The Enthusiast: Founders and VCs beyond the Valley

A podcast by Pat Alex

100 Episoade

[Investor Journey] Allan Boruchowicz (Carao) on investing in Central America, fast due diligence and contrarian views on market expansion
Publicat: 28.09.2021
[Investor Journey] Fernando Fabre (Matterscale) on scaling Endeavor, playing the VC game & the link between employee engagement and culture
Publicat: 14.09.2021
[Operator Stories] Every cycle is a new cycle - Marco Fisbhen (Descomplica) on scaling edtech, acquisitions & cultural fit and growing as a leader
Publicat: 31.08.2021
Andy Tian (Asia Innovations Group) on building social media products for emerging markets, global expansion and user protection across cultures
Publicat: 17.08.2021
Ryan Williams on giving & receiving advice, a film on emerging ecosystems and the entrepreneur as a surfer from Uruguay to NZ
Publicat: 03.08.2021
René Lomelí on the evolution of 500S in LatAm to SomosLucha, reducing biases in selecting founders & going remote
Publicat: 20.07.2021
[Investor Journey] Mario Mello (Valor) on the making of a SPAC - Insights into Valor’s latest feat, Adding Value on Boards & Staying humble
Publicat: 06.07.2021
[Investor Journey] Alex Lazarow (Cathay) on innovation through cross-pollination, the last frontier & entrepreneurs as creators
Publicat: 22.06.2021
[Investor Journey] Jason Ball (GR Capital) on growth stage investing, LP relationships and the opportunity in Eastern Europe
Publicat: 08.06.2021
Pete Benedetto on how Endeavor hacked market expansion to build the world’s leading community of high impact entrepreneurs
Publicat: 25.05.2021
[Strategic DeepDive] Community centred business models & vulnerability for leaders - Tristan Pollock on how to build a mission driven company and craft your authentic self
Publicat: 10.05.2021
[Operator Stories] What does a Chief of Staff at a scale-up actually do - Amanda Jacobson (Oyster) on relationship building and B2B financial infrastructure
Publicat: 13.04.2021
[Investor Journey] Bridging Silicon Valley & Africa - Mbwana Alliy (Savannah) on fund structuring, LPs and retaining scale-up talent
Publicat: 30.03.2021
[Operator Stories] Profit vs. Impact? Georg Wolff (Co-founder Buckle & Seam) on scaling a D2C fashion brand, producing in Pakistan and a company's purpose
Publicat: 08.03.2021
[Investor Journey] On investment opportunities and portfolio construction - A deep dive into angel investing with Alex Galvez (Co-Founder @Sila)
Publicat: 22.02.2021
Educating future entrepreneurs - Gabriel Weintraub (Stanford) & Marcos Singer (Universidad Catolica) on the role of universities, integration with industry and whether entrepreneurship can be taught
Publicat: 06.02.2021
[Investor Journey] Katjana Kammin (Head of Portfolio, MEST) on digitisation, new sector trends and opportunities
Publicat: 29.12.2020
[Investor Journey] Jenny Johnston (Flourish) on the potential of fintech innovation, the digital hustle and Omidyar's leading role
Publicat: 12.12.2020
Building entrepreneurial ecosystems in Latam - Dani Tricarico (ASELA Co-Executive Director) on the importance of public policy, resilience and regional collaboration
Publicat: 14.11.2020
[Operator Stories] From El Salvador to Malaysia - Gerardo Salandra (Co-Founder, Respond.io) on scaling, people management, decentralized teams and opportunities in emerging markets
Publicat: 07.11.2020

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"Entrepreneurial Talent is Global" - On The Enthusiast, Host Pat Alex chats with some of the most fascinating Founders, Operators and Investors Beyond Silicon Valley. Every two weeks, he sits down with the likes of Arjuna Costa (Flourish), Paulo Passoni, Jeffrey Paine (Golden Gate Ventures), Gerry Giacoman (Clara) and Monica Brand Engel (Quona) to dissect their challenges around scaling, fundraising, managing boards and company leadership. Taken together, the guests have raised venture capital in the hundreds of millions and are behind their regions' biggest business and venture successes paving the way towards a more equitable and diverse future. Follow the newsletter to always stay up to date with the latest episodes: https://linktr.ee/Patalex

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100 Episoade

[Investor Journey] Allan Boruchowicz (Carao) on investing in Central America, fast due diligence and contrarian views on market expansion

[Investor Journey] Fernando Fabre (Matterscale) on scaling Endeavor, playing the VC game & the link between employee engagement and culture

[Operator Stories] Every cycle is a new cycle - Marco Fisbhen (Descomplica) on scaling edtech, acquisitions & cultural fit and growing as a leader

Andy Tian (Asia Innovations Group) on building social media products for emerging markets, global expansion and user protection across cultures

Ryan Williams on giving & receiving advice, a film on emerging ecosystems and the entrepreneur as a surfer from Uruguay to NZ

René Lomelí on the evolution of 500S in LatAm to SomosLucha, reducing biases in selecting founders & going remote

[Investor Journey] Mario Mello (Valor) on the making of a SPAC - Insights into Valor’s latest feat, Adding Value on Boards & Staying humble

[Investor Journey] Alex Lazarow (Cathay) on innovation through cross-pollination, the last frontier & entrepreneurs as creators

[Investor Journey] Jason Ball (GR Capital) on growth stage investing, LP relationships and the opportunity in Eastern Europe

Pete Benedetto on how Endeavor hacked market expansion to build the world’s leading community of high impact entrepreneurs

[Strategic DeepDive] Community centred business models & vulnerability for leaders - Tristan Pollock on how to build a mission driven company and craft your authentic self

[Operator Stories] What does a Chief of Staff at a scale-up actually do - Amanda Jacobson (Oyster) on relationship building and B2B financial infrastructure

[Investor Journey] Bridging Silicon Valley & Africa - Mbwana Alliy (Savannah) on fund structuring, LPs and retaining scale-up talent

[Operator Stories] Profit vs. Impact? Georg Wolff (Co-founder Buckle & Seam) on scaling a D2C fashion brand, producing in Pakistan and a company's purpose

[Investor Journey] On investment opportunities and portfolio construction - A deep dive into angel investing with Alex Galvez (Co-Founder @Sila)

Educating future entrepreneurs - Gabriel Weintraub (Stanford) & Marcos Singer (Universidad Catolica) on the role of universities, integration with industry and whether entrepreneurship can be taught

[Investor Journey] Katjana Kammin (Head of Portfolio, MEST) on digitisation, new sector trends and opportunities

[Investor Journey] Jenny Johnston (Flourish) on the potential of fintech innovation, the digital hustle and Omidyar's leading role

Building entrepreneurial ecosystems in Latam - Dani Tricarico (ASELA Co-Executive Director) on the importance of public policy, resilience and regional collaboration

[Operator Stories] From El Salvador to Malaysia - Gerardo Salandra (Co-Founder, Respond.io) on scaling, people management, decentralized teams and opportunities in emerging markets