Investing is betting on the future. The founders in this section do it professionally. They’ve built venture capital firms, angel networks, investment platforms, and financial tools that help people put their money where their conviction is.
These interviews cover every style of investing. Venture capital. Angel investing. Real estate investment. Public markets. Impact investing. The founders who fund other founders, and the founders who built the tools that make investing accessible to everyone, not just the people with a Bloomberg terminal.
What makes these conversations valuable is the perspective from both sides. Many of these founders have been investors and operators. They know what it’s like to write the check and what it’s like to cash it. That dual perspective shows up in the quality of their insights.
You’ll find honest conversations about deal flow, due diligence, portfolio strategy, and the art of saying no. Which is most of investing, if we’re being honest. Whether you’re raising money, deploying it, or trying to understand how the investment world works, these are people worth listening to.
I consider every moment, success and failure a part of who I have become today. Hussain Sajwani is the founder and Chairman of global property development company DAMAC Properties. He…
Meet Hussain Sajwani – Founder and Chairman of DAMAC Properties
Always focus on the customer. Figure out their problems and build stuff to solve them. Lingke Wang is the co-founder of Ovid Life, a life settlements technology startup. Ovid helps…
Keep learning and striving to improve the value of what you can offer to the world. Evolve or die. It’s your choice. Narin Charan is the founder and CEO of…
Don’t try to be something you are not. Focus on what you are good at and develop that skill to be better at it than anyone else. Peter Vekselman is…
You must learn to be your biggest believer and advocate but also your toughest critic. At just 33 years old, Steve is one of the most World’s most successful entrepreneurs…
To understand the issue yourself – one cannot rely on other people. Be part of the solution. Understand the problem and contemplate the issue. Adam Milstein is an active philanthropist,…
Meet Adam Milstein – Managing Partner of Hager Pacific Properties
Be selective about the people you take advice from and the people who join your team. Not all ideas are created equal, and not everyone should be part of…
Life is all about resilience. There are plenty of things that will rock you, but that’s part of life. You’ll be knocked down, but you can’t spend too much time…
So my advice would be to listen more. Learn, listen, learn, and repeat. Listen to a variety of people who have done it before, who are proven entrepreneurs, and who…
I think the key with failure is to accept it as part of growth and development. I have this old saying that failure is fertilizer—it smells like sh*t, but it…
Simplicity scales, complexity does not. David Nilssen, Co-Founder & CEO, Guidant Financial: A serial entrepreneur, David has successfully launched a number of companies over the last 15 years within financing,…
I always try to be where I am. I’m not talking about location, necessarily, but rather about focus. No matter where I am, I try to be present in the…