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Figuring Out with Raj Shamani

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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Explaining Future Technology & Artificial Intelligence - Sai Krishna V K | FO 14 - Raj Shamani Dec 09, 2021

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In this episode of Figuring Out, Raj talks with the Co-Founder of Scapic, Sai Krishna V K.
Popularly known as an “accidental entrepreneur”, Sai Krishna VK, is a builder, tech geek and a whizz-kid who believes in the empowering nature of technology and consequently surpassed the idea of solipsism.
He’s an alumni of Stanford University Graduate School of Business and also the recipient of the National Start-up Award.
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Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CB_cJGLQN4
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:47 Sponsored by Coinswitch
02:10 His Journey
16:40 How he met his Co-Founder (Ajay)
18:32 What is Scapic?
20:00 Raj’s first interaction with VR
22:14 How far is Metaverse?
24:15 How was Scapic acquired?
31:54 Metaverse Explained
41:30 Opportunities for Common People
50:56 How do we learn about the Metaverse?
56:10 Where did the name ‘Figuring Out’ come from?
01:01:56 Outro
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About Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
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Shark Tank Fame Vineeta Singh On How To Make BIG Money In Life | Sugar Cosmetics | FO13| Raj Shamani Dec 02, 2021

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Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu
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In this episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani talks with Co-founders of SUGAR Cosmetics, Vineeta Singh and Kaushik Mukherjee.
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Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxy8d1MA8aE
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:02 Why you should never do BOGO
06:58 Benefits of MBA
15:19 What to do after B-School?
17:36 How to start to make it big in life?
19:47 How did they start dating?
24:48 How to decide your business model?
31:25 Why did their first startup fail?
32:38 Looking at the bigger picture
34:39 Sunk Cost Explained
36:46 Why should you complete rather than compete?
44:43 What was completion for them in the beginning?
49:00 Why did they start?
55:52 Gamification Explained
01:02:47 Guess the Price Game
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About Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
To Know More,
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TOP Crypto Expert Explains Cryptocurrencies & Its Trading - Sathvik Vishwanath - FO 12 | Raj Shamani Nov 25, 2021

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Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu
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In this episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani talks with Sathvik Vishwanath, Co-Founder and CEO of Unocoin.
Sathvik Vishwanath is a successful entrepreneur whose heart and soul is into innovative and disruptive technologies! His business journey started with VentureNext in 2008 writing customised scripts for businesses in a virtual world called SecondLife.
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Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxiNMJHMWdU
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:48 How Long till India gets Comfortable with Crypto?
07:30 Traits of a Speculative Technology becoming Mainstream Technology
15:14 Sathvik Vishwanath’s Early Days
22:14 Opportunities for Common People
26:42 His journey & How he started building the platform in 2013?
34:40 Why Unocoin doesn’t Advertise Aggressively?
42:33 Top Currencies that Look Promising
48:30 Why Didn’t He Go to IIT?
52:40 What Does it Take for a Young Person to Make it Big in Today’s World?
59:30 Conclusion
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About Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
To Know More,
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Creating WEALTH Like A PRO ft. Ashish Kashyap - FO 10 | Raj Shamani Nov 18, 2021

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Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu
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In this episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani talks with Ashish Kashyap, the Founder & CEO of INDmoney and the co-founder of several businesses like Goibibo, PayU, and many others.
He is one of the finest professionals and entrepreneurs and devotes himself wholeheartedly to achieve what he desires. Ashish Kashyap is a person who is always ready to capture opportunities and works in many companies. He also has an amazing capacity to gather people behind him and have them perform with intensity.
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Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEzkDvHs0IM
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:33 How can someone ask the right questions?
07:30 Perspective on Decision Making
10:12 Is Patience Necessary for Becoming Wealthy?
15:53 Power of Compounding
21:12 What does it take to Build a Startup?
26:26 FOMO in Cryptocurrency Market
29:10 What is Resisting Indians to Create Wealth
33:35 Why People Should Join Startups rather than MNC's
36:29 Top 3 Things for Personal Growth
41:09 Dream Team for A Startup in India
42:43 Top 3 Skills for a Dream Team of A Startup
46:45 Is Influencer Economy Sustainable?
49:00 How to Approach/Reach out to People
54:35 Biggest Opportunity for Raj Shamani
58:05 What should Raj Shamani do to improve 10x
1:00:25 Game of Squash?
1:00:48 Outro
About Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
To Know More,
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Instagram @RajShamani

Legacy, Leadership & Life ft. Udaipur's Real Life KING - Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar - FO 9 | Raj Shamani Nov 06, 2021

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Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu
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In this episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani is in conversation with Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, the prince of Udaipur.
Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur is the youngest child of Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur and Smt Vijayraj Kumari Mewar of Udaipur. Belonging to the Royal family of Mewar, he is a direct descendant of such luminaries in Indian history such as Maharana Sanga and Maharana Pratap.
Watch the video till the end and subscribe to the channel for more pieces of value like this!

Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YISBMsC-rX4
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Timestamps:
0:00 Teaser
0:25 Video starts
1:56 Checkout Coinswitch
2:32 Introduction
4:07 Do you have a pressure when you take decision because you are supposed to maintain your family's legacy
6:42 How should we handle disagreement between family and kids?
11:38 Is everything crafted by the family you're born in?
14:18 Have you been ever pressured by anything?
16:13 What is the most inspirational thing that your family did?
19:00 How to differentiate between a friend and an enemy
23:30 Have you ever looked at other people and felt that there was something was not in your life and you missed it
30:13 How did you not let this entitlement get in your head?
37:28 How do you become a better learner?
43:30 Should you focus on improving your strengths or work on weakness
About Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
To Know More,
Follow Raj Shamani On ⤵︎
Instagram @RajShamani

Built A 100+ CRORE Media Network ft. Zoo Media Co-Founders Suveer & Pratik - FO 8 | Raj Shamani Oct 28, 2021

Show notes

Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu
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In today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani is in conversation with Co-Founders of Zoo Media, Suveer Bajaj and Pratik Gupta.
Zoom Media is India’s first independent media network, with 7 agencies under its ambit, a workforce of 300 people, a 100 crore + turnover, with three offices across India and sights on global expansion.
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Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZZxd6_KdmI
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:42 Future of Content
11:26 How to be Prepared for the Future?
16:33 How to Stay Relevant?
21:23 How do they Keep up with the Trends?
23:43 Role of Culture in Media and Advertising
26:18 How to Find the Right People?
27:56 How to Retain Gen-Z as Employees?
35:16 Why do People Quit?
52:12 How can People Kill It?
58:14 The Next Billion Dollar Opportunity?
59:23 Outro
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About Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
To Know More,
Follow Raj Shamani On ⤵︎
Instagram @RajShamani
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CA Rachana Ranade Shares Her Stock Market & Investments SECRETS - FO 7 | Raj Shamani Oct 21, 2021

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Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu
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In today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani is in conversation with CA Rachana Ranade. She is a Chartered Accountant, YouTuber and an entrepreneur. She is the founder of Rachana Ranade and Associates. Rachana makes videos related to financial world, the stock market, business models of big brands, market strategies, etc on her YouTube channel.
Rachana Ranade also has her own website where she sell various courses ranging from the stock market, money management, mutual funds, fundamental analysis, technical analysis, value investing and much more.
In this video, she shares all her stock market and investments secrets. She also shares her experiences and perspective on less discussed topics extending from simplified teaching to personal finance to investing strategies to how to trust people.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:58 Sponsored by Coinswitch
02:38 The Art of Simplification
06:50 How To Understand Things The Best Way
10:00 How to Trust Information Online
13:40 Why is There a Sudden Surge in Investing
18:40 Will The Ripple Effect Continue
24:34 What Formal Education Didn't Teach Her
29:43 Flawed Concept of Piggy Banks
32:26 Problem with Women Investing
37:32 Will India ever be Financially Literate
39:20 Why India is way behind in Financial Literacy
42:30 Absence of Role Models
44:48 What is Her Time Management Strategy
49:36 The Process of Idea Generation
52:10 The Process of Research and Shoot
55:17 The Team
55:55 5 Things to Consider Before Investing
59:28 This or That
01:00:58 Viva of Rachana Ranade
01:04:15 Outro

From 0 To 100 Cr - SUCCESSFUL Brand Building Secrets | Arjun Vaidya & Trisha Rajani |FO6 Raj Shamani Oct 14, 2021

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Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu
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/ @rajshamaniclips
/ @rajshamani.shorts
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In today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani talks with Co Founders of Dr. Vaidya, Arjun Vaidya and Trisha Rajani.
Arjun went to Brown University for his undergrad and moved back to India in 2013 working in a private equity firm. When his grandfather died during late 2016, he left his job and began his journey of building Dr Vaidya in 2017.
Arjun's wife, Trisha Rajani having completed her undergrad from University of Warwick has worked at companies like Goldman Sachs, and Nykka began working with Arjun as a COO for building Dr. Vaidya
Dr. Vaidya’s repackaged the ancient Indian science of Ayurveda for modern consumers and emerged as India’s largest Ayurveda brand online. In 4 years, they successfully reached over 1.5m+ consumers across 500+ cities and 16,500+ pin codes in India and launched 80+ products.
In this podcast they shared, why they started Dr. Vaidya', how to build a consumer brand in India, how to build trust in Indian consumers, key principles of building a brand. Watch this podcast till the end if you want to build a FMCG business or want to know how FMCG businesses works in India.
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Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPVgTeasz8
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:45 Moat and The Vaidya's story
07:40 Arjun's Experience at Private Equity
12:52 Trisha's Backstory and UK
18:00 Her stint with Nykaa and Intellecap
20:45 Why did Arjun started Doctor Vaidya?
26:45 The Perfect Storm
27:10 How to have clarity in Life and Entrepreneurship?
35:20 How to become indispensable and what now?
40:20 What sets them apart and helping founders?
44:28 How can people differentiate themselves?
52:25 How to build trust?
55:03 Transparency
57:15 What's the future?
57:48 Key Principles of Building a Brand?
01:05:56 Pitching New Ideas
01:15:18 Outro
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Dropout To Billionaire - Zerodha's Founder Nikhil Kamath's Journey To SUCCESS - FO5| Raj Shamani Oct 07, 2021

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In today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani is in conversation with Nikhil Kamath. He is the co-founder of Zerodha, a Fintech company which is India's largest trading platform. He Co-Founder Zerodh with his older brother Nithin Kamath in 2010 in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. The company is mostly bootstrapped.
Nikhil Kamath dropped out of school as he hates going to school. He was 17 when he got his first job at a call centre. And then he started trading in stocks, later he took up trading seriously and now, Kamath, a billionaire, is leading the country's most successful stock brokerage firm.
In this video, he discusses how he moved out of his house and went from working at a Call Centre to Building up One of the Largest Businesses and becoming India's Youngest Billionaire. He also shared how he made money my trading in stocks, investing and financial mistakes most people make, what is the difference between trading and investing, mistakes people should avoid while trading and everything related to stock market, investing, trading and wealth creation.
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Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpg78ouK54I
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Sponsored by Coinswitch
01:28 Talking Points
01:53 Why he moved out of his house
04:18 How he Made Money by Stock Trading
06:00 How he started selling insurance
07:58 Do we really need to be Good at Sales
09:25 What is the Best Way to Learn Sales
11:40 What did he do After the Call Centre Job
16:43 Investing VS Trading
18:35 Mistakes to Avoid in Trading
23:48 Why aren't Most Indians Financially sound
29:25 Which Philosophy in Life has helped him
31:00 Why do we feel compelled to act smart
34:47 Is Socialism a Problem?
38:44 Are Leakages ever going to Stop?
39:17 Rapid fire with Nikhil
43:50 Outro

Stock Market Trends, Mutual Funds & Wealth Creation ft. Anant Ladha @InvestAajForKalFO4| Raj Shamani Oct 01, 2021

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0:00 Introduction
1:25 How did Anant lost 6 lacs in 10 minutes
04:25 How small cap shares work
04:37 Story continued
05:23 Investing vs Hoping
05:43 How should you approach investing?
05:57 How Raj Started in investing?
07:33 Advice for direct stock investors
08:27 Investing in Mutual funds
10:15 Why should young people get into mutual funds?
12:13 Why making goals is important
13:55 Why are Indians not investing money?
16:01 Pain vs Gain
18:06 Is the next market crash/correction/opportunity coming?
18:18 The thing about opportunities
19:25 Is the IPO bubble going to repeat what happened in the 1999-2001?
22:02 How Anant's financial journey started?
23:31 Anant's favourite book: Rich Dad Poor Dad
23:41 Story continued
24:43 Anant came to Mumbai and his realisation
26:39 When Anant went back home
27:20 How he spent only 5lacs out of 50
27:55 Are CA and CFA degrees necessary to start stock investing?
29:05 Anant's thought on books
30:08 3 books you should read
30:28 Learn to Earn by Peter Lynch
30:55 Raj's biggest moneymaker : SpiceJet
32:15 Good things take time
32:35 Raj's Case study
34:00 Fun money and Casino
34:38 Case study continued
35:15 Raj's strengths
35:59 Crypto story
40:42 Learnings from this study
41:05 A beautiful analogy
41:47 Raj's dad thoughts

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