Episode Notes

We’re Blindspot and, to put it humbly, we’re the best digital out-of-home advertising company in the world. We started out as just a couple of scrappy immigrants looking to shake up a bloated industry and now we’ve helped 20,000 advertisers get their message out there. We love meeting other scrappy people who are also trying to turn shine a flashlight in the dark. That’s why we started and sponsored Lumos House - a series of in-person events where we get to meet those fellow light-shiners. One of those luminaries is Suffiyan Malik, Cofounder Parsec Institute, VP Programs & Growth & Investing Team DraperU Ventures and host of We The Builders.

He sits with Blindspot’s own Bogdan Savonea and Matei Psatta and shares his unconventional path—from being banned by 10 universities in Pakistan for promoting entrepreneurship, to helping founders unlearn traditional mindsets and build bold companies. Suffiyan dives into why risk appetite is culturally suppressed in many regions, how unlearning fear is critical for success, and why traditional academia fails to prepare entrepreneurs for the realities of startup life. With fascinating insights on building A-teams, leveraging space technology, and creating a mindset for long-term impact, this conversation is packed with lessons for founders and investors alike.