Unlimited Partners

Welcome to the second episode of Unlimited Partners. My guest today is Rahat Ahmed from Anchorless. He's the Founding Partner & CEO of Anchorless Bangladesh. He's an investor, advisor and strategist in technology and emerging markets with a focus on long-term value creation. Passionate about emerging technologies and how consumer behaviour will evolve over the next 25 years.At Anchorless Bangladesh, they are very excited to work with brilliant founders with incredible ideas, globally-experienced investors, the startup community and other local stakeholders to strengthen the Bangladeshi ecosystem.

Join me for a discussion with Rahat as we dive into his background and what it means to build in a part of the world is growing at 10% GDP year over year. Taking on risk when you're looking for 100x returns. What a good founder looks like, as well as many other great tidbits of info.

I am your host, Thomas McGannon.

 

Discussion Points:

Rahat's Bangladesh upbringing

Moving to Texas

Building ecosystems in an emerging market

Risk

What makes a good partner

Good founder qualities

Mobile phone growth

Tech infrastructure

USA/Bangladesh relations

Resources:

 

Rahat Ahmed LinkedIn

Thomas McGannon LinkedIn

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Unlimited Partners.  My guest today is a good friend and one of the people who encouraged me to start this podcast, David Rosenthal, the host of the wildly popular podcast “Acquired.” 

Acquired tells the stories of great companies. David and his partner Ben Gilbert began the show in 2015 to explore what made great acquisitions successful. It quickly outgrew its name, expanding beyond corporate transactions to chronicle and analyze the entire journey of enduring institutions. Each episode of Acquired is now downloaded by over 100,000 unique listeners in the first 90 days, and has an estimated 250,000+ subscribers across all podcast players. It has been ranked the #1 Technology show on Apple Podcasts and has built a passionate audience with a 5-star rating across thousands of reviews. Episodes occasionally feature guests, such as the founders/CEOs of Twitter, Atari, Electronic Arts, Sequoia Capital, Eventbrite, Venmo, Recode, Superhuman, Mozilla, Digg, Solana, FTX, and CAA.

Join me for a discussion with David about his family life and fatherhood, his thoughts on how Acquired became the juggernaut that it is today, and his ideas on how and why some of the greatest partnerships he has observed through his career and through the podcast are so successful.

I am your host, Thomas McGannon.

 

Discussion Points:

David and Tom discuss parenthood, their wives, kids, and all they did and did not expect

Were there any foundational partnerships you observed growing up, that inspired you?

David and Ben are eternal optimists

The “arena show” that Acquired is preparing to put on

What is Acquired all about?

What does an ideal LP (Limited Partnership) look like to you?

Angel investments, internet business, venture capital, and the reward of helping others

David describes some of the most amazing partnerships he’s seen 

The strong foundation that partners need to share to be successful

Nvidia and TSMC’s partnership

David’s venture capital startup Kindergarten Ventures

Nat Manning and Kettle

Would you ever have predicted this path for yourself?

David’s surprising past as a dance troupe member in college

Stanford Business School, Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Lex Fridman, Rick Rubin, Luke Burgis, Dave Chappelle, and more

Resources:

David Rosenthal LinkedIn

 

Ben Gilbert LinkedIn

 

Acquired Podcast

 

Thomas McGannon LinkedIn

 

Luke Burgis Book, Wanting

 

Lex Fridman Interview w Rick Rubin