Gaurav Munjal

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Jun 11, 2023

Insight

Gaurav Munjal: Entrepreneurial drive stems from envying others' success

“And more than the perception, I think it's also about the fact that I think a lot of initial drive comes from the fact that like from the fact that you see other people having so much and you want that.”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 33:21 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

Jun 11, 2023 neutral

Insight

Munjal: Student motivation depends on guaranteed outcomes, not education itself

“Because I like to believe that it's not oversimplification, but it's the reality that if you say that you will get X after doing Y, then people are more motivated. So I don't think it's an education issue. I think it's a motivation issue.”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 1:32:33 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

Jun 11, 2023 negative

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Gaurav Munjal: Massive entrepreneurial impact requires completely rejecting work-life balance

“I have been a fan of this notion that if you have to be truly, truly big, and if you have to create something that impacts, creates a huge impact, I hate balance. I mean, I believe that you do enough so that it's utility. You figure out a way to balance family…”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 36:12 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

Jun 11, 2023 positive

Insight

Munjal: EdTech must implement adaptive difficulty and positive reinforcement like video games

“You, people play games that they win. So today, if they are sitting in a coaching center, where you don't even get entry to a best teacher's class, because they say you are number hundred, that won't work. But if there is an AI app that says that, so the AI ap…”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 1:17:05 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

Jun 11, 2023 neutral

Insight

Munjal: Founder acceptance of overhiring is harder than executing cost cuts

“Listening and having that acceptance that you f***ed up or you over hired people and the journey of letting go of people would be a tough one. I think doing that acceptance was the major part. Once you accept that, Hey, I did, I f***ed up. There are 10 people …”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 47:58 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

Jun 11, 2023

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Munjal: Some offline coaching institutes pay 40-50 teachers ₹2+ crore

“And there are, let's say some of these coaching centers would have at least 40, 50 teachers who get paid more than two crores per annum.”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 1:04:15 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

Jun 11, 2023 neutral

Insight

Munjal: Education is primarily about collecting credential badges

“My belief is that everyone is collecting these badges and these credentials, which is what education is about.”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 1:28:53 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

Jun 11, 2023 negative

Assertion Contradicted

Munjal: Tier-2 and tier-3 Indian engineering colleges have 2-10% placement rates

“What about the 97%? They go into these engineering colleges in, let's say tier two, tier three cities. Their job placement rate is Two percent, five percent, 10%.”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 1:23:20 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

Jun 11, 2023 negative

Opinion

Gaurav Munjal: Ambition among Indian startup founders is disappointingly low

“I think the ambition of founders in India is very low. I think, I see some co-founders exiting after taking some minor secondary. I see, people getting satisfied very less.”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 2:03:46 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

Jun 11, 2023

Disclosure

Munjal: Unacademy pays some teachers $1 million

“So one of the things that an academy now does is, and some of our teachers are paid a million dollars, million US dollars.”

Gaurav Munjal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 1:03:27 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath

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