Today’s guest is Peter Ngunyi, founder and CEO of EarlyBird Venture Lab, which provides growth, acquisition and funding strategy for early-stage tech startups.
In today’s episode, we’re talking to someone who’s seen the growth of the continent first hand over the last 40 plus years. Peter begins by touching on his recent transition from operator to investor ... Show More
Sep 11
FT’s Robin Wigglesworth: Why Bonds, Not Stocks, Rule Everything Around Us | #650
Today’s guest is Robin Wigglesworth, editor of FT Alphaville at the Financial Times and the author of A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World. In today’s episode, Robin makes the case that bonds, not stocks, are the bedrock of finance and quietly built ... Show More
49m 52s
Aug 31
Paul Kedrosky: AI is the First Bubble With Every Ingredient at Once | #648
Today’s guest is Paul Kedrosky, a fellow at the MIT Institute for the Digital Economy, partner at SK Ventures and former sell-side analyst. In today’s episode, Paul Kedrosky explains why AI sits at the intersection of every force behind the biggest bubbles. He walks through why t ... Show More
45m 31s
Nov 2024
Are African Startups the Next Growth Engines of the World? - with Mika & Hisham at P1 Ventures | The Perfect Pitch Podcast Ep10
<p>In this episode of The Perfect Pitch Podcast, we sit down with Mikael Hajjar and Hisham Halbouny, Managing Partners at <a href='https://www.p1.ventures/'>P1 Ventures</a>, to uncover the secrets of scaling startups in Africa. Mika and Hisham share their unique insights into why ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2023
Getting into business: Start-up capital in Africa
The amount of accessible funding for start-ups in Africa is growing fast, but lots of it goes to the more developed economies of South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya. We speak to business owners in Nigeria and Uganda and compare their experiences of getting into business. Nnamd ... Show More
18m 43s
Jan 2020
Matt Clifford – Investing Pre-Company - [Invest Like the Best, EP.154]
My guest today is Matt Clifford. He’s the co-founder of Entrepreneur First, the world’s leading talent investor. They invest “pre-company” by helping the best people in cities around the world find a co-founder, develop an idea, and start a company. So far, they’ve helped 1000 pe ... Show More
1h 17m
Mar 2024
20VC: 27 Years of Investing Lessons on Picking Founders, Price Discipline, Reserves and Selling Positions | Can Seed Investors Compete with Multi-Stage Venture Firms | Why Returns Will Not Worsen Moving Forward with Peter Wagner, Founder @ Wing
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Peter Wagner is a Founding Partner of <a href= "https://www.wing.vc/">Wing</a>. Peter has led investments in dozens of early-stage companies including Snowflake, Gong, Pinecone, and many others which have gone on to complete IPO's or successful acq ... Show More
55m 52s
Oct 2024
Kareem Zaki - Small Ideas Attract Competition - [Invest Like the Best, EP.392]
My guest today is Kareem Zaki. Kareem is a General Partner at Thrive Capital and has been at the firm for a decade. In an episode last year, Thrive's founder, Josh Kushner, told me he is the best healthcare investor in the world. Kareem has co-founded three healthcare businesses ... Show More
1h 28m