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Episode Synopsis
Amit Damani is the co-founder of StayVista, the largest villa rental company in India.
StayVista is India's largest luxury villa rental brand, with a collection of over 800 handpicked holiday homes across 60+ destinations in the country.
00:00 - Top moments
01:13 - Intro
02:00 - Influences During Childhood
03:44 - Moving to the US
04:20 - Learnings in the US
06:46 - Decision to Return to India
11:42 - Inspiration for StayVista
19:21 - Turning Point in StayVista
25:14 - Vision for StayVista
26:22 - Evolution of Travel Hospitality in India
30:35 - Favorite StayVista Property
32:19 - A Day in the Life
33:59 - Advice on Returning to India
35:44 - Skills from the US Applied in India
38:27 - Recent Joys
39:32 - Ideal Dinner Guests
41:10 - Relationship with Sleep and Health
43:57 - Essential Life Hack
44:39 - Setting and Controlling Ambitions
47:14 - Acts of Kindness
48:39 - Secret to Being Zen and Relaxed
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👥 Linkedin - / amitdamani
🐦 Twitter - https://x.com/am_damani
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StayVista is India's largest luxury villa rental brand, with a collection of over 800 handpicked holiday homes across 60+ destinations in the country.
00:00 - Top moments
01:13 - Intro
02:00 - Influences During Childhood
03:44 - Moving to the US
04:20 - Learnings in the US
06:46 - Decision to Return to India
11:42 - Inspiration for StayVista
19:21 - Turning Point in StayVista
25:14 - Vision for StayVista
26:22 - Evolution of Travel Hospitality in India
30:35 - Favorite StayVista Property
32:19 - A Day in the Life
33:59 - Advice on Returning to India
35:44 - Skills from the US Applied in India
38:27 - Recent Joys
39:32 - Ideal Dinner Guests
41:10 - Relationship with Sleep and Health
43:57 - Essential Life Hack
44:39 - Setting and Controlling Ambitions
47:14 - Acts of Kindness
48:39 - Secret to Being Zen and Relaxed
🔗 CONNECT WITH Amit Damani
👥 Linkedin - / amitdamani
🐦 Twitter - https://x.com/am_damani
🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA
💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/
🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ...
🐦 Twitter - / shivassangwan
🐦 Twitter - / 1947rise
👥 Linkedin - / shiva-sin. .
🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Our purpose is to help startups go mainstream in 🇮🇳!
1947 Rise Podcast is helping in accelerating the speed of reverse brain drain
and 1947 Operators Podcast is helping in increasing the number of operator-angels in the startup ecosystem.
🎧 LISTEN FOR FREE
Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3KI3bZi
Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3AEO5z5
🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW
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