Exploring the Mind of a VC | Rajesh Sawhney, GSF Accelerator | Exploring Minds #1

About the Guest: Rajesh is currently the founder and CEO of GSF Accelerator, which made investments in over 110 companies with a combined valuation of more than 2 Billion Dollars. Rajesh completed his MBA from Mumbai University. He went to London School of Economics for a fellowship program in globalization. He served as the founding president in Reliance Entertainment where he led the rollout of Reliance Entertainment's media and digital media, including the launch of BigAdda, Reliance Big Pictures, Big FM, and TV broadcasting. He also currently serves as the board member for Ixigo, IndiaMart and ZestMoney. Credits: In collaboration with with E-Cell, Plaksha University. Location: Plaksha's Teaching Studio Interviewer: Bharat Jain (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharat-ja...) Recording: Praveen Kumar Tomar https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveen-t... Editing and Thumbnail: Pranjal Rastogi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranjal-r...) Harsh Siroya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harsh-sir...) Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:55 Growing up years 1:38 18-year old Rajesh 4:09 Prediction about technology 6:15 Digital Natives and New Generation 9:14 Elon Musk & different perspectives to look at the world 12:33 Democratizing Entrepreneurship 14:59 Learning as a VC & how to bet on startups 18:26 "Take 100 bets, almost all return will from 5 of them". A perspective from a VC 20:35 How to detect bullsh*t as a VC 23:23 Pivoting business - Quizizz 27:05 Making decisions in high stake situation 29:15 Is it stressful at the edge of entrepreneurship? 30:58 India v/s Bharat 34:02 Building for Bharat 35:37 Extending "Bhaarat" products and companies to the world 36:45 Inculcating entrepreneurial mindset in students 39:40 Plaksha University and Student Entrepreneurship 40:49 What should be the primary motivations of an entrepreneur 42:43 Endnote