‘I believe in being an entrepreneur of the self,’ says Ranveer Allahbadia

Although many people know Ranveer Allahbadia aka BeerBiceps from his YouTube channel which has more than 2.55 million subscribers, the 28-year-old from Mumbai states ‘voice is the future’ in content creation, which explains the success of his podcast The Ranveer Show which is now exclusively available on Spotify. They want something to play in the background because we are a content-soaked generation, and we cannot always consume video.” A self-proclaimed extrovert, Ranveer says, “I believe in being an entrepreneur of the self; an entrepreneur is first built in the mind and you have to work your mind and body, and then think about careers, businesses and other external things.” His YouTube channel viewers, numbering nearly 165,000,000, would know of Ranveer’s expressive hand gestures as he speaks. I’ve always been that guy with the gestures, even as a college student in maths classes, I would air-draw a triangle when explaining something.” Big names, bigger stories Ranveer ensures to feature not just a line of impressive names, but a diverse line-up such as tennis legend Andre Agassi, actor-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger, cricketer Glenn McGrath, Oyo Rooms CEO Ritesh Agarwal among others. I used to have glasses, and I actually had a procedure done so that I don’t need to wear glasses or contact lenses when I interview my guests to have direct eye contact.” With 118 episodes of The Ranveer Show out so far, there are a few bucket-list guests, namely Shah Rukh Khan, Virat Kohli and Angelina Jolie; the last because, “she’s my childhood crush!” But Ranveer points out that these three people are also known to not limit themselves to a single industry. But he also shares, “I’m also deeply fascinated with the occult, like UFOs, Area 51 and so on!” Responsibility and growth But not all content necessarily lands right, some have been labelled by audiences as ‘misleading hustle content.’ He responds, “As a content creator on social media, you say things that you believe in, that you have practised and always have spoken directly or indirectly.