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topic on 10 shows · 8 statements across 8 episodes · said 109 times in 44 episodes since 2019
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2026 6 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
- Martin Escobari: Trauma, Chaos & Three Industries Worth $100B | Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF · Nikhil Kamath
- Why A 25-Year-Old Should Build A Hotel, Not An App | MakeMyTrip x Taj | WTF is Travel?
- S2Ep13: Stories to Systems: How Richa Chadha is Reimagining Cinema, Business & Impact
- Abundance vs Scarcity: We Built 20 Brands With 30 Strangers In 90 Days | The Foundery · Nikhil Kamath
- 17 Young Founders | 8 Startups | 20 Lakh Grants | Third WTFund Cohort · Nikhil Kamath
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2025 35 mentions in 10 episodes 4 per episode
- Indian Premier League Cricket (Audio) · Acquired
- Nikhil Kamath x Netflix Co-CEO, Ted Sarandos | People by WTF | Ep. 10 · Nikhil Kamath
- Nikhil Kamath x YouTube CEO, Neal Mohan | People by WTF Ep. 9 · Nikhil Kamath
- What 20 Years of Investing taught Somesh Dash of IVP after backing Perplexity, Figma, Dropbox
- EP8: How to build a Multi-Faceted Career: Actor, Producer & Entrepreneur ft Vishakha Singh
- Ep4: Indian Fandom: COMIC-CONised ft. Jatin Varma ep4
- A.R. Rahman: The Genius Who Took Indian Music Global | Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF | Ep 15 · Nikhil Kamath
- Tira, Bombay Shaving Co., Inde Wild | WTF is Fueling India’s Beauty & Skincare Revolution? | Ep. 25 · Nikhil Kamath
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2024 9 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
- Nikhil Kamath x Ranbir Kapoor | People by WTF Ep #2 · Nikhil Kamath
- Reverse Brain Drain, Reality Of Venture Capital And India’s Next 10 Year Explained By Top Indian VCs
- Ep. #19 | WTF is “Making it” in an Offbeat Career? Nikhil Kamath Ft. Kriti Sanon, Badshah & KL Rahul · Nikhil Kamath
- China Expert: “India Must Copy This From China To Stay Ahead!” Manoj Kewalramani | Neon Show
- Understanding Indian consumers & breaking down jewellery brands w/ GIVA Founder Ishendra Agarwal
- Ep# 15 | WTF is Climate Change? Nikhil ft. Sunita, Bhumi, Navroz and Mirik · Nikhil Kamath
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2023 44 mentions in 12 episodes 4 per episode
- Ep #10 | WTF is the Next Gen Thinking? Nikhil w/ Navya, Tara, Aadit & Kaivalya · Nikhil Kamath
- Ep #8 | WTF is Going on in the World of Content | w/ Nikhil, Ajay Bijli, Vijay S. & Sajith S. · Nikhil Kamath
- Ep #6 | WTF is Health? ft. Nikhil Kamath, Suniel Shetty, Nithin Kamath and Mukesh Bansal · Nikhil Kamath
- Metaverse IRL, Bollywood Protein Powder & AI Gadgets That Suck (#507)
- Ep #11 | WTF Goes into Building a Fashion, Beauty, or Home Brand? Nikhil w/ Kishore, Raj, and Ananth · Nikhil Kamath
- Ep #3| WTF is E-commerce: Kishore Biyani, Udaan & Meesho Founders Reveal What Sells and What Doesn’t · Nikhil Kamath
- Ep# 13 | WTF does it take to Build Influence Today? Nikhil w/ Nuseir, Tanmay, Prajakta & Ranveer · Nikhil Kamath
- #1 WTF is Metaverse? WTF is with Nikhil Kamath ft. Tanmay Bhat, Umang Bedi & Aprameya Radhakrishna · Nikhil Kamath
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2022 6 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2021 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- Mastermind behind @beerbiceps and Monk Entertainment Viraj Sheth on Influencer Marketing
- Power of Storytelling ft. Roshan Abbas, Investor | Entrepreneur | Actor | Director | Producer
- If you don't monetize your hobby, it will die.- Abhishek Asthana on Creativity & Entrepreneurship
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2020 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2019 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Cameo's Steven Galanis on Why You Must Fall In Love With Your Mission Not Your Product, How To Extract As Much Value From Your Investor Base As Possible & Should You Really Hire For 6 Months Ahead of What You Need?
- a16z Podcast | Building Worlds with VR, Art, and Narrative
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8 statements about Bollywood, every show
Sarandos: International content performs strongly in India despite Bollywood convention
“I think there was a belief for a conventional wisdom was that India is all Bollywood and India is all local. And actually the taste of their international shows play really, really well in India. So the taste is very broad and very global.”
Gilbert: Bollywood Avoids Releasing Blockbusters During the Two-Month IPL Season
“Bollywood studios are now very, very, very reticent to release movies during the IPL season because they don't want to go head to head. And this two month period Is effectively their summer. It's when kids are out of school. And so Bollywood is no longer relea…”
Malhi: India's engineering culture limits global B2C success beyond Bollywood
“We are country of engineers are great at what and how of it, but why? So that's why you won't see many B to C. Okay. I'll say vitamin business that I come out of India that has worked at a global level. No, Bollywood is that one example of vitamin that has wor…”
Kamath: Bollywood film production is currently net-unprofitable overall
“If a thousand rupees is going into making Bollywood movies, the net outcome is sub thousand rupees. Today.”
Subramaniam: Bollywood commands 70% of India's ₹1,300 crore music streaming market
“Today, you know that, okay, music streaming is a thousand odd, 2200 1300 crore market. That gets divided by Bollywood, 70%.”
Screwvala: India missed the bus on global storytelling soft power
“I think we missed that bus on being a global ambassador from storytelling.”
Shah: 80% to 85% of Bollywood revenue comes from 10 to 15 people
“I would say 80, 85% of Bollywood revenue comes from like 10, 15 people.”