Welcome to Bold Conscious Connections
This podcast dives into the bold journeys of entrepreneurs who have embraced uncertainty, turned challenges into opportunities, and discovered purpose along the way. Through raw and inspiring conversations, you’ll hear how they broke free from societal expectations to create meaningful lives and businesses.
If you’re ready to redefine success and uncover what’s possible when you follow your inner calling, these stories will leave you inspired, motivated, and equipped to take your next bold step.
Tune in, be inspired, and step into your potential.
Why do successful executives make million-dollar business decisions without hesitation, yet freeze when it comes to the career change they desperately want? Why do people make choices to stay with comfort-driven — often, predictability — over what may be harder but truly more aligned? In this episode, Raju Panjwani reveals the hidden fear patterns keeping...
In this episode of Bold Conscious Connections, host Raju Panjwani sits down with his son Nicholas Rohan Panjwani, a 27-year-old Duke Biomedical Engineering graduate who transformed his relationship with money, discipline, and purpose to build Elite College Tutoring. What makes this conversation compelling isn’t just the financial turnaround: it is about the internal shifts that...
Can AI do everything? Technologist and founder Don Finley says—no. And what it can’t do might matter more than what it can. In this bold conversation, Don joins host Raju Panjwani to explore what happens when we automate too much—and what’s left when we choose to stay human. Don is the founder of FINdustries, where...
You Know What You Don’t Want—Now Let’s Fix That. Clarity Is Power: But Only If You Practice It The simple yet powerful framework I use with every leader I coach—and the one that’s guided my life for the past 20 years. In this solo episode of Bold Conscious Connections, Raju Panjwani returns to the mic...
After leaving Morgan Stanley, I asked myself this question more than once. Here’s what kept me grounded. Have you ever made a bold move—only to be haunted by that one question: “What if I made a huge mistake?” In this raw solo episode of Bold Conscious Connections, host Raju Panjwani opens Season 5 by sharing...
The tsunami didn’t just flood our home. It wiped away every excuse I had left. December 26, 2004. I was in bed. My wife was yelling, “Run!” The ocean had already crossed the shore. By the time I stood up, the water was inside the house—rushing toward us. I couldn’t swim. I had drowned once...
My Guest: Yugen (Omer Korat) — AI Expert, Stanford PhD, Cognitive Scientist Episode Summary: In this eye-opening episode, Raju Panjwani sits down with Yugen — an AI expert, product designer, and entrepreneur — to explore the intersection of AI, consciousness, and human evolution. From Stanford research labs to Tel Aviv startups, Yugen’s journey dives deep...
What happens when life brings everything you’ve built to a full stop? Surabhi Shenoy is a two-time founder who built and sold a multi-million-dollar business. But none of that prepared her for the sudden, tragic loss of her husband—who was also her business partner. In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, Surabhi shares how grief...
Building a House of Bricks: Peter Formanek on Investment Banking, Entrepreneurship, and Life Balance
What does it take to build a business — in this case an investment bank — from nothing? Peter Formanek shares his remarkable journey from corporate CFO to founding Young America Capital. In this candid conversation, he reveals the uphill battle to establish credibility, the personal health transformations that fueled his success, and why he...
Most people don’t realize this—there are 5 ways to get divorced. But the one most people default to? It’s often the most damaging. In this episode, I speak with Entrepreneur Vicky Townsend, founder of Divorce Right and Bridgewell, who has spent decades transforming how families—especially first responders and professionals—navigate one of life’s most stressful transitions....
