Best Maggie Stamets Podcasts (2024)

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Maybe startups can fix higher education with Tade Oyerinde from Campus 32:46

1h ago32:46

32:46

The higher education system isn’t working. Students pay way too much, professors don’t get paid enough, and many community college students that aspire to go on to get a Bachelor's degree aren't able to. But one startup thinks they have the solution. Today Becca is talking with Tade Oyerinde, the CEO and founder of Campus, a fully accredited online…

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Why AI companies should want regulation now with Helen Toner 18:35

4d ago18:35

18:35

What is the right way to regulate AI? There appears to be as many different answers to that as there are regulators. In this week's episode of Found, we're bringing you a live interview from TechCrunch's recent Strictly VC event. Becca Szkutak talked with Helen Toner, the director of strategy and foundational research grants from the Center of Secu…

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What makes MasterClass work? with David Rogier from MasterClass (re-release) 42:36

15d ago42:36

42:36

Today on Found, we’re talking to David Rogier, the CEO and founder of Masterclass, a streaming platform where you can learn from the world’s experts on a variety of topics, from baking to screen writing to developing empathy. Before David launched MasterClass, he worked as a VC. Through his connections there received a $500,000 seed round before he…

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Making DTC western wear work with Paul Hedrick from Tecovas 46:50

23d ago46:50

46:50

It probably doesn’t come as too big of a surprise that cowboy boots aren’t typically sold online. So where is the modern cowboy supposed to shop? This week we’re talking to a founder who carved out a DTC market for western wear. Paul Hedrick, the founder of Tecovas, joins Dom and Becca to discuss the marketing strategy they came up with to change t…

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Policy is crucial to spread the AI wealth with Steve Case from AOL and Revolution Ventures 20:35

29d ago20:35

20:35

This week on Found, we have an interview from TechCrunch's Strictly VC event in DC. Becca sat down with Steve Case, the founder of AOL to discuss policy, innovation, and AI. Case, now the founder of Revolution Ventures, told the live audience that open access not only helped his company back in the 90s but is also why the internet was able to progr…

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Creating cookware that won't poison you with Jordan Nathan 37:35

1M ago37:35

37:35

Many pots and pans on the market are coated in teflon, a poisonous chemical that can be harmful when it gets too hot. Luckily, there is an answer on the market — Caraway, a home goods brand that touts itself as being non-toxic but still high quality. Jordan Nathan founded the company after his own experience with Teflon poisoning that left him sear…

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DTC lawn care that’s good for the planet with Coulter Lewis from Sunday 45:33

1M ago45:33

45:33

There is estimated to be 40 million acres of lawn or turf grass in the U.S., making the grass in people's backyards one of the largest crops in the U.S. and yet lawn care products are full of harmful chemicals. So Coulter Lewis decided to start a sustainable lawn care company that will help people learn how to care for their grass in a way that’s g…

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AI that actually makes your job easier with Arvind Jain from Glean 38:02

2M ago38:02

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When someone starts two incredibly successful enterprise companies, they must really understand the issues enterprises face and how to solve them. This week on Found, Becca and Dom talk with Arvind Jain, the CEO and co-founder of Glean, an AI-powered work assistant that connects and understands enterprise knowledge. The idea for Glean was born out …

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Creating the 'food as medicine' category with Ashley Tyrner from FarmboxRX 39:26

2M ago39:26

39:26

Food is medicine. This week’s guest on Found is Ashely Tyrner, the CEO and founder of FarmboxRx which helps their customers manage their chronic diseases through bespoke grocery boxes In this episode, Becca, Dom, and Ashley get into the logistics of delivering fresh produce to their member and how they have become profitable while accepting SNAP/EB…

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Why a16z-backed Wonderschool is acquiring EarlyDay (Equity Interview) 33:43

2M ago33:43

33:43

This week we're bringing you a conversation from our friends over at Equity. Alex Wilhelm caught up with EarlyDay’s two former CEOs, Emma Harris and Melissa Tran, and their new boss, Chris Bennett at Wonderschool, to chat through the deal, what’s ahead for their sector, and more. Wonderschool is a startup that works with individuals and local gover…

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Developing the “male IUD” with Kevin Eisenfrats from Contraline 41:38

2M ago41:38

41:38

Clinical trials are ongoing for the first long-lasting, reversible male birth control which is the first innovation in male birth control since the vasectomy hit the scene in 1897. This week’s Found guest is Kevin Eisenfrats, the co-founder and CEO of Contraline, a biotech company developing innovative methods to use hydrogel as a contraceptive. Co…

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How Midi raised millions for a menopause-focused platform with Joanna Strober from Midi 32:34

3M ago32:34

32:34

Most OBGYNs are not specifically trained in menopause, which means that women are left to suffer through their symptoms on their own. This week’s guest on Found is looking to change that. Joanna Strober is the CEO and founder of Midi, a virtual healthcare platform built specifically for women in midlife staffed with healthcare providers specificall…

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Bringing down sky scrapers' sky-high carbon footprint with Joselyn Lai from Bedrock 44:27

3M ago44:27

44:27

Most skyscrapers have sky-high carbon footprints due mostly to inefficient methods of heating and cooling. Today’s guest, Joselyn Lai is the co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Energy, a company that works with buildings to install geothermal systems. They have developed a system to drill the exact amount of boreholes at the precise depth needed to creat…

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Building EV charging infrastructure that lasts with Louis Tremblay from FLO 43:57

3M ago43:57

43:57

In order to get drivers to convert from gas-powered cars to electric, there needs to be reliable charging infrastructure. Today on Found, Dom and Becca are joined by Louis Tremblay, the CEO and founder of FLO, a company that manufactures electric vehicle charging stations and has been creating charging infrastructure in the US and Canada for the la…

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Giving old wood new life with Ben Christensen from Cambium 43:33

3M ago43:33

43:33

If you’re not in construction or in the middle of a renovation, you might not think much about wood waste but in 2018 alone landfills in the US received 12.2 million tons of wood. Most of this is useful material that could be reused, but the lack of infrastructure means the wasted wood can't always reach the developers, woodworkers, and creators wh…

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Making healthy food accessible to everyone with Nick Green from Thrive Market 46:37

4M ago46:37

46:37

Between the rising cost of groceries and the all too common food desert, access to healthy and affordable food in America is getting harder to find. Today’s guest, Nick Green is the co-founder and CEO of Thrive Market, a membership-based online grocery store that focuses on natural and organic food and household products. Thrive Market isn’t just f…

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Space and Time wants to help LLMs and AI agents get on-chain (w/ Scott Dykstra) 36:26

4M ago36:26

36:26

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Scott Dykstra, CTO and co-founder of Space and Time. Before diving into web3, Scott spent almost 8 years at the cloud analytics and data platform Teradata and throughout the years he held roles of senior architect, director of cloud solutions and worked his way up to VP of the firm’s global cloud. As f…

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Only AI can prevent forest fires with Allison Wolff from Vibrant Planet 42:44

4M ago42:44

42:44

Every wildfire season seems to be getting more intense than the last but today’s guest is here to tell us that wildfires actually have a good side. Today on Found, we’re joined by Allison Wolff, the co-founder and CEO of Vibrant Planet, a cloud-based planning and monitoring tool for adaptive land management. Wolff discusses why the wildfires we’re …

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Whoever rules the data rules the world (w/ Tegan Kline) 24:21

4M ago24:21

24:21

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Tegan Kline, the CEO and co-founder of Edge & Node. The company is focused on creating and supporting decentralized applications, or dApps, and protocols. It was also the initial team behind The Graph, an indexing and query protocol, or what some have referred to as the Google of Web3, which aims to or…

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Finding longevity in Fintech with Eric Glyman from Ramp 38:18

4M ago38:18

38:18

Of all the work tasks you could automate with AI, submitting expenses would probably be high on the list. Today on Found, we’re talking to Eric Glyman, the CEO and cofounder of Ramp, a spend management platform that is building AI tools to make financial workflows easier for employees and employers. In this episode they talk about what Glyman and h…

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Blockchain tech is working to combat AI-based deepfakes (w/ Melody Hildebrandt and Mike Blank) 35:33

4M ago35:33

35:33

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Melody Hildebrandt, CTO of Fox Corporation and Mike Blank, COO at Polygon Labs. Why these two companies? Well, Polygon Labs, the layer-2 blockchain focused on scaling Ethereum, and Fox Corporation, the well-known media conglomerate, joined forces in January to tackle deepfakes as artificial intelligenc…

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Training AI-powered recycling robots with Rebecca Hu from Glacier 46:10

4M ago46:10

46:10

Recycling is one facet to solving the climate crisis, but most of us are doing it wrong. Today on Found, Becca and Dom are talking with Rebeca Hu, the CEO and cofounder of Glacier, an AI robotics company that is building robots to accurately sort recycling. They talk about how many of us are wish-cylers who hopefully throw non-recyclables into the …

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Blockchain could be the answer to getting AI artists paid (w/ Dee Goens) 40:48

4M ago40:48

40:48

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Dee Goens, the co-founder of Zora. Zora is a platform and protocol that helps developers and creators bring their ideas on chain and on Ethereum through an open and shared environment. The platform has minted over 4 million NFTs, has over $300 million in secondary sales and about 1 million unique colle…

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AI could be the solution for bureaucracy with Emilie Poteat from Advocate 41:16

4M ago41:16

41:16

Applying for government benefits is a slow, tedious process that often leaves applicants in limbo for several months. Advocate looks to help. Today on Found Becca and Dom are talking with Advocate’s founder Emilie Poteat, the company that helps Americans engage with federal benefits programs through its technology-enabled services platform. In this…

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Looking back on the NFT marketplace Magic Eden (w/ Jack Lu) 26:38

4M ago26:38

26:38

For this week’s episode, we’re resharing a conversation I had in June 2023 with Jack Lu, CEO and co-founder of Magic Eden. When we recorded this episode, NFT sales were down around $640 million at the beginning of the month, compared to today where February 2023 NFT sales volume hit $1 billion, for the first time since February 2023. Looking back o…

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Building in the DTC hayday with Ariel Kaye from Parachute 33:42

5M ago33:42

33:42

Do you know what brand your bedsheets are? Probably not. Today’s guest Ariel Kaye has been working to change that with Parachute, a DTC bedding and home goods company. Kaye started Parachute in 2013—the hayday of DTC brands. She joins Dom to talk about what it was like building as a solo founder while she’s established a well-known brand and expand…

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Starbucks Odyssey’s community lead expects NFT brand building to expand this year (w/ Steve Kaczynski) 37:17

5M ago37:17

37:17

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Steve Kaczynski, co-author of the book “The Everything Token,” and co-host of a web3 morning show Coffee with Captain. He also co-authored the first Harvard Business Review article about NFTs and outside of that, he consults with agencies and brands about building their web3 strategies including his ro…

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Bringing the wedding industry into the 21st century with Shan-Lyn Ma of Zola 47:12

5M ago47:12

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This episodes dives into the massive web of the wedding industry with Shan-Lyn Ma, the co-founder and CEO of Zola. Ma talked about why she decided to launch the business after trying to buy a gift for a friend and realizing that wedding registries were still living in the past. Ma spoke about how the company navigated changes in the digital and com…

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Web3 brands and NFTs are on a global race for adoption (w/ Yat Siu) 48:49

5M ago48:49

48:49

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands. Yat co-founded Animoca in 2014 and since then it has invested in over 400 web3 projects across a range of sectors like DeFi, education, infrastructure, blockchain gaming and the metaverse. Animoca also has its own NFT collections, blockchain…

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Closing the talent gap and mitigating bias in hiring with Tigran Sloyan from CodeSignal 49:51

5M ago49:51

49:51

Is it time for the resume’s reign to come to an end? Tigran Sloyan is the co-founder and CEO of CodeSignal, a skills assessment platform used by many tech companies to hire engineers based on their engineering chops rather than their keyword-packed resumes. In this episode, Becca, Dom, and Tigran talk about how traditional resume-based hiring perpe…

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OpenSea’s CEO sees greater opportunity for NFT use cases to grow (w/ Devin Finzer) 32:07

5M ago32:07

32:07

This year, Chain Reaction is doing monthly series diving into different topics and themes in crypto. To start things off, this month we’re focusing on NFTs. For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Devin Finzer, the CEO of NFT marketplace OpenSea. He co-founded OpenSea in 2017 and it quickly climbed to become one of the most well known – and …

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SEC Commissioner sees a need for a new Token Safe Harbor Proposal (w/ Hester Peirce) 34:30

5M ago34:30

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This week we have a bonus episode with Hester Peirce, commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Jacquelyn moderated a fireside chat with Commissioner Peirce at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business alongside Eddie Cullen, a former candidate for New York City Mayor in 2021 and co-founder and CEO of Crescite Innovati…

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Bootstrapping until the business finds a home with Beatrice Dixon from The Honey Pot 45:25

5M ago45:25

45:25

Not many businesses start with a seemingly incurable case of Bacterial Vaginosis but today’s guest, Beatrice Dixon, found a company and a cure all in one. The Honey Pot is a plant-based vaginal wellness brand that was co-founded by Beatrice after she launched by selling her products at hair shows. On today’s episode, she tells Becca and Dom how tho…

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Read Write Own this episode with a16z’s crypto partner (w/ Chris Dixon) 44:49

6M ago44:49

44:49

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Chris Dixon, general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Chris has been at the firm since 2012 and founded and leads a16z’s crypto team, which invests in the web3 world through four mega-funds with over $7 billion under management. He’s also an author of the recently released bo…

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Navigating media's ups and downs with theSkimm co-founders 32:19

6M ago32:19

32:19

It’s hard to remember a time when newsletters weren’t flooding every inbox but today’s guests were on the forefront of bringing easily digestible news directly to their audience. Today on Found, Becca is joined by Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm which is a digital media company, dedicated to succinctly giving …

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Bonus Episode: Worldcoin is going on a race to billions of users “as fast” as it can (w/ Alex Blania) 18:49

6M ago18:49

18:49

This is a bonus episode, where Jacquelyn interviewed Alex Blania, CEO and co-founder of Tools for Humanity, in a fireside chat at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco. The startup was co-founded by Alex, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Max Novendstern. To date, it has raised about $250 million from investors like a16z, Bain Capital Crypto and others. It is …

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Solana Mobile is just getting started (w/ Anatoly Yakovenko) 27:47

6M ago27:47

27:47

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, the technology company that aims to help grow the ecosystem for the layer-1 blockchain Solana. The conversation focused on Solana Mobile and its flagship web3 Android smartphone, Saga, which sold out in mid-December, as well as its new phone, Chapter 2 – wh…

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Where gut health meets hypergrowth with Ben Goodwin from Olipop 43:15

6M ago43:15

43:15

Gut health might be having a moment on TikTok but Ben Goodwin the co-founder and CEO of Olipop knows first hand the monumental impact a healthy microbiome can have on your mental and physical health. Today on Found. Becca and Dom are joined by Ben to talk about how he led the gut-healthy soda brand to amass $200 million in gross sales just five yea…

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Ripple president talks XRP Ledger, SEC suits, and 2024 plans (w/ Monica Long) 23:49

6M ago23:49

23:49

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Monica Long, the president of Ripple, a blockchain-based digital payment network and protocol. Monica has spent the last 10 years at Ripple, working her way up from the director of communications to now, president. Ripple has been around since 2012 and is one of the oldest crypto entities. In recent ye…

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Taking a DTC brand to IRL stores with Gabi Lewis from Magic Spoon 43:06

6M ago43:06

43:06

Grab your spoon and a carton of milk because today on Found we’re talking to Magic Spoon co-founder and CEO Gabi Lewis. Magic Spoon creates cereal flavors that play on our nostalgia for Fruit Loops and Cocoa Puffs with a grown-up high-protein twist. Dom and Becca talk with Gabi about how he and his co-founder prioritized product-market fit and foun…

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Bitcoin spot ETFs has been approved in the U.S. (w/ Michael Sonnenshein) 20:53

6M ago20:53

20:53

For this week’s bonus episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Michael Sonnenshein, the CEO at Grayscale Investments. Grayscale is a digital asset investment firm that aims to provide products and services to institutional and individual investors, it is well known for its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and now, its new bitcoin spot ETF product. The company …

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Lessons from 20 years in the language learning business with Markus Witte from Babbel 37:34

6M ago37:34

37:34

On today’s episode of Found, Dom and Becca talk to Markus Witte, co-founder of Babbel, a language learning app that had been operating since 2007. Babbel has become one of the most prominent language-learning apps but their first product was essentially just a vocab game and they quickly discovered that a multi-modal way of learning will always be …

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All roads seem to be leading to a U.S. spot bitcoin ETF approval soon (w/ Fred Thiel) 22:05

6M ago22:05

22:05

For this week’s news episode, Jacquelyn dove back into the latest developments on spot bitcoin ETF applications in the U.S. as anticipation builds. Fred Thiel, the CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings, a digital asset technology company and largest publicly traded bitcoin mining firm, joined to help break down the latest developments on spot bitcoin ET…

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Scaling the freemium model with Alex Zaccaria from Linktree 28:43

7M ago28:43

28:43

This week Found is going down under. New Zealand-based TechCrunch reporter Rebecca Bellan talked with Alex Zaccaria the co-founder and CEO of Linktree about how they've scaled the freemium model to grow the social media reference landing page startup. Alex also talked about the challenges and benefits of fundraising internationally, the upside to r…

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You should join a crypto social club w/ Boys Club co-founders (re-release) 33:16

7M ago33:16

33:16

Welcome to a re-released episode of of Chain Reaction, a podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news in crypto with some of the biggest names in the industry to break things down block by block for the crypto curious. For this week’s episode, we're remixing an episode from earlier this year. Jacquelyn interviewed Dean…

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What we learned form a year of talking to founders 26:25

7M ago26:25

26:25

Welcome to a very special host-only episode of Found. Dom and Becca are breaking down 2023 in startups by looking back on some of our favorite conversations and looking forward to predict some startup trends in 2024. They talked about innovative climate tech companies, AI ethics and fundraising, building good founder relationships, and what next ye…

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Algorand foundation CEO sees tokenization as key sector to scale crypto (w/ Staci Warden) 28:41

7M ago28:41

28:41

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Staci Warden, the CEO of the Algorand Foundation, the organization behind the layer-1 blockchain Algorand. Previously, Warden worked at the Milken Institute and oversaw initiatives relating to capital market development, FinTech financial inclusion, cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Before that she was …

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Making justice more accessible with Charlie Hernandez from My Pocket Lawyer 43:10

7M ago43:10

43:10

This week’s episode is focused on Charlie Hernandez and his journey of building My Pocket Lawyer, an online platform that is meant to democratize access to legal advice and guidance for those that might not be able to afford a lawyer. Hernandez talked about why he decided to put his law degree to use to tackle this problem. He also talked about: Ho…

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Robinhood’s still on a quest to make crypto mainstream (w/ Johann Kerbrat) 23:51

7M ago23:51

23:51

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Johann Kerbrat, the general manager of crypto at Robinhood. Johann is leading the application's effort to expand its crypto exchange business and make digital assets more accessible to retail investors. Before joining Robinhood, Johann was an engineer at Airbnb and was the head of engineering at Uber a…

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Crowdfunding a cleaner mobile power solution with James Wagoner form Joule Case 39:43

7M ago39:43

39:43

This episode centers on James Wagoner, the co-founder and CEO of Joule Case, a startup that is creating a cleaner alternative to diesel generators. Wagoner talked about his journey to launching the company after the first company he, and his co-founder, started didn't survive the 2008 financial crisis. He also talked about: Why they chose to raise …

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