How To 100X Your Money In Boring Businesses & Spot Hidden Opportunities Asish Mohapatra | FO567 Raj Shamani
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How does Asish define a good business idea and test it with early milestones?
You've built a very large business. Thousands of crores.
How do you know if it's a good
idea or a bad idea?
You will never know in the beginning, but you will know with time. A good idea is one that gets reinforced with every single milestone getting met. A bad idea is one when we are consecutively missing it. I actually have a very simple rule. When I think of an idea, I put very easy milestones in front of it. A day one milestone, a day two, or a day three milestone. And I believe if I miss two, maybe three. It's a bad idea.
Ashish Mohapatra, co-founder and CEO of Off Business and co-founder of Oxyzo. If you want to understand what it actually takes to build a multi-billion dollar empire in India's core backbone industries and the exact business models that build multi-generational wealth, this episode is for you.
Attract capital, I think four things attract the capital. The first is a deep market, it means a market that has one of two facets: either the profit pool is large, or second, you believe that the pool will become large. The second thing is a great guy, a guy who you think will attract and retain people. The third thing is to say it's cheap. Fourth thing that attracts the capital is a business model that sounds attractive to me because of a variety of reasons, largely personal. So if I can make my ideas seem personal to the person I'm sitting across the table, if I click it.
How do I create an environment in company where everybody is going above and beyond and working? People work for only three things.
Rich, famous, and power. So rich is you're making more money than what people of your skill, your batch are making. Famous, if you are doing something good, not only does your boss tell you, but it tells the whole world. And the third is power. As you are doing something good, you have more people obeying you. Human being is driven by these three choices.
Do you think the pain taking capacity of an entrepreneur needs to be very high or else he can't or she can't build a business?
I think if there are moments of extreme pain, there are also moments of extreme joy to compensate. I don't think that differentiates an entrepreneur. What differentiates is the fact that can you sacrifice? Not many people can sacrifice willingly without anybody asking is what defines entrepreneurship. Because entrepreneurship needs sacrifice.
I am twenty-something year old with 10 lakh rupees today and I want to make thousand crores at some point. Where do I start? What's your framework to identify big money in an industry? I have a small favor to ask you. I need you to subscribe to our channel. The more subscribers we have, the better and bigger guests we can bring and provide you more value through these conversations. And the full audio experience of this show is also available on Spotify where you can follow us and listen to the new episodes as well. A lot of people today are becoming micro entrepreneurs, building something of their own. Business, a side hustle, something they run from home. And for them, getting products to customers reliably without spending a lot is a big challenge.
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What four factors does Asish say attract capital to a startup?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How does Asish define a good business idea and test it with early milestones?
0:00–3:12
2
What four factors does Asish say attract capital to a startup?
3:12–7:50
3
How does OfBusiness solve the three core problems (revenue, raw material, financing) for Indian SMEs?
7:50–1:11:03
4
Which industries are undergoing a tectonic shift and why are they attractive for new opportunities?
1:11:03–1:14:27
5
How does trust (or lack of it) affect business relationships, credit decisions, and dealing with cheating?
1:14:27–1:44:33
6
What are the core principles for building company culture, running town‑hall meetings, and keeping teams aligned?
1:44:33–2:19:37
7
Why is personal sacrifice essential for entrepreneurs and how does it evolve over time?
2:19:37–2:31:25
8
How did Asish convince SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son to invest and what was the deal structure?
2:31:25–3:23:45
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