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Fintech founder Adam French: I wish the City would be braver
Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Adam French, partner at early-stage VC firm Antler and co-founder of Scalable Capital, takes us through his career in investment in Square Mile and Me
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Name: Adam French Job title: Partner at Antler (also non-executive director at Innovate Finance) Previous roles: Partner at Houghton Street Ventures, co-founder of Scalable Capital and trader at Goldman Sachs Age: 40 Born: Ashford, Middlesex Lives: London Bridge Studied: Business, Mathematics and Statistics at the London School of Economics and Political Science Talents: Outworking most people through sheer discipline and possibly poor work-life boundaries – my day starts with a 6am gym session and usually ends with ‘just one final check’ of the inbox before bed (which my wife has learnt to tolerate) Motto: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win Biggest perk of the job? Getting to work with brilliant founders at the inception stage and watching ideas become category-defining businesses Coffee order: Black, strong, no fuss Cocktail order: Gin Gimlet Book recommendation: Fall In Love with the Problem, Not the Solution by Waze founder Uri Levine, and can’t stop recommending it to entrepreneurs – clearly written by someone who has firsthand experience at building exceptional companies.What was your first job?
My first job was working for my mother’s field marketing business, which gave me an early and very real look at what it takes to build a company from scratch. I spent late nights licking and sealing envelopes, calling around to find........
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