CONNECTING THE DOTS

CONNECTING THE DOTS

By Shashank UdupaBusinessEntrepreneurship
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CONNECTING THE DOTS episodes

  • How is Food Darzee leading the change in the food and fitness industry in India by Dr. Siddhant Bhargava

    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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    36 min
  • How to build a D2C giant in India | Founder of Rage Coffee, Bharat Sethi.

    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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    #ConnectingTheDots #BharatSethi #RageCoffee

    49 min
  • Mistakes to avoid in the Stock Market by the Multibagger investor Harsh Goela.

    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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    41 min
  • The most interesting finance podcast ever! | Finance For Beginners

    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

    49 min
  • How Bambinos are changing the extra-curricular space in India.

    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

    26 min
  • Learn App founder Prateek on his journey, Algo trading, Future of financial education & more

    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

    31 min
  • 'Quicko' founder Vishwajit Sonagra on Entrepreneurship, tax filing, communities, fintech future & much more.

    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.

    35 min
  • Ajinkya Kulkarni on his journey of building ‘Wint Wealth’, Covered Bonds, Current market mindset & more

    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”

    41 min

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