In today's episode we speak to Yanev Suissa - Managing Partner, Founder at SineWave Ventures, one the most humble profiles on LinkedIn. He has been exposed to so much during his career thus far; seems like he's lived many lives. From Broadway to studying gangs, to starting a venture fund, he worked under the Bush and Obama governments on renewable energy, spoke on the public sector and the direction it's headed, and had the good fortune to invest  in companies like Databricks, SentinelOne and Evolv. He's also been to 160 countries.

We kick off by asking Yanev to share with us how he got to this point and how he has been able to achieve so much:

We ask Yanev what it is he looks for when he is eyeing investments:

Then we ask Yanev to share with us the kinds of personalities that he comes across, what he looks for and what are red flags:

We move on to asking Yanev to explain how he discerns whether or not it's ok to be focused on pre-revenue?

How does attitude towards entrepreneurship and money differ city to city?

We have Yanev talk about reinvention in the public sector:

Next we ask him what drove him to visit 160 countries and how that is linked to his culture:

Does Yanev have plans of retiring, does he see an end to working?

In today's episode we speak to Andrew D’Souza, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCo. Andrew has had an illustrious career as a COO and CRO and has various other interludes along the way. One of the reasons we were keen to have him on the show is how he is reinventing the investment space.

We kick off with Andrew telling us how he got to this point and his journey thus far and what he does today:

We then ask Andrew to share some affliction points and how is it that ClearCo can be so reasonable?

Then we have Andrew tell us how do they find their customers and how do they find him?

We move on to ask Andrew what drives him?

We ask Andrew to tell us how he goes about hiring people?

Why pick Dublin and what would be different in Europe? Any competition?

Lastly we ask Andrew to share what he believes is his super power and how does he relax?

In today's episode, we talk to Richard Thornton, who is living the dream as a Non Executive Director on various board positions, having had a successful exit from Cint, having been their Chief Commercial Officer. Cint is very much in the data and analytics space which powers organisations to make good decisions. They have had a series of funding and now Richard has successfully navigated through the growth of that organisation and has now moved on to adding value to other organisations, which is unique from a guest perspective on our podcast so far.

We kick off by asking Richard to share his journey this far with us:

Then we have Richard share with us, what a Monday morning scaling looks like?

We ask Richard to share with us the differences in series funding and the cultural piece:

Then we ask Richard how he keeps people on board when the shift happens?

Lastly we ask Richard what advice would he give his younger self?

In today's episode we speak to Ryan Grant, Founder and CEO of Vori Health. Vori Health is an all inclusive medical and health provider practicing holistic integrated approach starting with musculoskeletal care, it offers full service physical medicine rehabilitation care, physical therapy, prescriptions imaging and lab ordering, health coaching, nutritional guidance, community support and premium instructional content. The team consists of carefully selected board members across physicians licensed health care providers. Provides health services that are accessible at a click of a button from the comfort, convenience and privacy of a patient's home.

We kick off by asking Ryan what has lead him to this point, his career and why Vori Health:

We ask Ryan what is the impact with people reporting back pain because they are spending more time sat in a chair as they are no longer to commuting to work since COVID:

We get into mental health and ask Ryan, what is the medical balance:

Instant gratification, we ask Ryan to share with us what are his concerns and what trends he sees and how Vori Health shakes things up:

We then have Ryan tell us why he thinks corporate environments are paying more attention to their employees wellness today:

We move on to ask Ryan what his expansion plan is:

What does the future look like to Ryan and why so passionate?

Today we Ross Lauder speaks to Gene Zolotarev - CEO at Baltic Tech Ventures, who are doing some incredible innovative approaches to investment in the Baltic region. He had a great career at a C level and we are keen to understand his motivations, what brought him to where he is, what's different about private equity and venture capital, what is specific about it in the Baltic region.

We kick off by asking Gene to tell us his journey and what brought him to where he is today:

Then we have Gene explains what has changed that more companies are popping up all over the place:

And we ask Gene to share with us what the talent landscape is and how do they internationalise?

Finally, we ask Gene to tell us all about Baltic and what projects are exciting:

We dive deeper and ask Gene to share with us what they look for in founders and the shift from founder to CEO:

Lastly we ask Gene to tell us what are some of his super powers that have led him to where he is today:

On today's show Ross Lauder and John Quigley speak to Mike Stevenson RVP at a company that needs to introduction, DocuSign. They IPO’d in April 2018 but prior to that they have raised a phenomenal $537m in funding and post IPO another $629m and share prices climbed from $24 to $39 the same day. With phenomenal 60% year on year growth. Their Dublin office started with 7 people and now 450 employees with 4,000 worldwide.

We get stuck in with Mike telling us about his career journey, how tech evolved during his time and how got to where he is today:

We dive deeper into Mike’s story, we ask him about massive scale to Europe and what his big learnings were learning Europe from the US.

We ask Mike to share his thought process on what performance conditions look like to him and his team.

Mike is obviously great at hiring, and so we ask him, how does he identify a potential rockstar.

Finally we ask Mike what his experience of the Irish culture and experience of the locals and how it feels.

In today’s episode Ross Lauder speaks to Jimmy Kehoe, the Head of Digital Sales at Vodafone. He is someone who has grown up in a very much sales ethos through to leadership today, doing some incredible things by way of transforming organisations from a digital sales perspective and has lots to say in that regard.

We start by asking Jimmy Kehoe to share his journey and how he ended up where he is today.

We dive deeper, and ask Jimmy to share his “old school selling” experience and what has been his learning and observation on how much the sales world has transformed.

After sharing great insights, we have Jimmy share with us what he believes are the relevant tools reps should have on hand today and how Vodefone has adapted and evolved with the times.

We believe in self qualification, we find out from Jimmy how and when he knows that pipeline is closable?

Jimmy shares how leadership has changed and how he thinks technology has helped:

Lastly, as always we ask Jimmy what's his take on “craic” and culture.

In today’s episode Ross Lauder talks to Rebecca Lauder, Director of Business Development at Slack. She has had an illustrious career, impressive to the commercial world.

We kick off by asking Rebecca to share her journey with us and what lead her to this point:

We get into the progressiveness of society based on the education of women and their openness:

We ask Rebecca to share with us what common barriers do women experience in the workplace:

We dive deeper into womanhood and juggling it all, we ask Rebecca how does she take care of yourself and her mental health with a busy work life, being a wife and a mother of three:

We move onto developing people and what that looks like for Rebecca and why did our parents see failure as bad and today we see failure as good, also has leadership gotten harder?

Lastly we ask Rebecca how she evaluates a company:

In today's episode Ross Lauder speaks to Daniel Vogel, Founder and CEO at Bitso, based outside of Mexico City. He is a serial entrepreneur, he's been involved in the corporate sector and he spent his college years in the US, he worked at Quantcast and now has set up Bitso, which is a very dynamic and interesting play in the Crypto space and the payment sector.

We start by asking Daniel to take us through his career thus far and how his gotten to this point:

We ask Daniel to share with us what role does Bitso play in the industry, and how has this affected the Latin American market:

We then ask Daniel to share with us where he sees this revolution going:

Lastly we ask Daniel what's his take on craic and what does he do for fun:

In today's episode Ross Lauder speaks to Mark A. Pfister, he is the CEO and Chief Board Consultant at M. A. Pfister Strategy Group, Inc., an executive management board consulting firm serves as strategic advisory council for executives and boards in the public, private and non-profits sectors. He is chairman and CEO of Integral Board Group and creator of The Board as a Service Engagement Model which is accredited with an invention in the industry itself. He is a board director and board consultant having worked with hundreds of board public, private and non-profit organisations as their directors with focus on strategy, governance and technology particularly in cyber security. He speaks in over 80 events yearly, with international speaking towards topics of strategy, building an effective board for your company and becoming an exceptional board director candidate.

We kick of by asking Mark to tell us what lead him here and to share his journey thus far:

We have Mark share some success stories and challenges:

We ask Mark, what is Board as a Service and what does that mean to him?

We find out from Mark what are the biggest challenges organisations face when they get to those categories when scaling:

When making this kind of transition, what does that look like and how does he help: