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 […]

Interesting interview with Tim Clissold, the author of Mr. China. He discusses his book and reflects on how the China story has unfolded ~30 years after his initial adventures. Some brief notes below (these are for personal reference only, any errors in transcription are my own). He ended up in China in the early 1990s. […]

I recently came across and rather enjoyed this talk from a few years ago by William Sahlman, who is a professor emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He discusses the things he has learned over almost 40 years of studying entrepreneurship. Some notes below (for personal reference only, any mistakes in transcription are my own): […]

I enjoyed this short talk by Yen Liow, the founder of Aravt Global. He shares some thoughts on the career arc of public market investors, including two important transition points: 1) from analyst to money maker and 2) from money maker to portfolio manager. Well worth a watch for people who are interested in or […]

Slightly dated (circa 2017) but fascinating interview on the entrepreneurial journey of Charles Rolls, who is the co-founder of Fever-Tree. I really enjoy the company’s products and admire how well the founders executed on what, in retrospect, seems a rather obvious idea (i.e. observing this trend of premiumization within various spirit categories and realizing that, […]