Inside Sid's brain (Part 1)

A Venture Capitalist's view on risk and failure (ft. Amit Somani)

Risk and uncertainty are the raw material of any entrepreneurial venture, and who understands that more than a Venture Capitalist, especially from someone who is as successful as Mr Amit Somani. I learned a lot from this conversation, I hope you do as well.

Ishan Sharma and social life in college

Liked part-1 on the BITS Goa mafia? Well, part 2 is on the other aspect of college life: Friends, relationships and much more. Timestamps: 0:00 - How does a young achiever stay humble? 4:00 - Ishan's take on Stoicism 7:28 - Ishan's tweet that spurred a thought loop on Twitter 9:34 - Ingredients in the "kale smoothie" of entrepreneurship 11:29 - The best friendships are started on memes and built on breakups 13:15 - Ishan shares a story from his life

Ishan Sharma and the BITS Goa mafia

Bits GOA has created an incredible wave of founders and future leaders in the last few years, and after talking to Ishan, I now know why. Must listen to all college students. TimeStamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - What made Ishan get into content so early in life 5:20 - Starting points are always messy 5:58 - People are RESOURCES, you learn from them 7:40 - What makes the BITS GOA Mafia so incredible? 10:13 - Importance of Alumni 12:06 - How Ishan got connected with Kunal Bahl, founder of SnapDeal 14:39 - What about students who are not from a Tier-1 college with big ambitions? 16:22 - "Get yourself in between interested people" 17:30 - Meta-learning is the ultimate skill 19:28 - Do things that make you uncomfortable 21:23 - College gives you a re-set on your social life 23:27 - How do you get over your hesitation in creating content? 28:09 - Don't judge yourself on your first video 29:02 - Hard Skills vs Soft skills 31:00 - Have RANGE of skills, at least in the beginning

Inside Sid's brain (Part 2)

If you liked part 1, part 2 will blow you away. Timestamps: 0:00 - Me enjoying making fun of motivational speakers 1:36 - Being good at something is mandatory 4:08 - How to increase learning efficiency 5:40 - Coincidences are a LIE 6:18 - My 2 cents on note-taking 8:06 - "So many of my poems have come from the hospital" 10:00 - Who knows what jobs will be in 5 years 11:30 - Is Naval Ravikant right? 15:00 - Trifecta of reality level topic (universal consciousness) 17:40 - Do desires make you feel empty? 19:34 - Are you surfing well? (Analogy OP) 20:50 - Do science and biology kill the poetry of life? Happy listening.

Inside Sid's brain (Part 1)

He's decoded the brain on multiple occasions, wouldn't you like to know what goes on in his brain? Presenting my most awaited podcast with Mr Sid Warrier. Have fun folks!! Timestamps: 0:15 - How I discovered Sid's content 3:52 - How do you deal with Chaos and Uncertainty 8:13 - Choose uncertainty to grow 10:22 - Is Taleb right about the educational system? 12:02 - Give the TEST before you STUDY 14:30 - Story from my school days 17:55 - How does language influence your reality? 21:38 - Why using the right pro-nouns are so important?25:00 - Has happiness become un-cool?