Raj Shamani's Figuring Out
Dr Velumani On Building ₹5000 Crore Business, Poverty, Risk & Success | FO174 Raj Shamani
09 Mar 2024
Follow Dr Velumani On: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drvelumani/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/velumaniaOrder 'Build, Don't Talk' (in English) here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRuOrder 'Build Don't Talk' (in Hindi) here: https://amzn.eu/d/4wZISO0Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:-https://www.youtube.com/@rajshamaniclips?sub_confirmation=1https://www.youtube.com/@RajShamani.Shorts?sub_confirmation=1📺 Watch Figuring Out episodes on YouTube:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE0Jo6NF_JYO5-phess8GKafKMtPv3tfZ (0:00) - Intro My Gear for shooting this Podcast: In today’s episode of Figuring Out, we have Dr. Velumani Arokiaswamy in Conversation with Raj Shamani. He is the founder of Thyrocare, India’s leading clinical laboratory. It has 7000+ centers all over India. But this conversation is not just about Thyrocare but about a person who was born poor but ended up building a billion-dollar company and exited it with a 5000 crore cheque.In this episode, we talked about how he became the leader of his family at the age of 10. How he started earning at the age of 11 to how he went to a college and chose Bcom over BSc to save money, how his teacher funded his BSc, how he got rejected from 50 companies after his graduation and how he came to Mumbai with 500 rupees, slept on the railway station for 3 days until he got selected in BARC. His journey and stories between these struggles and wins will motivate you to the core. We talked about how his father-in-law persuaded him to marry his daughter and how his wife became his first employee at Thyrocare. He shared the story of building thyrocare.Towards the end, we talked about business and entrepreneurship and he gave tons of advice and tips for entrepreneurs. He also shared why he exited his company and his life post the exit. We ended our conversation by talking about industries that have a huge scope in the coming days. This conversation was one of a kind with constant punchlines and learnings shared by Dr. Velumani. For more such conversations, subscribe to our channel. To Know More, Follow Raj Shamani On ⤵︎ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rajshamani/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/rajshamani Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamaniraj/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajshamani/ #Podcast #FiguringOut #RajShamani #DrVelumani
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