PODCAST · business
Get World Savvy
by Ivy Xu and Jamaur Bronner
Welcome to Get World Savvy, a podcast where we break down global business models, trends, and opportunities you haven't heard about so you can be a step ahead when you’re ready to launch your next big thing.
Episodes
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Entertainment boxes, DTC vending machines, and Keto Condiments
Download our 30 Ideas for the Global Founder: HERE Check out our community, blogs, and subscribe at Get World Savvy Website Say hi to the hosts: Ivy Xu and Jamaur Bronner
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Business ideas for when travel opens up again
Download our 30 Ideas for the Global Founder: HERE Check out our community, blogs, and subscribe at Get World Savvy Website Say hi to the hosts: Ivy Xu and Jamaur Bronner
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Pop Up Museums, Creator Studios, and Travel Experiences
Download our 30 Ideas for the Global Founder: HERE Check out our community, blogs, and subscribe at Get World Savvy Website Say hi to the hosts! Ivy Xu Jamaur Bronner
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The Creator Economy: Indian Perspective with Harsh Snehanshu, co-founder and CEO of YourQuote, India's largest writing platform
This is the first of a series of guest chats each month with entrepreneurs in unique markets. This series is focused on the Creator Economy. We will interview entrepreneurs in North America, Asia, and Africa to learn more about trends and opportunities in the creator space across the world. This...
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The Creator Economy: African Perspective with Douglas Kendyson, founder of Selar.co
This is the first of a series of guest chats each month with entrepreneurs in unique markets. This series is focused on the Creator Economy. We will interview entrepreneurs in North America, Asia, and Africa to learn more about trends and opportunities in the creator space across the world. This...
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The Creator Economy: North American Perspective with Eric Wei, co-founder of Karat
This is the first of a series of guest chats each month with entrepreneurs in unique markets. This series is focused on the Creator Economy. We will interview entrepreneurs in North America, Asia, and Africa to learn more about trends and opportunities in the creator space across the world. The...
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Franchising Software, Roll-up Saas, and agency models
In this episode, we talk about a founder that franchised a ride-sharing app in Egypt, the potential of Saas companies rolling up to a hedge fund, and agency models that are thriving in Kenya, Indonesia, and more. May these new trends we love in global markets inspire your next venture! Download…
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Ideation Frameworks and our favorite business ideas today
Download our 30 Ideas for the Global Founder: HERE Check out our community, blogs, and subscribe at Get World Savvy Website Say hi to the hosts! Ivy Xu Jamaur Bronner
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Introducing Season 2 and the Future of Education and Work
Welcome back to Get World Savvy, a podcast where we break down global business models, trends, and opportunities you haven't heard about so you can be a step ahead when you're ready to launch your next big thing. After nearly a year since Season 1, we're back with a new co-host, Jamaur Bronner…
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Building for a Mobile First World in Latin America with Felipe Echandi, Co-Founder of Cuanto
"The homogeneity around the Latin American cultural experience helps to actually aspire to create regional platforms." Felipe Echandi is the co-founder of Cuanto, a YCW19 startup based in Panama. Cuanto allows small merchants and independent Latin American entrepreneurs to create their…
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A Beginner's Guide to Wechat and Marketing in China with Olivia Plotnick, China Marketing Expert
Today we are here with China Marketing Expert, Olivia Plotnick. She is the VP of the International Professional Women’s Society in Shanghai China and previously a manager in marketing and communications at Ogilvy Shanghai. After leaving Ogilvy last summer, she now runs her own marketing agency...
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Part 2 of Best Practices for relationship building on Instagram vs. Wechat | Solo Episode
“Brands have penetrated the feed and group chats to touch their customers again and again with live stream, promotions, lotteries, and educational videos to seamlessly get return purchases.” In part 1 we talked about how to get discovered and attract new followers. If you haven’t checked out that...
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Part 1 of Best Practices for relationship building on Instagram vs. Wechat | Solo Episode
With over 1 billion users, both Instagram and Wechat have become cultural phenomenons. Over the last few months, I found a whole ecosystem of 7-figure plus entrepreneurs whose businesses were fully brought up by these platforms and the relationships they have attracted and nurtured with their...
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Enabling fintech and e-commerce in Egypt with Taymour Sabry, Co-Founder of Wasla Browser
In this episode, I interview Taymour Sabry, the co-founder of Wasla Browser based in Cairo Egypt. Wasla browser is a gamified mobile browser that rewards users with free mobile internet. They have a mission to connect the next 500 million people in emerging markets to subsidized mobile internet...
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The deeper problems COVID-19 will cause and the opportunities you have to build solutions | Solo Episode
COVID-19 is hurting us more than just being a public health crisis due to the following problems: Population growth, especially in the cities. The rise of the global middle class, which brings about mobility and travel, and interconnectivity. The phenomenon of global value chains....
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Why the future of innovation lies beyond Silicon Valley with Alex Lazarow, VC and Author of Out-Innovate
Alex is a global venture capitalist with Cathay Innovation, a global firm that invests across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. He is also the author of Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs - from Delhi to Detroit - Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley Everything we think we know...
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How TikTok and Douyin are taking the wolrd by storm with Fabian Bern, Founder of UPLAB and MANY
"Sell a story and a product can be part of that story. Sell a person and have the person sell the product. That's how it works." 3 weeks ago none of my friends were on TikTok. 2 weeks into social distancing, everyone is getting on TikTok. The content is finally moving away from 13-year old dance...
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How traditional businesses in China reinvented themselves during COVID-19 and what we can learn | Solo Episode
Now that China is recovering from COVID-19 while the rest of the world dips into quarantine, what did Chinese businesses do to succeed during these turbulent times? What interesting strategies did we see so that we can know what to expect in other places in the world? By learning from what…
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How to Launch Products in Global Markets with Karthik Vaidyanath, Director of Product at Indeed Singapore
Karthik Vaidyanath is the Director of Product at Indeed Singapore. Prior to Indeed, Karthik was the Chief Product Officer at GoPlay, the video-on-demand app under the GoJek ecosystem. Karthik is originally from India and is a 3-time entrepreneur with one unicorn exit. His start-up InstaLively was...
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China's 203 unicorns: how many do you know and what opportunities are there for you?
When I first went to China in April 2019, I was shocked by how little I knew about Chinese tech companies and consumer products. Even as a Chinese (Canadian) working in the US, at a cross-border company, Wish, I paid little attention to the Chinese e-commerce environment, China, and the rest of…
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Predicting the Job Marketing in 2020 with Albert Qian of Albert's List
Albert Qian is the founder of Albert's List, an online facebook community with over 43,000 job seekers, recruiters, supporters, and professionals in the Bay Area. It is one of the most active groups on Facebook and many job seekers have found overwhelmingly warm support and community through the...
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These two frameworks will change your career | Solo Episode
Are you at a place where you feel like your professional growth is stalling, yet you’re ambitious, impact hungry, and just want MORE out of your career because you’re bursting with energy and inspiration but can’t quite find an outlet? In this episode, I talk about two of the frameworks I use…
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The Rise of "Do It For Me" Businesses with Brandon Li, GM of Setter
Brandon Li is the General Manager at Setter, a concierge service for homeowners. In this episode, we talk about what other companies like TaskRabbit and Yelp may be getting wrong about the home improvement space, how to build out new markets from zero, and the concept of trust when it comes to tech.
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How I got meetings with Tech Leaders in 16 Countries | Solo episode
I wanted to build a global network early so that it can pay back in multiples no matter where I decided to work or what I decided to do. In 2019, I traveled the world interviewing tech leaders and learning about emerging markets and emerging tech. I was in search for the best possible career...
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Data Teams of the Future with Hugh Olliphant, Head of Growth at Bill.com
Hugh Olliphant is the Senior Director of Analytics and Data Science at Bill.com, which recently IPO’d and now has a 3.55 Billion Dollar Market Cap. Hugh has been in fintech for over 20 years and has been a multi-time founder. His first startup, G-Money sold to Paypal in the early 2000s and Hugh...
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Where the greatest career opportunities are | Solo episode
“Where someone sees a challenge, someone else will see an opportunity” After checking out all the emerging markets, where do I think has the best opportunities? Turns out, there’s opportunity everywhere - if you are competent, hard working, and focused. There’s really about-to-emerge markets like...
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How to make Community your Competitive Advantage with Connie Chang, Director of Community at Wish
Connie Chang has been a customer advocate for 12 years. She is currently the Director of Community Engagement at Wish, where she leads a team of global community managers who are building a trusted community of content creators to provide engaging experiences on Wish and collect valuable insights...
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What Value You Can Bring to Global Markets with Joyce Zhang, CEO of Alariss
Joyce is a Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford alum, multiple time founder, and has worked in Silicon Valley for several years. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of Alariss, a global talent marketplace that matches talent educated or working in developed countries with emerging marketplace…
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How to Spot and Join Rocketship Companies with Andre Charoo
Andre was one of the first 25 employees at Uber and Hired. He is also the founder of Maple VC, a firm that invests in Canadian startups. Andre chats about what to look for when picking a company to join or invest in.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Get World Savvy, a podcast where we break down global business models, trends, and opportunities you haven't heard about so you can be a step ahead when you’re ready to launch your next big thing.
HOSTED BY
Ivy Xu and Jamaur Bronner
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