The Origin Story of the Opium Trader

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i'm blown away by all of these things, because nobody has any interest in going to the history and origin story vesex except things to be that way. For example, the boston tea party in the us was not juste they were also taxing tobacco. And unyoulike realized how therewas a beautiful model of inventing stamp paper, which is justice for people. So i think, i find these things super fascinatingand i am sometimes i believe that i do businessess only to hunt more insights in life. Ilooks like my cor purpose of life is to hunt insides. Sometimes i have to build things to find insides.sometimes i've to talk to people

My guest is Indian entrepreneur and venture capitalist Kunal Shah who calls on his decades of entrepreneurial experience to discuss what he’s learned about what motivates people, and how observing trends hiding in plain sight has made him a runaway success in business.

We also discuss the many cultural differences between India and the West, what he learned growing up in the family business and how he applies it today, observing reality, why he dropped out of an MBA program, strategies for decision-making, and so much more.

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