Rising High Podcast

A once in a lifetime opportunity to explore the inner workings of a billion dollar organization with Nikhil Kamath, the Co-Founder of Zerodha, India’s first and largest online trading platform.

After dropping out of high school and briefly playing professional chess, Nikhil and his brother set out to revolutionize financial investing with zero external capital and a huge appetite for risk.

Today, Nikhil has been recognized as Forbes’ “30 Under 30” in Finance, Forbes India’s maiden 'Tycoons Of Tomorrow’, and the National Stock Exchange’s “Best Retail Brokerage Award” consecutively in 2018 and 2019!

In this episode of Rising High, Rana addresses:

✔️How he bootstrapped his business to consistent free cash flow

✔️Nurturing an office culture with no hierarchies

✔️His greatest learnings in the stock market

✔️The synergies of a trustworthy business partner

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Walk a mile in the shoes of the man who developed the technology behind Google Glasses, Ned Sahin, the Founder and CEO of Brain Power. After winning the best dissertation across all disciplines at Harvard and traveling to over 23 countries without a mobile phone, Ned joined forces with Google to help people across the world remove distractions and focus on what is important.

Ned has been recognized as Boston Business Journal’s “40 under 40” business people, Medtech’s “50 on Fire” and has been published in Forbes, NBC, the Boston Globe, and Wired to name a few.

In this episode of Rising High, Ned addresses:

- The strategy of developing a relationship and partnership with Google

- Finding alternate sources of funding and sponsorship to pursue his dreams

- The importance of youngsters in keeping a business innovative and competitive

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Dive deep into the mindset of an aspiring lawyer turned businessman, Nick Bayer, the Founder & CEO of Saxby’s.

Nick addresses the newest form of capitalism, franchising & claiming your slice of a big pie through an innovative business model. Through his inspiring journey from starting a small-time cafe into a household coffee brand, he claims he has gained a PhD in making mistakes.

In this episode of Rising High, Nick addresses:

• Leaning into competition and using it as your driving force
• Developing college students into CEO’s of million-dollar cafes
• Creating long-term partnerships to succeed in a competitive industry
• Encouraging entrepreneurship and creativity in the workplace

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Build a company culture that no one wants to take a day off from, take the risk to dive into entrepreneurship as a student, and convert that to a successful long-term business with Tristram Norman, the Co-Founder of Simprints.

Tristram and his team of co-founders bootstrapped their technology-driven business while pursuing their education by winning hackathons and grant funding. However, they refuse to rely on charitable donations to sustain this non-profit organization.

Tristram has been recognized by Forbes ’30 under 30’ in the social entrepreneurs' category. Under his leadership, he has created a culture of unlimited paid time off and flexibility that has resulted in multiple folds of growth in technology industry.

In this episode of Rising High, Tristram addresses:

- Building an organization that can stand the test of time

- Converting your failures into memorable successes

- Developing a culture of outputs over inputs, high trust, and flexibility

- Setting the tone and work ethic as a young leader

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