TRANSFIN. LongShorts with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran

Oct 11 2024 158 ep. 40 mins 1.5k

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Welcome to LongShorts! A TRANSFIN. Podcast where Nikhil Arora (https://twitter.com/Nikhil26A) and Sharath Toopran (https://twitter.com/SharathToopran) converse with entrepreneurs and business operators running successful startups, profitable SMEs and family promoted firms on one end, and top investment professionals representing VC/PE/credit funds on the other. The objective is to bring out an "actionable" perspective converging the world of business and investing.

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