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Raghav Jhawar is the Co-Founder of @thestateplateofficial
The State Plate offers authentic regional foods from iconic brands across India, allowing you to explore and taste diverse local flavours.
Raghav Started the business in COVID & took it to Sark Tank Season 1.
In September 2023, JustMyRoots acquired The State Plate, to enhance its presence in India's intercity food market.
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In this Episode we’ve talked about:
- Raghav's Backstory & start of The State Plate.
- BTS of Shark Tank
- How to take your business to Shark Tank
- Content Creation as a brand
- Venture Capital & Funding
- Founder Mental Health
- Future & AI in the D2C space.
There’s lots of hidden learnings in this episode packed with so much value, hope you learn something new
Raghav is an inspiration to us & many others! We guarantee you that you will learn a-lot.
Have Fun, Enjoy the Show
Feel free to comment down any thoughts you have about the whole conversation.
0:00 - PreCap of this Episode
1:25 - Always Young Show Intro & Disclaimer
1:43 - Start of the Podcast
4:26 - Introduction & Backstory of Raghav
14:57 - Masti nahi Rukni Chahiye :)
18:13 - Food Business & Online D2C
20:30 - Exploring Business Ideas in COVID
22:47 - Start of The State Plate
25:13 - Be Young, Dumb & Curious.
26:52 - Deciding the First Products
29:00 - Identifying the need for funding for your business
33:00 - MOAT
33:54 - If you don't have money to start a business, what do you do?
36:15 - First Funding
39:45 - Pros & Cons of Raising Funds
42:34 - The Ambiguity of Shark Tank Season 1
44:19 - How to decide the amount of money your business needs?
47:00 - How to take your business online?
51:32 - How to create content as a brand?
56:25 - How to deal with Uncertianiity of Shark Tank?
58:16 - THE BTS OF SHARK TANK
1:04:20 - How to take your business to Shark Tank?
1:07:15 - Funny Story - Ashneer Grover
1:08:58 - How to get a deal at Shark Tank?
1:12:10 - Founder Mental Health.
1:18:46 - Future & AI in the D2C space.
1:25:09 - Rapid Fire Round
1:30:09 - Bloopers
1:30:49 - End of Podcast!
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