of Finance with Sharan, where through his social media channels he creates content to educate people about finance, money management and investments. He is a former consultant who worked on strategy projects with banks and...

Oct 28, 202220 min

The ART Of Investing Money & Wealth Creation ft. Kotak's Srikanth Subramanian | FO 59 - Raj Shamani

Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu -------------- Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcAXML17cJQ ------------- In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast with Raj Shamani, we are in conversation with Srikanth Subramanian, CEO of Kotak Cherry. Kotak Mahindra Bank is one of the leading banks and financial services groups. Kotak Bank offers a wide range of banking and financial services such as investment banking, personal banking, ge...

Oct 21, 20221 hr 1 min

He Made 8000 CRORES In JUST 6 Months - Unicorn Mensa Brands' Ananth Narayanan | FO 58 - Raj Shamani

Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Ananth Narayanan, founder and CEO of Mensa Brands. The former CEO of Myntra, an Indian fashion ecommerce company, started Mensa Brands and within six months was able to reach a billion-dollar valuation and became India’s fastest unicorn. Before becoming CEO of Myntra, Narayanan was working at McKinsey and was able to reach the position of managing par...

Oct 14, 20221 hr 8 min

This Guy Is Scaling Businesses Digitally & Making MILLIONS Of Dollars- Akash Sinha| FO57 Raj Shamani

Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu ------------- In the latest episode of the Figuring Out Podcast, we are in conversation with Akash Sinha, CEO & Co-founder of Cashfree Payments, India’s leading payments and API banking company, a IIIT and ex-Amazon employee. Akash Sinha and Reeju Datta started Cashfree Payments in 2015 and initially, they were digitizing offline COD payments. Then in April 2016, they got into the online space completely. When they start...

Oct 08, 20221 hr 15 min

Top 10 Ways To Create Wealth Faster and Become Rich | Ft. Sandeep Jethwani | Figuring Out 56

In Today’s Episode of Figuring Out, we've Sandeep Jethwani, Co-Founder of dezerv. He graduated from IIM Bangalore and for the last seventeen years has been Managing Money for the Wealthiest Indians. dezerv. is a Wealth Creation Platform where Financial Experts with years of experience invest for you. dezerv.'s experts Build, Manage & Review Investment Portfolios for working professionals while taking full ownership of performance. In this episode we have discussed how you can create wealth a...

Sep 30, 202217 min

How To Become a Unicorn Company? | Business and Fund Raising Secrets Revealed By Kunal Bahl | FO 55

Click https://bit.ly/3LCy7uk and open a Demat & Trading A/c with Bajaj Financial Securities Limited! A platform that is empowering users with diverse options to invest in the stock market! Features at your fingertips: -Stock Baskets picked by experts -Avail Brokerages for all segments as low as Rs. 5 per order with subscription packs -Margin on Delivery Trades -Investing in US Stocks -Investing in Bond Markets -IPO Investing Link to the website: https://www.bajajfinservsecurities.in/ Experie...

Sep 23, 20221 hr 19 min

Is Chaayos New Indian Starbucks? Multi Million Business By Selling CHAI | Figuring Out 54

Hi Guys! In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Nitin Saluja and Raghav Verma, Co-Founder of Chaayos and we have discussed: -How to kill competition? -How to build a brand and what brands can learn from legendary brands like Apple and Co-Cola? -How Chaayos became India's first technology enabled chai business? Chaayos – “Experiment with Chai is” is one of the fastest growing tea startups of India. Chaayos is an initiative by two techies – Nitin Saluja and Ragh...

Sep 16, 202245 min

How To Grow Your Business 10x Fast? Secrets Revealed By Billionaire Deepak Garg | Figuring Out 53

Hi Guys! In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast we are in conversation with Deepak Garg, Founder and CEO of Rivigo and we have discussed: -Why India doesn’t have companies like Uber & Netflix and why are these companies struggling in India? -What are the areas India needs to focus on in order to grow it’s economy? -What’s stopping India from becoming rich? -What opportunities should India look at in order to grow for the next 10 years? -What are Indian VC’s and entrepreneurs getting ...

Sep 09, 202251 min

AI Will Rule The World - Loss of Jobs, Humanity in Next 7 years | Ft. Srikanth Velamakanni | FO 52

In this latest episode of Figuring Out Podcast, we have Srikanth Velamakanni, Founder of Fractal Analytics and we have discussed: -How AI will replace all the jobs and to fight that? -What skills you should learn to future ready? -How technology is controlling us? -How to learn about AI or Tech to understand and imply the usage of tech in current jobs? -What should be the mindset of students sitting for placements and what is the biggest mistake they made? -Next big industry where people can mak...

Sep 02, 20221 hr 15 min

Lenskart’s Peyush Bansal On Shark Tank, Indian Businesses & Leadership Skills | Figuring Out 51

In this episode of Figuring Out Podcast, we have Shark Peyush Bansal, Founder and CEO of Lenskart and we have discussed: -How can you enter a perfectly competitive market and build something where nobody can beat you? -How to build a monopoly in a competitive market? -How to find out your niche? -How to build a brand which can set you apart from competitors? -Journey of Lenskart, how does lenskart build another organisation inside their own company? -Lessons on building a startup from 0 to takin...

Aug 26, 20221 hr 5 min

BECOME RICH, But How? -Sandeep Jethwani On Money Mistakes, Billionaires & Investing | FiguringOut 50

In this week’s episode of Figuring Out, we have Sandeep Jethwani, Co-Founder of dezerv. (Check dezerv. out here:https://bit.ly/3A9pBOb) dezerv. is a wealth creation platform where financial experts with years of experience invest for you!dezerv's experts build, manage & review investment portfolios for working professionals while taking full ownership of performance. In this podcast we discuss: -What does Wealth Creation actually mean? -How can people create massive amounts of wealth? -Why c...

Aug 19, 202252 min

What's Wrong With Indian Startups? | Dr. Ritesh Malik On Education & Communal Riots |Figuring Out 49

In this week’s episode of Figuring Out we have Ritesh Malik Founder & CEO of Innov8 Coworking. And in this podcast we have discussed: -What needs to change with India’s current education system? -How to deal with competitors? -What is stopping India from becoming truly a world power? -What type of startup fails and succeeds? -How to build the right culture for your organisation? -What is that one thing every entrepreneur is wrong about? Ritesh Malik is a medical doctor turned entrepreneur an...

Aug 12, 20221 hr 16 min

How He Built Moj in 30 Hours After the Ban of TikTok? Raj Shamani | Figuring Out 48

In this week’s episode of Figuring Out we have Ankush Sachdeva Co-founder and CEO of ShareChat. His team created a Moj, a replica of the popular Chinese short video platform TikTok in just 30 hours after the ban of TikTok. In this podcast we have discussed: -How did he create Moj in just 30 hours after the ban of TikTok? -How he built ShareChat after 14 failed startups? -Love & Breakup, Next Big Industry? When we talk about our present, Social Media is one of the prime things out there, that...

Aug 05, 20221 hr 14 min

IITian Shares Top 3 Lessons From - School Life, IIT Bombay & YouTuber's Conclave | Figuring Out 47

In this episode of Figuring Out, We’ve Rishabh Jain, from Labour Law Advisor. He graduated from IIT Bombay & then started working on a few startups which didn’t lead him to success but then he & his partner Mandeep started a YouTube channel - Labour Law Advisor as his family was into labour law consulting for the past 40 years. Now Labour Law Advisor has become one of the most popular channels in the space. In this episode, Rishabh shared with us three of his experiences that changed his...

Jul 29, 202235 min

India is at Risk! | How China is Controlling Our Economy? Ft. Trishneet Arora | Figuring Out 46

In this podcast we have Trishneet Arora, the Founder & CEO of TAC Security and we have discussed: -What’s going wrong in the world? -What are the possible outcomes which can happen because of the funding from China to Indian startups? -How China and America are controlling the world? -What can happen to people like you and me if we don’t be cautious about what we are consuming, how we are consuming and who are the startups we are sharing our data with? Trishneet is extremely passionate about...

Jul 22, 20221 hr

The Gaming King Of India - Vishal Gondal | Figuring Out 45 - Raj Shamani

In this podcast we have Vishan Gondal, the Founder & CEO of GOQii and we have discussed: 01. How Did He Approach Pepsi To Buy His Games & Helped Them Run A Campaign Against Coke? 02. How Did India Games Build The First Ever Spider-Man Game? 03. His 3 Biggest Lessons From The Journey Of India Games 04. How Companies Design A Game To Get You Addicted? 05. Why Should the Government Regulate Companies Like Instagram & YouTube For Their Power Of Influence & Strategies To Get A User Ho...

Jul 15, 202250 min

KING On Indian Rap Industry, Diss Tracks & Hustle - Figuring Out 44 | Raj Shamani

In this podcast we have MTV “HUSTLE” fame Arpan Kumar Chandel, professionally known as King or King Rocco. In the recent past, we all have grooved to the soothing beats and warm lyrics of ‘Tu Aake Dekhle, and in this podcast we will discuss: -How does the music industry work? -Ways to make money as an artist -Importance of passive income -What works and what doesn't work in Indian music industry -How artists manage their money? -What are the biggest opportunities in the Indian Music Industry? In...

Jul 09, 20221 hr 30 min

IITian Founders Of Unicorn - NoBroker On Real Estate, Brokers & Buying VS Renting | Figuring Out 43

In this episode of figuring out, we have Amit Kumar Agarwal and Saurav Garg, the Founders of NoBroker.com. We talked about the future of tech-based businesses, the hustle behind building a startup, financial planning, and much more. Saurabh Garg started NoBroker in 2014 after being unable to find a house that didn't require him to pay brokerage on classifieds and rental platforms. He and Amit Kumar Agarwal and Akhil Gupta were inspired by how consumer internet platforms such as BookMyShow had ea...

Jul 01, 202238 min

TOP 10 Rules To Become SUCCESSFUL In Life ft @InvestAajForKal @LabourLawAdvisor -FO42| Raj Shamani

Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu -------------- Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:- / @rajshamaniclips / @rajshamani.shorts ------------- In This Episode Of Figuring Out with Raj Shamani we've Rishabh Jain from @LabourLawAdvisor & Anant Ladha from @InvestAajForKal ------------------------- 📺 Watch Figuring Out episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yCqE-uE6HE ------------- Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - What should be your finan...

Jun 24, 202238 min

Billionaire Nithin Kamath's SECRETS To Make BIG Money In Life | Zerodha Founder | FO41 - Raj Shamani

Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu -------------- Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:- / @rajshamaniclips / @rajshamani.shorts ------------- In Today’s Episode of Figuring Out with Raj Shamani we have Nithin Kamath, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zerodha (India's largest stock brokerage firm) based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. ------------------------- 📺 Watch Figuring Out episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RO8Mstaac -...

Jun 18, 20221 hr 14 min

Indian School Textbooks Are Making You A FAILURE ft. IIM Grad Sumeet Mehta | FO 40 - Raj Shamani

Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu -------------- Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:- / @rajshamaniclips / @rajshamani.shorts ------------- In Today’s Episode of Figuring Out with raj Shamani, we have Sumeet Mehta, Co-Founder, and CEO of LEAD. Sumeet has an engineering degree from Punjab Engineering College and a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. ------------------------- 📺 Watch Figuring Out episodes on YouTube: • Figuring Out W...

Jun 10, 202258 min

Startup Jobs, Team Building & Expansion MASTERCLASS Ft. Raj Das | Hirect | FO 39 - Raj Shamani

Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu -------------- Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:- / @rajshamaniclips / @rajshamani.shorts ------------- In Today’s Episode of Figuring Out, We have Raj Das, he is the Global Co-Founder & CEO of Hirect India, which connects talents to startups without any middleman. At the company’s helm, Raj is responsible for overseeing end-to-end business operations, primarily the management of Products & Marketing in India....

Jun 03, 202232 min
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