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Rohit Mittal
Exploring and working on new things
Rohit Mittal is a data scientist, CEO, and mentor with extensive experience in statistical modeling, predictive analytics, data mining and financial modeling. Rohit holds a Master of Science in Operations Research from Columbia Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in Production and Industrial from Delhi College of Engineering. He has worked at Verisk Analytics, POPSUGAR, and FounderDating as a Data Scientist and Consultant. Additionally, he has worked as an Analyst at Bloomberg L.P. and as a Trainee at ThyssenKrupp. Rohit has a passion for mentoring young professionals and has served as a Mentor at First Round Capital. Currently, he serves as the CEO of Stilt Inc.
Highlights
There has been no time in history when Silicon Valley is prominent in government positions.
This is unprecedented in the ~250 years of history.
Most people are appointed to various government functions with the singular goal of improving the US as a country.
The next 4 years will be nothing short of fascinating and may pave the way for the next 250 years of US dominance.
Episode 4 of Rohit & @abhijeetdw podcast is out.
We explore "How to build wealth in the Bay Area" in this episode.
As always, we kept the discussion honest and authentic.
I'm sure many of us will relate to it.
In this episode, we discuss the following ideas:
- Why is it important to understand what the top 0.1% brains are working on & interested in
- Why is it important to take individuals seriously who are living in the future
- Why pessimistic people seem smart and optimistic people make money
- How to make money in Silicon Valley tech
- Investing is not about finding good ideas, but about 4 distinct skills
- Why is exponential growth so hard to understand
**We recorded it a couple of weeks ago when Bitcoin was at $85k; it crossed $100k yesterday.
Link to the full video in the first comment.
