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John has had a 40 year career in Research, Accounting, Corporate Finance, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship. Originally starting as a clinical researcher in the NHS, John pivoted to the business world. Starting at PriceWaterhouse as a Chartered Accountant, John has since worked as a Management Consultant and a Global Vice President at major corporations, as well as being an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is now a Professor of Practice at the University of Warwick and recently Co-Founded Panthera Biopartners, one of the fastest growing companies in the UK.John talks about his research and experience as an entrepreneur, the challenges of scaling a company and common mistakes start-ups make.If you enjoy the podcast please like, comment share so we can get other great guests similar to John.WTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/Bitclout - https://bitclout.com/u/WTFinance

*DisclaimerThe Content is for informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. There are risks associated with investing in securities. Investing in stocks, bonds, exchange traded funds, mutual funds, and money market funds involve risk of loss.  Loss of principal is possible. Some high risk investments may use leverage, which will accentuate gains & losses. Please do your own research, or consult an accredited investment advisor*WTFinance are happy to welcome Aaryaman Patnaik to the podcast.Aary is the co-founder of A&A Investment Group and currently studying a Masters of Finance at the University of Warwick. Rather than undertaking a Bulge Bracket Investment Bank Graduate Scheme after his Undergraduate Degree, Aary co-founded A&A Investment Group, a multi-strategy investment fund specialised in the active management of investment portfolios. They use quantitative methods and analysis of macroeconomic trends to identify new investment opportunities in order to structure portfolios with investment returns based on risk allocation rather than asset allocation.Aary talks about emerging markets and how he believes investing in India will be a massive opportunity over the coming years, advice for new investors, strategies for analysing companies and the challenges he went through starting his investment fund. Aaryaman Patnaik - A&A Investment Group - https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-a-investment-group/Arry email - aryamanpatnaik@gmail.comA&A Investment Group - anainvestmentfund@gmail.comWTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/Bitclout - https://bitclout.com/u/WTFinance

*DisclaimerThe Content is for informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. There are risks associated with investing in securities. Investing in stocks, bonds, exchange traded funds, mutual funds, and money market funds involve risk of loss.  Loss of principal is possible. Some high risk investments may use leverage, which will accentuate gains & losses. Please do your own research, or consult an accredited investment advisor*WTFinance are happy to welcome Adnan Jasrai (Adz Luxury) onto the podcast today. Adz career began working as a graduate Architecture after University. His interest in trading occurred after seeing a chance ad for Trading212 on YouTube. After 7 months of trading, he left his job and was committed to becoming a fulltime trader. Since then he has been an early investor in Bitcoin and Crypto, started his own Trading Educational site Goldmount Academy, mentoring retail traders how to become profitable, founded his own hedge fund and property investment firm, as well as giving back to the community through the Gold Mount Foundation. Adz talks about his investment journey, early adoption of Bitcoin and Crypto Currencies, the challenges involved in starting a hedge fund, outlook towards the future and advice on any retail traders looking to become profitable. Like, Subscribe, or comment if you have any questions for Adz or suggestions on who we should interview next. To find out more about Adz - Company - https://www.goldmountgroup.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/adz5/WTFinance Accounts -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/

WTFinance are happy to welcome Dr Simon Barnes as our second podcast guest.Dr Barnes career began in academia and research, completing a bachelors and PhD at Cambridge University in Plant Molecular Biology and Bio Chemistry, undertaking a NATO Research Fellowship at Rockefeller University in New York and was Head of the Laboratory of Cotton Biotechnology in Singapore. He then pivoted to start a career in Venture Capital, looking to commercialise the scientific advancements he was seeing first hand. He studied an MBA at Imperial College London and later was Director of Imperial's Entrepreneurship Centre where he co-authored "Raising Venture Capital".He has since worked at Atlas Ventures, Gimv and has co-founded Circadia Ventures, raising £55 million under management on behalf of Tate & Lyle. This has led to him investing in and being a Director of Evolve Biosystems, Changing Health and Prolypin GmbH. Simon talks about his career in Venture Capital, advice on people looking to pursue a career in VC and thoughts on the landscape of VC now and into the future.If you have any questions or want to get in contact with Simon - Simon.Barnes@wbs.ac.uk WTFinance Platforms -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPI-DJWmId3Y-Dd1yI8LDnw