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

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

April 25, 2025

Duration

28m

Channel

Silicon Valley Girl

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

📌 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: 📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co 📹 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:

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⭐ 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

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Marina Mogilko

  host

• Ankur Jain

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, featuring Marina Mogilko and Ankur Jain, Pay Rent, Get Rich? Indian-American Built a $3.1B Startup From That Idea | Ankur Jain, Bilt explores bilt turns rent into rewards, credit, and homeownership progress Bilt lets renters earn transferable points on rent—historically the largest monthly expense with no rewards—then redeem them for airline/hotel partners, future rent, Lyft rides, or even home down payments.

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