Today we have a special episode lined up for you! We had the privilege of speaking to the Founders of Merge App - Brandon Bate & Zander Matthee. We discussed pitching to investors, acquiring capital, self-discovery, purpose and vision!

About Brandon Bate and Zander Matthee: 

Brandon Bate and Zander Matthee are two young visionaries on a mission to impact the world. They’re both highly acclaimed entrepreneurs, with 2 focused article features in the Fast company and The Entrepreneur. They are the founders of the influential Merge App, which connects investors and startups. Enabling investment or finding investment opportunities, it’s an easy to use platform for all players in the ecosystem. 

Both Brandon and Zander are incredible individuals, extremely disciplined and are great examples of what it means to demonstrate both confidence and humility - which are key ingredients to living with fulfillment. 

This episode is definitely nourishing, we discuss the process of pitching to investors, the process of acquiring capital in each phase of the start up, we discuss self-discovery, purpose and vision. This episode is a great watch for aspiring creatives, entrepreneurs and business people ! 


GGP Pinterest quotes/memorable moments: 


* “Make your vision accurate, but keep it open.”
* “Build. Measure. Learn.” 
* “Set time aside for meaningfulness, mindfulness and bettering yourself.” 
* “Doing things for myself. By myself. For the world.” 
* “When you enter a room. You gotta leave it a better place, than you found it.” 
* “The most important person in the whole world is yourself. If you’re good yourself - you can do good to others.” 
* “Peace provides long-term fulfillment.”
* “Problems never change. The ability to solve them with tech does.” 
* “Don’t speak too soon.”
* “Break your back, till you make it.” 
* “You can’t go outward, if you don’t go inward.” 
* “Nike says - Just Do It. We say Dream Big!” 
* “You live for that one moment.”
* “Keep solving problems you encounter. See how to solve a problem for yourself, because everyone deals with the same things. You’ll end up solving a problem for millions of people.” 
* “Right time. Right place. Know your stuff and stick to that.” 
* “Preparing yourself to execute when the right time comes.” 
* “Journey’s are the destination. Don’t visualize the end goal. Visualize the process.” 
* “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four hours sharpening the ax.” 



Key Time stamps: 

* 4:13 - 7:02 } The importance of your WHY & having passion. 
* 9:05 - 23:45 } Story behind Merge & How to raise capital 
* 25:30 - 32:13 } Self-Awareness 
* 32:30 - 39:20 } Alignment 
* 40:00 - 45:51 } Belief & Purpose 
* 45:58 - 51:20 } Values 
* 51:30 - 54:30 } Blockchain, Metaverse & Web3.0
* 54:40 - 57:00 } Emerging markets & Growth in Africa 
* 1:00:48 - 1:02:00 } The Startup phase 
* 1:03:00 - 1:06:09 } Overcoming challenges 
* 1:07:51 - 1:10:30 } Biggest lessons learnt in business
* 1:10:50 - 1:12:55 } 3 Keys to navigating business & life 
* 1:13:00 - 1:15:27 } 5 year vision 

LINKS TO VISIT

- Merge Socials:

Twitter - @merge_app

Instagram - Merge.app 


Brandon Bate socials: 

Instagram - @brandon.bate 

Zander Matthee:

Instagram - @zandermatthee


Sobertoby socials: 

Instagram - @sobertoby 

Twitter - @sobertoby 

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