In this episode, I’m speaking with Rajeev Samant, CEO of Sula Vineyards and the man responsible for putting wine on the map of India. When asked about his success he simply says he was “the right guy in the right place with the right background.” His friends called him crazy when he quit his job and moved to a poverty stricken area in India to start a vineyard. But, he now has the last laugh having created one of the most visited vineyards in the world. Rajeev talks about the team he assembled to help him create Sula Vineyards, the bureaucratic obstacles he had to overcome in the beginning, and his top takeaways for entrepreneurs. Later in the episode, we hear a fictional story written by Gary Kristoph.
IN THIS EPISODE:
[02:20] The right guy in the right place with the right background
[08:15] Acclimating to the culture of Nashik
[11:52] Rajeev’s team and mentors [15:30] Challenges of an entrepreneur [20:08] Agricultural entrepreneurship in India
[23:25] Takeaways from Rajeev’s experience
[31:38] FICTION: Sinith grapples with tales of a ghost in his vineyard
[35:35] Sinith’s father recounts seeing the Spirit and Sinith tries to understand
[41:50] Sinith gets to the bottom of the ghost story
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
IN THIS EPISODE:
[02:20] The right guy in the right place with the right background
[08:15] Acclimating to the culture of Nashik
[11:52] Rajeev’s team and mentors [15:30] Challenges of an entrepreneur [20:08] Agricultural entrepreneurship in India
[23:25] Takeaways from Rajeev’s experience
[31:38] FICTION: Sinith grapples with tales of a ghost in his vineyard
[35:35] Sinith’s father recounts seeing the Spirit and Sinith tries to understand
[41:50] Sinith gets to the bottom of the ghost story
KEY TAKEAWAYS: