The grey Ave Podcast show

The grey Ave Podcast

Summary: The Grey Ave Podcast is where curious minds, entrepreneurs, daredevils, hustlers and problem solvers converge. Each episode features a guest from a different walk of life and industry. Whether it's tech innovators or business leaders, we explore the failures, successes and most importantly lessons that aspiring achievers can draw on. If you’re on your road to self-mastery and love hearing about how people get started, what they go through or how things work. This is a podcast for you.

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 #93 Michael Jordaan(Part 2) - Rain Mobile, Bank Zero & Venture Capital | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:51:40

This is a continuation of Episode #90. Dr. Michael Jordaan, MCom, Ph.D., is the Founder of MonteGray Capital. Dr. Jordaan serves as Partner at AngelHub Ventures. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at First National Bank, Plc until December 31, 2013. He had a decade of experience working at the First National Bank, Plc. At FNB, he oversaw the move away from traditional banking toward rewarding ecosystem-centric solutions for customers. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of JSE Limited since January 1, 2014. Dr. Jordaan is the recipient of the CNBC Africa Business Leader of the Year for Southern Africa award. According to Ventures Africa.com, Micheal is Africa’s most innovative banker. Follow Michael on twitter: @michaeljordaan Website: http://www.montegray.com/ This is part 2 of 2.

 #92 Joy Buolamwini - Finding Flaws in technology, Fighting Algorithmic Bias. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:53:09

Joy Buolamwini is a poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League to fight the coded gaze - harmful bias in artificial intelligence. At the MIT Media Lab, she pioneered techniques that are now leading to increased transparency in the use of facial analysis technology globally. She established the inaugural IEEE working group to create the first international standards for facial analysis technology. Her TED Talk on algorithmic bias has been viewed over 1 million times. More than 230 articles in over 37 countries have been written about her Gender Shades thesis work which uncovered large accuracy disparities in commercial AI services. Based on her work she was invited to write an op-ed for the New York Times on the dangers of facial analysis technology. Joy produces media that makes daughters of diasporas dream and sons of privilege pause. Her short film, The Coded Gaze: Unmasking Algorithmic Bias, debuted at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and her pilot of the Journey To Code training series debuted at the Vatican. Joy won the 2017 Grand Prize of a national contest inspired by the critically acclaimed film Hidden Figures in recognition for her impact journey video essay. With support from the Ford Foundation she created "AI, Ain't I A Woman?" the first spoken word visual poem focused on failures of artificial intelligence on iconic women including Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams, and Michelle Obama. Buolamwini is a Rhodes Scholar, Fulbright Fellow, and Google Anita Borg Scholar recognized as a Tech Review 35 under 35 honoree. She holds master's degrees from Oxford University and MIT and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her final degree will be a PhD from MIT.

 #EP91 Alon Stern - Founder of Slide. Startup stages and Lessons. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:03:57

Alon Stern is the Founder of Slide. A mobile payments app which facilitates easy, fast and free peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfers across all local banks and mobile networks, much like Venmo in the USA. 
 A Mathematically minded software developer, data analyst and oceanographer with a Phd from NYU and a postdoc from Princeton University.

 #90 Michael Jordaan (Part 1) - Banking, Career Development & Business | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:01

Dr. Michael Jordaan, MCom, Ph.D., is the Founder of MonteGray Capital. Dr. Jordaan serves as Partner at AngelHub Ventures. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at First National Bank, Plc until December 31, 2013. He had a decade of experience working at the First National Bank, Plc. At FNB, he oversaw the move away from traditional banking toward rewarding ecosystem-centric solutions for customers. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of JSE Limited since January 1, 2014. Dr. Jordaan is the recipient of the CNBC Africa Business Leader of the Year for Southern Africa award. According to Ventures Africa.com, Micheal is Africa's most innovative banker. Follow Michael on twitter: @michaeljordaan Website: http://www.montegray.com/ This is part one of two.

 #89 Blockstarters Blockchain Incubator Round-table | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:38:49

Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Blockstarters bring entrepreneurs together to create a hub of innovation and resource sharing, and through their extensive network of investors, they take startups to market. Their network reach extends as far as Silicon Valley and Shanghai.

 #88 Mid year review. Failures & Relationships | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:14:01

I was hanging out with my friends and discussing the first half of the year. Things we failed to accomplished and relationships. It was all over the place but you'll enjoy it.

 #87 Roger Ver - Founder of Bitcoin.com | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:45:38

Roger Keith Ver is an early investor in bitcoin related startups. He was formerly an American citizen. He was born and lived in Silicon Valley.[2] He now resides in Japan. He has been a prominent supporter of bitcoin adoption and saw bitcoin as a means to promote economic freedom. He now promotes Bitcoin Cash, a hard fork of the cryptocurrency created with the intent to fix issues such as high fees and long transaction confirmation times.[3] He identifies as a libertarian, an anarcho-capitalist, peace advocate and advocates for individualism and voluntaryism.

 #86 Tawanda Kembo - Cryptocurrency in Zimbabwe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:40:12

Tawanda Kembo has been geeking out about bitcoin since 2012 and has been deeply involved in bitcoin and the blockchain technology since 2013. Tawanda is 4th generation entrepreneur who co-founded Golix, the company running Zimbabwe’s bitcoin exchange. Tawanda has launched, contributed to and consulted for several blockchain-related projects in Africa so he understands the bitcoin landscape in Africa very well. Tawanda has spoken at several blockchain conferences worldwide, is a widely published author of bitcoin-related articles and blog posts. Previously, Tawanda started his career as a software engineer having writing his first software program in 1999 (when he was 13 years old).

 #85 Shakes Motsilili - Disrupting Venture Capital | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:44:15

Shakes Motsilili is a founding shareholder of Africa New Energies (ANE). The combination of excellent exploration results, the crowdfunding and community involvement has attracted two multi-billion rand bids for ANE. The company aims to achieve a $1 billion valuation on a planned IPO within the next two years. He also co-founded Aziza coin. The world’s first ethically tax-advantaged blockchain-based digital currency, designed to support start-ups in the developing world.

 #84 Joby Weeks - Rules to financial freedom and unlimited travel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:17

Joby is an entrepreneur, lifestyle coach and travel bug who is passionate about seeing others succeed. He has created several successful companies and continues to pursue different ventures. He is well known for Bitcoin and Bitclub Network in the cryptocurrency community. Smartcash link: https://smartcash.cc/ In this podcast we discussed: - His first business - Financial independence - Travel - Bitclub network - His philosophy on life Books he mentioned: The creature from jekyll island

 #83 Regulation and Governance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:40:25

In this podcast, I was joined by Michael Jordan and Nick Hill. Michael is an Acturial scientist and Nick, an entrepreneur who also works in the Fintech space. We discussed regulation using the Crypto and traditional markets as examples. We also discussed governance using Smartcash as an example.

 #82 Wannipha Jen Buakaew - How to find your place into Crypto | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:08:16

While advising a number of blockchain projects, Jen is also on The New Money Systems Board- Lifeboat foundation alongside high profile individuals such as Vitalik Buterin and Charlie Lee. Leading personality, public speaker and voice of progress to the cryptocurrency community and emerging markets- Known as Crypto Jen, one of the most highly regarded female crypto/blockchain influencers in the world. Jen's passion is about leveraging Crypto and Blockchain driven solutions to make a global impact and empower individuals to live life to the fullest.

 #81 Deconstructing Real Estate Myths - Scott Picken | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:10

Scott Picken is a South African-born real estate investor and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Wealth Migrate, a fintech company that offers real estate investments on its online marketplace through crowdfunding. He began offering real estate investment solutions at the age of 26 when he founded International Property Solutions. The Huffington Post named Wealth Migrate as one of the top 60 real estate crowdfunding solutions in the United States in 2014. Picken is the author of Property Going Global.

 #80 DAVID ORBAN - EXPLORING NEW OPPORTUNITIES | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:56

David is the Founder and Managing Partner of Network Society. He is an investor, entrepreneur, author, blogger, keynote speaker, and thought leader of the global technology landscape. His entrepreneurial accomplishments span several companies founded and grown over more than twenty years. Among other things, he's the Founder & Trustee of Network Society Research, Faculty of and Advisor to the Singularity University and Mentor for the Thiel Fellowship.

 #79 BETH MALATJI - THE BOOTSRAPPER'S LIFE-SAVING HACKS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:40:33

"Hating your job is not a business plan" - Beth Malatji Beth Malatji the Founder & CEO of Rebirth wines. She is also the director of StartUp Grind in Johannesburg. She wrote The Bootstrapper's Lifesaving Hacks, an easy to read practical book about business process automation. Her entrepreneurial journey started when she founded Wealth Ladder Magazine, which was later sold to another media house. This is an interactive publication focusing on entrepreneurship, startup success stories, financial literacy, wealth accumulation, and leisure. She is currently the Co-founder and Editor in Chief of Tenacity magazine, which focuses on community and rural development - powered by De Beers mining group. Her life story is inspiring, we go back from where she started as a kid, to her corporate life. It all adds up to where she is today.

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