PyJamas Pillow Talk

#15 Jazil Zaim- GZM and building the future

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My guest today is Jazil Zaim. He is a member of Gen Z Mafia, and has built startups in the space of affiliate marketing, privacy-focused social media app, and is venturing into the e-commerce space. Please enjoy the show.

Show Notes
  • [1:01] What is Gen Z Mafia? How did Jazil chance upon this online community?
  • [3:28] Jazil building a new startup
  • [6:25] Brick and mortar shops and ideas generation
  • [13:55] Jazil’s information diet and cultivating the right community in life
  • [18:09] How should people get started in using online communities?
  • [20:40] Bootstrapped startups
  • [28:55] Is building a company that captures the majority of a market the main goal of Jazil’s professional life?
  • [33:38] Tech in a post-COVID world
  • [35:46] Recent exodus of tech leaders from San Francisco
  • [37:55] Projecting cities that will be startup hubs in the future
  • [44:02] Will Singapore’s policies to attract foreign startup talent be effective in encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit among her citizens as well?
  • [49:48] Can a person really be anything they want to be in the US?
  • [55:35] Should America be split up?
  • [1:01:20] How will Jazil define COVID ten years from now?
  • [1:06:29] What are some particular aspects of tech that Jazil is most bullish about?
  • [1:07:53] Balaji’s idea of a cloud city
  • [1:09:48] Jazil’s favourite startup, founder, and person to follow on Twitter 
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    Music credits
    • Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-shades-of-spring
  • License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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