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Stephan Piscano founder of The Real Estate Networking Group the largest real estate group online interviews experts in real estate, finance, sports, motivation and more as we use common sense concepts to give investors insights on financial markets and have a lot of fun talking sports, politics and business motivation as well!
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🎙️ Bala Parthasarathy - Chairman & Co-founder, Freo, Director at People+AI, Senior Adviser, EMK Capital (London) - joins us for one of our most insightful episodes.
In this full conversation, Bala discusses:
🔹 Snapfish’s dotcom-era growth, crash, and acquisition by HP
🔹 Building Aadhaar from the ground up with Nandan Nilekani
🔹 The truth about raising and deploying venture capital
🔹 What’s broken (and what’s working) in fintech
🔹 The founder's mindset in the age of AI
If you're a founder, investor, or operator, this episode is packed with lessons, stories, and perspective.
📌 Episode Timestamps:
00:00 – Bala’s background & Snapfish origins
03:00 – Dotcom boom, bust & Snapfish acquisition
06:30 – Understanding VC: what founders often get wrong
10:00 – Building Aadhaar at scale with Nandan Nilekani
13:00 – Freo, fintech & operating in regulated markets
16:00 – AI disruption & founder readiness
23:00 – How every function is being reshaped by AI
28:00 – Founder life: balance, energy & playing the long game
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Chapters
1. Bala's Entrepreneurial Journey (00:00:00)
2. Lessons from the Dot-Com Crash (00:06:25)
3. Understanding Venture Capital Cycles (00:10:48)
4. AI Impact on Business Today (00:16:38)
5. Practical AI Implementation for Founders (00:24:42)
6. Work-Life Balance for Entrepreneurs (00:31:24)
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