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****** Chapters Episode Intro 00:00 When To Choose Entrepreneurship? 00:52 Evolution of AI Tech 03:44 How To Think Of A Business Idea? 06:49 How To Identify A Good Market? 8:29 How To Scale Into Multiple Markets? 11:16 How To Build A Company With Small Team? 12:34 Customer Acquisition Strategies 16:11 Can A AI Newbie Build A Company In AI Space? 18:10 Best Resources For Learning AI 20:46 When To Raise Funding For Your Startup? 22:22 Outro 24:43

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Chapters Episode Intro 00:00 Student's Core Problem 00:50 From Gaya (Bihar) To USA 02:31 Why Kushal Chose To Study Abroad? 04:33 Who Should Consider Studying Abroad? 07:44 Can Non-IIT Folks Study Abroad? 08:42 Is Studying Abroad Affordable? 11:29 IIT-JEE Vs SAT 13:11 Salaries After Grad, Post-Grad & PhD From USA 15:12 IITs Vs US Colleges 16:23 Why Use LearnQ For SAT? 18:17 Low Cost SAT Preparation 19:20 Why Top Schools In India, Korea and US Using LearnQ? 20:55 Getting Into Ivy League Schools 22:46

In this episode we have with us Aayush Rai. Who believes in solving Hard Problems and has co-founded  @Inito  which is in the HardTech, Health Space. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Asia, graduate of IIT Roorkee. His startup did more than a million tests, just the last year. Will try and understand from him, what it takes to build something in the Hardtech space, the future of healthcare industry and how to build such billion dollar businesses. ********* Newsletter For Professionals, Decoding work-life insights: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 ****** Chapters Sneak Peek 00:00 Intro 00:56 NASA Champions at Age 14 0:05:10 Getting into IIT 0:08:01 Impact of The Three Life-Changing Moments 0:11:24 Disappointment with IIT Roorkee 0:15: 20 Building Robocon 0:22:13 Internship in the US 0:24:26 Join a Company with a Lower Salary 0:28:40 Satisfying Job to Entrepreneurship 0:33:14 Funding and Team Building Secrets 0:38:50 Key to Success in Hard Tech 0:46:20 Handling Tough Times 0:48:36 Choosing Y Combinator (YC) 0:56:16 Scaling in the US Market 1:00:10 Entrepreneurship, Why and Why Not? 1:06:23 3 Advice for Professionals 1:06:50 3 Key Influencers 1:07:22 Worst Advice on Entrepreneurship? 1:08:02 AI's Impact 1:08:50

This episode is a free flowing conversation with an Assistant Professor at IIT Ropar, Neha Sardana who graduated from IIT Roorkee, completed her higher studies from Europe and then came back to join IIT Ropar. ********* Newsletter For Professionals, Decoding work-life insights: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 ****** Chapters Sneak Peek 00:00 Intro 00:53 Love for engineering 02:18 Journey of getting into IIT 03:25 Leaving architecture 03:49 Career Goals at IIT?.04:41 Choosing MS in Denmark Over IIM Bangalore 07:21 Studying in Europe vs India 09:38 Plasmonics and Everyday Lives? 11:38 Transforming Indian Education 16:24 What's the Focus of IIT Entrepreneurs: Hard Tech or Soft Tech 19: 01 Future of India in Research 21:41 Peer Pressure a IIT 23:00 3 career advice 27:31 3 movie recommendations 28:19 3 book recommendations 28:56 AI's impact on career 30:15

Should you Quit your job to Travel Solo across the globe? In this week’s episode, I got a chance to speak with Kanak Agrawal, who inspired by the movie “Into the wild” asked her manager to give her a sabbatical to travel. Which her manager turned down. So she quit McKinsey and went ahead with her travel plan. We deep dived into travelling solo, career break, starting up and writing online in this episode of Mindset and System Podcast. In an effort to decode this alternate lifestyle for our audiences, hoping you find this useful. Would love to know in the comments here. ********* Follow Kanak on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/MS_Kanak Newsletter For Professionals, Decoding work-life insights: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 ****** Chapters Sneak Peek 00:00 Intro 1:17 Why I Quit 2:!5 Economics at IIT 3:58 Challenges in 1st Job 6:15 Why I didn’t do MBA? 7:42 Why one should Travel Solo? 9:06 30 Days in Europe in just 1 Lakh Rupees 11:20 How Travel Changed Me 13:56 Why I didn’t pursue a career in Travel? 16:30 Why I jumped into creating a Social Impact? 17:49 Evaluating Career Opportunities 19:37 Why I took a Career Break, even as a Founder 21:05 Reflecting on 7 Months Break 23:41 How to Start Writing on LinkedIn? 29:43 Life as a Solopreneur 36:21 Does Side Hustle = Quick Money? 41:47 3 Advice on Career Break 47:02 3 Tips for Solopreneurs 48:40 3 Book Recommendations 49:45 How AI is Impacting Careers? 50:39

In this episode we have leaders from creative and tech fields Abhinav Sarangi and Dhruv Joshi answering some of the key questions around AI. Abhinav is a serial entrepreneur, and has founded multiple gaming companies. Currently Product Lead at LEGO Games. Dhruv is a senior leader, neck deep into Data Engineering, currently a Senior Technical Manager at Contata Solutions. This is the Part-2 on our AI series. Part-1 can be watched here: https://youtu.be/aFHtro_LGCg ********* Weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 ****** Chapters Sneak Peek 00:00 Introduction 00:44 Chat GPT or Bard? 03:05 Why not use Bard? 03:33 Other Useful AI tool 11:22 Would AI take over the world? 15:02 Would AI replace humans?17:52 Would AI replace programmers?21:01 Would AI take over jobs?25:26 Prompt Engineering. 31:23

This one is a very very rare podcast. We have with us Ravi Handa, who decided to Retire Early a few months ago, after hitting his financial freedom at the age of 39. In this podcast we’ll discuss the challenges people face after becoming financially free and retiring early. And also if this is a path for everyone. ********* Weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 ****** Chapters Sneak Peek 00:00 Intro, Early Life 01:06 Getting into Coaching Industry 02:25 Why not to study in India 05:11 Horrible Career & The Turning Point 12:26 Continuing the Startup Journey vs. Early Retirement 20:24 Challenges of Early Retirement 22:41 Should People Chase FIRE? 32:50 Frugal vs Smart Investing 36:12 Should you buy expensive cars, houses? 39:24 3 Advice for professionals chasing FIRE 43:53 Book recommendations 44:33 How AI will change the future of careers? 45:40 How has your vacations changed? 47:22

In this episode of the Mindset and System Podcast, I chat with Piyush Gupta, Co-Founder of JumpingMinds. JumpingMinds is an app that uses the power of connection to help people battle anxiety. In our conversation, Piyush shares his story of how he went from being a coding prodigy to an entrepreneur, and how he founded JumpingMinds. He also talks about the importance of mental health, and how his app is helping people to overcome anxiety. ********* Weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 ****** Chapters Sneak Peek 00:00 Intro, early life 01:01 Education, software development., coding 03:15 How can someone without access to coding resources build a career in coding? 05:40 Why entrepreneurship? 09:33 How did the idea came up mental wellness? 11:54 Friend's therapy to manage mental situation better 15:01 Getting Started with Jumping Mind: Choosing the Right Therapy 19:46 User Updates and Metrics about jumping minds 24:36 Why someone choose entrepreneur or not choose enterpreneur 27:15 Advice on raising funding 32:56 3 advice for a working professional? 36:31 3 advice for aspiring entrepreneurs? 38:30 3 advice on mental wellness? 40:33 Top 3 book recommendations 43:32 AI is going to impact the career in the future? 46:24

In this episode we have with us Vishal Arora, Founder Yog4Lyf. Which is a 7 figure business, bootstrapped from Varanasi. The startup aims at helping people unlock their physical and mental wellness using the power of Yoga. Vishal is a graduate from IIT Roorkee. Has worked with Adobe, Times Internet and Let’s Buy.com before starting up. ********* Weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 ****** Chapters Sneak Peek 00:00 Intro, early life 01:26 Education, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Culture 04:43 IIT Vs University of Roorkee 08:49 Mechanical Engineering to Software 12:42 Life at Computer Science Corporation 14:53 Let'sBuy Challenging Flipkart 16:39 Building Ad Product in Stealth for Times Internet 20:28 Building a startup in AI space, why it Failed? Job vs Startup 26:12 Why I Love Adobe? 34:17 Startup, self-awareness, funding, spirituality 42:11 How COVID gave birth to Yog4Lyf 52:20 MVP, Monetisation, Marketing & Way Forward 57:30 The most important advice for Entrepreneurs 1:06:48 3 tips for aspiring entrepreneurs? 01:08:52 3 book recommendations 1:09:09 How do you think AI is going to change our lives? 1:09:27

In this episode Founder of a Multimillion dollar Startup (Project Hero), Satya Vyas, Founder of a Large Multimillion dollar IT Company (Nickelfox), Ravindra Soni and I discuss the questions most searched on Google on AI / Artificial Intelligence ********* Weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 ****** Chapters 01.Sneak Peek 00:00 02. Intro 01:27 03. Chat GPT or Bard? 05:25 04. What's Do You Use AI? 06 :15 05. Other AI Tools 09:46 06. Would AI Take Over The World? 12:48 07. Would AI Replace Humans? 16:25 08. Would AI Replace Programmers? 21:46 09. Would AI Take Over Jobs? 29:16 10. How These Companies Are Using AI 43:07 11. 3 Career Tips 47:56

Welcome to another exciting episode of the podcast, in this episode, we have with us Shreya Malik. Who is Lead Clinical Psychologist at Lissun, a startup which aims at helping people improve their mental well being. ********* Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ ****** Chapters Sneak Peek 00:00 Intro 00:47 Being Curious 2:48 Why I Chose Psychology 5:50 Psychology as a Career 7:21 Career Challenges in Psychology 9:51 Psychologists Burnout As Well 11:43 How To Find The Right Therapist 14:45 Common Mental Wellness Myths 17:18 Home Mental Wellness Remedies 19:28 How Exercise Helps 22:20 Best Tool For Self- Reflection 23:30 Managing Stress and Burnout 26:16 Achieving Mindfulness 27:30 When Someone Needs Medication? 32:16 My Experience with Panic Attacks 33:54 Advice for Therapists 36:54 3 Tips for Great Mental Health 37:48 3 Book Recommendations 38:23

#upsc #iit #startup Welcome to another exciting episode of the podcast, in this episode we have with us Prempal Singh Tomar. Who is building Biomarked, which aims at helping people recover from Lifestyle disorders. Prem is also the youngest IES officer in our country and a graduate of IIT Roorkee. ********* Prem on Instagram https://bit.ly/FM_Prem_Insta Prem on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/FM_Prem_LinkedIn Books Recommended 1. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind https://amzn.to/3rmqBxu 2. How to Win Friends and Influence People https://amzn.to/3rgBqBt 3. Atomic Habits https://amzn.to/3PO94sw Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ ****** Chapters 01. Sneak Peek 00:00 02. Intro 1:17 03. 4 years at IIT Roorkee 9:43 04. How Hockey Really Changed Me 11:45 05. Why UPSC? 15:13 06. 3 Tips for UPSC Aspirants 29:51 07. Life After Cracking IES 32:51 08. Advice on Raising Funds 44:41 09. Journey of BioMarked 46:23 10. Tips on Content Marketing 48:08 11. 3 Tips for Clearing Competitive Exams 48:43 12. 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs 49:03 13. 3 Book Recommendations 50:05

Welcome to another exciting episode of the podcast. In this episode we have with us Mayank Bishnoi, Founder of HubbleMoney. Which aims at helping you bring down your burn by 10% every time you do a purchase online. They have partnered with almost every major online brand out there. Mayank in his earlier stints, has served as a Director at Mastercard, was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey and has worked at Bank of America and Deutsche Bank. Mayank is an MBA from ISB and both of us graduated from IIT Roorkee in 2008 ********* Mayank on Linkedin https://bit.ly/FM_Mayank Get Hubble Money https://bit.ly/fm_hubblemoney Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ ****** Chapters 01. Sneak Peek 00:00 02. Intro 1:21 03. How 2 Friends Changed my Life 3:22 04. Dad Made me Aim High in Life 6:48 05. How IIT Changes You 8:33 06. Why Excel in Studies 11:05 07. Landed in Deutsche Bank by Accident 13:!4 08. How Does MBA help? 16:14 09. Why I decided to become an Entrepreneur 19:04 10. Money Habits of Indians & The Hubble Money Idea 23:48 11. Why Credit Cards Don’t Work In India? 29:30 12. Initial Challenges Every Entrepreneur Faces 34:32 13. Advice on Raising Funds (When, Why & How) 38:17 14. How to Build Teams and Hire? 42:30 15. Way Ahead for Hubble Money 46:35 16. Top 3 Money Tips 48:22 17. Top 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs 49:25

Welcome to another exciting episode of the podcast, where we have with us Akhil Khatri, Founder of @PaisaWaisa who has amassed 4 Lakh subscriber base on Youtube, which is a very difficult feat to achieve. Akhil is a photographer and film-maker and educates people on building their own freelance business on his channels. He quit his job to start on this pathless path after he was denied a leave by his boss. ********* Akhil on Linkedin https://bit.ly/FM_AkhilKhatri Book Recommendation: 1. The Alchemist. https://amzn.to/3qY2SDP 2. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari https://amzn.to/3CKJvke Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ ****** Chapters 00. Sneak Peek 00:00 01. Intro 1:03 02. Never wanted to get into IIT 1:57 03. Education System is a Waste 3:49 04. Freelancing Made me More Money Than My Salary 5:45 05. Start of My Content Journey 9:31 06. Life after Quitting Full-Time Job 10:48 07. My Planned Leave was Denied 12:34 08. How I Navigated Through The 1st 6 Months 15:13 09. Marketing Advice for Freelancers 18:42 10. Starting on Youtube by Accident 21:05 11. My Content Strategy 25:19 12. Can Youtube be Done as a Side Hustle? 28:54 13. Tips for Growing on Youtube 30:05 14. Can Youtube be a Career Option? 33:47 15. Popular Myths About Youtube 35:32 16. Building a Startup Post YouTube 37:15 17. Finding Your Content Market Fit 38:12 18. How Big is My Team? 42:48 19. Top 3 YouTube Tips 43:50 20. Top 3 Tips for Aspiring Filmmakers & Photographers 44:15 21. Top 3 Book Recommendation 44:30

Welcome to another powerful episode of the Founders Mindset Podcast. In this episode we have with us Ajay Rotti, who has just started this amazing venture Tax Compaas, with a vision to help startups handle their Tax issues. Ajay is an industry veteran, with more than 2 decades of experience in this space. He has been a Partner at KPMG and the founding Partner at Dhruva Advisors. In this episode we will try to understand from him what are some of the critical tax mistakes startups usually make, and how can they be avoided. ********* Ajay on Linkedin https://bit.ly/foundesrmindset_ajay Book Recommendation: Ride of a Lifetime https://amzn.to/3N912HD Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ ****** Chapters 01. Sneak Peek 00:00 02. Introduction 00:41 03. Life in Bangalore 1:38 04. How Harshad Mehta made me a CA 3:12 05. Engineering or CA, which path is better? 6:42 06. 2 Most important meta skills I learned in 2 decades 9:01 07. Key Learnings as an entrepreneur 11:31 08. How to overcome financial risk when starting up? 14:36 09. Tax evasion is a thing of the past 18:07 10. How to build your initial team? 27:05 11. How to win initial clients, build revenue, using Personal Brand? 29:29 12. Important steps to consider before starting up, from tax perspective 31:46 13. When to hire a CA for your startup? 36:47 14. Tax considerations for startups to keep in mind 44:36 15. Most common mistakes startups make in India 50:32 16. 3 Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs 55:00 17. 3 Tips on Taxation 56:20 18. Book Recommendations 58:30

Welcome to another exciting episode of the podcast. In this episode we have with us Ananya Narang. Who in just one year after graduating from SRCC, has build this large social media empire on LinkedIn. She has become a favourite of CEOs and Leaders when it comes to their Personal Branding. She left her investment banking job to pursue this full time and has build a successful business in such a short time. Ananya has given multiple talks across colleges in India and it is a privilege to host her on the podcast today. ********* Ananya on Linkedin https://bit.ly/FM_Ananya_LinkedIn Ananya on Instagram https://bit.ly/FM_Ananya_Instagram Book Recommendations: 1. Steal Like an Artist https://amzn.to/3MRioZA 2. Psychology of Money https://amzn.to/3UbTMhk 3. The Almanac of Naval Ravikant https://amzn.to/40NgnDm 4. India After Gandhi https://amzn.to/3oLcK2P 5. Jaya : An Illustrated Retelling Of The Mahabharatha https://amzn.to/3qguHXv Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ ****** Chapters 01. Intro 00:00 02. Delhi, Playing Sports, Skipping Classes 1:22 03. Why I chose Commerce from SRCC 4:15 04. Why Entrepreneurship? 7:06 05. Pivotal Moment 8:32 06. Line between creator and entrepreneur is blurring 9:40 07. Why LinkedIn? 13:24 08. What should we write about? 18:41 09. Inflection Point on my LinkedIn journey 23:17 10. How to avoid people who are faking it? 26:54 11. How a founder raised funding by creating content? 31:30 12. Process of Building Personal Brand 36:57 13. 3 LinkedIn Tips 42:42 14. 5 Book Recommendations 45:48

Welcome to another exciting episode of the Podcast. In this episode we have with us a respected journalistic and the famous Author of the famous best-selling book Big Billion Startup, Mihir Dalal. In this episode, we'll try and understand from him, what it takes to write a best selling book and some behind the scenes on the Walmart Flipkart Deal. ********* Mihir on Linkedin https://bit.ly/fm_mihir_linkedin Big Billion Startup (Book) https://amzn.to/3oUGafa Book Recommendations: 1. Ambani & Sons https://amzn.to/3J5gVxk 2. The Turn of The Tortoise https://amzn.to/3qxZmzV 3. The Everything Store https://amzn.to/3oSyYQA Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ ****** Chapters 01. Sneak Peek 00:00 02. Intro 0:55 03. Flipkart Book Idea 1:28 04. Process of Book Writing 7:51 05. Can writing be done on the side? 16:55 06. How story evolved with time 20:10 07. Role of an Editor in Book Writing 23:30 08. How to Market a Book? 27:38 09. Advice for Aspiring Authors 30:04 10. How to get initial traction on your book? 36:17 11. Walmart Flipkart Deal, Behind the Scenes 38:12 12. Early Life & Career Choices 42:46 13. Career as a Journalist 44:53 14. Journalistic Freedom Being Curtailed in India 46:47 15. How would Journalism change? 49:05 16. What Made Flipkart Successful? 53:21 17. Which company is the next Flipkart? 54:34 18. Top 3 Books 55:26

In this episode we have with us Priyanka Gupta, who is the Founder of @VegFit . Which aims at increasing the productivity of working professionals by helping them with the right productivity and health tools. Priyanka is a serial entrepreneur and this is her 3rd venture. She is also an experience product manager and has worked with several leading companies. She has amazingly transformed herself at the age of 40 and has gained a sizeable following across social media channels sharing her health tips ********* VegFit's website https://bit.ly/fm_vegfit_website VegFit on Youtube https://bit.ly/fm_vegfit_youtube Priyanka on Linkedin https://bit.ly/fm_priyanka_linkedin Priyanka on Twitter https://bit.ly/fm_priyanka_twitter Priyanka on Instagram https://bit.ly/fm_priyanka_insta Book Recommendations: 1. Fast This Way https://amzn.to/45weLAA 2. The Brain Fog https://amzn.to/43sZJd3 3. Limitless https://amzn.to/3BVBEjh Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ ****** Chapters 01. Introduction 00:00 02. Story Behind Transformation 1:14 03. Genetics Don’t Matter in Fitness? 4:26 04. Role of Consistency 5:59 05. How to Fit Gym in Our Busy Schedules? 9:41 06. Best Time to Working Out? 13:42 07. Does Becoming Fit Gets Difficult with Age? 17:09 08. What Needs to be Tweaked with Age? 20:06 09. How to Make Working Out Easier? 24:30 10. Story Behind VegFit 31:07 11. How VegFit can Make YOU Fit? 37:08 12. Factors More Important Than Weight Loss 39:52 13. How to Solve Lower Back Issues? 43:00 14. Falling in Love with IIT Kanpur 47:09 15. Startup Idea vs Execution 53:34 16. How to Build Teams? 57:31 17. On Raising Funds, Is 40 Too Late to Start? 59:49 18. Why I Exited my Startup? 1:01:33 19. Top 3 Fitness Tips 1:05:46 20. Top 3 Book Recommendations 1:06:44

In this episode, I have with me Saurabh Awasthi, Co-founder Meet7. Saurabh is a serial entrepreneur and this is his 2nd venture. With Meet7 he is trying to disrupt the online dating industry using his strong knowledge in the data and analytics domain. Saurabh is a graduate from IIT Roorkee, and we both graduated together in the year 2008 ********* Connect with Saurabh https://bit.ly/foundersmindset_Saurabh Meet7's website https://bit.ly/foundermindset_meet7 Book Recommendations: 1. The Bhagavad Gita https://amzn.to/41Lt7tS 2. Wings of Fire https://amzn.to/41LtaWA Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://buildthatmindset.substack.com/ ****** Chapters 01. Intro 00:00 02. Early Life, Getting into IIT Roorkee 2:43 03. Impact of Campus Life 8:05 04. Balancing fun and career 10:23 05. Terrorism Killed my Business 14:35 06. Good Bosses Help you grow 21:07 07. Living in the Moment, Giving your 200% 24:46 08. Didn’t like living in the US 27:26 09. Starting up again, as soon as I had some runway 29:56 10. Learning from failure 33:22 11. Back to building financial muscle 36:03 12. The Dating Problem 37:47 13. 55:45 Girls vs Boys on Meet7 48:30 14. How Meet7 achieved the right ratio 49:27 15. Top 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs 54:04 16. 3 Dating Advice 57:34 17. Book Recommendations 59:11

Welcome to another exciting episode of the podcast. In this episode we have with us Vaibhav Tandon, who is the Founder of All is Well. And has been a part of the team leading Indian Olympic Quest for the past 10 years. He is the man behind discovering PV Sindhu. Vaibhav interestingly left his engineering degree and career after IIT Roorkee to pursue a career in sports entrepreneurship full time. We’ll try to learn from him how he was able to navigate through this path less taken. ********* Connect with Vaibhav on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/foundersmindset_vaibhav Book recommended by Kush: 1 Psychology of Money https://amzn.to/3UbTMhk 2 No Rules Rules https://amzn.to/3O6UGun 3 Shoe Dog https://amzn.to/3nWa9mq Gears/Softwares used for the podcast: 01 Software for Recording Riverside App https://bit.ly/riverside-vivek 02 Gears for Podcast Podcast Mic - ShureMV7 https://amzn.to/405gHgr 03 Gears for Podcast Podcast Camera - Sony ZV1 https://amzn.to/3Zjq5vP 04 Gears for Podcast Webcam Option https://amzn.to/3LH1ehZ 05 Gears for Podcast Video Light https://amzn.to/404lM8u 06 Gears for Podcast Softbox for Light https://amzn.to/3n92zUM 07 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Light https://amzn.to/3FEl4XI 08 Gears for Podcast Tripod for Camera https://amzn.to/3LzeiWS 09 Gears for Podcast Table Arm for Mic https://amzn.to/3FEk8Cl 10 Software for Music Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/xuhaf2 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://vivekpathakiitr.substack.com/ ****** Chapters 01. Intro 00:00 02. Growing up in Dalhousie 2:01 03. 1992 Cricket World Cup, Low Social Science Score 4:05 04. Playing Cricket, Moving to Delhi 7:55 05. Why I went to IIT and didn’t pursue sports? 9:07 06. How IIT helped me get back into Sports? 11:59 07. Why I became an entrepreneur? 16:31 08. Building my 1st Venture 19:03 09. Why did I not like a corporate job? 20:46 10. How we met Anil Kumble? 22:06 11. Why Scaling Fast is Dangerous 24:46 12. Helping India win Gold in Olympics 27:50 13. Discovering PV Sindhu, Learning from Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal 30:46 14. Story of Spotting Lakshya Sen 39:12 15. 2nd venture, improving running performance 41:02 16. Lessons from Failure 47:16 17. Learning How Sports Ministry Functions 50:13 18. Why Coaching is Crucial in Sports 53:06 19. How to prepare for entrepreneurship? 59:07 20. Importance of Mental Fitness in Sports 1:04:31 21. Bringing knowledge from top athletes at All Is Well 1:06:09 22. Book Recommendations 1:11:03