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Startup Garage episodes

  • #31 What Winning Looks Like (Part 1) Ft. Robert Hussey, Co-Founder, POP Radio
    Worked on the Wall Street in the 70s. Started his own company in the 80s. Went public on NASDAQ. Got acquired. The guest for our episode today is a prolific marketing genius and the co-founder of POP Radio, Robert Hussey (Bob). This is the first part of his story, filled with brave decisions and extraordinary achievements. We talk about it all: his early life, career, startup and IPOing!
    57 min
  • #30 Ethical Leadership Ft. Roberto Croci, Managing Director, Microsoft For Startups
    Roberto Croci is the Managing Director at Microsoft For Startups, MENA region. He has previously served as Regional Head, Google Marketing Platforms - EMEA Emerging Markets (Middle East, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Africa) and has been an advisor to startups since 2008.
    Roberto is one of those leaders who has worked at the cusp of startups and corporates for years, and has been driving innovation in the emerging markets. He often talks about ethical leadership, human-centred approach to development and the power of humility, and so in this episode, we explore these topics, along with how these are practiced at Microsoft.
    34 min
  • #29 Out-Innovating Ft. Alex Lazarow, VC, Cathay Innovation

    Alexandre Lazarow is a venture capitalist with Cathay Innovation, a global firm that invests across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America in a range of startups including Chime, Neon, Terminal, FinAccel, Zola, Rensource, Paga among others.

    Previously, Alex worked with Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm.  He is also the author of 'Out-Innovate' published by Harvard Business Review Press in April 2020, where he talks about how global entrepreneurs are re-writing the rules of starting up.
    In this episode, we dive deeper into Alex's experiences of investing in global startups, we talk about building unicorns vs. camels and some facets of how entrepreneurs can "out-innovate". 

    29 min
  • #Breakdown3: The Marshmallow Challenge
    The Marshmallow Challenge is a team-based design challenge invented by Peter Skillman which has been a phenomenal experiment in behavioural psychology in groups. The challenge reveals a lot about teamwork and curiosity.
    3 min
  • #28 Raising Money As VCs Ft. Charlie O'Donnell, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

    Our guest for this episode is Charlie O'Donnell. Charlie is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.  The fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn - where Charlie was born and raised.  Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of The Wing, Canary, Hungryroot, Ample Hills, Clubhouse, Imagen, and goTenna among others. Charlie has a reputation for picking out great companies really early on, as he did with Twitter and Foursquare. He is one of only a dozen individuals to be named to Business Insider's 100 Most Influential People in NY Tech five or more times.

    In this episode we talk to him about early 2000s, the dotcom crash, his experiences of raising money as a first-time fund manager and how he pitched to Limited Partners (LPs). This episode can be a great resource to listeners looking to break into the VC industry.
    You can read more about Charlie, here and also read his blog: This Is Going To Be Big.

    44 min
  • #Breakdown2: First Mover (Dis)Advantage
    Is being first in the market always an advantage? Or is there something about second movers since they have been wildly successful? In this short episode, we explore the long-debated idea with a short story of Red Bull.
    3 min
  • #27 Fund Of Funds Ft. Mohammad Mustafa, Chairman, SIDBI
    For the second episode of season 2, we have invited Mr. Mohammad Mustafa (IAS), Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI. He has been leading charge of SIDBI's venture capital push in India by acting as a fund of funds to the country's top VCs. His recent book, Demystifying Venture Capital is a fresh take on how the industry is structured, and also has an unbiased viewpoint with chapters like 'ethics in venture capital'. In this episode, we chat with him about his book, about debt vs. equity vs. bootstrapping and about failures in the VC industry.
    26 min
  • #26 The CEO Factory Ft. Sudhir Sitapati, Executive Director, HUL
    Did you know: over 400 CEOs in India are ex-HUL?
    For the pilot episode of season 2, we have invited over Sudhir Sitapati, Executive Director, Hindustan Unilever.
    Sudhir has spent over 20 years at HUL, wearing multiple hats across categories, functions and regions and has recently distilled his knowledge and observations of all these years into 'The CEO Factory', his first book.
    In this episode, Ayush and Vaibhav co-host Sudhir and talk about his book, HUL's culture of building CEOs, about decision making and leadership. Tune in to hear the full episode.
    37 min
  • #25 Investing in SE Asia Ft. Jeffrey Paine, Partner, Golden Gate Ventures
    Jeffrey Paine is one of the most active startup ecosystem leaders in Asia. He is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Golden Gate Ventures, one of the earliest and most active VC funds of South-East Asia. He also started the Singapore chapter of Founder Institute. In this episode, we chat with him about raising money from LPs, about what makes south-east Asian markets different and about horizontal vs. vertical expansion in startups.
    41 min

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