The Immigrant Story of Romaine

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In the US when you think of Asia, you don't even think of Indian, right? And then you just call me Arab, even though I'm not. My dad grew up in East Africa, in Uganda and actually lived up like a good middle class lifestyle. His parents got kicked out of the country by EDM, the brutal African dictator. When EDM means kick the Indians out of Uganda, there's 100,000 Gujarati's responsible for over 50% of the country's GDP. Most of these folks actually went to the UK, right? As refugees. But listen, we didn't have an intro you properly. So, Romaine, tell us a little bit about

Romeen Sheth joins the NIA boys to discuss Investing in India, VC vs. Bootstrap, Immigrant Hustle and much more

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(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:03:16) - Romeen’s Backstory
(00:10:34) - India Deep Dive
(00:20:58) - How to think about India
(00:25:31) - Framework for Investing in India
(00:35:14) - The Indian Consumer
(00:45:13) - India and Crypto
(00:50:52) - Return on India Breakdown
(01:09:04) - VC vs. Bootstrap
(01:15:37) - AI Proof Businesses

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