Scaleup Valley Podcast

Scaleup Valley Podcast

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Scaleup Valley Podcast episodes

  • 221 - A Female - Focused Approach To Health & Wellness With The CEO At HerMD
    On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Kathy McAleer, CEO at HerMD
    Key takeaways:
    - How to improve patient experience, doctor experience and make the business model work?
    - A female-focused approach to health & wellness.
    - Assessing your people and figure out the superpowers of your teams.
    - Learnings from a professional CEO.
    28 min
  • 220 - The Future Of Securetech With The Managing Director At Dreamit Ventures
    On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Mel Shakir, Managing Director at Dreamit Ventures
    Key takeaways:
    - How to stand out as a Venture firm
    - Lessons learned transitioning from securetech entrepreneur to investor
    - How to validate if the startups are solving the right problem?
    Insights on how to build and scale products
    - The 4 Ts to assess if a startup is investable
    - Mistakes that securetech early stage startups could avoid
    45 min
  • 218- From Silicon Valley To Southeast Asia With The Co - Founder And Managing Partner At Iterative
    On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Hsu Ken Ooi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Iterative
    Key Takeaways:
    1. The differences between Southeast Asia and Silicon Valley (and a few insights on similarities shared by SEA and Europe);
    2. How VCs in both regions approach decision-making regarding probability and magnitude of success - US VCs are bolder;
    3. What to prove in order to be well-equipped to raise a pre-seed, seed and A round.
    54 min
  • 216 - Lessons Learned Starting A Venture - Backed Business In Thailand With The CEO At Zaapi
    On this brand-new episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias and his Co-Founder Andrew Wong, Co-Founder of Scale Up Valley speak with Janson Seah, CEO & Co-Founder at StaffAny. This is the first podcast of the 'Asian Edition' series, dedicated to cover the best scaleups across the region.
    Key takeaways:
    -Lessons learned leading the team during the pandemic
    -How to involve junior leaders on recruiting and onboarding senior talent in later stages of growth
    -Expansion from Singapore to Indonesia and Malaysia
    45 min
  • 215 - Expanding From The UK Into Asia With The CEO At Qumata Group
    On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Luca Schnettler CEO at Qumata Group.
    Key Takeaways:
    1. The importance of being in the trenches while scaling up across the Asia Pacific region
    2. Singapore and Hong Kong as important hubs for enterprise customers in the insurance industry
    3. Adopting a hybrid model of work as a tool to attract talent
    4. Fundraising lessons: How to choose the right investors
    5.The personal aspect of doing business in Asia.
    6. Developing your brand by developing your product and focusing on sales
    41 min
  • 215 - Expanding From The UK Into Asia With The CEO At Qumata Group
    On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Luca Schnettler CEO at Qumata Group.
    Key Takeaways:
    1. The importance of being in the trenches while scaling up across the Asia Pacific region
    2. Singapore and Hong Kong as important hubs for enterprise customers in the insurance industry
    3. Adopting a hybrid model of work as a tool to attract talent
    4. Fundraising lessons: How to choose the right investors
    5.The personal aspect of doing business in Asia.
    6. Developing your brand by developing your product and focusing on sales
    41 min
  • 214 - Scaling Up A Fintech Company In The Philippines with BillEase's CEO
    On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Georg Steiger, CEO & Co-Founder at BillEase
    Key Takeaways:
    1. How to scale up in the Philippines
    2. Meaningful purpose: Driving financial inclusion for Filipinos
    3. Fundraising lessons: from pre-seed to series B
    4. Diverse founding team: 1 Austrian, 1 Filipino, 1 Vietnamese
    5. How the pandemic accelerated growth
    6. How to operate in a rich and very diverse environment
    46 min
  • 213 - How To Build A Sticky Product That People Love From Startups To Enterprises With Uizard's CEO
    On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Tony Beltramelli, CEO & Co-Founder at Uizard
    Key Takeaways
    1. The importance of combining product led growth (build something that people want) with a strong Go to Market team
    2. The advantages of having a 4-member founding team and the transition into a Leadership Team
    3. Remote-first culture lessons and competitive advantage
    4. Fundraising lessons from pre-seed to series A
    5. How to get from Product Market Fit to Product Channel Fit
    42 min

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