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For episode 35 of the Bao Podcast, we invited Anneleen Desmyter, the CEO of Yally. This is an innovative company based in Antwerp that’s redefining property management with a future-focused approach.
Yally’s mission centers around buying homes and transforming them into energy-efficient, tenant-friendly spaces. As a forward-thinking landlord, Yally prioritizes both comfort and affordability for tenants, using smart technology to cut down on energy costs and provide an all-inclusive service through their online platform, MijnYally.be.
Yally (https://yally.be/)
Quares (https://quares.be/nl/)
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/368593.The_4_Hour_Workweek)
Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
01:00 About Anneleen and Jally
05:50 Opportunities they saw when founding Yally
10:40 Meaning behind the name
13:15 Yally's activities and insights in the market
55:00 Outro
For episode 34 of the Bao Podcast, we invited once again a familiar face. He was one of our first guests, and is back today: Arne Allewaert. Arne is a co-founder and Managing Partner at AMAVI Capital.
AMAVI is a fully independent investment fund with a pan-European scope, established to support the growth of the leading and most promising scale-ups active in the PropTech industry. AMAVI bridges the traditional real estate industry on the one hand and European PropTech scale-ups on the other.
AMAVI Capital (https://amavi.capital/)
YouStock (https://www.youstock.com/)
Casafari (https://www.casafari.com/)
Team.blue (https://team.blue/)
Enpal (https://www.enpal.de/)
Cintoo (https://cintoo.com/)
Shayp (https://www.shayp.com/)
Hydraloop (https://www.hydraloop.com/)
‘The Last Dance’ on Netflix (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Dance)
‘The Man Who Solved the Market’ - Gregory Zuckerman (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43889703-the-man-who-solved-the-market)
Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:30 Biggest changes and lessons since previous episode
19:55 Looking for opportunities in certain verticals
31:00 Companies on the forefront of sustainability
39:00 Some of the companies in the AMAVI portfolio
42:00 Water investments
45:30 Outro
After a nice summer break we’re back with a new episode with a familiar face: Chris Van de Voorde! Chris is the founder of JuuNoo, a company based in the Kortrijk area, but which is already active on the other side of the ocean.
Chris runs Belgium's fastest-growing sustainable company. With JuuNoo, he develops demountable walls, a beautiful story of Belgian circularity that is now also being sold in America. The company has grown tremendously since Chris’ last visit to the Bao Podcast. Therefore, we’re very excited to hear more about it.
Show notes:
Hannah Ritchie - Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145624737-not-the-end-of-the-world)
The Circular Value Institute (https://www.circularvalueinstitute.com/)
Everyday Astronaut: First look inside SpaceX’s Starfactory w/ Elon Musk (https://youtu.be/aFqjoCbZ4ik?si=su73p5mIrCtfghIj)
Walter Isaacson - Elon Musk (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122765395-elon-musk)
Lex Fridman Podcast - Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1seRMg5Zdg5nBuw0W4Q3WB?si=93588340b4b94ea8)
Ash Maurya - Running Lean (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13078769-running-lean)
Ben Horowitz - What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44063692-what-you-do-is-who-you-are)
Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:20 About JuuNoo + changes since previous episode
8:35 Learnings from expanding to the USA
18:50 Looking ahead: future ambitions
25:20 About combining growth and circularity
39:15 Which market would you like to enter next?
41:00 Exciting new technologies
43:30 Outro
