Podcast appearances and mentions of arjun m shah

I started this whole podcast just so I could share this episode.  Back in 2009, when Gary Vaynerchuk bragged about answering every email, I had to give it a try.  He replied, we built a studio in his hotel breakfast room and the following conversation changed my life. We spoke about a digital evangelist writing a book, an influencer starting an agency called VaynerMedia and touched on the philosophy of the internet.  The best phone at the time was an Apple iPhone 3GS.  Most "vloggers" used a Flipcam.  The iPad was meant to take over the world.  And there was no Instagram or Snapchat.  That's what makes this conversation SO evergreen.  Everything Gary Vee spoke of can still be applied today (you'll still hear it echoed on The GaryVee Audio Experience podcast).  And I did apply it.  On the show you'll hear about the lessons I applied and how I build the Creative Content Agency with the very lessons and strategies shared with me in this podcast.  If you listen to one of my shows, make it this one.   For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).    

How does Jay Z choose a business partner?  He had two, a loud music industry rising star by the name of Dame Dash, and thoroughbred entrepreneur of few words - Kareem "Biggs" Burke. This interview was created by AmongstFew as part of their collaboration with Biggs for the AmongstFew x Reasonable Doubt clothing line.  The first overseas collaboration of it's kind, Biggs hit the stage at The W Hotel Dubai to talk about why he collaborated with this native Dubai brand, and then we REALLY get into the nuts and bolts of why and how he created Roc-A-Fella, which gave birth to the greatest of all time, JAY-Z. There are SO many gems in this interview, especially as Biggs can communicate so much in such few words.  I also got to interview one of my business heroes in the hip-hop world.  I moderated and hosted the panel, and the panelists themselves were B.J. De Gusman (Creative Director, Jungle Beige, Dan Greenpeace, International Artist Agent and Sadiece Holland, Online Personality and Creator).  For more information on the brand check out www.AmongstFew.com. For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).

Briar is a star in Dubai's marketing and entrepreneurship scene.  As founder of her own Dubai based personal branding agency, this Kiwi has grown her Deals in High Heels brand with hard work and style gathered along her journey via New York and London.  You can find more of her content at http://dealsinhighheels.com. This unreleased interview is part of a chat we recorded in late 2017.  I wanted to put it out because the video we made feels so much better as audio-only and because Briar is a practitioner, we get into some details about tactics around making money in Dubai and leveraging social media.  It's a great follow on episode from EP 8: Keynote at Al Ain Media and Marketing Forum (Raj live in Abu Dhabi). For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).  

Ritesh Tilani is the VC and Entrepreneur to check in with in the Middle East.  As co-founder of Enhance, he facilitates start ups coming into the Middle East Region, as well as growing his own, including the well known online gifting platform, Joi. Educated in France and Singapore, and seasoned in the States, Ritesh’s business now covers the UAE and Saudi Arabia, offering everything from cakes and flowers to singing telegrams, all branded to a global standard. In the episode he gives an overview of Dubai’s tech scene, including some honest observations on the infrastructure and market size.  We also talk about networking, how to hack your way into an internship and a little on My Friends Your Friends, one of my events where 200 people gather for a drink with a mutual friend in the room. For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).

If you are brand new to my outlook on marketing, content and business, I need you to listen to this podcast.  In 2017 I was asked to give a keynote at the Al Ain Media and Marketing Forum.  Truth is, up until my agent's car service picked me up, I had no clue where Al Ain even was.  Turns out it was in Abu Dhabi, to a largely Arab / Emirati crowd and so I had to slow down my speaking, keep the speech squeeky clean and come up with my simplest explanations around how I do content-first marketing. I ended up giving a talk I'm super proud of because a) it's a great addition to this podcast and b) it acts as a utility item for people to listen to before they meet me in person.  As such, I hope you like it! PS I barely got this up in time for my 1 a day challenge to launch this show as I just landed in England and grabbed the mic - so apologies for the ever so slightly shorter intro and post-game. For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).   

Eric and Jeff Rosenthal are ItsTheReal - hip hop sketch comedy writers, actors, journalists and podcasters, with an incredible show called A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal (on all podcast stores now). Back in September 2017 - I organised and sponsored a live recording of their show, where they interviewed BBC 1Xtra’s DJ Semtex.  Ahead of their interview with him, I interviewed them, in front of a live audience.  We spoke about their background, career highs and lows, working with Kanye early in his career, including his first trip to the Grammy’s, giving yourself permission to be great (based on another chat I had with Gary Vaynerchuk), and if success were a cocktail (or mocktail in their case) - what would be the ingredients.  This was easily one of my favourite podcasts to create - it’s so much fun and the 30 minute chat goes by super quick.  We had some additional support on this episode because it was part of a larger event, so shout out to David Gersch, my partner on the event, Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen, in Shoreditch, London (our venue host) and One Globe Studio, our audio and video production partner. For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).

RZA is a rap God - no two ways about it.  I can’t think of a hip hop nerd in the world that would turn down a conversation with him and I was SO LUCKY to get this one way back in 2009, backstage at a Wu-Tang Clan show in London. We talk about RZA’s take on artistry, diversification and how lucky we are to be creative people in a position to leverage our talent to spread joy and also gain personally.  This interview is one of my all-time proudest moments because I love the RZA, but it also led to The Golden Chamber Mixtape Hosted by Wu-Tang Clan (Google it) which Vik and I (as the Lovesoul DJ’s) did with DJ Fricktion.  Oh yeah, we also get into how Fricktion’s crazy a$$ came up with the idea and how we got the name and so much more. If you are creative, the last half of the RZA interview, and esp the last few minutes, changed my life, and I hope it changes yours too. For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).

One thing I love about the hotel industry is that so many high ranking executives started at the bottom.  This is certainly the case for Olivier Harnisch, who left school at 16 and was a waiter that wasn't even allowed to address customers.  Now he's the CEO of Emaar Hospitality Group, with Dubai's most recognisable hotel brands including The Address, Vida and The Rove. In this interview we talk about how he knew, from 8 years old, that he wanted to be a hotelier.  The conditions imposed by his Uncle that got him his first job, which led to a chance encounter with James Bond and so many other stories. We also talk leadership, maintaining relationships with spouses and friends when you have a C level role in hospitality, getting into flow, dealing with negative people and what you can lessons you can apply from leaders of the hotel world. Extra thanks to Jonathan Worsley of Bench Events for pushing me to record this podcast.  For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).

I still can't believe I managed to hustle some time with the billion dollar CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh.  You should read his book "Delivering Happiness" immediately to find out how he took Zappos.com from $1.6m USD to a billion (at which point Jeff Bezos at Amazon scooped it up at a cool $1.2bn valuation). In this episode, we talk company culture, hiring and idea generation and meet Jenn Lim, CEO of Delivering Happiness, a consulting verticle aiming to quantify happiness as a source of competitive advantage in the workplace. In the second half of the podcast, I reveal how I got the interview (the technique still works today).  This is really one of the most crucial post-game explanations I've ever given.  This is a short easy podcast so enjoy! For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).    

Mopreme Shakur is the step-brother of legendary rapper, American icon and political revolutionary Tupac Shakur. He is also the first rapper to ever appear on an RnB record - the monumental "Feels Good - Remix" by Tony! Toni! Toné! Recorded in Los Angeles, California back in 2009, Raj sits in Mopreme's home to talk about the Thug Life movement, the changing music industry (then at an all-time low due to piracy) and of course his relationship with 2Pac. In the breakdown, Raj explains the chance occurrence meeting Mopreme's crew on Hollywood Boulevard which then led him to Mopreme's home, and how Raj's project, The Golden Chamber Mixtape (hosted by Wu-Tang Clan) earned him some credibility.  Raj also shares what he loved about Mopreme referring to his brother as Makaveli the Don. For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).

Raj Kotecha has spent over two decades creating content, building audiences and gathering communities around the subject of media, entertainment and entrepreneurship. In the mid-2000's, a time when he was best known as an international DJ and party promoter, Raj acted quickly on the opportunity to create video content exclusively for YouTube.  Focussing on his passions, Raj amassed a library of exclusive and unheard content created with artists, entrepreneurs and business leaders. Raj Kotecha's podcast, That's a Great Question shares both new and previously unheard content from Raj's world.  In the second half of every episode Raj reviews and reflects on the content, the lessons he learned and how he applied them.  He also shares how he hustled his way into making the content happen. For more content from Raj Kotecha head to www.RajKotecha.com/podcasts, including his show "OPP - Other People's Podcasts", co-hosted by Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop. This podcast is co-produced by Arjun M Shah and the intro music comes from the song "Riddem" by Hype and Fever (special thanks to them and Live Entertainment London for permission to use the audio).

In this final episode for Season One, Raj and Scoop chop up a huge interview with the internet's golden child, Kevin Rose, interviewing the real-life Tony Stark, Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, PayPal, the man's winning list goes on).  They talk about Elon being a visionary but how the space launch that happened in Dec 2017 was just too much for Scoop.  Raj also tries to calm Scoop down on Elon interfering with the "people" of Mars.  Jewels include the value of having loss leaders in your business, being resilient when people turn you down and becoming the thing that people don't believe you can be. Please subscribe and give us a 5 star rating and leave a comment wherever you see this podcast, but especially on Apple's Podcast store.  OPP - Other People's Podcast is a show dedicated to reviewing and reflecting on the best personal and professional development podcasts available online today.   The show is hosted by Fatman Scoop and Raj Kotecha.  The show is Produced and Edited by Arjun M Shah and Executive Producer Raj Kotecha.  Any third-party content featured in OPP is purely for the purpose of promoting the excellent podcasts and people mentioned by the show and is not intended to infringe on any copyrights.

This episode is too much.  After several false starts, including Scoop getting his hosts mixed up, we finally get into a podcast starring two great alpha males.  Entrepreneur and social media mogul Gary Vaynerchuk interviewed by the OG of podcasting and renaissance man Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience Episode 910.  We talk about Gary buying Facebook stock from Mark Zuckerburg's parents, Scoop visiting Gary's multimillion-dollar agency in New York, VaynerMedia, drinking the "Vayner Water" and how basically every tough guy wants Joe Rogan's actual life (by the way, his Netflix special is phenomenal).  Even though Manchild The Producer was on his phone (aka Tinder) during the podcast, which led to a solid cussing, we also talked about robotics and if they'll end up killing all humans.   Please subscribe and give us a 5 star rating and leave a comment wherever you see this podcast, but especially on Apple's Podcast store.  OPP - Other People's Podcast is a show dedicated to reviewing and reflecting on the best personal and professional development podcasts available online today.   The show is hosted by Fatman Scoop and Raj Kotecha.  The show is Produced and Edited by Arjun M Shah and Executive Producer Raj Kotecha.  Any third-party content featured in OPP is purely for the purpose of promoting the excellent podcasts and people mentioned by the show and is not intended to infringe on any copyrights.

It took Scoop a while to get into this one by his own admission, but he drops some real gems of his own after listening to marketing OG Ryan Holiday (former assistant to Tim Ferriss) chatting with one of the podcast Kings, James Altucher.  The chat is around perennial (lifelong) selling, the main subject that Altucher and Holiday discussed.  Scoop goes into the idea of building things that are timeless but eventually the conversation becomes about your next door neighbour turning into an alien with green stuff leaking out of their nose.  The show also gets a very rude interruption by one of Jeff Bezo's inventions and Raj rants a bit on the ever present conversation of stoicism in personal development podcasts.  Also, did you know Scoop was the first ever black podcaster?  Find out more in this episode.   Please subscribe and give us a 5 star rating and leave a comment wherever you see this podcast, but especially on Apple's Podcast store.  OPP - Other People's Podcast is a show dedicated to reviewing and reflecting on the best personal and professional development podcasts available online today.   The show is hosted by Fatman Scoop and Raj Kotecha.  The show is Produced and Edited by Arjun M Shah and Executive Producer Raj Kotecha.  Any third-party content featured in OPP is purely for the purpose of promoting the excellent podcasts and people mentioned by the show and is not intended to infringe on any copyrights.

One of tech's nicest founders, HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes was interviewed by one of podcasting's' most positive people, Lewis Howes, on The School of Greatness podcast.  We talk about when Raj met Ryan many years ago and got hit with the Canadian kindness, how Hootsuite might have gotten to a billion dollars and Scoop's love for the concept of Good Hustle Vs Bad Hustle.  We also talk about the P Diddy / Puff Daddy effect of overworking and how great business ideas come when you scratch your own itch (aka offering the market a solution based on a problem you once solved for yourself).  We also get into how being a generalist can get you to a billion-dollar company - if you're good.   Please subscribe and give us a 5-star rating and leave a comment wherever you see this podcast, but especially on Apple's Podcast store.  OPP - Other People's Podcast is a show dedicated to reviewing and reflecting on the best personal and professional development podcasts available online today.   The show is hosted by Fatman Scoop and Raj Kotecha.  The show is Produced and Edited by Arjun M Shah and Executive Producer Raj Kotecha.  Any third-party content featured in OPP is purely for the purpose of promoting the excellent podcasts and people mentioned by the show and is not intended to infringe on any copyrights.

In this episode, both Scoop and Raj have hardcore fanboy moments for the legendary business consultant Jay Abraham, after he appeared on a podcast with The Terminator of self-development, the icon, Tony Robbins.  They talk about giving away all of your upfront profit in return for a customer's lifetime value, how to leverage undervalued aspects of a business to make more money and the upside of sharing audiences.  We also have a realisation that OPP is much about having a post-game barbershop style review of a podcast, as well as helping you figure out which podcast to listen to.  This episode is really special.   Please subscribe and give us a 5-star rating and leave a comment wherever you see this podcast, but especially on Apple's Podcast store.  OPP - Other People's Podcast is a show dedicated to reviewing and reflecting on the best personal and professional development podcasts available online today.   The show is hosted by Fatman Scoop and Raj Kotecha.  The show is Produced and Edited by Arjun M Shah and Executive Producer Raj Kotecha.  Any third-party content featured in OPP is purely for the purpose of promoting the excellent podcasts and people mentioned by the show and is not intended to infringe on any copyrights.

Welcome to Episode One of OPP - Other People's Podcasts - where Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop and the content producer Raj Kotecha review and reflect on some of the best episodes from other people's podcasts.  If you are into personal and professional development, you've probably noticed that there are hundreds of thousands of podcasts to choose from online.  We choose the best of the best and discuss what we have learned from the podcasts and how it can be applied.   Episode one is dedicated to reviewing Seth Godin's first appearance on The Tim Ferriss Show.  We hear one of marketings greatest philosophers interviewed by the Drake of podcasting and give you our two cents on how to price and position yourself in the market, communicating your worth and even some of our own morning routines.  We also talk about the power of making public predictions and how that can supercharge your career or personal brand.   Please subscribe and give us a 5 star rating and leave a comment wherever you see this podcast, but especially on Apple's Podcast store.  OPP - Other People's Podcast is a show dedicated to reviewing and reflecting on the best personal and professional development podcasts available online today.   The show is hosted by Fatman Scoop and Raj Kotecha.  The show is Produced and Edited by Arjun M Shah and Executive Producer Raj Kotecha.  Any third-party content featured in OPP is purely for the purpose of promoting the excellent podcasts and people mentioned by the show and is not intended to infringe on any copyrights.