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The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast: Dreaming with Your Eyes Open

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Powered By EPIC ON. Dreaming With Your Eyes Open is a companion podcast to the best selling book Dream With Your Eyes Open written by one of India’s most successful firstgeneration entrepreneurs, philanthropist and pioneer of the media industry Mr. Ronnie Screwvala. On this podcast series, Ronnie shares his vast entrepreneurial experience and takeaways from each chapter with Amit Doshi, founder of IVM podcasts along with relevant updates since the book was written.

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    Ep. 00: Introduction
    2 min 10 sec

    Dreaming With Your Eyes Open is a companion podcast to the best selling book Dream With Your Eyes Open written by one of Indias most successful firstgeneration entrepreneurs, philanthropist and pioneer of the media industry Mr. Ronnie...

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    Ep. 01: Quality of A First Generation Entrepreneur
    16 min 33 sec

    In the final analysis, there are successes. But in the process of things, there are ultimate amount of failures. What made Ronnie Screwvala write a book What is Ronnies entrepreneurial chronology On the first episode of Dreaming With Your Eyes...

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    Ep. 02: The Importance of Failure
    11 min 57 sec

    One does not have to hold on to a failed venture for dear life, what you need is your reservoir of confidence that you havent failed even though the venture may have failed. On episode 2 of Dreaming With Your Eyes Open Ronnie Screwvala talks to...

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    Ep. 03: Risk, Reward and Entrepreneurship
    12 min 36 sec

    You cannot be an entrepreneur if youre not ready to face the consequences of your actions. On this episode, Ronnie Screwvala talks to Amit Doshi about growing up in a lowermiddleclass family, his thirst for entrepreneurship in college and how the...

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    Ep. 04: Opporunity first, Luck later
    13 min 33 sec

    If you have a holistic view of the business then you dont need to know the technicality. On episode 4 of The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast, Ronnie talks to IVM podcasts founder Amit Doshi about why he ventured into the laser toothbrush business in the...

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    Ep. 05: Clear Communication - A Necessity
    9 min

    When youre asked a question give an answer not a lecture. On episode 5 of The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast, Ronnie talks to IVM podcasts founder Amit Doshi about the importance of clear communication. They start off the conversation by discussing how...

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    Ep. 06: The Outsider's Perspective
    14 min 10 sec

    On episode 6 of The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast, Ronnie talks to Amit Doshi about the benefits and challenges of being an outsider in an established industry, maintaining long term and short term business relationships, the ethos of a brand and staying...

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    Ep. 07: Inflection Points and their effect on Scaling
    11 min 4 sec

    On episode 7 of The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast, Ronnie talks to Amit Doshi about the pursuit of inflection points, understanding the size of the markets and the importance of brand in creating scale. They also touch upon hiring a workforce on a project...

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    Ep. 08: Avoiding the Intelligence Trap & the Risk of Global Expansion
    13 min 29 sec

    On episode 8 of The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast, Ronnie talks to Amit Doshi about the mistake of playing it safe to avoid failure, the intelligence trap and how entrepreneurs are susceptible to it, calibrating the worst case scenarios, lessons from his...

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    Ep. 09: Overcoming That Crisis Of Confidence
    10 min 5 sec

    Its about overcoming that crisis of confidence. On this weeks episode, Ronnie answers the question about when should an entrepreneur start looking at diversification as an option He also talks about the importance of going on despite disruptions...

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    Ep. 10: Taking Tough Calls & the Futility of Presentations
    15 min 56 sec

    On the 10th episode of The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast Ronnie talks to Amit Doshi about maintaining good business relations while at the same time taking tough decisions. Ronnie elaborates how being direct with people is the best policy. Later in the...

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    Ep. 11: Creating, Seizing and Spotting Opportunities
    12 min 28 sec

    On this weeks episode of The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast, Ronnie talks to Amit Doshi about how working hard often gets confused with being lucky. He elaborates how working hard also implies working smart and has to do with seizing, seeking and creating...

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    Ep. 12: The Need for Entrepreneurs and the Conundrum of "Good Faith"
    12 min 26 sec

    In episode 12 of The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast, Ronnie talks to Amit Doshi about the right time to exit a business, why India needs a lot more first generation entrepreneurs, and why the term good faith is prone to misunderstanding. Follow Ronnie on...

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    Ep. 13: A Snippet of Ronnie's Audiobook: Dream With Your Eyes Open
    28 min 7 sec

    This week were doing something different on the Ronnie Screwvala Podcast. Instead of a conversation between Ronnie and Amit, were giving you a taste of Ronnies audiobook version of his memoir Dream With Your Eyes Open by playing the first chapter...

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    Ep. 14: New Work in Progress
    6 min 15 sec

    On this episode Ronnie talks to Amit Doshi about the second innings of his career. He updates us with the newer ventures that hes gotten into since he wrote his memoir which are the Swades Foundation, his online education venture Upgrad and buying...

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    Ep. 15: Focus, Choices and Empathy: The 3 Golden Words
    14 min 52 sec

    On this episode of The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast, Ronnie talks to Amit Doshi about the importance of focus, empathy and choices and how those three aspects have formed the crux of his journey, as well how being honest to yourself goes a long way in...

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    Ep. 16: The Q & A episode
    22 min

    On the final episode of the Ronnie Screwvala Podcast, Amit takes a backseat and lets Ronnie answer questions sent in from listeners and the ensemble of podcast hosts from the IVM family. From how he keeps reinventing himself, to what he looks for in...

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