In this episode of CONNECTING THE DOTS, we have Dr. Sid Bhargava, founder of Food Darzee. He comes from a family of doctors, but he soon lost his interest in formal medicine when he was diagnosed with lupus in his fifth year of medical school. Today, he’s one of the four partners at Food Darzee, a healthy kitchen, plans diets for celebrities like Alia Bhatt & Tanmay Bhat, and is leading the way in the emerging food & fitness industry in India. He is also known for his super informative medical Instagram Reels.

To learn more about Food Darzee, visit www.fooddarzee.com

Here are the topics discussed in this high-value podcast-

00:00 - Intro

00:52 - Dr. Sid introduces himself.

02:26 - Dr. Sid connects the dots from his past.

14:43 - One thing that screwed Sid the most while building Food Darzee.

20:32 - How has the culture of healthy eating and subscription models evolved in India?

25:49 - How is Instagram making Sid insecure?

28:09 - Future of Food & Fitness industry in India.

33:30 - Tips for someone who is entering the food industry

34:45 - Outro

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In this episode of CONNECTING THE DOTS, we have the Founder of Rage Coffee, Mr. Bharat Sethi. He’s a serial entrepreneur having built 2 successful businesses in the past. He started his first online business at 16 in 2006. During his school years, he was awarded a Top 0.1% merit certificate from CBSE and later went on to pursue Economics (H) degree from Delhi University and graduated in 2011. He has a wide knowledge of the D2C space in India and is leading the D2C commerce way in India through his startup Rage Coffee whose aim is to revolutionize the coffee space in India.

To learn more about Rage Coffee, visit  https://ragecoffee.com/

Here are the topics discussed in this high-value podcast-

00:00 - Intro

00:50 - Bharat connecting the dots from the past.

26:17 - Evolution of coffee consumers in India.

31:32 - How did the name RAGE come up?

32:04 - Shashank’s journey from an investment banker to an entrepreneur.

35:30 - Bharat Sethi on D2C space in India. 

40:42 - Advice on how to build a D2C startup?

47:24 - Conclusion

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In this episode of CONNECTING THE DOTS, we have with us Harsh Goela, a Stock Market Investor, Entrepreneur, Mentor, and Public Speaker, based out of India.

He did not go to college and entered the world of Stock Markets at the age of 18 in 2010. First, Multibagger investment in 2013. After which he was introduced to the world of mentoring others in Stock Markets.

He is one of the youngest trainers on behalf of the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.

Here are the topics discussed in this high-value podcast-

00:00 - Intro

00:56 - Harsh connecting the dots from past

03:26 - Most common mistakes people make in the Stock Market

11:22 - Why are new investors not keen on learning about the market?

13:52 - How has the perception about the Stock Market changed in the last 5 years?

17:54 - How did Harsh find his first Multibagger?

22:08 - How do our emotions take over us in the Market?

27:25 - Who is a legendary investor?

28:38 - Harsh’s take on IPOs.

33:03 - What made Harsh start teaching about the Stock Market?

34:33 - Harsh connects the dots for future

38:39 - Harsh’s advice for people stuck in panic selling.

39:35 - Conclusion & Outro

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In this episode of CONNECTING THE DOTS, we have the bestselling author & financial literacy activist, Dr. Anil Lamba.

Dr. Anil Lamba is a practicing Chartered Accountant and holds degrees in Commerce, Law, and a Doctorate in Taxation. His finance training programs are held internationally, with a client list exceeding 1000 large and medium-sized corporations spread across several countries including India, the USA, and in Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East.

Here are the topics discussed in this value and thrill-packed podcast-

00:00- Intro

01:21- Anil connects the dots from his past

13:55- How Anil started with invest-fest for the love of the stock market?

16:55- How did they bring the market back after Harshad Mehta’s scam?

19:46- How does the stock market look right now?

24:23- Anil’s take on IPOs

32:18- How was SEBI Born?

34:27- How the 90s was the most euphoric time in the Indian markets

37:02- How Dr. Manmohan Singh changed the face of India.

41:18- Complete roadmap for young investors

In this episode of CONNECTING THE DOTS, we have Ashish Gupta who’s the founder of Bambinos.

Ashish has previously worked in leadership positions at Amazon and Curefit. In his last role, he operated as COO for a series A start-up funded by Lightspeed. Ashish has an MBA from IIM-C and BE from PEC Chandigarh. He is a proud parent of a 5-year-old girl and is deeply affectionate towards her. This love drives him to work at Bambino's and guides him to take every decision, which would be beneficial for kids.

Here are the topics we discussed in this podcast-

00:00- Intro

00:56- Ashish connects the dots from his past

04:49- What is Bambinos about?

10:00- The best & worst moment in the journey of building Bambinos

12:56- How did he enter a market dominated by big players with cut-throat competition

17:47- Importance of communities in the child & parent space

20:35- Advice for young aspiring entrepreneurs

In this episode of CONNECTING THE DOTS, we have the founder of LearnApp, Prateek Singh.

Having begun trading and investing when he was just 17, Prateek’s vision of providing accessible, actionable, and quality investing and trading education first took shape in 2014, when he started Market Scientist, a website where people could learn all about the markets. With a tube light for lighting, a hands-free mic, and a Sony camera, he started making videos that gained immense popularity.

Here are the topics discussed in this episode-

•Intro

•How did Prateek get into trading?

•The idea of LearnApp and how they approached their guests?

•Prateek’s trading system & Intro to Algo trading.

•Who’s Algo Trading for?

•Algo trading for Long-term investments and Crypto.

•Market mindset & Prateek’s advice to newbies.

•Connecting the dots for the future of financial education.

•Outro

Vishwajit Sonagra is a Computer Science graduate and founder of Quicko & Sandbox who is disrupting the finTech space by making tax filing a seamless process through his products. 

Here are some of the topics he gave his views on-

1. Intro

2. What is Quicko?

3. Change in people's behaviour with respect to tax filing.

4. Challenges faced in the tax filing market.

5. Advantages of starting in Ahemdabad.

6. Challenge of FOMO faced by Founders.

7. How to empower the customer?

8. Most annoying and satisfying moment in his journey.

9. Effects of the pandemic on FinTech.

10. Future of Quicko & Sandbox.

11. Importance of Communities, Content.

Ajinkya Kulkarni comes with rich experience of working in lending and Financial services for 6+ years. Before starting Wint Wealth, Ajinkya was Vice President and Head of the Merchant lending business at Mswipe. Through Mswipe merchant lending, he enabled credit access to thousands of merchants who otherwise won't get the credit facilities. In a short span of six months from launching, he built a profitable portfolio of ₹ 25 Cr+. Before Mswipe, he was at CreditVidya, leading its marketplace business which enabled low-interest-rate loans for first-time borrowers. Before working at CreditVidya, in 2014, Ajinkya started CreditPeriod.com- an invoice bill discounting platform.

Here are the topics we had a conversation on-

00:23 - Intro

02:20 - Ajinkya CONNECTING THE DOTS for Wint Wealth.

09:22 - How Gen-Z will have a different approach towards market returns?

11:34 - How covid changed the mindset of looking at returns. 

12:06 - Why not to look at the return amount?

12:46 - What exactly is Wint-Wealth?

14:30 - How are covered bonds different from MBS?

17:51 - Who is the target audience for Wint-Wealth?

22:03 - Ajinkya’s saving strategy with his first 1L rupees?

24:23 - Opinion on the current mindset in the market

28:13 - How did Ajinkya fall in this mindset?

29:32 - Problem with India’s obsession with Passive income

31:18 - His top-2 tips to someone who’s starting up

36:33 - Ajinkya’s predictions for Wint-Wealth and Indian markets.

The following two statements from Ajinkya gives the gist of the value-packed podcast-

“Our job is not to convince people that 10% is great, but it is to build great products for people who feel 10% is great”

“Great entrepreneurs are not great risk-takers, they are great risk mitigators”