Best Rebecca Waldron Podcasts (2024)

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The Power of the Developer: How Jam Used Community to Scale with CEO Dani Grant 50:47

1M ago50:47

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In this episode of Founder Real Talk, Glenn Solomon and Hans Tung welcome the Founder and CEO of Jam, Dani Grant. Jam is helping 150k builders fix bugs faster, trusted by 32 of the Fortune 100. The conversation explores Dani's journey from being a product manager at Cloudflare to founding Jam, the challenges of being a first-time CEO, and the role …

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AI's Trust Architects: The Patronus Approach to LLM-Based Applications and Enterprise Adoption with Anand Kannappan & Rebecca Qian 37:32

4M ago37:32

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In a world where enterprises are moving faster than ever to adopt generative AI solutions, Patronus AI offers solutions to scalably and reliably catch mistakes and evaluate the performance of large language models (LLMs). In this episode of Founder Real Talk, host Glenn Solomon and guest host Dan Cahana sit down with AI visionaries and Patronus AI …

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Unlocking Developer Productivity: The Coder Journey with CEO Rob Whiteley and Co-founders Ammar Bandukwala & Kyle Carberry 36:24

4M ago36:24

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In this episode of Founder Real Talk, Glenn Solomon welcomes the team from Coder, including CEO Rob Whiteley and technical co-founders Ammar Bandukwala and Kyle Carberry. They discuss Coder’s journey from its inception, the company’s product pivots, and its growth trajectory. Listeners will gain insights into how Coder enables developers to write c…

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Adam Bain, Co-founder & Managing Partner at 01 Advisors, on the Power of Storytelling 43:43

9M ago43:43

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Adam Bain is a co-founder and managing partner at 01 Advisors, a venture and advisory firm helping founders go from building a product to building a company. In this episode, Adam highlights the similarities between his storytelling roots as a journalist and how he now backs founders as an investor. Drawing on lessons learned as Twitter’s Chief Ope…

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Arie Zilberstein, CEO & Co-founder of Gem, on the Technology (and Psychology) Needed to Stop Cloud Attacks 20:37

1y ago20:37

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Arie Zilberstein is the CEO and co-founder of Gem, a startup that’s building a Cloud Detection and Response platform for security operations teams. In this episode, Arie recalls how his experience in the Israel Defense Forces not only shaped his outlook but also introduced him to his future co-founders: CTO Ron Konigsberg and VP of Product Ofir Bru…

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Understanding Your Target Market 16:56

1y ago16:56

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It is essential to understand who your target market is in order to effectively sell your products, but how do you do that? In this episode, we discuss how to do the research, what questions to ask, and what sources to look at. GET THE FULL SHOW NOTES https://theproductsessions.com/how-to-understand-your-target-market/ WE DISCUSS: - Why You Need to…

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Coping with Overwhelm as a Small Business Owner and Parent 15:49

1y ago15:49

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Coping with overwhelm as a small business owner and parent is no easy feat. As we get older, our number of responsibilities only seems to increase, especially once we have kids. With more balls in the air and we have to develop coping skills and learn to manage busy schedules. After balancing work and family for 11 years, I've a few effective copin…

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How To Differentiate Your Small Business In A Saturated Market 14:59

1y ago14:59

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In today’s world, there are so many brands and so much information we’re receiving all the time that our brains get overloaded. Only the most distinct information we see actually sticks with us. In this episode, we identify some clear ways to differentiate your brand, whether it’s your product that’s different or the way that you’re framing it to y…

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What Is A Tech Pack And Do I Need One For My Product Business 18:22

1+ y ago18:22

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Today I’m talking about tech packs and answering all your burning questions. What is a tech pack or technical package? Why is a tech pack so important? Do you need a tech pack for your product idea? Can you make your own tech pack? Let's get down to the nitty gritty! GET THE FULL SHOW NOTES: https://theproductsessions.com/what-is-a-tech-pack-and-do…

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Corporate Career vs Entrepreneurship as a Parent 17:56

1+ y ago17:56

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What are the differences between a corporate career and entrepreneurship and which option works best for a parent’s lifestyle? Today I’m going to share my experiences working both types of jobs and share the pros and cons of each including how accommodating they were to parenthood. GET THE FULL SHOW NOTES: https://theproductsessions.com/corporate-c…

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How To Change Manufacturers For Your Product Business 17:55

1+ y ago17:55

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Today we're talking about best practices when you change manufacturers in your product-based business. We'll discuss reasons to change manufacturers, where to find them, and what to say and do to get the best product result. GET THE FULL SHOW NOTES: https://theproductsessions.com/how-to-change-manufacturers-for-your-product-business/ LINKS MENTIONE…

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Being on Shark Tank, Raising Capital, & Developing a New Product with Hans Dose of Tenikle 56:21

1+ y ago56:21

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Today I'm interviewing my friend Hans Dose who is an inventor and the CEO of the company Tenikle. In 2021 he landed a deal on Shark Tank with Daymond John after almost losing everything during the pandemic. He is a wealth of knowledge and determination. He has successfully raised capital for his business using several different methods. He explains…

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Tony Holdstock-Brown & Dan Farrelly, Inngest Co-founders, on Embracing Feedback from Early Customers 29:17

1+ y ago29:17

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CEO Tony Holdstock-Brown and CTO Dan Farrelly are the co-founders of Inngest, a startup that’s building a serverless, event-driven workflow platform to help developers create better apps with simpler, more intuitive tools. The duo reflects on the engineering career paths that ultimately led them to meeting in a co-working space in New York City, pl…

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How to Make Money at a Pop Up Shop 18:36

1+ y ago18:36

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Making money at a pop-up shop can be a little tricky, but is a great way to drive sales and increase brand awareness. Today I’m sharing the tips I’ve learned over the last couple of years that help me make more money at these pop-up markets. WE DISCUSS: - What is a Pop-Up Shop? - Where are Pop-Up Shops? - How do you find out about them? - People ma…

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Should I Sell Direct to Consumer or Wholesale 14:22

1+ y ago14:22

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Is direct to consumer or wholesale a better sales strategy for your small business? Which one will make you more money? Let's discuss the pros and cons of each method and how they work. We discuss: Direct to Consumer - Profit Margins - Customer Experience - Customer Feedback Wholesale - Broader Distribution - Increased Sales Volume - Less Marketing…

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Understanding Market Placement and Brand Identity with Laura Bonnell 45:56

1+ y ago45:56

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Today we’re talking about Market Placement, Brand Identity, and finding your brand’s authentic story. Understanding your brand’s place in the market compared to your competitors will help you make decisions like where to expand your product assortment and what prices to target. This foundational knowledge increases your chances of success in any pr…

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Let's Talk About Mental Health as an Entrepreneur 14:02

1+ y ago14:02

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30% of entrepreneurs struggle with their mental health compared to 7% of the general population. While we don’t totally understand why that is, this statistic has proved true for me. Being an entrepreneur and also struggling with my mental health, I have discovered a few things that help to keep me mentally healthy. My Weird Passion for Mental Heal…

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5 Tips For Balancing Parenthood and Working From Home 18:35

1+ y ago18:35

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Balancing parenthood while working from home is a new world that many of us are navigating. It can be so hard to get your work done at home and take care of all of your kids' needs without getting burned out. Here are 5 tips to help make that balancing act a little bit easier. - When You Grow Up - More Flexibility at Home - Tip #1: Don’t Try to Bal…

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How to Have Your Products Made 17:52

1+ y ago17:52

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You’ve got the idea, but how do you have it made into an actual product? In this episode, I help you simplify the process by sharing the 5 steps framework to get you from idea to physical product that’s ready to sell. The 5 Steps: - Market Research - Design - Working with Manufacturers - Product Development - Bulk Production Order If you enjoyed th…

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How I Started My Own Bag Company 14:57

1+ y ago14:57

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Do you have that entrepreneurial spirit but can't figure out how to turn it into an actual product-based business? It can be overwhelming and confusing to decide which idea to move forward with and how to actually have your product ideas made. On today's episode, I share my journey from a perpetual creator and business dreamer into real life CEO an…

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Workflow and Systems for a Small Business Owner 14:11

1+ y ago14:11

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It's hard work juggling all the tasks of a CEO! Today I'm sharing the workflow and systems I use to help me work efficiently as a small business owner. I also share the products I use to help automate my sales and how I schedule my days as a work-from-home mom and CEO. I walk through these different parts of my process: - Establish a Schedule - Pla…

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Should I Hire a Technical Designer and Where Should I Look 28:37

1+ y ago28:37

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Taking your product idea from concept to actual tangible object can feel impossible, but with the help of a Technical Designer you can have Tech Packs made that will allow a manufacturer to make your product to match your vision. In this interview with Victoria Dickson, we discuss what a Technical Designer does, if you should hire one, and where yo…

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Nicole Perlroth, Cybersecurity Advisor and Author, on Modern-Day Cybersecurity 50:41

1+ y ago50:41

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Nicole Perlroth is an advisor to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the bestselling author of the 2021 book This is How They Tell Me The World Ends, a groundbreaking in-depth exploration of the global cyber arms race. Prior to that, she spent a decade as the lead cybersecurity, digital espion…

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Dani Grant, Co-Founder and CEO of Jam.dev, on Building and Iterating a Sticky Product 35:35

1+ y ago35:35

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Dani Grant is the co-founder and CEO of Jam.dev, a developer tool that allows for faster communication between product and engineering about bugs and fixes. While working at Cloudflare as a product manager, Dani and her eventual co-founder Mohd Irtefa dealt with frustrating debugging experiences first-hand, and came up with a product solution to he…

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Idan Tendler, SVP of Application Security at Palo Alto Networks, on Nailing Go-To-Market and Learning From Mistakes 37:18

1+ y ago37:18

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Idan Tendler is the Senior Vice President of Application Security at Palo Alto Networks, as well as the chairman and co-founder of Place-IL, a nonprofit tech initiative. Idan discusses his previous cybersecurity analytics startup, Fortscale (later acquired by RSA Security), and some key lessons he learned from his experience building the company. B…

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Welcome to the Product Sessions! 6:31

1+ y ago6:31

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Welcome to the Product Sessions, a place where our mission is to help you launch or scale your own profitable product-based business. After a career in the surf industry working for brands Hurley and O'Neill, host Rebecca Waldron learned some great lessons and strategies from globally-recognized companies that can be implemented by entrepreneurs to…

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Rich Waldron, CEO & Co-Founder of Tray.io, on Delivering Low-Code, Cloud-First Automation at Scale 23:08

2y ago23:08

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Rich Waldron is the CEO and co-founder of Tray.io, a company he founded with his two best friends. This is the second time we're talking to Rich on Founder Real Talk, make sure to check out his episode from 2019! Software has been around for a long time, and in many different forms. On the waves of cloud adoption and digital transformation, it's mo…

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Kishore Gopalakrishna, Co-founder and CEO of StarTree, on Building Real-Time Analytics and Leveraging Community Support 26:30

2y ago26:30

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Kishore Gopalakrishna, co-founder and CEO of StarTree, created a solution to a database problem with his co-worker and eventual co-founder Xiang Fu while working at LinkedIn. At the time, LinkedIn was debuting its now-popular feature called Who's Viewed Your Profile, which required the ability to slice and dice massive amounts of data in real time.…

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Sid Sijbrandij, CEO of GitLab Inc., on Using Open-Source for Transparency and Remote Work 30:50

2+ y ago30:50

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Sid Sijbrandij is the CEO of GitLab Inc., the one DevOps platform that allows teams to collaborate, create, and deliver software in a single application. Before founding GitLab Inc. in 2012, he worked on recreational submarines and taught himself to code, going on to work at the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, where he did version control s…

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Nikita Shamgunov, CEO of Neon, on Providing the Fabric That Runs the Internet 23:24

2+ y ago23:24

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Nikita Shamgunov is the CEO of Neon, a new company building the next generation serverless Postgres database. Nikita got his PhD in St. Petersburg and worked as an engineer at Microsoft and Facebook before going on to co-found SingleStore, an analytical database company. At SingleStore, Nikita realized the massive size of the transaction databases …

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Ryan Johnson, Founder & CEO of Culdesac, on Leveraging Technology to Build Car-Free Neighborhoods 29:56

2+ y ago29:56

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Ryan Johson is the co-founder and CEO of Culdesac, which is working to build the first car-free city in the United States. After turning down M.I.T. and dropping out of Harvard, he chose to learn from the executives at Opendoor before co-founding Culdesac in 2018. Ryan has traveled to over 60 countries, but after visiting pedestrian and cyclist-fri…

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Bruce Felt, CFO of Domo, on Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution 35:59

2+ y ago35:59

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Bruce Felt is the CFO of Domo and a long-time friend of GGV Capital with a history that predates SaaS since he founded Renaissance Software in the late 1980s. With a well-rounded experience in finance, Bruce became the CFO for six companies, taking them through IPOs or M&As before bringing his expertise to the Domo team in 2014. Bruce faced his big…

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Steve Harvey, CEO of BitSight, on Finding Insights Amongst Vulnerability 33:51

2+ y ago33:51

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Steve Harvey is the CEO of BitSight, the cyber security platform used by nearly a quarter of the Fortune 500 companies and multiple government agencies around the world. With a background in risk assessment, Steve spent 13 years at the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and became the CEO of BitSight in 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic…

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Zeev Farbman, Co-Founder & CEO of Lightricks, on Recognizing The Big Shifts 36:45

2+ y ago36:45

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Zeev Farbman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lightricks, which puts high-quality video and editing apps into the hands of average mobile phone users. Zeev immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union at the age of 12 and would go on to meet his future co-founders during his military service. He pursued a degree in computer science at the Hebrew U…

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Guillermo Rauch, Founder & CEO of Vercel, on Using Open-Source to Make The Web Faster 42:49

2+ y ago42:49

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Guillermo Rauch is the Founder and CEO of Vercel, a cloud platform provider used to develop, preview, and ship frontend websites and applications using their Next.js open-source framework. Originally from Argentina, Guillermo taught himself JavaScript at just eleven years old and has developed multiple open-source libraries since then. He would go …

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Matan Bar, Co-Founder & CEO of Melio, on Bridging the Gap Between B2B and AP Automation 39:09

2+ y ago39:09

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Matan Bar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Melio, the B2B online payment service that allows small businesses to manage payments and receivables digitally. While consumers have been using peer-to-peer payment services for years, many small businesses were still sending checks in the mail, waiting days or even weeks for payments to go through. Now, Meli…

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Tomer Weingarten, Co-Founder & CEO of SentinelOne, on Facilitating the Next Generation of Endpoint Security 35:22

3y ago35:22

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Tomer Weingarten is the Co-Founder and CEO of SentinelOne, an autonomous endpoint security platform with over 6,000 customers worldwide. SentinelOne prevents cyberattacks in real-time using AI and machine automation and helps companies adopt new technologies while staying protected. Before founding SentinelOne, Tomer worked as a software developer …

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Sarika Garg, Co-founder & CEO of Cacheflow, on Rethinking SaaS Buying and Following Your Curiosity 16:08

3y ago16:08

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In this 15 minute salon episode, Sarika Garg, Co-founder & CEO of Cacheflow, shares why she and her Co-founder, Brian Zotter, decided to tackle the traditional SaaS buying experience with buy-now-pay-later. Cacheflow’s innovative approach has the potential to impact the way software is bought and sold across the global enterprise SaaS market, which…

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Adam Markowitz, CEO & Co-Founder of Drata, on Maintaining SOC 2 Compliance and Healthy Competition 29:51

3y ago29:51

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Adam Markowitz is the Co-founder and CEO of Drata, the San Diego-based startup that provides companies with fast and efficient automated security compliance, a once painstakingly long and arduous process. A former rocket scientist, Adam founded his first startup, Portfolium, in 2013 and created a network of over 5M students, connecting them to ment…

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Dan Adika, CEO & Co-founder of WalkMe, on Taking Small Steps to Achieve Real Targets 39:12

3y ago39:12

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Dan Adika is the CEO and Co-founder of WalkMe, a cloud-based platform that simplifies the digital adoption process for employees and customers while increasing company productivity. Before co-founding WalkMe in 2011, Dan was a software engineer at HP and served in the Israeli Defense Force for over five years as a programmer and team lead. WalkMe’s…

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Ariel Cohen, Co-Founder & CEO of TripActions, on Building Tools For a Better Corporate Citizen 36:59

3y ago36:59

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Ariel Cohen is the Co-founder and CEO of TripActions, the cloud-based platform that uses real-time data to make corporate travel and spending easier for everyone while cutting down on company costs. Founded in 2015, TripActions saw exponential growth and a $4 billion valuation before the travel industry came to a grinding halt during the onset of C…

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Tomer Bar-Zeev, Co-Founder & CEO of ironSource, on Having Meaningful Fun at Work 36:17

3y ago36:17

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Tomer Bar-Zeev is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tel Aviv-based ironSource, a software company that helps content creators turn their app into a successful and scalable business through distribution and monetization. Originally from Israel, Tomer studied computer science before becoming VP of Business Development at AtlasCT and Payoneer. He co-founded F…

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Eynat Guez, Co-founder & CEO of Papaya Global, on Balancing Company Growth, Culture, and Family 42:00

3y ago42:00

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Eynat Guez is the Co-founder and CEO of Papaya Global, a cloud-based solution modernizing the way companies approach payroll, payments, and workforce management. Before Papaya Global, Eynat was the CEO of two different relocation service companies based out of Israel and China. Since its inception in 2016, Papaya Global has raised $190M in funding …

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Shay Banon, Co-founder & CEO of Elastic, on Galvanizing a Community Around Search 48:42

3+ y ago48:42

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Shay Banon is the Co-founder and CEO of Elastic, a search company that makes data usable in real time and at scale for enterprise search, observability, and security. The foundation for what became Elastic was laid in 2004 while Shay was building a recipe app for his wife. Shay built Elastic Search the product in 2009 and open sourced it in 2010. H…

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Guy Podjarny, Co-founder & President of Snyk, on Taking Small Steps Towards a Big Vision 42:55

3+ y ago42:55

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Guy Podjarny is the Co-Founder, President, Chairman of the Board, and former CEO of Snyk, the leader in developer-first “cloud native” application security. Before co-founding Snyk in 2015, Guy helped develop AppScan and co-founded Blaze.io (acquired by Akamai in 2012). In 2020, Snyk won four Best Places to Work awards and was named a CNBC Disrupto…

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Zvi Schreiber, Founder & CEO of Freightos, on Modernizing an Archaic Industry 33:14

3+ y ago33:14

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Zvi Schreiber is the Founder and CEO of Freightos, the company on a mission to completely optimize and modernize the world of international freight shipping. Before founding Freightos in 2012, Zvi has had an extensive background as Founder and CEO of multiple companies including Unicorn Solutions, which was acquired by IBM in 2006. Founded in 2012 …

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Ali Ghodsi, CEO & Co-Founder of Databricks, on Betting Big on the Cloud to Build a $28B Company 43:17

3+ y ago43:17

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Ali Ghodsi is the CEO and Co-Founder of Databricks, an AI-enabled, open source data analytics platform company, valued today at more than $28 billion. Over 5,000 companies use the company’s open source-driven lakehouse architecture to process, engineer, and analyze their unstructured and semi-structured data. In this episode, Ali shares how an open…

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Amit Bendov, Co-founder &CEO of Gong, on Investing In Your Product and Your Team 35:00

3+ y ago35:00

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Amit Bendov is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gong, a revenue intelligence platform that analyzes the data of sales calls, emails, texts, and social media to create insights to optimize company sales. Founded in Tel Aviv in 2015, Gong is valued at over $2B today. With more people working from home, Gong has been able to establish itself as one of the to…

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Thierry Schellenbach, Co-founder & CEO of Stream, on Scaling Fast in a Remote Environment 33:20

3+ y ago33:20

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Thierry Schellenbach is the Co-founder and CEO of Stream, a scalable API platform that’s growing rapidly. After the acquisition of his previous company, Fashiolista, Thierry set out to help create a scalable API for chat and activity feeds that can keep up with company growth. Thierry founded Stream in 2014 in his home country of the Netherlands, b…

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Dev Ittycheria, President & CEO of MongoDB, on Making The Changes That Build Credibility 47:31

3+ y ago47:31

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Dev Ittycheria is the President and CEO of MongoDB, the maker of the world’s most popular general purpose database. Built on open source, MongoDB has had an enviable run since its 2017 IPO. Dev joined MongoDB in 2014 and has steered the company through some of its highest-growth years. Before taking the helm of MongoDB, Dev founded and IPOed two co…

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