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Kicking off 2025 with something different. We sit down with Anna and Leo, two fearless indie filmmakers who left Russia to pursue free expression, true art, and their Hollywood dreams. Their journey is anything but ordinary, and they’re carving an uncharted path to greatness.
Check out Anna and Leo's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@motionandsounds
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* https://www.linkedin.com/in/annakadykova/
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonid-shmelkov-82932ba0/
Raw Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/JOgWqPbOVSE
00:00 Escaping Russia for Hollywood Dreams
01:12 Anna
04:36 Leo
07:19 Censorship in Russia
14:26 Getting Stuck in Sri Lanka
15:44 Countries With Big Independent Film Industries
19:29 Challenges Of Feature Film Funded by Russian Government
22:05 How Western People Perceive the War With Ukraine
24:53 Insider Insights On the War of Ukraine
27:56 What Would You Be Willing to Die For
28:40 Dying & Being Forgotten vs Being Remembered
32:37 Breaking Into the Film Industry
34:44 Contrarian Approach
37:28 Finding Authenticity In Your Own Voice
43:22 Forget the World Chaos By Surfing
45:29 Leaving the Sri Lankan Village
52:11 Re-doing the feature film
01:02:57 Most Ambitious Project
01:03:49 Blind Trust In Selling A Script
01:12:59 Balancing Art vs Commercial
01:14:19 Beginner's Mindset
01:15:46 Crisis As A Possibility & Thinking Big
01:23:13 Defining The Partnership
6 Jan 2025
Capybaras, Chaos, and Class Warfare: 2024's Zeitgeist | E:54
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The final LLB episode of 2024 with Dave, Alex and Jianggan. Jianggan just got back from his 8th China trip of the year and updates us on what is happening in China. We cover the attitude of the youth in China currently, SEA vs Chia logistics, and some thoughts around the impact of the new US administration coming in. We close out with some thoughts that characterized 2024 and some takes for 2025.
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* https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidqchang/
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/jianggan/
Raw Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/F4EYjIonWBB
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Updates From Shanghai/China
03:39 Current Attitudes of the Youths in China Right Now
05:46 Interest Rates in China
06:38 Logistics in China vs Southeast Asia Development
23:15 China in 2025
28:17 Takes on Trump & uncertanity going into 2025
30:44 Art Of The Deal - Anchoring
36:05 Joe Biden pardons
39:09 United Health Care CEO Assassination
46:50 How Would you Characters 2024
58:59 Contrarian Takes for 2025
3 Jan 2025
Pitch Deck Breakdown - MIEA Health | E:53
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This is the first time I ever met Whei Chern & Dmitry. We barely exchanged maybe more than 2-3 messages before this episode. In this episode I do real time feedback of seeing this deck and meeting the the founders of MIEA health for the first time.
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* https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitriy-chekin/
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/whei-chern-ho-8015a235/
Raw Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/Vho8S2YDmcw
00:00 Pitch Deck Breakdown - MIEA Health | E:53
00:18 The Premise & Context
01:26 Intro Of the Founders
01:35 Dimitry
02:43 Founding of MIEA
03:19 Original Idea of MIEA
05:06 The Hundred Year life
07:25 What MIEA Does Today
09:27 Give Me A Concise Elevator Pitch
11:53 Investor Sentiment In Southeast Asia
16:08 Founder Roles
17:04 First Feedback On Elevator Pitch
19:35 My Understanding Of The Pitch So far
20:42 Pitch Deck Review - Slide 1
24:00 Slide 2 - Purpose Slide
32:01 Slide 2 - Problem Slide
34:36 Slide 4 - Problem Slide
36:11 How Important is the USD150B Statistic
41:44 Slide 5 - Product
45:53 Why Solve THIS problem - Clarifying Original idea
48:46 General Feedback From Other Investors
50:28 Mismatch of Investor Expectations vs Stage of Venture
51:31 Slide 6 - Product Slide
51:47 Understanding Incumbent Solutions
54:02 YC Bible - Do Things That Don't Scale
57:31 Slide 7 - Market Sizing
01:03:04 Slide 8 - Competitive Analysis
01:07:11 Slide 9 - Competitive Advantage
01:11:40 Slide 10 - Go To Market
01:14:26 Slide 12 - Notable New Clients
01:15:25 Slide 13 - Team Slide
01:18:13 Learn More About the Founders
01:19:19 Founder Motivations
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