Silicon Valley Girl

Pay Rent, Get Rich? Indian-American Built a $3.1B Startup From That Idea | Ankur Jain, Bilt

Silicon Valley Girl

Silicon Valley Girl

4-25-2025

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📌 Free Entrepreneurship Kit—step-by-step guides, email templates, and proven systems to help you start fast and scale smart - https://clickhubspot.com/955679 In this deep-dive conversation with Ankur Jain, founder of a $3.1B startup Bilt, we explore the untold truth behind building a company, solving real-world problems like housing, and how he’s hacking credit systems to help people save money and live better. Links: 📌 My Companies & Products: https://marinamogilko.ru/collabyt 🎙️Follow my new Instagram to stay up to date with this podcast: https://www.instagram.com/iamsiliconvalleygirl/ 🤳 My personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📹 Video brainstorming, research, and project planning - all in one place - https://partner.spotterstudio.com/ideas-with-marina 💻 Resources that helps my team and me grow the business: - Email & SMS Marketing Automation - https://your.omnisend.com/marina - AI app to work with docs and PFDs - https://www.chatpdf.com/?via=marina 📱Develop your YouTube with AI apps: - AI tool to edit videos in a minutes https://get.descript.com/fa2pjk0ylj0d - Boost your view and subscribers on YouTube - https://vidiq.com/marina - #1 AI video clipping tool - https://www.opus.pro/?via=7925d2 💰 Investment Apps: - Top credit cards for free flights, hotels, and cash-back - https://www.cardonomics.com/i/marina - Intuitive platform for stocks, options, and ETFs - https://a.webull.com/Tfjov8wp37ijU849f8 ⭐ Download my English language workbook - https://bit.ly/3hH7xFm Timestamps: 00:35 – How to stop flying economy using Ankur’s app (and how it actually works) 2:13 – $7,900 monthly rent – how much do you earn in rewards? 2:30 – Where can you spend your rewards 3:36 – How rewards convert to real dollars 4:08 – Why no one has done this before 5:20 – How COVID shaped his startup journey 6:18 – The ultimate entrepreneurship guide 7:18 – 2 years of hearing no 7:50 – He spent 18 months in Washington DC changing regulations from within 10:16 – Entrepreneurial mindset – prepare for everything to go wrong 11:12 – What happened to solving big problems? 12:34 – Housing crisis, mental health – why the government doesn’t fix it 13:20 – Founders don’t want to solve problems anymore 13:49 – His mindset for building a $3.1B company 15:34 – The problem with raising money in Silicon Valley 17:37 – His upbringing: his parents’ American dream 19:43 – Startup life as a kid – growing up in an innovation environment 23:35 – Why NYC beats Silicon Valley for startups 26:07 – Starting a company? 2 things you must know I use affiliate links whenever possible (if you purchase items listed above using my affiliate links, I will get a bonus). #podcast #siliconvalleygirl #AnkurJain

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