Raj Shamani

7 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 7, 2023 by Nikhil Kamath · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Oct 7, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kamath: Raj Shamani raised from Lightspeed at 3x valuation in under 48 hours
“He went to another venture capital fund light speed. And he raised more money at three times the valuation. And the duration between beginning and end of that conversation was less than 48 hours.”
Nikhil Kamath Oct 7, 2023 ▶ 20:42 Ep #11 | WTF Goes into Building a Fashion, Beauty, or Home Brand? Nikhil w/ Kishore, Raj, and Ananth · Nikhil Kamath
Oct 7, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Shamani: Misclassifying disinfectant sprays on Amazon under luxury GST wiped out profits
“I made a major mistake when first time I started selling on Amazon. Just the tax. I chose luxury good instead of essential. I was selling disinfectant sprays. And I chose luxury goods. And that costed me 22%. What is that, GST? GST. And that was 22%... But the…”
Raj Shamani Oct 7, 2023 ▶ 3:19:11 Ep #11 | WTF Goes into Building a Fashion, Beauty, or Home Brand? Nikhil w/ Kishore, Raj, and Ananth · Nikhil Kamath
Oct 7, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shamani: Family detergent brand grew 10x twice in consecutive 18-month periods
“Like within 18 months, we were 10 X of what we were doing. Then another 18 months, we were like 10 X of what we're doing.”
Raj Shamani Oct 7, 2023 ▶ 24:33 Ep #11 | WTF Goes into Building a Fashion, Beauty, or Home Brand? Nikhil w/ Kishore, Raj, and Ananth · Nikhil Kamath
Oct 7, 2023 bearish
Opinion
Shamani: Domestic Indian brands have failed to build luxury signaling value
“I tell you, the major reason is because we've not been exposed by the brands to build a signal value, which are Indian made.”
Raj Shamani Oct 7, 2023 ▶ 2:39:36 Ep #11 | WTF Goes into Building a Fashion, Beauty, or Home Brand? Nikhil w/ Kishore, Raj, and Ananth · Nikhil Kamath
Oct 7, 2023
Disclosure
Shamani: Branded thousands of rickshaws by paying 1,000 rupees for their repairs
“The aesthetics and repairment would take us like 1002 1003 thousand bucks. But then in exchange, I would paint my, paint your whole rickshaw into Jadugr. So I got like thousands of these rickshaws who would roam around the entire state.”
Raj Shamani Oct 7, 2023 ▶ 37:59 Ep #11 | WTF Goes into Building a Fashion, Beauty, or Home Brand? Nikhil w/ Kishore, Raj, and Ananth · Nikhil Kamath
Oct 7, 2023 negative
Insight
Shamani: Partner with tipping-point influencers rather than peaked superstars like Virat Kohli
“I think first you should choose people who are at the tipping point, not really big, not small. Because if you build like, if you build with number one, there's no way going up. Like it's just, there's someone number two, number three, number five waiting to r…”
Raj Shamani Oct 7, 2023 ▶ 2:48:49 Ep #11 | WTF Goes into Building a Fashion, Beauty, or Home Brand? Nikhil w/ Kishore, Raj, and Ananth · Nikhil Kamath
Oct 7, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Shamani: Luxury brands target aspirational consumers lacking money
“And in fact, one of the big, like what I believe in is, so let's say luxury brands don't want to sell it to people who have money. They want to sell it to people who don't have money. And the reason is that like that's how they are able to build their brands i…”
Raj Shamani Oct 7, 2023 ▶ 1:06:54 Ep #11 | WTF Goes into Building a Fashion, Beauty, or Home Brand? Nikhil w/ Kishore, Raj, and Ananth · Nikhil Kamath
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