Best Dave Robles Podcasts (2024)

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25. A Spiritual Journey through Poland Creek with Evan Stafford and Leif Anderson 1:36:26

5d ago1:36:26

1:36:26

Do we become more humble with age? My guest Leif Anderson says he has, but humility did not come easily. Let's go back to a time where a young and cocky Leif set out with a crew from Ft. Collins, CO to conquer the Arizona kayaking scene, in one short weekend. This podcast was inspired by Leif and Evan's dueling blog entries from 2010, which you wil…

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24. A Chat with Aniol Serrasolses 1:20:08

9d ago1:20:08

1:20:08

Serrasolses Brothers River Co When people talk about the best whitewater kayaker in the world, the list is understandably short. But I doubt there's a list out there that doesn't include Aniol Serrasolses. He's made a name for himself pushing the limits of the sport in almost every aspect: inventing new downriver freestyle moves, first descents, st…

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#155 True Ventures' Partner Puneet Agarwal 1:02:51

1M ago1:02:51

1:02:51

Puneet Agarwal brings a strong mix of operational and investment experience to his partner role at True. He began his career as a product manager at CrossWorlds Software, an early startup focused on software integration, which was sold to IBM. He then spent time in technology investment banking at J.P. Morgan and later in venture capital at the May…

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23. Paying It Forward with Andrey Coto Robles 1:05:05

1M ago1:05:05

1:05:05

Coto is back! It's been almost a year and a half since doing one of my favorite interviews with Andrey Coto in episode 9. When we last left him, he had dreams of starting a kayak school in his home town in Costa Rica, in order to pass along all the benefits he's received from kayaking to the next generation. Coto fills us in on how to go to the Lit…

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#154 Greycroft's Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Ian Sigalow 51:30

2M ago51:30

51:30

Ian Sigalow is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Greycroft. He has over 20 years of experience in seed-to-growth venture capital, investing in and supporting innovative companies across multiple sectors, including fintech, consumer marketplaces, enterprise software, healthcare, insurance, and media. You can learn more about: How to build an ic…

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22. Huckin Huge with Cody Howard 2:24:26

2M ago2:24:26

2:24:26

In this episode I sit down with Cody Howard for a ride through the undulations of life. Join us as we discuss: learning to kayak in the backyard pool, living through a piece of history in Fallujah, unlocking whitewater runs in the elusive canyons of Arizona, witnessing the world record waterfall descent in a kayak, and that's just scratching the su…

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#153 Slipstream Investors' Founder and GP, QED Investors' former COO & General Counsel Alex Edelson 53:07

3M ago53:07

53:07

Alex Edelson is the Founder and General Partner of Slipstream Investors. Before starting Slipstream, he worked at QED Investors, a top fintech-focused venture capital firm with $4.3 billion in assets under management. Alex joined as Nigel Morris's Chief of Staff and became the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. He previously worked at a f…

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21. Getting brown with Dave Fusilli 1:37:18

4M ago1:37:18

1:37:18

Whitewater kayaking doesn't get much more homegrown than the Demshitz. In this episode I sit down with one of the Demshitz founding fathers Dave Fusilli who proves that you can run the shit and not take yourself too seriously. Find out how Dave fulfilled his dream of living in a van down by the river and more. If you just crawled out from a hole an…

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#152 Trust Fund's Managing Partner, Nasty Gal's founder, Sophia Amoruso 45:25

5M ago45:25

45:25

Sophia Amoruso is the founder and managing partner of Trust Fund, an early-stage venture fund focused exclusively (yet broadly) on investing in tech-enabled products that help people start and build businesses. Trust fund’s investors include Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, Ev Williams, Naomi Gleit, Andrew Chen, Jeff Jord…

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20. How Playboating Can Stop Malaria and Other Useful Kayaking Tricks with Dr. Jessie Stone 1:54:18

6M ago1:54:18

1:54:18

Jessie Stone, a kayaker with a doctoring problem, joins me to talk about some of the adventures that she's stumbled into by following her impulse to go kayaking wherever it may take her. From getting lost in the jungle following Eric Jackson, to founding Soft Power Health and finding a lifelong career in Uganda, this episode is bound to make you wa…

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#151 Orangetheory Fitness CEO and Co-Founder Dave Long 57:58

6M ago57:58

57:58

Dave Long is the CEO of Orangetheory Fitness. He leads the company's franchise model, regional development, and product development strategy. After founding the company in 2010 with two partners, Dave has led the brand through countless pivotal achievements, including launching two apps, creating a proprietary heart rate monitor with strategically …

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19. Beautiful Rivers & Beautiful Minds with Benny Clark 2:06:32

6M ago2:06:32

2:06:32

In this episode we explore the world with Benny Clark. Benny kayaks to find peace and Benny kayaks to survive. We explore how Benny's mental health history and kayaking history have become intricately linked. And how Benny has found ways to give back both to the kayaking community and to a community struggling with their own mental health issues. 0…

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18. I Do All My Own Stunts with Brad Higginbotham 1:55:08

7M ago1:55:08

1:55:08

Who is Brad Higginbotham: Stunt man? Mad man? Lover? Naturalist? Cover boy? Educator? Family man? Find out that and more in this episode of Tales from the Cripps with Whitewater of the Southern Rockies cover boy Brad Higginbotham. 0:00 Introduction 9:00 If I could just get off of that L.A. freeway 30:24 Rediscovering kayaking and more 43:00 Living …

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#150 Ballistic Ventures’ General Partner, former Managing Director at Lightspeed, Jake Seid 1:04:15

7M ago1:04:15

1:04:15

Jake Seid is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Ballistic Ventures, a VC firm focused on early-stage cybersecurity and security-related venture investments, with a debut fund of $300M. Before working at Ballistic, Jake was a Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners and founder and Managing Director at Stone Bridge Ventures—his portfolio …

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17. Hard Core Tales with Mike Nash 2:24:38

7M ago2:24:38

2:24:38

I had the good fortune to sit down with paddle maker, fitter and turner, kayaker, sailor, adventurer, and all around crazy Kiwi, Mike Nash. Listen as he shares some adventures: learning to kayak in New Zealand, sailing around the world, and his most dangerous adventure of all, learning to make kayak paddles. Hammer Factor, eat your heart out, becau…

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#149 Roble Ventures’ Founding Partner, Sergio Monsalve 53:39

8M ago53:39

53:39

Sergio Monsalve is the Founding Partner of Roble Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs building human enablement technologies. Before founding Roble Ventures, Sergio was a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners and the Board Member and Investor of Udemy. He also invested in other billion-dollar companies such as Kaho…

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#148 Maverick Ventures’ Managing Director, Ambar Bhattacharyya 53:14

8M ago53:14

53:14

Ambar Bhattacharyya is the Managing Director at Maverick Ventures. During his venture capital career at Maverick Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures, Ambar has led or been actively involved in investments resulting in 16 IPOs & acquisitions, with six companies achieving valuations of over $1B in the public markets. Ambar …

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#147 Afore Capital's Managing Partner Gaurav Jain 50:08

8M ago50:08

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Gaurav Jain is the Co-founder of Afore Capital, one of the top venture funds ($300M AUM) dedicated to pre-seed investments. Some of the investments Gaurav and/or Afore have been involved in include Modern Health (leading mental health platform), Hightouch (leader in data infra), Cruise Automation (acq by GM for $1B+) and Firebase (acq by Google). Y…

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#146 Canvas Ventures’s Co-Founder and General Partner, Rebecca Lynn 54:33

8M ago54:33

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Rebecca is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Canvas Ventures where she leads early-stage investments in Fintech, Healthtech, and AI. Rebecca has been named to the Forbes Midas List five years running, a Woman to Watch: Senior Deal Maker by the Wall Street Journal, and a Top Woman VC by the New York Times. Some of her notable investments include L…

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#145 OkCupid's Co-Founder, ex-The Match Group's CEO, Corazon Capital's Managing Director, Sam Yagan 44:19

9M ago44:19

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Sam Yagan is the co-founder and Managing Director of Corazon Capital, a leading Chicago-based Seed and Series A venture fund. Their portfolio includes companies like SpotHero, Songfinch and Stellar, among others. Prior to Corazon, he served as CEO of ShopRunner and led its 2020 acquisition by FedEx Corp. Previously, as CEO of Match Group, he spearh…

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#144 MasterClass' CEO David Rogier 44:46

9M ago44:46

44:46

David Rogier is the founder and CEO of MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best across a wide range of subjects. Instructors include Anna Wintour, Serena Williams, Gordon Ramsay, Chris Voss (our former guest), and more. With MasterClass at Work, companies can develop durable skills that transform employees in…

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16. Falling Down on the Jarbidge Bruneau 2:07:46

9M ago2:07:46

2:07:46

As David Olson put it, when running the Jarbidge Bruneau section, a series of remote canyons in southern Idaho, "we always thought, ... what would happen out here, if we had an incident..." Well, David and his two companions decided to put that question to the test when they missed a critical portage eddy and dropped into the largest rapid on the r…

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#143 Norwest Venture Partners’ General Partner, Dave Zilberman (Portfolio: Slack, DocuSign) 59:35

9M ago59:35

59:35

Dave Zilberman is a General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners. Norwest Venture Partners manages more than $12.5 billion in capital. They have invested in over 600 early-to-late-stage companies, with more than 200 currently active. Dave primarily focuses on early to late-stage investments in enterprise and infrastructure—some of his portfolios inc…

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#142 M13's Managing Partner, Karl Alomar, ex-COO of DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) 57:19

9M ago57:19

57:19

Karl Alomar is the Managing Partner at M13, a consumer technology venture capital firm with a $400 million fund to invest Seed and Series A startups offering Software and Services into the future of work, commerce, health, and money. M13's portfolios include Daily Harvest, Matterport, Ring, Rothy’s, and more. Before joining M13, Karl was the COO of…

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#141 Lead Edge Capital's Founder & Managing Partner, Mitchell Green (Portfolio: Alibaba, Spotify) 39:03

9M ago39:03

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Mitchell Green is the founder and Managing Partner of Lead Edge Capital, a growth-stage investment fund with over $5B AUM investing $25 million to $300 million across public and private tech companies globally. Their portfolio companies are across the internet, software, consumer, and tech-enabled services sectors - including Alibaba, Asana, Benchl…

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#140 Kindred Ventures’ Founder & Managing Partner, Investor of Uber, Coinbase, Postmates, Steve Jang 1:09:22

10M ago1:09:22

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Steve Jang is the Founder and Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. An early-stage VC firm raised $312 million across two new funds in 2022. Over the past 14 years, Steve has backed over 100 companies across different theme areas, including Uber, Coinbase, Postmates, Tonal, Color Health, Humane, DYDX, Zora, and Blue Bottle Coffee. Since 2009 and up…

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Sponsor Spotlight: ft. Alumni Ventures’ CEO Mike Collins | How to invest in startups as individual investors? 47:20

11M ago47:20

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Sponsor Spotlight guest: Alumni Ventures’ CEO Mike Collins Welcome to the Smart Venture Podcast’s sponsor spotlight, where we take a moment to highlight the companies making our show possible. We're thrilled to feature Alumni Ventures. Alumni Ventures, offers individual investors access to venture investing through its diversified, professional-gra…

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#139 Science’s CEO, investor, and board member of Liquid Death, Dollar Shave Club, Michael Jones 54:49

11M ago54:49

54:49

Michael Jones is the founder of studio and venture fund Science Inc., where he helps founders scale highly profitable and successful businesses. Mike’s portfolio includes Liquid Death, Dollar Shave Club, Myspace, DogVacay, Goodreads, and Maker Studios, to name a few. Prior to Science, Mike served as the CEO of Myspace, and his company, Userplane, w…

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#138 Google's Vice President and General Manager of Merchant Shopping Matt Madrigal 53:13

11M ago53:13

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Matt Madrigal is the Vice President and General Manager of Merchant Shopping at Google. In this role, Matt leads the product and engineering teams that build Google Shopping’s tools, partner integrations, and infrastructure to help businesses and merchants grow and thrive. Bringing an extensive background in retail, platforms, and technology, Matt …

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#137 Wing Venture Capital’s Founding Partner, Peter Wagner 1:01:02

11M ago1:01:02

1:01:02

Peter Wagner is a Founding Partner of Wing Venture Capital, where he focuses on the Modern Enterprise, an agile workplace built on data and powered by AI. Peter has led investments in dozens of early-stage companies, including Snowflake, Gong, and many others, which have gone on to complete IPOs or successful acquisitions. Recently Wing has announc…

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15. Short: The Grand Canyon with Orin and Rowan Gartner 27:59

12M ago27:59

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In late June through early July Orin and Rowan Gartner made their first descent down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in kayaks. At age 10, Rowan tied Bodie Hilleke's record for the youngest known kayaking descent down the Grand Canyon. Orwin, at age 14, also made an impressively young descent. The flow for the trip was around 20,000 cfs…

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14.5. Bonus Episode: The Canadian's Foss River Rescue with Adam Frey & Ben Holzman 58:07

12M ago58:07

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This bonus episode is a companion piece to episode 14 with Abe Herrera. When Abe described his experience with a rescue on the Foss River, he noted that a Canadian crew had a pin on the same log, but their river rescue took almost 2 hours. Well, I searched far and wide and tracked down a couple of the Canucks who were involved in the rescue, and th…

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#136 Precursor Ventures' Managing Partner Charles Hudson 56:29

1y ago56:29

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Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, a classic seed-stage investment firm focusing on B2B software applications, B2C software and services, and connected hardware. Charles also serves as the Board Chair at the National Venture Capital Association and is a lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Befo…

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14. Boof Sessions with Abe Herrera 1:40:37

1y ago1:40:37

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Kayak Session coverboy, HBO documentary logistics man, swiftwater safety instructor, Ecuadorian river guide, international exploratory kayaker - today's guest wears many hats. I was lucky enough to sit down with Abe today, hear some of his stories, and in particular discuss how his experiences have influenced his approach to river safety and river …

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13. How to Become an Overnight Tubing Success with Rolf Kelly 1:40:43

1y ago1:40:43

1:40:43

In this episode, Tales from the Cripps goes tubing with Rolf Kelly. But you're going to have to leave your foam cooler of beer at home for this tubing trip because when you're hanging out with Rolf, there's no such thing as taking it easy. If you've ever wondered how to prepare to tube a 100 ft waterfall in 10 years or less, you're going to want to…

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#135 Lerer Hippeau’s Managing Partner, Ben Lerer 1:03:27

1y ago1:03:27

1:03:27

Ben Lerer is the Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau, a prominent early-stage venture capital fund in New York City. Lerer Hippeau has a portfolio that includes Allbirds, Glossier, Thrive, BuzzFeed, Warby Parker, Casper, Mirror, and more. Besides his role at Lerer Hippeau, Ben is renowned for founding Thrillist Media Group and serving as the former C…

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#134 Cruise’s Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Daniel Kan 56:07

1y ago56:07

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Daniel Kan is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Cruise, a leading self-driving car company sold to General Motors for over $1 Billion 2 years after its founding. Before building Cruise, Daniel co-founded EXEC with his brother Justin Kan, the founder of Justin.tv (which later became Twitch). After founding the company in 2011, EXEC was sol…

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12. Around the Globe with Alex Nicks, Shoes Optional 56:19

1y ago56:19

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Alex Nicks may be one of the best kayakers you never heard of. His self-induced kayak affliction has taken him around the globe finding some of the best whitewater on the planet. In this episode he shares some of those unique experiences ranging from his time on the Zambezi river during a transformative time in kayak history, to exploring the arid …

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11. Part 2 with Gareth Fryer: The Safety Chronicles 2:15:52

1y ago2:15:52

2:15:52

What do you do when you find yourself experiencing your 4th near death whitewater kayaking experience, before you've even reached your 20th birthday? For some, the answer is quit. But for Gareth Fryer, the answer is, get smarter. Gareth has spent much of his paddling career learning from hard lessons and close calls. He's done his best to perfect t…

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#133 Pear VC's Founding Managing Partner, investor of DoorDash, Mar Hershenson 1:00:15

1y ago1:00:15

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Mar Hershenson is Pear VC’s Founding Managing Partner. Pear VC’s portfolio includes DoorDash, Gusto, Affinity, among others. After earning a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Mar co-founded three startups in mobile/e-commerce, enterprise software, and semiconductor industries and has registered 14 separate patents. She is cu…

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#132 Founders Fund's Partner, Brex's ex - CRO, Sam Blond 52:52

1y ago52:52

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Sam Blond is a Partner at Founders Fund, a top Venture Capital firm founded by Peter Thiel and other Co-Founders of PayPal. Founders Fund’s total assets under management are around $11 Billion (according to TechCrunch 2022), and their portfolio includes SpaceX, Palantir, Stripe, Facebook, Airbnb, and Spotify, among others. Before joining Founders F…

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10. Tales from Down Under with Gareth Fryer 1:10:17

1y ago1:10:17

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In today's episode I had the unique opportunity to sit down with Kiwi paddler Gareth Fryer from halfway across the world. My friend Rolf describes Gareth as an athletic freak of nature. Gareth and Rolf spent some of their formative paddling years together exploring New Zealand. In part 1 of this 2 part interview, Gareth shares some of the stories f…

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#131 PayPal's VP, ex- CMO of REVOLVE, Co-Founder of Happy Returns, David Sobie 52:34

1+ y ago52:34

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David Sobie is a Vice President at PayPal, and he is also a co-founder of Happy Returns. Happy Returns is a Los Angeles-based software and reverse logistics company that works with online merchants to handle product returns. Their clients include Gymshark, Everlane, Levi’s, and Revolve, among other popular e-commerce brands. Prior to that, David se…

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#130 Coatue's General Partner, Atlassian's ex-CTO, Sri Viswanath 52:20

1+ y ago52:20

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Sri Viswanath is a General Partner at Coatue, where he leads AI and enterprise investments in private companies. Prior to joining Coatue, Sri served as Atlassian’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), where he oversaw Atlassian's cloud-native journey – assuming responsibility over the building and scaling Atlassian's cloud platform. Before joining Atlas…

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#129 Tome, AI Storytelling Tool Backed by Lightspeed, Coatue, Greylock Co-Founder & CEO Keith Peiris 54:29

1+ y ago54:29

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Keith Peiris is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tome, the AI-native storytelling platform that unlocks your best work. It lets users generate full visual presentations in seconds using simple prompts. In January, Tome became the fastest productivity tool to reach 1M users. Since, it raised a $43 million Series B led by Lightspeed. Other investors include…

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#128 3 Million+ TikTok followers, Casey Rosenberg, Lawyer, Part 2 | How to negotiate a brand deal 1:08:38

1+ y ago1:08:38

1:08:38

Casey Rosenberg is a popular TikTok creator with over 3M+ followers and over 500 million views. As a creator, Casey has worked with multiple brands, including Honey, Notion Labs, and ABC, among others. Beyond working as a creator, Casey is also an attorney focusing on business law. You can learn more about: 1. The business side of being a creator 2…

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#127 3 Million+ TikTok followers, Casey Rosenberg, Lawyer, Part 1 | How to go viral on TikTok 1:00:59

1+ y ago1:00:59

1:00:59

Casey Rosenberg is a popular TikTok creator with over 3M+ followers and over 500 million views. As a creator, Casey has worked with multiple brands, including Honey, Notion Labs, and ABC, among others. Beyond working as a creator, Casey is also an attorney focusing on business law. You can learn more about: 1. The business side of being a creator 2…

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#126 1 Million+ TikTok followers, Noah Jennings, Founder of Compound Creative 55:31

1+ y ago55:31

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Noah Jennings is a popular content creator with over one million followers on TikTok. He is a designer with previous clients, including popular e-commerce brands and top Youtube Creator like Glamnetic (505k+ on IG), Fanjoy (493k+ on IG), Sniperwolf (33M+ on YouTube), and has recently launched his own subscription-based design agency called Compound…

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9. Paddle Hard, Save Your Life! with Andrey Coto Robles 2:05:35

1+ y ago2:05:35

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( Donate to Jaguar Kayak School at https://gofund.me/27cccbee) ============================================= Got $20 bucks in your pocket? Great, you’ve got enough to travel the world! Most people that consider themselves river people have stories about how the sport has changed their lives, but few have a life story like my guest’s today. Andrey C…

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8. Always Run the First Big Thing with Gary Edgeworth 2:17:54

1+ y ago2:17:54

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Today I sit down with Gary Edgeworth who has been a prominent figure in the Western U.S. kayaking scene since the 90s, or as his friend Rolf gliby puts it, "Gary is a caricature of a human being." After sitting down with him for over 2 hours, I barely scratched the surface of the amazing adventures and stories he's generated in his life. This episo…

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