The Entrepreneur Insight

My guest today is Alex Lazarow, he is a Global Investor at Cathay Innovation and author of the book “Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to Detroit Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley".

Alex is not your typical Silicon Valley investor, he is someone who is interested in finding the founders who are creating new and innovative businesses in other markets around the world.

In our conversation, Alex makes it clear that this is a chance for silicon valley to learn to look at innovations outside their bubble.

You can find Alex’s book here: https://www.alexlazarow.com/

My guest today is Frederik Fahning, Frederik is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Zenjob, a startup founded in 2015 where students are matched to business to work for them. 

In this episode, we take a bit of a different approach and we focus more on why he started his company and the future of work as it relates to the services he provides and the vision he has for how people will see employment in the new economy that is developing.

My guest today is Oliver Bendig, he is the CEO of Matrix 42. A company that helps organizations digitize the workspace environment of their employees. 

Oliver has had a great career in which he has climbed the corporate ladder all the way to the CEO position. In our conversation, we talked about his journey and mainly about the people who have influenced him over his career. 

Oliver puts a lot of stock on the importance of consistent learning and how by always being a student we keep ourselves moving forward.

My guest today is Boris Kontsevoi, he is the Founder and President of Intetics, and he is also an industry leader with an unconventional back story that showcases how important it is to look for opportunities when unexpected change comes your way.

Growing up and beginning his professional life in the former soviet union Boris soon understood that with the fall of the union things were not going to be the same and that exposing himself into other cultures and business opportunities were the way to get ahead in the new reality. 

Today Boris has had a successful career as a tech entrepreneur and is an official member of the Forbes Technology Council.

My guest today is Luke Schutte, he is the Founder and CEO of ReNuTeq, as well as the CEO of SoLis Mobility. Luke is known as the creator, and innovator of the disrupting material technology: Engineered Bamboo for performance-based, architectural, & structural applications. 

In our conversation, we dive in into what it has taken for him and his team to build their companies ReNuTeq and SoLis Mobility. 

We also get a full description of what their vision is for the next 5 and 30 years.

My guest today is Frederic Joye, he is the Co-Founder and President of Arcanys. Arcanys is a software development outsourcing firm in the Philippines. 

Prior to Arcanys, he worked in IT and operational projects in the finance and software industry in Switzerland for 10 years.

My guest today is Fabrice Grinda. He is the Co-Founder of FJ Labs a venture capital firm headquartered in NYC, with a portfolio of 481 startups - Fabrice was also the co-founder of OLX Inc. 

In this episode Fabrice shares a lot of knowledge on the value of building the right relationships is key to success and he also dives into the importance of leveraging technology and the internet to maximize productivity.

My guest today is Anuj Srivastav. He is CEO and co-founder of Livspace where he shapes the vision, strategy, and growth as the company continuously redefines how interiors are designed and delivered. 

Anuj’s experience and his attention to detail has gotten him to where he is today, and in this episode he shares tons of value regarding why the people who believe in you and your ideas will happily invest their time at great risk to see your vision become a success.

My guest today is Adalberto Flores, he is the CEO of Kueski, the fastest micro-lending service for Latin America. 

Adalberto understood the power of entrepreneurship, work ethic and saving from a young age.