Learn With Avthar

Clip from Learn with Avthar Podcast Episode 8 featuring Jordan Thomas

Find the full episode here: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com/1220963/8309192-ep-8-rhodes-scholar-jordan-thomas-on-grit-discipline-and-serving-humanity

ABOUT JORDAN THOMAS:

Jordan Thomas hails from Newark, New Jersey, USA. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in public and international affairs. He's a Rhodes Scholar and earned his Masters degree from Oxford University in social intervention and policy evaluation.

He's the Chief of Staff to philanthropist Ray Chambers and will enrol at both Yale Law School and Harvard Business School for a unique JD/MBA dual degree. Jordan is motivated to do work that most directly promotes equal opportunity, social mobility, and justice for all.

ABOUT LEARN WITH AVTHAR:

Learn with Avthar is the podcast that helps you become a Learning Machine. Join entrepreneur and technologist Avthar Sewrathan as he talks with world-class guests about self-mastery, startups, health and happiness. Avthar unpacks truths, lessons and mindsets that you can use to level up your life. 

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Learn with Avthar Podcast: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com​​

Follow Avthar on social:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/

ABOUT AVTHAR SEWRATHAN:

South Africa native and internationally experienced technology entrepreneur, Avthar Sewrathan,  is known for using technology to empower people. From his college dorm room, Avthar co-founded and built Afari: a blockchain-based social network that gave people more privacy and ownership over their data. He currently helps developers measure everything that matters at fast-growing startup Timescale, the makers of TimescaleDB the time-series database built on PostgreSQL. Avthar graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and is also an alumnus of United World College Costa Rica. He is obsessed with self-mastery, entrepreneurship, health and happiness and explores these topics (and more) in his weekly newsletter and podcast. Avthar lives and works in the greatest city in the world, New York City.

Clip from TedxUWCCR featuring Avthar Sewrathan

Find the full talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrXDVHogoc0&t=3s

ABOUT AVTHAR SEWRATHAN:

South Africa native and internationally experienced technology entrepreneur, Avthar Sewrathan,  is known for using technology to empower people. From his college dorm room, Avthar co-founded and built Afari: a blockchain-based social network that gave people more privacy and ownership over their data. He currently helps developers measure everything that matters at fast-growing startup Timescale, the makers of TimescaleDB the time-series database built on PostgreSQL. Avthar graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and is also an alumnus of United World College Costa Rica. He is obsessed with self-mastery, entrepreneurship, health and happiness and explores these topics (and more) in his weekly newsletter and podcast. Avthar lives and works in the greatest city in the world, New York City.

CONNECT WITH AVTHAR:

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Learn with Avthar Podcast: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com​​

Follow Avthar on social:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/

Clip from Learn with Avthar Podcast Episode 7 featuring Yaw Owusu-Boahen

Find the full episode here: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com/1220963/8038809-ep-7-yaw-owusu-boahen-no-code-career-hacks-founder-lessons-and-diversity-inclusion-in-tech

ABOUT YAW OWUSU-BOAHEN:

Yaw is a Ghanian-born, American entrepreneur. He currently directs the Immerse Pre-Accelerator for BIPOC founders, as a leader of the founder inclusion team at Bubble, a company that makes a No-Code application building platform.

Previously, Yaw co-founded LMNS, an equal-opportunity hiring platform for digital marketers, and was a consultant at the prestigious Bain and Company. Yaw is a graduate of Princeton University, with a degree in Public Policy and International Relations.

ABOUT LEARN WITH AVTHAR:

Learn with Avthar is the podcast that helps you become a Learning Machine. Join entrepreneur and technologist Avthar Sewrathan as he talks with world-class guests about self-mastery, startups, health and happiness. Avthar unpacks truths, lessons and mindsets that you can use to level up your life. 

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Learn with Avthar Podcast: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com​​

Follow Avthar on social:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/

ABOUT AVTHAR SEWRATHAN:

South Africa native and internationally experienced technology entrepreneur, Avthar Sewrathan,  is known for using technology to empower people. From his college dorm room, Avthar co-founded and built Afari: a blockchain-based social network that gave people more privacy and ownership over their data. He currently helps developers measure everything that matters at fast-growing startup Timescale, the makers of TimescaleDB the time-series database built on PostgreSQL. Avthar graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and is also an alumnus of United World College Costa Rica. He is obsessed with self-mastery, entrepreneurship, health and happiness and explores these topics (and more) in his weekly newsletter and podcast. Avthar lives and works in the greatest city in the world, New York City.

Clip from Learn with Avthar Podcast Episode 8 featuring Jordan Thomas

Find the full episode here: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com/1220963/8309192-ep-8-rhodes-scholar-jordan-thomas-on-grit-discipline-and-serving-humanity

ABOUT JORDAN THOMAS:

Jordan Thomas hails from Newark, New Jersey, USA. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in public and international affairs. He's a Rhodes Scholar and earned his Masters degree from Oxford University in social intervention and policy evaluation.

He's the Chief of Staff to philanthropist Ray Chambers and will enrol at both Yale Law School and Harvard Business School for a unique JD/MBA dual degree. Jordan is motivated to do work that most directly promotes equal opportunity, social mobility, and justice for all.

ABOUT LEARN WITH AVTHAR:

Learn with Avthar is the podcast that helps you become a Learning Machine. Join entrepreneur and technologist Avthar Sewrathan as he talks with world-class guests about self-mastery, startups, health and happiness. Avthar unpacks truths, lessons and mindsets that you can use to level up your life. 

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Learn with Avthar Podcast: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com​​

Follow Avthar on social:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/

ABOUT AVTHAR SEWRATHAN:

South Africa native and internationally experienced technology entrepreneur, Avthar Sewrathan,  is known for using technology to empower people. From his college dorm room, Avthar co-founded and built Afari: a blockchain-based social network that gave people more privacy and ownership over their data. He currently helps developers measure everything that matters at fast-growing startup Timescale, the makers of TimescaleDB the time-series database built on PostgreSQL. Avthar graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and is also an alumnus of United World College Costa Rica. He is obsessed with self-mastery, entrepreneurship, health and happiness and explores these topics (and more) in his weekly newsletter and podcast. Avthar lives and works in the greatest city in the world, New York City.

Clip from TedxUWCCR featuring Avthar Sewrathan

Find the full talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrXDVHogoc0&t=3s

ABOUT AVTHAR SEWRATHAN:

South Africa native and internationally experienced technology entrepreneur, Avthar Sewrathan,  is known for using technology to empower people. From his college dorm room, Avthar co-founded and built Afari: a blockchain-based social network that gave people more privacy and ownership over their data. He currently helps developers measure everything that matters at fast-growing startup Timescale, the makers of TimescaleDB the time-series database built on PostgreSQL. Avthar graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and is also an alumnus of United World College Costa Rica. He is obsessed with self-mastery, entrepreneurship, health and happiness and explores these topics (and more) in his weekly newsletter and podcast. Avthar lives and works in the greatest city in the world, New York City.

CONNECT WITH AVTHAR:

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Learn with Avthar Podcast: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com​​

Follow Avthar on social:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/

Clip from Learn with Avthar Podcast Episode 9 featuring Danny Miranda

Find the full episode here: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com/1220963/8353995-ep-9-danny-miranda-on-pursuing-your-highest-version

ABOUT DANNY MIRANDA:

Danny Miranda is all about pursuing the highest version of himself and helping others do the same. He's the host of The Danny Miranda Podcast, where he's interviewed folks like entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuck, writer Polina Marinova, YouTuber Ali Abdaal and entrepreneur and author Kamal Ravikant. He's also the author of Tuesday Treasure, a newsletter that's nutrition for your brain.

ABOUT LEARN WITH AVTHAR:

Learn with Avthar is the podcast that helps you become a Learning Machine. Join entrepreneur and technologist Avthar Sewrathan as he talks with world-class guests about self-mastery, startups, health and happiness. Avthar unpacks truths, lessons and mindsets that you can use to level up your life. 

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Learn with Avthar Podcast: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com​​

Follow Avthar on social:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/

ABOUT AVTHAR SEWRATHAN:

South Africa native and internationally experienced technology entrepreneur, Avthar Sewrathan,  is known for using technology to empower people. From his college dorm room, Avthar co-founded and built Afari: a blockchain-based social network that gave people more privacy and ownership over their data. He currently helps developers measure everything that matters at fast-growing startup Timescale, the makers of TimescaleDB the time-series database built on PostgreSQL. Avthar graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and is also an alumnus of United World College Costa Rica. He is obsessed with self-mastery, entrepreneurship, health and happiness and explores these topics (and more) in his weekly newsletter and podcast. Avthar lives and works in the greatest city in the world, New York City.

Learn with Avthar #10: Veda Sunassee on Creating Africa’s Next Leaders, Reflection Techniques, Finding Fulfillment

Veda is a leadership and education expert. He hails from Mauritius, and has spent most of his career building the next generation of young African leaders through his work at African Leadership Academy and African Leadership University. He was selected among the inaugural Obama Leaders in 2018 and was chosen amongst the 100 most influential Young Africans by African Youth Awards in 2019.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• Veda’s journey from Mauritius to Princeton and how he found his strengths along the way
• The power of listening to your inner voice, the value of empty space and Veda’s favorite reflection practices and techniques that you can use today.
• Veda’s philosophy of leadership and entrepreneurship and frameworks he uses to become a better leader, like the Leadership Map and the PICS framework (passions, interests, causes and skills)
• Veda’s biggest lessons building some of Africa’s finest educational institutions (ALA and ALU), how to balance achievement and fulfillment and how to take an iterative approach to your life

SHOW NOTES

African Leadership Academy - https://www.africanleadershipacademy.org

African Leadership University - https://www.alueducation.com/

Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans - https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Your-Life-Well-Lived-Joyful/dp/1101875321

Level 5 Leadership - https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/level-five-leadership.html

In The Room Podcast - https://intheroom.buzzsprout.com/

Veda’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vsunassee/?hl=en
Veda’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/vedasunassee
Veda’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/veda-sunassee-37019715/

ABOUT LEARN WITH AVTHAR

Learn with Avthar is the podcast that helps you become a Learning Machine. Join entrepreneur and technologist Avthar Sewrathan as he talks with world class guests about self-mastery, startups, health and happiness. Avthar unpacks truths, lessons and mindsets that you can use to level up your life. 

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/

Clip from Learn with Avthar Podcast Episode 7 featuring Yaw Owusu-Boahen

Find the full episode here: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com/1220963/8038809-ep-7-yaw-owusu-boahen-no-code-career-hacks-founder-lessons-and-diversity-inclusion-in-tech

ABOUT YAW OWUSU-BOAHEN:

Yaw is a Ghanian-born, American entrepreneur. He currently directs the Immerse Pre-Accelerator for BIPOC founders, as a leader of the founder inclusion team at Bubble, a company that makes a No-Code application building platform.

Previously, Yaw co-founded LMNS, an equal-opportunity hiring platform for digital marketers, and was a consultant at the prestigious Bain and Company. Yaw is a graduate of Princeton University, with a degree in Public Policy and International Relations.

ABOUT LEARN WITH AVTHAR:

Learn with Avthar is the podcast that helps you become a Learning Machine. Join entrepreneur and technologist Avthar Sewrathan as he talks with world-class guests about self-mastery, startups, health and happiness. Avthar unpacks truths, lessons and mindsets that you can use to level up your life. 

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Learn with Avthar Podcast: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com​​

Follow Avthar on social:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/

ABOUT AVTHAR SEWRATHAN:

South Africa native and internationally experienced technology entrepreneur, Avthar Sewrathan,  is known for using technology to empower people. From his college dorm room, Avthar co-founded and built Afari: a blockchain-based social network that gave people more privacy and ownership over their data. He currently helps developers measure everything that matters at fast-growing startup Timescale, the makers of TimescaleDB the time-series database built on PostgreSQL. Avthar graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and is also an alumnus of United World College Costa Rica. He is obsessed with self-mastery, entrepreneurship, health and happiness and explores these topics (and more) in his weekly newsletter and podcast. Avthar lives and works in the greatest city in the world, New York City.

Clip from Learn with Avthar Podcast Episode 8 featuring Jordan Thomas

Find the full episode here: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com/1220963/8309192-ep-8-rhodes-scholar-jordan-thomas-on-grit-discipline-and-serving-humanity

ABOUT JORDAN THOMAS:

Jordan Thomas hails from Newark, New Jersey, USA. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in public and international affairs. He's a Rhodes Scholar and earned his Masters degree from Oxford University in social intervention and policy evaluation.

He's the Chief of Staff to philanthropist Ray Chambers and will enrol at both Yale Law School and Harvard Business School for a unique JD/MBA dual degree. Jordan is motivated to do work that most directly promotes equal opportunity, social mobility, and justice for all.

ABOUT LEARN WITH AVTHAR:

Learn with Avthar is the podcast that helps you become a Learning Machine. Join entrepreneur and technologist Avthar Sewrathan as he talks with world-class guests about self-mastery, startups, health and happiness. Avthar unpacks truths, lessons and mindsets that you can use to level up your life. 

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Learn with Avthar Podcast: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com​​

Follow Avthar on social:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/

ABOUT AVTHAR SEWRATHAN:

South Africa native and internationally experienced technology entrepreneur, Avthar Sewrathan,  is known for using technology to empower people. From his college dorm room, Avthar co-founded and built Afari: a blockchain-based social network that gave people more privacy and ownership over their data. He currently helps developers measure everything that matters at fast-growing startup Timescale, the makers of TimescaleDB the time-series database built on PostgreSQL. Avthar graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and is also an alumnus of United World College Costa Rica. He is obsessed with self-mastery, entrepreneurship, health and happiness and explores these topics (and more) in his weekly newsletter and podcast. Avthar lives and works in the greatest city in the world, New York City.

Clip from TedxUWCCR featuring Avthar Sewrathan

Find the full talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrXDVHogoc0&t=3s

ABOUT AVTHAR SEWRATHAN:

South Africa native and internationally experienced technology entrepreneur, Avthar Sewrathan,  is known for using technology to empower people. From his college dorm room, Avthar co-founded and built Afari: a blockchain-based social network that gave people more privacy and ownership over their data. He currently helps developers measure everything that matters at fast-growing startup Timescale, the makers of TimescaleDB the time-series database built on PostgreSQL. Avthar graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and is also an alumnus of United World College Costa Rica. He is obsessed with self-mastery, entrepreneurship, health and happiness and explores these topics (and more) in his weekly newsletter and podcast. Avthar lives and works in the greatest city in the world, New York City.

CONNECT WITH AVTHAR:

Learn more and stay up to date at https://www.avthar.com

Avthar's Weekly Wisdom Newsletter: https://avthar.substack.com​​

Learn with Avthar Podcast: https://avthar.buzzsprout.com​​

Follow Avthar on social:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avthars​​

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avthars

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avthars/