my debate opponent was one of the ones who spread this myth of 40 dead uh beheaded babies. Can you tell me where exactly and when exactly I said I'm asked beheaded 40 babies. Atrocity propaganda lies that the Israeli military and Israeli state has been pushing. It looks like you don't understand simple English statements. Is it 40 beheaded babies or is it children beheaded? You got me. You got me. I said I said babies. I did have children. The attacks of October 7th. This is a military operation. It has not been proven that most of those who were killed on October 7th or who died on October 7th were civilians. In fact, indications are that most of them were part of the IDF as either soldiers or reservists. And furthermore, it seems that most of them were actually killed by Israeli itself. You have now eyewitnesses and even members of the Israeli military saying that actually it was Israeli tanks and Israeli helicopters who were launching hellfire missiles at both Palestinians and Israelis indiscriminately. And this happened at the music festival. It happened in the Kibbutzim. So many testimonies from Israeli witnesses themselves who are testifying to this and saying that Israel was operating. In fact, it was reported by Wynet, one of the biggest and most important sites from Israel that the Hannibal directive was invoked by Israeli military personnel. And the Hannibal directive is that Israel, the military will attack not only combatants but also its own civilians if those civilians are being taken as hostages. This is the Hannibal doctrine. And it's meant to prevent Israel being in a position of having to negotiate on the basis of releasing hostages. So many of these hostages or many of the people at this music festival or on the Kibbutzim in southern Israel, they occupied southern Israel, they were actually killed by the IDF itself. And there are many reports that prove this. Whereas reports that Palestinians were beheading 40 babies and were just mutilating pregnant women, none of this has been established by forensics. Even my debate opponent was one of the ones who spread this myth of 40 dead beheaded babies turned out to be complete atrocity propaganda lies that the Israeli military and the Israeli state has been pushing. You said that I shared, you said, you said my opponent shared the propaganda of 40 beheaded babies. Can you show me where exactly or can you tell me where exactly and when exactly I said that happy from us beheaded 40 babies? Yeah, happy to share that with you right now. Okay, go ahead. In the meantime, folks, do want to remind you our guests are linked in the description. That includes at the podcast, you can find our guests linked below. Give you a chance, Danny. Okay. TikTok is the best. Yeah. On October 10, you tweeted, they indiscriminately eradicated entire families and communities and then complained about the retaliations, savages. So you're quoting a Hamas article. This was October 10. Then someone replied, so this article that you shared, Hamas slaughtered babies and children in Kibbutz massacre. Bodies of dead infants discovered as Israeli soldiers enter Kfar Azar, one of the last villages to be recaptured from the territories. Then someone replied to you, last I heard the claim about baby slaughter is not confirmed yet. It's just some people claiming they saw bodies.  The specific claim about 40 babies, some of which were beheaded, was confirmed by multiple different sources and only distributed by one source. That was your tweet on 1245 a.m. October 11, 2023. So according to what you just quoted from me, I said that multiple sources have confirmed that children and a report of babies killed, some of them beheaded. However, you said in your rebuttal, you said in your rebuttal that I promoted or shared the theory or the propaganda that 40 babies were beheaded. Yet you just quoted me, not saying that at all, but just confirming that there are confirmed reports of babies killed, some beheaded. Yeah, you're spreading this nonsense. Which one is it? No, did I say there are confirmed reports of children and babies killed, some beheaded? Or did I say 40 babies were beheaded? You said reports of 40 babies killed, some of them beheaded, is confirmed. Yeah, you spread that. So I didn't say 40 babies were beheaded. Good. Yes, you said 40 babies, some of them beheaded. Yeah, that's the entire propaganda that you were spreading. Now we know that it's not 40 babies. Now we know that there is no evidence of 40 babies.  I don't understand if you are aware, but it looks like you don't understand simple English statements here. And this is not a big surprise because you recently cited an article which says that the IDF confirms that 3,000 Hamas militants have been killed. You made a video posting that and said this article confirms that 3,000 IDF soldiers were killed, which is so weird. You read the article, you put it on the screen, highlighted it. You said, according to their own sources, 3,000 IDF soldiers were killed. And the article actually says 3,000 Hamas militants were killed. Are you aware? They may have been an editing mistake.  You haven't retracted that. You doubled down on it. Actually I have. Actually I have. So now you do retract. No, I didn't retract. I actually explained it very well. What do you mean you didn't retract it? It's right here. Short explanation on the 40 beheaded baby story. If you want to look at it so much too much. Yeah, they did. IDF did claim. IDF never claimed 40 babies. The Israeli government and the US government, Joe Biden went on TV and he said that they're 40 dead babies. Beheaded babies. Actually, no, he did not. Yes, he did. His exact words were not that. He said that. Why does he get screen screen privileges? Can I share my screen? He didn't. Biden never said they were 40. Yeah, let's make this neutral, James. Like he can just share his screen whenever he wants. Joe Biden never said they were 40 beheaded babies. Where do you have Joe Biden? White House claims Biden saw photos of terrorists beheading children in Israel Hamas war. You just claimed Joe Biden also said. But how are you going to work this out? How are you going to work this out? I want. Are you scared of me asking you the actual question, Daniel? You just claimed that Joe Biden himself said that there are beheaded babies. Can you tell me where he said that, please? White House NBC News. White House clarifies Biden's claim he saw photos of terrorists beheading children. So not only did he see pictures of beheaded babies, he actually claimed to see Hamas beheading babies. Okay, it says beheading children. You just said Joe Biden talked about beheaded babies or spread the same story about beheaded babies. Can you show us where he said that? President Joe Biden painted a vivid picture of the horrors of the Israeli Hamas war and remarks to Jewish community leaders Wednesday. But the White House later had to clarify his claims. I never really thought I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorist beheading children. Biden said in broader remarks about his administration's support for Israel amid its war with Hamas and efforts to free American hostages. The White House did not immediately respond to requests for further details about Biden's remarks. Two senior administration officials said Biden was referring to reports from Israel about beheaded children and cited several media reports of beheadings. NBC News has not confirmed those reports. IDF spokesperson Doran Spielman told NBC News that specific report, and that number I can't confirm. And a spokesperson for Netanyahu said Wednesday that toddlers and babies were found in Kafar Azad at Kibbutz in southern Israel with their heads decapitated after Hamas's attack over the weekend. But where are the 40 babies and where did Joe Biden say that he said that he saw beheaded children? So your entire rebuttal to this is that no, no, he said children. He didn't say babies. Okay, so here is a thing. Let's say Joe Biden makes a statement that is inaccurate, right? Or that is wrong. And we can criticize him for that. And many did. And I did too, by the way. Not at the time. Not at the time. Okay. After the fact, when it was debunked, yeah, it's easy to say that. Oh, okay, I don't stand by that. Nothing is being granted here, Daniel.  No, I'm not lying. Joe you said that Joe Biden confirmed the story of 40 beheaded babies. He said he said beheaded babies. Yet in the article we just read right in front of us, it says that he saw confirmed pictures of children beheaded. So what is it now? Is it 40 beheaded babies? Or is it children beheaded? Which one is it now, Daniel? Because if you want to take one false statement or one ambiguous statement and say, look, he made a mistake. Therefore, he agreed to this. That's not how it works. That's not how anything works. Yeah, you're right. You got me. You got me. I said, I said babies. I did have children. Yeah, it was great. Really, really a big owner. You got your moment. Thank you for the demonstration. I indeed got you. You further claim that


Hello and welcome to this career insight session where I'm joined by Andrew Ossanyemi, who is the global head of corporate partnerships here at Amplify Me. And before we kick things off, just wanted to give you a brief run through of the life of Andrew because it's such an incredible story and one that really resonates with the mission of Amplify Me. And going all the way from getting a social mobility scholarship that took him from Peckham to private school, landing a role at RBS, moving to be a trader in New York, being made redundant, coming back to earth, living with your parents, coming out of finance, going into TV, becoming a TV producer, becoming a worldwide recognized TV producer, I must add as well. And then kind of giving back to how you got your opportunity and working at different diversity firms, running their initiatives. And that really is kind of why you're, you're here with us but really wanted to dive into that story because I think it's such an important one. And I'd love to discuss it more but perhaps kicking things off, Andrew, we could go right back to the beginning about growing up in Peckham. What did that look like in terms of your aspirations in your peer group at those young, young years in your life. Yeah, no, thank you. Thank you, Anthony. Thank you. I was like, who's that person you're talking about? Oh, it's me. Yeah, growing up Peckham.   So this is many years ago, like Peckham has changed. But back then Peckham was like low social housing. Like, you know, people from under under deprived backgrounds, like low social economic, like aspirations people just wanted to just finish school, get a job, working somewhere and some money, like aspirations wasn't super high.  That was a good result when I was growing up. So, but there was always like something in me that one just like, I'm not going to lie and say I wanted to go into finance.  And that was it. I wanted to get out, make enough money for my family, myself, and just achieve anything in life. And you ended up getting a scholarship. So how did that come about? And what was that process? That's funny story, funny story.  So a bit naughty. So I remember there was one day, right, I'm naughty, I get a phone call.   So Andrew has to come in to come into school the next day. Obviously, my parents pick it up.  So it's that look, she knows I'm quite naughty.  So she's thinking, one, you're taking me away from my job, you know, you know, we need to earn money, like I need to come into school with you now. And two, like what the hell could you have done so that like the teacher calls the house to come in. So, like, needless to say that night I got like spoken to quite quite harshly. And then dragged in the next day I was dragged in, sat down in the class, and the teacher said, you know, sat me down and said to my mum and said, look, Andrew, I just want to miss you. And I was like, is it, is it about what's he done now? Like, you know, as he I'm really, really sorry. I'm really sorry. I'm like, you know, in that night, like kind of appearance from Nigerian background, like in that Niger, really apologetic, like really sorry, sorry for whatever he's done was sorry. We've disciplined him already. Don't worry. No, no, no, no, no, no, it's nothing to do with being disciplined. I just wanted to let you know that and I think I was about eight. I said, just want to know that Andrew's like scored one of the highest in Soviet in in a national maths test.  And this scholarship allowed anyone from an undeprived background who would who earned below a certain amount to get a free scholarship to go to private school if they did well in the test.  He just needs to figure out how to make it count. And it's just that figuring out which is what I've been doing through my whole life and has motivated me to go on and do different things. And from that period from eight to 11, my parents just said, you know what, you need to try and just focus on trying to do well at this test, did well at the test and then I got a place to go for free to private school in Catford called St. And going to private school because I think I guess young people have lots of different situations like getting a scholarship or the first time you go to university and it might be completely the first time you've gone to the north of the country or the first time you've gone to London or so how did you find that that kind of situation of just kind of landing there as a scholarship student amongst all these other people. Do you know what it was so strange because one, I thought one of the only students that took public transport to school, like I was coming from Peckham all the way to Catford. I was taking like two buses. I thought what bus did I take, like the 12 or 36 and then the 185, you know, I had to leave really early so wake up really early to get to school. I had to avoid people seeing my school uniform and saying oh that's that kid that goes to that school like you know let me mug him or whatever.  I'm going to Disneyland. I'm just like I'm just going to hang out in my state with my mates that's what I'm doing so it was that difference. And I think you know many people. I think what we do at Amplify and I think is that, you know, we help so many people from different backgrounds but when you get to somewhere you get out of a corporate firm. We don't really appreciate that the different roots different people and backgrounds people have come through and come from. I definitely felt the first couple years for me was a steep learning curve in terms of one in my primary school, you know I was on the top performing students I was super smart. I didn't have to work really hard because I think maybe I was naturally smart. When I got to secondary school I mean people studied Latin French from when they were like five I was just way behind. It made me feel one a little bit like you know, lacking in confidence because everyone else was so far ahead of me and to just made me really go some people and there was a group of us that had a scholarship, and I saw that it went both ways. People can get completely demoralized and just not look I'm never going to be any good, and then completely, you know, photo.  I need to do well. And that allowed me to get a bit of resilience but it wasn't easy it was tough to to settle in. So getting out of that you said you're kind of feeling things out and that's kind of been your career today. So what were you thinking in terms of career then at that point, so getting out of school, going to tell me about that transition. Yeah, what happened at uni and then what happened with the first job. So this is my A levels and I remember this. It was, I think middle of A levels where you get your predicted grace.  This was the chance I felt that the teacher said I'm going to get Andrew back.  Back then they were the person that gave you your predicted grades that you took to UCAS, and then you would get a selection of universities. You know, I went into the meeting thinking that I could get like a AB or all A's, and the teacher was like, No, I'm going to predict Andrew, I think it was CCD. And so these are the unis you can go to, but me coming from Peckham and I think that was one thing like one thing that's always. I really appreciated living in Peckham was the fact that is like people that are born and raised in Peckham are just like we're going to, we're going to succeed regardless we're going to overcome adversity, like you know, what's the worst that could happen now growing up in this area. I'm just going to bet on myself so I said to my teacher okay you're going to predict predict me that I'm not going to apply for university, I'm going to prove you wrong. I still remember the day that I turned up to get my grades and I walked in. This shows you how naughty I was back then but I walked in, I looked at my grades and I got a mass and economics and being physics, and I walked over to my teacher and I said look I told you so.  And that's what I did. And that which led me to not go into uni for a year because I didn't have a university to go to. And I literally worked, worked at, got a job, working at a thing, a motor finance company, and just earned money for a year. And you can just imagine, earning money as an 18 year old, living at home, just meant just partying at the weekend. Life was great. Yeah, it was great. It was great. But it did also taught me about, because I came at the very, very entry level without no qualifications, it taught me that, and I saw everyone else that was earning a lot more than me had a degree. It actually made me realize the importance of having a degree and with that, which made me go to apply to go to Warwick University the next year to study economics. So coming out of then Warwick, where you, or during that period, were you thinking, right, yeah, finance, what would you tell me, what was the process? Was it, because you mentioned law there, as well as finance, was it like, well, how am I going to make them as much money as possible? Was it as quite black and white like that? Or was it this is finance, and then it's like, well, what parts of finance and then were you on top of applications? Or was it much more kind of random than that? And then I was a good question. And I think it was more for me, I'm going to make money. So I was like, you know, very more money-oriented. And I think a lot of people come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, like, are focused on the money, sometimes to their detriment, right? Because then you end up in a career or a path or industry that, you know, you don't like, doesn't really suit you, but you're going for it for the money. But what I did, so I said, I'm going to make money, but I need to find something that is going to best utilize my skills. At university, I was a poker player. So I played poker as part of the Warwick Poker Society. I actually, playing poker actually paid for most of my universities. I didn't have to take like a student loan or anything like that. I was relatively good. And at the Poker Society, again, it allowed me to meet people that was way out of my normal friendship group. I would never meet these people. And they'll probably never meet someone like me.  Trading would be, you know, great for you. Also, I watched the movie. So I watched the movie. I mean, like Eddie Murphy was massive back here and I'm showing my age a little bit. But it was a movie called Trading Places.  He has a chance encounter with a stockbroker. They switched lives almost. And now he goes from being on the street to like trading in the stock market, driving a Bentley, having a butler, living in a mansion. I was like, I want that life. So those two things poker and watching that movie made me think, okay, trading, trading. But I didn't know how to get into trading. And it was just through chance, really, that I was on campus. And firms used to come to work or lucky to have firms that came to work. And everyone knew that, you know, these firms gave free food at their presentations. I turned up. I ended up speaking to a trader. He said that you should apply. And then I actually ended up one of my friends or classmates or housemates was involved in the society, a diversity firm. I was able to get more educated about about about roles in finance and ultimately get an internship at RBS. And so I'm assuming then you managed to convert that internship into a full time role and you worked in London, but then also New York. Yes. That's quite, I mean, you literally are living the Eddie Murphy journey.  I remember what like what happened was, I was at RBS for two years, and they were like, you know, what do you want to go over to New York to work for a couple of days, and go over, you know, I have a good time and my boss comes back.  And I was like, yeah, love, you know, the bars, the city and he was like, would you like to work there? And coming from, you know, Peckham initially, it was such, I'm so used to being in my comfort zone. Right, you know, to go and live in a new place in a new area in a new environment. I was just like, I just said no, I can't imagine being away from my family and friends. And he came back and he's like, are you sure? I was like, yes, I'm sure is. Then he came back and said, you know, we'll pay for your combination. I was like, no, no, no, no, I'm still not interested.  And I was like, hmm, started to get a bit more. And then they threw more and more things in the package. And then there was one, one person that worked there that came from the same background as me. And he said, look, Andrew, I know what's holding you back. It's that fear of, you know, the unknown, and it's time for you to like jump off the cliff, like leave your friends and family. And then I ended up going living in New York, living in the penthouse, which was paid by the firm, right in the middle of Manhattan. Like, you know, the flat was so big, I was able to have like a pool table, full-size pool table. Like, you know, chairs, dining room, event space, and still have loads of space. I wonder like, what do I do with all this space? It was amazing. But it was a great, it was just a great way for me to just see that you go from one extreme, growing up in Peckham to the other extreme. And it was the people who allowed me to meet. So the people that lived in that area were all affluent.  And that allowed me to overcome a lot of the maybe insecurities I had that, you know, like only certain people made it. And I think that was a great, it was a great opportunity for me to live in New York. During that period, so when you're at this kind of like that peak of that story, when you're in your penthouse, I mean, how do you then, how did you manage the relationships with your friends that you grew up with in Peckham? Did they start to see you differently? Did you yourself even clock that maybe I've changed? Or was there any conflict there at any point? Because you're still young at that point. You know, like, you know, you can take these things for granted and start taking them as normal. And then that can be quite toxic. So was there any, any of that going on at that point in terms of your personal development? Do you know what, to be honest, not really, to be honest, like my friends, actually, they were like, this is a free hotel in New York that could come out. So my friends are coming out every weekend, you know, partying a bit too much, partying a bit too much. But they could definitely see, they could definitely see that. Like, I think my journey inspired them. I'm going to be completely honest, because they were like, wow. Through me, they were able to see that, wow, this is possible. Like, how could, you know, someone like us, or get this kind of opportunity to live in New York, this type of apartment, this, these type of people be invited, these type of parties, this type of access. And then my uncle, my uncle came to visit me once and I was like, wait, he's like, yeah, I like basketball. I was like, okay, yeah, let's get some tickets.  So there's so many crazy experiences like that. But really, I think it inspired them and my friends and family. It was definitely for me was, I was one thing I did, which I employ anyone to do when you go to a new place. I didn't just hang out with Brits. So it's easy to find like expat community and then just hang out Brits. And you don't really immerse yourself in like local culture, but I've had so many like New Yorkers, New Yorker friends that allowed me to be cut like just introduced to the whole new way of life people. And it made me better. And I think that was where, if I'm going to be completely honest, my aspirations to fulfill some of my creative dreams that maybe I'd harbored from when I was young by seeing so many other entrepreneurs people making money in different ways, like you know that live in New York. That made me start thinking about other things. So it's great to do different things and like work in different areas as well. Yeah, no, I think that's really great advice. And just on that last point before we move forward, you're talking there about what sounded like a great boss, who is there being super supportive, you know, helping you know your interest in your development helping you to make that decision. Have you had other mentors just during the journey like professionally and personally and how important do you see that role in someone's development. It's a good question. You know, I this is the one question I get asked a lot mentors, mentors, and I, I haven't had many mentors. Like, no one in my circle has really gone to those kind of areas knows what no one in my family or friends worked in the investment bank. All right, what have utilized is resources. So I've utilized resources, like, you know, like the diversity character mentioned like SEO, which I, which I, which which helped me get into banking in the beginning. Like books, like I'm an avid reader of books, I read like autobiographies to like learn from people who have done it like people who I aspire to be and then kind of get things from their journey. So I'm more. So when people say to me be my mentor, I find it like whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, like, you know, this is that mentorship is like, I feel like it's a marriage, you know, you can get so much out of reading books. Like, listening to podcasts, YouTube, like, you know, find examples of who you want to be, and just read about them study them, and then try and follow the past, rather than having someone direct you and tell you. Because sometimes I get some friends that say to me all the reason I'm not getting ahead is because I can't find a mentor. And I'm like, are you going to let that stop you when there's so much information out there that you can so I would typically tell people really read books, watch movies, YouTube videos, podcasts, and you will find as not as much inspiration as you need to make it ahead. Yeah, great. Because that's that's something that everyone can can have access to that sense and so moving on then and wanted to talk about how your time at RBS ended. And I know you mentioned before you had to then you've gone from penthouse back into the back bedroom, living with your family and I think dealing with rejection is definitely something I guess whether you're a university student applying for a role in finance or whether you're in your career, and you get let go rejection and then resilience to get over that a really integral key ingredients it seems to to have in life to achieve success to talk me through that period and how did you deal with that.  And I give a boss comes to me and says look we want to give you a new contract to stay in New York for another two or three years. You can stay in conditions more money. You can stay in New York I can see my boss said to me, I can see you obviously enjoy New York, you know stay Andrew. This is a great package. It's the financial crisis. People are losing their jobs. Andrew, this is a good deal. But, and it was a good deal. It was absolutely a good deal. However, my girlfriend at the time was living in London. Do I come back to London. I like the girlfriend who I absolutely love is in is in London, or do I stay in New York. Like also, and I got my girlfriend.  Would you come to New York.  What do I do.  I'm going to go and see what happens. So I came back to London. And after about nine months, I got like one of those came in the morning said I'm you can come to the 10th floor. Then it's a HR rep and someone who I don't recognize.     And it's the people that I've like known and it's like, so I was so, I was so demoralized by it. I was so demoralized by it, but it myself walked out, went home, and then really gave me a chance to think, okay, Andrew, what is the one thing you'd really like if you had time. And the great thing about being made redundant from a bank is they do give you like nine to 12 months like money. I'm not sure it is now, but that's how it was then. So I was like, like you've got nine to 12 months, what would you want to do? And I went back to when I was a kid. And again, very different background from everyone else. I grew up in a very religious household. So it was religious to the extreme where my parents didn't allow a TV in the house. So we had no TV. All we could do is just like read books. My mom and dad thought the TV was the devil. It's going to bring in, it's going to corrupt our minds. And now everyone has like smart smartphones. And my mom and dad, my mom and dad addicted to smart phones. So like, it comes full circle, but so we didn't have no TV. So growing up, we had to use our imagination a lot. So imagination when we read books, when we play games, and as a dreamer, when I was young, I was like, you know, one day, like that one thing I wasn't able to have I'd love to create something for TV. But you know, when you know that when you don't have something you want it, you almost more drawn to it. So I was like, I want to create something for TV. And that was my inspiration. I said, okay, I'm going to be a TV producer. I'm going to make TV content. And lucky my cousin was a TV producer. So we joined forces and they started a TV production company together. So without without diving too much into TV production, I guess my line of questioning on that side was, what did you learn from that experience that you've now kind of brought into your toolbox for for your your current situation. So what what did that world offer you that perhaps wasn't present in finance in a trading role. Yeah, do you know, like, TV, maybe believe anything is possible.   And all of a sudden you have something you have a product. It's just started from your imagination it's become brought to life. So it really got some of my creative juices flowing. It also got some entrepreneurial ambitions, you know I always wanted to be out there, like making deals and this obviously this is related to what I do now. Obviously you make a product. Now you have to sell it. So I made a show, a TV show, basically about my upbringing really, like, you know, born in, like Nigerian parents, born in born, me being born in England and my siblings and how that dynamic between you and your parents are.  But now I had to go out and sell it. Right. So, you can imagine, I didn't come from this industry, so I'll turn up to conferences. Without no ex, no, like no leads, go up to speak to people network and out my business card, follow up calls have meetings, get my heart broken, you know be told that you know we're going to buy your show and then person like goes quiet or gets leaves their job and then goes all over again. So I've got that learning of being like being able to sell yourself being resilient, not taking all the knocks, but also being like just keep, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. And that ultimately allowed me led me all the way to be able to sell my my show to go to go and Netflix. So that was one key thing and that's why I can really empathize with students who. Okay, you've left uni, like you've graduated you don't have a job you desperate to get into banking or into trading. You need to pound those doors I've done it. You know you need to go to those like networking events I've been there need to sell yourself you need to make people be so memorable that people talk about you after you've left. And really do all you can to break through and just keep going and that's what I learned from from TV just keep going and if you're persistent enough and you have a good enough product, like you will make it. So what what drew you back into to coming back into the financial sector then. Do you know what I mean people always asked me this like Andrew you've done. Okay, why don't you stay on TV, you know you didn't.  I'm almost compelled to help people based on the fact that I was given a lot of help in the beginning of my career. I didn't have that social ability of scholarship that took me to to private school. I have no doubt I would have done well, but it would have been a different path. All right, you know I had no doubt that I would have been able to you know my persistence or whatever, but it'd been down a different path. You know if I hadn't had that help when I was at university to get into an investment bank, I wouldn't have been able to have that life in New York, like trading and then ultimately go into TV and follow my dreams. There was a point in time, you know I think around 2018 when I was like, you know assessing my goals.  It's time to give back and that's why I'm here that's why I'm passionate about helping young people from all walks of life to really go and discover their dreams and finance because I personally know it's a great stepping stone to allow you to achieve whatever you want to in life. And I think, yeah, like, I think my friends that know me understand that passion. And I hope to have influenced many people during my journey back into like, you know, this world. Yeah, and so kind of to finish on then perhaps I know you've been with us now for a couple of months, but I've been a part of some of these conversations you've even been formalizing these kind of ideas of what you want to do in your role with Amplify me perhaps you could just give me a little bit of a overview of the types of things that you're working on at the moment. Yeah, I know absolutely there's like two or three main things two or three main things. Firstly, firstly we're looking at trying to level the playing field trying to level the playing field so great thing about Amplify we just look at your performance. We're not really focusing your CV or your background and where you come from.  We know that counts for a lot you're passionate you're interested, you know you really want this. We want to introduce you to clients who want those type of students as well that are hardworking and really want to get to finance. So my job at Amplify is to match the two you know students with clients, get more clients on board. So we can have these fantastic students and help students who may typically have struggled down the traditional path to get into their dream job. Secondly, and this is one of my diversity goals is just around increasing the proportion of women who go into banking. The good news is my then girlfriend, like became my wife, so you know I won. I won, you know, so I've been blessed with a daughter as well so I definitely want when she grows up, so that she can have equal opportunities and obviously you see the disparity in finance. So again, our simulations is about introducing, you know women who may not look at finances option so that they can try it out, see what it's like and if they like it, come to Amplify to help them to get jobs as well, and clients as well who want to tap into to help young women as well. Yeah, and I know this summer you kind of spearheaded this program of us identifying some of the most talented women through the free simulation we run in partnership with Morgan Stanley and they were sponsored then to do a three week intensive program with us and I sat with them all in a room actually last Friday, because it was the end of that that program and such a, such an electric atmosphere like when it was just this group of women to work really closely with each other. So this was all online and then they finally got to meet each other. It was like they were old friends and they were buzzing and it was like, I've never seen a group of women as such confidence, even though they came from a variety of different groups, both from their academic studies, both from their ethnicity, both from how much they knew or not about finance so from the what they're studying, but they had this camaraderie, and this kind of just ethos of just being super willing to learn open with each other. It was so refreshing because sometimes when I see groups of, or I should say individual women in a mixed group. I guess sometimes it can be quite easy to be overpowered by the male voices in the room, particularly in certain types of professions within the subset of finance jobs, because some are more heavily male oriented than others. So yeah, it was really great to see them now get that confidence and build out that support network. And now, like, to see what they do next is like super exciting. So yeah, I think they're all going to absolutely smash it now. No, absolutely. And I just think it's just, yeah, we're just we're here to level the playing field, you know, women can do better than men, you know, as well as all better than men.  You know, so it's a great starting point in your career. And that's a message, you know, an amplifier we tried to just, you know, share with all the students, you know, fulfill people's dreams people come to us with dreams and aspirations and it's our job to make it a reality. Well, that's a good finish right there. So no, look, such an incredible journey and I'm sure you're only halfway through. I haven't finished yet. We want to do great things. We're going to do great things.    And I'm just, and I'm all here for it and I'm ready just to see you do well. So, and so thank you for this opportunity. It's been good speaking with you. Yeah, likewise.  I know that you have, you're a published author, you have a book, and it's about the successful job hunter where it talks a little bit about your story and the lessons you learned and how you used a lot of that to help you in the application process. So I think we're going to make that free for a period for people to download the digital version. Is that still good with you? Yeah, that's good. So basically what it is. It's great book, the successful student job hunter. It's complete loads of stories, loads of stories, like every example I give to help you get your job is backed up with a story. Me playing poker, me DJing somewhere across the world, me going to New York, just different stories and examples to help you stand out interview, ace your interview and get your dream job. And we're going to make it free on Amazon for like two or three days. So hopefully at the same time as from the day this podcast lands, that he'll be free for two or three days. Perfect. All right. Thank you, Andrew, for sharing that. And yeah, I'll see you in the office. Thank you everyone. It's a pleasure. Thank you, Anthony.


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Let's watch what he says here It's stunning people have right Yes mentally ill people have rights, but you know else have rights We do the people and families of the city We have the right to walk the street and not fear for our safety because a mentally ill person is going to lash out at us Yes, I mean this is Absolutely atrocious first of all the implicit assumption here embedded in that statement is that Mentally ill people have more rights than non mentally ill people like that's that's basically the assumption, right?  I mean, this is the same energy right here and this is solutions for the mental health crisis and This is what he brings up.   In fact, I would argue that's a very very small percentage of people who suffer from mental illness But like to say this to assume that people who are mentally ill are going around and like harassing people It's just honestly, it's so weird and yeah as mr.   They're going to be your constituents, too So correct answer is Andrew Yang's biggest donors campaign leaders helped rob this city of healthcare and housing for generations So they can profit off of them in prisons and displace them from luxury development And that the solution to keeping us all safe is to keep us all safe And by them I mean us because mental health is an issue for all New Yorkers We cannot have a mayor who others people in crisis as some sort of animals and That we need to be managed so real New Yorkers cannot be bothered with all New Yorkers. Yeah, and that's basically a Really great point. There's this dehumanization, you know in his comment that it's like oh these mentally ill people Like we've got to control them, you know, we've got to get animal control for these animals Who are going around making everyone feel uncomfortable like as somebody who has suffered from mental health issues?  This is just it's It's disgusting. I don't know what else to say about this as usual Yang will disparage Frontline community when it counts in front of the most viewers to pander to the most toxic supporters Then go back to Twitter and quietly contextualize what I really meant this con game is getting old and NYC is tired of this clown Absolutely, and look, this is an individual who was friendly with Andrew Yang. I believe right away, right? Or or initially I should say and the same is true for me like I brought Andrew Yang on the program and he he was kind to me. I thought he was a really Nice guy. I didn't agree with all of his policy positions, but I thought that he was like genuine but he uses like his a parents authenticity to like dupe people and When he's he's no different. He's no different than the status quo politicians So I want to go to this article here So it gives us a little bit more context So the candidates have focused on public safety in the final weeks of the campaign and issued that New Yorkers site as their top Concern as the races dynamics continue to shift Miss Wiley has tried to consolidate support among left-leaning voters Catherine Garcia has shown signs of momentum and mr. Adams who leads in the polls has faced questions over his real estate holdings Mr. Yang was trying to highlight voters fears over safety at the debate But he moved quickly to clarify his comments shortly after it included full context here was mental illness is behind half of Anti-Asian hate crimes he said on Twitter. We need to get them compassionate comprehensive care and not let them languish our streets. I Just I don't think like when I when I see this it tells me that he fundamentally misunderstands mental illness and You need to be careful in the way that you speak about this to not demonize and overly general generalized folks with mental illness because to in any way assume that Mentally ill people are just automatically predisposed to be violent. That is such a harmful assertion Agree have been an advocate for mental health and will continue when went to counseling as a young person full context Here was mental illness is behind half of anti-Asian hate crimes We need to get them compassionate comprehensive care and not let them languish our streets. I mean, here's the thing about this I think that as Rafe put it I Think this is a con right where he'll say something where the most people see it and then later on He'll do a little bit of damage control. This is pandering and by now I Don't believe that he hasn't had time to think about what to say in the event this question comes up I don't believe it like politicians spend so much time practicing their talking points what they want to say Try to anticipate what questions might be asked and so for him to say something this tone-deaf at this stage in the race I just don't believe it like by now. He is a seasoned politician. He ran for president So he should know what he wants to say and for him to say this. It's just it's honestly embarrassing I Hope he feels embarrassed and I hope he reflects on this and actually reflects on it Like not just publicly saying what he thinks is going to help him here after he said this terrible thing Like I hope he genuinely is introspective and does soul-searching because this is This is fucked up


Hi everyone, thank you very much for having me. It's a real privilege to be on this stage Very nice to be here Before I begin, I just want to say that this presentation does contain some images Which some people might find distressing there's a lot of imagery of fire So please I just advise view a discretion as we go forward Okay, so forensic architecture so we are a Research agency based in Goldsmiths University in London, and we are a multi disciplinary group We're comprised of architects investigative journalists Developers lawyers Filmmakers were a very varied bunch And we carry out investigations into human rights violations and we advocate for people who've been affected by them So we construct we construct 3d reconstructions of crime scenes and we deal with state violence and in this particular case Police violence. This is an image from our investigation Into the killing of Mark Duggan by the Metropolitan Police in 2011 And we also work with experts in fields such as computational fluid dynamics in order to understand these Complex phenomena in time and space. So what you can see here is the cloud is a representation It's an iso surface of the gunshot residue the detect but detectability of which would have been Detectable by smell in this internet cafe and this is an image from our investigation into the killing of Hallie Jodgat and we also Document violence in time and space and we make web platforms So this is a clip from our video an investigation into the NSO group and they produce a piece of spyware called Pegasus and The the markers that you can see on the timeline there are moments of infection for this this this piece of malware and we also stand with civil society groups and we Advocate for people have been affected by violence So this is us presenting our findings into that investigation into the killing of Mark Duggan to an audience in Tottenham Town Hall in 2019 and we're standing there with the rights activist Stafford Scott on the mic there and We also display our work in cultural forums such as Museums and galleries This is an image from a recent exhibition called cloud studies and this is really important for us This is when the work comes out into the real world and it becomes a kind of political discussion and a conversation That that shapes the world around us So on the 4th of August 2020 a massive explosion ripped through the city of Beirut The blast killed 200 people 6,500 people were injured and large areas of the city were destroyed And we were asked by the rights of the organization Maddam us to look at the open-source material that was available for this case and try to put together that material and Reconstruct an idea of how this explosion Like the things that led up to it and the reasons why it took place and so at forensic architecture we have this concept of an open-source investigation and These are all clips that are taken from the moment of the blast and prior to the blast and The idea is that using this raw material this data Theoretically anyone could reconstruct the investigation. So this is this is kind of one of the ideas behind Open-source investigation and the investigative investigative comments So we gathered lots of these videos and when we gather footage of forensic architecture One of the first things that we do is we synchronize it in time So these are images of the fire taking place in the warehouse before the explosion and the moment of the blast provides an anchor point for these pieces of footage to be situated in time And we also situate those pieces of footage in space So here you can see we've got a very detailed model of the city of Beirut and This is taken from open-street map data And so you can see that we've got all of the buildings in the city and within this model We situate the camera positions from those pieces of footage. So we take we take our cameras and we work out where they are in space And so you can see here if we have an image We've got these architectural elements that are visible and then they relate to objects on the ground so we can locate these cameras And we have this trick we can do we can use a technique known as a dolly zoom a Cinematic technique which some of you may be aware of and what that allows us to do is it allows us to change the focal length of a Camera while simultaneously Maintaining the composition of an image such that the image overlaps with the model and you can see here on the right hand side the Camera finds its place in the 3d model when the image overlaps With a geometry So once we've situated these pieces of footage We can start to look at more detail of the clouds that are unfolding in this fire prior to the explosion So here we use a method called a slit scan and we analyze the color of the pixels that are coming from that plume of smoke And we can see that they go from a light gray color to a dark gray color over time So something is happening here within the warehouse Something is evolving over time And then if we zoom into this area here We can see that there's this small explosion that takes place and there are these sparkles of lights And so speaking to experts on this subject This is likely to be the explosion of fireworks that were stored within the warehouse We can go even further than that We can start to model and sculpt these clouds these plumes that are coming from the from the warehouse So here we're using the sculpting tools to push and pull the surface of the cloud And you can see that using one image we get an outline or a silhouette of the cloud But what we do is we always try to have a polyperspectival view of the scene So we take a Counter-shot another angle and we use that to sculpt from the other from the opposite angle And then we get a three-dimensional shape three-dimensional form for that cloud And we can also sculpt and model the fireball that is at the center of this blast this spherical object And we know that this blast was expanding at an incredible rate Because we can see that on simultaneous frames that have been synchronized the sphere is at a different scale So you could say that the speed of the expansion is beyond the threshold of the resolution of the cameras that were capturing it So this is an incredibly a dynamic object incredibly rapid explosion and so if we Look at that sphere more closely and zoom in here We can use the radius in the center of the sphere to calculate approximately where in the warehouse that blast originated And over here we move to another camera in the city and this shows us the blast With a wider sphere because it's expanded and Here we see another view from across the city again moving out into the bay and Finally here far out to see this witness was able to capture the full evolution of the plume the full evolution of the blast that emerged This was a very critical piece of footage because it's one of the few shots that showed us the full extent And it allows us to measure the height of the cloud so we can see that it's 755 meters high So at 554 we have a cloud coming out of the east side of the building At 6 p.m. We have a second cloud a dark plume coming out from here Again on the east side, and then finally at 607 just before the explosion We have this other plume that has the flashes of light within it so images of the content of the warehouse were leaked and What it was emerged is that this warehouse contained a very large amount of ammonium nitrate and we know from these images that the ammonium nitrate was stored in a very haphazard way the bags were broken the site was Contaminated so you can see from these images and so what we did is we situated these images within a 3d model of the warehouse as well So you can see there at the top the bay number is visible number eight So we know which position inside the warehouse this photo was taken And Here we have a video that was captured from inside the warehouse as well showing more bags of ammonium nitrate and Midway through this clip on the ceiling we can see the numbers four and five So we're able to situate this video as well and a number of architectural objects within the space So using that central location for the spherical blast the fireball and Using the amount of ammonium nitrate that we know was being stored in the warehouse We can approximate the distribution of the area that that ammonium nitrate would have taken up We also know that there was ammonium phosphate stored in there. We also know that there was detonating cord and also car tires and So what we're able to do is we're able to approximate the position of the fireworks the flashes of light that we see in that cloud On the west and also the very dark plume that we see on the east the car tires And so in conclusion what we have with this setup is essentially a makeshift bomb and You can see this quote here from garrus collet Ammonium nitrate is extremely difficult to detonate by fire alone. However when confined and contaminated that this can lead to catastrophic detonation And so you can see here as well from the NASA damage map that the the damage extended to 1570 meters the regulations say that ammonium nitrate should not be kept within seven fifteen hundred and seventy meters of a residential area So we find the state to be negligent in their upholding of the regulations for this hazardous material And in the spirit of open source as well We publish our 3d models from our findings from our investigations online So you can go here to our github page and it links to a repository where we have the blend files For the warehouse and also the site model so another project that we've worked on on the 14th of June 2017 a Devastating fire broke out in Grenfell Tower in West London and This was a fire which killed 72 people and it was the worst residential building fire in this country in UK Since World War two and as Londoners we woke up and we saw this and this was a this was a Devastating fire and it was something that we couldn't ignore and it was something that we immediately had to start Figuring out what happened here like what was going on. How is this fire developing? and so on the night of the fire hundreds of Londoners took out their smartphones and they captured small clips short clips showing the fire and None of these clips on their own tells you the whole picture of the fire, but together they build something bigger So the idea is that with this project What we can do is we can take those pieces of footage and then we can motion track them and Then if we can motion track those pieces of footage We can then project them onto the surface of a 3d model of the building And then the idea is that if we can project enough of those Videos onto the surface of the building we can start to understand how the fire spreads and how it develops on the night of the fire But there's a bit of a problem because this footage is not very suitable for tracking So I mean if you look at a tutorial a guide on how to motion track footage You'll see lots of different pieces of advice some of which is to ensure that the scene has got Consistent lighting to avoid sharp changes and exposure not to move the camera too quickly so you don't get motion blur so you can track features on the image and also to Move through the scene left and right forwards and backwards up and down So you capture the parallax of the scene and you understand the three dimensionality of space but This is not something that we have the luxury of having these people that captured these images Were scared and they were being pushed around the site by police emergency services and This is an object that's so dynamic and so bright and it was captured at night that it doesn't lend itself to motion tracking So we find ourselves using very Manual very painstaking techniques in order to motion track these frames So here you can see I'm using a 3d camera and I'm manually adjusting it using the 3d cursor using annotation tools to outline particular elements so here I'm outlining a window and also Outlining the area of the fire so I can get a camera match Every 10 frames every 50 frames every 100 frames So despite that we still have managed to track many of the videos of the fire spreading at Grenfell Tower so this is a compilation of Videos that we've tracked so far and you can see how the fire spreads up the east facade of the building very rapidly and I think it's It's one of these things where an Individual image on its own doesn't tell the whole picture But when they start to come together and they start to cooperate as videos you get a sense of the Magnitude and the complexity of the violence that's taking place here in this building and So we also have vast amounts of data Relating to the building and it's all buried inside of PDF documents Some of them are inside the Grenfell Tower inquiry documents on the left here You can see a document called external spread of fire and these yellow areas indicate where the fire was at different points in the night And on the right hand side, you can see the work of Eric Guillaume and colleagues who captured other frames And so part of what we do at forensic architecture is to take this information that's buried in documents all All over the place in loads of different repositories and bring it together into 3d space and time so that it is understandable so it is conceivable as an object And so what we can do with these images from these documents is we can create basically a A stop motion animation so the red indicates the area of the building that's burning the black indicates an area That's burnt and the yellow that you can see from the other document is just the area at the full area of the spread of fire So we build this stop motion animation And this allows us to create a full mapping of the spread of the fire so what you're looking at here is a UV map of the building the four facades the building unfolded and This is another part that's very important to our work when we have Information such as that from the documents and we have photographic information We're always trying to compare them and verify them and corroborate them to each other So here we use the photographic imagery of the fire to corroborate those mappings And then what we can do with that map with that shape is we can wrap it back around the building And then we have a graphic representation of the spread of fire So similar to the way that the images and the videos and the footage captured this spread We could do the same with a graphic image And because this is operating on a precise 3d model at a fixed scale a real scale We can do things like calculate the total area of the fire That's total area of the surface of the building that's burnt And we also know the rate at which it's burning as well. So we can use these metrics And we can also it unlocks a whole load of other interesting facets and mappings about the spread of fire So for instance on the night of the fire many of the residents reported hearing these popping noises almost like gunshots And these were the sounds of the windows breaking. So what we can do is we can use that spread of fire shape We can turn it into a geonodes object with thickness We can get it to intersect with the building's windows And so we know when particular buildings so when particular windows are breaking at particular times And then that data can be used and exported and taken to other parts of the project We also know based on that fire spread mapping The likely amount of heat radiation that would have been experienced on the ground at certain points around the tower So here you can see we have a plan view of the building and the lighter color indicates greater levels of heat radiation And that fire spread also gives us an idea of the smoke cloud that would have come from the tower And also the particulate matter that was Emitted from the building and then deposited over London So you can see here the yellow indicates Particular matter quantity that was deposited on the ground around the tower And so as I mentioned before we always try to work to advocate for people who have been affected by violence And this is a process This slide here related to situated testimony and we were lucky enough a few years ago to sit down with one of the residents This is a guy called Nicholas Burton. He was on the 19th floor of grandfell tower And we were able to sit with him with a 3d model And he was able to tell us not only about the layout of his flat the furniture where everything was But he was also able to tell us about his movements on the night of the fire And in this clip that I want to show you he explains the moment when he realizes he has to leave his flat I don't think I saw put I didn't see a person to saw a hand come and grab my wife And then another hand on the right hand side come and say let's go I've got my dog here and the fire said I'm sorry. Let's go. And that was it. We're just into the darkness Sorry, are you with Billy? So, yeah, so there's two fire officers. I never I didn't see them I don't know as a man or woman or anything. I don't know and do you think Pilly was ahead of you Yeah, Pilly came out first because I had her waist Because when when so let's go order up so then the guy came out and I kind of grabbed Pilly's waist So we came through here. Yeah, and then I lost Pilly in this area I let go or she they moved her forward because I was screaming Where's my wife and then someone just said that we got her and then And then I didn't know where she was because this is black It's just can't see can't even see in any light and then we went into the stairwell I don't know where he is on this on that side By the time you're in the stairwell, then we're then he's on my left and I'm on the right. So there's two of us trying to to go down Systematically, you know down flat down flat down flat So I'd like you to think of forensic architecture as the intersection of the spatial and the political I think we're all here because we Believe in 3d software being being free being available to civil society groups I think we have something of a spatial commons or a Digital spatial commons when we work with the tools that we work with So that's just something I want you to hold in your head as you go forward into the conference And also these are just two of the projects that we've worked on at forensic architecture There's a vast array of projects that we've done in the past and covering covering ecological violence We use machine learning You know, we covered the use of tear gas and crowds. So I'd really encourage you to On my speaker profile, you can go to the forensic architecture website Have a look at the projects that we've worked on or of course feel free to reach out to me some point during the conference And thank you very much


Even small amounts of alcohol impairs your frontal lobe. Frontal lobe is the part of the brain that makes decisions, that takes in information and processes information. It's a rational, logical part of the brain. I'm sure that nearly everyone can think of a time when they hopped into a vehicle when it was probably not the most ideal choice. You live and learn from that, but there's a lot of people in this world that unfortunately have not got away with it and they're either severely injured or been killed.


Hey guys welcome back to my YouTube channel this is Daniel Rosel here with another cooking video. Today we're going to be doing the Ethiopian equivalent roughly of Foul Mad Amis and it's called Shahan Foul. This is different than Foul Mad Amis the favorite breakfast of the Arabic world but especially Egypt because of the addition of Barbara which is the addition delicious spicy spice blend that's popular in Ethiopia and other cuisines in that part of Africa. So here we go. What I'm not showing in this video is the actual process of cooking the Foul. I give it like soak for 10-12 hours and cook it for 60 sometimes even 90 minutes. Nothing drives me crazy more than undercooked beans so you want to make sure those fava beans get really nicely cooked and the older they are the longer they take to cook and sometimes you just need to get new beans because they've been sitting on the shelf for too long. Alright first step here is to finally chop up a white onion. This is going to give us the kind of caramelized base. So I did seven minutes saute and usually I use vegetable oil but because this is a fava bean goes really really well with olive oil. So I came in with two tablespoons and then got sick of measuring stuff because who's got time for that and just kind of put a bit more in using my eyes some extra for the pan that's always a great to justify it. Alright then we want to get our onions into the pan and you know cook them around a bit. Seven minutes isn't exact but what I did was about five minutes for the onions and then another two for the tomato and the berbere to get everything nicely cooked but you can play around with those measurements. So after getting the onion then you want to put in the one medium tomato. You can substitute with tomato paste if you have it on hand. It shouldn't change the flavor too much. I always add a little bit of salt while the onions are cooking just to keep the frying process going. You can see the colors are coming along nicely the onion is cooking and this is what I'm going to come in with my berbere. I buy this in my local African Ethiopian store. It can be hard to find so you might need to go on Amazon but that's what will give this dish its special taste. Now I use one tablespoon if you like it spicy use two.  So then I put in my cooked fava beans. I actually did these in the instant pot as well and then just drain them off. I actually ended up putting three in this recipe so there's a little bit more going to be the pots going to fill up a bit more. Then you want to add a little bit of cup of water. The idea here is that after adding the beans and the caramelized onions a bit of water you want to kind of let it stew for another seven minutes approximately. You can put it on to cover but obviously if you leave the lid off you're going to get more of a reduction. This process can take sometimes I just do it by eye when the fava bean is starting to mush up a bit that's when I kind of take it off. So this is my technique I think lots of people do it as I stir the ingredients I also kind of like mush them down with the with the kitchen spoon. Now if you want to get this homogenous you could just throw this at this point into a blender. Personally I prefer it like this. So here's the final product you can see I've got some it's got beans this is absolutely delicious. Ful never looks like the most attractive food in the world but it keeps you full forever. It's very good for you and with the addition of the berbere and the caramelized onions this dish is actually super tasty because these beans were kind of old as I mentioned I did a little bit of extra mushing just to get them down to my preferred consistency but to each their own you can throw in a bit more olive oil and cumin if you want to really add in some more extra flavors but it's not necessary. Then just serve some bread of course in general it's traditional but we had this white bread on hand and that is it guys this is how to make Ethiopian style fava beans. Amazing food for breakfast lunch or just any time you're looking for a really really hearty filling snack. Thank you guys for watching this video I want to get more on various subjects to consider subscribing to this YouTube channel.


Hello, I'm posting a time-lapse video about the digital painting I made to test the XP-Pen RTX 24 Pro. It's a tablet I received last week and I reviewed it also last week. If you haven't seen the review, I'm posting the link here. In the meantime, XP-Pen sent me some promo code. It's not a sponsored video. I'm telling that just if you want to benefit from it. I will pass all this promo code into the description and they are available until May 24th. See you later and have a good time-lapse. Bye.


Creating a general online store is a perfect way to get started with your e-commerce empire. And that is because with a general store you can explore an endless selection of niches while earning massive sales. So that is why in this video I'm going to give you 10 different examples of successful general online stores. But before getting started, I want to explain to you what is a general store. In order for you to understand what is a general store, I need to explain to you what is a niche store. A niche store is a store that focuses on selling products from a specific category. For example, a store in the pet niche will only sell products that are related to pets. A store in the kitchen niche will only sell products that are related to kitchen. On the other hand side, a general store is exactly the opposite of that. It doesn't focus on one single niche, but on multiple niches. That is where the name comes from. You can basically sell any kind of product that you want in a general store. And that is why I always recommend beginners to open up a general store before opening up a niche store. You see a lot of people are passionate about certain niches and they will open up a store in that niche, but they are losing a lot in this process and they are leaving a lot of money on the table because by opening up a general store, you will have more freedom to test different products. This is why I would advise you to take advantage of this flexibility and open up a general store. And once you find a really good product, you can open up a niche store for that product. Now that we got this out of the way, let's get this video started. The first store from our list is called Inspire Uplift. They have a diverse product selection including home clothing, beauty and electronics. This store is very big. They literally have millions of customers all around the globe. And if you keep an eye on them, you have a pretty good chance to score really good products at discounted prices. Following up on our list comes Seconds, which is spelled five at cons.net. This store is a one stop shop for all of the customer needs and they usually have big discounts going on at all times. They also have a wide area of product categories such as consumer electronics, home goods and jewelry. One of the best things about this website is the fact that they are offering free shipping to more than 200 countries and they are also offering free returns. And on top of that, their online tracking feature lets you track your package wherever it might be in the world. Next up we have this store that's called Best Choice Products. These guys gained a massive following and they owe that to three different pillars and those are products, customers and value. The best thing about the store is the fact that all of their products are actually made by them and all of their products have a unique blog as a product page from which you can find a lot of information about those products. The second best thing about this store is the fact that they are offering 60 day return periods. A big majority of online stores only have 30 days and if your products do not qualify for this return period, you can still get a warranty. You can still enjoy a warranty period and customer service. These guys are putting a pretty big accent on customer support. That is why you can do live chat, you can call them on the phone, you can open up a ticket, you can email them, all of these methods ensuring that you'll get the best customer support possible. Next up on our list we have Trendy Goods Market. This is one of the top general online stores where you can find high quality products at very good prices. They are putting a lot of effort on security, this is why they are showing you that you can pay with anything and that you will be secured whatever you're doing on the website. They are standing out because they are offering 60 day money back guarantee, no questions asked. This is pretty rare amongst online stores so when you see something like that you better take a look and this website is also offering free shipping to more than 200 countries. Next up on our list we have Buy It Carl. If you're a customer to this website, the first thing that you will notice is the fact that you can access best sellers and new arrivals. Interestingly enough, this website has a pretty small product selection, only about 50 products at any given time. But don't be scared by that, because of the fact that they have numerous positive reviews, we can put them up there because their products are amazing. Additionally, they have partnered up with Visa, Mastercard and PayPal and these three payment methods are one of the top in the world. Oh and I forgot, they are offering worldwide shipping and if you're buying from the United States, they are offering one to three days shipping time. Just a reminder guys, if you're enjoying this video so far, drop a like because it would greatly help us with the YouTube algorithm and subscribe to our channel. At number six, we have Genie Mania. The first thing that you see when you visit this website is the fact that they're offering free shipping on orders that are more than $40, which is actually a very good thing, because they have a lot of products that are pretty cheap, so $40 is not that much and you will get free shipping. Also, they have a pretty wide array of products to choose from, such as beauty, health, kitchen, dining, etc. On top of that, on their homepage, you can actually see what products are discounted and what was the original price. A pretty interesting thing about this website, I never seen this anywhere else, is the fact that they are shipping their orders after the 24 hour mark and that is why this situation gives you the option to change your order in the lifespan of 24 hours. For number seven, we have this website that has a huge product catalog that's called Material, just to name a few of their categories, office, home, kitchen, outdoor, bedroom, hygiene, beauty, etc. They have a dedicated selection for bestsellers and trending products and they also have a selection for products that are discounted. They are one of the few stores in this list that also offer bundle discounts, meaning that if you buy two pieces, you'll get 10% off. If you buy three pieces, you get 20% off, so on and so forth, depending on the product. These guys are offering free shipping for orders that are more than $60 as opposed to $40 the last website and they are offering very flexible payment methods such as American Express, Google Pay and Apple Pay. At number eight, we have Until Gone. These guys are masters when it comes to free shipping because the first thing that you see when you're entering is a category of products that offer free shipping for orders more than $25. A very interesting fact about this specific website is the fact that they are offering financing, meaning that you can buy now and pay 30 days later. Moreover, they also have a stress-free return guarantee and also cashback rewards. But wait, I'm not done. These guys are going crazy. They have a refer a friend program, meaning that any time you refer a friend and they buy something from this store, you can earn something. At number nine in our list, we have Common Lee. They have a very good product research team and you will always see new products on their website. They are allowing you to filter products by discounts. They have the best payment solutions integrated on their website such as Stripe and PayPal. And finally, they have a 30 day replacement warranty for all of their products. The last store on our list is Super Shop. They provide everyday deals on all of the niches that you can imagine such as fashion, furniture, electronics. They have a pretty helpful filter in which you can search for products based on the price, on their name, on their category. Moreover, this website has rewards, cashbacks and discounts. And besides that, they are shipping your order 24 hours after you place it. So that's a very good thing about it. And finally, they have a 30 day return policy. So guys, now that you have an overview of the best general stores out there, let's build up our general dropshipping business. So here are some steps that will get you started with an online general store. First of all, of course, obviously finding products to sell and you don't want to sell any kinds of products. You want to sell products that are on the wave right now products that people are looking after in order to find these products. We're calling them winning products. You can do the following things. Number one, make a list of competitors and spy on them. For this, you can use the tools such as Koala Inspector tool. You can install it in your Google Chrome and you will be able to spy on all of the stores that are using Shopify. Next up, we have the auto DS winning products hub. This is a hub that gives you access to the best winning products out there. It is made by our team that's doing 24 seven research and they're always searching for the best products to sell online. Other than that, you can also go to our suppliers one by one and check out what are their best sellers. And finally, you have Google Trends. This tool allows you to see what is trending and what are people looking after. Once you did this, you need to find a general dropshipping supplier. Remember, when running a general dropshipping store, you will need a supplier that has a general area of products. You cannot choose a supplier that only has products in one single niche. When looking for the best supplier that you want to work with, you need to look after these things. Number one, international warehouses. You need to be able to ship your products as soon as possible to your customers. Number two, you need to have really practical return policies and shipping policy. Number three, very affordable and quality products. Number four, positive reviews. So make sure to ask for those. And finally, excellent customer service. The next step is to find a dropshipping selling channel.  The last thing that you need to do is to find a place where to sell those products, right, such as a marketplace. Now, here's a list of all of the top notch marketplaces that you can sell your products on. By the way, Autodesk synchronizes with all of the following platforms that I'm going to mention, and it's going to make your dropshipping life a lot easier. So we have Shopify, we have Wix, we have eBay, and finally we have Facebook Marketplace and Facebook shops. Now, if this video is going to reach 100 likes, I'm going to make a video about the Facebook Marketplace because it's a pretty good one and it has a lot of potential. So make sure to drop a like to this video. After that, you need to import the product that you've decided on on the platform that you want to sell it on. For this, we have two ways.  And it's basically a hassle, you need to create a title, you need to create a product description, you need to manually save, download and upload all of the pictures of the product until you create a very nice product page. Or you can just use Autodesk and its automatic product importer, you only need to click one time and the product will be on your website with all of the descriptions and photos that you need. So now that we have the products in our store, next up, we need to market them, right? People will not just come to our store and they will buy our products. We need to show the products to the interested people. Now, inevitably, when you're running a general drop shipping store, there will be lots of other stores that are going to sell the same products that you are selling. This is why you need to stand out. So you need to learn how to do email marketing, content marketing, influencer marketing, Facebook ads, TikTok ads, there are countless ways out there in which you can market your product. So now you have some traffic going on, I'm really proud of you. The next thing for you would be to get some orders. Those orders need to be fulfilled, meaning that we need to send those products to our customers, put in the address for your customer, pay for the items and let the suppliers ship the products to your clients, or you can fulfill all of these orders with the help of Autodesk and you can just sit back and relax. Undeniably, automatic fulfillment by Autodesk can save you a lot of hassle. I'm going to leave some information about that in the description of this video, so make sure to check it out. So now that we have some orders going in, we will have some other problems such as communicating with the customers after they bought, meaning customer service. There are some proven ways to cater to customers such as live chat, frequently asked questions page, ticket submission and phone number. And finally, we have the automation and scaling step. Now, I know it's pretty nice to see one, two, three, five sales every single day rolling up, but wait until we get 50, 100 orders every single day and they are going to pile up. This is why we need to automate this because we cannot work 24 seven. And once again, with Autodesk, we can enjoy all of the automation perks. Here are some of the automation features that Autodesk is offering price and stock monitoring, automatic price optimization, tracking updates, customer management tools, advanced image editor and much more. When automating your business, you can make sure that you will get much better results with the same effort input. If you're new to dropshipping and this video has helped you, please drop a like and subscribe to our channel. Thank you for watching. Until next time.