Callum Laing

Used to get a pound note on birthdays for sweets. First Bitcoin buy was $600. Exciting but nerve racking. Couldn't hold it, required computing degree to buy and move it around.

Make career choices based on who you work with and what you learn. Take care of yourself - exercise, friends, family. Learn discipline. Follow up. Do what you say. Manage yourself before managing others.

Jamie Dimon's career tips: Work hard. No one hands it to you. Be a life learner - read everything, do uncomfortable things. Treat people how you want to be treated. Don't worry about salary early on.

Isn't it just sales? Basically yes, with nuance. But here's the point: almost unlimited earning potential. People invest, it does well, they invest more. I've never met someone who felt they had enough.

20 years ago I told a CEO '$200k isn't much money.' He replied 'It is when YOU don't have it.' End of meeting. If you know how to raise capital, you'll never be short of work, opportunities, income.

Diversity isn't magic bullet or woke nonsense. It's practical solution for global world. Next generation won't care about gender, school, skin colour. Just results. Natural selection handles the rest.

Last 12 months: nearly 200 first timers got 300+ board seats worldwide. All from diverse backgrounds. These roles weren't to tick boxes. They were filled because people knew how to add value first.

The more Ryan shines light on partners, the more brands want to work with him. Key: make partners look good in a way that adds value to your audience. You can't partner with Disney. But you can start somewhere.

Ryan Reynolds made half a billion in an opening weekend. Can't do it alone. He uses partnerships to reach targets. Unlike films embarrassed by sponsors, he makes them integral to narrative.

Estimated $9 Trillion will be inherited by wives for up to a decade before passing to next generation. Private wealth industry isn't well equipped for this. What business opportunities from this shift?

We're going to see a lot more wealthy women and they invest differently to men. Huge wealth transfer coming, but there's a horizontal move before vertical. Most wealth is in hands of old men who die first.

With unlimited clean energy plus AI, transport and logistics drop to nearly zero. Driverless cars, buses, drones with no incremental cost. What happens when we have unlimited clean energy?

Any information is at our fingertips. Hard to remember when it wasn't so. Within our lifetimes, same will happen with energy. In Germany 25% of energy already has net zero cost of production.

Is this a necessity with cost of living? Or is monetising a hobby just sensible diversification? Genuine question. Would love your take.

When I meet new people they always have their career - and something else. Side gig, property investing, board seats. There's a difference between working 2 jobs to survive and a commercial hobby.

Too many people in my timeline are positive, create things and look to help others. I wanted to add some balance.

As consumers we get dazzled by ChatGPT and incredible visuals. But behind the scenes applications might go unnoticed. Are you seeing AI in your business or is it still a novelty?

You not worked out how to use feeds on Bsky yet?

AI isn't slowing down. 83% of companies claim using AI is a top priority. Behind the scenes from medicine to manufacturing, the biggest gains are being made. Net result: productivity increase across economy.

Most customers buy to avoid risk, not to gain opportunity.
Market accordingly.

Some countries use low taxes to attract individuals, make up difference in consumption taxes. You get taxed on what you spend, not what you earn or might potentially earn. What approach would you take?

Global 2% tax on Ultra High Net Worths proposed. Some debate taxing wealth on potential gains, forcing asset sales to pay tax. Meanwhile government spending rises, national debts get bigger.

Switched around. Gemini is now giving me much better answers than ChatGPT.

It was definitely that for a long time but I think they have now switched.

Kids grew up playing games with people worldwide. As employees experience working from home, they're already seeing opportunities beyond their traditional 9-5.

Remote working trend is only going one direction despite companies fighting it. The next generation will want the best people at the price they can afford, regardless of physical location.

Most people, when given a choice, will do work we like, rather than do work others value.
Most people will turn down the stress and responsibility that companies are willing to pay the most for. But then resent those willing to make the sacrifices who get the results.

Businesses are no different then you as a consumer. You don't choose to pay more for something because you're a nice person, you want the best price. You will switch brands to save a dollar in the supermarket but then drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on something you value.

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For business owners: figure out how to work with people who want to earn with you, but only on their terms. That's one of the most valuable processes to focus your time on.