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Arti is one of the most inspiring women I've come across in my life.  While she may keep a low profile on social media, she leaves a mark on everyone she meets. In this episode we discuss entrepreneurship, health, networking and more. A must watch. Arti has been one of the reasons I have been able to do so much in the last few years and for that I will be always grateful to her.  Love to have your thoughts on this episode and Arti's shares.  You may connect with Arti on LinkedIn on https://www.linkedin.com/in/arti-koch... You can also write me on gaurav@gauravbhagatacademy.co ..read more

Merry Christmas. This is an episode about our own Santa Claus. Someone who is giving back with the gift of education and 10X-ing the lives of thousands of children.  A must listen to episode.    Vandana Paul or Bindu as she's also known by many has had a profound impact on me growing up. She's someone who despite everything life has thrown at her has never given up. Today she's helping more underprivileged children then ever before with education at her school in Kolkata, she's running gyankosh https://www.gyaankosh.co.in/ and also helping hundreds of children, many of whom are ..read more

Puneet Aggarwal is one of the most knowledgeable people when it comes to the world of investing. He knows his fundamentals, mastered his technicals and creates great wealth leveraging the markets. Puneet Oberoi has been in the financial planning space with a balanced approach on wealth creation for 2 decades.  Both of them bring a unique perspective to this episode of the Smashed Bashed Yet Not Dashed Podacst.  You can connect with them on  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirogam/?originalSubdomain=in https://www.linkedin.com/in/puneetoberoicfp/ I've been wiped out in the markets ..read more

Elena Cardone is one of the most exceptional women I have ever met in person over the last few years.  She has been instrumental in pushing Grant in achieving his Billionaire status and apart from that has been an exceptional mother to Sabrina and Scarlet Cardone.  All of this despite having a very traumatic teen experience and lots and lots of disappointments in life. This is one podcast episode where Elena opened up on so many things and such valuable advice to all listeners.   Truly a must watch episode.  In case you'd like to follow Elena Cardone on Instagram you can ..read more

Saumya is one of the finest emotional, mental wellbeing coaches I've met.  She was recently picked as BWBusinessWorld 40 under 40.  It's an episode of the SBYND podcast that's different. While in the past we've spoken a lot about struggles around money, business and the likes. This episode covers a different area and talks about overcoming the mental and emotional challenges that people face and gives some real world advice and perspective on what can be done about that.  A very apt episode for the post pandemic world.  Love to have your thoughts on gaurav@gauravbhagataca ..read more

Some would call Aditya quite the risk taker.  He grew up  in the  small town of Meerut and the odds of him running the multiple businesses that scale the globe were slim.  He has achieved this through an amazing mindset and further lives his passion for adventure  and even scaled Mt. Everest in 2019 after turning 50.  Aditya and his companies today touch thousands of lives  in India and around the world and the lessons, insights and advice in this episode are another level altogether.  You must hear and watch this one.  Amongst my favourite lessons ..read more

Colonel Sunil Prem may have started out against the odds in the beginning of almost every journey that he took. Be it at the back of his class as a 7-year-old or at the age of 16 when he decided to join the army. However, he eventually topped his class, won the president’s gold medal at the Indian Military Academy and also achieved a 10 on 10 CPA at IIT Kanpur. He spent 27 years in the Indian Army and won many accolades and has also authored 2 best-selling books and runs multiple companies that are leaving a global footprint.     This is one conversation at the GBA that you will thor ..read more

Pradyot Voleti is a man on a mission. He has empowered thousands of under privileged children across India to aspire for a better life and he's doing it through the power of basketball. Children that have gone through the dribble academy could barely pay for a basic education let alone dream of scholarships to some of the country's best schools and even the Junior NBA. He has had his challenges and success and stays more determined then ever to achieve all his goals.  Watch this inspiring episode and would love to have your feedback  on gaurav@gauravbhagatacademy.com or DM me on the ..read more

So many working people and out of work people are toying with the idea of entrepreneurship and so many entrepreneurs are having second thoughts about the course they've chosen. Quite a conundrum that the current pandemic has put people in. Episode 4 of the Smashed Bashed Yet not Dashed podcast is called The Entrepreneur and I share my thoughts on this.  I would also love to have your thoughts on the subject, whichever category you belong to. You can mail me your feedback on gaurav@gauravbhagatacademy.com or drop me a dm on Instagram on gaurav_gba ..read more