Shows
Musafir Zindagi Ke#12 - Anshu Agrawal, Startup Founder and early PM @CREDAnshu Agrawal is currently working on his own startup in the fintech space. He worked at CRED as an early Product Manager and in the Founder's office during the Zero to One Phase of CRED. He graduated from BITS Pilani in 2020 with dual degrees including an engineering degree with a focus on Mechanical.
You can connect with Anshu on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshuagrawal240/
What we talked about?
1. Joy of creation
2. Early days at CRED
3. Kunal Shah in real life
2021-11-1148 min
Musafir Zindagi Ke#11 - Gaurav Sangle, Co-Founder, StratzyGaurav Sangle is the Co-Founder of Stratzy, an algorithmic trading platform for the Indian securities markets. They have recently released a new idea called "Ideas", where you can trade on ideas. He is my batchmate from BITS Pilani, Goa.
You can checkout Stratzy on the Play Store and connect with Gaurav on Twitter at: @the_sangle
What we talked about?
1. What is Stratzy doing?
2. Indian Financial Advisory Market
3. Challenges to algorithmic trafing in India
4. Financial Literacy in India
5. "Clubs" in colleges
2021-09-2154 min
Musafir Zindagi Ke#10 - Sarthak Singh, Venture Capitalist, Info Edge VenturesSarthak Singh is a Venture Capitalist, working for Info Edge Ventures, focusing primarily on Seed Stage investments. He was my senior at BITS Pilani, Goa and we worked together on a number of occasions. He also runs a Clubhouse room on Startups and investments.
What we talked about?
1. What makes a good leader?
2. What role does your college life play in your adult life?
3. How important are your relationships with people?
4. Pillars of college life
5. Venture Capital
6. Startup ecosystem in "Bharat"
7. Chinese investments...
2021-09-0449 min
Musafir Zindagi Ke#9 - Aanis Narnolia, Co-founder, Youth India FoundationAanis Narnolia is the Co-founder of Youth India Foundation, a social entrepreneurship organization working across 7 states with over 7000 members to empower social entrepreneurs and future leaders. He is also the Director of Youth India Socio Entrepreneurs.
What did we talk about?
1. Youth India Foundation
2. Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs
3. Building a company
4. Finding followers
5. Jack of all trades
6. Generalists vs Specialists
7. Internet
8. Jio and India
9. Startups in India
10. Internet Democratizers
11. Specific Skills
12. Why I...
2021-08-1557 minMusafir Zindagi Ke#8 - Shekhar, Research Scholar ft. Auroville & ShivamI met Shekhar some 4 months back on my last trip to Auroville. I caught up with him again this month when I visited Auroville again. Shekhar is a Research Scholar in the field of Development Studies. He is an avid traveller and is currently working towards his PhD.
It was great catching up with him and talking on the show. We covered topics like:
1. Development Studies
2. Getting out of your shell
3. Gender Studies
4. Importance of Debates
5. Left and Right in Politics
6. Why being flexible in political ideology helps?
7. Understanding...
2021-07-2459 minMusafir Zindagi Ke#7 - Shaurya, Associate Product Manager at NiyoShaurya is currently working at Niyo solutions, a Fintech Company trying to "Build for Bharat". He previously worked at multiple startups and graduated from BITS Pilani, Goa in 2020. We had an enthralling conversation about various topics, including but not limited to:
1. What does Niyo do?
2. Financial Inclusion in India
3. Building for Bharat
4. Bloatware
5. Why it's difficult to build for India
6. Split screen in Mac vs PC
7. Microsoft and Apple - Macintosh
8. COVID & COVID Handling in India
9. 3rd wave of COVID?
2021-06-2753 minMusafir Zindagi Ke#6 - Mohit BhandariI sat down with Mohit Bhandari, cofounder at Stratzy, to discuss life and startups in general. We discussed on: 1. Stratzy 2. Startups 3. Elon Musk 4. Tesla 5. Internet 6. Technical Revolution 7. COVID Handling 8. Armenia Azarbaijan 9. Isreal Iron Dome 10. Isreal Hamas conflict 11. American Wars 12. Narendra Modi 13. Vaccine Diplomacy and Intellectual Property 14. COVID Winners and Losers 15. Fiction 16. Relationships 17. DOGEcoin 18. Memes
2021-06-1345 minMusafir Zindagi Ke#5 - Yatish AgrawalThis time I sat down with my brother, a BITS Pilani Bio and Mechanical student, currently in his third year. We talked about a lot of things like: 1. Generalists v/s Specialists 2. YouTube 3. Cambridge Analytica 4. Internet 5. Virtual World of 21st Century 6. Digital Identity 7. Artificial Intelligence and it's ethical implications 8. Anime 9. Japanese Art 10. Practice v/s Talent 11. Memes 12. Monalisa 13. Expressing Yourself 14. Paintings
2021-05-0835 minMusafir Zindagi Ke#4 - VinamraThis time I sat down with Vinamra, whom is I met in Bangalore through a mutual friend. We talked about a lot of things like: 1. Free will 2. The world 50 years from now. 3. Mental conditioning 4. Role of big tech 5. Silicon valley 6. California 7. Marijuana 8. Cultural significance
2021-04-2356 minMusafir Zindagi Ke#3 - Nipun AroraConversation with Nipun Arora, currently working at CRED. I met Nipun on my recent trip to Spiti Valley. It was fun to discuss topics such as Gurgan to Gurugram, Future of Battery Technology, Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, Music Clans, "we should imitate" and COVID 19.
2021-04-1557 minMusafir Zindagi Ke#2 - Dhruv SharmaBack at it with another podcast with Dhruv Sharma, currently working at Udaan. We discuss various topics like Golf, Startups and relationships. Dhruv definitely had some unique perspectives and this episode was completely out of the blue.
2021-04-1144 min
Musafir Zindagi Ke#1 - conVIthIn the first podcast, we talk about DMX, who recently died from Drug Overdose, how emotions shape us and why crying is important. We also had an impromptu jam session with me on the Guitar and conVIth rapping.
2021-04-0124 min