Sanjeev Bikhchandani is an Indian Billionaire, the Father of Indian Entrepreneurship.
He built the first major digital-first company of our generation - Info Edge Group and successfully listed it into a phenomenal digital conglomerate Naukri.com, Jeevansaathi.com - INR 685.94 Billion. Info Edge is also a major investor in two of India's largest new-age startups - Zomato and PolicyBazar, which are both public companies and huge outcomes for the ecosystem.
Through this episode, we uncover a bunch of interesting topics to leverage Sanjeev Sir's generational experiences. Tune in to get all insights from the episode.
00:00 - Preview
00:46 - Introduction
01:52 - Customer Money or Investor Money
05:15 - The India Story
11:00 - Success or Survival?
13:05 - Jugaad since 1990
15:31 - Outlier Founders
19:20 - The Zomato Story
26:28 - What does the Public Market not get about Startups?
30:24 - Operator Investors or Career Investors
33:15 - Governance
41:44 - Long Term?
43:04 - New Age India & Founders
47:39 - The Consumer of India
49:50 - Power of Education
55:00 - Young India
1:01:15 - Mistakes during the 33 years!
1:05:06 - Meaning of Money?
1:07:25 - Interesting Conversations
1:10:56 - Hustle beyond 35 years
1:12:46 - Final Learnings