Digital finance and how finance is changing. Topics include financial services technology, trends, data and market insights from global market leader Grow VC Group.
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Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets
Michael Sidgmore
Alt Goes Mainstream podcast is the place to turn to for interviews with some of the brightest and most experienced minds in the world of alternative investing, private equity (PE), venture capital (VC), real estate, crypto, collectibles and more. For anyone looking to invest into alternative assets (from experienced wealth managers to family offices to the individual investor looking for a more diversified investment portfolio), you’ll hear inside stories from executives and founders at some ...
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Stairway to CEO is a podcast, hosted by entrepreneur Lee Greene, featuring untold stories from inspiring Founders & CEOs about what it takes to start and grow a business.
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Perspectives from the next wave of world-class investors and operators
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Are you curious about how a business is born – why someone was compelled to leave a paycheck and benefits behind to head off into the wild blue yonder, without a safety net, navigating high levels of uncertainty, and risking financial ruin? Entrepreneurship is an adventure, and you will love hearing these phenomenal founders share their nail-biting moments and their uplifting wins – often occurring within hours of each other in any given day! As a 4x Founder I easily resonate with each guest ...
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Partners Group's Rob Collins - The how and why of evergreens: one of the most exciting trends in private markets
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is one of evergreen importance. We talk with one of the pioneers in the evergreen fund space. Rob Collins, a Partner, Co-Head of Private Wealth, and Head of the New York office and a member of the Global Executive Board at Partners Group, a $147B+ AUM alternative asset manager, joins …
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iCapital Chairman & CEO Lawrence Calcano - Driving efficiency across the entire value chain to transform private markets
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. I've been having many conversations with GPs and LPs over the past few months — and it feels like we've reached a point in private markets where both sides are trying to figure out how to navigate this space, from a product perspective and a technology perspective. To better understand these issues, …
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NEA's Peter Barris - From operator to VC legend, how Peter transformed NEA into a venture juggernaut
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. His career started when someone said to him, “well, have you thought about venture capital? We don’t think that you’d be any good at it.” The rest is history. Today’s episode features one of the legends of the venture capital industry. Peter Barris joined New Enterprise Associates in 1992 after a sto…
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NewEdge's Rob Sechan and Cameron Dawson - growing a cutting edge $44B platform to serve the wealth channel
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode features the architects behind one of the industry’s faster growing wealth management platforms, NewEdge. We welcome NewEdge CEO, Managing Partner, and Co-Founder Rob Sechan and NewEdge CIO Cameron Dawson. Both Rob and Cameron have a wealth of experience in both wealth management and …
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Sharing the Gift of Yoga and Growing Through Grief with Niki Leondakis, CEO of CorePower Yoga
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Description: Sometimes not getting what you want paves the way to a better story. Niki Leondakis is the CEO of the largest yoga studio brand in the US, and her journey has been characterized by learning from challenges time and time again. She joins us to share how she has found opportunity in adversity, honed her listening skills as a leader, and …
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2024 European Private Market Trends: An AGM x Pangea podcast shorts collaboration
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AGM collaborated with Pangea Group, a firm that helps B2B fintech companies with go-to-market strategies, at a live event they hosted on private markets in London with Schroders and Illuminate Financial to gather thoughts from some leaders in private markets on their views of the industry’s future in Europe. We asked seven private market participan…
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Silicon Valley, AI, and Solving Customer Service with Puneet Mehta, Founder and CEO of Netomi
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Description: In this episode of Stairway to CEO, you’ll learn all about Puneet Mehta's captivating entrepreneurial journey, from his upbringing in India and fulfilling his childhood dream of living in Silicon Valley to spearheading AI advancements at Netomi. He tells us how his parents inspired him to embrace daunting challenges, what he learned fr…
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Ritholtz Wealth Management's Michael Batnick - real talk on private markets
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we turned the tables. We welcomed famed podcast co-host of Animal Spirits and The Compound and Friends and writer at The Irrelevant Investor, and Managing Partner and Director of Research at $4B AUM Ritholtz Wealth Management Michael Batnick to come on the show to share a wealth mana…
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Baby Steps to Big Bucks with Ben Lewis, Founder and CEO of Little Spoon
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Description: What does it look like to bring innovation to a static industry? A lifelong love for entrepreneurship and the food and beverage industry led Ben Lewis to take a massive risk to disrupt the baby food industry, and with $90 million raised to date, it certainly paid off! In this episode of Stairway to CEO, Ben shares the story of continui…
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HgCapital Trust's Chairman of the Board Jim Strang - a masterclass in private markets
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode features a masterclass in private markets from a guest who has seen it all. Jim Strang is a deeply experienced private equity professional who has been part of the industry as a GP, LP, investor, consultant, and now a teacher, board member, and advisor to a number of firms. I’d probab…
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Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 10: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital, and Robert Picard, Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments at Hightower Advisors ...
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Welcome to the 10th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the …
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3i Members' Mark Gerson - building engaged investing communities
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s podcast is a special show with 3i Members co-founder Mark Gerson. Alt Goes Mainstream’s first sponsor is 3i Members, an investing network built on community, collaboration and capital that was co-founded by Mark Gerson, Billy Libby, and Teddy Gold. 3i Members is a global deal network for acco…
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Marc Rubinstein of Net Interest - an in-depth tour of financial markets with an expert in finance and history
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s podcast provided us with an in-depth tour of financial markets with a student of both finance and history. And what a tour guide we had. Marc Rubinstein, an investment professional with 25 years of experience researching and investing in financial services joined us on the show. Marc started …
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Brooklyn, Brews, and Botanical Breakthroughs with Hudson Davis-Ross, Co-Founder and CEO of Plant People
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Description: Today, Hudson Davis-Ross joins the show to share about Co-Founding a mission-driven company that truly helps people with their health needs. From being diagnosed with ADHD in middle school to undergoing spinal surgery, Hudson has faced his fair share of health challenges. Tune in to learn all about his captivating entrepreneurial journ…
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Braughm Ricke of Aduro Advisors - building a fund administration business
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode features an enabler of the micro VC movement who has now scaled his business into one of the industry’s larger fund administrators. Braughm Ricke is the Founder and CEO of Aduro Advisors, a leading fund administrator that has carved out a sterling reputation in the VC world. He's grow…
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Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 9: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital, and Haig Ariyan, CEO of Arax Investment Partners
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Welcome to the 9th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the a…
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Yieldstreet's Michael Weisz on unlocking access to alternatives
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with a fintech founder who has scaled one of the larger private markets investing platforms for individual investors. Michael Weisz is the Founder and CEO of Yieldstreet, a leading private markets investing platform, with more than 450K members and $3.9B invested (as of October 202…
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Steve Case, Chairman & CEO of Revolution and Co-Founder of America Online, on revolutionizing the world on purpose with passion
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode with an internet legend provides an illuminating window into how the past can help inform us about the future. Steve Case is a pioneer and a visionary. He built one of the foundational companies of the internet, AOL, that brought America and the world online. As one of America’s best-…
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Hamilton Lane's Griff Norville on how private markets are moving from the Stone Age to the digital age
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode takes us into the world of technology with an expert in private markets tech. Griff Norville is a Managing Director and Head of Technology Solutions at Hamilton Lane, the $903B AUM (*Inclusive of $120.2B in discretionary assets under management and $782.9B in non-discretionary assets …
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Lessons from a leading operator: Growing ECi Software Solutions to $500M revenue and $200M EBITDA with Net Health CEO & Carlyle Operating Partner Ron Books
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we have the operator’s view on the show. We bring in someone who rose up the ranks of a private equity-backed software company to be CEO of that company — ECi Software Solutions — that now generates over $500M in revenue and $200M in EBITDA. We welcome Ron Books, now an Operating Partner at Car…
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Widening the Wealth Circle for Women with Allegra Moet Brantley, Founder and CEO of Factora
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Description: Joining the show today is Allegra Moet Brantley, the Founder and CEO of Factora. This women-led personal finances company is on a mission to lead one million women to $1 million in wealth. Today she shares her journey from building her first company to becoming a salary negotiation coach to leading partnerships and marketing at Financi…
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Blue Owl Capital's Global Private Wealth President & CEO Sean Connor on working with the wealth channel
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode takes us inside the world of wealth from the perspective of one of the industry’s largest alternative asset managers. We are joined by Sean Connor, President & CEO, Global Private Wealth at Blue Owl Capital, a firm with over $160B in AUM. Sean highlighted a number of key insights for …
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Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 8: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
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Welcome to the 8th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the a…
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Blackstone Chief Technology Officer John Stecher on how technology is transforming private markets
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode takes us inside the mind of a tech titan who is at the forefront of shaping the market structure evolution in private markets. John Stecher is the Chief Technology Officer at Blackstone. He’s responsible for all aspects of technology across the firm and advises the firm’s investment t…
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Chris Long on building $29B credit investment firm Palmer Square and a winning NWSL soccer team, KC Current
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we have an incredible discussion that spans the world of private credit and the growth of women’s sports - and how those two topics intersect in the guest’s daily life. Chris Long founded Palmer Square Capital Management, an approximately $29B+ asset manager focused on corporate and structured …
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Stories from building Blackstone, Airbnb, and private markets with Laurence Tosi of WestCap
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“The room where it happens … No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens But no one else is in the room where it happens … When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game.” Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podc…
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$28B Sanctuary Wealth on working with the wealth channel
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives deep into one of the fastest growing independent wealth platforms in the US — Sanctuary Wealth — and how alternatives is a major ingredient to the growth of their firm and the RIA space more broadly. We have Sanctuary’s MD and Head of Alternative Investments, Patrick McGowan, an…
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Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 7: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
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Welcome to the 7th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here's the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the a…
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[Repost] The 10X Podcast - How Everyday Investors Can Access Blackstone, Apollo, and KKR?
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A few weeks ago, the tables were turned and I sat down with David Weisburd of the 10X Capital Podcast to talk about the ongoing transformation of private markets. The wealth channel is becoming a centerpiece of the LP universe. Every alternative asset manager either has — or has to have — a strategy for working with the wealth channel in today’s pr…
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Building a $3B real estate hospitality investment platform with Carlos Rodriguez Jr. of Driftwood Capital
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s episode, we travel around the world of hospitality investing. We talk with Carlos Rodriguez Jr., the Founder, President, and COO of Driftwood Capital, one of the US’s leading hospitality sponsors with over $3B in hospitality assets under management. They’ve found a way to do both the tradi…
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J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Tyler Jayroe on how one of the world's largest financial institutions approaches private equity
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we welcome a senior member of the team at the world’s 3rd largest alternatives manager. Tyler Jayroe is a MD and Portfolio Manager in the Private Equity Group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, which manages over $2.4 trillion of assets on behalf of a diverse group of global institutio…
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Stride VC's Fred Destin on how to build trust in a competitive, chaotic world
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we welcome a long-time VC investor who brings the perspective from both sides of the pond. Fred Destin, the founder of Stride VC, a seed fund operating out of London and currently investing out of its second £123M fund, shares his views on the venture capital industry. Prior to Strid…
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Turnarounds, Transformations, and Taking Charge with Mary van Praag, Global CEO at Milani Cosmetics
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Description: Mary van Praag joins us today to talk about how she became Global CEO of Milani Cosmetics, a 20-year-old company built on the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to own and enjoy luxury beauty. From her entrepreneurial pursuits in high school to her first CEO role at Perricone MD, Mary tells us about her remarkable career …
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Master of micro VC, Chris Douvos of Ahoy Capital, on why there's always room for a Bugatti in a market full of Fords and Toyotas
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we welcome a veteran of venture, a champion of portfolio concentration, a master of micro VC. Chris Douvos has taken a mosaic of experiences as an allocator at both endowments and funds that worked on behalf of institutional investors to found Ahoy Capital in 2018, an intentionally r…
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Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 6: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
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Welcome to the 6th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the a…
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Connection, Community and Conversation with Julie Rice, Co-Founder and CEO of Peoplehood
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Description: Today’s guest fell into entrepreneurship when she started to create experiences with her own needs in mind. Julie Rice is the Co-Founder and CEO of Peoplehood, where she facilitates deep conversation and connection to develop ‘relationship fitness’. During this episode, she shares her childhood passion for theatre, talks about the star…
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Behind the Frames with Nathan Kondamuri, Co-Founder and CEO of Pair Eyewear
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Description: Nathan Kondamuri didn’t know that he wanted to start a business until the pieces fell together, and he co-founded the highly customizable Pair Eyewear, where he now acts as CEO. He joins us today to share the story of how his little brother inspired him to start Pair, how he scaled his customer experience team to over 100 members, and …
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Wrinkles and Wins with Courtney Toll, Co-Founder and CEO of Nori
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Description: Joining us today to share her entrepreneurial story is Courtney Toll, co-founder and CEO of Nori, an innovative company in the ironing and steaming market. Tuning in, you’ll hear about her remarkable journey, from coming up with the idea for Nori (which is iron spelled backward!) in her cramped New York apartment to raising money in th…
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Travel Inspiration for Makeup Innovation with Fiona Chan, Founder & CEO of Youthforia
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Description: Joining the show today is Fiona Chan, the Founder and CEO of Youthforia, a beauty brand creating innovative makeup that acts as a part of your skincare routine. Join us as she shares her story of starting a business during the pandemic, self-funding before finding Shark Tank support, and much more! Exclusive Deals from Our Sponsors: AW…
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Making it Rain, One Square at a Time with Jake Karls, Co-Founder and Chief Rainmaker of Mid-Day Squares
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Description: As an entrepreneur, it can be tempting to try to master every aspect of the business, but today’s guest is proof that playing to your strengths and finding a partner with complementary skills is a winning formula. Jake Karls is the Co-Founder and Chief Rainmaker of Mid-Day Squares, a chocolate company geared to revolutionizing the snac…
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