Billion Moonshots

We talk about why Gautam chose to study at the University of Waterloo, international student life, individualism, what made him jump into the startup world, the importance of having a co-founder, TikTok stories, Twitter Fleets, should billionaires spend their money on the space race, Spotify Plus, music streaming industry, entrepreneurship, Netflix documenting SpaceX's first all-civilian mission and much more.

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We talk about Faizal's journey of getting into AWS, working on Amazon Location Services team, writing design documents, insight into Amazon's interview process, one thing he doesn't like about Amazon, time management, service to share Netflix password for a small payment, a perfume idea, 'My First Million' podcast, Spotify exclusives, Instacart hiring Head of Facebook app as CEO and much more. 

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We talk about Ali's journey of getting into Zynga, dealing with rejection, gaming trends, leading the learning & development program at Zynga, his favourite game, essentialism, Sal Khan, licensing entertainment IP, Jon Ivy, Superpowered, getting mentored by Jennifer Catallo and much more. 

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We sit down once again. This time we talk about subscription for cars, Birdflow, Apple vs Epic Games, Teachers Pay Teachers, edtech products with learner-centric philosophy, future of Africa, China's Debt Trap, foldable phones, future of computing, Neuralink, The Boring Company, Dubai, product intuition vs data-driven, Ryan Serhant and much more. 

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We talk about getting into Cisco, preparing for PM assignments, product philosophies, learning to be a good PM, AI & ML, no-code tools, UI, journey getting into product, mentorship, the launch of the first iPhone, Spotify vs Apple Music, Apple's product strategy, habits, productivity, Notion and much more. 

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Thanks Sang for bearing with me because the last time we planned to hit record, my internet went down. So finally, today we talk about sleep, apps to wake up early, initial days of Peko Produce, decision-making, a normal day running Peko Produce, making real dollars from the business, fundraising, deep dive into the business model, expansion plans, pre-teen magazine she started at 11 and much more. 

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Shoutout to Aryaman (guest on episode #6) for introducing me to Prakhar. I met Prakhar for the first time this weekend over a go-karting championship and here we are. Today we talk about sleep schedule, workout, waking up early, preparing for IIT JEE, love for problem-solving, managing burnout in high school, the day of JEE exams, life at IIT Roorkee, internship at Samsung, placement process at IIT, getting into Google, Black Mirror, movies and much more. 

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Huge shoutout to Georgiy (guest on episode #16) for introducing me to Rahul's work.  Today we talk about the story behind writing the book, cold-emailing busy people for interviews, exciting deeptech ventures, being creative, maximizing serendipity, venture capital for moonshots vs startups, mental models, a solution for academia & moonshot founders to work together, getting involved with moonshots, importance of the entertainment industry with dissipating science and much more. 

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Rohan's first impression of mine: "What an a-hole. Who the hell is Prashant". Today we talk about our entrepreneurship class at UWaterloo, first impressions, to sell is to be human, dating, getting into Coursera right before its IPO, views on edtech industry, popularity of vlogs, being an early employee at Bunch, A/B testing ideas on the side, product strategies, monetizing hobbies, consumer psychology and much more. 

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We were in the same coaching class in high school. I don't remember if we had any interaction but here we are.  Today we talk about the evolution of podcasts, future of Clubhouse, Apple ecosystem, Amazon's antitrust hearing, content fatigue due to huge investments by streaming services, university experiences, thought process behind his Instagram handle, building dashboard for COVID-19, Basecamp banning political conversation in the company, definition of a good CEO, edtech in India, global healthcare and much more. 

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