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38 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago -Barry Winata brings you insightful conversations with leaders, founders, investors, and disruptors discussing topics at the intersection of technology, business, philosophy, and psychology.
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#032: 10 Questions Every Founder Should Ask Before Starting a Company
September 15, 2023 06:57 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBThis video covers the top 10 questions that I've received from aspiring founders looking to build their first company and how to do it properly. Building a company is hard stuff so these questions are aimed at helping entrepreneurs better understand what's required in building a business. #business #entrepreneurship #mindset --------------------------------- TIMESTAMPS: --------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 02:46 Juggling 9-5 full time work with building your business 0...
#031: Jennifer Garvey Berger - Mental Models for Effective Leadership in a Complex World
July 29, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBJennifer is the CEO of Cultivating Leadership. She blends deep theoretical knowledge with a driving quest for practical ways to make leaders’ lives better. She speaks about leadership and complexity, coaches executives and executive teams, designs and teaches leadership programs. In this episode, expect to learn the mental models of highly effective leaders, why imposter syndrome is good thing, the importance of leadership in a complex world, why adult development theory is becoming more p...
#030: Danny Ma - My journey from Data Scientist to building a personal brand, and 100K+ following
July 05, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBDanny is a data scientist, consultant, and educator with over 12 years of experience. Danny runs his Data With Danny education platform where he teaches fundamental data skills to over 3,000 students. He is a LinkedIn Top Voice, and a technical author and instructor at O’Reilly Media and LinkedIn Learning. In this episode expect to learn why data is becoming the new oil, the fundamentals of data science, the differences and similarities between data science and AI, how to build a strong per...
#029: Jessica Box – Scaling Linktree from 0 to 1 across Product and Growth, building teams, and leadership
June 14, 2023 22:55 - 59 minutes - 41 MBJessica is an award winning executive, advisor and board director with experience leading product, growth and insights in +1bn valued tech companies. With a passion for learning and an entrepreneurial spirit, Jessica has grown successful teams across agencies (partnering with Toyota, Slack, Visa), startup (Finch) and scale up (Linktree) as well as driving change for women in tech as MD of Girls in Tech Australia for 6 years. In this episode, expect to learn what it was like during the earl...
#028: Nazneen Rajani – Building GPT from scratch, Hugging Face, AGI, open source AI
June 07, 2023 23:56 - 1 hour - 50 MBNazneen is a Research Lead at HuggingFace, a startup with a mission to democratize ML, leading the LLMs trained using RLHF direction. Before HF, she worked at Salesforce Research where she led a team of researchers focused on building robust natural language generation systems based on LLMs. Her expertise lies in training and evaluating LLMs, focusing on interpretability, robustness, factuality, and commonsense reasoning. She completed her Ph.D. in CS at UT-Austin. Nazneen has over 50 papers...
#027: Liam Bolling – Life of a Google Product Manager, interview tips, the power of AI, and career growth
May 29, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBLiam Bolling is a Product Manager at Google (Maps). Previously, he co-founded the early version of Microsoft Viva as a Program Manager at Microsoft. Liam is also an active advisor, angel investor, and YouTuber where he teaches on product management and insights. In this episode, expect to learn about why product managers at Google are different, what to expect out of a product manager interview, how AI is playing a key role for the future of product management, what a day-to-day looks like...
#026: Abby Davisson – The Art of Making Hard Decisions for Love and Money
May 22, 2023 23:07 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBAbby is a social innovation leader and career development expert. She has served as President of the Gap Foundation and co-founded the employee resource group for working parents at Gap Inc. She's a sought-after speaker and workshop leader on the topic of how to make money and love decisions Learn about why making hard decisions is difficult, especially when it involves love and money, how to overcome decision paralysis, the best way to have conversations with loved ones about big decisions...
#025: Dean Rickles - Life is short, and why that’s a good thing for all of us
May 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBDean is Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics at the University of Sydney, where he also is a director of the Sydney Centre for Time. Specializing in quantum gravity, he has written several books in this area, including A Brief History of String Theory: From Dual Models to M-Theory, and Covered in Deep Mist: The Development of Quantum Gravity, 1916-1956. Other recent books include Life is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making it More Meaningful and Dual-Aspect Monism...
#024: Jacky Khuu - Startup failure, food delivery, being resilient, hard lessons, and trying again
April 26, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBJacky Khuu was an early team member of DoorDash’s white-label delivery business in Australia. His passion for entrepreneurship led him to most recently co-founding Munchcart (now dissolved), a network of dark kitchens that helped restaurants expand into new areas without any rent or labour. The global logistics food delivery space has gone through massive reform over the past year with failed businesses, capital inefficiencies, and overfunding, especially during a volatile market. Munchcart...
#023: Arvid Kahl – Indie Hacking, Bootstrapping, Building in Public, Social Media
April 20, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 72.2 MBArvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public. In this episode, expect to learn about why indie hacking has become so popular, what it means to be a bootstrapped founder, what “building in public” is all about, being an introverted founder, the ups and downs of building your own business, how to properly build a social media following, addressing mental health, and much more. #buildinpublic #indiehackers #twitter #socialm...
#022: Neil Durrant – Become your true self, Nietzsche, Stoicism and the search for meaning
April 10, 2023 22:11 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBNeil Durrant is an Adjunct Fellow in the Philosophy Department at Macquarie University, with a research interest in applied ethics, specializing in Nietzsche studies, friendship and practical philosophy. Does Stoicism have a problem? Stoicism has been around for thousands of years, but does it still have a place in modern society? The study of Nietzsche might have some answers to these questions. In this conversation, expect to learn why Stoicism may be flawed in its teachings, how the teac...
#021: Adam Schwab - Luxury Escapes: Building an Iconic Travel Brand
April 06, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 51 MBAdam Schwab is the co-founder and CEO of Luxury Escapes. The largest luxury travel platform in Australia and they are growing like crazy. In this episode, we talk about Adam's early days and how the companies he built leaped frog him into what Luxury Escapes is today and the lessons learned along the way. We talk about exactly how the LE model works and why COVID was such a blessing in disguise for them given how hard the travel industry got hit. Also, we talk about the importance of trying...
#020: Anthony Vicino – From $80K in Debt to 7-figure multimillionaire through hyperfocus and mental models
March 30, 2023 10:47 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBAnthony Vicino is the founder of Invictus Capital and a multi-business creator and owner. He truly has a rags-to-riches story and in doing so has built very powerful and effective mental models, methods, systems, and processes that have contributed to his success. In this episode, we talk about his journey from being $80,000 in debt to building multiple 7-figure businesses, but more interestingly how he was able to do this by using some very key and important mental models, systems, and pr...
#019: Francisco Mendes – How to Deal with Tech Burnout
March 21, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBFrancisco Vieria Mendes is the COO and Co-founder of Yerbo; a HR platform focused on building solutions that improve the well-being of organizations around mental health, productivity, culture, and happiness in the workplace. In this episode, we talk extensively about mental health and burnout especially in tech – what it actually means for us, ways we can identify if we’re suffering from burnout, solutions to dealing with it, the impacts of COVID, and also the fascinating insights they ga...
#018: Mark Gainey – Strava: Scaling to 100M users, mindset, exercise and growth
March 14, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBMark is currently Chairman and co-founder of Strava. He co-founded the company in 2009 with Michael Horvath. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco and supports customers in over 180 countries. In this episode, we discuss Strava’s origin story and how it got its name, we talk about the early days of the company and learn about their interesting growth strategy and how they got their first customers. Also, we speak about the founder mindset and what it takes to build an enduring compa...
#017: Ken Miller – Podcasting, AI, ChatGPT, Leadership, Learning, and Fathom
February 28, 2023 21:15 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBKen Miller is the CTO and co-founder of Fathom; a AI podcasting platform focused on disrupting this ever growing space and why this is going to change the way we produce and consume content forever. In this episode, we discuss how artificial intelligence is impacting society. We discuss AI’s exponential progress, especially around chatGPT, the intersection of AI and podcasting, Fathom’s new Podium feature that is cutting podcast creation time in half, the interesting question of; “can AI c...
#016: Mia Nguyen – How to Fundraise for your First VC Fund the right way
February 01, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBMia Nguyen is the Operating Principal at Four Cities Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in Seed & Series A companies. In this episode, we discuss the strategies for emerging fund managers to build a venture fund. This includes advice on sourcing and connecting with Limited Partners (LPs), managing pipelines, what materials to prepare for LPs, and the importance of understanding venture math and crafting a differentiated story for prospective investors. We also navigated ...
#15: How To Identify If A Startup is a Rocketship 🚀
June 30, 2022 05:43 - 10 minutesIn this episode, I talk about four key tips you can use to identify if a startup is worth investing in — these include, the Founders, Problem, Solution, and Timing (the FPTS method). We go into each tip in-depth and discuss why they’re important in evaluating a startup and its potential for success. PODCAST: — Podcast Website: http://barrywinata.com/podcast Pod Link: https://pod.link/prompt Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2TYmUu3 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3mXIUSl Twitter: @PromptPo...
#15: How To Identify If A Startup is a Rocketship 🚀
June 30, 2022 05:43 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBIn this episode, I talk about four key tips you can use to identify if a startup is worth investing in — these include, the Founders, Problem, Solution, and Timing (the FPTS method). We go into each tip in-depth and discuss why they’re important in evaluating a startup and its potential for success. PODCAST: — Podcast Website: http://barrywinata.com/podcast Pod Link: https://pod.link/prompt Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2TYmUu3 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3mXIUSl Twitter: @Prompt...
#14: How One Company is Changing the $88 BILLION Pipe Sector | VAPAR
June 15, 2022 21:31 - 10 minutesVAPAR is disrupting an $88 BILLION industry. In this episode, I speak with CTO and Co-founder of VAPAR; Michelle Aguilar on their origin story, what they’re building, and why it’s important. We also touch on this important disruption in such a traditional industry, and why change is needed especially using technology that can help decrease costs, reduce time and automate everything. https://vapar.co PODCAST: ***************** Podcast Website: http://barrywinata.com/podcast Pod Link: https...
#13: How Founders Can Cold Call Investors The Right Way
June 10, 2022 12:51 - 8 minutesIn this episode, I showcase some tips and tricks founders (and non-founders) can use to reach out (cold) to others i.e. investors, customers, clients etc. that are effective. These tips include: medium, length, content, hype and a two-way street. I also demonstrate how to cold contact an investor through an example email, and how others can use this template for their own purposes. PODCAST: ***************** Podcast Website: http://barrywinata.com/podcast Pod Link: https://pod.link/prompt A...
#12: Kendrick Nguyen — Angel Investing for EVERYONE with Republic
September 20, 2021 18:00 - 43 minutesKendrick Nguyen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Republic — a crowd equity investing platform that is championing the retail revolution so that everyone can become an angel investor. Ken talks about why he left AngelList to build Republic and what drives his mission to democratize investing for the private markets. He also provides insights and anecdotes into some of the most notable investments across Republic, including Gumroad (Sahil Lavingia) and Backstage Capital (Arlan Hamilton). EPISODE: ...
#12: Kendrick Nguyen — Angel Investing for EVERYONE with Republic
September 20, 2021 18:00 - 43 minutesKendrick Nguyen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Republic — a crowd equity investing platform that is championing the retail revolution so that everyone can become an angel investor. Ken talks about why he left AngelList to build Republic and what drives his mission to democratize investing for the private markets. He also provides insights and anecdotes into some of the most notable investments across Republic, including Gumroad (Sahil Lavingia) and Backstage Capital (Arlan Hamilton).EPISODE: *...
#11: Simon Olson - Raising my own VC fund, Swedish Tech Mafia, and Startup Nation
August 24, 2021 17:59 - 58 minutesSimon Olson is an early-stage VC but also the founder and General Partner of XY Ventures; a Swedish based VC firm that he founded from the ground the up to invest in early-stage startups with ties to Silicon Valley. In this episode, you'll get to learn about his journey of getting into VC, his secrets, how he raised his own fund completely from scratch and his lessons and tips for anyone interested breaking into Venture Capital themselves. And also, how founders on the other side of the tabl...
#10: Tim Fung - Airtasker, going IPO, and secrets to building a company
August 20, 2021 06:00 - 1 hourTim Fung is CEO and Co-founder of Airtasker - the Australian founded company that provides an online and mobile marketplace enabling users to outsource their everyday tasks; whether it be cleaning your house, furniture assembly, house repairs, helping with your resume, and much more Founded in 2012, Tim has been instrumental in building his company from literally his apartment to a new publicly listed company as of March 2021. In our conversation, you'll hear about how Tim's journey from the...
#9: Peter Bakker - Unhedged, Algo Trading & Beating Hedge Funds
May 11, 2021 21:00 - 56 minutesPeter Bakker is the CEO and Co-Founder of Unhedged, an early-stage company developing a platform to place the power of the big banks into the hands of everyday investors using advanced algorithms. This is a disruptive space and will no doubt change the game for retail traders and investors. EPISODE: ***************** https://unhedged.io https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterbakker/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...
#8: Li Jiang - The ONE Blockchain To Rule Them All
May 02, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutesLi Jiang is the COO of Harmony — a Silicon Valley startup building a next-generation blockchain & protocol to help bring together and help bridge the gap between other crypto-assets and potentially solving the elusive blockchain trilemma; and that's being fast, scalable and secure! This was a conversation with amazing insights into his crypto journey, forming bridges along the blockchain and some great knowledge bombs imparted by Li. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss th...
#7: Michael Suswal - Autonomous self-checkout is here!
January 14, 2021 17:00 - 1 hourMichael Suswal is the COO and co-founder of Standard Cognition, a retail based AI company based in San Francisco. They are building an autonomous self-checkout system for brick and mortar retailers with modem AI-powered computer vision technology. Just imagine, walking into a store, picking up whatever you want, then simply walking out. Think about not having to wait in the checkout line anymore, think about how more enjoyable your shopping experience will be. This technology has far reachin...
#7: Michael Suswal - Autonomous self-checkout is here!
January 14, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBMichael Suswal is the COO and co-founder of Standard Cognition, a retail based AI company based in San Francisco. They are building an autonomous self-checkout system for brick and mortar retailers with modem AI-powered computer vision technology. Just imagine, walking into a store, picking up whatever you want, then simply walking out. Think about not having to wait in the checkout line anymore, think about how more enjoyable your shopping experience will be. This technology has far reachin...
#6: Jemma Green - Power Distribution, Energy Harvesting and Blockchain
January 07, 2021 17:00 - 58 minutesJemma Green is the CEO and co-founder of Power Ledger. A company using blockchain to democratize the consumption and supply of electricity by helping people choose the energy they want to consume. They build software for clients and partners that allows the consumers and producers to track, trace and trade power - wherever it and whenever it is. Website: powerledger.io Whitepaper: https://www.powerledger.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/power-ledger-whitepaper.pdf Forbes: https://www.forbes.co...
#5: Jamie Burrows - The Revolution of Vertical Farming
December 14, 2020 14:00 - 58 minutesJamie Burrows is the CEO and founder of Vertical Future, a London based vertical farming startup focusing on developing solutions to help grow, manage, scale and optimize plant growth through indoor farming. With the world facing threats from climate change, a growth population and changing biodiversity it's important we find new and innovative ways to farm and harvest produce. We discuss everything from sensors, automation, data analytics to talking about the industry as a whole and the fu...
#4: Dave Dey - How Will Self-Driving Cars Talk to Pedestrians?
December 07, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourDebargha (Dave) Dey is a Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. His current work involves investigating autonomous vehicle communications with external entities and other road users to enhance safety and promote an autonomous future. We talk about his work and his motivation for his research. Plus, we chat about the challenges and the future of self-driving cars and what it might mean for all of us to live ...
#3: Casey Bowman - How I Got Started in Bitcoin
November 23, 2020 17:00 - 1 hourCasey Bowman is a seasoned software engineer with deep experience in Bitcoin. He was one of the early adopters of the cryptocurrency back when it was new and experimental. His love of monetary theory and free markets back in graduate school inevitably led him down this path of learning, exploration and the pursuit of knowledge. Over the years, Casey's work and interest in engineering-economic systems is far-reaching, taking him from Silicon Valley to Wall Street and back. He is now a full-t...
#2: Joel Chang - Building the Tesla of Electric Motorcycles
November 16, 2020 17:00 - 1 hourJoel is the COO and Co-Founder of Ion Mobility, a new-age Singaporean electric motorcycle company aimed at revolutionizing the motorcycle industry towards renewable energy and a sustainable future across South-East Asia. In our conversation, we talk about his journey into Ion Mobility and his story in wanting to create change and a brighter path for mobility. We chat about everything from market access, regulations and engineering to infrastructure and the company's roadmap. Along the way, ...
#2: Joel Chang - Building the Tesla of Electric Motorcycles
November 16, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBJoel is the COO and Co-Founder of Ion Mobility, a new-age Singaporean electric motorcycle company aimed at revolutionizing the motorcycle industry towards renewable energy and a sustainable future across South-East Asia. In our conversation, we talk about his journey into Ion Mobility and his story in wanting to create change and a brighter path for mobility. We chat about everything from market access, regulations and engineering to infrastructure and the company's roadmap. Along the way, ...
#1: Natasha Baker - How I Started My Own Tech Company
November 16, 2020 17:00 - 58 minutesNatasha is the Founder and CEO of SnapEDA, a Silicon Valley company developing a software as a service to better streamline electronic design and automation. Her company's product is currently trusted by over a million engineers around the world from companies like Amazon, Google, Nike, Adidas, Samsung, and many more. In our chat, we talk about how she founded the company and her journey from an engineer to becoming founder and CEO, talking about her challenges and triumphs. Our conversati...
#0: Trailer
October 15, 2020 00:00 - 1 minuteWe're launching a new Podcast aimed at focusing on the people who are shaping today's world through science, engineering, and technology. To be more specific, this Podcast takes aim at guests who are change agents in their fields and to find out what makes them tick, their journey, and hopefully allow them to inspire others to make our world a better place. We're all living in unprecedented times right now and I believe it's important to share the important work and contributions all of you ...
#0: The Disruptors Collective - Teaser
October 15, 2020 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.11 MBWe're launching a new Podcast aimed at focusing on the people who are shaping today's world through science, engineering, and technology. To be more specific, this Podcast takes aim at guests who are change agents in their fields and to find out what makes them tick, their journey, and hopefully allow them to inspire others to make our world a better place. We're all living in unprecedented times right now and I believe it's important to share the important work and contributions all of you ...