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EP224 Navigating the Landscape of Investment and Entrepreneurship with Martin Tobias
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Martin Tobias: Navigating the Landscape of Investment and Entrepreneurship In the ever-evolving world of investment and entrepreneurship, few voices resonate with the depth of experience and insight quite like that of Martin Tobias. With a career spanning decades and ventures across various industries, Martin brings a wealth of knowledge and a uniq…
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Michael J. Firestone, CFA https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeljfirestone/ Fire Capital Management, LLC is a boutique investment management company that helps people achieve their dreams. We empower our clients to re-imagine what is possible to accomplish with their investments, social impact goals, and family legacy. The firm offers private wealth m…
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Ep 221 Key Insights into Mergers and Acquisitions
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Karen (Kovaleski) Traversi, SHRM-CP https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenmtraversi/ I work with CEOs that are going through transitions or disruptive stages due to M&A activity, growth, upscaling markets or are looking to create value, including start-ups. I am a revenue optimization expert that helps leadership make the right decision for solution & c…
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Tyler Marin, CPA https://www.linkedin.com/in/thinktyler/ Have you ever felt like your business is capable of more but just can't seem to break through to the next level? I'm Tyler, and I turn those "almost there" businesses into flourishing success stories. With more than two decades in finance and entrepreneurship, I specialize in propelling busin…
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Ep 220 Making Millions in Pet Music with Amman Ahmed
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Show notes for Amman Ahmed. Amman Ahmed is a seasoned entrepreneur with a diverse background in e-business, venture-backed startups, and brand building. With a keen eye for identifying market niches and driving business growth, Amman brings a wealth of knowledge to our discussion. Background The Story of "Petflix", a crazy idea born in Manchester a…
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Ep 219 Advisory Boards and Your Company with Louise Broekman
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Board Dynamics and Advisory Roles with Louise Broekman In this episode, we dive deep into the world of corporate governance and advisory boards with esteemed guest Louise Broekman. Louise brings a wealth of experience and insights gained from her extensive career in board advisory roles. Here's a breakdown of the intriguing topics covered in our co…
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Ep218 Better Business Practices with Joe Siecinski
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Show notes Joe Siencinski 2nd interview https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesiecinski/ My passion is mentoring CEOs and Executive Teams who want to be in control of the growth and expansion of their business. My clients develop and grow in confidence, agility, awareness, and leadership essentials. One thing is for sure, they expand their influence, comm…
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Ep 217 Silicon Valley and The Middle East with Fouad Alnazawi and Stephanie Richards
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Ep 217 Silicon Valley and The Middle East with Fouad Alnazawi and Stephanie Richards Guests: Fouad Alnazawi and Stephanie Richards Topic: Exploring the unique challenges and opportunities for startups in Silicon Valley and Saudi Arabia, and how collaboration between these two regions can drive innovation and growth. Intro: Briefly introduce the hos…
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Ep 216 Building Your Tribe, Unleashing the Power of a Startup Wolfpack with Michael Devellano
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Building Your Tribe, Unleashing the Power of a Startup Wolfpack with Michael Devellano Topic: Navigating the entrepreneurial journey, fostering strong communities, and leveraging the power of collaboration. Intro: Introduce Michael and his background in startups, investment, and community building. Highlight his book, "Form Your Pack," as a guide f…
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Ep 215 Building A Business Empire with Adam Coffey
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Show notes for Adam Coffey Bio: CEO, Board Member, Best-Selling Author, and Acclaimed International Speaker, Adam Coffey is a visionary leader who drives transformative growth and fosters high-performance cultures. With 21+ years of experience as CEO, Adam led three national private equity-backed service companies for 9 private equity sponsors. Dur…
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Ep 2014 The Red-Light Green-Light of Decision Making with Paul Epstein
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Paul Epstein, leadership expert, organizational culture guru, and Founder of Purpose Labs. With nearly fifteen years of experience in professional sports management and business coaching, Paul shares his transformative journey and insights with our audience. Career Journey: A brief overview of Paul's career, from his roles in multiple NFL and NBA t…
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Ep 213 Search Fund 101 with Jon Staenberg
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Show notes for Jon Staenberg https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonstaenberg/ The Search Fund Model with Jon Smith Introduction and Career Background Jon shares insights into his career journey leading up to his current role. Understanding Search Funds Definition and historical context of search funds in the business landscape. Risks and Challenges A disc…
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Ep 212 From Lawyer to CEO with Emily Ward
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Shownotes for Emily Ward Join us for an insightful conversation with Emily Ward, Founder and CEO of AlcaCruz, as we explore her remarkable journey from VP and Chief Technology Counsel at eBay to the helm of her own tech startup. Key Questions and Topics: Career Overview: Emily shares a summary of her distinguished career leading up to her current r…
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Ep 211 The Newest Unicorn Company with Andrew Butt
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Shownotes for Andrew Butt Founder & CEO at Enable, creating the Rebate Management software category. Used by manufacturers, distributors and retailers globally to increase earnings. Since 2020 we've grown 15X and raised $275m from top tier investors. My mission is to enable trusted trading relationships that serve customers better together. My visi…
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Ep 210 Venturing into Fintech with Adam Nash
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Show notes for Adam Nash - Adam and the Daffy team are offering all our listeners a free $25 to give to the charity of their choice when they get started with Daffy. Simply use this sign-up link to get started. Adam is a proven advocate for development of products that go beyond utility to delight customers. At Dropbox, he led the teams responsible…
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Ep 209 Selling Share of Private Companies with Ian Leisegang
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Ian Leisegang Co-Founder & Managing Partner at 3SPOKE https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-leisegang-3spoke/ 3SPOKE provides balanced liquidity solutions for the stakeholders of leading growth stage private technology companies. Utilizing an innovative financing structure combining attractive features of debt and equity, we offer individual shareholders…
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Ep 208 Improving One Billion lives with Reaction
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Reaction is a global community and fund invested in solving the toughest global problems. We are a global team who shares a vision for a world where thought leadership and innovation can change more lives in less time. Why now? Because more innovations will be created in more countries and industries over the next decade than in the previous 50 yea…
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Ep 207 Angel Investing in Silicon Valley with Drue Freeman
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Drue Freeman is an Independent Board Director at Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) and is currently serving on the Board of Directors at Sand Hill Angels. The former CEO of the Association for Corporate Growth, Silicon Valley (ACGSV) and a 30-year semiconductor veteran, Drue advises and consults for early-stage startups, multi-billion dollar corporations, …
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Ep 206 The Power of AR/VR plus AI with Jon Li
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Jon Li Over 20 years of entrepreneurial, managerial, and product/UX design experience. Founded 3 companies, built and led teams of over 100 engineers and designers, and shipped over 20 products from mobile phones to cloud services to AI computer vision systems. What are the key benefits and advantages that augmented reality can offer an individual …
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Ep 205 Before and After the Acquisition with Karen Kovaleski
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Shownotes for Karen Traversi Kovaleski, Bio: I have over 20 very successful and rewarding years leading start-up and growth-stage companies in digital and tech industries. My experience spans sales, marketing, human resources, operations, and all aspects of the customer journey. Holding roles ranging from VP GM to VP of Operations to CEO, I have dr…
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Ep 204 The Answer to Blitzscaling with Ron Gutman
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Show notes Ron Gutman Ron Gutman is an inventor, an investor, a serial technology and healthcare entrepreneur and a Stanford University adjunct Professor. Ron has built and invested in technology and healthcare companies that have served hundreds of millions of people and saved tens of thousands of lives worldwide. He's an inventor holding a series…
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Ep 203 Data the Final Frontier with Gunja Gargeshwari
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Show notes for Gunja Gargeshwari Gunja Gargeshwari works as a Chief Revenue Officer at Bright Data, which is a Data Collection & Internet Portals company with an estimated 450 employees; and founded in 2014. They are part of the Sales Executive team within the C-Suite Department and their management level is C-Level. Gunja graduated from Wayne Stat…
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Ep 202 Startup Due Diligence with Zamir Shukho
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Zamir Shukho is the Founder and General Partner of the Vibranium.VC venture fund. With 20 years of professional experience, he has a background as a serial entrepreneur having created 10 companies and organizations. He is also an expert in venture capital, management, and corporate innovation. In addition to this, he is a startup mentor and a certi…
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Ep 201 Your Network is your Net Worth with Drew Sechrist
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Show Notes for Drew Sechrist Drew Sechrist the Co-Founder and CEO, of Connect The Dots. Drew was part of the team that grew Salesforce from $0 to over $1B in revenue. During that time, he was both the #1 sales manager (globally), and the #1 account executive (globally). He helped define best practices for both high volume sales and large enterpri…
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Ep 200 Silicon Valley & Beyond; Celebrating 200 Episodes with Host Shawn Flynn
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Shawn Flynn is a seasoned mid-market investment banker and distinguished Podcast Host. With a rich background as a successful business owner in Beijing, China, Shawn returned to Silicon Valley, where he immersed himself in the dynamic startup ecosystem. He has held diverse roles, from Head of Incubation for an AI and blockchain-focused incubator to…
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Ep199 Uncover the Financial Truth: Knowing the Real Numbers with Elliott Holland
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Show notes for Elliot Holland Errors made in buying a business can be very costly. My clients avoid these mistakes. We provide a better Quality of Earnings for #SMB, #SelfFundedSearcher & #ETA buyers which includes help with tough negotiations during their deal alongside pieces of commercial and operational diligence. How are we different & better?…
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Ep 198 Tech Titans at the ACG 2023 Grow Awards
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Guest interviewed in this episode include: Jay Chaudhry https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaychaudhry/ Seasoned and successful entrepreneur and CEO. Looking for ambitious, driven professionals to join the Zscaler family. Jay Chaudhry is an accomplished entrepreneur, having founded a series of successful companies, including AirDefense, CipherTrust, CoreH…
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Ep 197 From $0 -$20M ARR Without Funding with Guillaume Moubeche
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Show Notes for Guilliame Moubeche CEO of Lemlist Co-Founder and CEO of lemlist. On a mission to help 1,000,000 entrepreneurs to build profitable businesses by 2025. In 3.5 years, we went from $0 to $10 million in ARR at lemlist, 20k+ customers worldwide, without any funding. Guilliame loves SaaS businesses, B2B growth strategies and cool people We …
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Ep 196 Software Profit Streams with Luke Hohmann
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Luke Hohmann I am a four time author, three time founder, a keynote speaker and internationally recognized expert in Agile Software Development. Coming from Silicon Valley, I know how often founders focus on building companies to flip. My passion is building companies that make the world better. At FirstRoot, Inc. our mission is to create the next …
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Ep 195 Aligning the Dots with Philippe Bouissou PHD
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Show notes for Philippe Bouissou, Ph.D TEDx speaker, best-selling book author, growth expert, entrepreneur, CEO, venture capitalist, board member. Three decades in Silicon Valley growing and running businesses. Managing Partner at Blue Dots Partners LLC, a management consulting firm focused on top-line revenue acceleration for companies or business…
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Ep 194 Controlling Your Exit with Todd Sullivan
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Todd Sullivan I specialize in helping my fellow founders create the exits they deserve. My team and I at Exitwise.com help each business owner hire and manage the best team of M&A experts from our global network of industry specialized, investment bankers, M&A attorneys and tax accountants, to minimize the risk of a failed engagement and to maximiz…
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Ep 193 Unlocking Venture Capital With Yash Patel
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Yash Patel joined Telstra Ventures in 2014 and leads TV’s consumer tech investing efforts, with an emphasis on esports/gaming, social media, ecommerce, web3 and SaaS. Yash has sourced and led TV’s investments in BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC), Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP), Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ), Near (Nasdaq: NIR), Mobile Premier League, Super, Omaze, Sleeper, …
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Ep 192 Go Global & Local with David Kaufman
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Show notes David Kaufman David Kaufman is the Director of Global Strategies at Nixon Peabody LLP. In this role, he manages and helps develop strategy for the firm’s International Practice, international offices, and relationships with law firms around the world. David works extensively with clients from the United States doing business around the g…
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Ep 191 Always Innovating Existing Markets with Michael DiManno
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Michael DiManno is the CEO and founder of Samuel Hale, 1 of 70 companies in California approved for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) -- The United Broker’s Insurance Agency, Inc. (TUB), Staff Logical (labor management software). A staffing and insurance industry executive with 30 years of experience, his career has encompassed consulting, finan…
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Ep 190 Generational Wealth with Stephen Lovell
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Show notes for Stephen Lovell On his radio show, The Good Life Made Better, Stephen made complex ideas understandable. Executives and Professionals, wealthy investors, and business owners, want a steady hand to help them choose practical ideas so they can do their work and not worry about their money. Our Mission at Lovell Wealth Management is "to …
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Ep 189 AI and the Human Touch with Tatyana Mamut PHD
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Show Notes for Tatyana Mamut Transformational technology executive who delivers game-changing results by anticipating the future, obsessing over customers and building amazing teams. Humans create the future; technology is a tool. - Board Director and Chair of Comp Committee for NYSE IPO. - Advisor to tech leaders making bold and courageous moves t…
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Ep188 Planning the Exit Before you Purchase with Dan Abbate
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Bio Dan Abbate is an entrepreneur, thought leader, and investor with a career-long focus in business process optimization and automation using advanced technology, organizational development, and continuous improvement. Dan has a heavy transaction background including startup financing, mergers and acquisitions, and turnarounds. As an investor, Dan…
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Ep 187 Private Equity Playbook with Adam Coffey
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Show notes Adam Coffey CEO, Board Member, Best-Selling Author, and Acclaimed International Speaker, Adam Coffey is a visionary leader who drives transformative growth and fosters high-performance cultures. With 21+ years of experience as CEO, Adam led three national private equity-backed service companies for 9 private equity sponsors. During this …
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Ep 186 The Growth of Netflix and more with Arthur Mrozowski
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Show Notes Arthur Mrozoski Successful media entrepreneur and investor with an international track record of building successful technologies, enterprises, and strategic partnerships have resulted in several M&As. His career has been defined by his pioneering new technologies that spearheaded new industries. He started as a software engineer with Me…
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Ep 185 Launching Your Product with Michael Smart
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Show Notes Michael Smart Over 25 years in the information technology and software industry in several executive positions with responsibility for product management, product marketing, development and operations for NASDAQ--traded companies in the internet and software industries. In these roles I have successfully guided the development and launch…
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Ep 184 How to Navigate Escalating Costs with Michael Plesha
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Show notes for Michael Plesha Mike is an accomplished executive business leader with over 20 years of experience in global operations, sales & marketing, strategic planning, and value chain solution design. His strong relationship skills, consulting, and leadership abilities, combined with his broad industry experience, allows him to seamlessly con…
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Ep 183 The Venture Studio Model with Mark McNally
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Show Notes Mark McNally An accomplished and visionary product and marketing executive with broad-based experience scaling companies from startup through multinational establishment. Career includes impressive results as a visionary tech innovator, global business veteran and results oriented operations executive. Led companies from startup through …
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Ep 182 Technology Between Two Great Countries with Marco Sermoneta
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Marco Sermoneta Ambassador Marco Sermoneta is the Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, based in San Francisco. A career diplomat since 1993, he will be building partnerships and coalitions of support for Israel with the people and governments of Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. He plans to focus on s…
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Ep 181 From Bootstrapping to IPO, CEO at Every Stage with Mark McClain
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Mark McClain I’ve been an entrepreneur in the identity management market for more than 20 years, cofounding two companies that have driven innovation in the market. SailPoint (NYSE:SAIL), has built its business on the foundational principle that identity is power. We have been in business for more than 15 years, and the company continues to grow wi…
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Ep 180 Never Say Whatever with Richard Moran
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Possible Show notes for Richard Moran Richard Moran Richard A. Moran is a General Partner at Tonic Bioventures. He is a noted San Francisco based business leader, workplace pundit, bestselling author, consultant and venture capitalist. He is best known for his series of humorous business books beginning with bestselling, Never Confuse a Memo with R…
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Ep 179 Corporate Mergers and Acquistions with Sean Steele
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Sean Steele I build or enable businesses to fulfil their potential impact in the world. I thrive on helping leaders and their teams understand and exceed their own expectations of themselves. I love the process of scaling up businesses and specialise in the $2m-$50m revenue range. I have deep experience in education and services businesses in the A…
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Show Notes Paul Kelly Paul Kelly I love building stuff; businesses, teams, events, partnerships, relationships, and anything with wood. Dynamic and organized, ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines across time zones. Results driven - Navigates well through ambiguity and is adaptable to change. Managed a SF Based brokerage with 20+ agents…
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Ep 177 ChatGPT, Generative AI with Maya Ackerman PH.D
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Shownotes for Maya Acherman PHD Professor Ackerman is a world-renowned researcher in generative AI and CEO/co-founder of WaveAI. A pioneer in the space, Ackerman has been researching generative AI models for text, music and art since 2014. Dr. Ackerman was an early advocate for human-centered generative AI, bringing awareness to the power of AI to …
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Ep176 Companies Orphaned by Traditional VC’s with Arun Mittal
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Arun Bio We founded MBM Capital with one mission: create a new, profitable pathway for founders whose companies are orphaned by traditional VC. Arun has over 20 years of investment, operations and turnaround experience, including at firms such as Shinsei Bank (early employee at JC Flowers / Rippledwood led turnaround), StoneCastle, Klarna and Ledge…
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Ep 175 Lessons from Silicon Valley Panel 4
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Daran Herrman CEO at Goboto | Host of Establishing your Empire with 10+ years of experience in managing online businesses, including managing strategy development, global eCommerce solutions, online marketing & multi-channel retail partnerships for business & consumer market sectors. (2) Daran Herrman | LinkedIn Sam Wong https://www.linkedin.com/in…
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