Arunkumar Krishnakumar is a successful VC and tech investor focused on emerging markets and social impact with GreenShores Capital and Delphos International. He has invested, advised and mentored startups and is passionate about purposeful innovation. Arun has over a decade of corporate technology experience, followed by almost a decade long investment experience. He is an Onalytica Fintech Influencer, Refinitiv Top 100 Social Leader and a Top 100 Asian in UK Tech. Arun has launched a successful podcast with Theo Lau and Brad Leimer and is an author with particular interest and expertise in Fintech and Deep technology solutions and today we will be talking about his new book, Restartup: A Founder’s Guide to Crisis Navigation together with Maxson Tee.
I hope you enjoy this conversation with Arunkumar Krishnakumar!
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What we talked about and when
| 01:30 | His background and what got him into writing a book |
| 03:00 | The origin story of his second book |
| 07:00 | “Even shit floats in high tide” – What Restartup is actually about |
| 08:45 | The key understanding entrepreneurs are lacking and that can be decisive for the success of their companies |
| 09:45 | The Importance of Mental Health and Why we need to talk about it |
| 13:30 | The reason board members need to have more empathy and the benefits more transparency brings |
| 15:00 | How to act as a startup entrepreneur in a crisis |
| 17:45 | The first thing a company needs to do when facing an emergency like the Covid pandemic (and in regular times, too) |
| 20:00 | Why it is all about getting lean and mean and to do it quickly |
| 22:45 | Keeping all the balls in the air and which ones you can drop |
| 26:00 | The value of influencer lists and how it helps to be on one |
| 29:30 | The role of regulators in the fight against climate change and what funds and investors can do |
| 34:30 | The key stakeholders in all fundamental changes |
| 37:30 | The problem of gender inequality in venture capital |
| 42:00 | Blockchain, decentralization and access to information |
| 46:00 | The impact of Quantum Computing on the future of Blockchain technology |
Some of the people that got mentioned:
Links and other interesting stuff from the Episode:
- Restartup: A Founder’s Guide to Crisis Navigation
- Arun’s first book “Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business“
- GreenShores Capital
- Delphos International
- Onalytica’s Fintech Top 100 Influencers and the #RefinitivSocial100
- The Third Pillar by Raghuram Rajan
- Arun’s articles on Daily Fintech
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