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You need a superpower to succeed. Build your own by listening to how others did it. buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

  1. 13.1: Focus on your strengths — Reshma Sohoni

    09/11/2021

    13.1: Focus on your strengths — Reshma Sohoni

    Reshma Sohoni is a partner at Seedcamp, a top seed fund in Europe. They invest early in founders solving problems with technology in large, global markets. In part 1 we talk with Reshma about: * Why doubling-down on your strengths helps you be happy * How exposing yourself to many things helps you professionally * Why it’s easier to excel by combining skills than trying to be the best at one This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

    34 min
  2. 13.2: Superpowers and happiness — Reshma Sohoni

    09/11/2021

    13.2: Superpowers and happiness — Reshma Sohoni

    Reshma Sohoni is a partner at Seedcamp, a top seed fund in Europe. They invest early in founders solving problems with technology in large, global markets. In part 2 we talk with Reshma about: * Why doubling down on your strengths helps you be happy * Where she stands on making decisions with gut and intuition * Why you need to leave your comfort zone to build a superpower This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

    22 min
  3. 12.1: How I Work — Azeem Azhar

    12/10/2021

    12.1: How I Work — Azeem Azhar

    Azeem Azhar writes the Exponential View, a newsletter about accelerating technological change and its consequences. Azeem’s new book is phenomenal — Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do. We talk with Azeem not about what he knows but how he knows: * How does he work? * How do the tools we use shape our results? * Being a generalist vs a specialist This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

    25 min
  4. 12.2: How I Think — Azeem Azhar

    12/10/2021

    12.2: How I Think — Azeem Azhar

    Azeem Azhar writes the Exponential View, a newsletter about accelerating technological change and its consequences. Azeem’s new book is phenomenal — Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do. We talk with Azheem about how he researches to aggregate information and turn it into such sharp insights: * Is there value in reading material you don’t understand? * What’s the non-ergodicity of scientific progress? * What does perceptive technology writing have in common with social justice? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

    25 min
  5. 11.1: Why Shazam was too risky — Dhiraj Mukherjee

    16/03/2021

    11.1: Why Shazam was too risky — Dhiraj Mukherjee

    Dhiraj Mukherjee founded Shazam, the app used by billions and sold to Apple. We talk with Dhiraj about: * How “losers” warned him Shazam was too risky — and realizing they were right * Why it’s personally risky to focus on outcomes * How to manage hyper growth This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

    27 min
  6. 11.2: How to succeed — Dhiraj Mukherjee

    16/03/2021

    11.2: How to succeed — Dhiraj Mukherjee

    Dhiraj Mukherjee founded Shazam, the app used by billions and sold to Apple. We talk with Dhiraj about: * Why it’s important for the ambitious to find balance * How Dhiraj’s family and cultural background influenced him * Why ruthlessness and focusing on money is short-sighted This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

    35 min
  7. 10. Have a clear priority — Sunnie Groeneveld

    02/03/2021

    10. Have a clear priority — Sunnie Groeneveld

    Sunnie Groeneveld founded the digital consultancy Inspire 925 straight out of Yale college. We talk with Sunnie about: * Why you should have a clear priority * Why you should be explicit about your priorities * Why leadership depends on context This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

    20 min
  8. 9.1: How to build a bank — Anthony Thomson

    16/02/2021

    9.1: How to build a bank — Anthony Thomson

    Anthony Thomson is a serial banking entrepreneur. He’s raised over $1bn in capital over his career to start 2 banks — and currently chairs a third bank. We talk with Anthony about: * What is trust, and how there are different forms of trust * Why chasing profits have made big banks vulnerable * How he uses his marketing background to have an edge in banking This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildyoursuperpower.substack.com

    30 min
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