E9 What's unreasonable about winters, crossover funds, value corrections, sunshine and rainbows?
SHOW NOTES: 0.28 Introductions 13.28 Crossover funds in SEA 20.40 Startups, valuations and raising 28.06 Startup founding, growing and exiting in down cycles 38.40 What to do as a founder now? Fol...
22 Jun 202243min
E8 What's unreasonable about diverse career experiences, web3 investing and community, BNB Chain and improv?
With unreasonable guest Gwendolyn Regina, Investment Director at BNB Chain. SHOW NOTES: 0.00 Introductions 0.42 Gwen Introduction 2.40 Gwen’s career 6.48 The ecosystem - startup and crypto 11.14 Po...
21 Apr 202252min
E7 What's unreasonable about founding and exiting a company, the life that follows and a remote control surfboard?
With unreasonable guest, Cameron Priest. SHOW NOTES: 0.42 Introducing Cameron Priest and TradeGecko 3.56 The early startup scene in 2012 7.11 Knowing you've got product-market fit and scaling 9.0...
3 Mar 202234min
E6 What's unreasonable about Vishal's career choices and the mental strain on founders, fundraising, VCs?
Happy Lunar New Year 2022 SHOW NOTES 0.00 Intros and the joy of a dinner 1.06 Vishal's origin story; from lawyer to venture capitalist 21.00 The mental strain on founders (incl. Hian's experience)...
1 Feb 202253min
E5 What’s unreasonable about disconnecting, 2022 trends, laziness and cricket?
Happy New Year! SHOW NOTES: 0.00 Christmas travels, disconnecting and burnout 10.36 Trends for 2022 19.13 Web3.0 26.31 China3.0 36.52 Angel List as a true VC innovation 31.03 Quick commerce & Sout...
14 Jan 202246min
E4 What's unreasonable about VC fundraising, Sequoia's new model and cheeky monkeys?
SHOW NOTES: 0.00 Reflections, NFT exhibitions, cricket, Hian says’ cheeky monkey.’ 6.08 VCs and fundraising 25.52 Thoughts on Sequoia and their new fund structure 37.01 Angel List as a true VC i...
30 Nov 202144min
E3 What's unreasonable about choosing founders, investing in founders, attracting talent and Meta?
SHOW NOTES: 0.00 Introductions, flying and the UAE 1.24 Hian and the Openspace origin story 11.21 What we look for in a founding team when they pitch to us 25.16 How we've seen founder's attract t...
15 Nov 202141min
E2 What's unreasonable about failure, underdogs, Southeast Asia investing and Myanmar?
Show Notes: 00:00 Reflection on the last pod, the cease and desist 01:31 Failure, startups and investors 11:19 Why we like the underdog startups 16.40 Michael Blakey’s story, dyslexia and playing t...
26 Okt 202148min
