TWNTY: Recent Episodes
Femi Ojo
We're back with episode 5! Femi is joined by Josh Malemba a talented software engineer and founder of Code Suite, a coding education business.
They discuss:
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How to differentiate yourself in a competitive world
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The importance of mission in business and personal life
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What Code Suite was founded to accomplish
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The difference between your craft and your mission
As always we hope this inspires you to ask some deeper questions about what is important to you and how you'd like to make the most of your time on this earth.
Social links
FIND JOSH:
Instagram - @codesuite_
FIND FEMI:
Twitter - @femiojo_
INTERACT WITH TWNTY:
Find us everywhere - https://linktr.ee/twntypod
We're back with episode 4! Femi is joined by Jonas Andrew-Phillip an ambitious educated, entertainer and entrepreneur. They discuss:
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Jonas' experience in school and why that motivates him today
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Choosing an apprenticeship over university
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Where "Ace Your Ambition" originated from
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The realities of entrepreneurship
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The importance of failure in being a good leader
As always we hope this inspires you to ask some deeper questions about what is important to you and how you'd like to make the most of your time on this earth.
Social links
FIND JONAS:
Instagram - @jonasandrewphillip
FIND FEMI:
Twitter - @femiojo_
INTERACT WITH TWNTY:
Find us everywhere - https://linktr.ee/twntypod
In the final part of this episode Femi and Philip discuss:
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How to get out of a rut and do hard things
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Challenges behind building FinFoc
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Questions to figure out your mission
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Living in a world where perception outweighs substance
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How to build a professional reputation in the world
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Answering "Who am I"?
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Keeping in touch with yourself with regular feedback
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Benefits of co-founding with your friends
As always we hope this inspires you to ask some deeper questions about what work is important to you and how you'd like to make the most of your time on this earth.
Social links
FIND PHILIP:
Instagram - @philipmxk
FIND FEMI:
Twitter - @femiojo_
INTERACT WITH TWNTY:
Find us everywhere - https://linktr.ee/twntypod
Welcome back! In part 2, Femi and Philip discuss:
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Not allowing your parents to dictate your life choices
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The mental process to use to choose a career path
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Desiring to leave university debt-free
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The story behind co-founding the financial education platform FinFoc
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Remembering to be proud of your accomplishments
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Not letting your age define you
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Importance of having a strong vision that pushes you to overcome challenges
Keep an eye out for the other parts of the episode, coming soon!
As always we hope this inspires you to ask some deeper questions about what work is important to you and how you'd like to most of your time on this earth.
Social links
FIND PHILIP:
Instagram - @philipmxk
FIND FEMI:
Twitter - @femiojo_
INTERACT WITH TWNTY:
Find us everywhere - https://linktr.ee/twntypod
We're back with episode 3! In part 1, Femi speaks with Multi-Asset Investment Analyst and co-founder of financial ed-tech company FinFoc Philip Mokuolu.
They discuss:
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Freelancing as a software developer
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Doing the CFA as an Investment Analyst in the Asset Management industry
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Identifying as a corporate person
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Managing commitments
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The value of their university degrees
Keep an eye out for the other parts of the episode, coming soon!
As always we hope this inspires you to ask some deeper questions about what work is important to you and how you'd like to most of your time on this earth.
Social links
FIND PHILIP:
Instagram - @philipmxk
FIND FEMI:
Twitter - @femiojo_
INTERACT WITH TWNTY:
Find us everywhere - https://linktr.ee/twntypod
We're back with episode 2! Femi speaks with fifth-year medical student Emeka about how his mission has changed since starting his course. Emeka takes us on a journey giving us some insight into what made him want to become a doctor and some of the challenges he's faced along the way.
The principles you can take away from this are generic, this episode is aimed at everyone, not just medical students. They discuss general principles behind finding a mission and then the hard work required to be successfully aligned with that mission.
As always we hope this inspires you to ask some deeper questions about what work is important to you and how you'd like to most of your time on this earth.
Social links
FIND EMEKA:
Instagram - @emeka.abazie
FIND FEMI:
Twitter - @femiojo_
INTERACT WITH TWNTY:
Find us everywhere - https://linktr.ee/twntypod
For the first episode in season 1, I spoke with Austin Okolo an award-winning entrepreneur who is showing maturity beyond his years in the ventures and positivity he’s spreading. Austin is the founder and director of Born To Stand Out London, a premium fashion brand, he is also one of the founding members of the Gen Z Club and he runs the Reading With Austin newsletter all whilst studying at university. It’s a great conversation and I hope it inspires someone.
N.B. If it isn't clear in the first segment we are talking about Nigeria, where we're both from
Social links
FIND AUSTIN:
Instagram - @austinokoloo
Twitter - @austinokoloo
Subscribe to the BTSO newsletter - https://www.borntostandoutldn.com/
Follow the Gen Z Club - the.genzclub (Instagram)
Join Reading With Austin - https://readingwithaustin.com/
FIND FEMI:
Twitter - @femiojo_
INTERACT WITH TWNTY:
Find us everywhere - https://linktr.ee/twntypod
We're back with the fourth episode of the Living Informed Podcast! Joined by Masamba Senghore who is the Venture Capital Fund Director for UCL Entrepreneurs as well as the Investment Officer at Bloomsbury Capital, all alongside being a final year Economics student at UCL. This is a must-listen for any student entrepreneurs and also anybody generally interested in business and finance. Enjoy!
We talk about:
-Time management at university, how to work hard, create an effective system and avoid distractions
-What is a venture capital fund? Experiences working closely with various elite VCs
-Do all start-up ideas need to be tech-based now?
-What to include in your idea pitch and what makes a good pitch?
-How to start investing as a student
-How to research a potential investment
In this podcast, I talk with Karris who is an associate in Dispute Resolutions at Linklaters and we talk about a range of topics from what it's like being a corporate lawyer to volunteering in Ghana and bringing Carnival to the University of Warwick! There is definitely something for everyone to take-away from this conversation.
In this podcast we talk about:
–The importance of education
–University experience and living in Italy
–Volunteering in Ghana and solo travelling in South America
–Completing the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice Course (LPC)
–What it's like being a Solicitor
–Rotational Training Contract experience at Linklaters
You can find out more about Karris on LinkedIn
Black Men in Law Network
Black British City Group
Podcast #2 Part 3:
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What does Google do?
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What is an API? And how it brings together Uber and Google
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What is Cloud Computing?
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Action Bias
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Joining a start-up team versus established teams within a company
If you want to find out more about Ayo or contact him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayooluwanusin97/
Find more interviews at https://linfo.co.uk/
And feedback is much appreciated!
Podcast #2 Part 2:
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Managing your money when you start work
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Challenging information; understanding correlation and causality
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Debating both sides of the argument
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Graduate Premium?
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Identity
If you want to find out more about Ayo or contact him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayooluwanusin97/
Find more interviews at https://linfo.co.uk/
And feedback is much appreciated!
Podcast #2 Part 1
Thank you for listening! I had the pleasure of speaking with Ayo who is an API Management Specialist at Google and I can not express enough how insightful the conversation was. He is a very well-spoken individual, interested in technology and finance, who has a unique way of breaking down problems and thinking in a very logical and methodical way. In this first part of the podcast we talk about:
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Careers in technology
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The value of self-education
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What it's like to work at Google
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Working for cryptoasset data start-up Crypcentra
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Final year thesis: Can quantum computing be used to optimise portfolios?
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Finding your purpose
If you want to find out more about Ayo or contact him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayooluwanusin97/
Find more interviews at https://linfo.co.uk/
And feedback is much appreciated!
Podcast #1
I had a great conversation with Gartfield Kwofie who is currently working in the Deal Advisory team at KPMG. Gartfield is a very determined young man who has displayed boldness from a young age and there is so much for us all to learn from him. We talk about:
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Founding a Start-up in Ghana through which he will be meeting ministers to discuss his vision;
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Meeting the CEO Barclays and how he was able to network his way to an internship opportunity;
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Creating his own opportunities; working in the MP surgery case and interning at KPMG Africa;
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Going from applying to 20 jobs a week to choosing between two big four companies and an investment bank;
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Working 21 hours a week in his final year of university
Find more interviews at https://linfo.co.uk/
If you want to find out more about Gartfield or contact him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gartfield-kwofie-054a7090/