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Sid is the Co-founder of Circle. He immigrated to the US with the goal of building his company. After building Teachable as a founding engineer & VP of product, he decided to take the risk of leaving the job & hack on different ideas. Sid's journey is incredible - it's a classic "American Dream" story. We talk about his background, the big decisions he had to make & how he tackled different problems he faced on the journey. I felt so inspired after this conversation, I'm sure it'll inspire you too! Specially if you're someone who's thinking about doing something of your own - I'd highly recommend hearing his story!

Longevity is one of the most interesting topics I've been curious about. Alex is the cofounder of Age1 - they catalyze contrarian, founder-led companies that will increase healthy human lifespan, yielding the most valuable companies to ever exist. Through their investments, they strive for counterfactual impact. They are creating a future where all people have agency over how long they live in good health. Our vision is to make aging and age-related disease optional for all.

Job is the founder of Remote - Remote is one of the best platforms to manage payments, compliance and a lot more for globally distributed teams. Remote was founded in 2019 & has scaled to a $3B+ valuation in just a few years. In this interview, we'll chat about Job's experiences of what goes into building a large company, remotely.

Meet Zain, he embarked on his entrepreneurial journey at just 14 years old during the internet's explosive growth. His company Vungle ended up being acquired by Brackstone for a whooping $750M in 2019. We chat about the challenges in early days of his journey as a founder, access to capital in the US as an immigrant & his relationship with money post acquisition. I loved getting these insights & I'm sure you will too :)

Fireside chat with Sid Mofya, who serves as COO and Executive Director at the Draper Venture Network, a one-of-a-kind alliance of twenty-four independent venture firms spreading across the world’s key technology innovation centers and the world’s largest economies. All these unique firms are joined together as part of the Draper Venture Network’s mission to unify entrepreneurial hotspots around the world.

Fireside chat with Elad Gil, a serial entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to private companies including AirBnB, Pinterest, Square, and Stripe. Previously, Elad was the VP of corporate strategy at Twitter, as well as ran various product teams.

Fireside chat with Vlad Magdalin, Founder and CEO Webflow. Webflow empowers web designers to build professional, responsive, and custom websites in a completely visual canvas with no code.

Fireside chat with Thai Son, Partner and CEO SmartOSC, a full-service e-commerce agency for leading brands. Thai Son went from helping his parents at a corner store in Havana to scaling a global tech business from zero to more than 600 people, achieving a constant 50%+ YoY growth.

Fireside chat with Henry Ward the CEO and co-founder of Carta, a company that continues to revolutionize the way founders, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.

Fireside chat with Steve Hoffman(Captain Hoff), the Captain & CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines.

Fireside chat with Leena Nair, the first female, first Asian and youngest ever CHRO of Unilever and member of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE). Under her leadership Unilever has achieved a 50/50 gender balance across global leadership, led the design and implementation of progressive new working practices and models. She has continued to lead a pioneering agenda, playing an instrumental role in launching Unilever’s new social commitments, including a commitment to pay living wage across its whole supply chain.

Fireside chat with Phil Libin, the co-founder and CEO of All Turtles, a mission-driven product studio, and mmhmm, a new app that makes video communication more clear and compelling. Previously he was Managing Director at General Catalyst, and before that he was co-founder and CEO of Evernote, which he grew to become a beloved product for hundreds of millions of users.