My First Million
#105 with Avlok Kohli and Xavier Helgesen - Leading AngelList Ventures and Buying Businesses Like Berkshire Hathaway
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.
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Today’s episode is a double header. Sam Parr (@theSamParr) is out today, so Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) hosts the pod today with two guests Xavier Helgesen (@XavierHelgesen) Co-CEO of Enduring Ventures and Avlok Kohli (@Avlok) CEO of AngelList. In today’s episode you’ll hear: Avlok gives his background on how he became CEO of AngelList (), Shaan asks Avlok how he Fast Buy got acquired so fast (), Avlok shares some ideas he has for the future of business (), Shaan and Avlok talk about how to improve meetings (), Shaan asks Avlok some of the cool companies he’s seen at AngelList (), Shaan asks “What’s it like working with Naval?” (), Shaan and Avlok talk about the problems with traditional funds and the potential with rolling funds (). Shaan interviews Xavier Helgesen (), Xavier gives his background (), Shaan asks Xavier about his solar company in Africa (), Xavier talks about his CFO-brain and how it’s helped his career (), Shaan asks Xavier what he’s interested in lately (), Xavier tells about his acquisition of UpCouncil (), Shaan asks Xavier how to implement a profit-sharing company (), Shaan explains how local and neighborhood networks are simple and profitable (), Xavier explains what he looks at in financial statements when looking at a companies to acquire (), Shaan asks Xavier if he has an opinion on SPACs (), Xavier gives a list of a few books that every entrepreneur should read (). This episode is presented by Tempo! Check them out at tempo.fit and use code "TempoHustle" for $100 off. Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion.
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