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The Super Bowl of Podcasts - Hear Ansarada host and former NFL player, investor, and entrepreneur Dhani Jones tour the globe speaking with the top Dealmakers, unveil the challenges, the mess-ups, and the lessons learned on the path to success.
In episode one, we stop in New York. Dhani speaks with Jennifer Deason, the Chairman and CEO of Belong Acquisition Corp and former Executive Vice President of Bain Capital. Jennifer discusses her insights into what makes a successful deal, what to do when a deal goes wrong, the risks, and what you can do to mitigate them.
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On the second episode, we stop in Tampa Bay. Dhani Jones speaks with Ryan Nece, Managing Partner of Next Play Capital, Board Member at Docusign, Founder of The Ryan Nece Foundation and NFL Super Bowl Champion at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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On the third episode, we stop in Sydney, Australia. Dhani Jones speaks with Audette Exel, Founder of The Adara Group and CEO of Adara Advisors and Adara Partners. Audette talks coming from activism, learning about power, and working with top dealmakers to help people in need around the world.
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In episode four, we stop in Washington, DC. Dhani speaks with Alex Michael, Co-Head of LionTree Growth. Alex joins Dhani to discuss how LionTree is working on deals to uncover tomorrow’s creators, sports, media, audio, and tech companies, today.
In episode five, we stop in Houston. Dhani Jones speaks with Ross Stripling, Pitcher for the Toronto BlueJays and FINRA-certified stockbroker. He talks with Dhani about the intersection of financial and athletic skill sets.
In episode six, we stop in San Francisco. Dhani Jones speaks with Lo Toney, Founding Managing Partner of Plexo Capital. Lo discusses his career from GM of Zynga Poker to CEO of LearnStreet onto GV, where Plexo Capital was born.
In episode seven, we stop in Santa Clara. Dhani Jones speaks with Trina Van Pelt, General Partner of Intel Capital, about how she is making late-stage equity deals with some of the biggest names in tech.
In episode eight, we stop in New York. Dhani Jones speaks with Euan Rellie, "Fashion Banker" of NY, to talk about his extraordinary life and lessons that allowed him to build a global community.
In episode nine, we stop in New York. Dhani Jones speaks with Richard Kerby, a General Partner at Equal Ventures, around dealmaking stories and discusses the importance of diversity in VC enterprises.
In episode ten, we stop in New York. Dhani Jones speaks with Bert Navarrete, General Partner & Head of Growth at ZX Ventures to discuss his path to leading growth equity at ZX Ventures - the investment arm for AB InBev.