The Royal Portuguese Reading Room — Brazil

Following up on the highlights of October episodes of Voice of FinTech podcast, here are also book tips and additional resources related to select October episodes.

Yova — Founder story: Make the world a better place and make money at the same time!

An interview with Tillmann Lang, CEO and co-founder of Yova. Yova is a platform for retail clients to invest in line with their values — Yova stands for Your Values!

👉TOGETHERBAND unites a global community, sharing a commitment to all of the 17 UN sustainable development goals, ESG. It aims to bring together one billion active citizens to achieve these goals. You can wear your TOGETHERBAND as a symbol of support for the Goals. TOGETHERBANDS are crafted using innovative and sustainable materials: handmade in Nepal from upcycled ocean plastic, and the clasp is made from decommissioned illegal firearms. Read more why David Beckham became their Ambassador here.

David Beckham, courtesy of M. Brookes

Futurae Technologies — Founder story: When a dog is not enough to protect your assets!

An interview with Sandra Tobler, co-founder and CEO of Futurae Technologies, Zurich based cybersecurity start-up.

Alternatively, should cybersecurity be a public good? WEF argues in this article.

IBM Innovation Ecosystem — Startup with IBM

An interview with Pascal Allot, IBM Innovation Ecosystem Director about what IBM offers startups in Switzerland to support them on their journey.

Are you thinking about changing your career? Note Garry Kasparov’s example 😊: ever since as the first world chess champion he lost to IBM DeepBlue supercomputer, he has become a renowned speaker on artificial intelligence. The headline on the picture from the presentation at Applied Machine Learning Days EPFL Lausanne earlier this year summarizes his views on the topic: 💻 😊 ♟

Garry Kasparov in Lausanne, 2019

You can learn more in his book, Deep thinking: https://amzn.to/2IYDbdy (through Amazon Associates Program):

Loanboox — Founder story: Making raising big-ticket debt painless

Following up on the interview with Stefan Muehlemann, founder and CEO of Loanboox, serial entrepreneur about how he got started with his latest venture, Loanboox, I’d like to highlight the following classic by Jim Collins.

How do you go from being Good to Great? 👉📖 You can get this book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2JEyPsn (through Amazon Associates)

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