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Ernst Rustenhoven is a venture capitalist working at Slingshot Ventures. Slingshot Ventures is a Dutch venture capital fund solely backed by successful entrepreneurs. Ernst is also a Board Observer at Eatch and Wundermart and a Board Member at Check and Toothfairy. 🕒 Time stamps - 00:00 - An intro to Ernst Rustenhoven 00:58 - How Ernst got into venture capital. 05:48 - What ventures is Ernst most...

Zoltan A. Vardy helps business-to-business tech founders struggling with sales to build predictable revenues by teaching them how to focus, structure, and scale their sales and marketing activities worldwide. 👂 Listen to the Primer episode here - https://youtu.be/lZ_p_anasRY 🕒 Time stamps - 01:31 - How Zoltan Vardy closed $2 billion worth of deals in his career. 01:42 - What have been the best a...

Zoltan A. Vardy helps business-to-business tech founders struggling with sales to build predictable revenues by teaching them how to focus, structure, and scale their sales and marketing activities worldwide. 👂 Listen to the Primer episode here - https://youtu.be/lZ_p_anasRY 🕒 Time stamps - 00:58 - How did Zoltan Vardy start his career? 06:07 - What are the most interesting tools on the market r...

Anishka Prasad is a former lawyer turned entrepreneur and the founder of Astra. Astra is a network of inspiring and aspiring angel investors who enable each other to grow their investment portfolios by showcasing and investing in underrepresented and female-founded businesses. She is also the Head of Strategy & Operations at Future VC, having previously worked as their growth manager. 👂 Liste...

Anishka Prasad is a former lawyer turned entrepreneur and the founder of Astra. Astra is a network of inspiring and aspiring angel investors who enable each other to grow their investment portfolios by showcasing and investing in underrepresented and female-founded businesses. She is also the Head of Strategy & Operations at Future VC, having previously worked as their growth manager. 0:00 - A...

Paolo is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Exceptional Ventures, early-stage Venture Capital firm based in London that invests in high-impact businesses focused on helping people live happier, healthier, and longer lives. Prior to that he was the Managing Director for Europe at Joyance Partners, US VC firm investing in health and happiness startups. Paolo launched Joyance' European operations...

Paolo is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Exceptional Ventures, early-stage Venture Capital firm based in London that invests in high-impact businesses focused on helping people live happier, healthier, and longer lives. Prior to that he was the Managing Director for Europe at Joyance Partners, US VC firm investing in health and happiness startups. Paolo launched Joyance' European operations...

Agata is a two-time entrepreneur (one exit) and an investor. She spent the past 7 years working in fintech. First, at a clearing house startup, second as a founder of a blockchain capital markets startup selling to major investment banks. Recently, she moved to Venture Capital, investing in fintech founders, and founded Female Foundry (femalefoundry.co) - a community and mentorship platform of ove...

Agata is a two-time entrepreneur (one exit) and an investor. She spent the past 7 years working in fintech. First, at a clearing house startup, second as a founder of a blockchain capital markets startup selling to major investment banks. Recently, she moved to Venture Capital, investing in fintech founders, and founded Female Foundry (femalefoundry.co) - a community and mentorship platform of ove...

Welcome to this episode of The Nothing Ventured Primer. Today in the studio with me I am super excited to have me Sameer Singh. Sameer is an early-stage investor focused on network effects. "Creator" of Breadcrumb.vc and Applied Network Effects (one of the highest rated courses on Maven) — both are globally renowned resources to learn about network effects. Sameer is also a Venture Partn...

Welcome to this episode of The Nothing Ventured Primer. Today in the studio with me I am super excited to have me Sameer Singh. Sameer is an early-stage investor focused on network effects. "Creator" of Breadcrumb.vc and Applied Network Effects (one of the highest rated courses on Maven) — both are globally renowned resources to learn about network effects. Sameer is also a Venture Partner at Spee...

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Episode with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Andrew Poesaste Investor at Angular Ventures across Pre-Seed, Seed in Europe and Israel. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Episode with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Andrew Poesaste. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Episode with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Annalise Dragic. Annalise prides herself on being a global citizen and working towards improving the lives of others. She's a venture capital investor with Sapphire Ventures focusing on Series B to Pre-IPO direct investments in Europe and Israel across all sectors. Prior to joining...

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Episode with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Annalise Dragic. Annalise prides herself on being a global citizen and working towards improving the lives of others. She's a venture capital investor with Sapphire Ventures focusing on Series B to Pre-IPO direct investments in Europe and Israel across all sectors. Prior to joining...

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Episode with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Kelvin Au. Kelvin has over 17 years of experience in technology investment banking, VC and managing high-growth operations. Previously a Principal at Molten Ventures(formerly Draper Esprit) and headed up investments at Founders Factory, Kelvin worked closely with founders on produc...

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Episode with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Kelvin Au. Kelvin has over 17 years of experience in technology investment banking, VC and managing high-growth operations. Previously a Principal at Molten Ventures(formerly Draper Esprit) and headed up investments at Founders Factory, Kelvin worked closely with founders on produc...

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Episode with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Amardeep Parmar. Amardeep is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The BAE HQ, where he inspires, connects and guides the next generation of British Asian entrepreneurs. He has a podcast, news, social content, and in-depth toolkits to level up underrepresented founders. Hosted by Simplecast...

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Episode with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Amardeep Parmar. Amardeep is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The BAE HQ, where he inspires, connects and guides the next generation of British Asian entrepreneurs. He has a podcast, news, social content, and in-depth toolkits to level up underrepresented founders. Hosted by Simplecast...

Today I am really excited to have with me Brett Martin. Brett is an entrepreneur, angel investor, pragmatist, and optimist. Having spent most of his career in the startup trenches, he now focuses on supporting other entrepreneurs as Managing Partner of a small seed-stage venture fund: Charge Ventures. Charge is a NYC-based pre-seed/seed stage venture fund. We invest 200-500k at the earliest stages...

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Primer with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Brett Martin. Brett is an entrepreneur, angel investor, pragmatist, and optimist. Having spent most of his career in the startup trenches, he now focuses on supporting other entrepreneurs as Managing Partner of a small seed-stage venture fund: Charge Ventures. Charge is a NYC-based...

In today's episode, Aarish speaks to Emmy Faust about her journey as an angel investor, why female founders are still getting less than 2% of venture funding, why she decided not to raise a VC fund and why it's massively important to think about wellness and mental health. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data fo...

Hello and welcome to this week's Nothing Ventured Primer with Aarish Shah. Today I am really excited to have with me Emmie Faust. Emmy is a three times executive founder, angel investor, and founder of Female Founders Rise. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week we speak to Adam Besvinick, founder of Looking Glass Capital a pre seed and seed stage firm investing in health, climate and empowerment. Listen to our Primer episode to listen to Adam's journey through finance and venture including cutting his teeth at Chris Sacca's Lowercase Capital and more. NV Main Show S4e3 - Adam Besvinick Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...

This week we speak to Adam Besvinick, founder of Looking Glass Capital a pre seed and seed stage firm investing in health, climate and empowerment. Listen to our Primer episode to listen to Adam's journey through finance and venture including cutting his teeth at Chris Sacca's Lowercase Capital and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collec...