Ep153 – Rohit Bhargava AMA on 5 years of the Startup Playbook Podcast

July 22, 2021
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This week, The Startup Playbook Podcast hit the special 5 year milestone of the podcast. To celebrate we turned the mic on Rohit and got him to answer some questions for this special episode.

In this Episode, Rohit answered some of the FAQs and audience submitted questions on the lessons, process and journey of the podcast over the last 5 years.

In this episode we covered topics such as:

The end-to-end podcast process Rohit follows for each episode
Key lessons learnt from 150+ episodes
The most fulfilling (and embarrassing) moments of the show
How he lands guests like Malcolm Turnbull, Cal Henderson (Co-founder of Slack), DHH and many others
& much more!

Also a big thank you to all of our previous podcast guests and listeners of the show for your continued support over the last 5 years!

Timestamps

1.27 – What Rohit was doing pre-podcast and how he first got interested in startups
2.52 – How Rohit decided to start the podcast after listening to only a few podcast episodes
5.20 – Rohit’s commitment to the show being at least a 10 year project
7.36 – What has changed and stayed the same since the podcast launched
11.16 – Why Rohit speaks to people close to the guest in preparation for each interview
13.39 – Rohits’ favourite part of the podcast process
15.02 – How Rohit finds and secures such high caliber guests
17.25 – The number one guest that Rohit would love to have on the show
19.25 – The longest lengths he had to go to in order to get a guest on the show
21.05 – Fantasy Football – Startup Edition
23.01 – The podcasts place in the startup ecosystem
24.16 – Rohit’s biggest takeaways and insights from guests on the show
28.06 – How Rohit kept going especially during tough times
32.31 – The best feedback he’s received from listeners of the show
34.23 – Rohit’s most embarrassing moment on the show
36.58 – Rohit’s most fulfilling moment on show
39.42 – The moment Rohit realised the power of the show
41.40 – The pre-process ritual Rohit uses to prepare for the show
44.41 – What Rohit does for fun outside the podcast
45.53 – Rohit’s biggest takeaway about investing
47.18 – Rohit’s biggest takeaway about founding a startup
48.58 – What is the future of The Startup Playbook Podcast
51.28 – A thank you to the listeners for the last five years