How Is Ankur Warikoo Scaling a ₹70 Cr EdTech Company & Making ₹4.5 Cr in Book Royalties?

What if you could build your epic career without the fear of failing?

In a world chasing speed, Warikoo advises people to try everything, experience it all, until the path becomes clear.

In Barbershop’s latest episode, Shantanu chats with Ankur Warikoo (Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author), who deeply talks about personal growth and mindset shifts on career development.

He shares his journey about scaling a 70 Cr education empire, ‘WebVeda’, with 100% refundable courses, and yet, it’s thriving effortlessly.

In this episode, Warikoo explains that content isn’t just about reach, it’s about the trust you build over time. So, if he, being a well-known social media personality, gives content half a day a week and crushes it, why can’t you find your survival options? There’s no fluff at all in this conversation, just very actionable steps and real talk about life, purpose and bootstrapping your dreams.

Key Takeaways:

- What resilience and long-term thinking look like in business.

- How AI is quietly transforming course dubbing and content clean-up.

- What fuels his three income engines: content, community, and investing

- What if playing it smart could also be playing it bold? Tune in, and maybe you will see your path a little differently.

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Navigate the episode

00:00 Coming Up

1:07 Introduction

2:03 The source of inspiration behind Ankur Warikoo’s content

4:51 Using knowledge and optionality to assess risk in career decisions

08:57 The power of consistent content and its role in trust-distributed perspectives.

16:01 How evolving content helps trust to shape consumer behaviour in low-trust societies

21:09 Understanding market dynamics and changing views on careers, income, and investments.

32:21 Easy loans, less accountability, AI cutting productivity and rising consumption across all layers.

41:00 Older Folks on money stress and Impact of AI on knowledge workers

47:50 Quick commerce vs. Offline profit: Ideal time strategic sales choices

57:27 Warikoo's views on commercial real estate in prime areas surged

59:16 Exploring Warikoo’s authorship path and the growth of his Ed-tech initiative

1:08:38 The role of AI in content creation and WebVeda’s setup

1:13:44 Warikoo's investment propaganda and vision

1:15:21 Role of Warikoo Crew and Warikoo Partner in zero-tech project management

1:21:19 Warikoo’s solo entrepreneurial story and strategic investment tips

1:29:27 A chat on books Shantanu and Ankur have read and key takeaways from Ankur’s 4th book.

1:42:08 Closing Thoughts