F9D Podcast

Episode 4 - Controlling Candidates at Late Stage

In this episode, Charlie and Seb go into the process of controlling a late stage candidate, making offers, and getting deals across the line in a systematic way.

Episode 3 - Preparing a Candidate for an Interview

In this episode, Charlie and Seb dive into the process of preparing a candidate for an interview. We go into the systems, the mistakes, and mindset needed to truly add value at this critical stage.

F9D Episode 2 New Candidate Meetings

In this session Charlie and Seb go through their approach to screening a candidate for the first time. Introductions, long term equity, and controlling the process. Enjoy!

F9D Episode 1 Our Early Journey

Our first episode for the Generate network! Today we went through the BD techniques, the highs and the lows of our first 90 days running Inventure back in 2018.

Dr Emily Brearley - Are The World's Biggest Institutions Failing?

Dr. Emily Brearley has spent 25 years inside the world’s most powerful institutions — the World Bank, USAID, and the Inter-American Development Bank — leading programs across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. She’s advised the Libyan Central Bank, fought corruption inside public finance systems, and chaired the Energy Working Group for the IDB, coordinating investment strategies on renewables, taxation, and infrastructure. But what happens when institutions built to fight poverty start protecting themselves instead? In this episode, Emily pulls back the curtain on the hidden incentives, quiet corruption, and moral decay inside the global aid industry. She shares stories from the field — from failed billion-dollar projects to the human cost of bureaucratic blindness — and explains how good people lose their integrity inside systems that reward silence over truth. We explore what it really means to lead when the system itself is broken — and how courage, empathy, and realism can still exist inside the machinery of power. If you’ve ever wondered why big institutions struggle to deliver on big promises, this episode is a masterclass in leadership, incentives, and the psychology of doing good in a world built for comfort, not truth.