The 5AM Grind

Haris and Ali discuss their outlook for 2022 and cover the following topics:

· Why is being on social media in 2021 important?

· How do you use social media to amplify your brand?

· Should you try to be everywhere or only in some places?

· What are some of the downsides of being on social media?

· Why is it important to stop Micromanaging?

· When do you know that you should stop Micromanaging your organization?

· How do you delegate?

· How do you deal with client service issues when you stop Micromanaging?

· Is the current inflation only transitory?

· What will be the repercussions of higher inflation?

· What is happening to the Supply Chain?

· What does this mean for the economy?

· Is being a positive person important?

· Are entrepreneurs naturally positive people?

· What are some of the downsides of being a positive person?

· If you’re not a positive person, what are you?

· How do you stay positive?

Today on The 5AM Grind, we’re delighted to bring you our guest interview with Eva Lau.

Eva is the founding Partner of Two Small Fish Ventures - A venture firm that invests in early-stage transformative tech companies with strong network effects.

Before founding Two Small Fish Ventures, Eva was Wattpad’s Head of Community and Content. She helped scale Wattpad from its infancy to become one of the largest online communities with tens of millions of monthly users around the world. In 2021, Wattpad was sold for $800 million.

Eva is involved in many incubators and accelerators across Canada such as

Creative Destruction Lab at the Rotman School of Management, Ryerson’s DMZ, University of Waterloo’s Velocity, and Techstars.

We hope you enjoy our interview with Eva!

· Why is marketing important?

· Do investments in marketing bring business right away?

· Is marketing the same as brand building?

· Why do so many businesses ignore investing in marketing?

· Is Greed Good?

· What’s the difference between AMBITION and GREED?

· Are billionaires greedy?

· How do you stop yourself from being greedy?

· What does Corporate Culture mean?

· When does Corporate Culture become important?

· Does Corporate Culture change?

· Which organization do you think has a great Corporate Culture?