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Ask an Investor Podcast

By: Pravin Raveendran
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  • Hear from fascinating investors & industry stalwarts who invest million and billions of dollars. Connect with them in Quidroom (www.quidroom.com), the community platform for 1,000+ accredited and institutional investors globally.
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Episodes
  • Rakeshh Gupta - Investment Strategies Of Billionaires
    Oct 6 2022

    Have an investment question for Rakeshh Gupta? Join the Value Investors Club on Quidroom with 330+ accredited and institutional investors! Interact with Rakeshh Gupta and other investment experts in the room. 
     
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    Or join the 'Weekly Investor Meetups' room with the Quidroom Founder, Pravin Raveendran to attend future investor meetups. 
     
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    In this episode, investment expert Rakeshh Gupta answers investor questions about the investment strategies followed by billionaires to see where and how they’re positioned for 2023 and, importantly, what ideas and lessons savvy investors can glean from this elite group.  
     
    Rakeshh Gupta is a highly experienced international management professional with executive and board management expertise, a strategic vision, and a strong performance track record. In the past, Rakeshh led the Essel Group—a multi-diversified Indian conglomerate—as Group President (Finance), managing their media and other businesses, investment and finance functions across 172 countries. Rakeshh has also served as President/CEO of Hinduja Group, the largest multinational British Indian conglomerate, for over five years, where he was responsible for Business & Project Development, Strategic and Investment Advisory, Fund Raising, and M&A.  

    In 2018, he founded SayeNvest Capital Advisory, a boutique strategic, financial, and family office advisory firm that advises various business conglomerates and family offices on investment strategies. 

    0:00 - Intro   
      
    2:09 - What particular life experiences of Rakeshh have made him a subject matter expert on this topic?  

    4:41 – Are there any reasons for the Indian subcontinent's family offices' less cooperative or more secretive behavior?  

    7:19 – What typical differences exist between the current investment portfolios of Indian and Western billionaires?   

    18:30 – What specific functions of a family office can be outsourced?  

    23:53 – What are the best strategies for approaching billionaires?  

    27:57 – How much of a billionaire's investment decisions are made by them directly, and how much is handled solely by the family office?  

    30:41 - Do billionaires only care about their financial success or are they also motivated by a desire to change the world? 

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    Be sure to subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Google, and other podcast services. 
     
    Want to nominate a guest for 'Ask an Investor' or want to give feedback? Drop us a line at hello@quidroom.com.   
     
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    Quidroom is where sophisticated investors build their investment communities.   
     
    Wander the proverbial halls of Quidroom and discover rooms with hundreds of investors matching your interests. You’re free to quietly enter and exit rooms at your leisure. Choose to join the conversation with other investors or simply be a fly on the wall and listen in. It’s entirely up to you.   
     
    When you’re ready to stake a claim, start an investor community! Start a room to share your insights, try your hand at incepting ideas, or just simply share today’s market headlines.   
     
    Fun fact: Total AUM of Quidroom users is approximately $9.3 trillion   
     
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    This channel and the episodes on it are only for informational and educational purposes only. 

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    33 mins
  • Lajla Aganovic - Shifting Gender Balance in Finance: What's the Impact on Investors and Entrepreneurs
    Aug 24 2022

    Have an investment question for Lajla Aganovic? Join the Gender Diverse Investment Community on Quidroom with 330+ accredited and institutional investors! Interact with Lajla and other investment experts in the room.
     
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    Or join the 'Weekly Investor Meetups' room with the Quidroom Founder, Pravin Raveendran to attend future investor meetups.

    https://www.quidroom.com/referral/73M10
     
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    In this episode, investment expert Lajla Aganovic answers investor questions about the evolving gender balance in the investment world, where it's headed, and how its impacting men and women. 

    Lajla Aganovic is an experienced senior investment officer with experience in private tech firms and the banking sector. She has proven expertise in Portfolio Management, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and she holds the credential of Chartered Financial Analyst. 

    Lajla graduated from the EPFL with a MSc in cryptography and security of systems, but her passion for interacting with people worldwide diverted her from the pure scientific career to embrace the world of asset management and venture capital. She started her career in Lombard Odier Group (equities portfolio management), and obtained the CFA certification, then moved to private investments in Freemont Management SA (focus on VC strategy, direct investments at growth stage and later-stage co-investments), after which she joined Swisscom Ventures in order to fully use her technological and financial skills in a Venture Capital fund. Currently, Lajla is Head of Venture Engagement in Logitech International S.A. 
     
     
    0:00 - Intro 
     
    4:04 - How has Lajla's experience been working as a woman in various sectors across multiple industries? 
     
    11:01 - What are the different communities for women that Lajla has been a part of? 
     
    16:35 - Lajla shares her experience around the shift in the mindset of female executives in the financial sector 
     
    22:28 - How Lajla’s peers have been supportive within the venture capital industry? 
     
    26:36 - What advice does Lajla has for the younger people who are entering first time in the financial industry? 
     
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    Thanks for listening! 
    Be sure to subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Google, and other podcast services. 
     
    Want to nominate a guest for 'Ask an Investor' or want to give feedback? Drop us a line at hello@quidroom.com. 
     
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    Quidroom is where sophisticated investors build their investment communities. 
     
    Wander the proverbial halls of Quidroom and discover rooms with hundreds of investors matching your interests. You’re free to quietly enter and exit rooms at your leisure. Choose to join the conversation with other investors or simply be a fly on the wall and listen in. It’s entirely up to you. 
     
    When you’re ready to stake a claim, start an investor community! Start a room to share your insights, try your hand at incepting ideas, or just simply share today’s market headlines. 
     
    Fun fact: Total AUM of Quidroom users is approximately $9.3 trillion 
     
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    This channel and the episodes on it are only for informational and educational purposes only. 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


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    29 mins
  • Winston Ma - What Investors Need to Know: Web3 and the Future of Money
    Aug 16 2022

    Have an investment question for Winston Ma? Join the Paytech Investor Community on Quidroom with 330+ accredited and institutional investors! Interact with Winston and other payment tech experts in the room.

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    Or join the 'Weekly investor meetups' room with the Quidroom Founder, Pravin Raveendran to attend future investor meetups.

    https://www.quidroom.com/referral/73M10

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    In this episode, investment expert Winston Ma answers investor questions on blockchain and Web3.

    In preparation for the launch of his new book on Blockchain and Web3, Winston shares the most significant insights that investors need to know about the future of money and payments. This includes: metaverse and Web3 - the difference investors need to know; and the first industries mainstreaming application of Web3 technology.

    Winston Ma is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global digital economy. He is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CloudTree Ventures Ventures, a seed to early growth stage venture capital firm empowering interactive entertainment companies. He is currently the board Chairman of Nasdaq-listed MCAA, a European tech SPAC, a board member of IDCA - International Data Center Authority, an advisory board member of Capgemini and an Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law.

    Most recently for 10 years, he was Managing Director and Head of North America Office for China Investment Corporation (CIC), China’s sovereign wealth fund. Prior to that, Mr. Ma served as the deputy head of equity capital markets at Barclays Capital PLC, a vice president at J.P. Morgan investment banking, and a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. He was selected a 2013 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, and in 2014 he received the NYU Distinguished Alumni Award.

    0:00 - Intro

    6:54 - Will blockchain eventually take over all financial transactions?

    11:21 - Who will control the future banking/payment system - traditional banks or something else?

    15:32 -  Metaverse and Web3 - what's the difference investors need to know?

    20:24 - Crypto platforms are being hacked - how can the industry handle this risk?

    24:34 - What does the future of payments look like?

    28:04 - Are the crypto markets repeating what happened during the internet bubble in the 90s?

    32:23 - What should investors expect to learn when reading Winston’s new book?

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    Thanks for listening!
    Be sure to subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Google, and other podcast services.

    Want to nominate a guest for 'Ask an Investor' or want to give feedback? Drop us a line at hello@quidroom.com.

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    Quidroom is where sophisticated investors build their investment communities.

    Wander the proverbial halls of Quidroom and discover rooms with hundreds of investors matching your interests. You’re free to quietly enter and exit rooms at your leisure. Choose to join the conversation with other investors or simply be a fly on the wall and listen in. It’s entirely up to you.

    When you’re ready to stake a claim, start an investor community! Start a room to share your insights, try your hand at incepting ideas, or just simply share today’s market headlines.

    Fun fact: Total AUM of Quidroom users is approximately $9.2 trillion

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    This channel and the episodes on it are only for informational and educational purposes only.

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    35 mins

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