Joanne Wilson, more frequently known as Gotham Gal, discusses female founders, and angel investing, and more. Joanne is a hugely successful angel investor, blogger, podcaster and feminist advocate who champions female founders and entrepreneurs to achieve their business goals. Subscribe to our newsletter at www.ventureunplugged.com and follow me Ma…

In this podcast, Andrew Dudum and Mayra Ceja discuss his recent $100m raise at $1 Billion Pre-money and the best advice he's received from Peter Thiel & Kirsten Green. Andrew is also co-founder and General Partner at Atomic, a venture-builder backed by Peter Thiel, Marc Andreesen and many of the world’s best investors. Andrew attended the Wharton S…

In this podcast, Mike Novogratz and Mayra Ceja discuss prison reform, privacy, blockchain, bitcoin and more. Prior to Galaxy, Mike had his own meteoric rise from growing up middle class to getting his undergrad at Princeton, starting his career as a helicopter pilot, eventually becoming a partner at Goldman Sachs and later partner and president at …

In this podcast, Mike Novogratz and Mayra Ceja discuss Mike's fascinating stories of personal professional growth, why he launched Galaxy and his latest insights on bitcoin and blockchain. Mike became a bitcoin legend when he famously predicted its meteoric rise, but this episode is about so much more than just Mike's legendary status. It's about h…

Arianna Simpson and Mayra Ceja discuss how she started in bitcoin, what she's investing in now, what the future of Libra looks like, how to get more women in crypto and more. Arianna Simpson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Autonomous Partners, a digital asset company backed by Cohen Private Investors, Brian Armstrong, and Union Square Ventur…

In this podcast episode, Ben Cogan and Mayra Ceja discuss how his experience at Harry's led him to launch Hubble, why he launched Hubble, and where the future of retail is headed. Ben Cogan graduated from Princeton University with a Philosophy Major. Hubble has raised over $70 million dollars from top VCs like Founders Fund, Wildcat, and Greycroft.…

Matt Meeker is the Founder of Meetup.com and BarkBox. In this episode, Matt and Mayra Ceja discuss how he launched Meetup.com and why he left and how he turned his passion for dogs into his second multimillion startup, Barkbox. Barkbox has raised over $80 million from VCs like RRE Ventures, August Capital, and Resolute Ventures. Follow Mayra on Twi…

Podcast: Nick Greenfield and Mayra Ceja discuss:His early days at Lyft and were those pink mustaches come from?Why he launched Candid?Where the future of retail is going?What advice he has for founders fundraising? Nick Greenfield founded Candid alongside several Co-Founders including Spencer Solovaara and Lila Cosgrove. Forbes magazine nicknamed t…

In this episode, Nick Grossman Partner at Union Square Ventures and Mayra Ceja, Host of Venture Unplugged discuss how Union Square Ventures makes investments, why open protocols are so important to Web3 deployment, what blockchain uses cases and companies are going to change the world and why USV joined the Libra Association. Union Square Ventures …

In this podcast, Craig Elbert and Mayra Ceja discuss how his experience at Bonobos shaped his leadership style, why his commitment to the lean startup methodology led him to launch a fake company and how he turned plain old vitamins into an instagrammable DTC brand. Care/of raised over $40m from Goodwater, Tusk Ventures, RRE Ventures, and Juxtapose…

Justin Kan is the founder of Twitch which he sold to Amazon for nearly a Billion dollars. In this podcast, Justin Kan and Mayra Ceja discuss how Justin founded twitch and sold it to Amazon for nearly a billion dollars and his daily habits to achieve happiness. Justin Kan is also the founder of Justin.TV and Kiko. Kiko as part of YCombinators first …

Muneeb Ali and Mayra Ceja discuss what it was like to advise the HBO show, Silicon Valley, how he raised from YCombinator, and why he launched a token sale. Blockstack is a new decentralized internet backed by investors Naval Ravikant, YC, SV Angels, and Union Square Ventures. To learn more about this episode and other guests, visit www.VentureUnpl…

Leah Busque Solivan is the founder of TaskRabbit and a Partner at Fuel Capital. n this conversation, Mayra Ceja and Leah Busque Solivan discuss her humble beginnings as the first Tasker on TaskRabbit and eventually sold it to Ikea, her personal challenges with founder stress and how it put her in the hospital right before her last fundraise, and ho…

In Pt. 2 of this interview, Tim Draper and Mayra Ceja discuss Californias, Theranos, and spirituality. Tim Draper is one of the most prolific venture capitalists with investments in Tesla, Twitter, Hotmail, Twitch, Skype, Box, Carta, Coinbase and Robinhood. He is the founder of Draper University, the host of the TV show Meet the Drapers, and the au…

In Part 1: Tim Draper and Mayra Ceja discuss bitcoin, blockchain, venture capital, space travel and his passion for building and growing entrepreneurs. Tim Draper is venture capitalist with investments in Tesla, Twitter, Hotmail, Twitch, Skype, Box, Carta, Coinbase and Robinhood. He is listed as one of the top 100 most powerful people in finance by…

Host Mayra Ceja interviews leading founders and investors. Early guests include Tim Draper, Justin Kan (Atrium/Twitch), Mike Novogratz (Galaxy Digital), Joe Lubin (Consensys/Ethereum), and Leah Busque Solivan (FuelCapital/TaskRabbit). In this new show, we discuss a range of topics including entrepreneurship, startups, venture capital, bitcoin, mind…