The Lowdown #12

Nothing Ventured Live with Eghosa Omoigui and Jonathan Sun, Plus my conversation with Sam Beni, the ex Head of Innovation at Tech Nation, All the spicey news around OpenAI's revolving door, Softbank and Tiger Global's falls from grace and Sam Lessin's take on the Future of Venture

šŸ‘‹šŸ¾ Hi friends!

Well it's been quite the week for the tech and venture ecosystem this week and in the UK's answer to the All In Pod (OK, sans besties and billions) I'll be exploring LIVE all sorts of things that are happening in the venture ecosystem with friends of the pod Eghosa Omoigui and Jonathan Sun šŸš€ 

Join us at 6pm UK time today with a glass of something nice and some popcorn and feel free to send us your spiciest takes and questions in the chat šŸ’Ŗ 

Hereā€™s the link to join - hope to see you there!

This week on Nothing Ventured I spoke to Sam Beni. If you want to hear a real heroā€™s journey, you definitely want to check this out.

From arriving in the UK as an asylum seeker and not being able to work, to co-founding a business he couldnā€™t take a salary in, or hold shares in and where he lived on the office sofa for years to founding and exiting multiple startups all culminating in his role as Head of Innovation at Tech Nation, Samā€™s story is absolutely incredible. Check it out!

This week there have been a few things that have caught my eye in the tech and venture ecosystem and what weā€™ll be talking about this evening, namely:

šŸ¤– What the hell is going on at OpenAI?
šŸ“‰ Softbank and Tiger Globalā€™s fall from grace
šŸ’°ļø Whatā€™s the future for venture according to Sam Lessin

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