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Checkout Jaipur Watch Company: https://jaipur.watch/Get your hand-picked playbook here: https://www.figuringout.co/pdf/fo-555Guest Suggestion Form: https://forms.gle/bnaeY3FpoFU9ZjA47Disclaimer: This video is intended solely for educational purposes and opinions shared by the guest are his personal views. We do not intent to defame or harm any person/ brand/ product/ country/ profession mentioned in the video. Our goal is to provide information to help audience make informed choices. The media used in this video are solely for informational purposes and belongs to their respective owners.(00:00) - Intro(03:51) - Paul Newman's Daytona: The $17.8M Rolex Story(06:38) - How Gerald Genta Created the World's Most Iconic Watches(09:15) - Do Watches Actually Make You Money?(24:29) - Selling His BMW & Borrowing Money to Fund the Dream(29:14) - Building a Watch Supply Chain in Jaipur(31:53) - Getting Rejected Everywhere: Building an Indian Watch Brand(38:43) - The Facebook Ad That Changed Everything(40:39) - His First Client, Retail Breakthrough & Pivot to 5-Star Hotels(47:49) - Hitting Rock Bottom: Years of Struggle With No Income(52:44) - Shark Tank India, 50,000 Visitors & the First Store(57:26) - Scaling From ₹4 Crore to ₹10 Crore Through Retail(1:06:15) - The Viral Modi Moment: PM Modi Was Wearing His Watch(1:11:21) - How He Sold 1,000 Watches in One Week(1:30:16) - Enamel Artistry & the One-Year Wait for a Custom Watch(1:33:23) - The First 3 Watches to Start Your Collection(1:36:23) - Best Value-for-Money Watches, Including Vintage HMT(1:37:28) - Designing the "Tiger Walking at Night" Statement Watch(1:40:27) - The Real Cost of Success: 9 Years With No Income or Sleep(1:44:20) - OutroIn today's episode, we sit down with Gaurav Mehta, Founder of Jaipur Watch Company, the coin collector who taught himself watchmaking and built India's most distinctive watch brand out of demonetised currency, Subscribe for more such conversations.Follow Jaipur Watch Company here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaipurwatchcompany/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jaipur-watch-company/Follow Gaurav Mehta here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gauravmehtajaipur/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaurav-mehta-20325a21/About Raj ShamaniRaj Shamani is an Entrepreneur at heart that explains his expertise in Business Content Creation & Public Speaking. He has delivered 200+ speeches in 26+ countries. Besides that, Raj is also an Angel Investor interested in crazy minds who are creating a sensation in the Fintech, FMCG, & passion economy space.To Know More,Follow Raj Shamani On ⤵︎Instagram @RajShamani https://www.instagram.com/rajshamani/About Figuring OutFiguring Out Podcast is a Candid Conversations University where Raj Shamani brings raw conversations with the Top 1% in India.
