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E08 Launching The First Music Lover App In London

In this podcast, Andres talks about building the first social media app for music lovers, Vollou. During the pandemic, Andres and his business partner Callum discussed the challenge of trying to remember the name of songs and memories at parties. Together, they decided to solve this problem by starting Vollou. Andres talks about the journey of being a founder, and the challenges he encountered.
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00:00 Welcome & Introduction01:30 Deciding To Start A Business 03:05 Vollou: Social Media For Music08:15 Collaborating With A Cofounder10:30 The Pandemic11:25 Differentiating Yourself15:50 Supportive Ecosystem17:07 The Biggest Challenge20:00 Personality Test: The Debater22:40 Tips & Closing

E07 From medical school in Belgium to Marketing Management at Amazon in London

Aziza is a Marketing Manager at Amazon. From Med School in Belgium to Politics & Economics in London, Aziza talks about choices she made to go from pharmaceutical studies to becoming a Marketing Manager (Full Time) at Amazon who's now pursuing Business Analytics studies (Part Time) at Imperial College. Tune in to hear about her decisions and choices.
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E06 From working Full Time at a strategy consulting firm in London to launching a fashion e-commerce brand

Dasha is a Senior Associate at a boutique strategy consulting firm. After spending 3 years at Gymshark, she decided to do pursue a MSc Strategic Marketing at Imperial College where she quickly realised that she wanted to start her own business, Lila Wolken. In this episode, Dasha talks about starting her headband business, while working Full-Time at a strategy consulting firm.
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00:00 Welcome & Introduction
03:40 Working at GymShark
06:43 Starting Lila Wolken 16:45 Embracing Feedback and Trying New Things
19:48 Work-Life Balance
23:05 Personality Test: The Defender
26:46 Tips & Closing

E05 From studying Computer Science in South Korea to becoming a software engineer at Google

Zhanto is from Kazakhstan. When he got accepted to Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST in South Korea), he thought he wanted to pursue a career in Neuroscience. He quickly realised that he was drawn to the world of coding. This is why he decided to follow a career in tech; from Cisco to Google, here's his career outtake.
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00:00 Welcome03:30 Introduction06:30 Coding As A Passion10:40 Building A Support System14:00 Work Ethics In South Korea vs. Poland17:50 Choosing Where To Go Next21:30 Personality test: The Executive21:40 Tips & Closing
 

E04 From International Relations at SOAS to Cloud Solutions Consulting at Google

Khulan is the pure embodiment of Women in Tech. Originally from Mongolia, she grew up in Czech Republic to then study her BSc at SOAS University in London, where she quickly started looking for a way to make money through Part Time jobs in Marketing and Design. She used that experience to apply to Adobe where she secured a Solutions Consultant, to then join Google as Cloud Solutions Consultant in New York City.
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E03 Becoming a Quant Researcher in a Hedge Fund in London

Ilyes is a Quant researcher at Marshall Wace. After studying at l'X, he pursued a PhD in Machine Learning at UCL for 4.5 years. Following this, he decided to become a Quant researcher in one of the biggest hedge funds in London. Ilyes shares his experience, and talks about the challenges of doing a PhD at University College London.
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00:00 Welcome & Introduction2:00 Why Did You Want To Study Engineering?
04:30 Living in Tunisia, France & The UK
06:00 Ph.D. In Machine Learning
09:00 Picking Machine Learning As A Career Path
11:00 The Ph.D. Experience 
14:00 Overcoming Challenges - The Idea of Failure 
17:30 Separating Arts From Research22:40 Personality Test: The Protagonist25:44 Closing & Conclusion

E02 From Investment Banking at City Bank to Launching a Start-Up

After studying BSc Management Science at UCL, Shaig wanted to explore the world of Finance, so he decided to pursue a MSc in Finance at London Business School. In this episode, Shaig takes us through his experience from Investment Banking at City Bank, to starting his own company.
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00:00 Welcome 02:52 Introduction09:25 From Management Science To Finance11:20 The Challenges Of StartUps19:30 Starting A Business22:30 Personality Test: The Executive25:00 Closing 

E01 From quitting a master’s at EPFL to generating a £1M ARR in a tech start-up in London

Ahmed is a founding engineer at Heron Data, a fast growing tech startup in London, where he’s contributing to a £1M ARR. He takes through decisions he had to make to get to this position today.
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00:00 Welcome & Introduction2:25 Why London?6:00 Decision-Making Process7:45 Reaching Career Clarity 9:30 Surrounding Yourself With The Right People15:40 Pushing Others18:30 Career Challenges 22:16 Heron Data24:00 Personality Test: The Consul27:00 Tips & Closing