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The Sandhill
by Kaustuv ghosh
Tech, venture capital, crypto. The voice of the New Global South which is the entrepreneurial world working outside legacy systems. Named after Sandhill Road, where it all began(well, sort of). Feel free to email me, love to have you on the show.
Episodes
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Startups And Marketing on Day Zero- A discussion with Anirban Mozumdar
We talk about what startups should have by way of resources on day Zero- especially in marketing. Thanks to Mohammed Boumiza for a great photo on Unsplash.
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The Good Food Experience with Ian Ohan in UAE.
Ian runs Krushbrands which brings you great and healthy food from wonderful local brands. It's about empowering local food businesses and bringing experience back to convenience. Something that stands out from the usual delivery businesses.
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A Better Tommorow For All with Timothy Li
Tim and I speak about the immigrant experience. Discussing a problem that is out there is important-for everyone. Talking about our fears and wishes is the first step towards building a better tommorow. Tech lets us do this.
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A new way to finance SaaS companies- A Conversation With Shahram Rezasadeh.
A Private Equity investor for almost two decades in his previous life, Shahram has become an established founder recently launching BRIDG to finance SaaS companies and make Recurring Revenues an easily tradable asset, the Nasdaq for Recurring Revenues, as he describes. We discuss his journey as a...
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Brand In An Agile World- A Sunday Chat with Anirban Mozumdar
One of the foremost exponents of startup brand practice discusses Agile with me and its impact on brands. We talk about marketing, the place of product and decentralisation. We will have an intellectual pow-wow every weekend so if you wish to join, one seat every episode is open.
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Orange County Fintech Episode 3 with Timothy Li
Tim and I picked up where we left off. Long podcast recordings can be interrupted. That will end with live streaming. Tim talks LatAm, lending and life. The culture of work and entrepreneurship is there too. Great insights in his calm, laid-back fashion. You want wisdom, listen to Tim.
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Orange County Fintech Ep2. Tim talks about Trustalchemy
In this episode, Tim and I talk lending, his company and fintech. We had a rough start to this episode due to some buffering. This is real bootstrapped audio folks, don't mind-ok?
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The Orange County Fintech Special Episode 1- A chat with Timothy Li, fintech veteran+academician.
Tim talks about his early days as a Bay Area kid, dot-com founder, his work in banking, fintech and academia. We also talk about family. Since we are both Englishmen, we spend a lot of time on the weather.
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Talking About Knackstor. The Unique Gig Economy Platform for those above 55 years.
Teri and Kaushik chat with Anirban and I about Knackstor, which brings self-sufficiency and meaning to the lives of older people. This is a very relevant and timely topic for all of us. The conversation is highly informative and fascinating as well as opinionated. We will do more of this soon. I...
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A Superb Conversation with Ricardo Parro, CTO in Copenhagen.
Ricardo is CTO and co-founder of Superb, a fast growing startup in the hospitality s/w business. He is also a global traveller. We talk about Copenhagen, engineering, noisy tools and eating your own dog food. His sunny disposition and commitment to his trade come out strongly. I hope to hear more...
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The Future Of Knowledge Graphs- A conversation with Gary Ng, San Diego, CA. Part 1
Gary and I talk about dependency graphs, knowledge management, machine language abstraction and ontologies. And the challenge of graph economics. We will have more episodes soon.
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The World Of Data- A chat with Gurudutt PB of Seeburger
Guru, a veteran of the data space, gives us his insight on handling information complexity and harnessing business opportunities.
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The Philosophy and Practice of Start-Up Brands- A chat with Anirban Mozumdar, chlorophyll
We talk about branding of startups, marketing, narratives and human drama.
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Back To The Future of Bitcoin-David Chaum and the Cypherpunks
I touch upon a now ignored but vital part of what made bitcoin possible and infused it with it's special ethos.
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Monday Morning with Jack Sim, social entrepreneur extraordinaire and visionary.
Jack Sim made waves globally by setting up the World Toilet Organisation. Today, he is building a new ecosystem to empower the Bottom Of Pyramid population. Jack believes in the need to change our thinking around success, economics and doing good.
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Miami Digs Bitcoin. What does that mean?
Mayor Francis Suarez got his wish on bitcoin usage in Miami city. But is Bitcoin headed where it was meant?
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Apps Among Us-Measuring Consumer Response
The success or failure of an app depends largely on consumers. I ask three questions around this issue. Join the discussion, come and have a chat on The Sandhill. Thanks to Nathan Dumlao for a grt pic via Unsplash.
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Investment Apps- Optimism but Caution amidst the fury.
Wombat gives reason to be cautiously optimistic about investment apps. Crypto needs to change it's game. People hold the key.
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Tech and Sustainability- Nanda Devi and Shipton's Ghost
The Nanda Devi glacier break up gives us a reason why we should all care about sustainability. IEspecially those of us in tech. Shipton's ghost is watching. Shipton taught us about being light, nimble and respectful of nature. We can do that in tech today. It matters. Really, natural capital…
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Deposits, Interests and Crypto. Where is money headed?
An offering of interest on deposits by Gemini opens up new, old questions about money.
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Blockchain, Youth And The Pink City-A chat with Bhavya Narula
We speak about what young blockchain developers think of tech, community and crypto. We also talk about The Pink City and how life and tech mirror one another. There is a little gap at the start, which happens as I sit down and adjust my headphones. Apologies for that. Disclaimer-Both I and the...
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Tech has liberated creativity. It needs to engage more
The engagement imperative for tech. Listen on.
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From Media Planning To Travel Start-Up -The Many Journeys of Madhusudhan Narayanan
Madhu runs his own travel start-up, 5sensestours.com, which offers curated cultural packages to inbound tourists in India. As we all look forward to resumption of normal life, let us hear his story.
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GameStop. Grapevine. Opportunity.
The GameStop episode brings to us the power of the grapevine. It also hints at a larger transformation. Institutions are resilient and nimble and will see this as an opportunity. Disclaimer-There is no investment advice, I own none of the stocks mentioned and please be responsible to yourself and...
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Content In The Global South-The post-Billion Investment Opportunity
Most content publishing innovation is in the Global North, practically and symbolically. A massive market, otherwise penetrated by tech, is getting left out. The answer is not software but networks of empathy. The opportunity is massive. "...The walls that separate writing from success have not...
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The Clubhouse, Paywalls and Content
The Clubhouse has burst upon the scene as a phenomenon. It holds out transformational possibilities for content. Beyond that, it promises change to how we see innovation. Singapore received 17.2 Billion dollars in investments in 2020, considerably more than 2019 and the highest annual number…
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Live and Uncut on a Rainy Evening-Edward Burton and Conversational Commerce
Edward lives in Spain and tells us about life there, his passions, tech and other stuff. Uncut, unedited.
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Crypto, Savings And A Second Satoshi
(Blockchain was not created for savings growth. That diminishes it's rightful global role. It is possible to change that). The cult-like infatuation of the crypto faithful for a particular car brand is very well known. The intent to disrupt finance is being carried on the back of some very...
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Wattapad and Naver. Changes in the Global Content Game
Wattapad is to be acquired by South Korean group Naver. Naver owns both Line and Webtoons. This sends out a few signals. South Korea is pressing on with it’s efforts to become a global creativity hub. The extent of Korean soft power realized through content beamed into homes worldwide is not…
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Bring In The New-3D Printing and Cross Border VC
There are some unusual things happening right now in the field of tech ventures. We need to look beyond the headlines to see the trends. The world is very noisy after all. It’s like those elevators outside my apartment. Welcome to The Sandhill. Desktop Metal is one of the few high-profile firms…
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Bakkt And Coffee-Digital Assets In The Consumer Market
Bakkt is going for a NYSE listing via a SPAC. The implications for consumer retail payments are profound. Good morning and welcome to The Sandhill. A note of caution-you will hear some background noise. That is life in the age of social distancing and WFH. I deliberately do not edit that because…
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The hard path of starting up
Startups should not be a vehicle for just employment. They are agencies of change. If you want to join a start-up, keep this mind. Also remember- this is an entity that is starting up. The team has no one else to look to but itself. The company will live and die by it’s own sword. Welcome to The...
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Change, Inevitable. Bitcoin, BNPL.
Tech is often used to maintain status quo. But it lands up unleashing change, much of which we adapt to and then innovate on. Payments is often the area where this is most visible.
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Wood Products, Supply Chains and Treasury-Fintech and Sustainability
The interrelationships between very disparate industries come out strongly during disruption. Wood products are central to our lives and WFH is making them more important. There lies a story. Oh, by the way, I recorded this at an open window. Yeah, kids shouting in the background. I tripped over…
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Context In Finance-A Product Creation Opportunity For Start-Ups
We pursue context within Knowledge Graphs. Context matters not only to the UI designer and the backend engineers who are building out a full product. It has a direct impact on an ongoing basis in the training of artificial intelligence interfaces. When the banks extract insights from the...
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The Sales Challenge for B2B Start-Ups
Enterprise sales for startups is always a challenge and a necessity. A new product from a new company is likely to have an extended time to contract, as someone told me over coffee. A start-up has limited resources for trade marketing. Even with reliable distributors and partners, it pales in…
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The shift from legacy digital towards Defi
Bundesbank looking at programmable money. Programmable money=Defi, an evolution from classical digital payments
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Wealth and Assets-Change Is In The Air
There is pent-up demand for wealth creation and people with some cash are ready to take some risks. It is no longer possible to keep it in the salary account and do anything. What does that mean for banks? Well, Goldman Sachs wants you and me to put our weekly latte expenses into buying things we...
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Tech, venture capital, crypto. The voice of the New Global South which is the entrepreneurial world working outside legacy systems. Named after Sandhill Road, where it all began(well, sort of). Feel free to email me, love to have you on the show.
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Kaustuv ghosh
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