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Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.
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The Mothered Business podcast is for early stage entrepreneurs and mama CEO's looking to make money online doing what they love, while honouring motherhood. If you're a busy mom (or aspiring mama) who blends business with motherhood, this podcast is for you!
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Successful entrepreneurs begin with the support of a few #earlybelievers. Gopi Rangan, founding partner at Sure Ventures, interviews venture capital investors in the Silicon Valley and beyond. Guests share insider stories on how they invest in early stage startups. Do you want to learn from real-life challenges, inspiring missions and important decisions by CEOs, founders, VCs, angels, and advisors? Listen to https://podcast.sure.ventures.
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In this podcast we interview startup founders & players supporting early-stage EdTech startups from across Europe in 20+ minutes. The podcast is brought to you by the EdTech Garage, a community for early-stage European EdTech startups where founders can scale up faster through the founder community, matchmaking and specialized resources. Learn more on edtechgarage.org and follow us on LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/edtechgarage/. Host: Frank Albert Coates Music: Ehsansation
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Atento Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on unlocking unsung potential. From our offices in Tulsa and NW Arkansas, leading markets for innovation in the heartland, we identify high-potential ideas and individuals and then invest the early-stage funding and human capital needed to take ventures from 0-1 and 1-10. The BeAtento Podcast explores the founders, partners, funders, and systems that work together to transform the heartland into the nation’s most equitable tech hub.
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A podcast for entrepreneurs who are looking to build & grow their startups. Avoid common traps & learn uncommon strategies & tactics from makers & doers of startup ecosystem. Prime Ventures is a early-stage venture fund which focuses on startups that not only need capital but also require mentoring to transform them into disruptive companies. We share a passion for working closely with entrepreneurs and enjoy sharing their journey in a high-frequency, interactive and fun environment.Read mor ...
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We don’t know about you, but we’re trying to retire early over here, so thank goodness The Dough is back for season 2 with a brand new format! This season, host X Mayo (The Blackening, The Daily Show, Swarm) returns for weekly conversations with reality stars, entrepreneurs, financial experts…basically anyone who will get real with her about their relationship with money. We’re talking to people about the risks they take to make the dough, how they spend it, and how they save it. New episode ...
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The CVC Unplugged podcast is a weekly show that brings you fascinating and wide-ranging conversations with leading corporate venture capital investors, subject matter experts, startup founders, journalists and other market participants to keep you informed of the most important trends affecting early-stage investing.
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UK's No.2 ranked startup podcast. We bring you the honest realities of startup life, from early-stage founders who are only a couple of steps ahead.
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As the founder of an early-stage startup you have one goal: find product-market fit. The Product Market Fit Show is a weekly podcast about the 0 to 1 journeys of the world's most successful tech startups. We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed examples you can steal. Our goal is simple. We want to understand product-market fit better than anyone on the planet.
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Listen to conversations between Madrona investors and entrepreneurs, founders, and startup personalities who talk about some of the key moments in building a company. Designed to give would-be founders and others interested in working with or for startups a view into the struggle and the lessons learned, these conversations are informal and informative. With more than 25 years of investing in early-stage technology companies, Madrona has worked with founders from day one to help build their ...
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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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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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Crossing the Enterprise Chasm is a podcast on how high-growth startups prepare to build with enterprises and Fortune 500 companies. Each week WorkOS founder Michael Grinich is joined by founders, early-stage team members, and product leaders who lead the charge to go upmarket. In every episode, you'll find tactics, strategies, and actions on how to successfully sell to and serve your crucial early enterprise customers.
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In this podcast, serial entrepreneur Hadi Radwan will sit with founders and entrepreneurs to uncover how they acquired their first 100 paying customers. This podcast is designed for early-stage founders or soon-to-become entrepreneurs who want to discover tactics, frameworks, and advice on how to reach this important milestone.
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The "Unconventional Founders Podcast" delves into the inspiring success stories of non-technical founders in the tech startup world, focusing on their unique mindsets, strategic frameworks, and innovative approaches. It is tailored for aspiring non-technical entrepreneurs, offering a wealth of insights, practical lessons, and actionable advice. The podcast celebrates the diverse and impactful journeys of these entrepreneurs, showcasing how they have navigated and succeeded in the tech indust ...
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A podcast for people working on startup ideas. We have 15-minute tactical episodes and occasional interviews with people who did the early things exceptionally well. We've helped launch hundreds of startups worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and these are the building blocks. "This is, without a doubt, the best podcast for people trying to build startups out there." "If you aren't listening to this podcast and you're considering building a business (or you're already building one), what ...
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Join your host and hype girl, Doone Roisin, for full access to the best knowledge, tips, and strategies from the world's most exciting (and successful) founders & entrepreneurs doing multi 7, 8 & 9 figures in revenue - who happen to be women. This is the go-to space for early stage dreamers women-in-progress to be inspired to start their side hustle or business, and get help along the journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We believe in enabling innovation within the MedTech industry. We are an educational platform that supports early-stage entrepreneurs interested in being successful in the medical device space. We provide free education and a support system to better prepare startups. While there is value to startup accelerators or competitions, we want to ensure the startups reach the next milestone consistently. Follow us and learn from the best in class.
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Weekly Tac-planning on marketing, brand strategy, and category design for early & growth stage veteran small businesses, keeping you in the fight and not face down in a rice paddy!
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The Entrepreneur School Podcast shares strategies and stories of being an entrepreneur, and what it takes to run a business while raising a family. Host Kelly Sinclair is determined to change the narrative of what success looks like. Success is subjective here. This is a space where we encourage you to follow your dreams, do the work and acknowledge the challenges along the way. It’s for: → The ambitious mother who wants to create a legacy for her kids. → The goal-oriented parent who values ...
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The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands
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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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Early growth investor David Paul interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, and investors. Get an insider’s look into the tech ecosystem, learn how to start and scale your own business, and find an edge in today's capital markets.
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Supporting growth-focused companies and entrepreneurs has never been more important, but it is important to understand the people and ideas behind such investment opportunities. Join the Deepbridge Capital team each week as they discuss all things Deepbridge, speak with various investment experts within the company and discover more about the founders and CEOs’ running the portfolio companies Deepbridge invests in. Each episode contains an informal conversation to understand how these leader ...
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Whether you’re a CEO, developer, non-technical co-founder, designer, or you just have an idea... Philly Tech Entrepreneurs is a group meant to bring together the tech startup community of Philadelphia. Our mission is to strengthen and expand the Philadelphia Entrepreneurial scene by hosting monthly meetups and workshops featuring experts in tech-related fields such as business growth, digital marketing, SEO, design, development, and more!
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The Village Global podcast takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. Learn more at www.villageglobal.vc.
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The Startup Science Podcast, hosted by Gregory Shepard, and produced by ForbesBooks, focuses on conversations in the cross-section of foundership and investing and features best-selling authors like Oren Klaff (Pitch Anything & Flip the Script), David Allen (Getting Things Done), and David Covey COO of FranklinCovey and author of Trap Tales: Outsmarting the 7 Hidden Obstacles to Success. Investing giants like Tim Draper, Leaders like NBA Coach Phill Weber, and newly exited founders like you. ...
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What does it take to keep your organization growing? Innovation and the Digital Enterprise is a podcast dedicated to providing insights and resources to executives and entrepreneurs focused on 10x growth for themselves and the organizations they lead. We interview leaders from early-stage start-ups to billion-dollar enterprises who have boots on the ground experience to distill their lessons from their victories and their failures. Learn how these leaders are organizing their teams, establis ...
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Learn from angel and seed investors bold enough to write the first check. How do they decide which startups to invest in? How do they gain conviction in founders and ideas? How do they add value to their companies? Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani are operators turned investors. They chat with their friends investing in early-stage technology startups and learn about their strategies to fund the best founders and startup companies. If you are an angel investor or seed investor, you'll hea ...
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The Strategic Growth Podcast features expert insights, interviews with thought leaders & business plan triage for entrepreneurs, funders & decision-makers. Hosted by Kyle Golding, entrepreneur and Chief Strategic Idealist for The Golding Group. Formerly known as the #NeoMarketing Podcast.
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Mentor of Change at Atal Innovation Mission - Nurturing Startup Ecosystem | Entrepreneur | Early Stage Startups Mentor | Growth Strategy Consultant
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Each week, StrictlyVC Editor-in Chief Connie Loizos and Alex Gove, a former journalist, VC, and operating exec, review the top stories in StrictlyVC and interview a mover and shaker in the world of tech.
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Seed Money is where everyday people learn how to raise capital and get the funding you need to FINALLY turn your amazing idea into reality! Whatever your idea is... - product - app - real estate deal …or maybe you want to build or expand your small business… if you’re struggling to get people to believe in your vision and you don’t need a billion-dollar deal in Silicon Valley, Seed Money will unlock the answers you’ve been looking for! Hosted by Jayla Siciliano, Shark Tank Entrepreneur, MBA, ...
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First Cheque is dedicated to open-sourcing conversations with experienced investors globally. Our aim? To enhance the craft of early-stage investors, from those writing their first cheques to the veterans in the game. First Cheque is supported by our wonderful sponsors: Vanta | https://dayone.fm/vanta Turo | https://dayone.fm/turo Scendar | https://dayone.fm/scendar Hosted by Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter, First Cheque is a Day One show. Day One is the podcast network dedicated to founders, in ...
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Unicorn Bakery is the startup podcast about the essential questions and issues in founding a startup. We interview the world’s leading startup founders and venture capital investors to cover every stage of the startup process, from ideation and strategy to technical, legal and financial issues. Listen to stories and lessons learned from the world's best founders and learn what it takes to create and scale your own startup.
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The Early Stage Podcast is devoted to interviewing top entrepreneurs at the Seed and Series A stages of their startups. This project is a deep dive into the initial challenges and breakthroughs driven innovators endure as they build their MVP, launch, raise funding, grow their teams, and find product-market fit. Early Stage is hosted by John Valentine, Manager of Technology Identification and Communications at Thales, a worldwide leader in aerospace, space, defense, transportation, and secur ...
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Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley, Silicon Prairie—early stage ventures and entrepreneurial ecosystems are popping up everywhere. Great ideas can start anywhere, but how do they become scalable, venture-backed companies? Get the inside view from early stage investors Brad Feld and Alessandro Piol, as well as Kelly Hoey from Women Innovate Mobile. They’ll discuss how new technology and entrepreneurial ecosystems develop, and what entrepreneurs need to consider when launching and scaling their ven ...
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Telling the startup founder experience like it really is - entrepreneur Vicky Brock and guest frankly discuss a practical startup challenge.
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Start Build and Grow is a programme that supports founders and entrepreneurs during the early start-up phase of their businesses. This podcast aims to improve the success rate of start-up businesses by sharing knowledge, insights, and strategies from various expert guests featured in the Start Build and Grow programme. Join your host, Rob Lawrence, in this short series, and learn about different business models and ways to improve your business and relationships with practical help from expe ...
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The Personal Brand Business Show - Personal Branding, Social Media Marketing, Sales & Expert Business for the Entrepreneur
Bob Gentle Personal Branding & Monetization Coach
Building a business around your personal branding is challenging for many reasons. Listen in as Bob Gentle speaks with expert Entrepreneurs, Consultants, Marketers and Creators from around the world to unpack their Personal Brand Businesses and discover what really makes them work. Leave the B.S. behind and discover the real stories of what success takes from the people making that happen every day. Guests aren't just great at what they do. They innovate traditional business models and find ...
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A podcast about building tech products with Éphémère Creative. There's a lot of content out there about the big tech companies and how they work. But what about solopreneurs, early stage startups, non-profits, and small businesses building tech? It turns out that building small systems is an art, and in this podcast we'll talk about what it takes. 🗣️ Got feedback? Want to be a part of this? Contact us! hello@smalltechpodcast.com 🚀 Subscribe to the podcast: https://smalltechpodcast.com/ ✉️ Su ...
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The crazy nature of early stage startups (the uncertainty, the doubters, the rejection) can be similar to the forces felt by those who at some point in their lives felt the need to make seismic shifts in their personal worlds. My aim as your host is to bring the raw stories of startup failure and fuckup, alongside the inspirational messages of encouragement, tips and suggestions. Alongside the business chats we will also hear stories from people living interesting and inspirational lives. Th ...
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Prime VP is a Bangalore-based early stage Venture fund which invests in One-of-a-Kind startups founded by rockstar entrepreneurs.
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Welcome to DSNSB, a dynamic platform where our guests share compelling stories across the realms of Business, Fitness, and Culture. From enlightening conversations with Dental Hygienists delving into gut health insights to riveting narratives from highly trained long-distance assassins with roots in Narcotics Anonymous. Our mission is to fuel your internal fire and DSNSB is your go-to source for inspiration, whether you're seeking motivation from C-level executives who've triumphed over adve ...
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This Much I Know is the podcast from Seedcamp, Europe’s seed fund. Tune into hear the inside story from startup founders, investors and leading tech voices: the people who’ve built businesses, scaled globally, failed fantastically and learnt massively. Seedcamp invests early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. Seedcamp provides the infrastructure to fast-track a founder’s vision and create value through immediate access to smart ...
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Casual conversations with founders, technologists, investors, and artists about building a brighter future, together. Welcome to our digital living room. With science, technology and entrepreneurship we can *continue* to create unfathomable leaps in quality of life. We show you how to find, apply, build, and invest in technologies to change your life and the world. When we have smart friends, we do smart things. When we do smart things, we save the world. No matter who, where, or when you ar ...
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The MedTech Startup Podcast - Alex Forshey - Revival Healthcare
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This episode of the MedTech Startup Podcast features an engrossing conversation with Alex Forshey, a partner at Revival Healthcare Capital. Alex shares insightful information about various investment platforms, specifically the 'Build to Buy' concept in MedTech. He also offers a unique window into the workings of family offices and their importance…
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Transforming learning with AI tutors - Gustav Grimberg (Ezri)
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In this episode: Frank Albert Coates is talking with Gustav Grimberg who is the co-founder of Ezri, a company dedicated to developing AI tutors that transform online learning. With a background in human-computer interaction, Gustav has long been passionate about creating technologies that are natural and intuitive for human beings to interact wi…
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Best Of: Engineering Your Career Progression with Deborah Spence-Cummings
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We had a fascinating conversation with Deborah Spence-Cummings in late 2022 and are excited to reshare it in our “Best Of” series. Originally published 12/01/22. Only an exceptional innovator would look at a burgeoning career in operations and pause to examine their reputation and evaluate their goals. With the help of an executive coach, Deborah S…
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Google & OpenAI kill startups with each update. Make sure you're not next:
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Every startup needs to compete with incumbents. But it's different with AI. AI startups need to create websites or apps from scratch and drive traffic. Incumbents can just add AI as a feature. They have distribution built in. AI is not like previous tech revolutions. Unlike mobile, the internet, or the PC revolution, AI is not a new distribution ch…
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Speed skater Erin Jackson was the first Black girl EVER to win an individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 2022. But guess what? It's insanely expensive to train and compete as an Olympian and you get paid an annual salary of exactly zero dollars to do it – unless you win a medal and even then you gotta make that paycheck last until the next…
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Future of Food Tech, Can A Retail Model Like Foxtrot Work at Scale, and Channel Strategy for Food Brands with Ashley Hartman and Andrew Bluestein @ Bluestein Ventures
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Our guests today are Andrew Bluestein and Ashley Hartman, Managing Partners of Bluestein Ventures. Bluestein Ventures invests in the future of food. What does that mean? They focus on investing in High-growth consumer brands, Proprietary foodtech, Next-gen commerce, Value-add digital technology. They just raised a $45 million third fund – which hug…
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GEMS: Buzzy Launch Strategy with selfmade® founder Stephanie Lee
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Hello and welcome back to the show - it’s Doone here - your host and Hype Girl. In these twice-weekly episodes, we will be digging back into our archives to find little value-packing gems from previous episodes. In this gem, the founder of mental health inspired skincare brand selfmade® breaks down her strategy to building a buzzy successful brand …
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B2B Payments: Unseating Cash through Value Chain Integration
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This episode of The Trajectory Africa features Yele Oyekola, Co-founder and CEO of Duplo, a company on a mission to streamline financial operations for African businesses. We’re diving deep into the world of digitizing financial operations, from payables and expense management to reconciliation and reporting. Africa’s $1.5T B2B payments market repr…
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[Bootstrapped] Ep.156 - The First 100 with Pablo Srugo, Partner at Mistral VC
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This Post is Sponsored by ALL IN ONE Play the Euro 2024 Predictor Game and beat the leader. Think you've got a crystal ball for the beautiful game? Can you sniff out surprise victories and predict the heart-stopping moments that make the Euros unforgettable? This is your chance to go beyond cheering from the sidelines and become a Euro 2024 champio…
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#076 The Alliance of Entrepreneurs and Scientists with Arkady Kulik of RPV
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Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:04:43) - Russian interpretations of friendship (00:09:28) - Thoughts on the state of society and its rate of technological adoption (00:13:22) - Creating alliances between entrepreneurs, capitalists, and scientists (00:17:17) - Rick Rubin on Creativity in Investing (00:20:55) - Does Taste exist in the world of VC? (00…
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331: Geoff Roberts — Playing the Long Game
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Geoff Roberts (@GeoffTRoberts) is the co-founder of Outseta, and he's halfway there, 7 years in. Outseta —the SaaS starter kit and the business behind it— is built and operated on a multi-decade timeline, and it's not been easy to achieve profitability. Geoff shares the ups and downs of a long and painful story; what it means to think and operate b…
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Investor Spotlight: Sabrina Wu on Founder Grit, Authenticity, and Building Intelligent Applications
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In this episode of Founded & Funded, host Coral Garnick Ducken interviews Madrona Investor Sabrina Wu for the latest Investor Spotlight. These two discuss Sabrina's transition from private equity to venture capital and the learnings that translate to building successful VC-backed startups, Sabrina’s focus on intelligent applications, and the charac…
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6 Quick Questions with Provenance Meals founder Caroll Lee (Part 2)
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Hello! It’s Doone here, your host and hype girl. I am so excited to bring you this special mini-series on the pod that is centred around failure. The next three weeks we are going to be diving in and reflecting on some of our favourite episodes that are all about embracing failure and turning it into your greatest asset - because we’ve all been the…
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How to Institute a 4-Day Workweek at a Startup, Featuring Matt Hornbuckle of Stantt
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How can a startup with a small, lean team institute a 4-day workweek? Especially one that has customer service at its core? Matt Hornbuckle, co-founder of Stantt, talks about how Stantt implemented a 4-day work week and what needed to change at his company to make it successful. Topics: How Stantt started the 4-day workweek as a trial Why getting t…
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Courageous Entrepreneurs Are Heroes, Not Consensus Seekers
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Dan Kimerling, founder and managing partner at Deciens, talks about key principles that shape his current approaches to startup investments. He explains Deciens' strategy of leading financing deals with a concentrated portfolio, allowing for deep partnerships with entrepreneurs. Dan critiques the average venture capital returns and promotes a bold,…
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Getting Visible When You’re Not a Content Creator
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JOIN THE SUMMER VISIBILITY CHALLENGE: www.ksco.ca/challenge Today, we’re flipping the mic around as Kelly is interviewed about visibility without relying on social media. This conversation is juicy, and you’ll discover: How to shift out of the stories you’ve been conditioned to believe so that you can confidently show up for yourself and get visibl…
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Fear is the Final Frontier: How to Move Past It w/ Aiden Chase
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Fear is something everyone struggles with - whether you’re trying to raise seed money or (believe it or not) a billionaire who has already had success. No wonder they call fear the final frontier! We often focus on the tangible aspects of entrepreneurship, but the mental and emotional stuff play a huge role in our success. In fact, if we don’t work…
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Andy Skinner on Mastering Business Processes
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In this podcast episode, host Rob Lawrence interviews Andy Skinner, the founder of AMS Business Consultants, about the critical role of business processes. Andy, a seasoned Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, shares insights from his extensive experience in process improvement; revealing the importance of understanding and designing effective process…
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Misconceptions of first-time founders: How to avoid Hiring-Red Flags & the Biggest Fallacies about Finding Product Market Fit - Dan Siroker, Limitless
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Dan Siroker built Optimizely to more than 120 million ARR before leaving the company. The company was sold and merged, and then launched, rewind.ai-now limitless.ai, a consumer product that, unlike Dan's previous company, has a software and hardware component. Dan gives deep insights into the transition from software to hardware development and the…
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Lessons in Failure: “You make mistakes and you pick yourself back up!” with Provenance Meals founder Caroll Lee (Part 1)
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Hello! It’s Doone here, your host and hype girl. I am so excited to bring you this special mini-series on the pod that is centred around failure. The next three weeks we are going to be diving in and reflecting on some of our favourite episodes that are all about embracing failure and turning it into your greatest asset - because we’ve all been the…
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1st-time founder meets 120 VCs— closes $2.7M in 5 weeks, 10x oversubscribed. Here's the step-by-step guide to close a round. | Andrew Rea, Founder of Taxwire
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Andrew spoke with 120+ VCs to raise a $1.5M pre-seed round. He closed $2.7M and had demand for many millions more. He devoted 90% of his time to fundraising, but only took weeks from the first meetings to close. 99% of founders I meet do not fundraise at this level. It takes them longer to close, they have fewer choices and raise less. This is a sp…
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Listen Now: The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael
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We’ve got a special treat for you today. We are going to be sharing an episode of The Deep Dive with June Diane Raphael and Jessica St. Clair with you as a part of our Lemonada Book Club series, a first-of-its-kind audiobook club powered by Lemonada Media and Apple Books. “The Art of Small Talk” by Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair, who is one of …
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GEMS: Raising a $120,000 Kickstarter with Fly by Jing founder Jing Gao
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Hello and welcome back to the show - it’s Doone here - your host and Hype Girl. In these twice-weekly episodes, we will be digging back into our archives to find little value-packing gems from previous episodes. In this gem, the founder of cult-fave Sichuan chilli sauce Fly by Jing takes us on her journey through building a (srsly) successful kicks…
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[Raised $125 million] Ep.155 - The First 100 with Richard Joffe, the co-founder of Honey Insurance
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Richard Joffe, the co-founder of Honey Insurance, a digital home insurance provider that provides consumers quick access to insurance coverage by using public house information, satellite data, and artificial intelligence to estimate rebuild costs. Honey Insurance has now raised a total of $125 million since its 2020 inception. This Post is Sponsor…
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Portfolio Allocation: Diversification vs. Concentration Strategies Unpacked
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Episode Summary: In this episode, Maxine Minter and Cheryl Mack delve deep into the essential considerations of portfolio allocation, focusing on diversification versus concentration in early-stage investing. They explore the concept of portfolio construction, risk management, power law dynamics, and the importance of strategy in maximizing returns…
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College During COVID: BJ’s Coming-of-Age Story on David's Saturday Night Sit Back
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If you enjoy BJ's story, please make sure to give the podcast a 5-star review on Spotify and Apple podcasts! Join us for an engaging episode with BJ, author of "COVID, College, & Life Transitions," and a writer for Texas A&M’s student news site, The Battalion. BJ shares his inspiring coming-of-age journey, filled with challenges, resilience, and pe…
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Ep 41: Hadleigh Ford: Navigating from the High Seas to Tech Startup Success
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Send us a Text Message. Hadleigh Ford, founder and CEO of SwipedOn, shares his adventurous transformation from maritime to tech CEO in our latest episode. Discover the captivating journey of how a young New Zealander became one of the youngest harbour pilots and went on to work on some of the most luxurious vessels in the world. Learn from the real…
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330: 50% New Users Overnight… and a Burning Server
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This week was a duality of extremes for me. On one hand, I experienced an unprecedented growth spurt in my user numbers, while on the other hand, I stumbled into frustrating scarcity and infrastructure problems. That’s entrepreneurship for you: big wins while struggling to not lose control of the whole thing. The juxtaposition of these two experien…
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Ep 40: Tracksuit's Meteoric Rise: Insights from Co-Founder Connor Archbold
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Send us a Text Message. Join us as we sit down with Connor Archbold, Founder and Co-CEO of Tracksuit. Connor shares his compelling journey and what lead him and his co-founder Matt Herbert to start Tracksuit. Through his story you’ll gain insights into the resilience and innovation required to launch and scale a tech venture at speed. Ever wondered…
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The MedTech Startup Podcast - Caitlin Morse - Brainspace
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In this episode, Caitlin shares with Giovanni Lauricella her inspiring story of resilience and innovation. From bootstrapping her consultancy to navigating the complexities of med tech entrepreneurship, Caitlin opens up about the challenges and triumphs of building a company that aims to revolutionize neurocritical care. 🎙️ Highlights from the Epis…
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The VIBES: A Client Favourite Acronym for Business Success
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The first time I am ever publicly sharing the acronym "VIBES" and how we use it every single week in client sessions to create a successful business and HAPPY, healthy CEO. With love, Robyn xo P.S. If you loved this episode, I'd appreciate if you could leave a review or share on your socials. It truly means the world to me and helps amplify this me…
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How to Prioritize as an Idea-Stage Founder (ITS Classic)
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A throwback to the 6th ever episode of Idea to Startup - an episode that’s been listened to thousands of times and has a consumption rate at nearly 100%. Entrepreneurs can do anything, but they can’t do everything. How do you prioritize early on? How do you differentiate? This episode presents a framework that’ll ensure you work on the things that …
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Zoom hits an all-time low. Here's what AI startups can learn from the WFH hype cycle.
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Zoom was THE work-from-home stock. It's down 90% from peak. The same hype that fuelled work-from-home stocks is now fuelling AI. What happened to Zoom will happen to many AI companies. AI startups today need to carefully position against foundational models and incumbents. Here's how to think through it. Why you should listen: Learn why what happen…
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Stefanie Smith has a storied career, most notably with famed furniture retailer IKEA. But she has a new mission now: helping every idea see the light of day. 📌 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Introducing Stefanie Smith 00:01:10 - Journey with IKEA 00:03:03 - Scandinavian corporate culture 00:04:36 - Unveiling the core process 00:06:19 - Simplifying business…
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This week, we’re getting serious. Serious about the price of the prison industrial complex. Fred Bell from The Debt Collective, the nation’s first debtors union, joins X Mayo to unpack each of their experiences with carceral debt. Fred talks about the financial realities of our prison system, the shame surrounding the cycle of debt, and how the Deb…
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GEMS: Protecting Your Brand with Bug Bite Thing founder Kelley Higney
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Hello and welcome back to the show - it’s Doone here - your host and Hype Girl. In these twice-weekly episodes, we will be digging back into our archives to find little value-packing gems from previous episodes. In this gem, the founder of the innovative bug bite + sting itch relief tool Bug Bite Thing talks us through the importance of protecting …
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[Raised $33 million] Ep.154 - The First 100 with Gage Caligaris, the founder of Ledgebrook
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Gage Caligaris is the founder of Ledgebrook, a tech-enabled E&S MGA looking to provide “the fastest, easiest quoting experience to wholesale brokers.”. Boston-based insurance startup Ledgebrook has closed a $4.6 million round of funding to scale its non-admitted GL & Supported Excess product & support the development of future offerings. The round,…
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Empowering Neurodivergent Learners: Priya Tronsgard on Building Edify Learning Spaces
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🎙️ In the latest episode of the Small Tech Podcast, we talk with Priya Tronsgard, the founder of Edify Learning Spaces. Edify is a platform that connects neurodivergent children with tutors who understand their unique learning needs. Priya’s journey is personal. As a mother of neurodivergent kids, she saw how hard it was for them to fit into tradit…
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The Future of AgTech with Sean Akadiri, CEO of AgBoost
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Special guest Sean Akadiri, MBA is the Founder, President & CEO at AgBoost, a data analytics company in Oklahoma City. He is an Ag-Tech entrepreneur passionate about using data analytics to improve the performance and productivity of livestock. Akadiri came to the U.S. from Nigeria when he was 19 years old on a student visa to attend college. He re…
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6 quick questions with Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye, founder of Ami Colé (Part 2)
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This is Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye for Female Startup Club. Hello everyone and welcome back to the show! It’s Doone here - your host and hype girl. Born and raised in Harlem, U.S.A., Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye is a first- generation Senegalese-American entrepreneur. Over the past decade, Diarrha has worked in marketing, communications and social media for mu…
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Maintaining Developer Trust While Scaling Upmarket
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In this episode, WorkOS CEO, Michael Grinich, and Co-founder of Phenomenal Ventures and former Head of Marketing at Plaid, Helen Min, discuss the importance of maintaining developer trust, hiring smart generalists as first marketing hires, and maintaining a robust relationship between marketing and sales. For additional insights, be sure to check o…
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JOIN THE SUMMER VISIBILITY CHALLENGE: www.ksco.ca/challenge If you are looking for a simple summer visibility strategy that allows you to live your best life and enjoy the season while still staying top-of-mind with your audience, here it is! Dive into this episode to discover the two foundational pieces you need to ensure you grow your visibility …
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Stages of Funding: 8 Ways to Raise Seed Money
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In the journey of starting a company, realizing that you need to raise money is par for the course. Maybe you need to test your product’s viability, increase your stock, or grow your team…these steps require funding. Venture capital is the path many entrepreneurs take, but there are actually 7 other ways to get the funding you need. Each method has…
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Why startups fail with Dave Hersh, Founder & Author
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Only 10% of start-ups are successful and yet 82% of founders think they will be successful. 78% of start-ups don't even manage to pay back their investors. Dave Hersh scaled a company with Jive to more than 10 million dollars in turnover, took a growth investor on board and Jive later went public. Through his other positions as a coach, board partn…
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A Journey from X aka Twitter to NoCode Entrepreneur
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Send us a Text Message.By David McManus
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"You have no credibility!", Cosmoprof & Angel Min Check Size with Ami Colé Founder Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye (Part 1)
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This is Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye for Female Startup Club. Hello everyone and welcome back to the show! It’s Doone here - your host and hype girl. Born and raised in Harlem, U.S.A., Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye is a first- generation Senegalese-American entrepreneur. Over the past decade, Diarrha has worked in marketing, communications and social media for mu…
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Thinking Differently: A Case for Venture Building in African VC
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On this special episode of The Trajectory Africa, we’re featuring “someone you should know”—David Ogundeko, Founder and Chief Vision Officer for Funema, a last-mile, impact-focused, alternative investment company. David has spent the last 7 years creating a model to engineer and invest in problem solving, impact creating, high growth SMEs. In the p…
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He grew to $22M ARR in 4 years—but regrets spending so much on growth. | Chris Walker, Founder of Refine Labs
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Chris shares the story of how he grew Refine Labs to $22M ARR, what he did to grow so fast, and also why he regrets spending so much on growth instead of focusing on profitability. He goes exceptionally deep on sales and marketing and provides tactical advice you can steal. Chris is the founder of Refine Labs & Passetto. He's also a LinkedIn Top Vo…
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