8 episodes

Accomplished folks sharing stories of who helped them

Helpful Podcast Vahid Jozi

    • Society & Culture
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Accomplished folks sharing stories of who helped them

    Isaac Souweine - won by doubling down on failure

    Isaac Souweine - won by doubling down on failure

    Isaac Souweine is a product manager tuned VC. his departure form his last product role wasn’t great. his move to investment was unplanned, and a result of a person believing in him. he’s loving his new path and been on it for the past decade.

    Isaac is a dear friend, and this is his tale of human helpfulness.



    SPEAKER LINKS:



    Website

    Pender Ventures

    Linkedin

    Twitter



    MENTIONS:



    John Stokes, partner at Real Ventures

    Founderfuel

    Notman house

    Frontrow ventues



    PODCAST LINKS:



    BeHelpful.Today

    Youtube



    ABOUT THE HOST:



    i’m Vahid Jozi. i’m in love with unearthing heartwarming stories of vulnerability and helpfulness. my goal is to encourage this net positive behaviour.

    i help companies with product strategy and leadership at FractionalCPO.com

    • 37 min
    Brice Scheschuk - not coachable, to +billion exit

    Brice Scheschuk - not coachable, to +billion exit

    Brice Scheschuk sold a telecom company for over a billion. he didn’t have any mentors, wasn’t even coachable. he was lucky though to find the right comrades. they went all in, fought and won. you’ll hear the details. he doesn’t hold back. later, he did a 180 and started an organization to elevate the art of mentorship.

    Brice is a role model to many, and this is his tale of human helpfulness.



    SPEAKER LINKS:



    Linkedin

    Twitter

    Companies


    Globalive Capital
    MindFrame Connect (NFP)



    MENTIONS:



    Shaw buys Wind for $1.6B

    YPO

    Wind Mobile co-founders, Anthony Lacavera and Simon Lockie

    Naguib Sawiris, Egyptian billionaire

    Founder city project by Ben Baldwin

    Creative Destruction Lab

    MindFrame Connect



    PODCAST LINKS:



    BeHelpful.TodayYoutube

    ABOUT THE HOST:

    I am the host, Vahid Jozi. I’m in love with unearthing heartwarming stories of vulnerability and helpfulness. My goal is to encourage this net positive behaviour.

    I help companies with product strategy and leadership at FractionalCPO.com

    • 28 min
    Kat Khosrowyar - Women, Soccer, the Taliban

    Kat Khosrowyar - Women, Soccer, the Taliban

    Kat Khosrowyar is the soccer player who beat the Taliban. she’s a founder, but of Iran’s U-19 national women’s soccer team. She had no shortage of tough times.

    she moved from Texas to Iran as a teenager, a place not known for empowering women. she barely knowing the language. she joined the national women’s team, later coached it. She also helped a the Afghan national women soccer team flee the Taliban insurgency. And, none of that is her day job.

    In addition to working in the petrochemical industry now, Kat remains deeply involved in football, continuing to uplift women through her foundation.

    SPEAKER LINKS:

    Website

    Wikipedia

    Women's Equality and Soccer Foundation

    Linkedin

    Instagram

    MENTIONS:

    Joanne King Herring


    Julia Robert plays her on “Charlie Wilson’s War”

    Farkhunda Muhtaj - Captain of the Afghan National Women’s Football Team


    website

    ABOUT THE HOST:

    I'm Vahid Jozi, a founder, product manager, and podcaster. I believe great things happen by randomness, serendipity and helpfulness. Those are net positive values, conjured by giving. I also help companies with product strategy and leadership at FractionalCPO.com

    • 26 min
    Daniel Dubois - Harlem Globetrotter coach, to multiple exists

    Daniel Dubois - Harlem Globetrotter coach, to multiple exists

    How does a grade-8 boy obsessed with basketball become a successful founder with multiple exits and an active angel investor?

    Daniel will tell you. He is an accomplished founder with multiple exits, co founder of Key and an active angel investor.

    His story is fascinating. He takes us through being coached by a Harlem Globetrotter, a traumatic motorcycle accident, and the support he received throughout his startup career. Through many challenges and his determination, he had multiple exists, is now a co-founder Key, and became a benefactor to entrepreneurship. Daniel's insightful experience of cultivating community groups and gaining strength from adversity brings a fascinating perspective to entrepreneurship and human resilience.



    SPEAKER LINKS:

    Website

    Linkedin

    Twitter



    PODCAST LINKS:

    Website

    Youtube



    MENTIONS:


    Mel Davis former Harlem Globetrotter
    League of Innovators
    Tara from SmartSweets
    Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)
    YPO
    Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards (GSEA)
    Peter Thomas entrepreneur, philanthropist, chairman of EO
    The Knowledge Society (TKS) & the co-founder Nadeem
    Junior Achievement
    Pando Pooling
    Front Row Ventures



    ABOUT THE HOST:

    I'm Vahid Jozi, a founder, product manager, and podcaster. I believe most great things happen by randomness, serendipity and helpfulness. Those are net positive values, conjured by giving. I also help companies with product strategy and execution at FractionalCPO.com

    • 21 min
    Aydin Mirzaee - from McDonalds night shift, to a major acquisition

    Aydin Mirzaee - from McDonalds night shift, to a major acquisition

    Aydin Mirzaee, an exited founder and co-founder/CEO of Fellow.app, shares how he faced several existential threats. Coincidently helping hands showed up, and got him out of it.



    SPEAKER LINKS:

    Fellow.app
    Twitter
    Linkedin



    MENTIONS:

    J. Mark A. Hoddenbagh

    John Omura 

    Scott C. Ensign

    Martin Taller 



    ABOUT THE HOST:

    I'm Vahid Jozi, a founder, product manager, and podcaster. I believe most great things happen by randomness, serendipity and helpfulness. Those are net positive values, conjured by giving. I also help companies with product strategy and execution at ⁠FractionalCPO

    • 21 min
    Fred Bastien - from struggle, to the DARK SIDE

    Fred Bastien - from struggle, to the DARK SIDE

    Fred Bastien, an exited-founder turned investor, shares how was contemplating closing down his company, if it weren't for the help on someone with nothing to gain.



    SPEAKER LINKS:



    Amiral.vc
    Twitter
    Linkedin



    MENTIONS:



    Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer



    ABOUT THE HOST:



    I'm Vahid Jozi, a founder, product manager, and podcaster. I believe most great things happen by randomness, serendipity and helpfulness. Those are net positive values, conjured by giving. I also help companies with product strategy and execution at ⁠FractionalCPO.com⁠

    • 20 min

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