November 21, 2020

#241: Gregory Ugwi, Co-Founder of Thinknum, a Web Platform that Allows Investors and Large, Fast-Growing Tech Companies to Wield the Web as Data to Outsmart Competitors

44 minutes

Gregory Ugwi is the cofounder & CEO of Thinknum, KGBase and the Business of Business. Thinknum Inc has raised $12.6 million to date. Prior to founding Thinknum, Greg graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics and worked at Goldman Sachs.

Greg was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. Greg enjoys playing soccer and is an investor in New Amsterdam FC.

You can find Greg on Twitter and Linkedin.

Some of the Topics Covered by Gregory Ugwi in this Episode

What Thinknum does and who the main users are
How Thinknum got started after Greg was working at Goldman Sachs
How Greg ended up finding his Co-Founder, Justin
The initial version of Thinknum
The types of datasets Greg was using early on
How Greg chose to go through 500 Startups
Getting the first customers for Thinknum
What fueled the growth for Thinknum after getting their initial customers
The business model behind Thinknum
Raising a $11.6M Series A
Why Greg started KgBase, a no-code knowledge graph tool
Why Greg created a media team that can utilize their data
Where most of Greg's time is spent today in the business
How Greg looks at hiring and building culture
How Greg decided to work at Goldman Sachs in the first place
The mental strain of running a startup and putting ego aside
Why Thinknum has been successful so far
What's helped Greg grow personally as he's been running Thinknum
Greg's favorite book and why it has been impactful for him
What a day looks like for Greg now
The big vision for Thinknum

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November 21, 2020

#241: Gregory Ugwi, Co-Founder of Thinknum, a Web Platform that Allows Investors and Large, Fast-Growing Tech Companies to Wield the Web as Data to Outsmart Competitors

44 minutes

Greg was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. Greg enjoys playing soccer and is an investor in New Amsterdam FC.

You can find Greg on Twitter and Linkedin.

Some of the Topics Covered by Gregory Ugwi in this Episode

What Thinknum does and who the main users are
How Thinknum got started after Greg was working at Goldman Sachs
How Greg ended up finding his Co-Founder, Justin
The initial version of Thinknum
The types of datasets Greg was using early on
How Greg chose to go through 500 Startups
Getting the first customers for Thinknum
What fueled the growth for Thinknum after getting their initial customers
The business model behind Thinknum
Raising a $11.6M Series A
Why Greg started KgBase, a no-code knowledge graph tool
Why Greg created a media team that can utilize their data
Where most of Greg's time is spent today in the business
How Greg looks at hiring and building culture
How Greg decided to work at Goldman Sachs in the first place
The mental strain of running a startup and putting ego aside
Why Thinknum has been successful so far
What's helped Greg grow personally as he's been running Thinknum
Greg's favorite book and why it has been impactful for him
What a day looks like for Greg now
The big vision for Thinknum

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Listen to all episodes of the Just Go Grind Podcast: https://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/

Follow Justin Gordon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justingordon212

Follow Justin Gordon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justingordon8/

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