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Walid Mansour is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of MEVP. He’s been deeply involved in the VC & Technology ecosystem in the MENA region for over 20 years from setup, to scale up and exits. He serves as a board member and advisor to many technology companies regionally and globally.
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Timestamps:
0.00.00 - Introduction
5.42.00 - MENA, GG, today and tomorrow
19.25.00 - The Entrepreneurial Appetite
26.51.00 - Venture Capital
34.15.5 - Misconception around raising capital
35.04.6 - Pitch decks and attracting investors
39.23.5 - How do VC’s look for entrepreneurs
48.28.3 - Money
52.55.8 - Managing risk internally within a fund
53.59.3 - What should new funds look for
55.52.9 - Accelerators & Incubators
57.10.5 - Frustrations
01.00.36.6 - Advice


Note 🙏: We encountered some technical audio issues in some parts, but releasing the episode regardless is worth it.

GGUTT is a media and education platform. Fostering creativity, critical thinking and co-creation to stay relevant for the future of work [with and without AI]


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Thoughts on belief.
Peace, Love and Having an Open Mind.
It all comes down to critical and analytical thinking.

Socials:
* X: https://go.ggutt.com/x
* Linkedin: https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedin
* YouTube: http://go.ggutt.com/videos
* TikTok: https://go.ggutt.com/tiktok


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Silia Abou Arbid is an architect, designer and educator. A unique individual in the way she thinks and does things. She taught over 8000 to date. She’s been an influential figure in my personal growth as a designer, teacher and professional. We go through her backstory at the very end.

Where to find Silia:
* Email: https://sard.lau.edu.lb/about/people/silia-abou-arbid.php
* Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silia-abou-arbid-turf-c-94ba9120/
Maria:
* X: https://go.ggutt.com/x
* Linkedin: https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedin
* YouTube: http://go.ggutt.com/videos
* TikTok: https://go.ggutt.com/tiktok

Timestamps:
* 00:00:00 Intro
* 00.27.4 Welcome and setting the scene
* 02.10.9 Getting started 
* 04.28.9 What to expect from this episode
* 05.02.9 Going back to the roots. Origin 0.
* 07.32.4 What makes design exciting
* 09.03.3 Ideas
* 13.00.4 Why design is essential in business 
* 17.50.6 Drawing the line between the ideals of design and the market out there
*  25.33.1 Origin 0
* 30.33.5 Head, heart, hand
* 33.35.0 Touch
* 38.03.8 Relationship between designers and engineers
* 43.39.9 Foundation studies in design
* 53.15.8 Creativity
* 01.00.25.5 Bending reality - AI today 
* 01.11.06.9 What keeps her going
* 01.11.34.4 What she is proud of
* 01.13.58.8 Getting humans to go beyond their wildest dreams
* 01.19.54.3 The Apple story
* 1.27.30.8 Oneness of things
* 1.28.39.1 The oxymoron
* 1.33.44.3 Jonny Ive 
* 1.37.01.2 Relationship with her ggutt
* 1.41.25.3 Silia’s backstory: a keen interest in design since childhood




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Thoughts on AI and Creativity. Embarking on an exciting journey of discovery.




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Nicole Glaros is an entrepreneur, operator, executive, venture capitalist and investor. She wears multiple hats as a board director, teacher, and speaker. We explore topics related to entrepreneurship and investing, backed by her years of experience as a founder, investor at Techstars and founder again! And we also spoke about… hair!
Your feedback matters - 1min: https://go.ggutt.com/talks

Where to find Nicole:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nglaros/
Website: https://nearlynicole.com/
X: https://twitter.com/nglaros
Medium: https://medium.com/@nglaros

Maria + GGUTT:
X: https://go.ggutt.com/xLinkedIn: https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedin
YouTube: http://go.ggutt.com/videosWebsite: mariamatloub.com
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:17 Gray hair is Covid hair
09:17 How debt fostered her entrepreneurial mindset
16:47 It’s okay to not be good at everything
18:30 Luck vs. Skill
23:34 Is VC like gambling?
25:25 Leaving Techstars
27:00 What type of investor is Nicole?
31:21 The two biggest mistakes founders make
32:35 Hardware startups
35:05 Founders joining accelerators
40:56 How to approach an investor?
47:07 Are we in an AI bubble?
50:15 Nicole’s relationship with her GGUTT
For enquiries, email maria [at] ggutt [dot] com with subject line: gguttalks ask


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Paolo Ciuccarelli, a communication designer and researcher, professor of design, founder of the Density Design Research Lab - an award-winning laboratory for data visualization and information design at Politecnico di Milano – as well as Founding Director of the Center for Design at Northeastern University.
Your feedback matters - 1min: https://go.ggutt.com/talks
Where to find Paolo:
X: https://twitter.com/pciuccarelli?lang=enLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolociuccarelliPolitecnico di Milano: https://dipartimentodesign.polimi.it/it/staff/show/42952Northeastern University: https://camd.northeastern.edu/people/paolo-ciuccarelli/Density Design Lab: https://densitydesign.org/person/paolo-ciuccarelli/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pciuccarelli/

Maria + GGUTT:
X: https://go.ggutt.com/xWebsite: ggutt.comLinkedin: https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedinNotion: 🧠The Complete Business Innovation Pack for $1: https://cloud.ggutt.com/your-businessYouTube: http://go.ggutt.com/videos
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
02:16 How he got into Data Visualization
04:52 Discovering data and bringing it to life
05:26 The mission of making complexity visible
07:16 Hype around data visualization and data visualization people
09:30 Data visualization engineers or designers?
12:47 Education and the importance of data and making sense of it
15:02 The growing opportunity for education and data culture in that space
17:44 What is data or what it is not
20:17 Da a and visualization: it doesn’t end there
23:10 Context, complexity and types of complexity 
24:17 Heath data
28:19 Data could be misleading and hurt
30:24 Understanding people and the context is why designers found a place in DV
33:29 Research, literature and knowing limitations
33:48 Data lakes, dashboards and complexity
35:13 Aspirational: big visualizations with more big data
35:52 Our relationship with data will change: narration, mediums and augmentation
39:25 Personalization, visualizing complexity with motion
40:17 Simplicity, complexity, tradeoffs even with organizational charts
45:55 Wayfinding through data: different interfaces for different purposes
51:48 Visualization is a not an end product
52:54 Paolo on his GGUTT feeling
56:48 Approaching projects, starting with the data
58:48 Starting with Why
01:00:00 Sometimes data should not be represented
01:01:54 Raw data is not raw
01:02:44 From wood to data, to training models to wearables and legos
01:06:26 Sensors, raw data and using Gen AI rather than working on it
01:09:59 The language around data in the industry: drawing from oil, gold and more
01:14:55 Questioning data origins
01:18:08 Datasets on the blockchain?
01:20:28 Views on VR and AR
01:22:39 Static, interactive, real-timevisualizations
01:27:10 Real-time can be seducitve 
01:29:06 Data representation evolution


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