nithin kamath

We've reached the end of the road for the second season of the Blume Podcast, which was championed by its theme: the power of compounding. 
Karthik and Rohit discuss, analyse, and deconstruct their favourite moments from the season, which featured stalwarts like Manish Sabharwal, Nithin Kamath, and Radhika Gupta. 
They haven't just built companies. But rather, institutions, in their own right. 
Understand why Karthik encourages everyone at Blume to listen to all episodes, his utmost belief in step-function compounding, and how every founder journey is inherently unique, even if it bears similarity with others.
It's been a true pleasure bringing you these conversations across industries, sectors, and domains. 
Tune in for episode ten, and see you very soon again!

For the latest episode of the Blume Podcast, Vinati Saraf Mutreja of Vinati Organics takes us through her journey of growth, innovation, and resilience, leading one of India’s most respected chemical manufacturing companies that she joined all the way back in 2006.

In conversation with Blume Ventures’ Karthik Reddy, Vinati spoke about the importance backward-integration in a heavily commoditised business like chemicals, why equity is the important source of capital, and some hidden insights around India’s misunderstood manufacturing industry.

Later on in the episode, Vinati speaks about the changing landscape of women leadership in the corporate world and why staying healthy is more important than being successful.

It’s an episode for the ages.

Listen now!

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In this episode, Nithin Kamath, founder and CEO of Zerodha sat down with Karthik B. Reddy, Managing Partner at Blume Ventures, to talk about building and scaling an online brokerage firm without any external capital. 

Nithin's idea was to attract a small niche group of active online traders, which is how Zerodha started. The company was never meant to be a large brokerage, but rather a boutique firm to cater to these traders. Nithin's journey serves as an example of the power of compounding and his ability to inspire young entrepreneurs.

He emphasizes the importance of building trust before buying a financial product, which is built through word of mouth. They have worked on building trust by answering customer queries on forums and providing market intelligence.

Highlighting Zerodha's self-sustainability, Nithin argues that having growth capital could have allowed them to grow faster, but also acknowledges it still happened at the same pace nevertheless minus the pressure of raising one round after the other. 

Nithin discusses the importance of long-term thinking in business, contrasting with other peers who focus on short-term goals. At Zerodha, the core team has been together for at least five or six years, ensuring their understanding of the business and skill sets compound over time. This approach has kept the business together, as the top hundred members are dedicated to the company's philosophies, such as treating customers right and using success to give forward.

In this season of Blume Podcast, we hosted another eminent personality in the finance space, Raamdeo Agrawal of Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Check out our last episode here - https://blume.vc/podcasts/blume-podcast/raamdeo-agrawal-podcast

Nikhil Kamath Co-founder, Zerodha, and I discuss markets, luck, greek philosophy, helpers high, renaissance paintings and so much more!

Reach Nikhil on Instagram: @nikhilkamath586

Links to significant resources mentioned in the interaction:

Books:

• Money: Master the Game - 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom 
• Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders Updated (Indian Reprint)
• The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness
• Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces
• On the Shortness of Life (Penguin Great Ideas) By Seneca
• Kochland - The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
• Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workshop

PS If enough of you buy from these links, Amazon India will treat me with a Thick Chocolate Shake.from Corner House!

Other Resources

Being ethical is long term greedy- Naval Ravikant

Kasparov's classic quote in this NewYorker article

God Friended Me episode.

Investing advise for beginners by Nikhil on Shradha Sharma's Money Matters

Correction: The quote was not by Barkha Dutt, it was by Shoba De, Link to the article

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