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Azeem Azhar – Technology Author and his stories predicting the future through his award-winning newsletter Exponential View


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Azeem Azhar is an award-winning technology author, entrepreneur, and investor. He produces Exponential View the leading newsletter and podcast on the impact of technology on our future economy and society with close to 50,000 subscribers including investors, academics, and journalists around the world. 
Azeem brings a unique background to explain the intersection of breakthrough technologies and the economies and societies in which we live. An entrepreneur and an investor in many technology startups, Azeem speaks regularly on television and radio (BBC, Sky, CNN amongst others). His new book The Exponential Age is coming out September 2021. 
In this episode, we discuss: 

The amazing history of his family and how he came to the UK (and figured out his love for Cadbury!)
Facing 57 job rejections after graduating from Oxford University 
Azeem’s start on Exponential View and the new technology he’s most excited about

Azeem’s view of the future was fascinating, there are so many interesting tidbits. Please enjoy my conversation with Azeem Azhar! 
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