Candid Conversations with Amit Pandey: Recent Episodes

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This is a series of Essays titled "Story of a Story" written by Amit Pandey, he thinks he is a good writer, thus asked someone else (that's me) to record for him; Basically, 'Story' has been personified here, and a writer is interviewing it; so we begin now; 

Read full Essays on: https://amitpandey.me/

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This is a series of Essays titled "Story of a Story" written by Amit Pandey, he thinks he is a good writer, thus asked someone else (that's me) to record for him; Basically, 'Story' has been personified here, and a writer is interviewing it; so we begin now; 

Read full Essays on: https://amitpandey.me/

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This is a series of Essays titled "Story of a Story" written by Amit Pandey, he thinks he is a good writer, thus asked someone else (that's me) to record for him; Basically, 'Story' has been personified here, and a writer is interviewing it; so we begin now; 

Read full Essays on: https://amitpandey.me/

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This is a series of Essays titled "Story of a Story" written by Amit Pandey, he thinks he is a good writer, thus asked someone else (that's me) to record for him; Basically, 'Story' has been personified here, and a writer is interviewing it; so we begin now;

Read full Essays on: https://amitpandey.me/

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**Number #6 interview with Nitin Pandey, Founder and CEO, Parentune

Check 1st minute of video for #teaser :)

Don’t miss this one

  • as Nitin is hardly seen in the media (media shy types:)

  • story is compelling, inspiring, moving and he answered all questions with honesty, modesty;

  • big learning for entrepreneurs of any stage or even investors;**

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A candid discussion with

  • Nakul How Mandeep and Nakul landed into Entrepreneurship,

  • Cashify during Lockdown

  • Recommerce and journey from manufacturing to Cashify

  • On Culture & Teams #1 Give Ownership, #2 Love of Phones & Technology

  • Journey, Philosophy, Learnings

  • Advice to aspiring entrepreneurs

and much more

The video is available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuITFoE950s&t=895s

Cashify Web: https://www.cashify.in/

more about Nakul: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nakul425 | Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nakulkumar/

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Recording Highlights:

  • Poster Gully founded in 2012 with day job

  • Idea of PosterGully - I needed it :)

  • Business Philosophy - Paisa over Purpose

  • Business Philosophy #101

  • Market Sizing is Crucial

  • Advice for young entrepreneurs/

and much more...

About Bharat: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethibharat/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/bharatsethi_

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  • on founding India's 1st private Space Company, Earth2Orbit,

  • How Abhinav (Co-founder, Digio) and Sanket met,

  • apart from business - pursuing interests in Gardening, Cooking :)

  • 1 Dhandha focused person, #2 Customer Obsession

About Sanket: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanketnayak/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/sankeyboy

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Some highlights:

  • Dhandhekibaat aka #Sales #DNA

  • On Market Sizing

  • Driving force - Product, Not a Campany!

  • Decision Making (I loved this Part :)

  • Shh!! Secret About Nishith ;)

and much more;

About Nishith: Linkedin | Twitter

Featured in Forbes 30 UNDER 30 INDUSTRY, MANUFACTURING & ENERGY

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Some highlights:

  • Priya explains the SVB model for Startups and more

  • SAAS is huge for SVB

  • about Venture Debt

  • Rapid Fire Round

and much more..

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Thanking Karthik Rangappa to give me this amazing opportunity to interview him, know more about his life's journey, tips on life and all that surrounds that;

Some highlights from both the episodes:

  • Karthik’s biggest guiding force of life - GUILT

  • The Rupee Tales - Story

  • Varsity

  • The 100 bagger - Measurable Impact

  • Start investing/saving early, three sisters story - compounding effect of money

  • Recommended Books: One Up on Wall Street -Peter Lynch, When the Genius Failed, Roger Lowenstein and more

  • Click here to read the Part 1 full article

  • Click here to read the Part 2 full article

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Writes here: http://www.stellarisvp.com/author/alok-goyal/

Alok on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alokgoyal1971 

Click here to read the article of this podcast;

Some Highlights:

  • Comparison with China only useful to a certain extent,

  • Mobile Internet Space in India,

  • we continue to be very bullish in the SAAS space,

  • India v.s. China comparison

  • Startup Opportunities in India

and much more;

Note: I have used this report as a reference for this interview: Digital India technology to transform a connected nation - McKinsey Global Institute, Mar 2019;

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Some Highlights:

  • A lot of startups betting big on the adoption of tech, both by consumers (India 2, refer Sajith’s article for more details: http://bit.ly/2WhFtME), next 100-150 mil consumers

  • India 1.5 - Micro Insurance, Savings product, etc.

  • India is a many-layered economy, Can’t say anything in particular of India, whatever you say of India the opposite is also true,

Sajith is a Prolific Writer: http://sajithpai.com/

If you like the content and thoughts already, feel free to buy Sajith something from his Amazon wishlist :)

Note: I have used this report as a reference for this interview: Digital India technology to transform a connected nation - McKinsey Global Institute, Mar 2019;

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Highlights from 1st Part (click here to read the full article):

  • What are Syndicates & What’s in for Startups from AngelList India?

  • Syndicate leads = Anchor?

  • Some views on markets and competition, Exits, angel/venture investing…

  • New initiatives?

and much more;

Highlights from 2nd Part (click here to read the read full article:- Philosophy of finding yourself :)

  • Crests and troughs in Life but live a life with zero regrets

  • Rapid Fire

  • Series of happy accidents, alternate life, to tweet or not to tweet

and much more