#58: The Anti-Pitch Playbook & Successful Post-Investment Traits with 1517’s Danielle Strachman
Danielle is a cofounder and general partner of 1517. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations.
#57: Institutional Bitcoin Investing, SPAC’s, & Life Advice with SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci is the Founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital. He is the author of four books: The Little Book of Hedge Funds, Goodbye Gordon Gekko, Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole (a 2016 Wall Street Journal best seller), and Trump: The Blue-Collar President. Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Scaramucci co-founded investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger […]
#56: Raising a Venture Capital Fund with Tenacity Venture Capital’s Ben Narasin
Ben Narasin is the Founder and General Partner of Tenacity Venture Capital, a pre-Series A venture fund. Immediately previously, Narasin wes a full time investor and Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), one of the worlds largest and oldest traditional venture firms. A prolific entrepreneur and highly regarded early-stage investor with three decades of company-building expertise, Narasin has focused on emerging technologies and new markets throughout his investment career.
#55: The Digital Operating System for Southeast Asian MSME’s with Zaapi’s Wilfried Buiron
A Tsinghua University Schwarzman Scholar and Masa Son fellow, Wilfried Buiron is the Founder & CEO of Singapore-based, Zaapi an ecommerce enablement startup backed by Flash Ventures aiming to democratize access to ecommerce for Southeast Asian MSMEs.
#54: The Payment Giant of Southeast Asia & Organizational Design with Xendit’s Moses Lo
Moses Lo is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Xendit, a financial technology company that he alongside others started in 2015. Moses\\\’ leadership has led Xendit to prestigious awards such as the CNBC Upstart 100 and The Best Payments Initiative by The Asian Banker in 2018.
#53: The Mythical Man-Month Theory & Ephemeral Environments with Layer CI’s Colin Chartier
Colin is Co-founder and CEO at LayerCI, a company which helps software developers efficiently review changes to websites. He graduated with a triple major (math, stats, computer science) from the University of Toronto and has worked as a tech executive for five years.
#52: The Fund that is Investing in the Plaid, Stripe and Klarna of Southeast Asia with 1982’s Herston Elton Powers
Herston is a Managing Partner of 1982 Ventures – the leading seed fund focused on fintech in Southeast Asia. He is responsible for setting the strategy and direction of 1982 Ventures. He is active in investments, portfolio management and investor relations. He has sourced and led investments into Brick, Fundiin, Homebase, Go Zayaan and Wagely.
#51: Venture Building in Latin America with Polymath Ventures’ Wenyi Cai
Graduated Cum Laude from Harvard College, Wenyi Cai is the Founder & CEO of Polymath Ventures, a company builder that serves the underserved middle-class of Latin America.
#50: Starting a VC Fund, a Contrarian View, & Immigrant Founders with Leonis Capital’s Jay Zhao
Jay is a managing partner at Leonis Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in AI-first companies and the automation economy. Previously, Jay is a Partner at T Fund (fka TCL Ventures), a global CVC arm by TCL Corp, one of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world.
#49: Diving into Wall Street & 95+ Hour Work Weeks with WSO’s Patrick Curtis
Patrick Curtis is the Chief Monkey and Founder of Wall Street Oasis, the largest community focused on careers in finance with courses ranging from financial modeling to private equity interviews.
