![]() Madan may have inherited his interest in tech from his father, Vineet Madan, the founder of edtech startup Junction Education. "I've written hundreds of cold emails to people, and every time I'm learning something new." "I think, with anything, practice makes improvements," Madan said. Soon, he realized people responded better when he was fully transparent. Madan used to hide the fact that he was a teenager to appear a bit older. He began cold emailing start-ups and early-stage VCs, asking them to be on his show. Madan took courses on micro and macroeconomics and eventually tapped other experts in the field. I reached out to them, and they gave me advice."Īt first, the podcast focused on the tech and finance news of the day, but he soon added market insights to the show. "I've been listening to them for a while, so I started my own business and tech news podcast. ![]() "I was inspired by the podcast Robinhood Snacks from Robinhood," Madan said. Madan began the podcast in December 2020 after needing to close a phone repair business he started at school and was itching to try something new. He interviews startup founders, early-stage VCs and big-name investors. Madan, who will enter 12th grade this fall, is the host and creator of the MBIT podcast, which covers financial and technology news. That podcast also helped him land a fellowship with Blitzscaling Ventures, a venture capital fund backed by Reid Hoffman and run by Chris Yeh, Hoffman's coauthor of their bestselling business book Blitzscaling. At age 12, his father allowed him to buy shares in Apple.įast forward a few years and Madan parlayed that interest in tech into a hit podcast where he's interviewed heavy hitters like Mark Cuban and Tim Draper. His grandparents took him to the Apple store so often, he began helping other customers solve their tech issues before they got help at the Genius Bar. When Shamus Madan was nine years old he was obsessed with Apple. ![]() He explains how he turned MBIT into a hit and landed a fellowship at Blitzscaling Ventures.Madan interviews founders and VCs, including big names like Mark Cuban and Tim Draper. ![]() Shamus Madan is a New Jersey 12th grader who hosts the MBIT podcast, covering tech and investing.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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