The Exchanges

Q How did you meet Ranveer? How did, how did you meet Ranveer?

A Ranveer was very funny. I mean, Ranveer was doing a talk at TEDx Bandra, and Raghu sir was also doing a talk there. So I went with Raghu sir, um, and because it was his talk and I had to be there. And Ranveer also was a speaker. Ranveer then had some 90,100 K subscribers on his YouTube channel. And Ranveer was going through a little bit of his own phase in life that time. So somehow we, Somehow we made an eye contact and there was a very spiritual connection between us. It's very funny. It's very fairytale-ish to say that how can you, you know, so, so he saw me and he got intimidated. He came to me and he said, brother, I want to talk to you. And that's how we started talking. And then he opened up about his life and, and, and, and there is, he's done some Hindi, Hindi videos also about me and how I came in his life and How things changed. Uh, so, so I helped him through a couple of, uh, couple of difficult things that he was going through. And that is how our friendship got built. I brought him into spiritual journey. I helped him. He, he already had the element. So he had the element in him. So I, I just pulled that element and said, Hey, brother, this is the right way of doing things. And, and that's how we became friends. And because of Ranveer, I met all the content creators that, that I know today. Uh, he introduced me to everybody and then that's how we, we started talki…

AI assessment note: “Ranveer was doing a talk at TEDx Bandra... He came to me and he said”

Q So from, uh, you know, you are mentoring so many entrepreneurs on content creation and content distribution, uh, for thousands of content creators who are listening to this podcast, right? What would be the key learnings on, on, in your journey that you would, you know, tell them the right things to do? I know there would be many if you could summarize.

A Well, uh, the, the first important thing is to be disciplined. Second, to be consistent. Third, to believe in what you're doing. Fourth, to really study the niche that you are trying to do. So you cannot preach something that you don't do yourself. So first, do it. Like, if you are a fitness content person, you need to be looking fit. If you are a, if you're a person who's teaching some coding or something like that, you need to be a good coder yourself, right? So, so, so you need to be very, very versed in your subject. Financial people, people, uh, content creators on finance, they need to be really versed Uh, in, in finance and they, they, they must have, even if they don't have a college degree in finance, but they should have hands on practical knowledge, which can share, which they can share, which is data backed, right? That, and then, and then, uh, please, please don't be ignorant of, of the trends. Please don't be ignorant of, of what's, what's working. Study data analytics, study, study what is working, what is not working and collaborate, collaborate, collaboration will help people grow. So this is, this is what I feel. The young content creator should keep in mind. And then yes, there are many technicalities which come in place depending upon what kind of content you're trying to do. But yes, uh, Sid, I, I wanna tell it through your podcast that storytelling is goin…

AI assessment note: “the first important thing is to be disciplined. Second, to be consistent.”

Q factory along with your father. You passed your 12th. You, you then couldn't opt for college because the financial situation of the household, you worked in a call center. And now in just this 13 year span of time, you are mentoring so many Entrepreneurs. So many startups. Some of them are like in dollar terms, multi-millionaire in their valuation How,. How does it feel to, to see all that?

A I, I really, really find, and sometimes I, I, I, as I said, right. So I said, Sid, I, I was not going through a very good phase right now. Like last three months had been really difficult. I'm still in that phase. I took a therapy also. And, and recently, because I think, um, Because of the COVID situation in the country, I was deep down there with COVID resources, with my friends, we were helping a lot of people, and I saw a lot of deaths from very close quarters. Uh, in 2019, I lost my dad. 2020, I lost my uncle, uh, just few days back. I mean, it's a year now. Uh, and, uh, then again, uh, very close friends of mine. They lost their parents. Somebody lost their sister, brother, friends and all. It was really haunting time, right? So, uh, you know, I, I was just, just not too good in my head and, and I was, I was like, okay, uh, let me take some time and think about it. And I was really depressed kind of a thing. I don't know if depression was, was there or not. Uh, however, I was not good. And I was introspecting. I said, what have I done in life? Right. I just reflected myself.

AI assessment note: “I was not going through a very good phase right now. Like last three months”

Q Where he mentioned that, you know, you mentor so many entrepreneurs, including him, and you don't draw money from the entrepreneurs you help. Uh, where does it aligns in your purpose in life?

A Well, uh, Sid, uh, you know, I, I really like helping people and Till recent past, I didn't know how to quantify what I do and should I be taking money for that thing? Because I didn't really. Okay. First of all, I was a full time member with Joe stocks team. So in my books, it was unethical to draw money from anywhere else. Right. So whatever salary I used to get from Joe stocks and I still get, I was very content. Right. And I never took money from any of the entrepreneurs or content creators who, who I worked with, but then Supriya walked up to me one day and she said, Manish, what you do is great, but, but, but you should charge a little bit of money so that people value your time. And I said, okay, I'll, I'll think about it. I thought she's just saying just like that, but, but just you are damn serious about. And then she said, okay, uh, You know, um, there's a, there's a, there's a common mentor of ours and he, he was building a YouTube channel and all of that. And he said, and she said that you should, you should work with him and, and try and figure out, and maybe, maybe also try and figure out some commercial. And I said, okay, Supriya, this is coming from you. So, you know, I, I think this, this means that I have permission to, uh, take consulting, uh, you know, as a part of my thing and, and draw money. And she empowered me. And even Ranveer, uh, you know, see, he sa…

AI assessment note: “in my books, it was unethical to draw money from anywhere else.”