Ollie Forsyth: Community Manager, Draper Esprit: Venture Capital - reinvented (92)

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Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.8 • 50 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In the week that Lemonade had its IPO, Matthew Grant has been speaking to another VC firm about what it’s looking for in its portfolio companies. Matthew spoke to Ollie Forsyth who has crammed a lot into only a few years. One of his current roles is community manager at Draper Esprit. Ollie comments on the current technology scene from the view of a millennial, and has advice for aspiring entrepreneurs and those wishing to benefit from what Draper Esprit offer. Ollie brings a different perspective to innovation from our usual guests. As well as a day job identifying late-stage technology companies, he has also run his own businesses and has hosted the popular "The Makers Podcast" for two years. Talking points from Episode 92 include: Making your own way in the world How to get noticed as an entrepreneur Why now is a great time to hire talent What Gen Z customers are looking for from insurance The changing world of work post-pandemic Tell us what you think or contact Matthew Grant on Linkedin. Find out what we are up to at Instech London and sign up to our newsletter for a fresh view on the world every Wednesday morning. Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to an InsTech London podcast, or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 CPD hours towards the CII member CPD scheme. Complete the InsTech London Podcast Feedback Survey to claim your CPD time.

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0:00.0	So Matthew exclusively for your podcast, I think it is.
0:03.4	I just send these amazing people an Instagram message and just say,
0:07.2	Hi, like, this is who I am.
0:09.1	These are some of the people I've done.
0:11.1	This is what we'll talk about.
0:12.8	I only need 45 minutes of your time.
0:15.3	Be very grateful if you could come on.
0:34.4	Yeah. on. Hello, Matthew Grant here, partner at Instac, London, and your host for the Instac London podcast. In the week in which Lemonade had its IPO,
0:39.1	it's interesting to be hearing from another VC firm about what it's looking for in its portfolio
0:44.2	companies. This week, I am talking to Olly Forsyth, community manager at Draper-Sprisbury. Now, the company
0:50.2	has got investments across a wide-ranging portfolio, including some familiar names from
0:54.4	insurance and financial services. But of course, innovation comes in many forms. And as you're
0:59.7	about to find out, OLLI himself brings a very different perspective from our usual guests.
1:10.6	OLLI, great to have you join us for a podcast.
1:13.7	You're another one of my occasional guests who is a real expert in the area of podcasting,
1:17.9	so I'm sure I'm going to learn a lot from this as well as learning about your day job.
1:22.4	So thank you for joining us.
1:24.0	Amazing Matthew.
1:24.6	Thank you so much.
1:25.5	So very interesting to hear what we're up to at Draper Spree.
1:29.0	Your community manager is the London venture owned by the longstanding investor Tim Draper.
1:35.9	You're also in your spare time, as I alluded to the host of the Makers podcast. I've already
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