Episode Summary: Our guest on Episode 2 is Maria Rotilu, a former management consultant turned venture builder who helped startups like Uber and Branch.co scale in sub-saharan Africa. Maria enjoys helping technology businesses reach scale and is currently the Managing Director of the Oxford Seed Fund where she leads a team of Oxford MBA students.

Episode Content: *Maria’s background growing up in Nigeria, formative learnings and her pathway into computer science & software engineering.| *Maria’s journey to management consulting, the transition into entrepreneurship and reflections on why entrepreneurship is a major passion. | *Scaling Uber and Branch.co in Sub-Saharan Africa in general management roles. | *The Oxford Seed Fund, operating model, current focus and ambitions for the organisation going forward. | *What questions Maria likes to ask startups and management teams of companies that may become potential investments. | *Maria’s current view of the public markets, and personal strategies for private investing on the share market or elsewhere. | *Maria’s tips on high performing habits that can help listeners become more effective at their life's pursuits. | *The lack of progress on gender inclusivity and equality within the venture capital and entrepreneurship ecosystem and why we have so much further to go to achieve parity.