Ankur Jain | How Entrepreneurship Can Solve Some Of Our Biggest Systemic Problems
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
When Ankur Jain was 11 years old, he wanted to play in the basketball team and believed he needed a special pair of shoes to jump higher. So he coded a website, phoned the shoe company and asked to speak to the CEO. Ankur told the CEO that he would advertise their shoes on his website if they mailed him a pair. The CEO sent Ankur a pair of luxury sports shoes. Ankur used the shoes to tryout for the basketball team. He didn't make the cut. Today, Ankur is an entrepreneur and the CEO of Kairos, a venture fund dedicated to making the lives of our generation easier by solving some of the worlds biggest problems.
Find out more about Ankur Jain's work | https://kairoshq.com
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| 0:00.0 | I actually think that by focusing on helping a lot of people and solving problems for |
| 0:06.2 | the greatest number of people, you actually have the opportunity to build the most successful |
| 0:13.1 | business as well. |
| 0:15.1 | And I think, you know, they always say like, money, love, happiness, the three things you |
| 0:19.0 | can't find by chasing, but you get by just doing what you love. |
| 0:23.3 | I think this is it. |
| 0:24.3 | That's kind of a classic example here, which is entrepreneurship, and I didn't realize |
| 0:28.9 | I was being taught entrepreneurship, right, as I was just trying to make the basketball |
| 0:32.1 | team or get through my one problem after another, but entrepreneurship is really just about |
| 0:36.2 | solving problems. |
| 0:37.6 | And that problem can be as small as something for yourself, or it can be something |
| 0:41.3 | as big as trying to fix some, like access to healthcare or access to education or housing |
| 0:47.1 | affordability, right? |
| 0:49.1 | But by solving problems for the greatest number of people, you actually are creating the |
| 0:53.1 | greatest amount of value for society, which in turn does lead to business success. |
| 0:58.8 | I'm Sreeni Rao, and this is the unmistakable creative podcast, where you get a window into |
| 1:07.4 | the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements, built |
| 1:12.1 | driving businesses, written best selling books, and created an insanely interesting art. |
| 1:16.5 | For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakablecreative.com. |
| 1:24.9 | You can create a work can be kind of lonely, and that's why we built the unmistakable |
| 1:29.0 | listener tribe. |
| 1:30.0 | The tribe is a community for professionals to connect and support each other. |
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