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AI InnovatorsUnlocking New Frontiers with Generative AI with Kojo OseiWelcome to another exciting episode of AI Innovators with Rob May! In today's episode, we are thrilled to have Kojo Asai from Matrix Capital as our guest. Kojo dives deep into his intriguing thesis on why inference costs are plummeting towards zero and its massive implications for the AI industry. We’ll explore how dropping costs can unlock groundbreaking applications, revolutionize generative media, and shape the future of AI. Kojo also shares his insights on the hottest layers in the AI stack, evaluates the potential of companies like OpenAI, and offers valuable advice fo...2024-10-3124 min
Cybersecurity Advisors NetworkThe Paradoxes of Personalization, Regulation, and Trust - Kojo Osei Amoyaw-Osei Presents his ThesisKojo Osei Amoyaw-Osei is a master's candidate at EM-Lyon Business School. He joins us today to discuss his thesis project for the MSc programme in Cybersecurity and Defence Management. Businesses face a growing set of challenges when building their information security maturity - specifically, Kojo has identified three core paradoxes in his research: 1) Personalisation - delivering personalised experiences while respecting privacy preferences 2) Regulation - balancing regulatory compliance with data-driven strategies and innovation 3) Trust - earning and maintaining trust by adopting transparent data practices, implementing robust data security measures, and demonstrating responsible data use...2023-11-1338 min
Amp'd StoriesS2:E2 Grit & TenacityListen in as Dr. Osei-Kojo’s shares his journey to obtaining a PhD through self discovery, raw grit and determination. He talks about his future plans for a career in Africa’s Education and Energy Policy sector and offers sincere advice for anyone who might be considering or already in the process of earning their PhD.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ampdstories/support2023-03-1542 min
Kojo on The PodDeep Dive Conversation on Life & Relationships with Josef OseiSOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES;
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2022-08-1845 min
Forward Thinking Founders817 - Kojo Osei, Partner at Matrix PartnersKojo Osei is a partner at Matrix Partners. A Little More On Kojo (from the Matrix website)I grew up in Accra, Ghana’s commercial capital known for its bustling street markets. My mother was an entrepreneur who ran a small retail business. She was the first entrepreneur I worked with. From her, I learned that doing what you love leads to persistence and ultimately, success.In college, I fell in love with math and computer science. I was drawn to programming as a way to turn imagination into reality. I bought in fu...2022-03-2119 min
Forward Thinking Investors026 - Kojo Osei, Partner at Matrix PartnersKojo Osei is a partner at Matrix Partners.A Little More On Kojo (from the Matrix website)I grew up in Accra, Ghana’s commercial capital known for its bustling street markets. My mother was an entrepreneur who ran a small retail business. She was the first entrepreneur I worked with. From her, I learned that doing what you love leads to persistence and ultimately, success.In college, I fell in love with math and computer science. I was drawn to programming as a way to turn imagination into reality. I bought in fu...2022-03-2119 min
Another PerspectiveIs it democratic to train journalists at a chief's palace, where democracy isn't the strongest factor?Kojo Mensah talks about the recent scholarship given to 250 journalists to be trained on journalism.
The scholarship was launched by Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, and the first of the forums was held at the Manhyia Palace.
Symbolically, does it make sense to hold a training forum for a group that is supposed to uphold democracy on the premises of an institution that is not known to support democracy?2022-01-1917 min
Inside Round#10: Dana Stalder shares lessons from Netscape, Ebay & PaypalOn today's episode, Dana Stalder shares lessons on company building from his time as an early executive at Netscape, Ebay & Paypal. Dana is also a General Partner at Matrix Partners and shares the fintech investment themes he is most excited about.
2021-12-1524 min
Inside Round#9: Amber Feng on customer obsession and optimizing for the steepest learning curveToday's guest is Amber Feng. Amber joined Stripe when it was around ten people and held a number of product and engineering leadership roles. In this episode, we talk about Stripe's early culture of customer obsession and optimizing for personal and professional growth at an early-stage startup.
You can find Amber on Twitter @amfeng.2021-11-2427 min
Inside Round#8: Paige Todd on hiring based on mission and why hire fast & fire fast is bad adviceToday's guest is Paige Todd, VP of People Operations at Flock Safety. We talk about the early days of Flock Safety and cover all things early stage hiring & team empowerment. Paige shares her thoughts for sourcing, evaluating & setting up candidates for success.2021-11-1028 min
Inside Round#7: Lane Shackleton on productivity, collaboration & the journey to product market fitLane Shackleton is the Head of Product & Design at Coda. He was previously a product manager at Google and also had a chapter as the founder of a wine company. On today's episode we dive into Lane's thoughts on productivity, how to structure teams for maximum collaboration and how product leaders can best work with founders on the journey to product market fit.
You can find Lane on Twitter @lshackleton2021-11-0330 min
Inside Round#6: Cristina Cordova on how startups can leverage partnerships for distribution and product developmentToday's guest is Cristina Cordova. She has spent most of her career building out the partnerships team at iconic startups like Stripe and Notion. In this episode, we dive into why partnerships are a core part of company strategy, how startups can leverage partnerships for distribution and product development and what to avoid when negotiating a partnership.
You can find Cristina on Twitter https://twitter.com/cjc2021-10-2732 min
Inside Round#5: McKenna Quint on hiring, retaining and empowering your teamMcKenna Quint is an expert on people and talent. She built and run the people function at Cruise from 20 to over 2000 and at Plaid from over 100 to 800 people. In today's conversation, we dive into how to hire, retain and empower your team to achieve their best.2021-10-2027 min
Inside Round#4: Ayo Omojola on problem selection, going unreasonably deep and building products in a regulated spaceAyo Omojola is currently the SVP of Product at Carbon Health. Previously, he was a product lead at Cash App and cofounded a consumer social startup. In this episode, we dive into techniques for problem selection, the importance of going unreasonably deep in a domain, and Ayo's thoughts on building products in a regulated space.
You can find Ayo on Twitter @ay_o.2021-10-1326 min
Inside Round#3: Julia Dewahl on building a world class operations team, finding product market fit & the power of generalistsJulia Dewahl has tackled some of the most complex operations problems faced by early-stage startups. As the operations lead at Opendoor she built out their operations function and helped scale the company from a single market to several markets across the US. In today's episode, we talk about what it means to build a world-class operations function within a startup, how to assess early-stage company risk, and tactics for finding product-market fit.
You can find Julia on Twitter @juliadewahl2021-10-0631 min
Inside Round#2: Erik Bernhardsson on building an engineering org, developer productivity & dataErik Bernhardsson is well known for his views on data. As one of the first 30 hires at Spotify, he built out Spotify's analytics function and authored the popular open-source project, Luigi. Most recently, Erik was the CTO at Better.com where he built up the engineering org from 1 to 300. In today's episode we dive into how to build an effective engineering team, tactics for hiring in a competitive market, why engineering project estimates are a bad idea, and what questions to ask of your data.
You can find Erik on Twitter @bernhardsson.2021-09-2933 min
Inside Round#1: Patrick Malatack (ex-VP of Product @ Twilio) on product-led growth, customer segmentation and building a culture of customer obsessionIn today's episode we talk to Patrick Malatack, former VP of Product at Twilio and General Partner at Matrix Partners. Patrick started his career at Microsoft. He then joined Twilio as the second product hire and rose through the ranks to VP of Product. We discuss lessons from big tech that apply to startups and those that don't. We also talk about the importance of customer segmentation in the early days, why you sometimes have to say no to customers and why usage is more important than revenue for early-stage startups. Patrick shares lessons from his time at Twilio...2021-09-2239 min
Inside RoundIntroducing: Inside RoundJoin us on the first season of Inside Round, featuring stories and lessons from early employees at some of the most iconic tech companies.2021-09-1600 min
Ayirebuah Speaks... LiterallyCan We Go Eat? Ft. Nana Kojo Nkansah and Kofi BeduDon’t you just love it when you see food on social media? Don’t you love it more when you get to know where you can get the food and how much it costs? This episode focuses on Food Bloggers in Accra/Ghana and how much they are loved and appreciated ❤️ A Foodie and a Food Blogger share their insights.2020-07-1247 min
The Bridge Africa Podcast01. Using advocacy and storytelling to drive your brand - with Kojo Ofori YeboahIn this episode, we had a sit down with Kojo Ofori Yeboah - Head of Marketing Communications and Brand Management at Fidelity Bank to talk about how crafting a smart branding strategy can impact your business or career.
Our guest showed us how the old notion of branding which included: well-designed logos, letterheads and other stationery does not apply anymore. Today branding is about creating a personality for your business.
He also shares with countless examples of how branding has progressed over the years and transitioned from logos and company colours to the point where b...2019-12-0659 min