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Learn With Avthar - #2: The Biotech Bro - Agustin Zavala - on biotech investing, starting a podcast, the creator journey

#2: The Biotech Bro - Agustin Zavala - on biotech investing, starting a podcast, the creator journey

09/26/20 • 52 min

Learn With Avthar

Agustin Zavala (Biotech_Bros) is a healthcare consultant for Bionest Partners. He's the host of the Biotech Bros podcast and managing director of Biosphere Capital Management. Agustin is a graduate of Princeton University, with a degree in molecular biology and is also a jiu-jitsu practitioner and all round awesome person.

In the episode, Avthar and Agustin discuss:

  • Agustin's creator's journey and why he started a biotech investing podcast and investment fund
  • How he views he's discovered his natural strengths and interests
  • How Agustin listens to his audience and acts based on their feedback
  • Why being consistent and taking small steps is your best bet to success
  • How content killed the resume and the value of being a content creator
  • How to find business or project ideas
  • The Future of content, side hustles and monetization

Learn more and stay up to date at www.avthar.com

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Agustin Zavala (Biotech_Bros) is a healthcare consultant for Bionest Partners. He's the host of the Biotech Bros podcast and managing director of Biosphere Capital Management. Agustin is a graduate of Princeton University, with a degree in molecular biology and is also a jiu-jitsu practitioner and all round awesome person.

In the episode, Avthar and Agustin discuss:

  • Agustin's creator's journey and why he started a biotech investing podcast and investment fund
  • How he views he's discovered his natural strengths and interests
  • How Agustin listens to his audience and acts based on their feedback
  • Why being consistent and taking small steps is your best bet to success
  • How content killed the resume and the value of being a content creator
  • How to find business or project ideas
  • The Future of content, side hustles and monetization

Learn more and stay up to date at www.avthar.com

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#1: The Wise Uncle of Botswana - Ramarea Tumisang - on his journey to 2 degrees from Stanford University, Strategies for success and Remembering who believes in you

Learn with Avthar #1 with Ramarea Tumisang — Ramarea (aka Tumi) was born and raised in the village of Kanye, Botswana. He's a graduate of the international school United World College Costa Rica and holds a bachelor's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, where he's also completing his Master's in Decision and Risk Analysis. All this, along with his mentorship and efforts to support rational decision making with high impact organizations, have earned him the title of "The Wise Uncle of Botswana".

In the episode, Avthar and Ramarea discuss:

  • Their experience studying at the international school United World College (UWC)
  • Their journey's to from South Africa and Botswana, to Princeton and Stanford Universities, respectively
  • How Ramarea settled on Decision and Risk Analysis at Stanford
  • Avthar's journey to found, run and quit his startup, Afari.
  • When should International students return to their home countries?
  • 3 Strategies for Success in school and life
  • Mistakes which brought the greatest lessons
  • Remembering who believes in you

Learn more at www.avthar.com

Here's a full bio of Ramarea Tumisang:

Ramarea was born and raised in Kanye, Botswana. In 2013 he hopped onto his first flight, in pursuit of adventure and an education. He studied the International Baccalaureate Diploma at the United World College of Costa Rica. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, where he attended as a MasterCard Foundation Scholar. Ramarea currently studies Decision and Risk Analysis in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford.

He believes he is in this world to love and to be loved. One of the ways he hopes to love, is through catalyzing the impact of initiatives and projects aimed at ending economic poverty. He plans to do this primarily by applying his engineering education to support rational and intelligent decision-making within high-impact organizations.

Born and raised in Botswana, Ramarea has a bias towards organizations that work in or on Emerging Markets. He also hopes to help end economic poverty by investing in youth-owned businesses in Botswana and providing mentorship to academically gifted students from marginalized backgrounds.

At a personal level, Ramarea has devoted his life to nurturing his love more than his violence, as his contribution towards the collective healing from patriarchal trauma. He remains active in the UWC movement; serving on the UWC National Committee of Botswana and volunteering as an adult mentor in the annual retreat on the Constructive Engagement of Conflict at UWC USA. In his spare time, Ramarea enjoys cooking, journaling, and spending time with loved ones. You can follow Ramarea on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/ramareabw/

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undefined - EP #3: The Afro-Asian Re(Vodu)tionary - Sena Voncujovi - on Voodoo in Africa, connecting Africa and Asia, and his entrepreneurial journey

EP #3: The Afro-Asian Re(Vodu)tionary - Sena Voncujovi - on Voodoo in Africa, connecting Africa and Asia, and his entrepreneurial journey

Sena is the perhaps the most interesting person I've ever met and I'm sure you'll agree after listening to this podcast.

Sena Voncujovi was born in Japan and raised in Ghana. He comes from a family of African traditional healers and is a Bokor, one who has been initiated into the highest spiritual rank of Ifa. As a Davis United World College Scholar, he graduated from Middlebury College in the USA, with a bachelors degree in international politics, economics, and African Studies. He founded ReVodution: Voodoo Education to educate the world about African spiritual traditions and co-founded Jaspora to build a community for the African diaspora in Japan. He's currently a Yenching Scholar at Yenching Academy of Peking University.

I first met Sena in 2012 in Costa Rica. Since then we've shared countless hours of insightful conversation. This podcast is one of the most interesting talks we've ever had. I learned so much about African spirituality, how Sena connects Africa and Asia through his work, as well as the lessons Sena learned as a founder of not one, but two organizations!

In the podcast, we cover:

  • Sena's experience as an African spiritual practitioner and his take on why Voodoo is misunderstood by Africans and the West.
  • What does it mean to be a "Bokor"?
  • How Sena leverages digital media to show the world the truth behind African traditional spirituality
  • The story of Sena's multi-cultural upbringing and why his father, Christopher Voncujovi, is the most successful person he knows.
  • How Sena's work and life connects Africa and Asia
  • The book that influenced Sena's life the most
  • The mindset that helped Sena become a clear, independent thinker
  • What it was like to attend a Black Lives Matter protest in Japan
  • The belief Sena changed in order to achieve his entrepreneurial goals
  • Sena's experience at United World College Costa Rica and African Leadership Academy
  • How Sena found his natural strengths

Connect with Sena Voncujovi

Facebook

Twitter @SVoncujovi

LinkedIn

Learn more and stay up to date at www.avthar.com

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