

Raj Shamani's Figuring Out
Raj Shamani
The next 10 years is going to be The Golden Age for India filled with infinite once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, but if you don’t prepare and grow yourself to win these opportunities then you won’t be able to achieve your ‘Indian Dream’.
And we won’t let that happen, this channel is about helping you grow and win in life.
Hi! I am Raj Shamani and I believe in ‘figuring out’ how to grow every day so that we can live and love better.
Our Purpose for this channel is to become one of the most authoritative and informative guides to what is happening in business, relationships, politics, health,
And we won’t let that happen, this channel is about helping you grow and win in life.
Hi! I am Raj Shamani and I believe in ‘figuring out’ how to grow every day so that we can live and love better.
Our Purpose for this channel is to become one of the most authoritative and informative guides to what is happening in business, relationships, politics, health,
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Oct 14, 2021 • 1h 16min
From 0 To 100 Cr - SUCCESSFUL Brand Building Secrets | Arjun Vaidya & Trisha Rajani |FO6 Raj Shamani
Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu--------------Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:- / @rajshamaniclips / @rajshamani.shorts -------------In today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani talks with Co Founders of Dr. Vaidya, Arjun Vaidya and Trisha Rajani.Arjun went to Brown University for his undergrad and moved back to India in 2013 working in a private equity firm. When his grandfather died during late 2016, he left his job and began his journey of building Dr Vaidya in 2017.Arjun's wife, Trisha Rajani having completed her undergrad from University of Warwick has worked at companies like Goldman Sachs, and Nykka began working with Arjun as a COO for building Dr. VaidyaDr. Vaidya’s repackaged the ancient Indian science of Ayurveda for modern consumers and emerged as India’s largest Ayurveda brand online. In 4 years, they successfully reached over 1.5m+ consumers across 500+ cities and 16,500+ pin codes in India and launched 80+ products.In this podcast they shared, why they started Dr. Vaidya', how to build a consumer brand in India, how to build trust in Indian consumers, key principles of building a brand. Watch this podcast till the end if you want to build a FMCG business or want to know how FMCG businesses works in India.-------------------------Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPVgTeasz8 -------------Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:45 Moat and The Vaidya's story 07:40 Arjun's Experience at Private Equity12:52 Trisha's Backstory and UK 18:00 Her stint with Nykaa and Intellecap20:45 Why did Arjun started Doctor Vaidya?26:45 The Perfect Storm27:10 How to have clarity in Life and Entrepreneurship?35:20 How to become indispensable and what now?40:20 What sets them apart and helping founders?44:28 How can people differentiate themselves?52:25 How to build trust?55:03 Transparency57:15 What's the future?57:48 Key Principles of Building a Brand?01:05:56 Pitching New Ideas01:15:18 Outro-------------

Oct 7, 2021 • 44min
Dropout To Billionaire - Zerodha's Founder Nikhil Kamath's Journey To SUCCESS - FO5| Raj Shamani
In today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani is in conversation with Nikhil Kamath. He is the co-founder of Zerodha, a Fintech company which is India's largest trading platform. He Co-Founder Zerodh with his older brother Nithin Kamath in 2010 in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. The company is mostly bootstrapped. Nikhil Kamath dropped out of school as he hates going to school. He was 17 when he got his first job at a call centre. And then he started trading in stocks, later he took up trading seriously and now, Kamath, a billionaire, is leading the country's most successful stock brokerage firm.In this video, he discusses how he moved out of his house and went from working at a Call Centre to Building up One of the Largest Businesses and becoming India's Youngest Billionaire. He also shared how he made money my trading in stocks, investing and financial mistakes most people make, what is the difference between trading and investing, mistakes people should avoid while trading and everything related to stock market, investing, trading and wealth creation.-------------------------Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpg78ouK54I-------------Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:01 Sponsored by Coinswitch01:28 Talking Points01:53 Why he moved out of his house04:18 How he Made Money by Stock Trading06:00 How he started selling insurance07:58 Do we really need to be Good at Sales09:25 What is the Best Way to Learn Sales11:40 What did he do After the Call Centre Job16:43 Investing VS Trading18:35 Mistakes to Avoid in Trading23:48 Why aren't Most Indians Financially sound29:25 Which Philosophy in Life has helped him31:00 Why do we feel compelled to act smart34:47 Is Socialism a Problem?38:44 Are Leakages ever going to Stop?39:17 Rapid fire with Nikhil43:50 Outro

Oct 1, 2021 • 55min
Stock Market Trends, Mutual Funds & Wealth Creation ft. Anant Ladha @InvestAajForKalFO4| Raj Shamani
0:00 Introduction1:25 How did Anant lost 6 lacs in 10 minutes 04:25 How small cap shares work 04:37 Story continued 05:23 Investing vs Hoping 05:43 How should you approach investing? 05:57 How Raj Started in investing? 07:33 Advice for direct stock investors 08:27 Investing in Mutual funds 10:15 Why should young people get into mutual funds? 12:13 Why making goals is important 13:55 Why are Indians not investing money? 16:01 Pain vs Gain18:06 Is the next market crash/correction/opportunity coming?18:18 The thing about opportunities 19:25 Is the IPO bubble going to repeat what happened in the 1999-2001?22:02 How Anant's financial journey started?23:31 Anant's favourite book: Rich Dad Poor Dad23:41 Story continued 24:43 Anant came to Mumbai and his realisation 26:39 When Anant went back home27:20 How he spent only 5lacs out of 5027:55 Are CA and CFA degrees necessary to start stock investing?29:05 Anant's thought on books30:08 3 books you should read30:28 Learn to Earn by Peter Lynch30:55 Raj's biggest moneymaker : SpiceJet32:15 Good things take time32:35 Raj's Case study 34:00 Fun money and Casino34:38 Case study continued35:15 Raj's strengths35:59 Crypto story40:42 Learnings from this study 41:05 A beautiful analogy 41:47 Raj's dad thoughts

Sep 26, 2021 • 50min
How To UNLOCK Your TRUE Potential & Be SUCCESSFUL ft. @ashokramachandran1344 - FO 3 | Raj Shamani
Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRuIn today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani is in conversation with Ashok Ramachandran. He is the CEO & President of Schindler India. He is among the youngest CEOs in the history of Schindler Worldwide & has headed several countries over the last 10 years. Ashok was awarded ET 40 under 40 in 2019 – A definitive list of India Inc’s top business leaders.There is a lot which we can learn from his experience and in this podcast he has shared all his learnings. He highlighted the importance of communication skills and importance of networking. He shared how being a conversationalist helped him in his career. He strongly believes that formal education is out-dated and every youngster must focus on personality development to get ahead in life. He also shared about the corporate culture and how people can create an impact at their workplace. We discussed that how people can find the right job and what skills should one need to be a perfect candidate. Watch this podcast till the end to know how you can step up the corporate ladder, how to build the right habits and how to be disciplined in life to achieve all your goals.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:40 The corporate culture05:30 Creating impact in the workplace11:00 Finding the right job16:35 Skills and values in a perfect candidate19:35 Stepping up the corporate ladder24:20 How can young people influence the workplace30:55 Building habits31:40 Mindfulness35:00 Developing focus40:45 How can people been disciplined?46:00 Rapid fire with AshokWatch the whole podcast on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ao_sUWuT0EAbout Raj ShamaniRaj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.To Know More,Follow Raj Shamani On ⤵︎Instagram @RajShamanihttps://www.instagram.com/rajshamani/

Sep 17, 2021 • 53min
India's TOP Chef Sanjyot Keer On How To Make BIG Money By Cooking Food@YourFoodLab-FO 2| Raj Shamani
Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRuIn today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani is in conversation with Sanjyot Keer. Sanjyot Keer is an entrepreneur, chef and digital content creator. He is the founder of Your Food Lab which has garnered millions of views on the internet.He was interested in cooking since childhood and wanted to be a chef. He got the chance to work on the sets of MasterChef season 4 after which he decided to go to London for further studies but couldn't go due to financial difficulties. Then he started working with his father at his factory and began making videos on the weekends. People started recreating his recipes at home and after that he began Your Food Lab. In this podcast he discussed, what was his inspiration to become a chef, how did he break the stereotypes and made his career in cooking being a male. We also discussed how people can make money by cooking, what are the earning avenues available and how to convince your parents to pursue an conventional career path.Watch the podcast till the end to know this roller coaster journey of Sanjyot and how he is making millions by cooking food.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction04:45 Your inspiration to become a chef?09:00 Breaking stereotypes15:20 Why choose Content Creation as a career?18:00 Earning money as a chef22:00 Your earning avenues 24:00 Standing out in the culinary world29:40 Convincing parents for unconventional careers38:30 Killing excuses44:10 Does the wife do the cooking at home or you?46:30 Rapid fire with Sanjyot!——————————————————————————————————————————— Watch the whole podcast on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X2nweBSIpY——————————————————————————————————————————— About Raj ShamaniRaj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.To Know More,Follow Raj Shamani On ⤵︎Instagram @RajShamanihttps://www.instagram.com/rajshamani/

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Sep 2, 2021 • 44min
The SECRET Of Creating Wealth ft. UNICORN Startup Cred's Founder Kunal Shah - FO 1 | Raj Shamani
Order 'Build, Don't Talk' (in English) here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRuOrder 'Build Don't Talk' (in Hindi) here: https://amzn.eu/d/4wZISO0--------------In today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj Shamani is in conversation with Kunal Shah. Kunal Shah is an angel investor, founder of CRED and previously founded FreeCharge. CRED is a members-only credit card bill payment rewards platform that incentives and rewards members for clearing their bills on time. He has served as a part-time partner at Y Combinator and an advisor at Sequoia Capital.Kunal dropped out of college to pursue his entrepreneurial journey. In this podcast we discussed why he dropped out of college, why female participation in the workspace is important for India, we also discuss the secret to creating wealth and how to get rich. Watch the podcast till the end to know complete details.Link to watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU0f5GLJMHE-------------Timestamps:00:00 Introduction03:38 Dropping out of college?06:10 The curse of fame09:00 The unlimited ways to create wealth14:20 Spending time and money18:45 Inspiration for your Businesses23:30 Can India create billionaires?26:00 Changing female participation in the workspace28:00 Learning29:40 Kunal's take on content creation35:10 Kunal's reason to get into finance/making money?38:50 Are Credit Cards bad?41:15 Rapid fire with KunalAbout Raj ShamaniRaj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.To Know More,Follow Raj Shamani On ⤵︎Instagram @RajShamanihttps://www.instagram.com/rajshamani/

Jun 18, 2021 • 60min
“3 components of a perfect Business Plan” | Jitendra Gupta on Fintech Space, Serial Entrepreneurship, Funding, Market Research and much more.
Jitendra is a serial entrepreneur in the Indian Fintech space who has built products like Citrus(now acquired), Lazy Pay & Jupiter in the last 10 years. With having a 300+ members strong team and being backed by Sequoia Capitals, E-context Japan & Ascent Capitals, Here are the things he has spoken about in this podcast.How did he manage to be a serial entrepreneur?What is his take on the payment ecosystem in India?Why do Indians prefer a bank over a lending platform?Challenges he faced in the Fintech Space from being a Non-Tech Background.What are the top 3 components of a perfect Business Plan?How to look at the trends while starting up? How is Jupiter different from others?His top 3 book recommendations for early entrepreneurs.His learning curve throughout his journey.How did they get 30k+ organic users in two weeks?His take on movies, family & sectors for the future.

Jun 10, 2021 • 1h 3min
"What does it takes to build a startup from scratch" | Avalon Founders on Creator Economy, Building Startups, Company Secrets and much more.
Varun, Shashank & Abhinav are 3 young folks who came together from different domains & backgrounds and built startups, India’s first and Largest student community, and are now building a platform called ‘Avalon Scenes’ with investors like Kunal Shah, Tanmay Bhat, Gaurav Munjal, and many more.Any startup and tech enthusiast would love to keep a pen and a notebook with him while listening to this podcast.Here are some topic these brains discussed-Creator EconomyHow they startedHow to find the right co-founderWho are smart peopleHow to differentiate yourself in the marketWhat is their aim with Avalon ScenesFuture of contentStrategy to make good contentCompany Secrets

Jun 2, 2021 • 1h 15min
As a beginner how to invest your money in stock market, find your passion and make money through what you love ft CA Rachna Ranade | Figuring Out With Raj Shamani
Rachna Ranade is a Pune-based chartered accountant, teacher, entrepreneur, and YouTuber. She has more than 10 years of experience in the field of auditing and has a YouTube channel 'CA Rachana Phadke Ranade' with 2.5M subscribers where she posts videos about the latest trends in the stock market, finance, how to save money, etc. In this episode, she talks about-Her YT journeyHow to grow on YT?Key factors to focus on to stand out among the rest.Skills one should have to be an asset.How to overcome the Analysis-Paralysis before investing.RoadMap to invest for different types of people.What to know before investingHer future goals

May 25, 2021 • 1h 36min
Everything you need to know from India's Youngest Billionaire 'Nikhil Kamath' | Behavioural investing Trust, Fintech, Industries for the Future much more.
A 17 years old school dropout turning himself to be India’s youngest Billionaire and co-founding India’s leading financial services company, Zerodha at the age of 24, Nikhil Kamath shares the most crucial yet important parts of his journey with us. The right approach to listen to this podcast would be to keep a pen and a paper with you and note down some of the excerpts you feel you can apply in your life.Here are some extracts from this knowledge-packed conversation- How to Build TrustHis journey while he was a broker.Fintech startupChildhood How to gain the family approvalAsset Management His Top Book recommendations His interest in Psychology and History The real man behind ZerodhaHis Future plans and fields he’d bet on


