Stairway to CEO is a podcast, hosted by entrepreneur Lee Greene, featuring untold stories from inspiring Founders & CEOs about what it takes to start and grow a business.
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The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands
Mike Gelb
The Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place. Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech ...
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BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand & Malaysia Startups, Founders & Venture Capital VC (English)
Jeremy Au
Learn from Southeast Asia's best tech leaders. Build the future, learn from our past & stay human in between. No B.S on success. Southeast Asia's #1 startup & venture capital podcast with 60,000+ listeners. Hosted by Jeremy Au. VC & serial founder. Harvard MBA & UC Berkeley. Sci-fi nerd & dad of two daughters. Growth and personal growth solves all problems. The best feeling is coaching good humans to be great leaders. Published on Monday and Thursday 6am (Singapore Time). Monday: Weekly tech ...
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The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time ...
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Are you an early stage founder revolutionizing the future of retail? Then you’re in the right place. My name is Sapna Shah and I’m an angel investor investing at the preseed stage in retail tech, ecommerce, marketplaces and consumer. I’m also the founder of Retail X Series, an ecosystem to help early-stage founders in the retail sector. Retail X Series includes events, a YouTube channel, a Slack community, resources for founders, and this podcast. In this podcast, I interview founders, inves ...
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Exploring the ideas, investments & strategies behind global Startups. Learn more and stay up to date at thestartupproject.io
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A Podcast to Level up your knowledge and put to effective use.
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Hosted by Product School Founder & CEO, our podcast explores everything from breaking into the industry and setting career goals, to collaborating with diverse teams and knowing when to pivot. All things Product Management, basically!
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Welcome to Ten Years Years In The Making - a podcast for operating founders who want to learn how to successfully build and scale a direct-to-consumer e-commerce business. I’m your host, Adam Robinson, Founder and CEO of Retention.com. Over the past 2.5 years, my company has gone from $0-$14M ARR with 6 people and zero funding. Prior to that, I bootstrapped Robly Email Marketing to an 8 figure exit. For over 10 years, I’ve been starting, scaling, and selling companies, and through this podca ...
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Want to understand how businesses leverage marketing to grow brands and sell product? Or how learning marketing best practices can help your business thrive? The Marketing Show Podcast is your all access pass to uncovering every piece of the marketing puzzle We are two marketing guys who both go by the name Marc, and we are here to help. Join us each week as we study the principles that make brands and businesses succeed We cover marketing concepts and case studies, such as consumer psycholo ...
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Healthcare Rap is the leading podcast about consumer innovation, a.k.a. how the frontiers of digital, retail, and direct-to-consumer health affect everyday people. It ranks in the top 5% of all podcasts globally, has been named a Top 20 Healthcare Podcast, and is one of the longest-lasting shows in the industry, with more than 300 episodes and 6 years on the air. Join provocative thinkers Jared Johnson and Zain Ismail as they profile disruptors and trends that are impacting the everyday cons ...
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The Trajectory Africa is a “pop-up” podcast exploring the trajectory, or pathway, of venture capital and startup formation in Africa. With the unique African landscape—market characteristics, business environment, goals, and culture—as a starting point, The Trajectory Africa aims to identify a destination for African tech, as well as the sign posts that signal direction of travel. It’s modeled on the concept of a mixtape, in which each episode, or “track” will feature a conversation with a “ ...
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Talking Tech – The Nordic View welcomes you to the world of technology, venture capital, and startups. Join the hosts – Nordics’ leading VC firms Maki.vc, EQT Ventures and Heartcore Capital – and dive into what went down in the European tech scene in the past quarter and what this means for entrepreneurs and investors looking ahead. In each episode, the three hosts and a guest journalist reveal their analysis on the European technology market and share concrete advice for startups founders, ...
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The Upfront podcast features a variety of guests to discuss startups, venture capital, and current events - providing an insider's view into entrepreneurship and technology.
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Datacast follows the narrative journey of founders, operators, and investors in the data and AI infrastructure space to unpack the careers that they have built. James Le hosts the show.
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What does it mean to be more with less? I’m Ruma Tenbrink and welcome to the “Organize your closet and then your life will follow” podcast.If you feel like you are drowning in things and need to take back your life, you are in the right place. I am excited for you to “move towards minimalism” right along with me! Let’s do this together! First, let’s talk a little bit about the Pareto Principle. It’s otherwise known as the 80/20 Rule and the law of the Vital Few, The Pareto principle states t ...
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So, What’s Next? Is a GenZ podcast where people who are confused about what next to do in their life, listen to the show to figure out their 20s. Unlike other podcasts that talks about careers, Industries and businesses, we make it interesting by dropping the occasional truth bombs, spilling secrets and giving controversial opinions that many would relate to. The show is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Bingepods and all major audio platforms. Listen, Follow and Rate the show. If you ha ...
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At Inspiring Social Entrepreneurs, we talk to experienced and successful social entrepreneurs and change makers, committed to building a better world. Working as a social entrepreneur is hugely fulfilling – yet uniquely challenging. Social entrepreneurs need to balance business and social goals to succeed, often working in extremely challenging environments, with limited resources. And it is often a lonely journey. Our aim is to share the inspiring stories, to explore the highs and the lows, ...
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How They Built a Direct-to-Consumer Baby Food Brand and Scaled to Selling Millions of Products Each Month with Angela Vranich and Ben Lewis From Little Spoon
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Our guests today are Angela Vranich and Ben Lewis, the dynamic duo behind Little Spoon, as we explore their journey from high school sweethearts to co-founders of a revolutionary baby food brand. Listen in as they share how their early fascination with consumer brands led them to the natural products industry, and how their personal relationship ev…
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Consumer Brands VC Investor Sonakshi Gupta opens up on Life, Education, VC , etc. | Devansh Lakhani
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Welcome to LevelUp, a Podcast brought to you by Lakhani Financial Service (www.lakhanifinancialservices.com). LFS is India’s leading Investment bank helping startups raise funds. LFS has helped 18 startups raise funds and advised 400+ startups in expansion. The inspiring story of Sonakshi Gupta, in this podcast, she shares her transition from an av…
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Roy Ang: Grab Executive to D2C Founder, Evo Commerce Consumer Secrets & Overcoming Pivot Challenges - E444
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Roy Ang, CEO & Cofounder of Evo Commerce, and Jeremy Au talked about three main points: 1. Grab Executive to D2C Founder: Roy began his professional journey in banking but soon realized it wasn't his calling. After a year, he shifted to the tech media industry, landing a job at E27 through a bold cold call to Mohan Balani, E27’s founder. Roy thrive…
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Alphabet is clearly looking to buy, so who's selling, and why did Wiz say no?
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This week felt like two weeks rolled into one. To kick things off, Mary Ann Azevedo walked everyone through Clio’s huge fundraise. The Canadian legal tech company raised $900 million at a $3 billion valuation — a very large sum anytime, but especially in this market. Impressively, the company is still growing rapidly, which isn't easy to do when yo…
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Exploring Parmi Doshi's Success in Venture Capital | Devansh Lakhani x Parmi Doshi
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Welcome to LevelUp, a Podcast brought to you by Lakhani Financial Service (www.lakhanifinancialservices.com). LFS is India’s leading Investment bank helping startups raise funds. LFS has helped 18 startups raise funds and advised 400+ startups in expansion. Join me in this episode as we follow Parmi Doshi's journey from PwC to Inflexor Ventures! Le…
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BRAVE's Secret Learnings: Seeing The Future, High-Conviction Bets & Personal Narrative Mental Models - E451
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Jeremy Au reflects on the most important insight that he learned from interviewing hundreds of tech leaders across the region. Every secret has a shelf life, as private information diffuses into the public markets and becomes known by everyone. Leaders who discern emerging patterns before they become common wisdom can take action and make high-conv…
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GREATEST HITS: Can We Move Past Sick Care? (#338)
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This bonus episode is part of the Greatest Hits collection — episodes from the past 6 years that are just as relevant today. It originally aired in January 2021. Jared and Zain talked about health systems taking the lead in helping people stay healthier. Then they went deep on why now is the time to move beyond sick care models and explore wellness…
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Banking on Social Intelligence: A Community Model for Microbusiness Lending
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In the previous episode of the Trajectory Africa, we heard from Kiiru Muhoya and Judith Bogonko at Fingo about the importance of cultivating Africa’s youth as the next generation of retail consumers of financial services. In this episode, we’ll hear how Femi Iromini, Co-Founder and CEO of Moni, and his team, have created a community lending model f…
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17 years at PayPal working in 10 different roles with Prashanthi Ravanavarapu (Product Executive)
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In this episode of the Product Podcast with Prashanthi Ravanavarapu, Product Executive at PayPal, we unlock the secrets to becoming a transformative product leader. Our guest takes us on her journey from the data team to leading customer experience initiatives at PayPal, showcasing the power of internal mobility for personal and organizational grow…
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Cracking the AI and consumer code with early Zoom-backer Maven Ventures
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Maven Ventures General Partner Sara Deshpande has been investing in the consumer tech space for a decade. Over time, the seed-stage venture firm has backed the likes of Zoom, Cruise, Hello Heart, Perplexity and x.AI and has grown to over $200 million in assets under management. Now, with a new $60 million fund — and plans to write six to eight chec…
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Parin Mehta: Google & Airbnb GM Career, Tech Executive to Founder Coach & Leadership Advice - E450
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Parin Mehta, Venture Partner & Board Member at Menyala, and Jeremy Au talked about three main points: 1. Google & Airbnb GM Career: Parin's journey began with his parents' migration from Uganda to the UK. Moving to Japan to teach English was a transformative experience that spurred his desire to return to Asia one day. He shared how he made the j…
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The VC View of the Health Tech Landscape (#337)
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YY from SignalFire dives deep on what the health tech landscape looks like from the venture capital world, including the current and future road map for using tech to improve legacy consumer experiences. All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Accenture’s recent report on patient loyalty. How does their latest research strengthen the business ca…
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CrowdStrike’s fallout, where Harris stands on tech and Yandex’s rise from the ashes
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On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan did a deep dive into the CrowdStrike outage that affected around 8.5 million Windows devices around the world, causing disruptions in air travel, banking, hospitals, media outlets, federal agencies and businesses of all kinds. The outage began when CrowdStrike, a cloud security giant, sent out a defectiv…
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Vietnam: Putin Bamboo Strategy, Data Sovereignty & 49% Foreign Ownership Limit & Investment Landscape with Valerie Vu - E449
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Valerie Vu, Founding Partner of Ansible Ventures, and Jeremy Au discussed three main themes: 1. Putin Bamboo Strategy: Vietnam’s “bamboo strategy” foreign policy involves maintaining strong roots while being flexible, which allows Vietnam to navigate relationships with global superpowers like the US, China, and Russia. Valerie highlighted that in l…
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Silicon Valley's impact on the election and an acquisition making our HeadSpin
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To kick off this week's news roundup, Kirsten walked us through Elon Musk’s recent declaration of his intent to move both SpaceX and X’s headquarters out of California to Texas. Whether or not he’ll see those plans through remains to be seen, but of course, the Equity crew had thoughts. We then got into the deals of the week. First up, we talked ab…
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From a Middle-class background to Investing in 100+ Startups | Devansh Lakhani x Bhawna Bhatnagar
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Welcome to LevelUp, a Podcast brought to you by Lakhani Financial Service (www.lakhanifinancialservices.com). LFS is India’s leading Investment bank helping startups raise funds. LFS has helped 18 startups raise funds and advised 400+ startups in expansion. Join Bhawna Bhatnagar in this engaging podcast as she opens up about her career choices in j…
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Don't Ask Stupid Questions vs. High Performer Learning & Humility - E448
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Jeremy Au reflects on the transformative power of asking questions by sharing his personal career experiences. He reveals how an early experience in the army working for a boss who discouraged questions shaped his initial approach to leadership and masculinity. He had to face a pivotal internship experience where not asking questions nearly deraile…
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GREATEST HITS: Can Healthcare Be Good for Patients AND Business? (#336)
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This bonus episode is part of the Greatest Hits collection — episodes from the past 6 years that are just as relevant today. It originally aired in January 2021. Jared and Zain talked about whether it’s possible to deliver healthcare in a way that's good for the patient and for business. Then they went deep on knowing where business value comes fro…
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From launching the iPhone to experience a 20x growth in Wealthfront with VP Product, David Myszewski
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Join us for an inspiring episode of the Product Podcast with David Myszewski, as we dive into his incredible journey from an Apple engineer to a leading fintech innovator at Wealthfront. David shares his unique path from Wyoming to Silicon Valley, discussing his pivotal role in launching the first iPhone. When he joined Wealthfront, the company was…
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If the music stops, what startup gets a chair? Renegade Partners' co-founders are finding out
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Renegade Partners co-founders Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek have seen it all in their careers — notably over the past four years when they launched their first fund as the COVID pandemic took hold and navigated the economic roller coaster that followed. Now, with a second $128 million fund — and a plan to write checks of up to $10 million int…
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Karl Mak: Viral Memes Founder, Price of Fame & Hepmil Media Evolution - E447
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Karl Mak, Cofounder & CEO of Hepmil Media Group, and Jeremy Au talked about three main themes: 1. Viral Memes Founder: Karl shared the story of how SGAG was born out of boredom during his university days at Singapore Management University (SMU) where he and his co-founder Adrian spent time creating side businesses. The breakthrough came in 2012 whe…
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Sesame + Costco’s Medical Weight Loss Partnership (#335)
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Come for weight loss, stay for care. Michael Botta, President and Co-Founder of Sesame, discusses Sesame’s partnership with Costco, some details about their recently announced weight loss program, and what it all tells us about how consumers view their health and wellness as well as where digital health fits in. All that, plus the Flava of the Week…
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Google’s talks to buy Wiz, and the gap between AI spending and AI revenue
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On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan explored Google’s reported talks to acquire Wiz, a cloud security company, for around $23 billion. Wiz provides an “all-in-one approach to cloud security,” pulling data from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and others, then scanning it all for security risk factors – something that Goog…
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Indonesia: 200% China Import Tariffs, Ransomware Attacks 282 Agencies & 27,000+ Government Apps Consolidation with Gita Sjahrir - E446
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Gita Sjahrir, Head of Investment at BNI Ventures, and Jeremy Au discussed: 1. 200% China Import Tariffs: Jeremy and Gita explored Indonesia's recent imposition of up to 200% tariffs on Chinese imports like footwear, clothing, textiles, cosmetics, and ceramics. Indonesia's trade minister's remarks "I told my colleagues not to be afraid or hesitant. …
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There's always something happening to OpenAI's board
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Mary Ann was off this week, and Kirsten took the lead with Becca Szkutak and Rebecca Bellan in the co-host seats. This episode is packed with deals, antitrust musings, AI and more, so let's get into it! For our first deal of the week, one of the many lawsuits Musk faces after firing 6,000 Twitter employees after his 2022 takeover was dismissed. The…
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Lonelytech: Isolation Epidemic, Digital Companions & Manufacturing Pretend Empathy - E445
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Jeremy Au examines the rise of 弱者営業 ("jaku-sha eigyō") "lonelytech" - the emerging AI companion industry. His observation of a man on a train openly interacting with an AI girlfriend highlights the rapidly increasing prevalence of digital companionship, e.g. Rosanna Ramos and Scott, who have formed intimate relationships with AI companions who offe…
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GREATEST HITS: Who Owns the Digital Health Experience? (#334)
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This bonus episode is part of the Greatest Hits collection — episodes from the past 6 years that are just as relevant today. It originally aired in January 2021. Jared and Zain discussed about how it’s challenging to design effective customer experiences when no one owns the process. Then they went deep on why digital teams have struggled to adopt …
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Banking Africa's Ambitious: Anatomy of a Partner-Powered Neobank
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According to research by global consultancy Simon-Kucher in 2022, fewer than 5% of neobanks were profitable. A recent update suggests that most are still loss-makers, although a path to profitability is emerging. Also in 2022, Tech Cabal’s reporting on Kuda Bank’s NPLs (non-performing loans) sparked a discussion about what levels make sense for com…
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How Francois Ajenstat's Unique Leadership Led to a $15.7 Billion Success" (Amplitude's CPO)
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In this episode of the Product Podcast, join us for a chat with Francois Ajenstat, Chief Product Officer at Amplitude. Francois shares his journey in the tech world, shaped by his AI professor dad, and his time at Tableau, where he helped it grow and eventually get bought by Salesforce for $15.7 billion. Francois talks about important mindset shift…
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Floodgate's Mike Maples says startups that people 'don't like' may be the best ones to back
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Mike Maples Jr. is a prolific angel investor and co-founder of early-stage venture firm Floodgate. Over the years, he’s taken a lot of bets. Some have paid off handsomely (Twitter, Twitch, Lyft and Bazaarvoice, for example). Others have not. On today's episode of Equity, Mary Ann sat down with Mike to dig into a number of topics, including some of …
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How Virtual Care Is Changing Consumer Engagement Behavior (#333)
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Michelle Davey, founder and CEO of Wheel, shares how Wheel is trying to change engagement behaviors, and how they take a partnership approach to reinventing how virtual care is delivered. All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Equinox’s new longevity-based gym membership. What does it say about opportunities for fitness and healthcare to meet, …
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