In this VC Wisdom Podcast, Phillip J. Pipkins, a founding partner at Prospect, discusses venture debt funds and the VC game with Charles. Phillip highlights his journey at Prospect and shares how they have provided financial support to startups and have shaped them scale effectively!

Superconnector Koen Vanderhoydonk is the founder of "The Connector", an organization that helps companies scale in the financial industry into Europe by bridging the gap between buyers and sellers. In this interview, Charles and Koen discuss the power of building relationships and how it can help in scaling. Koen discusses how he finds with common interests and connects them with the right opportunities. With his extensive network, he enables collaborations and fosters meaningful relationships. Koen believes in the importance of authenticity and integrity in building strong relationships to benefit both individuals and the larger community.

In this interview, Charles and Daniel discuss the importance of understanding conversion rate optimization (CRO), customer behavior and use of data-driven decision-making to improve website performance. Daniel highlights how aiming to conduct thorough research and social proofing enhances Conversion rates. Daniel shares how they have helped numerous at SelfDisrpt in implementing A/B testing to identify effective strategies and prioritizing different strategies to get the best CRO-based results!

Charles and Nick chat about Heirloom and making simple tools for managing digital identity on the blockchain—starting with academic credentials. Heirloom makes fast, safe, and user-friendly tools to make web3 safe for brands, their customers, and their communities.

In this episode, Charles and David talk climate anxiety, social impact and the work Social Shifters does in Scotland, the UK and around the world to support young social entrepreneurs, enterprise teams and impact driven orgs via high quality digital learning, unique development experiences and seed funding awards. Social Shifters is supporting an international community of young people to build confidence, develop skills and create connections through social entrepreneurship.

Charles and Div chat about investing in and empowering extraordinary teams to win and make a difference in cyber and national security. Squadra Ventures is a VC firm led by founder-operators that invests in early-stage cyber and national security companies. We apply significant resources beyond the check, working hand-in-hand with our entrepreneurs to win and leave a lasting positive impact on the world.

This brand new episode has Charles and Andrea discussing vulnerability, resilience and many other interesting topics. Andrea Flack-Wetherald is the author of The Funny Thing About Forgiveness: What every leader needs to know about improv, culture and the world's least favorite F word. It is a #1 Best Seller in Leadership Training, and teaches heart-centered leaders how to build cultures that consistently reflect their values through by engaging confrontation and forgiveness differently.

Charles Welcomes to the podcast Sibelius Seraphini, who co founded a complete platform for managing Pix, Cashback and Credit payments. Woovi is an instant payment management platform that helps merchants and consumers to carry out transactions more easily and with more conversion.