The Clockwork CIO

In conversation with Justus Parmar, CEO and Founder of Fortuna Investments

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In this latest episode I discuss leadership with Justus Parmar, CEO and Founder of Fortuna Investments, an award-winning VC firm.

One of its areas of investment, currently, is in the fast evolving Space Tech space, having recently invested in Starfighters Space, led by industry veteran Rick Svetkoff.

On this episode Justus discusses:

  • Important lessons learned at a young age where he found himself working at Wendys to support his family
  • Compounding time and energy to develop a winning mindset - win more days than you lose
  • Sliding door moment working as a bank teller and getting noticed by an investment professional who encouraged him to do his securities exams; Justus listened and pounced on the opportunity, joining a brokerage firm, before moving on to Macquarie where he thrived
  • The importance of unwavering conviction. You only get a few big opportunities in life. This led to Justus taking the plunge and setting up Fortuna Investments
  • Taking risks and being okay with failure
  • Why Space Tech is well on its way to becoming a trillion dollar industry
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