Saka's Is That So
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Saka's Is That So
Ever wondered why we do certain things? Ever heard something repeated so many times and simply assumed it’s true? Saka’s Is That So? is a podcast that focuses on challenging conventional norms across a range of industries including entrepreneurship, finance, tech, society and culture, to help us qu...
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48 epizod
EP 48 Finance, Entrepreneurship and Tech in the Medical Field
In this episode, Saka talks to Dr Mohammed Nuru about the crossovers between finance, tech and entrepreneurship with medicine.
Dr Mohammed is cu...
EP 47 LTV Capital, Building Companies & Guiding and Growing Entrepreneurs
In this episode, Saka talks to Farhan Ialji about his experience with LTV capital and the building of startup companies.
Farhan is the Founder o...
EP 46 How 4 Friends Started a Venture Firm From Scratch
In this episode, Saka talks to Nihil Mehta about how 4 friends started a VC firm from scratch and about how to scale relationships and networks. They...
EP 45 How I leveraged content creation to become an investor with Ross Haleliuk
In this episode, Saka speaks to Ross Haleliuk all about how he leveraged content creation to become an investor
Ross is an experienced operator...
EP 44 Crypto Centric Venture Capital a conversation with Carlos Pereira
In this episode, Saka speaks to Carlos Pereira about his expertise in the crypto centric side of VC.
Carlos is a Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures ba...
EP43 Diversity and inclusion in the VC space with Sarah Millar
In this episode, Saka talks to Sarah Millar about diversity and inclusion in the VC space.
Sarah is COO of Diversity VC and is director of VPP...
EP42 Building VC Firms to Success - a conversation with Ali Jamal
In this episode, Saka talks to Ali Jamal about his origin story starting in VC and the build up to the success of him VC firm, First Check Ventures. H...
EP41 Starting and Running a Business through VC Investment - a conversation with Christian Facey
In this episode, Saka talks to Christian Facey about how his successful business venture, Audiomob, started and is running through the use of VC fundi...
EP40 Current Currency Trends and Advice on Institutional-grade Macro Risk Management - a conversation with Darius Dale
In this episode, Saka talks to Darius Dale about currency trends in the world right now, along with his expert advice on institutional-grade macro ris...
EP39 Insight into a General Partner's view on Venture Capital - a conversation with Rachel Ten Brink
In this episode, Saka talks to Rachel Ten Bink about her views as a General Partner on current venture capital trends and the ways in which she feels...
EP38 Innovation & Systems Thinking, Business Building, and Venture Capital - a conversation with Christian Tooley
In this episode, Saka talks to award winning LGBTQ+ entrepreneur and strategist Christian Tooley about his take on innovation & systems thinking, busi...
EP37 Early Stage Investing in FinTech - a conversation with Sasha Pilch
In this episode, Saka speaks to Sasha Pilch about her expertise in FinTech and her roles in working as a principle for FinCaptial.
Sasha is a pr...
EP36 Business Technology and Engineering - a conversation with Ken Watson
In this episode, Saka chats to Ken Watson about all things business tech and engineering.
Ken is the current CEO of Stockperks, a platform that...
EP35 Exploring a Different Side to Venture Capital with Lolita Taub
In this episode, Saka speaks with Lolita about her mission to bring community into investing and her drive to explore venture capital in a different w...
EP34 Advice on Content Building and Digital Marketing - a conversation with Peace Itimi
In this episode, Saka talks to Peace about her success in content creation and reaching audiences with her content.
Peace is a Nigerian Youtube...
EP33 Mechanics of Investing and Advice for Startup Pitch Decks - a conversation with Iynna Halilou
In this episode, Saka talks with Iynna Halilou about her experiences with early stage investing and offers her advice and expertise on ways to project...
EP32 Law and Startups - a conversation with Vincent Sheu
In this episode, Saka talks to Vincent Sheu about how law effects startups and offers his best advice on the ways to attract investors to startups.
EP31 Female Empowerment and Angel Investing - a conversation with Jada Sezer
In this episode, Saka talks to Jada Sezer about her journey through finding her own empowerment and becoming an ambassador for female empowerment acro...
EP30 Product leadership, Tech, Entrepreneurship & Finance Advice - A conversation with PJ Loury
In this episode, Saka speaks to PJ Loury about his work in the tech world, giving useful tips on entrepreneurship & finance.
PJ Loury is current...
EP29 The challenges of setting up your first venture capital fund - A conversation with McKeever Conwell II
In this episode, Saka invites McKeever Conwell II to speak about his experience starting his own venture capital fund ‘Rarebreed Ventures’, giving adv...
EP28 Telling the stories of underrepresented founders & investors - A conversation with Andy Davis
In this episode, Saka speaks to Andy Davis about his work supporting black founders and discusses the importance of storytelling when raising funds. <...
EP27 The Future of Blockchain - A conversation with Scott Austin
In this episode, Saka discuss the success of Everledger and the future of blockchain and new technologies with Senior VP, Scott Austin.
Scott l...
EP26 The Corporate vs Entrepreneur Lifestyle - A conversation with Paris Petgrave
In this episode, Saka chats with Paris Petgrave all about her upbringing and what makes her the founder and business woman she is today as well as how...
EP25 Should you join a start-up accelerator? A conversation with Gosbert Chagula
Gosbert Chagula is the founder of Startup Discovery school, an accelerator in London. He’s spent his career supporting and building mission-driven bus...
EP24 How do you get the resources you need to achieve your dreams? A conversation with Dr Joanna Abeyie
How do you get the resources you need to achieve your dreams? A conversation with Dr Joanna Abeyie
The story of DR Joanna Abeyie who became an M...
EP23 How do we get minorities to invest in themselves? A conversation with Shari Leigh founder of black investor 360.
In this episode, we spoke about the misconceptions around black businesses and how they can invest together to create an economic unit.
Having...
EP22 Are Hispanics part of the Diversity and Inclusion discussion? A conversation with Eric Lopez Director of Corporate Accountability at HACR - Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
Are Hispanics part of the Diversity and Inclusion discussion? A conversation with Eric Lopez
Eric has over 10 years of experience helping organ...
Ep21 What does it take to launch a successful event for black businesses? A conversation with Raphael Sofoluke.
What does it take to launch a successful event for black businesses? A conversation with Raphael Sofoluke, creator of the black business show, Europe'...
Ep 20 How do you build a brand and what exactly makes a good one? A conversation with Jason Beckly.
How do you build a brand and what exactly makes a good one? A conversation with Jason Beckly. On this episode, we challenge the conventions around bui...
Ep 19 How is artificial intelligence being used to solve problems? A conversation with Bobby Tang.
How is artificial intelligence being used to solve problems? A conversation with Bobby Tang, CEO at Screenable. On this episode we challenged the conv...
Ep 18 How has technology helped us with our finances. A conversation with Alexander Wallin.
How has technology helped us with our finances ? A conversation with Alexander Wallin, CEO at Sprinkle, a fintech company. On this episode we challen...
EP 17 How do you construct and build your identity? A conversation with Lathi Dube
On this episode we deconstructed the norms around identity. How do you begin to understand what your identity consists of, does your identity change o...
EP 16 How do you create a tech platform to manage wealth? A conversation with David Fisayo
On this episode we discuss the misconceptions around building a platform, how to build wealth, and what its like being an entrepreneur.
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EP15 How did a 14 year old make a quarter of a million dollars with Ecommerce and drop shipping? A conversation with Alex Phillip
How exactly do you make money from ecommerce? Do you have to be the one who sources, ships and manages products online? Does age stop you from being s...
EP 14 What's the importance of building a digital community? A conversation with Sharla Jay Duncan.
What's the importance of building a community? A conversation with Sharla Jay Duncan. On this episode Saka spoke to Sharla, the founder of the intrapr...
EP 13 What exactly is Private Equity? A Conversation With Fope Adelowo on the misconceptions in private equity
In this episode Saka and Fope explore the misconceptions in private equity including if their business model is fundamentally flawed,how the tensions...
EP12 Do women have it tougher in tech? A conversation with June Angelides
On this episode Saka and June Angelides delve into what it means to be a woman in tech. Are women expected to work harder? Is there a penalty to pay f...
EP 11 Can we solve the world's problems and make money? A conversation with Orr Vinegold
On this episode, Saka and Orr challenge the conventional norms on creating startups for good. Can startups successfully do good and make money? How do...
EP 10 Can you be both an academic and an entrepreneur ? A conversation with Babajide Macaulay Milton
On this episode Saka speaks to Babajide Macaulay Mitlon the founder of Illumania, a platform to help graduate students get scholarships. We challenge...
EP 9 How do recruiters help you get unadvertised yet interesting jobs? A conversation with Drew Welton
On this Episode Saka speaks to Drew Welton on the conventional norms in recruiting. Does your CV format really matter? Do robots determine which CV/Re...