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#114 Steve Distante - Tesla's No.1 Fan, Impact Investing Mar 22, 2019

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href="https://www.greyjabesi.com/steve1/">Steve Distante is an entrepreneur and CEO (as he likes to say, “Chief Entrepreneurial Officer”) of Vanderbilt Financial Group. He started his first business when he was only 5 years old. He is also the Founder and Chief Disruption Officer at Impact U, a platform that educates students, investors, & financial advisors, alike about Impact Investing.

He is known as “Tesla’s biggest and /or #1 Fan. He's love for Tesla first started when he saw Revenge of the Electric Car. Tesla is a great thing for the world.

I did a couple of interviews with Steve, but in this episode we talked about these key points; -How can he advice an average person or someone who wants to buy a car? -The current Project Impact U. What is the main aim of Impact U firm ?a documentary that would be the ideal tool for attracting people interested in using their businesses and investments to make the world a better place. -What does impact Investing mean? -What is the role of impact investing and entrepreneurism in achieving the SDGs? -At what point did Steve become an impact investor? -Steve's thoughts about Cryptocurrency etc I recommend that you check it out other podcast i did with Steve and listen to his advice and learn his lesson in these episode. Episode 27 - Driving Tesla - Living Electric Episode 28 - Lesson on Entrepreneurship

#113 JP Fabri - How Malta became the Blockchain Island Mar 12, 2019

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“The regulation is there as a filter to make sure that the investment opportunity presented by the issuer is real” - JP Fabri

Malta has won hearts of many people in the Blockchain space. It’s not surprising seeing some of the largest players including Binance, OKEx, Decentralized ventures and many others incorporated there. It’s true, Malta is the Blockchain Island.

Considering that blockchain technology is relatively new, there’s interest on both private and private sectors as the potential of distributed ledgers is very disruptive in many ways. In my recent conversations with government officials including Hellen Zille(Premier of the Western Cape), the issue of regulation always pops up and they mostly reference what’s happening in Malta.

Enters….Jean Paul Fabri(JP Fabri for short). An economist and one of the most active experts behind the success in Malta. JP is the Managing Director of ARQ, a specialised advisory unit that forms part of ARQ Group. He is also the Lead Partner for ARQ Group on blockchain and cryptocurrencies helping global companies set-up their operations in Malta. He has consulted 9 governments of small island states on behalf of The Commonwealth Secretariat. He worked as an economist at the Central Bank of Malta, the private cabinet of the Prime Minister of Malta and in private advisory. JP is also a Visiting Assistant Lecturer at The University of Malta.

In this episode, Grey Jabesi interviews JP Fabri and discussed: -How did Malta became interested in Blockchain -How Malta approached blockchain -Why regulate -How do they make sure regulation is not stifling innovation -Potential and opportunities of Blockchain technology in Africa -His views on ICOs and cryptocurrencies

#112 Meir Ezra - The Power of Cause and Effect Mar 07, 2019

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This is the first part of our ongoing digestible series with Meir Ezra. These are snippets from a long interview I had with him. The first interview with Meir can be found here: How to make a 100 million dollars.

Meir Ezra is an international entrepreneur with multi-million dollar businesses and clients in the US, Canada, Israel, Italy, Colombia, Russia, India, China, Romania, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, Germany, the Czech Republic, Turkey and many others. Entrepreneur with years of experience across a wide range of fields and an inventor with many patents registered to his name. Established the most successful distributor of gasoline management systems, a company that within three years grew to $100,000,000.

#111 Eli Calderón Morin - Redefining Food Stamps with All_Ebt Feb 27, 2019

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I had a privilege of sitting down and interview Eli Calderón Morin, A Y-Combinator Hackathon winner, Founder & CEO of All_ebt. Eli has been at the forefront of mobile disruption as an advisor and team member to some of the fastest growing and groundbreaking mobile startups on the planet: AdMob/ acq Google, SnapTell/ acq Amazon, Alohar / acq AutoNavi/ Alibaba, Mojiva, InMobi, OpenX, Lipa Learning, Appfuel, and Adtile.

Over the last decade, Eli has gained expertise in the areas of Startup Growth, Operations, Developer Evangelism, Market Expansion, Corp Dev, M&A, Strategic Partnerships, Sales Engineering, BizDev, SaaS, and Product Management. All_ebt is a smart wallet for Food Stamps. Over 54 million Americans receive SNAP (food stamp) benefits each year. They have tremendous purchasing power in aggregate, yet remain under-served by consumer technology.Serving underbanked and low-income communities and acting as a consumer on-ramp for mass crypto adoption and financial services.

I met Eli at EOS Global Hackathon Finale in Cape Town, South Africa. We discussed his previous startups, how he is redefining food stamps and he gave advise on startups.

#110 Ben Swann - The wolf of Journalism Feb 19, 2019

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Ben Swann is an American television news anchor, political commentator and journalist. Initially a Baptist pastor, he became a sports producer for TV, and later a news journalist and producer, and managing editor on network affiliates, FOX, and RT America of the Russian state-owned TV network RT. Ben Swann is the founder of the Truth in Media.

He has spent 18 years working as a journalist in broadcast news, behind and in front of the camera. Swann began his journalism career in El Paso, Texas as a news photographer, quickly working his way up to prime time anchor. Along the way, Swann became a two time Emmy Award winner and two time recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award. Covering Mexico’s drug war, Ben Swann discovered the national media was not reporting the truth of what was actually happening in Mexico’s drug war or the problems associated with the failed “War on Drugs” in the United States.

Ben Swann is now the industry leader for independent journalists, shattering the “Left vs. Right” paradigm, with a sharp focus on restoring Truth In Media.

We talked alot, some of the topics covered in this podcast were: - His work experience with companies he worked for - How he graduated Bachelor Degree at 16 - His career objectives - Mexico’s drug war - Fake news - Truth in media

https://www.Facebook.com/BenSwannRealityCheck https://www.Facebook.com/BenSwannLibertyisRising https://Www.YouTube.com/BenSwannRealityCheck

#109 Samer Saab - Fintech, scaling, startup journey Feb 12, 2019

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In this episode of The Grey Podcast interviewed Samer Saab. Samer is the co-founder and CCO at Get Wala and Director at Dala Foundation. He holds a master's and bachelor's degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

In this episode we talk about startups, including Wala which he co-founded with Tricia Martinez. Wala is a financial platform, powered by the Dala Utility Token. It addresses the issues that prevent the world's under-served from accessing basic financial services by utilizing the most innovative tools available in the market today. Most of which is Dala, a blockchain-based cryptocurrency designed and launched by the Wala team. The service uses blockchain technology along with the Dala cryptocurrency to allow users to send money, earn rewards and apply for credit services through the platform.

Wala is now live in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Uganda where actual users are earning rewards for using the network, making zero-fee, instant, and borderless peer-to-peer transfers, redeeming Dala for value-added services like airtime and data, and purchasing Dala using local fiat currencies. Thousands of underbanked users have already begun engaging with Dala and thousands more are joining the network everyday.

Links:https://getwala.com/ [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MobDGCetslM&w=560&h=315]

#108 Giovanni Lesna Maranetto - The Fintech Entrepreneur Feb 08, 2019

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Support the Grey ave Podcast on https://www.patreon.com/greyjabesi

Giovanni Lesna Maranetto is a blockchain strategist, entrepreneur and ICO specialist. He is a co-founding team member and Chief Commercial Officer at Blocktrade.com (formerly Hedge Token) and Lead External Advisor to Adbank , Enkidu , Fresco, Plentix and Exmo. He is an evangelist for blockchain technology and its value adding use-cases especially in the development of social and human capital.

Giovanni has degrees with distinction from Australia and South Africa (BCom Hons Economics) and from Top Tier Global Business School UWA in International Business and Banking. He holds SAFe AGILE work methodology and GARP Banking risk certifications.

Prior experience in implementation of trading platforms by vendors at Global banks and Mutual fund sales at a Top 5 African Asset Manager. Giovanni has the ability to communicate from a technical to business perspective and assists by streamlining process, connecting the dots and finding solutions and opportunities for Startups he advised, invests in and is a founder of.

Links: https://za.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-lesna-maranetto-2310

#107 Meir Ezra - How to make a 100 Million Dollars Jan 29, 2019

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In this episode, Grey Jabesi interviewed Meir Ezra. Meir Ezra is an international entrepreneur with multi-million dollar businesses and clients in the US, Canada, Israel, Italy, Colombia, Russia, India, China, Romania, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, Germany, the Czech Republic, Turkey and many others. As part of this drive to make a difference in people’s lives, Meir has been involved in working with high level government officials on projects related to education and business development.

One of his most notable accomplishments includes establishing the most successful distributor of gasoline management systems, a company that within three years grew to $100,000,000. He has consulted companies such as BP (British Petroleum), Motorola, IBM and loves working with entrepreneurs and small business owners. Meir's most recent company, Guaranteed Prosperity, is a training, coaching and implementation company that helps it’s clients succeed beyond their wildest dreams.

Meir’s passion is helping others. Active in many personal activities such as karate, motorcycling and kite surfing, Meir is very much a family man, deeply in love with his wife of over 30 years and three beautiful children.

The notable things we discussed in this episode includes: Childhood -How did the disability affected you -What kind of kid were you. (Did you possess any special skills) -What was your passion -Did the disability motivated you more

Electronics -What were you building -The difference between knowing and understanding -How did you hear of the South African opportunity -Moving to South Africa

Business -What made it very successful -Hiring -Solutions to challenges

Money -What is not true that’s common knowledge -How do you not lose it -Traits that someone would make money

Misc -How much of your life was planned/designed -Go to routine during tough times(specific situation) -How do you get out of comfort zone -Work life balance? -How to not be weak

Now -You have a great understanding of people -Why do you still do it? -How to stop complaining

#106 Maps Maponyane - Inside the Mind of South Africa's Top Model Jan 22, 2019

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In this episode, Grey Jabesi interviewed Maps Maponyane. Maps is one of South Africa’s favourite personalities. He is considered as one of SA’s most stylish and sexiest men and is a greatly admired media personality. Multi-talented as a tv presenter, model, actor, style icon, designer, businessman and philanthropist, he makes waves both locally and internationally. Maps is loved and followed by his fans on social media platforms because of his down to earth, professional yet warm personality. He is known for his talent, fashion sense, charm, innovation, versatility and good looks.

Maponyane was named GQ's "Best Dressed Man" in 2011 and Cosmopolitan Magazine's "Sexiest South African Man" in 2013.

Notable Awards obtained: Current ambassador for Samsung Current ambassador for Investec GQ’s Best Dressed Men List (2011) and the youngest nominee. GQ’s Cool 35 Guys Under 35 (2013) Vuzu 10over10 #1 Most Stylish Man (2013 Cosmo SA Sexiest Man (2013) SA Style Award – Most Stylish Model/Media Personality (2013) GQ Magazine Cover (March 2015) Philanthropy: Community and Organisational work with NGO Doctors Without Borders/MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres) Volunteer at Ethembeni Children’s Home Bursary network

Follow maps on instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mmaponyane/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/mapsmaponyane?lang=en

#105 Ashley Wallace - Exploring Japan Jan 12, 2019

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In this episode, Grey jabesi interviewed Ashley Wallace from Chicago,USA. He is HR Professional currently living in Japan.In 2007 studied Japanese language and business management.He shares his experience living in Japan as black man for the past seven years. "Black man in Japan trying to make my mark everyday JBBF Kanto Open 2013 1st Place, JBBF Kanagawa Open 2014 65kg 3rd place"

Links: Ashley on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/blacksunflowersamurai1914/

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