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How this Founder almost Lost his Multi-Million Dollar Travel Startup
Farouk Ismail, Co-founder of Slice, joins us to discuss the journey from bootstrapping his startup to raising a massive $7.5 million seed round. Farouk shares candid insights on the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, the importance of risk management, and invaluable lessons learned from navigating a global pandemic. Tune in for actionable advice and inspiration for aspiring founders.
Socials
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UA-cam - www.youtube.com/@thesachinandadamshow
Sponsors
Slice: www.slicegroup.co/
Zed Law: www.zed.law/
Timestamps
00:00 Trailer
00:41 Welcome to the Studio: Catching Up with an Old Friend
01:20 The Journey of Slice: From Inception to Public Recognition
04:21 Bootstrapping Slice: The Early Days and MVP
06:37 Slice
07:25 Surviving COVID: A Hail Mary Expansion to the US
19:50 Balancing Risk and Reward: Lessons from the Journey
24:44 Balancing Aggression and Building a Good Company
25:00 Embracing Risk and Reward
25:51 The Story of SoftBank's Masayoshi Son
27:11 The Importance of High Conviction Portfolios
27:50 Going All In: The Entrepreneur's Journey
29:00 Zed Law
29:35 Raising Capital: The 17.5 Million Seed Round
31:30 Finding the Right Investors
36:09 Evolving as a Founder and CEO
40:50 Instilling Company Culture and Principles
46:56 Recommended Resources for Founders
48:56 Podcast Wrap-Up and Final Thoughts
About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vulnerable questions that no one else does. Guests have included former Prime Ministers, unicorn tech founders and the world’s top investors. Join us for these interviews and get a real behind the scenes look into 25 year old best friends building the company of their dreams.
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Cameron Adams on the Future of Canva and Climate Change
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We got to speak to Cameron Adams, the co-founder of Canva at a Climate Week Event in New York City. While Cam has been at Canva since the start of their $50 Billion dollar journey, he's also a passionate support of the climate tech ecosystem.
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24 Hours with Sahil Bloom
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Why Every Parent Wants To Hire this $ Billion Dollar Company
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7 Powerful Secrets Sahil Bloom Shared With Us About Life and Business
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How to build a consumer brand that cuts through with Elli Hanson
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Australia's $42 BILLION crisis - can this startup fix it? (Short-Film)
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How Uber became the FASTEST growing company in the world with Emil Michael
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Building the $8 billion Airwallex (ft. Jack Zhang)
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The rollercoaster story of On Deck with co-founder David Booth
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Berlintheking
    @Berlintheking 11 днів тому

    Love this: 'Business and startups are the ultimate playground for someone that loves risk and someonw that loves to be competitive and almost have no restrictions as to which direction to go other than as long as you're following your customer's interest and what the customers are asking for'

  • @sklifestyle7
    @sklifestyle7 12 днів тому

    Good content

  • @AFulfilledLife
    @AFulfilledLife 12 днів тому

    Such an amazing story, well done Farouk!

  • @PersonalFinancewithRaviSharma
    @PersonalFinancewithRaviSharma 12 днів тому

    Incredible story! Thanks for sharing lads.

  • @sachineefrwgfrew
    @sachineefrwgfrew 13 днів тому

    Amazing story

  • @LaythMeah-b1e
    @LaythMeah-b1e 16 днів тому

    Summed it up really well and the aspect of it.

  • @SachinShah-n2j
    @SachinShah-n2j 17 днів тому

    Epic!

  • @pjr.mp4
    @pjr.mp4 17 днів тому

    Love this stuff guys, keep it up

  • @NickalusNicoJohnson
    @NickalusNicoJohnson 22 дні тому

    Nice job guys! I'm interviewing Alex next week! Any advice?! 😅 Any questions you wanted to ask but didn't? I'll have a bit more time than it seems you did(on the 6 min vid you published). Kudos

  • @MrJmart1322
    @MrJmart1322 23 дні тому

    GREAT VIDEO, I suggest focusing on the interviewees answer rather than asking the next question so eagerly, their was a few times alex was still answering a question and you asked the next one.

    • @thesachinandadamshow
      @thesachinandadamshow 22 дні тому

      good feedback! I think that probably comes from the nerves. Thanks for pointing it out

  • @Arfabiscuit
    @Arfabiscuit 25 днів тому

    Lets hope he visits Africa and Asia where 85% of the worlds polution comes from

    • @BaldMancTwat
      @BaldMancTwat 25 днів тому

      China has proven they are not willing to co-operate with any regulations regarding pollution, and the rest of the most populace countries in Asia are too poor to be able to spend any money or time even thinking about climate change. African nations are also too poor to worry about climate change when education, starvation and clean water is still a priority. Westerners like to talk about climate change because it sounds good (People who can afford to actually chose what food they eat or products they consume are the only ones who would pay extra for a product that is less negatively impactful to the earth), but literally nothing will change if the whole world doesn't join in.

    • @the_triqster
      @the_triqster 23 дні тому

      Please can you share the source to this statistic. Unfortunately I can only find sources where Africa is 5% or less on CO2 emissions or plastic. Which means that Asia is 80%, which makes mentioning Africa somewhat irrelevant. But also, once again, I can't find sources which state Asia as that high. Unless the pollution being referred to is not CO2 emissions nor plastic, in which case what pollution is being referred to?

  • @kaimai2059
    @kaimai2059 25 днів тому

    this is a wesome

  • @ravihansa88
    @ravihansa88 Місяць тому

    Great work!

  • @kurtz9977
    @kurtz9977 Місяць тому

    huge doco for HEO, great editing and appreciate the spacey music!! Would love to see a zero gravity interview one day

  • @pauldannelachica2388
    @pauldannelachica2388 Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @visionforamerica2500
    @visionforamerica2500 Місяць тому

    A wildcard can be the chemical reaction from so many exotic metals burning up in the upper atmosphere. It's a big space, but not that big.

  • @JohnArmilPalomique
    @JohnArmilPalomique Місяць тому

    Love it! 🔥

  • @venicean23
    @venicean23 Місяць тому

    Absolutely love the video! Thank you for being my favourite Aussie startup podcast 💛

  • @SachinShah-n2j
    @SachinShah-n2j Місяць тому

    Lets go

  • @thilinamadhushanbandarawic4616
    @thilinamadhushanbandarawic4616 Місяць тому

    Amazing work 👏👏

  • @kaikaigar
    @kaikaigar Місяць тому

    Awesome!

  • @kavyakher7419
    @kavyakher7419 Місяць тому

    So good!!

  • @Secretlyanothername
    @Secretlyanothername Місяць тому

    love this. there's huge alpha in going out and doing something that only governments are doing, kudos to them for taking the risk (and the pivot from mining asteroids). also being Australian-based makes them global from day one, something guys with mullets in California don't seem to understand (rah rah USA USA)

    • @thesachinandadamshow
      @thesachinandadamshow Місяць тому

      Agreed - they were able to capture a pretty incredible market from that risk

  • @connorcameron3511
    @connorcameron3511 Місяць тому

    Lovely stuff

  • @thesachinandadamshow
    @thesachinandadamshow Місяць тому

    As always, we'd love to hear your feedback in the comments!

  • @JethroCastro-l7f
    @JethroCastro-l7f Місяць тому

    🔥

  • @ValderramaHaynes
    @ValderramaHaynes Місяць тому

    Thanks for the breakdown! Just a quick off-topic question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

  • @Hastingsnow
    @Hastingsnow Місяць тому

    Thank you

  • @CedricSantizo
    @CedricSantizo Місяць тому

    I see It as a tool not as something that could replace us

  • @rgw5830
    @rgw5830 Місяць тому

    Malcolm Turnbull will never be that bore when in his dotage says, 'I could've been'. What an interesting life - and they are only the things of which we know.

  • @BeeRich33
    @BeeRich33 2 місяці тому

    This was done years ago.

  • @fridawaywell
    @fridawaywell 2 місяці тому

    love love love these style of videos!

  • @jaineelmistry9151
    @jaineelmistry9151 2 місяці тому

    Really insightful episode. Great job guys!

  • @benjaminarya
    @benjaminarya 2 місяці тому

    Super cool

  • @mirawann
    @mirawann 2 місяці тому

    This is wickedly interesting - you guys have yourself a new fan!

  • @unorthodox-byharrywruck7263
    @unorthodox-byharrywruck7263 2 місяці тому

    Commenting for reach!

  • @sachineefrwgfrew
    @sachineefrwgfrew 2 місяці тому

    This was a life experience

  • @thesachinandadamshow
    @thesachinandadamshow 2 місяці тому

    It was awesome to be able to collab with Sahil on this video! Check out his YT here: www.youtube.com/@Sahil_Bloom Let us know what you think about the video in the comments below! 👇

  • @oliverkay3019
    @oliverkay3019 2 місяці тому

    my mum works thereee

  • @nairmanish
    @nairmanish 2 місяці тому

    Insane format feels like I'm at that table with y'all

  • @asp1207
    @asp1207 2 місяці тому

    Love this format, very intriguing and engaging. Perhaps in the future there is less people (4-5) instead, hard to keep up with everyone and connect with their story

    • @thesachinandadamshow
      @thesachinandadamshow 2 місяці тому

      Glad you liked it! I agree, smaller groups would be better.

  • @GyaanCentral
    @GyaanCentral 2 місяці тому

    Watching this after 5 years and I totally see why YesTheory was a big influence for you guys. I remember watching them in uni and thinking its wild what you can do if you just muster up the courage and ask people for it

    • @thesachinandadamshow
      @thesachinandadamshow 2 місяці тому

      Awesome to see you watching such an old episode! There's definitely a lot of Yes Theory philosophy that we try to internalise :)

  • @arcan762
    @arcan762 2 місяці тому

    tldr: be young and without kids to look after

  • @andreakruchikkrell8510
    @andreakruchikkrell8510 3 місяці тому

    Amazing chapter guys, you found a jewel in the industry, never heard of her before. Maybe it was just me, but if was really hard to understand her accent. Would be great for future episodes to include some subtitles when you consider necessary. Keep up the great work!

    • @thesachinandadamshow
      @thesachinandadamshow 2 місяці тому

      thanks! Just press CC in the bottom right and you'll find subtitles :)

  • @geolocarta
    @geolocarta 3 місяці тому

    I really want to watch this but the colour grading makes me stop. You’re a media startup, please fix your product asap. I’m sure you could find some to configure your workflow for $50. If you need a hand appeal to your audience. Keep up the great working landing these huge interviews.

  • @keepsanity9613
    @keepsanity9613 3 місяці тому

    also most of ai's uses are borderline illegal

  • @MelVenugopal
    @MelVenugopal 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for the analysis! 🔍 Need some advice: 🙏 I only have these words 🤔. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). How do I use this? 🤨

  • @Rufusthered186
    @Rufusthered186 3 місяці тому

    Stop subsidising large corporations and invest in new innovations.

  • @javi_derausquin
    @javi_derausquin 3 місяці тому

    thanks for this episode guys!

  • @heathergundry7059
    @heathergundry7059 3 місяці тому

    Impersonating people with masks and wigs for the purpose of extortion is another example of illegal impersonation which is listed as being one of the 8 stages of terrorism as well.