Asia Society Japan hosted an interesting interview with Russell Cummer, the founder and executive chairman of Paidy. He discusses his journey building the company, eventually selling it to PayPal and why he thinks Japan is a land of opportunity for entrepreneurs and startups. Some notes are below – these are paraphrased and for personal reference […]

Brief but interesting interview with Paul Salnikow, the chairman and CEO of the Executive Centre, one of the leading flexible workspace providers in Asia. He talked about his career path, how the business has evolved due to changes in technology and also shared his views on the future of work and flexible working spaces. Some […]

Nazir Razak was recently interviewed by Chris Wright from Euromoney on the Asia Voices podcast (link here). It was a wide-ranging conversation where he talked about his family, building CIMB, the 1MDB scandal (all topics covered in his new book “What’s in a name”). Some notes are below; these are paraphrased and for personal reference […]

A couple of interesting interviews with Dr. Richard Werner on Renegade Inc (link to the first one on QE infinity here). Some notes are below; these are paraphrased and for personal reference only, any mistakes in transcription are my own. On the “Japanification” of the West – always good to compare to historical examples and […]

Short podcast interview with Vincent Mourou, the co-founder of Marou Chocolate, on the origins of the company and how he thinks we might be entering a new era for chocolate (more sophistication in the techniques, appreciation). Some notes from the conversation are below; please note these are for personal reference only and any mistakes in […]

Recent Forbes India conversation with Sanjeev Bikhchandani, the founder of InfoEdge. Some notes are below (these are for personal reference only, any mistakes in transcription are my own): On the origins of InfoEdge – he left his job back in 1990 to pursue entrepreneurship. Started out with salary surveys, moved onto other reports, consulting services. […]

Short interview with Dr. Andrew West, managing director and founder at Longlead Capital Partners (notes below are for personal reference only, any mistakes in transcription are my own): Some of the structural growth opportunities in Asia that they are looking at – have started to see a bit of underperformance from the big, crowded tech […]

Very insightful interview with Ashvin Chhabra on the Wealth of Wisdom podcast, in which he discusses some of the ideas and lessons from his excellent book “The Aspirational Investor.” Some brief notes below (these are for personal reference only, any mistakes in transcription are my own): On the most important thing he has learnt over the […]

Interview with Sam Reeves, a founding partner of Dunavant Enterprises: https://soundcloud.com/howleaderslead/sam-reeves-70 Some notes below (these are for personal reference only, any mistakes in transcription are my own): On getting his start early: he grew up in rural Georgia. Growing up in a small town had lots of advantages, in part because the competition wasn’t as […]