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Luxury Watch Founder: How PM Modi Changed His Business | Gaurav Mehta | FO555 Raj Shamani
29/08/2026 | 1h 44 mins.Checkout Jaipur Watch Company: https://jaipur.watch/
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(00:00) - Intro
(03:51) - Paul Newman's Daytona: The $17.8M Rolex Story
(06:38) - How Gerald Genta Created the World's Most Iconic Watches
(09:15) - Do Watches Actually Make You Money?
(24:29) - Selling His BMW & Borrowing Money to Fund the Dream
(29:14) - Building a Watch Supply Chain in Jaipur
(31:53) - Getting Rejected Everywhere: Building an Indian Watch Brand
(38:43) - The Facebook Ad That Changed Everything
(40:39) - His First Client, Retail Breakthrough & Pivot to 5-Star Hotels
(47:49) - Hitting Rock Bottom: Years of Struggle With No Income
(52:44) - Shark Tank India, 50,000 Visitors & the First Store
(57:26) - Scaling From ₹4 Crore to ₹10 Crore Through Retail
(1:06:15) - The Viral Modi Moment: PM Modi Was Wearing His Watch
(1:11:21) - How He Sold 1,000 Watches in One Week
(1:30:16) - Enamel Artistry & the One-Year Wait for a Custom Watch
(1:33:23) - The First 3 Watches to Start Your Collection
(1:36:23) - Best Value-for-Money Watches, Including Vintage HMT
(1:37:28) - Designing the "Tiger Walking at Night" Statement Watch
(1:40:27) - The Real Cost of Success: 9 Years With No Income or Sleep
(1:44:20) - Outro
In today's episode, we sit down with Gaurav Mehta, Founder of Jaipur Watch Company, the coin collector who taught himself watchmaking and built India's most distinctive watch brand out of demonetised currency,
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Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
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Figuring Out Podcast is a Candid Conversations University where Raj Shamani brings raw conversations with the Top 1% in India.World Leader At 31: How Sebastian Kurz Became Austria’s Chancellor | FO554 Raj Shamani
27/08/2026 | 2h 16 mins.Get your hand-picked playbook here: https://www.figuringout.co/pdf/fo-554
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(00:00) - Intro(02:51) - How He Became the World's Youngest Prime Minister at 31(04:47) - Starting a Political Career at 24 as a First Time Candidate(11:30) - The 2015 Migration Crisis That Made Him an Enemy of Angela Merkel(19:40) - Was He Scared to Defy Europe's Most Powerful Woman?(42:03) - Bureaucracy vs. Politicians: Who Really Holds the Power?(46:17) - Debunking the 100 Men Rule the World Conspiracy Theory(50:23) - Why World Leaders Don't Trust the Media(53:32) - What Really Wins Elections: Money, Charisma or Strategy?(58:23) - Election Night: The Emotional Rollercoaster of Waiting for Results(1:02:11) - What Happens After You Win an Election?(1:19:47) - Are Private Conversations With World Leaders Really Private?(1:21:38) - A Day in the Life of a Prime Minister(1:23:41) - Can Powerful Countries Bully Smaller Nations?(1:24:53) - Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping: How They Negotiate Differently(1:27:38) - Is China Winning the Global AI Race?(1:33:04) - Why He's More Optimistic About America Than Europe(1:41:24) - Why Countries Should Fear Illegal Immigration, Not Immigration(1:45:36) - Why He Walked Away From Power as Prime Minister(1:47:49) - Facing Criminal Investigations While Running a Country(1:54:12) - Why He Became an Entrepreneur After Leaving Office(1:55:19) - The Airport Encounter That Led Him to His Co-Founder(2:02:36) - Why Former Hackers Build the Best Cyber Defense(2:06:37) - 3 Things Every Country Must Never Outsource(2:08:41) - His Most Powerless Moment: Fighting False Accusations in Office(2:09:41) - What Scares a Sitting Prime Minister Every Day?(2:11:52) - The Personal Cost of Becoming the World's Youngest Prime Minister(2:14:29) - BTS(2:15:23) - Outro
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About Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
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Figuring Out Podcast is a Candid Conversations University where Raj Shamani brings raw conversations with the Top 1% in India.Sanjiv Goenka On Billionaires, The Next Big Opportunities & Building Wealth | FO553 Raj Shamani
25/08/2026 | 2h 9 mins.Get your hand-picked playbook here: https://www.figuringout.co/pdf/fo-553
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(00:00) - Intro
(02:56) - How Billionaires Spot Opportunities Before Everyone Else
(04:51) - Top 3 Future Business Opportunities: Renewable Energy, Batteries & Data Centers
(14:48) - How He Turned Around Kolkata's Broken Power Business
(24:14) - How He Rebuilt Trust in Kolkata's Power System
(31:35) - How Does Electricity Reach Your Home?
(35:21) - Why Overconsumption, Not Weather, Causes Power Cuts
(56:47) - The Untold Story Behind Carvaan's Design & Viral Ad Campaign
(1:03:09) - Why Saregama Chose Sanjay Leela Bhansali Over Karan Johar
(1:06:40) - The Future of Regional Music: Punjabi, Telugu & Hindi Going Global
(1:10:29) - His Investment Philosophy: What He Looks for Before Acquiring a Company
(1:15:21) - The Long, Painful Bet on Building an FMCG Business
(1:19:02) - His Biggest Business Mistake: The Aquapharm Acquisition
(1:20:42) - The 5-Year Legal War With a Hostile State Power Minister
(1:25:08) - Can Money and Power Influence Politicians in India?
(1:28:02) - The Secret to a 220-Year, Seven-Generation Family Business
(1:31:47) - Emotional Investments: The School, Hospital & Mall Built for Kolkata
(1:34:43) - Why Did Kolkata Fall Behind, and Why Is It Changing?
(1:36:22) - Growing the Business From ₹4,000 Crore to ₹1 Lakh Crore
(1:37:57) - Raised Rich but Never Spoiled
(1:47:08) - Parenting the Next Generation in an Age of Privilege
(2:02:34) - The Personal Cost of Being a Billionaire Chairman
(2:07:02) - The Biggest Misunderstanding About Him
(2:07:50) - BTS
(2:08:37) - Outro
In today’s episode, we sit down with Dr Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, to unpack how he turned businesses everyone else had written off into a conglomerate spanning power, music, retail, FMCG, and technology.
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Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
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Figuring Out Podcast is a Candid Conversations University where Raj Shamani brings raw conversations with the Top 1% in India.Health Expert: The Diseases You Can Reverse Before It’s Too Late | Deepak Sahni | FO552 Raj Shamani
22/08/2026 | 1h 26 mins.Checkout UN:BLOC here: https://www.unbloc.com/
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(00:00) - Intro(03:25) - India's Biggest Health Problems: Diabetes, Cholesterol & Liver Issues(06:54) - The Future of Healthcare: Cancer, Brain Health & Smart Diagnostics(18:48) - Is Obesity Actually Solvable?(26:55) - The ₹1,000 Crore Idea: Fixing India's Hospital Experience(42:09) - Why Is Wellness Booming?(49:34) - PCOS: A Massive Unsolved Opportunity in Women's Health(53:25) - How Much Money Do You Need to Start a Healthcare Startup?(55:16) - How Do You Get Your First Healthcare Investor?(1:00:04) - His Childhood & Healthcare Beginnings(1:05:08) - His Health Crisis & the Birth of UN:BLOC(1:12:47) - Inside a $75 Million Funding Round(1:22:17) - How Much Does a UN:BLOC Assessment Cost?(1:23:28) - Cohort Zero: Publishing 300 Patients' Data Live(1:25:23) - Outro
In today's episode, we sit down with Deepak Sahni Founder & Chief Unblocking Officer, the man who built one of India's largest diagnostics businesses from zero to ₹3000 crore, and then found out his own reports had been hiding the problem for a decade.
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Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
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Figuring Out Podcast is a Candid Conversations University where Raj Shamani brings raw conversations with the Top 1% in India.How Bentley Builds Fast & Luxury Cars For The Ultra Rich | CEO Frank Walliser | FO551 Raj Shamani
20/08/2026 | 1h 15 mins.Get your hand-picked playbook here: https://www.figuringout.co/pdf/fo-551
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(00:00) - Intro
(02:43) - Why Does Car Design Still Start With Pencil Sketches, Not AI?
(04:31) - Why Is Every Car First Built as a Clay Model?
(07:10) - How Do Aerodynamics & Wind Tunnels Make a Car Fast?
(09:37) - What Makes a Car Fast: Top Speed vs. Lap Time
(11:17) - Breaking the Nürburgring Record With the Porsche 918 Hybrid
(18:35) - Why Do Bentley & Porsche Share Platforms but Feel Different?
(21:47) - How Do the Accelerator, Engine & Torque Actually Work?
(25:24) - Do Electric Bentleys Feel Different to Drive?
(36:34) - Why Does Bentley Employ 5,000 People When Robots Could Do the Job?
(38:44) - Why Does Handcrafted Stitching & Polishing Still Beat Machines?
(40:32) - The Hidden Complexity Behind Bentley's Paint Process
(43:39) - How Do You Engineer the "Expensive Sound" of a Car Door?
(46:19) - The Art & Sourcing Behind Bentley's Wood Veneers
(51:48) - What Makes Bentley Impossible to Copy Without the Badge?
(54:28) - The Mindset of Ultra-Rich Buyers Around the World
(56:42) - Bentley's Marketing Strategy: Where Does It Spend Its Money?
(1:03:34) - The Secret Behind Bentley Employees' Extraordinary Pride
(1:08:39) - Why Did Priyanka Chopra Jonas Become Bentley's Global Ambassador?
(1:10:37) - The Personal Cost of Becoming Bentley's CEO
(1:12:13) - BTS
(1:14:31) - Outro
In today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser Chairman & CEO of Bentley Motors for a fascinating deep dive into how the world's most luxurious cars are actually built.
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About Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.
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