In this episode, Chris interviews our new Toronto-based Talent Partner, Marianne Bulger. Last year, while we were all working remotely as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Chris interviewed everyone on the team for their own episode of Differential. Today, we're back in the office, but we decided to continue the "meet the team" season with our rec…

In this episode, Chris interviews our VP of Finance, Isabel Chirase. Last year, while we were all working remotely as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Chris interviewed everyone on the team for their own episode of Differential. Today, we're back in the office, but we decided to continue the "meet the team" season with our recent hires.…

In this episode, Chris interviews our new Denver-based Talent Partner, Annie Dunn. Last year, while we were all working remotely as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Chris interviewed everyone on the team for their own episode of Differential. Today, we're back in the office, but we decided to continue the "meet the team" season with our recent hi…

Our guest this episode is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Chicago startup, Cameo. If you haven’t heard of Cameo, you really have to check it out. It’s a marketplace for personalized celebrity shout outs. You can pay Brett Favre a few bucks to tell your dad "happy birthday" or hire Gilburt Gottfried to announce you're having a baby. Cameo is an exciti…

Our guest this episode is Steve Case. Steve is the Co-Founder and former CEO of America Online. He's currently the Chairman and CEO of the venture capital firm Revolution, the Rise of the Rest seed fund, and many, many philanthropic efforts. Steve and Chris cover everything in this conversation from AOL, to investing between the coasts, to life dur…

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!

We're a close-knit bunch at Drive, but the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to remain socially distant from one another. As a fun way to stay connected, Chris is interviewing each member of the team. That way we can continue to learn about each other. Enjoy!By Drive Capital

Our guest this episode is the Director of the Regenerative Medicine Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Dr. Chris Breuer. I think the easiest way to describe Chris' research is that he’s essentially 3D-printing human tissue and organs and then giving them to young, sick kids who desperately need them. Chris’ work in this field of bioengineeri…

Our guest this episode is artistic director of BalletMet, Edwaard Liang. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Edwaard made his way to the US when he was 5, and at just 13 years old -- and after a couple tragic life events -- Edwaard bought a one way ticket to New York City to pursue a career in ballet. Edwaard’s work today is enjoyed at ballets all over the wor…

Our guest this episode is the renowned founder and chief creative officer of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream, Jeni Britton Bauer. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams is an amazing story of a local founder growing from a single stall in the Columbus North Market — where she personally mixed ice cream flavors by hand — to now a company with millions in revenue, 35 …

We've started a new project called "Ask Drive Anything". We're asking people like you to ask us questions about... anything! It could be related to startups, venture capital, Drive Capital, a past episode of Differential, or anything else you'd like me to take a stab at answering! Submit your question to askdriveanything@drivecapital.com Thanks eve…

The iconic White Castle restaurant chain has been around for almost 100 years, but recently -- under our guest Lisa Ingram's leadership -- the company has done a complete 180 when it comes to its culture of innovation. What used to be a “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” approach has been transformed into a truly experimental, creative culture. And i…

Our guest this episode is Matt Scantland, who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Columbus Startup, CoverMyMeds. Matt Scantland started CoverMyMeds in 2008 to improve the process of prescribing and obtaining prescription drugs. Fast forward to 2017, and Matt sold the company to McKesson for 1.3 BILLION dollars. And as someone who’s deeply invested in grow…

Our guest this episode is Anthony Hughes, who is the CEO and co-founder of Tech Elevator. As many of you probably know, there are a lot of coding boot camps out there, but Tech Elevator is truly a world class performer in the space. This was one of our all time favorite interviews. I think you're going to enjoy it! -- drivecapital.com twitter.com/d…

Kat Wilson is the Founder/CEO of The Minte, a Chicago startup that makes it easy for property management companies of luxury apartment/condo complexes to offer cleaning services similar to what you’d experience when staying at a hotel. In this episode, Kat shares her learnings on how to build out a tech team as non-technical founder. Kat is an incr…

Doug is the President and CEO of the massively successful non-profit, Pelotonia, and the former President and CEO of another massively successful non-profit, Livestrong. In our conversation you’ll hear about how Doug handled adversity that came from the brutal news that Armstrong had been using performance enhancing drugs during his seven Tour De F…

Chris Gladwin is the current Founder/CEO of Chicago startup Ocient, and the former Founder/CEO of\ Cleversafe, which he sold to IBM for $1.3B in 2015. We're excited to share this conversation with you because it’s a great example of an entrepreneur who had to take multiple swings before all the stars aligned in order to have the kind of outcome mos…

Today, Southby Southwest is a massive, annual event in Austin, Texas. It’s part music festival, part film festival, part tech conference, and Hugh Forrest is now one of the most influential people in the world of entertainment. But it was not always that way. drivecapital.com twitter.com/drivecapital…

Our guest this episode is very special to person to us because he is one of the first entrepreneurs we partnered with when we started Drive, and he has proven to be an incredible investment. That person is the founder and CEO of Olive, Sean Lane. drivecapital.com twitter.com/drivecapital

Our guest this episode is Ben Milne, the founder and CEO of the startup Dwolla. Ben Milne grew up in Cedar Falls, Iowa and has been running his own business his entire working career. While running his first business, he noticed how much money he was paying out in credit card fees, so he started a new company to fix that problem. That idea for impr…

Our guest this episode is the President of West Virginia University, Dr. Gordon Gee. Dr. Gee is the former two-time president of Ohio State, and he’s also been the president at Vanderbilt, Brown, and the University of Colorado. In fact, he’s been president of more universities than any other American, and TIME Magazine has described Gee as one of t…

Hannah Powell was set on being a lawyer and enjoying a comfortable career practicing law, but after a stint in TFA (Teach for America), she fell in love with educating. In just her mid-twenties, Hannah was given the opportunity to take over a new and struggling charter school, KIPP Columbus. After years of hard work and absolute grit, KIPP Columbus…

Luis von Ahn grew up during the 1980s in the war torn country of Guatemala. Thanks to his mother's encouragement to play on a computer over of a Nintendo, Luis learned to program at an early age. He would go on to study at Duke and then Canegie Mellon, where he would develop the technology for the human verification tool, reCAPTCHA. Luis sold reCAP…

We're lucky to have on the show this week the world class golfer, Jason Day. Jason grew up in Australia, but at 17 he met his now wife at an Irish Pub in Ohio. Jason moved to Ohio soon thereafter and has been taking the United States and the golf world by storm ever since. We cover a lot in this episode. From athletics, to personal challenges, to b…

It is SO GOOD to be back. Similar to our first season, the second season of Differential will focus on sharing the success stories of people from the Midwest. But while Season One focused on success stories in business, in Season Two we'll hear from folks who've done well in an assortment of other fields. Check back every Tuesday for a new episode.…

Our guest this week is Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Founder and CEO of the Swedish bank and payments company, Klarna. Sebastian is one of Europe’s most successful entrepreneurs -- his company, Klarna, today processes upwards of twenty BILLION dollars in payments annually. When I met Sebastian, he was just 28 years old, with almost no experience as a CE…

Alex Frommeyer is the founder and CEO of Beam Dental. Beam is a startup that uses a smart toothbrush to more efficiently price dental risk by measuring brushing behavior. Fro's first challenge in his entrepreneurial career was coming up with an idea that he could "be obsessed about". Once he had that obsession, it was finding a product-market-fit b…

Growing up in a small town in Missouri, Tanisha Robinson felt like a fish out of water from an early age. It wasn't until she dropped out of college and joined the military that she began to realize that what made her different were strengths, not weaknesses. Today, Tanisha, or "T", is the CEO of BrewDog USA, and she's leading the charge of bringin…

It's one thing to build one of the largest startups the Midwest has seen in the last few decades. It's another thing to do it with a thriving culture of teamwork and transparency, but that's what Scott Dorsey did with his Indianapolis startup, Exact Target. http://twitter.com/_differential_By Differential

Mark Kvamme has worked for Steve Jobs, started his own company that went public, invested in major wins from Silicon Valley, and now he's starting his own Venture Capital firm, Drive Capital. In this episode we'll hear Mark's remarkable story and learn why he's excited to spend the prime of his life in Central Ohio. Please subscribe to Differential…

With a background in insurance, Alex Timm approached Drive Capital for a job in venture capital. The conversation that took place at his interview did get Alex a new job, but it wasn't with Drive. It was as the founder of his own insurance company, Root Insurance. Root has been a massive success since its founding 3 years ago. It has the rare type …

Nancy Kramer started and grew her marketing agency, Resource Ammirati, into a behemoth of an agency in Columbus. Her agency was purchased by IBM in 2016. Kramer is an incredibly talented marketer, entrepreneur, and leader. For all of these reasons, she's the *perfect* first guest for Differential. If you enjoy listening to this episode, please give…

Differential is about sharing the stories of artists and innovators from the Midwest. In this trailer Drive Capital founder and Differential host, Chris Olsen, shares his story of how he came to leave Silicon Valley, why he started the venture capital firm Drive Capital, and why he’s now starting this podcast.…