The Clueless Capitalist

Bridging the Gap Between K-Pop Fans and Artists | Founder Chat with Kooky CEO, Hami Kim | EP26

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 07:05:42 GMT

We have a chat with Hami Kim, a former musician and founder of Kooky, the platform that's changing the game for k-pop fans and artists alike. With her own experience as a musician, Hami saw firsthand the challenges that artists face in monetizing their music. In fact, despite her music generating over 1 million streams, she only earned a meager $200. But instead of accepting the status quo, Hami decided to take action and create Kooky, the platform that would solve her own problem and revolutionize the industry.

With Kooky, Hami is empowering artists to better monetize their work while also connecting them with a passionate global community of k-pop fans.

In this interview, Hami shares her journey, insights, and vision for the future of Kooky.

Kooky is part of Cohort 7 at Accelerating Asia: https://www.acceleratingasia.com/port...

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🔗 CONNECT WITH HAMI KIM:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamikooky/

🔗 CONNECT WITH KOOKY:

💻 Website: https://kooky.io/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kook...

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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Helping angel investors build their own syndicate | Chat with AngelSchool.vc Founder Jed Ng | EP25

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:54:22 GMT

👋🏼 GET FEATURED

If you'd like to be interviewed during the show, do connect with us on LinkedIn.

If you'd like to pitch to us and our network, do connect with us on LinkedIn as well.

🔗 CONNECT WITH JED NG:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedng/

🔗 CONNECT WITH ANGEL SCHOOL:

💻 Website: https://www.angelschool.vc/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ange...

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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Insights on Legal Considerations for Angel Investors and the VIMA Framework with Faith Sing | EP24

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:50:07 GMT

In this episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing Faith Sing, the founder of a top-ranked boutique corporate law firm in Singapore. As a specialist in working with startups and emerging companies, Faith provides valuable insights on the legal considerations for angel investors.

Faith discusses the importance of properly completing paperwork and understanding key terms in agreements such as the Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE). She also introduces the Venture Capital Investment Model Agreements (VIMA) framework, which is a suite of model agreements specifically designed for the venture capital space in Southeast Asia and beyond. Faith and her law firm were a part of the working group for the VIMA 2.0 framework, making her a leading expert in this area. VIMA helps to ensure that all parties involved have a clear understanding of the company's valuation, the amount of investment being sought, and the management and exit strategies.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge from a leading expert in the field of startup law. Tune in to this informative and compelling episode to learn more about the legal considerations for angel investors and the VIMA framework.

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Building a sustainable footwear brand | Founder Chat with Fuchsia Shoes CEO, Afshan Abbas | EP22

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:46:53 GMT

We have a chat with Afshan Abbas, Co-founder and CEO of Fuchsia Shoes. Fuchsia Shoes is a Seattle-based sustainable footwear brand offering hand-crafted artisanal shoes from South Asia to a global audience.

Through Fuchsia, Afshan aims to disrupt the $30 billion non-athletic womens footwear industry in the United States, while creating economic opportunities for socially marginalized artisans in Pakistan.

We learn about the recent successes in the sustainable footwear industry who have achieved unicorn status. Afshan also shares her fascinating founding story and where she aims to bring her sustainable footwear brand.

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Making fashion sustainable with a marketplace for preloved dresses | EP21

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:45:07 GMT

Introducing BizB - the Pakistani startup revolutionizing the fashion industry with their unique marketplace for buying and selling preloved dresses.

As the second greatest polluter of freshwater in the world, the fashion industry has a major impact on the environment. With 80 billion items of clothing produced yearly, leaving 2.5 billion pounds of waste, it's clear that a change is needed.

That's where BizB comes in..

Founded by the Sehrish Raza, BizB is leading the charge in promoting sustainable fashion. With the second hand market predicted to grow even bigger than the retail market, reaching a total worth of $51 billion in the next three years, the potential for BizB is huge.

In this video, Sehrish Raza shares her vision for BizB and the exciting future of the company. Tune in to learn more about this innovative startup and Sehrish's journey as a female entrepreneur in Pakistan.

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Investing in humanity's greatest catalyst for change - Entrepreneurs | Accelerating Asia Team

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:06:46 GMT

We have a chat with Amra and Craig, the Co-founders and General Partners at Accelerating Asia. Accelerating Asia is an early stage venture capital fund that runs programs for startups and investors.

Watch this episode as we discover the founding story of Accelerating Asia, how they pick startups for their selective programs, what they look for in founders and more.

This is one episode not to miss!

0:50 - About Craig Dixon

3:34 - About Amra Naidoo

7:18 - How was Accelerating Asia founded? What makes it special?

14:04 - First fund experience for Accelerating Asia

17:27 - How does a fund work?

29:43 - Minimum amount to get into Accelerating Asia as an LP

31:00 - Accelerating Asia Flagship Program

39:53 - How Accelerating Asia chooses startups for Cohort

53:58 - Why you should join Accelerating Asia

👋🏼 GET YOUR STARTUP FEATURED

If you'd like to be interviewed during the show, do connect with us on LinkedIn.

If you'd like to pitch to us and our network, do connect with us on LinkedIn as well.

🔗 CONNECT WITH AMRA & CRAIG:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/amranaidoo/

2) https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigbris...

🔗 CONNECT WITH ACCELERATING ASIA:

💻 Website - https://www.acceleratingasia.com/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acce...

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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Pioneering sustainable seafood that is cultivated not caught | Alternative Meat Startup

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:06:36 GMT

We have a chat with Mihir Pershad, Co-founder and CEO of Umami Meats. Umami is cultivating the future of sustainable seafood. They are pioneering cultivated, not caught seafood, where they are trying to bring us delicious, affordable and healthy cell cultured seafood that is better for our health, our oceans and our planet.

1:23 Origin Story of Umami Meats

3:40 Pitch Deck of Umami Meats

15:40 Why Umami Meats in Singapore?

17:19 Overcoming objections

19:39 Maintaining the value of Umami Meats in the coming years

23:18 Scaling and distribution

26:13 How close would Umami Meat be to the original meat?

29:38 Competitors for Umami Meats

32:48 Freshness of food in a restaurant setting

36:15 Would the expertise of brewing alcohol be helpful for Umami Meats process?

37:32 Risks for Umami Meats

40:21 Regulatory approvals or rejections

43:24 Risks for approval in Asian countries

45:28 Risks in achieving the taste

46:23 Umami Meats current valuation

46:55 Minimum ticket

48:47 Potential Exit

50:24 What success looks like for Umami Meats

51:36 Osman’s thoughts about Umami Meats

👋🏼 GET YOUR STARTUP FEATURED

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🔗 CONNECT WITH MIHIR PERSHAD:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpershad/

🔗 CONNECT WITH UMAMI MEATS:

💻 Website - https://umamimeats.com/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/umam...

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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Mobile ordering and payments platform for restaurants and guests | Waitrr COO Tim Davies

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:06:25 GMT

We have a chat with Tim Davies, Co-founder and COO of Waitrr. Waitrr allows restaurant guests to access menus, place orders and pay instantly - all from their phones. No more waving to get the attention of the waiters. It is a mobile payment and ordering solution that increases the capacity of floor staff, increase table turns and increases average ticket size.

With a team of 10, Waitrr currently processes USD 27million in GMV. Did you know that 1/3 of a restaurant's expense goes towards manpower? To tackle the manpower issues, restaurants have turned towards tablet ordering and ordering kiosks. But no one wants to input their credit card details on a shared tablet. For the kiosks, they've just moved the human cashier to a machine and these kiosks take up valuable floor space.

Benefits of Waitrr to restaurants:

1. Can go live in 48 hours

2. Save on manpower

3. Increase average check size due to automated upselling and cross selling

4. Improve table turns - faster payment + faster ordering

5. Access to data that they have never had access to before (how often are customers coming back, are they a first-time customer and so on)

To discover more about this restaurant technology startup, be sure to watch this episode!

01:14 - Origin story of Waitrr (How did the two Tims meet?)

03:33 - Waitrr Pitch Deck run through

06:07 - Tremendous growth in GMV (Doubling year on year)

06:40 - The Future (restaurant bank, diner data and more)

08:26 - The Market Opportunity (on-premise dining segment is 4 to 5 times larger than delivery)

10:03 - Kiosks vs Waitrr - Difference in cost

11:15 - How much is floor space considered when deciding on an ordering solution?

12:25 - Osman's experience with the Waitrr service

🔗 CONNECT WITH TIM DAVIES:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/timdavies81/

🔗 CONNECT WITH WAITRR:

💻 Website - https://waitrr.com/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/waitrr/

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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Automate your advertising using AI | Startup Founder Chat with Markopolo COO Rubaiyat

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:06:14 GMT

We have a chat with Rubaiyat, Co-founder and COO of Markopolo. Markopolo is a tool that uses AI to generate copy (in 32 different languages!), identify your audience for you and schedule cross platform social media and search ad campaigns. They serve both agencies and micro-businesses.

They have been cashflow positive since Day 1 and boast an impressive 93.10% quarterly retention rate! Their AppSumo launch crossed $100,000 in sales within 30 days.

01:06 - Markopolo pitch deck

04:50 - Competition Analysis

06:54 - Origin story of Markopolo

17:54 - Monthly recurring revenue at this point of time?

18:04 - What is the Customer Acquisition Cost?

19:02 - What are the metrics that matter?

22:35 - What would be holding a customer back from using Markopolo?

25:00 - Conversion rate from trial to paid

26:00 - Lessons from previous startup and subsequent exit

27:35 - What does success look like for Markopolo?

28:42 - What is holding you back at this point?

32:30 - Why investors would like to invest and hesitate to invest?

33:40 - What is the valuation you’re raising at?

36:00 - How a tool like Markopolo makes it easier for advertisers

48:37 - What makes Markopolo standout?

51:59 - What is the potential exit if you invest now?

54:32 - Acquisition and speed of acquisition in the MarTech space

56:27 - What is the geographical spread of your customers?

🔗 CONNECT WITH RUBAIYAT:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubaiyatf...

🔗 CONNECT WITH Markopolo:

💻 Website - https://www.markopolo.ai/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mark...

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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Making fashion sustainable with a marketplace for preloved dresses | BizB CEO, Sehrish Raza

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:04:09 GMT

Introducing BizB - the Pakistani startup revolutionizing the fashion industry with their unique marketplace for buying and selling preloved dresses.

Founded by the Sehrish Raza, BizB is leading the charge in promoting sustainable fashion. With the secondhand market predicted to grow even bigger than the retail market, reaching a total worth of $51 billion in the next three years, the potential for BizB is huge.

Tune in to learn more about this innovative startup and Sehrish's journey as a female entrepreneur in Pakistan.

1:14 - Origin Story of BizB

2:38 - Pitch deck of BizB

10:09 - Sustainable development goals of BizB

11:13 - BizB operations and its challenges

17:06 - How do you ensure that you are not dealing with fakes?

18:46 - How do you plan to scale if you have to validate large volume of packages?

22:16 - How do financial transactions happen on BizB?

23:36 - Competitive landscape in Pakistan for BizB

25:21 - Global players in the pre-loved clothes space

28:24 - Potential risks in the market for BizB

32:50 - Types of marketing BizB is focusing on

35:30 - Thoughts on spending more for customer service

37:02 - Is the Customer Lifetime Value too low?

38:49 - How does a business like BizB grow further?

42:06 - What does success look like for BizB?

42:52 - What is holding back BizB from achieving its big goal?

45:03 - Understanding the GMV of BizB

46:54 - Current valuation of BizB

47:37 -Minimum ticket to get in the current round

48:03 - Potential Exit

49:13 - Where is BizB incorporated?

49:32 - When is BizB closing the round?

👋🏼 GET YOUR STARTUP FEATURED

If you'd like to be interviewed during the show, do connect with us on LinkedIn.

If you'd like to pitch to us and our network, do connect with us on LinkedIn as well.

🔗 CONNECT WITH SEHRISH:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehrish-r...

🔗 CONNECT WITH BizB:

💻 Website - https://bizb.store/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bizb...

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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Agetech Startup India | Startup Founder Chat with 60PlusIndia CEO Arasi Arul

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:03:41 GMT

We have a chat with Arasi Arul, Founder of 60PlusIndia. 60PlusIndia is a technology platform that helps seniors in India find quality care for their emotional, personal, healthcare and data management needs.

What most of us are unaware of is that India also has a huge population of people above the age of 60. This number is poised to touch 194 million by 2031. This coupled with a large segment that is working abroad leads to a situation where the senior citizens are alone.

Watch this episode to see how this startup is leading the way in enabling NRIs to get quality care for their parents back home.

02:34 - 60PlusIndia Pitch Deck Walk Through

11:41 - Origin story of 60PlusIndia

21:54 - Average cost of a service on 60PlusIndia

29:03 - How are people finding out about 60PlusIndia?

43:58 - What is stopping 60PlusIndia from expanding further?

53:59 - Current valuation of 60PlusIndia?

54:26 - Potential exit for an angel investor

55:44 - Minimum ticket size from potential angel investors

57:03 - What components of the business can be automated or productized?

1:02:14 - How can people contribute to 60PlusIndia beyond the funds?

🔗 CONNECT WITH ARASI ARUL:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/arasiarul/

🔗 CONNECT WITH 60PlusIndia:

💻 Website - https://www.60plusindia.com/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/60pl...

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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Online Pharmacy Bangladesh | Startup Founder Chat with MedEasy CEO Arefin Zaman | Part 2

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:03:28 GMT

If you missed Part 1, catch it here:

0:39 - The growing margin of MedEasy

2:46 - Will creating multiple hubs impact the margin?

06:49 - The metrics that matter to measure an online pharmacy's success

12:15 - Why are non-prescription products available on the online pharmacy?

14:32 - What strategic partnerships do you have?

17:18 - Powering the online pharmacy feature for other doctor consultation players

19:24 - How are the chronic patients spread across Bangladesh?

22:38 - Fundraising - How much are you raising and how much have you raised so far?

23:34 - Fundraising - The current valuation of MedEasy

23:49 - What is the potential exit for an angel investor?

25:46 - Recap of the fundraising round

👋🏼 GET YOUR STARTUP FEATURED

If you'd like to be interviewed during the show, do connect with us on LinkedIn.

If you'd like to pitch to us and our network, do connect with us on LinkedIn as well.

🔗 CONNECT WITH AREFIN ZAMAN:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/arefinzaman/

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

🔗 CONNECT WITH MEDEASY:

💻 Website - https://medeasy.health/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mede...

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Online Pharmacy Bangladesh | Startup Founder Chat with MedEasy CEO Arefin Zaman | Pt. 1

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:03:14 GMT

We have a chat with Arefin Zaman, Co-founder and CEO of MedEasy. MedEasy is an online pharmacy and doctor consultation app based in Bangladesh with a vision to make the lives of 30 million chronic patients easier. In 18 months, they've crossed USD1 million in annualized sales.

Tune in to listen to Arefin's moving personal story of starting MedEasy, how he gave up on his PhD ambitions, his pivot during the pandemic and more.

This is one episode not to be missed. It is such an amazing episode that we've made it a 2 part special!

01:18 - The MedEasy Pitch Deck

05:39 - The founder story and going deeper into Arefin's background

06:58 - The initial version of MedEasy as a B2B Saas Platform

08:40 - The pivot to become a B2C telemedicine platform

09:26 - The challenge with telemedicine - low retention rate and app uninstalls due to lack of regular usage

10:38 - Existing customers of telemedicine start to request medicine

12:03 - Testing the MVP over 7 days

13:59 - A textbook example of an MVP

19:26 - Comparing the telemedicine versus the online pharmacy business model

24:03 - A retention rate of 84% among chronic patients

25:15 - Choosing to build MedEasy over a PhD

31:14 - What is holding MedEasy back?

34:33 - Authentic medicine vs Fake Medicine

🔗 CONNECT WITH AREFIN ZAMAN:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/arefinzaman/

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

🔗 CONNECT WITH MEDEASY:

💻 Website - https://medeasy.health/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mede...

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Startup Founder Chat with Onnow CEO Syed Tahmid | Cloud Kitchen Startup in Bangladesh

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:03:02 GMT

We have a chat with Syed Tahmid Zaman, Co-founder and CEO of Onnow. Onnow is a cloud kitchen startup out of Bangladesh that owns zero cloud kitchens.

They are the winners of Impact Collective Korea Fund, part of the Grameenphone Accelerator Program (GPA) and Techne Infinite Venture Builder Program (Silicon Valley). In addition to all of that, Onnow is regarded as one of the top 9 startups in Bangladesh by the Bangladesh government through its Bangabandhu Innovation Grant (BIG) initiative.

01:05 - What does Onnow do?

01:55 - The Onnow Pitch Deck

03:10 - Utilizing underutilized kitchen space and resources in restaurants

05:55 - Onnow’s Business Model

09:23 - What inspired you to start Onnow?

11:35 - What makes your model scalable and investable?

17:11 - What is the asset light model?

20:15 - Ensuring consistency of product across restaurant partners

22:05 - How does it work with the Onnow proprietary brands?

31:05 - How do you view foodpanda’s role?

33:45 - What happens if restaurants deviate from your SOPs?

39:11 - Tell us more about these accelerators and how they will help Onnow

43:43 - What are the metrics to measure your success?

45:03 - What is the team size and monthly burn rate?

49:03 - How much have you raised so far?

51:51 - What is the potential exit?

53:00 - What is your moat? How defensible are you?

🔗 CONNECT WITH SYED TAHMID:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/tahmidzaman/

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

🔗 CONNECT WITH ONNOW:

💻 Website - https://www.onnow.io/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/onno...

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What are SAFE and convertible notes? | Angel Investing 101

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:02:51 GMT

We've been asked a number of times about what are SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) notes and also convertible notes. Enough times that we decided to make a video about it.

You'd want to watch this with a notepad on hand.

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Driving customer loyalty at restaurants with Pattern App | Pitch Deck Walk Through

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:02:24 GMT

In this episode we discuss, Pattern App.

Pattern App is a startup that provides frequency based-dynamic Loyalty Programs to increase revenue. The founding team left Dastgyr to work on this problem. Join us as we walk through their pitch deck.

0:24 - What is Pattern App?

2:44 - What stage is Pattern App at for their fundraising?

YCombinator email that Osman refers to: https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/19/yc-...

5:19 - The problem that Pattern is trying to solve

7:28 - Introducing Pattern App

10:19 - The market size

12:20 - The competitive landscape

17:44 - How the actual app works

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

🔗 CONNECT WITH PATTERN APP:

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/patt...

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pattern.app/

👋🏼 GET YOUR STARTUP FEATURED

If you'd like to be interviewed during the show, do connect with us on LinkedIn.

If you'd like to pitch to us and our network, do connect with us on LinkedIn as well.

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Startup Founder Chat with PriyoShop CEO Asikul Khan | Empowering Bangladesh micro-SMEs

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:02:06 GMT

We have a chat with Asikul Alam Khan, Founder and CEO of PriyoShop. PriyoShop is a B2B marketplace app that empowers MSMEs by connecting them directly to suppliers and big brands.

0:58 - What does PriyoShop do?

4:07 - The problems faced by micro SMEs

6:05 - The market opportunity - 4.5 million micro-SMEs in Bangladesh

8:38 - What is HoReCa? (Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe / Catering)

12:51 - What is your average commission / margin currently?

16:32 - How many micro SMEs are on PriyoShop at present?

17:47 - What do you mean by unblocking new zones?

25:42 - What is the improvement in the margins for the MSME?

26:15 - How does the asset-light model help PriyoShop?

31:08 - Retention rate and active rate

33:24 - Metrics used to measure PriyoShop's success

34:21 - What does success look like for you?

38:44 - What is your current valuation?

40:15 - Returns and potential exit if invested

44:18 - How you can support PriyoShop's journey?

🔗 CONNECT WITH ASIKUL:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/asikulala...

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

🔗 CONNECT WITH PRIYOSHOP:

💻 Website - https://priyoshop.com/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/priy...

🐦 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PriyoShopcom/

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Startup Founder Chat with Parvez Hossain of SWAP | Recommerce Startup

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:01:05 GMT

We have a chat with Parvez Hossain, co-founder and CEO of SWAP. SWAP is a hybrid of an e-commerce and re-commerce marketplace in Bangladesh.

2:53 Origin story of SWAP - Born from necessity to solve a problem they faced

11:07 What does success look like for SWAP?

11:41 Going through SWAP's updated Pitch Deck

16:41 SWAP's business model - C2B marketplace and a B2C/B2B marketplace

17:07 Revenue growth of 5X and saving 170 metric tonne of e-waste

22:26 The global recommerce market size is $1,480 billion with Bangladesh being $1.8 billion

23:18 The biggest players in the recommerce space

26:22 How do you minimize the risk of a used product?

28:02 What is the contribution of vehicles and electronic gadgets to the current GMV?

31:55 Why expand to the UAE instead of other markets?

35:52 What are the metrics that matter

41:11 Future valuation and multiples when things go as planned

42:20 33x multiple by 2026 - what are the challenges to realizing this?

45:58 The burning question - what is Parvez's workout regime?

CONNECT WITH PARVEZ:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/hossain-p...

CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

CONNECT WITH SWAP:

Website - https://swap.com.bd/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/swap...

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/swap.com.bd/

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What is Angel Investing? | Angel Investing 101

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:00:54 GMT

We've been asked a number of times about what is angel investing. This episode looks to address this question. Beyond that we talk about some famous angel investors, the risks of angel investing and why we are personally interested in the angel investing space.

0:22 What is angel investing (according to Osman)

3:08 What is angel investing (according to Razy)

3:40 Some famous Angel Investors and their exits

4:08 Garry Tan's 6000x return on his Coinbase angel investment

5:11 Chris Sacca's investment in Twitter

6:20 What are the risks of Angel Investing?

9:12 Why are The Clueless Capitalists in the angel investing space?

13:23 Investing in businesses that can make the world a better place

17:07 No longer being the smartest person in the room

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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Transforming micro-SMEs with PriyoShop | Pitch Deck Review | Bangladesh Startups

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:00:15 GMT

In this episode we discuss, PriyoShop.

PriyoShop is a B2B marketplace app that empowers retailers by connecting them directly to suppliers and big brands in an attempt to fix the fragmented supply chain by technology.

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

🔗 CONNECT WITH PRIYOSHOP:

💻 Website - https://priyoshop.com/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/priy...

🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/priyoshopcom

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/priyoshop/

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Introducing the two clueless capitalists

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 05:59:53 GMT

The Clueless Capitalists consists of two guys - one quite clueless and one moderately clueless. Join us on our journey as we figure out angel investing and generating predictable returns from our investments.

In Episode 1, you learn about the two clueless capitalists, their background, their experience with angel investing, their investment thesis and more.

Our philosophy with this channel is based on the Latin proverb - “docendo discimus” which means “by teaching, we learn”.

In subsequent episodes, we share our journey, the lessons from our journey, to share how we navigate angel investing, to interview founders and also to learn from our expert guests that we will be inviting.

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