Build your Superpower

Reshma Sohoni is a partner at Seedcamp, a top seed fund in Europe. They invest early in founders solving problems with technology in large, global markets.

In part 1 we talk with Reshma about:

* Why doubling-down on your strengths helps you be happy

* How exposing yourself to many things helps you professionally

* Why it’s easier to excel by combining skills than trying to be the best at one

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Reshma Sohoni is a partner at Seedcamp, a top seed fund in Europe. They invest early in founders solving problems with technology in large, global markets.

In part 2 we talk with Reshma about:

* Why doubling down on your strengths helps you be happy

* Where she stands on making decisions with gut and intuition

* Why you need to leave your comfort zone to build a superpower

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

Azeem Azhar writes the Exponential View, a newsletter about accelerating technological change and its consequences.

Azeem’s new book is phenomenal — Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do.

We talk with Azeem not about what he knows but how he knows:

* How does he work?

* How do the tools we use shape our results?

* Being a generalist vs a specialist

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

Azeem Azhar writes the Exponential View, a newsletter about accelerating technological change and its consequences.

Azeem’s new book is phenomenal — Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do.

We talk with Azheem about how he researches to aggregate information and turn it into such sharp insights:

* Is there value in reading material you don’t understand?

* What’s the non-ergodicity of scientific progress?

* What does perceptive technology writing have in common with social justice?

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Dhiraj Mukherjee founded Shazam, the app used by billions and sold to Apple.

We talk with Dhiraj about:

* How “losers” warned him Shazam was too risky — and realizing they were right

* Why it’s personally risky to focus on outcomes

* How to manage hyper growth

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Dhiraj Mukherjee founded Shazam, the app used by billions and sold to Apple.

We talk with Dhiraj about:

* Why it’s important for the ambitious to find balance

* How Dhiraj’s family and cultural background influenced him

* Why ruthlessness and focusing on money is short-sighted

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Sunnie Groeneveld founded the digital consultancy Inspire 925 straight out of Yale college.

We talk with Sunnie about:

* Why you should have a clear priority

* Why you should be explicit about your priorities

* Why leadership depends on context

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Anthony Thomson is a serial banking entrepreneur. He’s raised over $1bn in capital over his career to start 2 banks — and currently chairs a third bank.

We talk with Anthony about:

* What is trust, and how there are different forms of trust

* Why chasing profits have made big banks vulnerable

* How he uses his marketing background to have an edge in banking

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Anthony Thomson is a serial banking entrepreneur. He’s raised over $1bn in capital over his career to start 2 banks — and currently chairs a third bank.

This second part is about

We talk with Anthony about:

* How he raised $100m during the financial crisis

* Why there are no set rules for success — and what that means for you

* Serendipity and decision-making

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This might be the most insightful interview we've had — don't risk missing it.

Adam shares his secrets on how not to be stupid.

We talk about:

- What is stupidity?

- What drives stupidity — and why are we all at risk?

- What skills can help us not act stupidly?

It’s hard to describe Adam because he’s brilliant. Among other things, he is an:

- Advisor to multi-billion dollar hedge funds

- Founder of the Princeton Review

- US Chess master who trained with Bobby Fisher (!)

If you like this episode, you might like the first part of this interview with Adam. In it, he reveals how you can build your superpower.

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