Julian Owusu: CEO of Zuberi Pay discusses African finance, Playing football in Ghana, and his Founding Story
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Zuberi is on a mission to build an on-demand employee benefits program. They allow workers to access their salary anytime, anywhere. They're helping Africans to increase their personal cashflow to enable them to react to unplanned events better. Join their waitlist today as an employer or employee, they'll do the rest.
22 Mar 2021
Jeffery Potvin: VC and Angel Investor discusses how Venture Capitalism works, investing in startups, and big growth markets
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Jeffery Potvin, an angel investor in multiple regions who has Invested in 55+ companies; He is a member of the York, Spark & GTAN angels & screening committees while being the driving force behind Open People Network (OPN)! OPN is a group of angel investors helping accelerate the growth of early stage startups through The Supporters Fund and Pitchit Series. Jeffery is a lifelong entrepreneur with a proven track record of building companies and reinventing existing businesses. Working with a list of great startups to enterprise clients over the years. Jeffery is a mentor, coach and loves to climb mountains!
16 Mar 2021
David Brear: CEO of 11FS discusses the biggest trends in FinTech, his founding story, and how digital financial services are revolutionising society
David is the CEO of 11:FS and since his dream of being a sportsperson was crushed (along with the ligaments in his knee!) and he had to get a proper job, this came with the realisation that Digital Financials Services Is Only 1% Finished has spurred his desire to establish an organisation that can actually support the industry through its greatest challenge. 11:FS is a challenger to the incumbent consultancies. We create innovative strategies and build out new propositions and ventures in the UK, US, Europe and Asia for some of the biggest brands on the planet. Alongside this 11:FS builds in-house products from competitor benchmarking tools like 11:FS Pulse, to core banking and modern architecture systems like 11:FS Foundry. In 4 years 11:FS has gone from zero brand and zero revenues to a multimillion a month business with one of the hottest brands in fintech all with zero external investment in the group.
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12 Mar 2021
Lex Sokolin: CMO of ConsenSys discusses everything crypto, the digital economy, and the state of the FinTech industry
Lex is truly an expert in FinTech, blockchain technologies, and decentralised finance. On the Podcast, he discusses what finance actually is, how blockchains are improving the financial sector and the state of crypto and FinTech as industries. Lex has had a variety of experiences from being an entrepreneur, having board-level experience, and with investment banks on wall street. Lex has contributed to the Financial Times, The Economist, Reuters, WSJ because of his expertise.
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7 Mar 2021
Nate Wyne: CEO of Floodlight Invest exposes Silicon Valley, the corrupted nature of Campaign funding, and his journey as an entrepreneur
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Nate comes from an investment banking background, working for Wells Fargo, from there he joined the Silicon Valley Bank, where he worked connecting VCs to the next unicorns. However, he realised how opaque investing is, solely based on profits with no room for values. Thus Nate founded Floodlight where they expose the values of S&P 500 companies, reveal where their money goes, what party they support. Drawing on Nate's experiences, we have an amazing discussion looking into the political climate, how finance corrupts politics, and much much more.
4 Mar 2021
Ash Phillips: Founder of Dffrnt discusses entrepreneurship, the benefits, the drawbacks, the success and spares no detail
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28 Feb 2021
Ben Painter: CEO and Founder of Dromor discusses real estate, building a company from your dining room, and everything from gentrification to AirBnB
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Ben has an extensive background in property, from estate agency, development and investment. Working predominantly in the London market, as well as in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Newcastle, Ben recognised how the traditional property market was changing, and Dromor was born. Having started Dromor from his dining room table with a laptop in 2017. Dromor is now operational in 11 cities across the UK and in Barcelona. They continue to develop our market but specialise in individual high-end properties and blocks of units. Our aim is always to maximize the return a property can make whilst we ensure the property a safe as possible from damage as bad guests. Due to this, they are one of the leading and fastest-growing host management Companies in the UK.
24 Feb 2021
Sam Abrika: CEO of FinTech Startup, CashCoach, explains the GameStop saga, how capitalism really works, and his time being an investment banker
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Sam Abrika started off as an investment banker but then realised not enough people take care of their finances, he decided to found CashCoach a personal finance app, gamifying savings, making his users 1% richer every day. In today's episode, Sam discusses the GameStop Saga, how RobinHood makes profits for a free service, the after-effects of the financial crisis of 2008, and the faults of capitalism.
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22 Feb 2021
Brad Van Leeuwen: Co-founder of FinTech Startup, Cledara, talks his journey founding a startup, what matters in FinTech, and the future of FinTech
Brad describes himself as a FinTech tragic, having worked in-and-around the industry as an investor and then as an early employee, he decided to found Cledara, which makes SaaS scalable. In today's episode, he goes into detail about his career, his biggest lessons, what he would do differently, and what makes a startup successful. He then dissects the FinTech industry, what it means for the wider economy, what the industry is like, and the best way for young people to get into FinTech.
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Cledara Website: https://www.cledara.com/
18 Feb 2021
Charlie Javice: CEO of Frank, an EdTech startup, discusses the problems within Universities, how to become financially literate, and being a FinTech entrepreneur
Charlie Javice has always been passionate about education. That's why she set up Frank, a startup helping students receive financial aid. She and Frank have helped over 300,000 students receive $7 BILLION. In today's episode, we discuss the problems with universities, why tuition has raised 4x more than inflation, and also how to become financially literate, understanding debt, the merits of being an entrepreneur.
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Frank Website: http://bit.ly/FrankWebsite
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15 Feb 2021
Sebastian Dienst: Founder of Remagine discusses venture capitalism, what makes startups successful, and the problems in and around the financial sector
Sebastian when he first heard about revenue-based financing, knew this could revolutionize funding. He then founded Remagine, a financial platform for startups that want to change the world, which provides non-dilutive financing of up to €1 million to startups looking to have a net-positive effect on the globe. In today's episode, Sebastian goes into the story behind Remagine, and then into the problems he looks to help solve: climate change, gender equality, poverty, by providing financing to impact-driven startups.
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14 Feb 2021
Russel Earnshaw: Coaching legend discusses working with google, how to get the most out of people, and the correlation between sports and business
Russel Earnshaw started off his coaching career in the England Rugby 7s setup, he then became a teacher of economics, before working in the RFU's International Pathway. He then decided to set up the Magic Academy, where he and Fletch work across all different sorts of businesses and sports including the likes of Google, GB Hockey, and Birmingham City, where they discuss coaching, learning, effective teams, leadership and creativity.
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9 Feb 2021
Arik Shtilman: CEO of Billion-Dollar Startup, Rapyd, discusses the changing role of a CEO, advice for young people, and the fintech industry
Arik first entered finance and fintech looking to set up CashDash, a consumer-facing e-wallet. However, after running into every problem imaginable he realised that fintech needed to change. He founded Rapyd, a FinTech-as-a-Service company, which provides the infrastructure for clients to build upon, to scale and grow, and to become more efficient. However, finding investors initially proved tricky, but after building and generating revenue Rapyd is now valued at $2.5 Billion. How did Arik do it?
8 Feb 2021
Jeff Hancock: CEO and Founder of cryptocurrency trading platform, CoinPass, gives a master class on everything crypto
Jeff Hancock has not always been the dynamic entrepreneur he is today. After being told he would soon be eligible for a badge after working for a bar for 5 years, he decided to take his wealth seriously. He completed a 2 year IT course in 11 months, slept in his car, and worked in a vegas casino. Then the crypto craze hit, after realizing there was no way to get in and out of crypto within the UK banking system, Jeff decided to found Coinpass. This platform, voted 2020 bests Crypto exchange, allows users to buy, sell, and trade crypto.
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27 Jan 2021
Dave Shires - Founder of Off-Shore Financial Brokerage in Hong Kong talks investing, hedging volatility, and building wealth
My guest, Dave Shires, set up an off-shore financial brokerage in Hong Kong during the 1990s, a period of time where Hong Kong was nearly a free market economy. Dave talks about creating a financial brokerage, gaining traction and clients, and investing in equities like Bonds, Stocks, and Emerging Markets. We talked about financial principles like Dollar-Cost Averaging when dealing with volatility. All in all fascinating guest.
26 Jan 2021
Founder of UK Startup talks climate change, entrepreneurship, and financial elitism.
Anthony Collias is a graduate of the University of Oxford. Shortly after graduating, he founded Stasher, a short-term luggage storage startup, he was then listed to the Forbes 30-under-30 list for his work with Stasher. In the lockdown period, Anthony set up a social enterprise called Treepoints Green, which incentivises cutting caron emissions. Anthony is also the co-host of the podcast Morality of Everyday Things, wehere he discusses philosophical and economic questions.
13 Jan 2021
The US Economy #01
A deep dive into how political economies work, and the role of political institutions in economic activity. We look at how the coronavirus affected the economy through the government's response, mainly quantitative easing and unconventional monetary policy. What are Biden's biggest challenges he faces when he becomes the 46th president, from an economic standpoint?
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