EP41: Bootstrapping Boast.ai to $10M ARR with No Marketing Team with Lloyed Lobo
EP41: Bootstrapping Boast.ai to $10M ARR with No Marketing Team with Lloyed Lobo
14 Sep 2023
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1hr 14mins
EP40: AI as the next platform shift and investing in emerging technologies, with Elad Gil entrepreneur and investor
EP40: AI as the next platform shift and investing in emerging technologies, with Elad Gil entrepreneur and investor
30 Jun 2023
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48mins
EP39: Lessons learned bootstrapping SwagUp to $100M+ in revenue with founder and CEO Michael Martocci
EP39: Lessons learned bootstrapping SwagUp to $100M+ in revenue with founder and CEO Michael Martocci
Michael Martocci is the Founder and CEO of SwagUp, a platform that makes it easy to create, automate and distribute swag... Read more
5 Jun 2023
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52mins
EP38: Michael Stoppelman, former SVP Engineering at Yelp and investor in 300+ companies, on building world class engineering teams and lessons learned scaling Yelp from 6 to 600 engineers
EP38: Michael Stoppelman, former SVP Engineering at Yelp and investor in 300+ companies, on building world class engineering teams and lessons learned scaling Yelp from 6 to 600 engineers
Michael Stoppelman is the former SVP of Engineering at Yelp and profilic angel investor in 300+ startups. In early 2007,... Read more
5 Apr 2023
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47mins
EP37: Building and funding enduring fintech companies, with Cameron Peake, Partner at Restive (fintech VC) and founder of early SMB neobank Azlo (almost $1B deposits)
EP37: Building and funding enduring fintech companies, with Cameron Peake, Partner at Restive (fintech VC) and founder of early SMB neobank Azlo (almost $1B deposits)
Cameron Peake is a Partner at Restive Ventures, an early stage fintech focused VC fund. Previously Cameron was co-founde... Read more
5 Mar 2023
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50mins
EP36: Semil Shah (founder Haystack, early investor in DoorDash, Instacart, Figma) on the current fundraising market and building intuition to pick winners early
EP36: Semil Shah (founder Haystack, early investor in DoorDash, Instacart, Figma) on the current fundraising market and building intuition to pick winners early
Semil is the founder and GP at Haystack, an early-stage VC firm with $450M+ AUM. He’s an investor in 200+ companies incl... Read more
25 Jan 2023
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38mins
EP35: Beerud Sheth, founder of Upwork ($1.5B public co) and Gupshup ($1.4B unicorn), on the resilience and grit needed to build two generational companies
EP35: Beerud Sheth, founder of Upwork ($1.5B public co) and Gupshup ($1.4B unicorn), on the resilience and grit needed to build two generational companies
Beerud Sheth in a rare founder who’s started not one, but two unicorns — UpWork and Gupshup. He’s seen a lot of pivotal... Read more
18 Jan 2023
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56mins
EP34: Finding product-market fit and blitzscaling a healthcare marketplace 25x in 18 months, with Wei Deng, CEO/Founder Clipboard Health ($1.3B)
EP34: Finding product-market fit and blitzscaling a healthcare marketplace 25x in 18 months, with Wei Deng, CEO/Founder Clipboard Health ($1.3B)
Wei is the founder of Clipboard Health. Clipboard Health makes it really easy for nurses to search for jobs based on wha... Read more
20 Dec 2022
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43mins
EP33: Building and scaling network-based enterprise businesses with James McGillicuddy, former Head of Strategy at Carta ($7.4B) and COO SourceGraph ($2.6B)
EP33: Building and scaling network-based enterprise businesses with James McGillicuddy, former Head of Strategy at Carta ($7.4B) and COO SourceGraph ($2.6B)
In this conversation, we speak with James McGillicuddy. James was previously Head of Strategy at Carta ($7.4B valuation)... Read more
20 Dec 2022
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42mins
EP32: Building and launching cross-chain crypto infrastructure, with Bryan Pellegrino, founder/CEO of Layer Zero ($140M Series A)
EP32: Building and launching cross-chain crypto infrastructure, with Bryan Pellegrino, founder/CEO of Layer Zero ($140M Series A)
Bryan is the founder of LayerZero Labs, which is an omnichain interoperability protocol that unites decentralized applic... Read more
6 Dec 2022
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54mins