‪@PhysicsWallah‬ 

The Alakh Pandey interview by Shradha Sharma is finally here. The tattooed and recently minted ‘unicorn’ teacher opens up on his struggles, his outsized dreams, and how he set about chasing his destiny.
It’s the story of what an indomitable spirit & some chutzpah can do to disrupt an industry. Not to forget boatloads of charisma.
Alakh recounts how he went from wanting to be an actor to becoming a celebrity teacher and an ed-tech entrepreneur.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
3:10 Alakh Pandey's inspirational journey
7:28 Alakh's teaching career
11:19 Edtech being price war
13:29 From teacher to creator to a businessman
18:04 Sence of Edtech space
21:55 Things that went right
24:20 Major source of strength
28:38 Expansion of Physics Wallah
31:14 Dream of being an Indian company first
32:46 Learnings of Alakh Pandey
36:21 Standardising the brand
38:35 What excites Alakh
42:09 Being authentic
44:00 Future plans of Physics Wallah
45:53 Alakh daily schedule
49:01 Key takeaways
54:20 How to be a Self-made man
57:04 Making life's successful
Physics Wallah is a very known RU-vid channel with over 7.5M Subscribers. They aim to provide quality competitive exam prep at affordable prices. Five years after its launch, it boasts over 2,000 staff, and six million students, with online and offline classes.
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ABOUT SHRADHA SHARMA:
Shradha Sharma is the Founder & CEO of YourStory. She started YourStory in 2008 to tell stories of entrepreneurs - something that mainstream media was not ready to do in 2008. Since then, Shradha has scaled YourStory to become one of India’s leading digital media platforms covering every aspect of India’s new economy.
She was featured on Fortune’s list of the best 40 under 40 entrepreneurs in India for three years in a row. In 2018, she won the Forbes Power Trailblazers award and was twice featured on LinkedIn’s list of powerful influencers, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and actor Priyanka Chopra.
Follow Shradha on LinkedIn here: / sharmashradha
ABOUT YOURSTORY:
YourStory is India’s biggest and definitive platform for startups and entrepreneurs related stories, resources, research reports, and analyses of the startup eco-system, mobile app developers, and more dedicated to promoting the startup ecosystem
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