Amit Damani is the co-founder of StayVista, the largest villa rental company in India. StayVista is India's largest luxury villa rental brand, with a collection of over 800 handpicked holiday homes across 60+ destinations in the country. 00:00 - Top moments 01:13 - Intro 02:00 - Influences During Childhood 03:44 - Moving to the US 04:20 - Learnings in the US 06:46 - Decision to Return to India 11:42 - Inspiration for StayVista 19:21 - Turning Point in StayVista 25:14 - Vision for StayVista 26:22 - Evolution of Travel Hospitality in India 30:35 - Favorite StayVista Property 32:19 - A Day in the Life 33:59 - Advice on Returning to India 35:44 - Skills from the US Applied in India 38:27 - Recent Joys 39:32 - Ideal Dinner Guests 41:10 - Relationship with Sleep and Health 43:57 - Essential Life Hack 44:39 - Setting and Controlling Ambitions 47:14 - Acts of Kindness 48:39 - Secret to Being Zen and Relaxed 🔗 CONNECT WITH Amit Damani 👥 Linkedin -   / amitdamani   🐦 Twitter - https://x.com/am_damani 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/ 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ... 🐦 Twitter -   / shivassangwan   🐦 Twitter -   / 1947rise   👥 Linkedin -   / shiva-sin.  . 🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST Our purpose is to help startups go mainstream in 🇮🇳! 1947 Rise Podcast is helping in accelerating the speed of reverse brain drain and 1947 Operators Podcast is helping in increasing the number of operator-angels in the startup ecosystem. 🎧 LISTEN FOR FREE Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3KI3bZi Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3AEO5z5 🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW