The Grounding (live) with SWIG Finance: Navigating uncertainty

About this episode

Matt Wilde from SWIG Finance discusses how founders can navigate uncertainty by building strong foundations and balancing AI with human judgment.

In this live episode, Matt Wilde from SWIG Finance shares how founders can navigate a VUCA world by building strong foundations, securing the right finance and balancing AI efficiency with human judgment. The conversation explores funding gaps, working capital, trusted advisors and what it takes to build a resilient business in uncertain times.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ollie Tiramuragan Collard, Dr Becky Sage

Guest: Matt Wilde

Topics covered

• navigating uncertainty
• VUCA world
• founders
• finance
• AI efficiency
• human judgment
• resilient business

Keywords

• navigating uncertainty
• founders
• finance
• AI
• resilient business
• working capital
• trusted advisors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SWIG Finance

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