Taha Bawa

Co-founder & CEO, Goodwall · 1 appearance on the record.

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Taha Bawa co-founded Goodwall to build a mobile-first social education and networking app connecting youth to jobs, scholarships, and skill-building opportunities. Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Social Entrepreneurship, he has spoken at venues such as TEDx and the World Economic Forum on youth empowerment.

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Bawa: Post-COVID Gen Z will mirror the post-WWII generation's financial consciousness

“Coming out of this, generally on the whole, there's good reason to believe that this generation is going to be really conscious, a bit like after World War II really conscious of financials, very conscious of how lucky they are, how privileged, how quickly thi…”

Taha Bawa Jul 30, 2020 ▶ 14:48 How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall

Insight

Bawa: Enterprise CHROs prioritize job candidates who demonstrate entrepreneurial abilities

“You know, when we talk to CHROs of some of the leading companies in the world, what are they looking for? Or what were they looking for before the crisis? And definitely after is that ability to be entrepreneurial, even if you're working for a fortune 500.”

Taha Bawa Jul 30, 2020 ▶ 12:09 How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall

Insight

Bawa: Confidence and success stem from formative experiences rather than innate ability

“I'm here Not because I'm smart, but because I was lucky. I was born, I could have been born two doors down, and that my life would have been very different. And I'm confident because of the experiences I had rather than because I'm innately able to do so.”

Taha Bawa Jul 30, 2020 ▶ 4:43 How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall

Opinion

Bawa: Youth are likely to suffer economically as last hired, first fired

“It's very probable that youth, at least in the short run, are to suffer. They're normally the last to be hired, the first to be fired, and that's justified for various reasons, including ethical.”

Taha Bawa Jul 30, 2020 ▶ 9:19 How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall

Disclosure

Bawa: Top Swiss university undergraduate tuition costs around $1,000 annually

“In Switzerland, for example, I paid for my undergraduate, I paid around a thousand dollars a year. It's a leading education. I mean, it's like a, you know, one of the top universities.”

Taha Bawa Jul 30, 2020 ▶ 13:25 How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Bawa: Startup founders saw massive financing term sheets evaporate during COVID-19

“I've, I have friends who had term sheets for massive rounds of financing just evaporate”

Taha Bawa Jul 30, 2020 ▶ 17:25 How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall	Jul 30, 2020	12m

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