Rising Giants - N.6 Jim Rogers, Adventure Capitalist, Investment Biker, The Quantum Fund
In this episode, we interview the one and only Jim Rogers, a frontier market pioneer, that had a formative career on Wall Street alongside George Soros at The Quantum Fund 🔮🗺🧐
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Talking with entrepreneurs and investors in the world’s most rapidly evolving frontier markets to understand what it takes to have bold ideas and build the business disruptors of tomorrow. Join Max and Dominic as they explore the different backgrounds and playbooks of innovators in the region, bringing to light how they are impacting these growing markets and forging the path for more to come.
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In this episode, we interview the one and only Jim Rogers, a frontier market pioneer, that had a formative career on Wall Street alongside George Soros at The Quantum Fund, after which he turned his attention to becoming a first mover in many of the most exciting emerging market success stories of today, committing with foresight as others were unable to recognize the long term opportunities.
What we get into:
- Literally motorbiking across the world and seeing first hand the opportunities in nascent markets in the 1980's and beyond. 🏍
- Being one of the first foreign investors in countries all over Asia and Africa. 💸
- Catastrophe equaling opportunity and how this applies to markets such as North Korea, Iran and Venezuela today. 🧠
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📰 In the news:
UBS Bank highlights that Vietnam grew faster than China last year and that there is ‘huge potential” for it to expand further.
Tech Crunch on how Antler East Africa is building early-staged startups with professional experiences.
📚 Frontier Market Resources To Learn More:
Mentoring startups can me hard, but David Payne shares his insights. 🧠
The mapping of frontier markets economies and how they’re defined. 🔍
“Breaking Good” is a weekly curation of the top stories in Inclusive Entrepreneurship, Impact Investing and social good. Learn more! 👨💻
👨🏼💻 Frontier Market Job Opportunities:
Decision Lab is hiring for an Associate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Global Equator Ventures is hiring for an Investment Analyst in Singapore.
Reach52 is hiring for an Business Development Manager in a remote position.
UNDP is looking for International Interns at their Cambodia country office.
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🧐 About Rising Giants
The Rising Giants Podcast was created in November 2020 by Max Thornton and Dominic Kalousek after realizing that there were a limited number of resources available for insight into the local startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia.
Our mission is to talk to entrepreneurs and investors in the world’s most rapidly evolving frontier markets to help understand what it takes to have bold ideas and build the business disruptors of tomorrow. Through our personal exploration of these landscapes, we dive deep in our interviews with inspirational individuals learning about their career journeys, ideas, and insights into the markets of developing startup ecosystems, and expanding on why they see their business and the region as a "rising giant".