Podcast Episodes

Gorick Ng on His Bestselling Book with HBR, The Workplace's Unspoken Rules, and Career Success as Positive Sum - E63

Season 1 Episode 63

Gorick Ng is author of THE UNSPOKEN RULES: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right (Harvard Business Review Press), a guide on how to become a top-performing employee, based on 500+ interviews with…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Kei Shibata on Founding with <1% Equity, Taking Risks in Risk-Free Environments & Non-Ideal Startup Paths - E62

Season 1 Episode 62

Kei Shibata co-founded Venture Republic Group in 2001 and has been serving as CEO since the foundation. The company runs a group of online travel websites and apps across Asia including LINE TRAVEL j…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

John-Simon Purcell on Startup Counterculture, Career Breaks & Standardizing Fundraising - E61

Season 1 Episode 61

John-Simon Purcell (‘JSP’) is Senior Director, Product & Technical Strategy at Prosus Group/Naspers where he advises on new venture investments and provides operating guidance to Prosus’ worldwide po…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Shiyan Koh on Choosing Bosses, Learning Acceleration & Building Investor-Founder Trust - E60

Season 1 Episode 60

Koh Shiyan is the Managing Partner at Hustle Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in pre-seed software startups in the U.S., Canada and Southeast Asia. 

Prior to that she was VP Business Operat…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Andrew Barry on Disrupting Education, Infinite Distribution & Designing Catharsis - E59

Season 1 Episode 59

Andrew Barry is currently the Program Director for the On Deck Course Creator Fellowship, where On Deck is building the first global community of Superstar Teachers. He is also the founder of Curious…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Youngrok Kim on Japanese Corporate Venture Capital, Korea Army in Iraq & The Owner of Indeed & Glassdoor - E58

Season 1 Episode 58

Youngrok is a partner at Ginza Ventures, cross border early-stage venture capital fund based in Japan and the US. Currently, he is structuring the fund while raising the capital from potential limite…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Yishi Zuo on Maximising Serendipity, Expert Network Founder and Creating Optionality - E57

Season 1 Episode 57

Yishi is an entrepreneur and investor.He was born in China and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.

His first job out of college was as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs in San Francis…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Ricky Willianto on Bootstrapping vs. VC Funding, Entrepreneurial Childhood & Asian Financial Crisis Impact on Family - E56

Season 1 Episode 56

Ricky Willianto is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ravenry, a knowledge work platform that connects companies with the top 5% freelance researchers and writers in the world. Previously, he was involved in …

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Alex Lazarow on Frontier Innovators, VC & Founder Trust and Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley - E55

Season 1 Episode 55

Alexandre (Alex) Lazarow has spent his career working at the intersection of investing, innovation, and economic development in the private, public, and social sectors. He is the author of Out-Innova…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Steven Tannason on Google vs. ByteDance Culture, Indonesia Zero to One & Audacity as Founder - E54

Season 1 Episode 54

Steven is co-founder and CEO of Aman, digital platform for employee benefts in Indonesia, empowering employers to conveniently find and manage health insurance for their employees. Prior to starting …

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago