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Investment Manager

(Wild Assumptions)  
  
 They wanted to build a cheap distribution channel to sell razors and create brand awareness but it didn't help it seems. 
  
 Brand awareness is one things, wining trust by usage is another.  
  
 Once they had enough audience. The podcast ka PnL was looking bad as he was spending companies money so he had to make up the revenue which the  board may have questioned.  
 Razorprenuer may have been a Idea to recover that podcast Capex, Which might have back fired.

@Indiecrypto Super wild assumptions, Shantanu seems a decent man with good intentions with lack of direction currently lol

Product Manager

100 agree, hence saying that one decision went south

Totally with you. I stopped following it after the Razorpreneur thing that they pulled off. 
  
 But to their credit they tried something new. Not sure what were they trying to achieve with it and how successful it was.  
  
 But yeah the fatigue took over and stopped watching it post that

@GiftedTaste Yes man, I feel Shantanu should understand this

Samajh gaya na. Preneur band karke he has gone back to OG ways.  
  
 Also Kamaths podcast is eating into his audience's watch time

Is it going down? I never understood the USP of this company.

@DarkerKnight Ha na competitors are better

Most Indian podcasts are low on intellectual effort and merely serve for creating clout for the host

Disagree, selling something IRL is very difficult. Have done it firsthand, only those who have tried it will know. 
  
 Many of them still managed to tap into their own networks but plenty of them sold razors to strangers face to face. It takes a lot of effort and will to do that and teaches you a lot about people, business, economics and life in general. 
  
 His newer podcast guests don't interest me as much as the previous ones did, but i still watch occasionally. Reliance retail one was quite interesting.

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He is ex mackenisy. If he can't crack market.then i don't know who can.

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I started hating his podcast after Razorpreneur, it was more like ameero ka Vivek bindra lol

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I take up bad habits very easily

This close 🤏 to binge watching Nikhil Kamath's WTF podcast

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All episodes seem to be he and his McKinsey bros circlejerking each other. Very cringe to be honest.

Why is Shantanu (Bombay Shaving Company) only promoting McKinsey execs and founders on his podcast?

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Business Bane na Bane, Hum toh chaatu rahenge ;)

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Are there any podcasts, whose every episode you listen to ?

Podcasts worth listening to

Barbershop is pretty good. Nikhil kamath is decent.

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Actuarial Associate

Sure, it's fun to make jokes about his questions and podcast or call it cringe etc. But that's exactly what he wants you to do.

He's basically the Rakhi Sawant of podcasters. Any attention is good attention for him since it's free publicity.

He intentionally asks dumb/weird questions because -

1. Inspired by Joe Rogan who also doesn't hold back from asking seemingly obvious questions

2. Many people do have them in their mind as well, just too afraid to ask

3. Even memes and ridicule make him a well known brand and personality outside of his target audience

He's definitely super smart, trying to act dumber than he is because it lets him get away with stuff. It was obvious enough when he came to Nikhil Kamath's podcast.

Plus the diverse categories he's exploring, along with the level of folks he now has access to is pretty impressive all things considered.

I used to dismiss him mostly, but I've come to realise he's going to be a force to reckon with in the years to come. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in politics either.

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Not going to lie but Ashneer was right, Mankur Marikoo ka naam saath mei mat lena, tu mujhe gaali se se but naam saath mei mat lena( because he’s the biggest scam artist after Dakshat Shrivastava)

 Just like Vauld, Marikoo turns out to be the biggest sell out of all time yet again. With Fraud Shamani and Chetan Bro-goat following him, they promoted a scam Startup Conference in Noida stating you can raise funding there, that too within 3 days.

Turns out you have to pay 💰 a boatload of cash to get into the conference. Now it turns out to be a scam when the organisers fled away with the money.

It’s a pity that people follow these charlatans who masquerade as superior beings while their true character is revealed in moments like this..

Latest Scam: Ankur Warikoo, Chetan Bhagat, Raj Shamani

So I've been fed his podcasts a lot lately by the  YouTube algo. And while it's amazing one of India's best startup entrepreneurs is getting really good guests to come on his show, I just can't stand him. 

He interjects before the guests have a chance to finish their thought and at times it feels like the podcast is a platform to air his views rather than the guests. Especially his insistence on traumatic childhoods as a prerequisite for greatness and why  capitalism is best.

PS: Please don't come at me like his fans in the comments, legit want to know if this is just me or something others feel too.

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she: i love podcasts so much. which one is your favourite?

“It’s about time - Shantanu Deshpande should stop acting like he is an Entrepreneur”-Acid

Recently, the founder of Apna appeared on Rajshamani's podcast, boasting about his entrepreneurial journey and the success of his startup. However, his portrayal of Apna as a revolutionary product is misleading. 

https://themorningcontext.com/internet/all-is-not-well-at-apna

Here's a brutal takedown of him
https://x.com/ravihanda/status/1730453950485401872

Despite his claims, the company is currently laying off employees, experiencing stagnant revenue growth, and facing significant financial losses. 

The founder, who has spent most of his life in the US, now presents himself as a champion for Bharat (India), but the reality is starkly different from the image he tries to project. 

His attempts to appear as if he has everything figured out contrast sharply with the company's troubling financial situation and operational challenges.

The podcast feels fully paid but is not revealed which is illegal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq-Ajgs2oec&t=1s&ab_channel=RajShamani

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