#74: Engineering Radical Transparency & Decision-making Best Practices with Meetup’s David Siegel
David Siegel is the CEO of Meetup, the largest platform for finding and building local communities. He has 25 years of experience as a technology and digital media executive leading organizations through innovative product development, rapid revenue growth, and digital traffic acceleration.
#73: Second Home Co-Ownership with Pacaso’s Austin Allison
Austin is CEO of Pacaso and co-founded the company to make the dream of second home ownership a reality for more people after experiencing the profound effect it had on his own life.
#72: Trusted, Verified, and Connected Documents on the Blockchain with Dedoco’s Daphne Ng
Daphne is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dedoco– a Digital Document Management-as-a-Service that focuses on protecting data privacy and document security for companies, leveraging on blockchain technology.
#67: The New Era of the Creator Economy with Bemyfriends’ Steve Seo
Over the last few years, bemyfriends co-CEO Steve Seo has established himself as one of the leading authorities in the global fandom business…
#66: Vietnam’s Future of Home Ownership & iBuyers with Homebase’s Phillip An
Phillip An is the Co-founder and COO of Homebase, one of Southeast Asia’s leading Proptech companies. Homebase (www.homebase.com.vn) provides revolutionary products made accessible that empower homeowners to buy, sell, and own homes in ways that work best for themselves. Homebase is backed by leading investors and partners around the world (YC, Goodwater Capital, Partech Ventures, etc), with the most recent $30M round of equity and debt funding announced in 2021.
#60: Negotiating an Acquisition Deal & Acqui-hiring with Lyft Media’s Kenan Saleh & Faizan Bhatty
In this episode of Geeks of the Valley, we chat with Kenan Saleh and Faizan Bhatty, the dynamic co-founders of Halo Cars, a startup that reimagined outdoor advertising by integrating data and digital technology into rideshare vehicles. Their fresh take on out-of-home ads caught the attention of Lyft, leading to an acquisition and the birth […]
#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.
#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.
#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.
#29: The “Impossible Foods of Seafood” with Kuleana’s Jacek Prus
Growing up an enthusiastic meat eater in Texas, Jacek watched Earthlings during his philosophy bachelors which sent him down a path of animal activism. After a few years of militantly promoting veganism, he pivoted to help animals through a market-oriented approach.
