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Episode Synopsis
Hi, thanks for stopping by!You’re listening to #TheBarbershopWithShantanuS2: #RaisersEdge. In this episode, you’ll hear Shantanu Deshpande (Founder and CEO, Bombay Shaving Company and Bombae), Mandar Vaidya (CEO, OYO Europe), and Meghana Narayan (Co-Founder and CEO, Slurrp Farm) kick it old school, S1 podcast style, and discuss their childhoods, entrepreneurial journeys, life and challenges, their common link- McKinsey, and also share some advice to budding entrepreneurs._________________________________________________________________________________________TIMESTAMPS0:00 – Coming up0:40 – Reflecting on Raiser’s Edge so far11:21 – Mandar’s entrepreneurial journey: McKinsey to OYO25:04 – Meghana’s journey from being a swimmer to Slurrp Farm32:45 – Meghana’s biggest challenge at Slurrp Farm35:10 – MECE is completely false37:15 – Mandar’s biggest professional challenge44:55 – Shantanu cannot let people go51:20 – Meghana’s personal journey while building Slurrp Farm53:30 – Difference between Happiness, Joy, and Satisfaction57:10 – Optimising for professional choices using ‘khushi, anand, samaadaan’ framework1:00:08 – Mandar’s childhood and life before McKinsey 1:03:20 – Shantanu’s cocooned life1:06:38 – All About Parenthood1:13:16 – Effects of parenthood on professional choices1:19:26 – Shantanu’s professional and personal challenges1:28:41 – Confidence and happiness manifests1:31:23 – Advice for budding entrepreneurs__________________________________________________________________________________________APPLY NOW We are looking for early stage stage companies with: - Amazing Founders - Operating in large markets - Are post revenue - TBWS will put in the first or second institutional cheque! Email us about you and your start-up on [email protected]. __________________________________________________________________________________________OUR SOCIALSInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarbershopwithshantanu/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-barbershop-with-shantanu/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBarberShopwithShantanuTwitter: https://twitter.com/TheBarberShopwS__________________________________________________________________________________________ABOUT OUR CHANNELMy name is Shantanu and I am the founder of Bombay Shaving Company and Bombae. I LOVE entrepreneurship. Personally, I would rate myself as an average (at best) entrepreneur, but I love great ones.The BarberShop with Shantanu S2: Raiser’s Edge goes beyond our conversations from S1 on our podcast to tangible help. With the help of our sponsors at BSC and Bombae we have put together a season which brings together a corpus of 50+ equity seekers looking to support 20+ start-ups in their growth and success. We will be releasing an episode every Friday at 6 pm. Tune in and hope you enjoy. :)__________________________________________________________________________________________
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