The BarberShop with Shantanu

Building SNAPDEAL, Angel Investing & more | S1E8 Part 1 Ft. Rohit Bansal, Co Founder Snapdeal & Titan Capital

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Oct 6, 2022
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ANECDOTE

Small-Town Roots Shaped Ambition

  • Rohit grew up in Malot near Bhatinda in a joint agricultural family where education was prized over joining the family shop.
  • His parents insisted he study hard and promised the shop would remain a fallback, shaping his early ambitions.
ANECDOTE

Friendship From School To Founders

  • Rohit and Kunal met in DPS Delhi, sat together for two years, and bonded over food and jokes.
  • They discussed starting a business from class 11 and remained close through college, keeping the entrepreneur idea alive.
ADVICE

Choose Opportunity Over Security Early

  • Choose opportunity over security when you have low liabilities and time to fail early in life.
  • Use strong backgrounds as a safety net to take entrepreneurial risks without lifelong regret.
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