Ep 321: The hustle behind the BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast
Hustleshare Podcast
What was covered
A career-spanning conversation that starts with Jeremy’s current job as COO of Lucence and then walks back through his path: consulting at Bain, starting his own consulting firm, building CozyKin in Boston, moving into venture capital at Monk’s Hill, the Venture Scout Program, and finally how and why he launched the BRAVE podcast.
Key points
- Opens with what a COO of a cancer-diagnostics company does day to day
- Consulting skills and insights picked up at Bain & Company
- Why he started his own consulting firm and how that became his first break
- The transition to CozyKin and what it took to create a startup in Boston
- How he moved into venture capital at Monk’s Hill Ventures
- How the Venture Scout Program works
- How BRAVE started and the influence it has built in the Southeast Asian startup community
Outline
- 2:01Introducing Jeremy and BRAVE
- 2:46Jeremy’s hustle: COO of Lucence
- 12:00Consulting skills and insights from Bain
- 18:07Starting his own consulting firm
- 23:15First break: the move to CozyKin
- 25:27Creating a startup in Boston
- 30:02Journey to venture capital at Monk’s Hill
- 35:14Venture Scout Program overview
- 40:46Launching the BRAVE podcast
Summary written from the publisher’s show notes. The audio itself wasn’t transcribed, so listen at the original for the full conversation.