Best Short Fuse Podcasts (2024)

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LP Unlocked shorts: What We're Hearing about Venture Liquidity with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter 25:00

7d ago25:00

25:00

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Today we have another version of Venture Unlocked shorts, and this time it will be focused on topics within the GP/LP world. Joining me again is Meghan Reynolds, who leads capital formation at Altimeter Capital. This time we disc…

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What's happening at the seed stage? Featuring Jenny Fielding, Kirby Winfield, and Nate Williams 45:14

16d ago45:14

45:14

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week we're doing another special roundtable discussion with a focus on the seed stage market. Joining us are Jenny Fielding of Everywhere Ventures, Kirby Winfield of Ascend, and Nate Williams of UNION Labs. This whole conver…

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What Is A Short In An Electrical Circuit? And What Can Occur In The Instance Of A Short? 3:30

26d ago3:30

3:30

"The one part of the circuit is touching another part and that causes the circuit breaker to trip.." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert Jim Klauck, A.K.A. Check A Pro Joe asked electrical expert, Gareth Kelly from Dream Team Plumbing, Heating, Electrical & Cooling to join him on Check A Pro Radio Show today to answer this question: "What Is A Shor…

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The Craft of Venture Capital with David Sacks 55:44

1M ago55:44

55:44

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We are thrilled to bring you a conversation with David Sacks, Founder and Partner of Craft Ventures. Based in San Francisco, Craft was founded in 2017 and currently has over 3 billion in assets under management. Across the last t…

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Adam Bain of 01 Advisors on scaling Twitter from 0 to $1B+, being coached by Bill Campbell, and why they don't take board seats 48:28

1M ago48:28

48:28

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week we are pleased to be joined by Adam Bain of 01 Advisors, a San Francisco-based firm with nearly $1 billion under management. Adam and his partners, including Dick Costolo, have taken a very different approach to the ven…

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Mitchell Green of Lead Edge Capital on the Moneyball approach to investing, the art of effective cold calling, and managing 700+ strategic LPs 42:04

2M ago42:04

42:04

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We have a conversation with Mitchell Green, Founder and Managing Partner at Lead Edge Capital. With offices in New York and Santa Barbara, the firm has over $5B in Assets under management and specializes in helping growth-stage c…

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Why Is It Important To Conduct A Bi-Annual HVAC Inspection? 5:24

2M ago5:24

5:24

"Yes,it's definitely important to conduct your semi - annual maintenance on your air conditioning and heating system." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert Today, on the Check A Pro Radio Show, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe to help us answer homeowner's questions. Check A Pro Joe received a question from a r…

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Limited Partner Unlocked shorts: What we're Hearing from LPs with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter 25:11

2M ago25:11

25:11

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Today we have another version of Venture Unlocked shorts, and this time it will be focused on topics within the GP/LP world. Joining me for this around-the-water-cooler recurring series is Meghan Reynolds, who leads capital forma…

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Khosla Venture's Samir Kaul on building an iconic, durable firm, and the role of non-consensus decision making 42:08

2M ago42:08

42:08

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We have a conversation with Samir Kaul from Khosla Ventures. Founded in 2004, Khosla is one of the largest and most well-known venture capital firms in the world and led by legendary investor and entrepreneur Vinod Khosla. The fi…

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Venture Unlocked Shorts: Looking back the era of Unicorns and what's ahead? 25:46

3M ago25:46

25:46

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This is our second episode of Venture Unlocked Shorts where we highlight a specific point of view of our guest. These points of view may come through a tweet, an article, or an offline conversation, and our goal is to unpack thes…

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Venture Unlocked Shorts: Why VC has gone mainstream and the parallels to private equity and hedge funds 19:05

3M ago19:05

19:05

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. As we continue to grow Venture Unlocked, we are now going to release short conversations highlighting a specific point of view of our guest. These points of views may come through a tweet, an article, or conversation, and our goa…

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The opportunity outside of Silicon Valley and how to build a strategic LP base with Brendan Wales and Kellan Carter of FUSE 46:01

3M ago46:01

46:01

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We are excited to bring on Brendan Wales and Kellan Carter, Co-Founders and GPs of FUSE. Founded in 2020 with a thesis centered around the growth of the Pacific Northwest ecosystem, a geography both of our guests know well. With …

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What Is The Difference Between Electrical Fuses and Breakers? 3:30

4M ago3:30

3:30

"So one of the biggest things for a customer is once the fuse is gone it's not fixable it's done we have to go and buy a new fuse with circuit breaker we can reset it and turn the circuit breaker back on again." - Gareth Kelly Check A Pro Joe asked Gareth Kelly from Dream Team Plumbing, Heating, Electrical & Cooling to join him on Check A Pro Radio…

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Gareth Kelly, Owner Of Dream Team Explains His Why And Why He Loves To Serve 4:20

4M ago4:20

4:20

"We believe it's our duty to tell the customer that their system is not efficient or it's not safe or it could be safer that's our duty." - Gareth Kelly Gareth Kelly from Dream Team Plumbing, Heating, Electrical & Cooling joins Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Gareth explains his Why. Why he serves his customers and his employees. Check out this ep…

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Meet The Expert Series: Matt Trotter of Stifel Bank on the state of the venture debt market, and how investors & startups should approach the credit markets today 38:56

4M ago38:56

38:56

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. On this special meet the expert episode, we are discussing the venture debt market with Matt Trotter, a Managing director within Stifel Bank’s Venture division. Stifel Bank was established in St. Louis, MO in 1890 and is an indep…

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Pejman Nozad of Pear on building a $800MM+ AUM firm as an immigrant who sold Persian rugs before going into VC 47:55

4M ago47:55

47:55

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week we are thrilled to be joined by Pejman Nozad, Co-Founder and GP of Pear VC. Founded in 2013, Pear has scaled to over $800MM in AUM with a powerful engine to help early-stage companies. As many regular listeners of the s…

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Paul Kwan of General Catalyst on the importance of innovation in creating global resilience 41:54

5M ago41:54

41:54

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We're excited to welcome Paul Kwan, Managing Director at General Catalyst (GC). Established in 2000, the firm currently has just under $25 billion in assets under management. GC has made a significant mark in the venture capital …

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The Chainsmokers' Alex Pall in crossing over from a grammy nominated group in the music industry to starting Mantis VC 48:33

5M ago48:33

48:33

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We're thrilled to have Alex Pall, general partner at Mantis VC, a seed and an early stage fund based in LA. Alex is a great example of someone who has made a significant crossover from another industry—he is one half of the award…

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Brad Gerstner talks AI, Tech Super cycles vs. Market cycles, and the start of Altimeter as a $3MM fund 56:03

6M ago56:03

56:03

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We're thrilled to bring on Brad Gerstner, Founder and CEO of Altimeter Capital. Altimeter was first founded in 2008 during the GFC with an initial fund of only $3 Million which Brad raised from friends and family. Today the firm …

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Going back to the foundation of Kleiner Perkins with Mamoon Hamid through clear busines model focus and culture 46:01

6M ago46:01

46:01

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We are excited to bring you our latest episode with Mamoon Hamid, Partner at Kleiner Perkins. As many know, Kleiner Perkins, founded over 50 years ago is one of the most storied franchises in the history of venture capital, havin…

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How Can I Be Most Comfortable In My Home With My Heating and Air Conditioning System? 0:33

6M ago0:33

0:33

Episode 19 On the Check A Pro Radio Show today, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe to help us answer homeowner's questions. Check A Pro Joe received a question from a radio show listener - "How Can I Be Comfortable in My Home?" For more information about Dream Team & in Media, PA - log on to www.checkapro.com. V…

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Special LP roundtable: What are LPs thinking about in Venture with Beezer Clarkson, Guy Perelmuter and Chris Douvos 50:24

6M ago50:24

50:24

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We're thrilled to bring back three experienced institutional venture LPs with Chris Douvos of Ahoy Capital, Beezer Clarkson of Sapphire Partners, and Guy Perelmuter of GRIDS Capital. When we last convened, it was almost exactly t…

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Building competitive moats in VC at Lerer Hippeau with Ben Lerer and Graham Brown 51:11

7M ago51:11

51:11

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. On this week’s show, we’re excited to have Ben Lerer and Graham Brown, Managing Partners at Lerer Hippeau. The firm was founded in New York in 2010 to back early-stage entrepreneurs. Today the firm manages $1.2B and has invested …

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What Are The Hidden Dangers Of Faulty Outlets? 0:55

7M ago0:55

0:55

Episode 18 On the Check A Pro Radio Show today, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe to help us answer homeowner's questions. Check A Pro Joe received a question from a radio show listener - "What Are The Hidden Dangers Of Faulty Outlets?" You may find the answer not what you expected! Check out this episode of Th…

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Building a next-generation tech-enabled Venture Capital firm with Chris Farmer of SignalFire 49:02

7M ago49:02

49:02

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We're excited to be joined by Chris Farmer, Founder and CEO of SignalFire, a firm that was founded nearly a decade ago with the goal of disrupting the way Venture Capital is done. Unlike traditional VC firms, SignalFire has been …

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What Are The Hidden Dangers With My Electrical System? 0:41

7M ago0:41

0:41

Episode 17 "Damaged wires from pests, or improper installation. We always want to get that looked at." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert On the Check A Pro Radio Show today, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe to help us answer homeowner's questions. Check A Pro Joe received a question from a radio show listene…

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Why Is My Electrical Switch Hot? 3:15

8M ago3:15

3:15

Episode 16 "So if you had a lot of recessed lights or a chandelier with lots of light bulbs or a high wattage fixture, you know, that can overheat the switch but, you have to make sure the switch is rated for the application." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert On the Check A Pro Radio Show today, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck…

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The art of raising from LPs in an economic downturn with Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures 52:10

8M ago52:10

52:10

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Today we’re excited to bring Mark Suster back on the pod. Mark is the managing partner of Upfront and also a frequent contributor of great content for the venture ecosystem through his blog, Both Sides of the Table, which I’d hig…

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Hernan Kazah of Kaszek Ventures on investing in Latin America, learnings from building a public company, and working with founders 56:12

9M ago56:12

56:12

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. On this week’s show, we’re excited to have Hernan Kazah, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kaszek, one of the largest Latin American firms with nine funds under management. The firm launched in 2011 and over time they’ve made ea…

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Do I Need A Backup Generator For My Home? 4:42

9M ago4:42

4:42

Episode 15 "A backup generator is great to have when you need one. I'd like to know my family is protected with a backup generator at my home." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert On the Check A Pro Radio Show today, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe to help us answer homeowner's questions. Check A Pro Joe rece…

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Should I Run A Dedicated Electrical Line To My Appliances? 3:14

9M ago3:14

3:14

Episode 14 "So we have at least two circuits in the kitchen for that. Your stove and your microwave or your hood and your garbage disposals and your dishwasher all require dedicated circuits." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert On the Check A Pro Radio Show today, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe to help us a…

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Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures on strategically raising a fund in a downturn, Why Firms Need a Business Model, and different views on portfolio construction 45:32

9M ago45:32

45:32

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. On this week’s show we’re excited to have Tomasz Tunguz, Founder of newly formed Theory Ventures. Tomasz spent nearly 15 years at Redpoint Ventures, before recently spinning out to start Theory Ventures. Earlier this year, Theory…

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Is A Bigger Air Conditioning Unit Better? 3:50

10M ago3:50

3:50

Episode 13 "Your system is not running for long enough for all the air to move through it and cool it evenly. So you're just dumping cold air." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert Here on the Check A Pro Radio Show today, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe to help us answer homeowner's questions. Check A Pro Joe…

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Sunil Nagaraj of Ubiquity Ventures on the journey of a solo-GP, The Importance of Authenticity, and Navigating Hype Cycles 47:21

10M ago47:21

47:21

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. On this week’s show, I’m thrilled to be joined by Sunil Nagaraj, Founder of Ubiquity Ventures. Sunil started Ubiquity in 2017 to focus on backing technical founders at the pre-seed and seed stages around a thesis he calls “nerdy …

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How Do You Know It’s Time To Replace Your Air Conditioning System? 4:37

11M ago4:37

4:37

Episode 11 "If your air conditioning system is no longer cool on those extreme hot days, you know what I mean? It is not able to keep up with the summer heat." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert On the Check A Pro Radio Show today, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe to help us answer homeowner's questions. Chec…

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Oren Zeev on scaling to $2B+ in AUM as a solo-GP, contrarian investing, and high founder NPS 46:48

11M ago46:48

46:48

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We’re pleased to welcome Oren Zeev, Founding Partner at Zeev Ventures. Without a doubt, Oren is one of the titans in venture investing with nearly 30 years of experience and one of the most unique. Unlike traditional firms that h…

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Stephanie Palmeri and Melody Koh of NextView Ventures on incentives within venture partnerships, the changes in seed financing, and operating remotely 40:18

11M ago40:18

40:18

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We’re joined by Stephanie Palmeri and Melody Koh, Partners at NextView Ventures. Nextview was founded in 2010 and recently raised $200MM for their new set of funds. Located in SF, NY, and Boston, the firm invests all across the U…

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Should I Upgrade To A Smart Thermostat? 4:46

11M ago4:46

4:46

"Smart thermostats start to learn patterns in your home when you come home, what temperature you turn up to or down to. It can tell if your home is occupied or not occupied. Some of the smart stats are even like diagnostic tools for your system." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert On the Check A Pro Radio Show today, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream T…

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Scott Kupor, Managing Partner of a16z on Building a lasting Venture Franchise 47:45

12M ago47:45

47:45

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week we’re joined by Scott Kupor, Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Scott was the first employee of the firm alongside Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. He has been instrumental in the firm’s growth to now having nort…

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How Often Should I Change The Filters In My Air Conditioning System? 3:46

12M ago3:46

3:46

"We recommend they change from one month to three months." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert Today on the Check A Pro Radio Show Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe to help us answer homeowner's questions. Check A Pro Joe received a question from a radio show listener - "How Often Should I Change The Filters in…

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Why Do My Circuit Breakers Trip? 2:40

1y ago2:40

2:40

"It could be a damaged appliance or piece of equipment. It could even be a damaged wire or cord or just some faulty electrical part on your circuit." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert Here on the Check A Pro Radio Show we ask experts such as Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team to help us answer homeowner's questions. Check A Pro Joe (Jim Klauck) re…

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Fundraising best practices for managers, strategic LP management, and LPACs with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter 53:12

1y ago53:12

53:12

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week on the show we’re joined by Meghan Reynolds, partner and head of capital formation at Altimeter. Founded by Brad Gerstner in 2008, Altimeter has backed companies such as Snowflake, Unity, Gusto, and Modern Treasury. Pri…

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Why Do My Lights Flicker? 3:19

1y ago3:19

3:19

"Most people notice a flicker and the lights um because a large load may start up like an ac unit and get a slight flicker in lights. And then another reason is people don't have a surge protector in their panel which would alleviate some of the micro surges and many surges that happen inside your home." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert Our elec…

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Satya Patel and Hunter Walk on learnings from building Homebrew, moving to an evergreen model, and launching Screendoor VC to back underrepresented fund managers 52:06

1y ago52:06

52:06

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. On this week’s show we’re fortunate to be joined by Hunter Walk and Satya Patel, founders of Homebrew, a seed-stage firm founded over a decade ago that’s backed companies such as Chime, AngelList, and Gusto. Just over a year ago,…

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Portfolio construction trends and best practices with CEO Anubhav Srivastava of Tactyc 43:26

1y ago43:26

43:26

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. I started Venture Unlocked to bring more transparency to firm building by bringing on guests whose unique insights and experts could help venture fund managers, limited partners, and founders with their journeys. This week, we ha…

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Should I Be Concerned If My Electrical Outlets Aren’t Working? 3:27

1y ago3:27

3:27

"If we find that the part is worn and has loose connections, then all the parts on that circuit are the same age and probably should be replaced because if one of the stops, the next one could stop later down the road." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert Here at Check A Pro, we have advisors in home service to assist with commonly asked questions …

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Dana Settle on starting and building Greycroft, Maintaining culture and speed with scale, and thoughts on VC moving forward 45:48

1y ago45:48

45:48

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week on the show we’re joined by Dana Settle, Co-Founder of Greycroft. Founded in 2006, Greycroft began with a mission to invest in areas outside of Silicon Valley and specifically in NY and LA. The firm currently has over $…

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Shuly Galili of UpWest on building lasting partnerships and how they bridged the gap between Israeli founders and the US Market 43:26

1y ago43:26

43:26

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week we are joined by Shuly Galili, Founding Partner of UpWest, an early-stage firm founded in 2012 with her partner Gil Ben-Artzy to invest in seed-stage founders from Israel that are seeking to expand into the US market. U…

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Why Are My Light Bulbs Blowing? 5:00

1y ago5:00

5:00

"If you don't have a surge protection on your main panel and your grounding is not correct you get lots of little micro surges every single day." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert Gareth Kelly, an advisor to Jim Klauck, A.K.A. Check A Pro Joe and the Check A Pro Radio Show joins the program today. Check A Pro Joe received a question from a radio …

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What Is A GFCI Outlet? How Can The GFCI Electrical Outlet Help With Safety? 5:15

1y ago5:15

5:15

"They do now make a GFCI outlet with a USB and a USB C built into it so those are right now new on the market so if you've got a kitchen counter that you plug your phone or laptop or something they charge they do now make outlets with USB and USB C." - Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert Gareth Kelly, an advisor to Jim Klauck, A.K.A. Check A Pro Joe …

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