Navigating Southeast Asia: Jeremy Au on Building, Investing, and Career Pivots - E720
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Navigating Southeast Asia: Jeremy Au on Building, Investing, and Career Pivots - E720

B1IntermediateAugust 10, 202654 min

Jeremy Au joined Rohit Malhotra on Life Self Mastery to talk about the moves between founder, VC, and operator, and what each seat actually teaches you. Now leading Cosmetic Physician Partners Asia after Bain, CozyKin, Monk's Hill Ventures, and Lucence, Jeremy is candid about what does not transfer between roles. They cover the three things every founder has to get right (the product, the team, and the business), the Southeast Asia story that still is not told at ground level, why angel investing is an Olympic-level race rather than a pass-fail test, why coaching...

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Edric here, producer from Brave. First off, if you've been following the Brave podcast, thank you so much for your support and if it's your first time tuning in, please check out our latest episodes on YouTube, Spotify, Apple podcasts, or simply head over to our

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website, bravec.com. Now, Jeremy was recently a guest on Rohit Malhotra's show, Lifestyle Mastery, to talk about the moves between founder, VC and operator and what he's actually learned from each seat.

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We thought you'd enjoy this particular episode, so two of the points that you should be listening for in this podcast would be Rohit on why Syndicate leads who haven't returned capital are now piling into open AI and anthropic secondaries, and Jeremy on why Angel Investik is an Olympic level race, not a pass fail test. You know, they cover three things every founder has to get right. The product, the team and the business. The Southeast Asia story that isn't being told at ground level.

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