The GyaanCentral Podcast

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This was a great way to restart my podcast! I talk to vir about his experience creating content, how his relationships with his friends changed once he started making content and what it means to be an introvert putting yourself out there online.

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Shreevar Chhotaria is the co-host/co-producer of the very popular (#12 on Apple podcasts India charts as of writing this) podcast from The Ken "Cost To Company". I met Shreevar a few weeks ago through a networking event and was hooked onto his vlogs and personal podcast very aptly named "That's what Shree said". Having studied advertising in Symbiosis Centre for Media & Communications Pune, Shree worked at Social (the same Social's we all love for their food and beers) as a content and communications executive, JioSavn in their audio streaming department and now at The Ken as a host and producer.

We talk about why is Bangalore the best place to be a creator in India? What does it take to create a #1 podcast on Apple Charts? What are the behind the scenes of podcasting and the popular production from the Ken "Cost To Company", our first fan moments and much more in this episode of The GyaanCentral Podcast. It's always amazing to meet and talk to other super talented creators from the city that I can take inspiraiton from and Shree rightly fits that bill. Highly recommending checking out his podcast CTC, That's what Shree said and his comedy shorts on Instagram (all links down below)

Shree's Socials:

- Twitter / YouTube / LinkedIn / That's what Shree said / CTC

My Socials:

- Twitter / LinkedIn / Main YouTube channel / Vlog channel / Instagram

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Past guests on the show include: Toit ex-head chef and owner of popular Japanese noodle bar in Bangalore “Naru” - Kavan Kuttappa,

Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of NeXt labs - Ashutosh Gupta,

21yr old YouTube manager and consultant form Mumbai - Ananta PJ.

If you enjoyed the show, do consider rating it wherever you prefer listetning to it. As a one man show teh rating goes a long way in establishing my brand to get more guests on the show and keep elevating my content :) (But totally upto you)

YouTube and content consulting is a relatively new field. How to make viral YouTube videos, what goes into videos that don't suck, and how a consultant thinks about managing their client's channels, we explore it all in this episode. 

Ananta's Socials:

Ananta's Twitter and YouTube

My Socials:

GyaanCentral YouTube; Vlog Channel; Twitter; Linkedin

Other People mentioned:

Aryan's Twitter - Mr.Beast follows him, maybe you should too!

Mihir's Twitter

Paddy Galloway is THE guy you need to go to for understanding viral YouTube videos, his Youtube, and Twitter. 

My favourite CID episode. You'd be surprised how engaging CID is, and how much you can learn from deconstructing their storylines. 

Sameer Mallik is an entrepreneur, start up founder and crypto enthusiast. I had the pleasure of connectin with him thorugh a mentor and had the opportunity to have this wonderful conversation about the basics of crypto, blockchain, NFTs and much more. Having been in this space for almost the past decade, Sameer was able to point me to some amazing online resources and crypto propogators that are an absolute goldmine ot follow and learn more about the space. 

All mentions/resources are mentioned below:  

Naval Ravikant on The Tim Ferris Show: 

1) https://tim.blog/2021/10/28/chris-dixon-naval-ravikant/ 

2) https://tim.blog/2016/01/30/naval-ravikant-on-happiness-hacks/ 

3) https://tim.blog/2015/08/18/the-evolutionary-angel-naval-ravikant/  

Links are to Tim's website, there you'll find links o your favourite podcast platform, a direct audio copy of the podcast on the website and the transcript as well.   

Naval Ravikant:  

Tw: https://twitter.com/naval 

His podcast with Joe Rogan: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ijkVfaht5kcFPvHcCbYYD?si=xPy6V84zSVqmCTXupQLSBg  

A condensed book on all his wisdom so far, highly recommend you read if his thread spoke to you (affiliate link!): https://amzn.to/3bNIoG6  

Naval's thread on "How to Get Rich without Getting Lucky:" is probably the best twitter thread on the planet for entrepreneurs: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936?s=20&t=vyEHk4JOSjshlcUdg7I5rA  

Balaji Srinivas: 

Tw: https://twitter.com/balajis 

Episode on The Knowledge Project: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7tigpgcGreaPgpvTG88MAm?si=xQSopd8mRfeZPPMCbYXAjQ 

Balaji on Tim Ferris Show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/68P6xKEafwR00xOF11CUif?si=9d6bf872ac014b04  

Balaji with Tanmay Bhat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDKGpUCWYKY

Punk6529:  

https://twitter.com/punk6529  

Prasad Bhat: 

NFTs: https://foundation.app/@prasadbhatart 

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/prasadbhatart/ 

Fun fact, I bumped into Parasad a few weeks ago not fully knowing how big of a deal he is! Guess who's kicking himself right now :(  

Vimal Chandra: https://vimalchandran.com  

Aneesh Agniotry: https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/10/a-guide-to-designing-effective-nft-launches  

BTC Whitepaper: https://whitepaper.io/document/0/bitcoin-whitepaper  

Ethereum Whitepaper: https://whitepaper.io/document/5/ethereum-whitepaper  

Some parting thorughts on research: Compiling these show notes clearly prove how tedious and intimidating researching on crypto is. The best way to go about it is to keep it light and fun.   

Start listening to the podcasts first. Explore more in areas you're curious about. I think that's crucial - curiosity. Losing curiosity is like losing your thrusters during a spacewalk. You'll be helpless and lose control. 

It's a long term process, so don't rush into anything you dont understand, and you'll realise there's a lot of that in this area.