The Curious Learners
I feel privileged to speak to so many great minds as part of my job. They are passionate builders, insightful investors, laser-focused leaders. They are all curious learners in their own way. It is their urge to learn more. That urge is curiosity. When I speak to these people, I hear fascinating ideas, solid business plans, genius growth hacking practices, relentless team building focus, unique investing strategies and many others. However, most of the time, key insights, business intelligence and inspiring stories shared in these conversations do not make their way to the outside world. The Curious Learners is an attempt to share the stories of those curious learners with those, who might find the inspiration that they were looking for or those who might get the encouragement for their own journey that they already started. Looking forward to a long journey together.
Episodes
47 episodes
Africa’s Energy Shift: The Rise of Distributed Power | The Curious Learners Ep. 47
Welcome back to The Curious Learners. In this episode, my AI co-hosts look at how distributed energy is reshaping electricity access across Africa, using insights from my latest post on The Curious Learners (see
Infrastructure at the Heart: Why the Energy Transition Is a Delivery and Business Model Challenge. Not Tech. | The Curious Learners Ep. 46
🎧 New Podcast Episode: Infrastructure at the Heart — Why the Energy Transition Is a Delivery and Business Model ChallengeWe often hear that clean technologies like solar, wind, and batteries are the key to decarbonisation. But the...
Beyond Disruption: The Rise of the Quiet Builders | The Curious Learners Ep. 45
In this episode of The Curious Learners, we take a step back from the noise of disruption and zoom in on something more subtle - but just as transformative: the quiet reinvention of the real economy.Across manufacturing floors, ...
Resilience in the Age of AI: Transforming Heavy Industry, Energy, and Infrastructure | The Curious Learners Ep. 44
In the latest episode of The Curious Learners, my AI co-hosts and I explore a theme that’s become central to my investing journey: resilience.Not just in the narrow sense of withstanding shocks — but in a broader, more dy...
⚡ Distributed Energy Resources: Powering a Flexible Future | The Curious Learners Ep. 43
Today, my AI co-hosts are exploring the major shifts reshaping the energy landscape: digitalisation, decentralisation, and decarbonisation.
The Power of Real-Time Monitoring: Building Resilience in Critical Sectors
Welcome to another episode of The Curious Learners. I again turn to my AI co-hosts who continue to do great job talking about my posts on The Curious Learners.Today we're exploring a critical landscape where efficiency meets innovation: ...
Bridging the Funding Chasm for Climate Companies
System companies? What does that even mean! My AI Co-hosts in this latest episode of The Curious Learners do a great job in discussing the funding environment for system companies, i.e. the integration of hardware and software companies.
Electricity Grid Needs a Massive Upgrade (Special Episode)
Join me for an extra special episode on The Curious Learners! It was created using Google's NotebookLM AI tool and my blog post on The Curious Learners (link h...
Mert Mumtaz | Building for Builders | The Curious Learners Ep. 39
Hi everyone. My guest today is Mert Mumtaz. He is the co-founder and CEO at Helius, which is a developer platform for the Blockchain ecosystem. Mert is not new to crypt...
Amos Wittenberg | Assessing Risks in Climate Transition | The Curious Learners Ep. 38
Hi everyone. My guest at The Curious Learners is Amos Wittenberg. He is the co-founder of Dovetail. Amos and his co-founder
Yurii Kyparus | Cashback & MEV Service in Crypto | The Curious Learners Ep. 37
Hi everyone. My guest at The Curious Learners is Yurii Kyparus. He is the co-founder of Wallchain, which is a start-up that addresses the issue of MEV (...
Sebastian Manhart | Carbon Removal: Where Technology Should Meet Policy | The Curious Learners Ep. 36
Hi everyone. My guest today is Sebastian Manhart. He is the senior policy adviser at Carbonfuture, which is a technology company building an operating system for high quality carbon removals.Sebastian has a super interesting background ...
Peter Grosskopf | Building in Crypto Winter | The Curious Learners Ep. 35
Super excited to have Peter Grosskopf on the first episode of the second season. Peter is the co-founder and CTO of Ultimate Money (core product of U...
James West | Building the Future of Crypto Exchange | The Curious Learners Ep. 34
Hi everyone. My guest today is James West. He is the CEO of Globe, which is a crypto futures exchange. James and I agreed to talk about buildin...
Chris Perkins | Crypto: Where are We Headed? | The Curious Learners Ep. 33
My guest today is Chris Perkins. He is the President of CoinFund, which is a crypto-native investment firm founded in 2015. Chris join...
Kevin Zhang | FX in Decentralized Finance | The Curious Learners Ep. 32
Hi everyone. My guest is Kevin Zhang. He is the co-founder of DFX Finance, a decentralized exchange protocol specifically for stablecoins. Kevin has been...
Joshua Frank | Building the Data Layer for Crypto | The Curious Learners Ep. 31
My guest today is Joshua Frank. He is the co-founder and CEO of The Tie, an information services provider for digital assets. Josh and I met s...
Lubomila Jordanova | Enabling Journey to Sustainability | The Curious Learners Ep. 30
Hi everyone. My guest for the 30th episode of The Curious Learners is Lubomila Jordanova. She is the founder of Plan A, which is a climate-tech company wor...
Evgeny Gokhberg | Building a DeFi Power User | The Curious Learners Ep. 29
My guest today is Evgeny Gokhberg. He is the founder and managing partner of Re7 Capital, which is an investment firm focused ...
Will Robinson | Accelerating Web3 | The Curious Learners Ep. 28
Hi everyone. My guest today is Will Robinson from Alliance DAO. He is the head of Community at Alliance, where he helps web3...
Mounir Benchemled | Facilitating Decentralized Finance | The Curious Learners Ep. 27
Hi everyone. My guest today is Mounir Benchemled. He is the founder of Paraswap, which is one of the leading DEX aggregators in crypto markets.Mo...
Paul Hsu | Metaverse as the Immersive Internet | The Curious Learners Ep. 26
My guest today is Paul Hsu. He is the founder of Decasonic, a crypto native VC fund. Paul's background and his thesis at Decasonic put him in a unique p...
Ulric Musset | Facilitating Private Market Investing | The Curious Learners Ep. 25
My guest today is Ulric Musset. He is the co-founder of Vauban, which is a technology platform that facilitates private market investing.He and his ...