Dare
to Lead
Leading through change, crisis and opportunity.
A Rainmaking series produced for Tbilisi, Georgia.
A leadership conversation on what gets built, what gets backed, and what creates lasting value.
Featuring Jed Ng · Carsten Kølbek · Iro Tsagareishvili
Three chapters.
One series.
A new vocabulary for leading.
- IDesigning the Future in the Age of AIDr. Jimmy JainLeadership, innovation and transformation in an AI-powered world.Completed
- IIBuilt Under Pressure: The Grit CodeParis NorrissResilience, endurance and performing when the pressure is on.Completed
- IIIDecisions That Shape CompaniesJed Ng · Carsten Kølbek · Iro TsagareishviliThe judgement behind building, backing and scaling enduring companies.Current
Decisions That Shape Companies
A leadership conversation on what gets built, what gets backed, and what creates lasting value.
AXEL — Georgian Business Angel Network
Every company is shaped by a series of consequential decisions: what problem to pursue, whom to trust, where to invest, when to scale, and when to change direction.
Decisions That Shape Companies brings together international and Georgian perspectives from entrepreneurship, angel investment and company building to explore the judgement behind those decisions.
The conversation moves beyond fundraising to examine what experienced founders and investors recognise in strong companies — and what it takes to build, back and scale businesses that endure.
Three perspectives.
One conversation.
Founder of AngelSchool.vc and an operator-turned-investor bringing pattern recognition from investing in and working with early-stage technology companies.
Co-founder of Rainmaking and Startupbootcamp, bringing the perspective of someone who has built businesses and supported founders across global markets.
Managing Director of AXEL — Georgian Business Angel Network, bringing the local investment perspective across founders, investors and Georgia's evolving startup ecosystem.
What shapes
a company?
- →What makes a founder or company worth backing?
- →How do leaders know when it is time to scale or change direction?
- →What separates short-term growth from lasting business value?
Why Dare to Lead exists.
The pace of change has never been greater.
Dare to Lead brings together globally recognised entrepreneurs, executives, investors and innovators to explore what leadership looks like when the rules are changing.
Across three chapters, the series has explored three capabilities increasingly essential to modern leadership:
Innovation → Grit → Judgement
For founders, executives, investors, innovation leaders and people shaping the future of business in Georgia.
A series produced by Rainmaking & Startupbootcamp Georgia.
Rainmaking is a global innovation and venture-building company. Through Startupbootcamp Georgia, it helps strengthen Georgia's innovation ecosystem for founders, corporates and investors.
Decisions That Shape Companies
What gets built.
What gets backed.
What creates lasting value.