Sheel Mohnot: Founder of Businessman, Innovative Auctions, and BTV | Relentless

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Timestamps
1:24 How his dad immigrated to the US
7:13 First businesses: washing machines, DJing Indian weddings, fixing computers
8:30 Selling headphones online in 2004
10:50 Setting up Kiva in India while living on 2000 rupees a month
14:40 Writing a blog & serendipity
15:52 Searching for startups in Yugoslavian countries
17:42 C. K. Prahalad
18:55 Backstory of FeeFighters
22:37 Meeting Patrick & John Collison in 2010
24:33 Remorse after Groupon acquisition
26:04 Gaming Uber referral codes & getting banned
28:04 How he met Ryan Petersen
29:26 Fall of Groupon
31:40 Starting Innovative Auctions - lots of crazy stories
41:40 Selling the company
42:51 Enders Game
43:53 The Pitch
48:10 Saying “yes” to crazy things: Taco Bell wedding in the metaverse, getting in Justin Beiber music video, first person to book a stay with Brian Chesky, doing The Zoom Bachelor
51:20 Staying with Brian Chesky
53:43 Imposter syndrome