Most of us were never taught how money actually works, not in school, not in college, not even at work. We earn, we spend, we save a little… and hope for the best.
This episode fixes that.
Dr. Anil Lamba has spent decades teaching India how to understand money. He’s the author of “Romancing the Balance Sheet,” he advises some of the country’s biggest companies, and he’s known for making finance feel human instead of scary. In this episode, he takes the complicated parts of business finance, personal finance, and even national economics, and turns them into simple ideas anyone can understand.
You’ll learn how companies really grow, why debt isn’t always bad, and how to tell whether your business is actually profitable. He explains the difference between “profit margin” and “ROI,” and shows how a company can look average on paper but still create massive wealth if it rotates money fast.
If you’re someone who wants to start a business, this episode will help you avoid the mistakes most founders make, especially around cost of capital, overestimating profit, and mismanaging cash flow.
If you want to manage your personal money better, you’ll understand inflation, real interest rates, and why saving alone isn’t enough. You’ll also learn how to think about FD returns, how the banking system works, and how government decisions quietly affect your wallet.
And if you’re interested in geopolitics or the global economy, you’ll love the part where he breaks down how China raced ahead, what India struggled with before 1991, why liberalisation changed everything, and whether we can realistically catch up with the US and China in the coming decades.
Every part of this conversation teaches you something useful, whether you’re an investor, an entrepreneur, a student, or someone who simply wants to understand the world better.
By the end, money won’t feel mysterious anymore.
You’ll see it clearly.
And you’ll make smarter decisions with it for the rest of your life.
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Timeline:
00:00 Introducing Mr. Anil Lamba
01:28 Anil’s Best-Selling Book
02:30 Using Debt to Grow Your Company
04:42 When Should You Take Debt?
06:30 How to Analyze Any Business
09:50 Margin vs ROI
12:17 Mistakes to avoid (to grow your Personal Wealth)
14:10 The Logic Behind FD Return Rates
15:09 Banking Crisis Loading in India?
16:35 Government Juggling Between Growth and Votes
19:08 Is the Middle Class About to Shrink?
20:00 How Did China Get Ahead of Us?
23:10 Will We Ever Catch Up with the USA or China?
24:30 The Horror of Pre-Liberalisation
29:12 Stories from India’s Pre-Liberalisation Era
37:20 Did the IMF Force India to Open Its Borders?
40:38 Stock Market in the 90s u0026 the Lore of Harshad Mehta
44:00 Tips to Build Wealth in the Stock Market
46:00 Anil Lamba’s Much-Awaited Next Book
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Sharan Hegde is a personal finance creator u0026 founder of the 1% Club, simplifying money, markets, and mindset for India’s next generation of wealth builders.
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