My guest today is Jazil Zaim. He is a member of Gen Z Mafia, and has built startups in the space of affiliate marketing, privacy-focused social media app, and is venturing into the e-commerce space. Please enjoy the show.

Show Notes

• [1:01 ] What is Gen Z Mafia? How did Jazil chance upon this online community?



• [3:28 ] Jazil building a new startup



• [6:25 ] Brick and mortar shops and ideas generation



• [13:55 ] Jazil’s information diet and cultivating the right community in life



• [18:09 ] How should people get started in using online communities?



• [20:40 ] Bootstrapped startups



• [28:55 ] Is building a company that captures the majority of a market the main goal of Jazil’s professional life?



• [33:38 ] Tech in a post-COVID world



• [35:46 ] Recent exodus of tech leaders from San Francisco



• [37:55 ] Projecting cities that will be startup hubs in the future



• [44:02 ] Will Singapore’s policies to attract foreign startup talent be effective in encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit among her citizens as well?



• [49:48 ] Can a person really be anything they want to be in the US?



• [55:35 ] Should America be split up?



• [1:01:20 ] How will Jazil define COVID ten years from now?



• [1:06:29 ] What are some particular aspects of tech that Jazil is most bullish about?



• [1:07:53 ] Balaji’s idea of a cloud city



• [1:09:48 ] Jazil’s favourite startup, founder, and person to follow on Twitter 

Connect

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Outro

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Music credits

• Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod



• Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-shades-of-spring



• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/