The ChoubeySahab Podcast: Recent Episodes
Prashant Choubey
Prashant Choubey aka. 'ChoubeySahab' interviews founders and creators about their journey, views on their followed topics, principles they live by, and a fun rapid-fire round at the end.
TLDR: It's fun, vibe-ey, and full of amazing insights!
Shiza Charania is a 15 year old The Knowledge Society innovator, & is currently doing a research on Tumor Detection w/ University Health Network.
In this episode we talk about:
-Computer Vision -Saving $5M on Wind Turbines -How to read research papers -How the Knowledge Society operates? -Optimizing for impact and more..
🔗Links shared in the episode:
Follow Shiza on Twitter- https://twitter.com/shizacharania
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In this episode, Alex West shares:
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Building a $300,000 ARR business using No-code
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Boring things make money
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How to pick a market for business?
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What is financial freedom?
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Benefits of writing every day
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More Money != High Quality of Life
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The problem with optimizing for money
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Traveling is like reading a book
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Hack against speeding of time
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Parents are kids that grew up
🔗Links shared in the episode:
Follow Alex on Twitter- https://twitter.com/alexwestco
Website- https://alexwest.co
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab
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Email: prashantchoubey3@gmail.com
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In this episode, Daniel Vassallo shares:
0:00 - intro
0:46 - Journey from $0 to $800,000
5:11 - Think Small!!
8:22 - Small Bets Approach to achieving success
13:28 - Think like a VC
16:44 - Twitter Strategy
26:01 - Why is Daniel Vassallo bad for the economy?
29:17 - How to get successful without getting stressed?
34:42 - What's the right amount of cushion/buffer? ("Personal runway")
37:43 - Taking a 6-month vacation from work
43:31 - Dealing with variability & uncertainty is a muscle
47:23 - Mindset required for building successful online courses
53:58 - Buying a big piece of land in the middle of forest
56:42 - Parenting philosophy
59:50 - What most people get terribly wrong about life?
1:02:53 - Rapid fire round🔥
1:05:00 - Links & plugs🔗
🔗Links shared in the episode:
Follow Daniel on Twitter- https://twitter.com/dvassallo?s=20&t=NWGMv9NAkvFybN_cWTuF4w
Enroll in Small Bets CBC- https://dvassallo.gumroad.com/l/small-bets
Other links of Daniel- https://bio.link/dvassallo
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Youtube: https://youtube.com/ChoubeySahab
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysa...
Email: prashantchoubey3@gmail.com
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In this episode, Naman Sarawagi, Co-founder of Refrens, shares:
1:24 - Refrens founding story
3:17 - How has freelancing fared over the years?
4:36 - Who can be a freelancer?
7:25 - Will employees prefer to work with multiple companies at once?
10:25 - Is it legal to work with more than 1 company at the same time?
12:52 - How much money can be made in freelancing?
15:14 - Who are the most sought-after freelancers?
17:08 - What is the life of a freelancer like?
20:00 - Letting go of bad clients
23:25 - How do freelancers position themselves?
29:33 - How to pitch to clients as a freelancer?
33:15 - Can India become the freelance capital of the world?
34:40 - Thoughts on Creator Economy
40:57 - How to get clarity of thought?
41:57 - What does the future of work look like?
47:04 - Rapid fire round🔥
47:49 - Why Bangalore doesn't live up to its hype?
58:58 - Links & plugs🔗
🔗Links mentioned in the episode:
Refrens website- https://refrens.com/
Naman's Twitter - https://twitter.com/NamanSr
Naman's Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/namansr/
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Youtube: https://youtube.com/ChoubeySahab
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Email: prashantchoubey3@gmail.com
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In this episode, Aamna Khan, Co-founder of Binks, shares:
0:00 - intro
0:34 - Aamna's story
4:49 - How to break into Product Management?
7:54 - Origin story of Binks
16:00 - Getting 1st 100 customers
18:30 - Is Product Manager a mini-CEO?
21:20 - Is YC worth the equity it takes?
24:01 - MINDSET BEHIND THE BINKS INVESTOR MEMO
29:52 - WHAT'S IN THE BINKS INVESTOR MEMO? (The content & structure)
34:22 - Systems & Processes at Binks
39:11 - Adapting to remote work
41:01 - Reading habit and tools
44:40 - Advice for young women entrepreneurs
47:12 - Rapid fire round🔥
49:08 - Links & plugs🔗
🔗Links shared in the episode:
Binks website- https://getbinks.com/
Binks on Twitter- https://twitter.com/CraftedByBink
Binks on Instagram- https://instagram.com/craftedbybinks
Aamna's links-
Aamna's Twitter - https://twitter.com/_aamnakhan
Aamna's Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/aamna92..
Aamna's email- aamna@getbinks.com
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Youtube: https://youtube.com/ChoubeySahab
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Email: prashantchoubey3@gmail.com
Watch the episode on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-5s0DeF2gg&feature=youtu.be
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In this episode, Ahana Banerjee, Co-founder of Clear shares: 0:00 - intro 1:32 - Ahana's story 11:40 - Clear V/s Quill - Picking One 17:09 - Getting the first set of users for Clear 19:20 - On being raised internationally 24:53 - YC Experience 29:45 - Enduring rejections 34:36 - Raising $800k as pre-seed at 22 36:57 - Working on birthdays 42:54 - Crazy stories while building Clear 45:25 - Ahana's typical day 48:35 - Rapid fire round 50:00 - Links and plugs
🔗Links shared in the episode:
Clear website- https://www.getclearapp.com/
Clear on Twitter- https://twitter.com/getclearapp
Clear on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/getclearapp/
Clear on Tiktok- https://www.tiktok.com/@getclearapp
Ahana's Social links-
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ahanabanana
Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahana-banerjee/
Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/c/AhanaBanerjee
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Email: prashantchoubey3@gmail.com
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In this episode the co-founders of Stoa School share:
0:00 - intro
2:31 - Aditya's story
6:09 - Raj's story 14:04 - What problem does Stoa solve?
19:52 - Proving credibility in the initial days
27:56 - The evolution of Stoa School
33:42 - The promise of Stoa School
36:14 - Secret behind the vibrant Stoa Community
40:41 - Not a tech company
42:32 - On raising funding
46:02 - Job Market's reaction to Cohort based courses
49:08 - Crazy stories at Stoa
54:40 - Future plans for Stoa School
56:30 - Value-first marketing
01:00:37 - Rapid fire round
01:04:12 - Links and plugs
🔗Links shared in the episode:
Stoa School website- https://www.stoaschool.com/
Apply to Cohort 6 of StoaMBA- https://www.stoaschool.com/stoamba#Admissions-Form-Section
Follow Stoa School on Twitter- https://twitter.com/stoaHQ
Founder social links-
Aditya's Twitter - https://twitter.com/bizaditya
Raj's Twitter- https://twitter.com/kunksed
Find all links to Raj's social at bio.link/kunksed
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In this episode Marko shares:
(1:20) His story from the beginning
(3:12) What is a "human-friendly web"?
(9:14) How Plausible Analytics got started?
(13:33) Scaling from $400 MRR to $500k ARR in 1.5 years as 1 person marketing team without any paid marketing
(33:50) Views on competitor running ads on Plausible search query
(41:00) Difference between a $500 MRR business & a $500K ARR business
(52:49) On being completely bootstrapped & not taking any VC money
(57:57) Future plans for Plausible Analytics
(59:56) Rapid Fire round
🔗Links shared by Marko:
Plausible Analytics website - https://plausible.io/
Plausible Twitter - https://twitter.com/plausiblehq
Marko's Twitter - https://twitter.com/MarkoSaric
Marko's Email - hi@markosaric.com
Marko on mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@markosaric
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In this episode Jordan O'Connor talks about:
- Building a $400K ARR lifestyle business💰
- Generational Wealth & building to sell📈
- His parenting philosophy 👨👩👦👦
- His dream of becoming a musician🎹
- Rapid Fire⚡
Links mentioned by Jordan:
- Twitter- https://twitter.com/jdnoc
- Website & Newsletter- https://jdnoc.com/
- Rank To Sell Course Waitlist- https://rank.jdnoc.com/
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