Stories with Rusty Podcast

When a CA turns content creator, that too in the travel niche; believe me when I say, you are in for a treat. I am sure you will enjoy it as much as I did while conversing with her. From choosing the science stream in school to becoming a CA at KPMG to ultimately choosing what her heart wants. Tune in for a joyful conversation with  @VishaKhandelwal  as we talk about life, career, and, of course, content._In this episode:00:00 // Intro01:23 // Visha’s CA journey5:41 // Moment that changed Visha’s life9:41 // Academic excellence ke piche ka real motivation10:34 // Failure? Then what…11:08 // How relevant is half CA in depicting reality?13:29 // Those 3 months15:50 // Family stance in those 3 months16:25 // Life after CA17:15 // At what point did Visha realise that CA was not meant for her?20:50 // Before Youtube After Office25:41 // Sudden camera discussion (bloopers)26:37 // Vedant’s content creation journey29:00 // Where was Visha traveling too when Youtube happened?31:02 // It was such a coincidence…32:34 // Life after publishing the first video32:51 // A MBA tale36:17 // Figuring out life38:10 // Expanding beyond travelling38:50 // “Don’t become a travel creator if you love traveling.”46:11 // All about Goa48:12 // What’s next?50:00 // Visha’s team52:48 // How often does Visha reflect on life?54:20 // Pattern of getting bored and being on overdrive59:15 // Why content creation and not jobs?1:01:35 // Visha’s and Vedant's favourite format?1:08:40 // How do Visha and Vedant consume social media?1:10:50 // Vedant’s love for pinterest and shopping in Sarojini1:15:30 // Where does Visha spend her money? And love of books1:21:16 // Visha’s bad habits1:26:23 // Typical day in Visha’s life (current edition)1:29:54 // Family reaction on shifting from CA to content creation1:35: 28 // Suggestions by Visha for someone who wishes to start something else1:38:00 // Family dynamics now1:39:50 // How is content transition playing out so far for Visha?1:41:12 // Ideation process1:43:35 // Building perception for others1:48:05 // Wrap up

Abhijeet Joshi, founder  @chubbytrader9548  shares his unique business ideas that facilitate anyone and everyone to start a successful business from anywhere in the world. He shares stories of his startups in India, including a dream of many, a food truck business, his evolution from working in a job to starting his own business and much more. Watch till the end to learn more about how you can take the leap and run your own business!#exportimport #chineseproducts #chubbytrader #storieswithrusty __

Indian politics has seen it all. Terrifying riots to shining moments that the entire world comes together to celebrate. Join Vedant Rusty and Sham Sharma as they deep dive into Indian politics, its current standing in the world, what to expect in the current election, and many other interesting aspects in today’s edition of Stories with Rusty.

Shreya Priyam Roy opens up with hilarious stories about stand-up comedy, UPSC, Bihar, Delhi life, and a lot more.

#storieswithrusty #standupcomedy #vedantrusty

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In this episode:

00:00 // Intro

1:11 // Oliver twist, literature, and anya kahaniya

3:08 // Bihar stereotypes that Shreya carried from Patna

3:57 // Paise kaha gawaiye?

5:24 // Vedant’s college day

7:00 // 200 real currency dilemma

7:45 // Going abroad and currency experience

8:41 // Shreya college experience post 50 hazaar

9:48 // IAS aur jaan pehchan

10:23 // Is Shreya getting blackmailed for comedy?

11:05 // 12th fail ka reaction?

11:30 // UPSC aspirants and art role in society

13:18 // Comedy ka keeda

13:54 // Why study history?

15:06 // English and Shakespeare

15:51 // Shreya’s first open mic experience & IIT Kanpur

21:38 // Being on stage ka nasha

22:55 // Vedant's experience with theatre stage

25:10 // What’s more exciting? Small crowd or huge crowd or comicstan

27:22 // Tours experience and excitement

33:03 // Shreya’s extended characters

35:40 // Ab bus yehi karna hai to comicstan

40:25 // Middleditch &Schwartz

41:10 // Accent ka sach

43:25 // Comics & Community

44:30 // Blinkit experience for Vedant and Shreya

46:50 // Shreya ke shauks

49:10 // Hierarchy in comedy space

51:35 // Difference between Delhi and Gurgaon clubs

52:35 // Censorship and OTT comedy

54:15 // How Shreya prepares for different open mics

56:29 // Why mockumentary?

1:00:00 // How to deal with creative blocks?

1:03:33 // What shifts Shreya brought in her shows?

1:05:15 // Online content creation challenges

1:06:25 // Nostalgia, gratitude and what’s next

1:11:15 // Toxic comments and how Vedant and Shreya deal with it

1:13:13 // Temptation Island and Tv

1:17:10 // Youtube and content

1:19:41 // Premium subscription addiction

1:21:09 // Shreya and Big Boss

1:23:37 // Theatre and Mumbai trip

1:27:16 // Art and food

1:34:05 // Shreya’s travelling plans

1:34:24 // Topic selection for female comedians

1:41:00 // Enjoying fun content

1:41:38 // What Shreya do for fun?

1:42:51 // Ancient India and Harappan culture

1:45:25 // Quora, Reddit and Bollywood gossip

1:46:55 // How does Shreya deal with rude people?

1:47:07 // Hosting dinners and parties

1:49:10 // Freedom vs health

1:51:40 // Birthday on 1st January

1:54:56 // Award and Reality shows

1:57:19 // Competition of stand-up show

1:57: 42 // Wrap up and Pav Bhaji

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Ever wondered how an atheist turns into a believer?

In this episode, Riya Upreti ( @riyaupreti ) shares her rapid business success story and some childhood moments like not remembering her first “boyfriend”.

Riya Upreti is a young entrepreneur and Instagram influencer known for her work in the field of psychology.

At 22 years old, she has made significant strides in her career. She founded Fobet in May 2020 with the mission of offering top-quality educational courses on psychology and providing assistance for individuals of all ages facing personal and psychological challenges. Her platform, Fobet, is unique in its approach to psychology education, offering courses in clinical, counselling, child psychology, and face reading.

Riya shares different stories of her life and what she has learned from them. How she used to eat meat and now she does not like it anymore, her problems wearing sarees and living with different relatives growing up. She also shares stories and lessons around schooling, UPSC, peers, judgement, college life, ultra rich people, her obsession with driving cars, depression, empathy, trolls, growth, business, entrepreneurship, wealth, hotels, peace, future plans, women in podcasting, money, being in nature, her love for cooking and specially PUBG.

We guarantee that this will be one of the most insightful podcast that you’ll ever watch revolving around Riya’s thought process and how she steers her life.

So watch it till the end. Like the video and subscribe to the channel for more amazing guests.

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In this video:

Intro // 00:00

Problems w/ saree // 01:30

Who takes 19 yo seriously? // 02:40

Change in perception // 04:15

Saree and confidence // 05:45

Uttarakhand, Pahad, and upbringing // 07:28

US, Schooling, First Boyfriend // 10:20

Doctorate, Relatives, NEET // 15:25

Psychology, College, Ultra Rich // 17:40

Tuitions, Trips, Money // 21:20

UPSC, The Beginning, Judging People // 24:30

Learning from people and experiences // 30:30

Peers, Success, Mindset // 33:20

Support, Routine, Cars // 34:50

Growth, Business, College // 39:30

Astrology and Family // 46:15

Laziness, Content and Entrepreneurship // 53:00

Trolls, Empathy, Depression // 58:46

Wealth and Health // 1:03:10

Hotels, PUBG, Peace // 1:08:30

Future Plans, Women in Content // 1:13:35

How to podcast, Authenticity // 1:20:00

Riya’s content quality and team // 1:26:50

Business lessons and team management // 1:30:30

Cooking, Nonveg or Veg? // 1:38:00

Slowing down and figuring out who is fake // 1:40:37

A creator’s life, perception // 1:44:00

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This is Danny Nathani, Chief Brand Officer at Sharekhan, with over 15 years of experience working in both, Brand Planning and Account Management across businesses and industries, he shares business and marketing insights never shared before.

He is one of the few who has done both account management and brand planning roles in his agency tenure. For the past 6 years he has been heading the brand at Sharekhan and is proud to have rolled out a new campaign called #TohMarketMeinMatAa

A guy who believes that building a brand is the best moat any business can have - is here to chat with us about his campaign and all his views on marketing in today’s hyper messaging-volume era. In this episode he shares remarkable marketing and branding advice that entrepreneurs can follow and achieve great success.

Hope you like the conversation just as much as we did. Leave us a like, subscribe to the channel, and comment who we should bring next.

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In this episode:

Intro // 00:00

Impact of Content Creators in Finance // 1:35

Marketing Challenges and Compliance // 4:05

Sherkhan's Core Values and History // 7:13

Experimentation in Marketing //11:03

The Truth Campaign // 12:07

Influencer Engagement and Campaign Intent // 14:07

Hard-Hitting Approach and Brand Perception // 15:01

Customer Reception and Comments // 17:21

Market Penetration and User Behavior // 18:21

Factors for Successful Trading //26:54

Personal Background and Work History of Danny // 30:00

Danny’s Early Career and Learning // 31:27

Decision to Enter Marketing // 36:11

Marketing Career and Brand Building // 40:28

Changes in Marketing Over Time // 42:26

Avoiding Mistakes in Marketing // 43:00

Understanding Truth and Self-Reflection // 43:47

Disruption in Advertising Agencies // 45:02

Importance of Depth in Agency Models // 48:09

Campaign Planning and Execution // 49:00

Transactional vs. Emotional Campaigns // 49:14

Consideration of Media Budgets // 50:35

Relatability of Stories in Advertising // 51:15

Depth in Understanding Products // 51:48

Innovate advertising approaches // 52:23

Investment Strategies and Stock Management // 54:11

Innovation in Product Launch // 55:10

Brand Campaign challenges // 56:04

Creative Design and Media Strategy // 57:13

Importance of decision-making in Marketing // 58:15

Data vs. Gut // 1:03:59

Media Strategy for Campaigns // 1:04:39

Analyzing Brand Campaigns // 1:06:25

Impact of Brand Campaign on Audience Perception // 1:09:30

Future of Sher Khan // 1:10:30

Addressing Casual Traders // 1:12:22

Market Education for Newcomers // 1:13:26

Closing Remarks // 1:14:41

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Jagriti Pahwa is known for her comedy videos and Instagram reels, but today she gives us a glimpse of how she thinks about her content and life.

From stories around a crazy college where girls weren’t allowed to leave the building because there was a boys hostel in front of it to a special trick she uses to increase interaction and comments. Promise, it gets more and more intense and serious so we recommend you watch it till the end.

The conversation includes college life, library lessons, sexism, content strategy, entrepreneurship, cars, short form content vs long form content, existential crisis, becoming Pakistan’s crush, crazy Goa stories, marriage, finding the right partner and believing in God.

Jagriti has shared with us a side of her most don’t know online… so make sure you watch it till the end!

In this episode:

Intro // 00:00

Youngsters are better at THIS // 01:30

Social media usage and guilt // 03:00

What is it like leaving home? // 05:00

Crazy hostel story // 07:00

What does library teach you? // 14:00

Colleges are so strict! // 16:40

Girls and boys cant talk? (sexism?) // 21:25

How does leaving college feel? // 24:15

Numbers MATTER! // 27:20

Advantages of daru friends // 29:25

Dealing w/ hate online/offline // 32:25

Becoming Pakistan’s Crush // 36:35

YouTube vs Instagram // 40:20

Celebrating 5 million subs // 46:45

What do your friends think about you? // 49:00

Relating w/ other content creators // 50:15

Short form vs long form // 54:45

Not having creator friends // 59:00

What’s Jagriti life like? // 59:30

What’s her work like? // 1:04:00

First brand deal // 1:07:25

Crazy Goa story // 1:11:15

Life as a performer // 1:15:30

Trick to ace exams (don’t do it) // 1:20:20

Experience in BioTech // 1:20:45

Relationship w/ Family // 1:25:00

How’s Fatehbad? // 1:28:30

Shadi and finding the right person // 1:29:45

Hobbies // 1:37:00

Cooking is Therapy // 1:38:20

Guilts in life // 1:41:15

Gifting yourself is imp // 1:42:30

Getting into business // 1:45:45

Future plans // 1:47:15

Automations and offloading work // 1:49:10

Do you believe in God? // 1:52:00

Competition is good? // 1:54:25

Problems w/ Brands // 1:56:30

Slowing down // 1:57:10

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This is Danny Nathani, Chief Brand Officer at Sharekhan, with over 15 years of experience working in both, Brand Planning and Account Management across businesses and industries, he shares business and marketing insights never shared before.

He is one of the few who has done both account management and brand planning roles in his agency tenure. For the past 6 years he has been heading the brand at Sharekhan and is proud to have rolled out a new campaign called #TohMarketMeinMatAa

A guy who believes that building a brand is the best moat any business can have - is here to chat with us about his campaign and all his views on marketing in today’s hyper messaging-volume era. In this episode he shares remarkable marketing and branding advice that entrepreneurs can follow and achieve great success.

Hope you like the conversation just as much as we did. Leave us a like, subscribe to the channel, and comment who we should bring next.

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In this episode:

Intro // 00:00

Marketing crisis // 00:01:45

Focus Mode // 00:02:28

Fintech marketing // 00:03:48

Influencer Impact // 00:05:10

Share Khan // 00:06:08

Regulatory Intervention //00:07:10

Truth Campaigns //00:09:51

Evaluating Campaign // 00:10:49

Traditional instruments vs. equity traditional // 00:12:35

Sharekhan, online broking // 00:13:36

Brand building and Authenticity // 00:16:55

Impact of social media //00:21:48

Customer Reception // 00:23:40

Market penetration and responsibility // 00:25:35

Marketing insights // 00:26:15

Trading Discipline // 00:27:55

Doing Market Analysis // 00:29:20

Why financial Education is important // 00:29:50

Career Evolution // 00:30:35

Misconception about advertising // 00:32:00

Impact of Covid-19 on fin-ed // 00:32:50

Trading strategies // 00:33:00

Personal Development // 00:34:43

Acceptance of trading as a legitimate profession // 00:37:45

Bridging the gap and education on trading // 00:38:05

Life Experiences // 00:38:20

Need for authenticity and truth in marketing // 00:39:30

Learning from setbacks // 00:40:45

Career choices and Marketing // 00:41:25

Marketing Dynamics // 00:42:30

How Sutta got Danny into ads // 00:43:20

Evolution of Media // 00:52:55

Shift to Digital Platforms, diversification of content // 00:54:15

Social Media Business Model // 00:55:00

Understanding the Audience, Consumer trust // 00:55:45

Decline in Trust Factor // 00:57:05

Authenticity as a Value // 00:58:25

Importance of Brand Building // 01:00:50

Personal Branding // 1:02:30

Don’t be a doer, be a- // 1:03:50

Understanding the Business // 1:10:15

Challenges in the Agency Model // 1:12:20

Big Brands as Content Companies // 1:12:55

Core Values of Creators // 1:13:38

Saturation of the Advertising Model // 1:14:45

Need for disruption, balance in business // 1:14:50

Differentiation in a Crowded Market, brand campaigning and long term planning // 1:15:15

Transactional vs. Brand Campaigns, Media budget considerations // 1:16:05

Attention in a Saturated Media Landscape // 1:18:07

Importance of Storytelling // 1:22:15

Innovation in Advertising // 1:24:00

Brand Campaign Challenges, Truth as a Brand value // 1:27:30

No Magical Formula, Weightage in Campaigns // 1:31:15

Gut Feeling vs. Data-Driven Decisions, Media channel selection // 1:35:50

Evaluation Metrics for Brand Campaigns // 1:40:00

Impact on Casual Investors // 1:44:00

Final thoughts, Advice rookies // 1:45:30

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In this episode, Pragya Misra ( @PragyaanPodcast ) shares her insights on managing a corporate life as well as being a content creator. Her views are interesting in a way that nobody from either of the areas can fully grasp the depth of it. It will take someone with experiences of both the worlds to fully grasp her insights.

Pragya talks about how to deal with envy as content creators, adaptability as a life trait, why corporate life wasn’t enough for her, people from small town having more hunger, getting into golf, extracting life lessons from politics, millennials, burnout, how to manage teams, why trollers cannot troll in real life, dealing with hatred etc.

She also shares a wholesome story and her deep insights on meditation as a way of life, how meditation can help you move forward in life, and much more.

We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Check our Pragya’s work at (page link) and while you’re at it…. subscribe to our podcast to listen to more insightful guests and let us know in the comments who you’d like to see next.

#podcasthindi #storieswithrusty #golf #entrepreneur #meditation #womenintech #meta #instagram #genz #business

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In this video:

Intro // 00:00

Balancing Truecaller and Content Creation // 01:15

Experience at Meta and WhatsApp // 03:05

What does your audience really want? // 04:45

Pragya’s wholesome story // 06:05

The team behind Pragya // 08:30

How did she get into Content? // 12:30

Knowing Aman // 17:30

Is Instagram really toxic? // 19:15

How do you deal with envy? // 21:30

Getting into golf // 24:10

Adaptability as a trait // 28:05

Corporate life is bad. Or not? // 30:10

Politics in corporate is a learning // 35:25

Small towns have more hunger // 37:30

Millennials are better than GenZ at this // 40:15

How vedant and pragya hire // 42:15

Is burnout really good for you? // 45:55

How to delegate? // 48:45

Impatience, getting too rich too soon? // 52:45

Managing different mindsets // 58:15

How genz kids use social media // 01:00:30

Learning from social media hatred // 01:03:15

Can trollers troll in real life? (empathy) // 01:06:55

Meditation and therapy // 01:08:10

Vedant’s new philosophy // 01:11:25

Dopamine and WhatsApp forwards // 01:14:15

Meditation is hard until it isn’t // 01:15:55

Being a rebel in your teens // 01:18:35

Mental clarity through meditation // 01:20:10

Abundance through meditation // 01:31:00

Parting words // 01:33:15

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