investments in over 110 companies with a combined valuation of more than 2 Billion

Dollars. Rajesh completed his MBA from Mumbai University. He went to London School of

Economics for a fellowship program in globalization. He served as the founding president in Reliance Entertainment where he led the rollout of Reliance Entertainment's media and digital media, including the launch of BigAdda, Reliance Big Pictures, Big FM, and TV broadcasting. He also currently serves as the board member for Ixigo, IndiaMart and ZestMoney.

Credits:

In collaboration with with E-Cell, Plaksha University.

Location: Plaksha's Teaching Studio

Interviewer: Bharat Jain (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharat-ja...)

Recording: Praveen Kumar Tomar https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveen-t...

Editing and Thumbnail: Pranjal Rastogi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranjal-r...) Harsh Siroya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harsh-sir...)

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

0:55 Growing up years

1:38 18-year old Rajesh

4:09 Prediction about technology

6:15 Digital Natives and New Generation

9:14 Elon Musk & different perspectives to look at the world

12:33 Democratizing Entrepreneurship

14:59 Learning as a VC & how to bet on startups

18:26 "Take 100 bets, almost all return will from 5 of them". A perspective from a VC

20:35 How to detect bullsh*t as a VC

23:23 Pivoting business - Quizizz

27:05 Making decisions in high stake situation

29:15 Is it stressful at the edge of entrepreneurship?

30:58 India v/s Bharat

34:02 Building for Bharat

35:37 Extending "Bhaarat" products and companies to the world

36:45 Inculcating entrepreneurial mindset in students

39:40 Plaksha University and Student Entrepreneurship

40:49 What should be the primary motivations of an entrepreneur

42:43 Endnote