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The new guest is Aurélien Ominus, an innovator, blockchain author of 'A Practical Guide To Blockchain In Business’ and others, at Eyrolles Business, serial entrepreneur & Blockchain Deeptech teacher at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seein-apps.com, a SaaS platform that makes crypto investments sociable and engaging for users.
Aurélien Onimus Interview Questions
1. Academic background
2. Early career
3. The state of blockchain
4. Blockchain impact in France
5. Blockchain and Real Estate
6. As a blockchain author
7. About 'A Practical Guide To Blockchain In Business’
Aurélien Onimus Biography
Aurelien Ominus is an innovator, blockchain author at Eyrolles Business, serial entrepreneur & Blockchain Deeptech teacher at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and active enthusiast sport athlete. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seein-apps.com, a SaaS platform that makes crypto investments sociable and engaging for users.
He is certified in an Executive Program in Design Thinking from MIT Sloan School of Management. He also did a Master's programme from INSEEC San Francisco focused on start-up development.
He regularly contributes as an expert columnist on an innovation Subject linked to Start-up and Tech, including Blockchain, Web 3, Metaverse, Crypto, start-up, and fundraising at France 3 Corse Via Stella Via Nova.
He is also the former founder of Manager l'innovation, an innovation firm that helps create and manage ambitious start-ups, project and product management, Blockchain, Design Thinking, Lean Start-up.
As an author, Aurelien has published four books on blockchain: A Practical Guide To Blockchain In Business (his latest book, in October 2022, published with Eyrolles Business), Blockchain: A Revolution In Real Estate (2020, published with Eyrolles Business), The world after the Blockchain: what is behind Bitcoin (2020, self published), and Blockchain and ICOs (2018, self published).
He is also a Blockchain Deeptech teacher in Entrepreneurship & Innovation management programme at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
As a Coach and Manager of the INSEEC basketball team, he managed a team of 12 members, winning a majority of games in the French Championship.
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Hirander Misra is Chairman & CEO of GMEX Group, a company that offers innovative solutions for the creation & operation of electronic exchanges and post trade infrastructure in securities, FX, derivatives, commodities, crypto & digital tokenized assets.
A B.Sc in Economics and Economics History from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and M.Sc in Business Systems Analysis and Design from University of London, Hirander is one of the Top 10 influential business leaders of blockchain technology in the All Party Parliamentary Group 2018 report on the UK Blockchain industry. He is also In LATTICE80’s Top 100 influencer list for the UN Sustainable Developments Goal agenda for pioneering blockchain technology solutions. He is featured in the Financial Technologist 2019 list of the 50 most game changing founders of FinTech companies.
Hirander Misra Interview Questions
1. Could you please start by telling us a little bit about your professional and academic background?
2. Could you share with us about your earlier career path and your motivations or inspiration?
3. About your products at GMEX
4. Can you tell us more about the financial institutions you work with and the solutions you provide
5. Back to basics, what is an API?
6. What are the market trends and numbers that make people afraid of crypto. What can you say to bring in confidence in the space?
7. Can you tell us some case studies to see some light in the blockchain space?
8. About ESG initiatives you are part of
9. Key highlights of GMEX business: collaborations and messages
10. Wrap up
Hirander Misra Biography
Hirander Misra is Chairman & CEO of GMEX Group, a company that offers innovative solutions for the creation & operation of electronic exchanges and post trade infrastructure in securities, FX, derivatives, commodities, crypto & digital tokenized assets.
A B.Sc in Economics and Economics History from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and M.Sc in Business Systems Analysis and Design from University of London, Hirander brings an acumen that is backed by know-how and experience of more than 25 years.
He is a partner of Digital Partners Network (DPN) offering new age digital professional services and the world's first regulated tokenised hybrid fund - Digital Investment Fund PCC (DIF) for which he is Managing Director. He is also Chairman of SECDEX, the Seychelles based Securities, Commodities and Derivatives Exchange. He is also Founder & Co-Chairman of FinComEco, a fully integrated Financial & Commodities Ecosystem providing services to help improve the livelihoods of Sub Saharan African farmers using blockchain.
Formerly, he was the COO and Co-Founder of Chi-X Europe Limited, being instrumental in taking the company from concept in November 2005 to reality with the launch and ongoing development with a successful exit to Bats Global Markets for $365M.
Hirander is one of the Top 10 influential business leaders of blockchain technology in the All Party Parliamentary Group 2018 report on the UK Blockchain industry. He is also In LATTICE80’s Top 100 influencer list for the UN Sustainable Developments Goal agenda for pioneering blockchain technology solutions. He is featured in the Financial Technologist 2019 list of the 50 most game changing founders of FinTech companies.
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Gregory Griffiths is an entrepreneur, technology evangelist and huge advocate for the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals. Greg is the current chairman and founder of IDEAX Ventures, a global boutique consulting firm that specializes in Web3 (+Web2), Cryptocurrency, Technology and Innovation. He is also the founder of UCROWDME, a decentralised innovation and insights platform powered by web 3.0 technologies and professional investment deal portal.
Gregory Griffiths Interview Questions
1. How did you start your diverse journey of being an entrepreneur, advisor, and an enthusiast in technology and finance.
2. Energy drives the business and productivity: energy is the key.
3. Highlights of Greg’s work with IDEAX
4. How do you manage your different ventures, and what is your take on governance and challenges with crypto
5. How are you working to demystify the concepts about technologies and digital tools, and how do you build your ecosystems and networks?
6. Highlight the work of the organisations you are advising: The Block Space and CryptoNitro
7. Moving forward with IDEAX and the roadmap
8. Wrap up
Gregory Griffiths Biography
Greg has an honors Bachelor in Business Administration and Information Technology from RTE Business School, U.K., and Strategic Management and Innovation Specialisation from Copenhagen Business School. He also did an executive course in Corporate Strategy from UCL School of Management (UK).
Greg has held various executive levels at corporations including Spigit, Singtel Optus (where he achieved the largest corporate contract deal size value), Elcom and Nexon Asia Pacific.
Since 2004, Greg has been an active technology enthusiast, especially for blockchain technology and Web 3.0, and acted as Executive Advisor to tech companies like NZTwork, The Block Space, Credit Metaverse, and CryptoNitro.
He is also the Executive Board Member of AFEN Blockchain Network, a cutting edge NFT Project dedicated to the development of user-friendly blockchain solutions in real estate and education, arts & entertainment, and decentralised finance; and The Block Space, the largest Web 3.0 knowledge and talent space in the world.
He also serves as the Business Consultant at The Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Faisal Al-Qassimi Group of Companies in Dubai, UAE.
A Forbes Author and Technology Council Member at the Forbes Technology Council, he was awarded the 'Frontrunner Award' within Information Technology at the Go Global Awards 2021 (International Trade Council). He has also received the Noonies Award by Hackernoon, where the best writers, thinkers, hodlers, leaders, and makers of the tech industry are now recognised.
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Tommaso Di Bartolo is a serial entrepreneur, startup investor, author, and an advisor to some of Silicon Valley's most renowned startup accelerators such as Google Launchpad, Draper University, and The Alchemist.
A Master’s in Electronic Marketing from Bavarian Academy for Advertising and Marketing, Tommaso has built four tech startups from scratch and has two exits under his belt.
Tommaso is a frequent global keynote speaker at 10 default talks on topics including Future back innovation (his books), corporate innovation, and startup frameworks.
He is also Metaverse Business Counselor at Forbes Business Council, and Founder chairman of AlmaMeta.
He volunteers as mentor at BootstrapLabs, Mind The Bridge, the European Innovation Academy, The GSVlabs Pioneer Accelerator, and StartX.
He is a faculty member at UC Berkeley running a class on entrepreneurship and serves the role of guest lecturer at Stanford University. His expertise in metaverse and NFTs led him to serve as a professor at Everyrealm Inc during 2022. He is also the Founding Board Member at SiliconVal.ly, an institute that helps "future-proof" traditional corporations, by applying transformative innovation systematically.
Based in Silicon Valley, Tommaso speaks 7 languages, and is the author of "Navigating the Metaverse" and "Growth Hack Your Startup: How 'Creative Traction Methodology' Gets Innovators Traction”.
In his role as philanthropist, Tommaso is the Chair of the ProteinX
Foundation, a non-profit organization fostering next-gen proteins and sustainable packaging. He also hosts proteinX, a podcast series that is focused on next-gen protein.
Tommaso Di Bartolo Interview Questions
1. About professional and academic background
2. From Cecille to Silicon Valley, what motivated you?
3. How did you establish between the different layers of your personality: entrepreneur, author, teacher, and technology enthusiast?
4. How did you transition and now coordinate your different roles?
5. About ‘Navigating The Metaverse’: how did the book come and what is the message?
6. What is and what is not metaverse? What are some of the myths and misconceptions about the metaverse?
7. How are we going to attract adoption of metaverse?
8. How are we going to achieve this vision of the metaverse economy?
9. How can we guide businesses in the metaverse?
10. You wrote “Growth Hack Your Startup: How 'Creative Traction Methodology' Gets Innovators Traction”. Give us a highlight/ sneak-peek into it.
About the book “Navigating the metaverse”
Like the early internet and social media before it, the metaverse represents the next great inflection point in technology that will declare new winners and new losers of online business.
Navigating the Metaverse helps businesses and creators discover their "aha" moment by breaking down the metaverse by its parts, including NFTs, user trends, business models, and more. Readers will explore everything from the metaverse basics, its economy, to strategy, and advice on how to make a first or an existing metaverse project a success.
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Poul V. Jensen is the Managing Director of the European Businesses and Technology Centre (EBTC), currently based in their Delhi HQ. The EBTC is dedicated to generating new business opportunities and enabling transfer of technology between India-Europe, within the fields of climate change, sustainability, and biodiversity in the sectors of Energy, Environment, Mobility, and ICT.
Mr Jensen’s current main task is to execute the mandate of bringing the EU and India closer together, both in their strategic and operational relations. This includes addressing challenges in transferring clean technologies, providing input for developing clusters, and for developing procedures to enhance collaboration on R&D and innovation.
Poul V. Jensen Interview Questions
1. Background in terms of cultures, academics, and profession
2. How did you adapt to different culture on your journey to achievements?
3. How is Europe positioning itself in today’s time?
4. Maintaining the balance between Europe and India with EBTC and harnessing the potentials that lie within.
5. If I’m a company in UK and want to do business in India, can I route through EBTC? (or how does EBTC create a channel of business and commerce between India and Europe/UK?)
6. Some impactful breakthroughs under EBTC belt
7. Challenges and nuances in business structure and strategies like Smart City development and CleanTech
8. Case studies of a use case in sports (european side of innovation)
9. Looking at innovation from EBTC from an Indian perspective
Poul V. Jensen Biography
Poul Jensen holds a Bachelors in International Trade from the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and Master’s in Business Administration from CASS Business School London, Poul has served various roles throughout his career, ranging from commercial manager to consultant, and now a Managing Director at European Business and Technology Centre, New Delhi, India.
Taking on the role of senior strategic consultant at TransCare AG in 2002, a global consulting company with focus on transport and logistics, Poul took care of their International Business Development in diverse industries.
Currently, he is the Managing Director of EBTC Delhi since Jan 2010, an establishment dedicated to generating new business opportunities and enabling transfer of technology, within the fields of climate change, sustainability, and biodiversity. The focus sectors of EBTC are Energy, Environment, Mobility, and ICT.
As Managing Director, Poul is tasked to build a team and to create competency to bring European and Indian businesses and technologies together. The role encompasses strategic as well as operational responsibilities, all working in tandem with the ongoing EU-India Policy dialogues within these fields.
About EBTC
European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) is a project advisory and facilitation organisation. As a trusted partner in the Europe-India Business Corridor, EBTC builds actionable intelligence through projects, clusters and programmes backed by its vast body of knowledge & innovative solutions.
EBTC enables smart collaborations between the two regions through its expertise, network and know-how, with specific focus towards sustainability, innovation, green technology and internationalisation.
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