BRAVE: AI Jobs, Unicorn Math & Southeast Asia’s 45-Year Gap - E643

Jeremy Au explores how technology, economics, and startups shape Southeast Asia’s future. He shares why young founders should take early risks, how AI is changing entry-level jobs, why GDP growth reflects centuries of human progress, and how unicorns are built across different customer and revenue models.

02:00 Taking Early Risks: Jeremy encourages young people to take risks early in their careers, explaining that finance will always be an option later.

05:00 AI and Work Automation: He describes how Microsoft Co-Pilot now handles meeting minutes, making senior executives’ lives easier but removing traditional tasks from junior staff.

09:30 Economic Lessons from Asia: He compares GDP per capita across countries, noting that Singapore’s 90,000 USD income level makes a Filipino visitor feel as if they are jumping 45 years into the future.

13:20 Startups and Unicorns: Jeremy defines startups as newly established businesses, from cafés to tech firms, and explains that only one in forty funded startups become unicorns.

16:40 Paths to a Billion-Dollar Company: He outlines the “flies to whales” framework, showing how companies grow through different mixes of customer numbers and annual revenue per user.

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