Podcasts by Ride it Out_LBS

Elisabeth Kohlbach, Co-founder at Skwire (Proptech) from 2021-01-21T06:00

Elisabeth (LBS MBA'18) started her company Skwire, straight out of LBS MBA. Skwire is scaling residential investment using the latest AI technology - Lizzie reveals all the secrets in this episo...

Farhan Lalji, Principal at Anthemis, Fintech VC from 2020-12-15T00:01:03

Farhan (LBS MBA'07) started his career at Yahoo where the founders of Slack, Whatsapp, LinkedIn, Etsy were sitting alongside him in office.

Learn more why Athemis is excited about the lat...

Nolan Sardesai, Founder & COO of Eupnea and ex VC investor (Earlybird, 24Haymarket) from 2020-11-19T05:00

Nolan (LBS MBA'18) shares his views on the medtech space as a frontline CEO running a ventilator business. Stuck in the dilemma of whether to join a start up or a VC post B school? Nolan unpacks...

Vasile Foca, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Talis Capital: VC Thematic Investing from 2020-10-25T10:00

Talis Capital has backed the most LBS businesses from any VC fund in Europe. Vasile explains the main investment themes of Talis Capital: 1) Tech infra; 2) Tech reshaping the way we live; 3) The...

Juliet Bailin, VC Investor at Mosaic Ventures: Logistics AI from 2020-10-11T01:00

Juliet discusses future trends in logistics AI and latest investment in Keelvar, leading the 5th industrial revolution in procurement. Are you struggling to break into VC? This episode will be a...

Dana Lattouf, Founder & CEO of Tickitto (Travel tech) from 2020-09-29T23:00

Tickitto is the Stripe for Travel and Dana is disrupting the market big time even as the travel sector is being reshaped by the pandemic. Did you know that failure is a noun not a verb? Dana exp...

Akriti Dokania, VC Investor at Octopus Ventures: Gaming Industry from 2020-09-14T00:00

Akriti discusses the massive boom in the gaming industry, fuelled by non gamers reaching for the console as a way to stay connected in a lockdown world. What do Travis Scott and UC Berkeley have...

Christian Mouysset, Founder & CEO of Tenzo (Restaurant Tech) from 2020-08-28T02:00

The ex founder & CEO of Hummus Bros, discusses the Tenzo journey so far and the future of restaurant tech industry. Are you a non conformist? This episode is for you. From a computer science...

Alex Lyakhotskiy, Founder & CEO, Pass the Keys (Proptech) from 2020-08-14T02:00

Alex explains why amidst the pandemic is the right time to grow the franchise side of his business. An idea a day - keeps the corporate at bay? Practical tips on how to ideate if you're stuck fo...

Hasan Sukkar: Included VC - democratising access to VC funding from 2020-07-31T07:00

Hasan discusses the critical role programs such as Included VC play in the start up ecosystem. The thesis: unicorns can come from the most surprising places and you need diverse founders to unco...

Sarah Conacher: ESG & Social Enterprise from 2020-07-16T08:09:14

Sarah discusses ESG and social enterprise trends - why they should matter to us and what the future holds. Career advice - don't underestimate the importance of side hustles!

Jenny Dreier, Invesor at EQT Ventures: AI driven investments from 2020-07-10T20:55:43

Jenny discusses how AI is shaking up the VC sourcing model. Can AI driven investments be the answer to finding more diverse founders & companies? Meet the smartest team member at EQT - the '...

John Fowler: Supply Chain & Geopolitics- what's the common thread? from 2020-07-02T14:38:13

John explains why you should care about geopolitics if you're interested in supply chain management. Many people care about Fairtrade but now everyone will care about where products are made. Wh...

Jon Smith, Founder & CEO Pobble: Edtech from 2020-06-14T13:53:36

Jon Smith discusses how the pandemic has facilitated Edtech adoption in the classroom and why that's not good news for everyone. Career advice for future entrepreneurs- just start!

Coral Kratenstein, Founder GeorgiaIL: Travel industry - will it adapt? from 2020-06-09T08:29:24

Coral discusses some of the bright spots in the travel industry and the top 3 travel trends to watch out for: Contactless check ins, the end of over tourism and digital tour operator packages

Ariadna Pui, Co-founder Amza Bags: E-commerce landscape redesigned from 2020-06-03T10:20:59

Ariadna explains what are hallmarks of top performing e-commerce businesses and why now is a good time to launch a consumer brand

Susie Meier, VC Investor at Notion Capital: Product Led Growth from 2020-05-27T14:04:13

Susie discusses the hot trend of Product Led Growth and why VCs, consumers and founders need to be paying attention to this. She gives practical advice on how to approach VC coffee chats (no cof...

Santiago Narvaez: Is PE still going strong during COVID-19? from 2020-05-19T23:11:05

Santiago explains how the 3 pillars of the PE industry: fundraising, investing and portfolio management have been impacted by the pandemic

George Burgess: Founder, The Intro - dating app for busy professionals from 2020-05-15T22:36:32

George explains why video dating is here to stay even post lockdown. Career advice: don't fall into the VC-entrepreneur career trap and the best way to ideate is to look at your own pain points

Alonso Alcocer, Co-founder Cargoful: Logistics market disruption from 2020-05-12T22:14:10

Alonso explains why VCs are bullish on the logistics market and how it benefits consumers around the world. Ultimate win - no toilet paper queues!

Christer Holloman: CEO, Divido (Fintech) from 2020-05-07T03:41:21

Chris explains why he's bullish on the point of sale market and gives career advice to MBA students

Nadim Kapadia: Proptech Innovations of the Future from 2020-04-29T13:25:40

Nadim Kapadia explains why the real estate market downturn is actually a hidden blessing for proptech to flourish. Virtual flat viewings anyone? Yes, please!

Lucy Bowers: The Advertising play during COVID-19 from 2020-04-26T14:44:26

Lucy Bowers explains why now is the best time to pump cash into advertising and marketing. Counterintuitive? Tune in to understand why it makes perfect sense

Filipa Pinto: Founder Voila & Meraki_foodstories from 2020-04-22T09:55:51

Filipa Pinto, Co-founder of Voila and Meraki Food stories shares insights on food cooking apps and the future of food delivery

Andrew Hadad: Co-founder Fresh Organics, Trinidad and Tobago special from 2020-04-19T00:26:51

Andrew Hadad explains how COVID19 is impacting the Caribbean island, Trinidad and Tobago and what are the recent trends in the food sector

Julien Trost: Mobtech (mobility sector) - the new supernova? from 2020-04-13T21:24:52

Julien Trost explains how COVID19 is the silver lining for 'Mobtech' (mobility sector) and why regulation would need to change to support its growth

Victor Mallet: What's next for media industry from 2020-04-12T12:56:09

Victor Mallet discusses trends in the media industry, fake news, burning 5G masts and why good journalism matters

Rumi (Mitra) Waite: The Entertainment industry during the lockdown from 2020-04-08T10:41:39

Rumi (Mitra) Waite discusses how the music artists are adapting to Instagram Live age and is VDR the future of music

Brooke Freeman: The Fitness sector - are digital workouts the new normal? from 2020-04-04T11:53:24

Tune in to Ride it Out podcast to hear Brooke Freeman discuss the future of of the fitness sector - instagram live workouts, Digme's innovative business model pivot and what is the fitness secto...

Ed Boyanoski: What is insuretech? And why should we care? from 2020-04-02T12:21:30

Tune in to Ride it Out to hear Ed Boyanoski discuss the future of insuretech and why the big insurance companies are likely to come out fairly unscattered from the crisis

Eishan D: The Future of Remote Working from 2020-04-02T12:16:43

Tune in to Ride it Out to hear Eishan's insights into the future of remote working and why you should be applying for an internship at Zoom

Chloe Tait: Sustainability & food security during the crisis from 2020-03-31T19:14:12

Tune in to hear Chloe talk about how the current crisis is impacting sustainability and food supply chains in Europe