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