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Startup Grind is a global community aimed at educating, mentoring, and connecting every entrepreneur in the world, and helping them understand how they can be successful. As part of that goal, we've launched this podcast to give our community another way to access our amazing library of interviews from the world's smartest and most successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders. These interviews are taken from our global series of live events, which are held in more than 250 cities in 100 countries. New episodes will be added twice each week, featuring the best discussions from our past events as well as our latest speakers. For a full list of events, news, videos and more, check out www.StartupGrind.com, and don't forget to subscribe for more great content! Check us out on iTunes: http://bit.ly/1nhHSQH Follow us @StartupGrind Startup Grind is powered by Google for Entrepreneurs.

120 episodes available. A new episode about every 13 days averaging 47 mins duration .

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Gary Vaynerchuk in Hong Kong on Self-awareness, Failure and Finding a Purpose48:09

1y ago48:09

48:09

Welcome to the Startup Grind podcast! We're back after a short break. This time from Hong Kong with the one and only Gary Vaynerchuk. We're talking about all things entrepreneurship, social media, China and self-awareness. If you don't know Gary, here is a short intro: Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of Vayne ...…

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Convenience 2.0: The On-Demand Economy with Will Shu, CEO/Co-founder of Deliveroo18:31

2y ago18:31

18:31

Hey there and welcome to Monday’s episode the Startup Grind Podcast. Today we have a conversation with the CEO & Co-founder of Deliveroo, William Shu from our first regional conference, Startup Grind Europe in June of this year. Will is really on a mission to transform the way the world thinks about takeaway food. He founded Deliveroo in August ...…

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Fighting Giants with Noah Everett, Founder of Twitpic/Pingly47:33

2+ y ago47:33

47:33

Noah Everett, founder of the popular Twitpic photo sharing service and most recently the messaging platform Pingly. Everett, a Carolina native is widely known as a pioneer of photo sharing on mobile phones and social media. Newly launched Pingly is a direct messaging platform that also works over email and SMS. His goal is to transform messagin ...…

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Changing the World Through Education with Sebastian Thrun, Udacity/Google X25:39

2+ y ago25:39

25:39

Today we have a special interview from our Global Conference with Sebastian Thrun co-founder & CEO of Udacity and former head of Google X. Sebastian Thrun is also a former Google Fellow and VP, and a Research Professor at Stanford University. He has published over 370 scientific papers and 11 books, and he is a member of the National Academy of ...…

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Fundraising 101 with Joy Randels, CEO of New Market Partners26:56

2+ y ago26:56

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Hey there and welcome to Monday’s episode of the startup grind podcast. Today we have a great conversation with Joy Randels CEO of New Market Partners and 11 time serial entrepreneur. She also happens to be the director of one of Startup Grind’s best chapters, Tampa Bay. Joy is a highly energetic presenter and frequent speaker on entrepreneursh ...…

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Partner with your Disruptees with Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Box26:18

2+ y ago26:18

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Aaron Levie, CEO of Box at Startup Grind’s Global Conference earlier this year. Aaron has been CEO since co-founding the cloud storage company in 2005. Aaron served as the company’s product and platform strategy visionary. His plan incorporated traditional content management with elements of social business software. Aaron is also an advisor at ...…

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Engineering a Culture of Creativity with Tina Seelig (Stanford)1:18:41

2+ y ago1:18:41

1:18:41

Hey there and welcome to Monday’s episode of the startup grind podcast. Today we have a great interview with Tina Seelig, acclaimed stanford professor and bestselling author brought to us in Partnership with the Futurecast series a collaboration between the ATT Foundry & Ericsson. Tina Seelig is the Professor of Practice in the Department of Ma ...…

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Executing on Your Roadmap with Des Traynor, Co-Founder of Intercom29:08

2+ y ago29:08

29:08

Today we have a great conversation with Des Traynor the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder of Intercom. Intercom has raised over $66 million dollars to fundamentally change how businesses communicate with customers. A lot of businesses seem to agree as Intercom has over 10,000 paying customers so far. Des’s main focus is on the product side ...…

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Find People Smarter than You Are with Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Alphabet38:48

2+ y ago38:48

38:48

Eric Schmidt, the now chairman of Alphabet and former CEO of Google from 2001 until 2011 speaks on stage with Startup Grind’s Founder Derek Andersen. Eric’s credentials’ and biography expectedly take a long time to describe, so here is an excerpt: In addition to his well documented role at Google, Eric is a founding partner at innovation endeav ...…

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Finding True Innovation with Stephanie Palmeri29:12

2+ y ago29:12

29:12

Today we have a conversation from our 2016 global conference with SoftTech VC Partner & Principal Stephanie Palmeri. Stephanie has over a decade of experience working at the intersection of marketing and technology. Stephanie joined at SoftTech in 2011 and served as its a Senior Associate. Previously, she served as an Associate at NYC Seed and ...…

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Inspiring Your Customers with Joanne Wilson (NY Angel / Gotham Gal)36:32

2+ y ago36:32

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Joanne Wilson a prominent angel investor in New York City. Joanne has had several careers on her way as an investor. She started as a buyer at Macy’s, went on to run a company in the rag trade, and eventually ended up spearheading sales for a start-up magazine/events company called Silicon Alley Reporter. She has sat on a number of profit and n ...…

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Building Better Cities With Archana Vemulapalli, CTO of Washington D.C.48:18

2+ y ago48:18

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Archana Vemulapalli, the Chief technology officer for the Mayor’s office for the district of columbia. The office manages over 10,000 employees overseeing 21 Departments, 33 independent agencies, roughly 69 legislatively mandated offices and 5 regional bodies. These include all city services, public property, police and fire protection, Distric ...…

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How to be a CEO with Sarah Bird, CEO of MOZ1:12:33

2+ y ago1:12:33

1:12:33

Today we have a conversation with Sarah Bird, CEO of SEOmoz.inc better known as just Moz which has really become the number 1 source for SEO content and tools. Sarah has overseen the growth of Moz from a few hundred to over 23,000 passionate customers from all over the world. She serves on the board of the Washington Technology Industry Associa ...…

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How to Succeed Personally & For Society with Vinod Khosla33:55

2+ y ago33:55

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Today we have a great conversation with Silicon Valley Legend Vinod Khosla, co-founder of sun Microsystems and subsequently Khosla Ventures. Vinod has run Khosla ventures since 2004, prior to that Vinod spent time at the VC firm Kleiner Perkins. Vinod studied engineering in India and at age 20 failed to start a soy milk company. After receiving ...…

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The Gift of Wisdom with Jessica Herrin, Co-founder of Stella & Dot/Weddingchannel.com31:40

2+ y ago31:40

31:40

Today we have a conversation with Jessica Herrin the co-founder of WeddingChannel.com and subsequently the stella & dot family of brands which does over $300M in annual revenue and empowers over 50,000 independent business owners. Jessica has been recognized for her entrepreneurial accomplishments and her passion on Oprah, in Fortune Magazine, ...…

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The 3 P’s of the 3rd Wave of Startups with Steve Case Founder of AOL46:01

2+ y ago46:01

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CEO and the founder of America Online, Steve Case in Silicon Valley. Steve recently released his first book, The Third Wave, on what the next era of the american startup ecosystem will look like for entrepreneurs. Steve is now the founding partner of the investment firm, Revolution partners which bets on tech entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Va ...…

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Building $1B in Revenue with Peng T. Ong CTO & Co-founder of Match.com34:33

2+ y ago34:33

34:33

Today we have a conversation with Peng T. Ong, one of the most successful entrepreneurs to come out of Singapore. Peng is the founder and CEO of Interwoven, which went public on the NASDAQ. Prior to Interwoven, Peng was co-founder of Match.com which was acquired by IAC. After Interwoven, Peng founded Encentuate, the leader in the enterprise ide ...…

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Emotional Design & Investing with Ben Einstein, BOLT Hardware VC1:17:18

2+ y ago1:17:18

1:17:18

Today we have a great interview with Ben Einstein, general partner and co-founder of Bolt, an early stage venture capital fund that invests and the intersection of hardware and software. Prior to starting bolt, Ben ran Brainstream Design, a product design and development consultancy in Massachusetts. Ben has been directly responsible for bringi ...…

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A Pro Soccer Startup with Adrian Hanauer, Owner of the Seattle Sounders1:15:19

2+ y ago1:15:19

1:15:19

Owner and General Manager of the Seattle Sounders, Adrian Hanauer. Prior to becoming the owner of the Sounders, Adrian was a seed stage investor in aQuantive Inc. and an early investor in Amazon.com. He is also the Director at the Cambridge United Football Club Limited and sits on the Board of Trustees for the Museum of History and the Industry ...…

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Using Economics to Win with Simon Rothman, Andrei Hagiu, and Al Roth33:33

2+ y ago33:33

33:33

Today we have a great panel discussion between Simon Rothman, Partner at Greylock VC, Andrei Hagiu of the Harvard Business School, and Al Roth Nobel prize winning economist. Simon is a partner at Reid Hoffmans Greylock Venture Capital firm where he oversees their marketplace investments in companies like lyft and sprig. before greyloc simon bui ...…

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The Power of Corporate VC with Amy Banse, MP of Comcast Ventures32:22

2+ y ago32:22

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Amy Banse, Managing Director of Comcast ventures. Comcast made news recently when it was announced that their NBCUniversal arm would be buying DreamWorks Animation for 3.8 Billion dollars. Prior to leading Comcast’s corporate venture arm, Amy spent more than 20 years as an in house attorney for Comcast responsible for programming acquisition in ...…

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How to Get into 500 Startups with Christine Tsai, Founding Partner30:52

2+ y ago30:52

30:52

Today we have a presentation & Q&A with Christine Tsai from the VC stage at Startup Grind’s Global Conference earlier this year. Christine Tsai is a managing partner at 500 Startups, where she oversees the accelerator program and distribution growth team. Prior to 500 Startups, Tsai was in product marketing at Google and YouTube for many years. ...…

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European Unicorns with Johan Brenner, general partner at Creandum30:39

2+ y ago30:39

30:39

Today we have a presentation from our 2016 Global conference with Johan Brenner, General Partner of the European based Venture Capital Fund Creandum. Johan is one of Europe’s most experienced venture capital investors who has worked across a broad set of industries globally. He has built a number of successful businesses as an entrepreneur and ...…

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Starting Up in Gaza Palestine with Iliana Montauk, Gaza Sky Geeks29:32

2+ y ago29:32

29:32

Iliana Montauk the co-founder and chief operating officer of Gaza Sky Geeks, the first startup accelerator in Palestine launched with support from Mercy Corps and Google in 2009. Before arriving to Gaza sky geeks, Iliana helped launch Wamda’s Research Lab. She has previously worked at Google, the Monitor Group, which is now part of Deloitte Con ...…

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Solutions to Urban Problems with Clara Brenner, Tumml Accelerator36:09

2+ y ago36:09

36:09

Today wehave a conversation from the VC corner stage at Startup Grind'sGlobal Conference held each year in Silicon Valley. Joining ustoday is a presentation by Clara Brenner co-founder and CEO of theTumml Urban Solutions Accelerator which has supported supportedcompanies like HandUp, Chariot, and Popupsters solve problemsspecifics to cities and ...…

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How to be a Human Founder with Eoghan McCabe, Co-Founder + CEO of Intercom58:45

2+ y ago58:45

58:45

Today wehave a conversation with Eoghan McCabe, Co-Founder & CEO of oneof the worlds largest customer engagement platforms,Intercom. Eoghan previously founded anaward-winning software design consultancy called Contrast, andco-founded Exceptional, a developer tool startup acquired in 2011by Rackspace. He moved from Ireland to San Francisco that ...…

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Where Startups Go Wrong with Rachel Chalmers, Nick Suriale, Sandeep Bhadra (Ignition Partners/Menlo VC)29:56

2+ y ago29:56

29:56

Today we have a panel discussionbetween 3 Venture Capitalists from the VC corner stage at StartupGrind’s 2016 global conference held annually each February inSilicon Valley. Rachel Chalmers is a principle atIgnition partners, prior to ignition Rachel led research intoenterprise computing infrastructure for the 451Group. Nick Sturiale, is the ma ...…

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How to Create Habit Forming Products with With Nir Eyal (Hooked)1:20:39

2+ y ago1:20:39

1:20:39

Nir Eyal moderated by tech author and TechCrunch writer Andrew Keen. This content was brought to us in partnership with Futurecast which is a thought leadership series, produced in collaboration between the ATT foundry and Ericsson. Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. ...…

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The Psychology of Startup with Daniel Pink (To Sell is Human, Drive)1:06:20

2+ y ago1:06:20

1:06:20

Author Daniel Pink. Daniel Pink is the author of 5 disruptive books including 3 long-running New York Times best sellers including A Whole New Mind, Drive, and To Sell is Human. Dan’s books have been translated into 34 languages and have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. Dan’s TED talk on the science of motivation is one of the 10 most ...…

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How to Tell Your Company's Story with Gagan Biyani, Sprig & Simon Rothman, Greylock49:44

2+ y ago49:44

49:44

Gagan Biyani, the CEO and co-founder of Sprig, whose mission it is to make eating well simple. Open your phone when you're hungry, tap a button and get a healthy meal delivered in 15 minutes. Sprig has raised $57M from Greylock Partners and Social Capital Partnership and is available in San Francisco, Chicago and Palo Alto. Prior to founding Sp ...…

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From a Village in India to the Height of Silicon Valley, with Varun Chandran, Founder & CEO of Corporate36051:20

2+ y ago51:20

51:20

Today we have a conversation with former professional footballer or professional soccer player if you’re tuning in from the US turned entrepreneur Varun Chandran. Varun is the founder & CEO of Corporate360. Corporate360 is a BigData software company that helps B2B marketers discover sales leads, ideal buyer profiles & competitive intelligence. ...…

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How to Build Your Company's 5 Year Plan with Alex Austin, Branch Metrics & Scott Nolan, Founders Fund49:27

2+ y ago49:27

49:27

Alex Austin founder & CEO of branch metrics who is joined by founders fund partner and former spacex engineer scott nolan. alex received an MS in Electrical Engineering & an MBA from stanford. In between degrees, he spent five years building a solar panel manufacturing facility from scratch in Santa Clara. While at stanford business school Alex ...…

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Giving a Voice to Your Users with Ben Rattray, Founder & CEO of Change.Org58:12

2+ y ago58:12

58:12

Today we have a great conversation with the founder and CEO of Change.org. Change.org is the worlds largest platform for social change with more than 100 million users. Named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world, Fortune's 40 Under 40 rising young business leaders, and Fast Company's most creative people in business, Ben is a ...…

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Fuel Growth by Nailing your Market with Roger Dickey Founder of Gigster/Mafia Wars51:07

2+ y ago51:07

51:07

Today we have a conversation with entrepreneur & investor and co founder of software development company Gigster Roger Dickey. Prior to founding Gigster, Roger led game studios at Zynga after joining when the company had just 30 employees after selling his first company Curiosoft to zynga. Roger oversaw MafiaWar’s explosive growth to over 100mi ...…

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Purposeful Creation with John Harthorne, Founder & CEO of MassChallenge1:05:39

2+ y ago1:05:39

1:05:39

John Harthorne is the Founder and CEO of MassChallenge, the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet. No equity and not-for-profit, MassChallenge is obsessed with helping entrepreneurs across any industry. They also reward the highest-impact startups through a competition to win a portion of several million dollars in equity-free cash aw ...…

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On to the Next One with Rod Drury, Xero Founder39:47

2+ y ago39:47

39:47

Rod Drury who is the founder of the popular accounting software Xero. Rod is a well known technology entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of the online accounting software company Xero. He has been recognised as New Zealand Entrepreneur of the Year in 2013, Business Leader of the Year in 2012, member of the New Zealand Hi-Tech Hall of Fame, NZ Hi-T ...…

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Growing MySpace with Amit Kapur (Dawn Patrol Ventures / MySpace)1:07:50

2+ y ago1:07:50

1:07:50

Amit Kapur who is the founder & managing partner at Dawn Patrol Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by AOL & Verizon. Amit loves building startups. He was the CEO of analytics company Gravity which was acquired by AOL for $90M. Prior to that he was the COO of Myspace, starting as a BD lead managing mobile and music efforts. MySpace was orig ...…

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Music, Disruption, and Culture with Young Guru (Engineer/Jay-Z Producer)1:26:39

2+ y ago1:26:39

1:26:39

Today we are doing something a bit different and feature content from the Futurecast thought leadership series which is a collaboration between the ATT foundry & Ericsson. The featured guest of the event is young guru who is an esteemed audio engineer, DJ, and producer on more than 10 of jay-z’s albums including his hit track “empire state of m ...…

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Legislating Entrepreneurial Activity w/ Julia Gillard Former Prime Minister of Australia/Ducere51:01

2+ y ago51:01

51:01

Julia Gillard was the first and, to date, only female Australian Prime Minister. As Prime Minister and in her previous role as Deputy Prime Minister, Gillard was central to the successful management of Australia’s economy during the Global Financial Crisis and as Australia positioned to seize the benefits of Asia’s rise. Gillard developed Austr ...…

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Finding Your Golden Touch with (Amish Shah Managing Partner of SierraMaya360)43:27

2+ y ago43:27

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Amish started his first company in 1998 when he was just 25. He has a proven track record in leadership, sales, marketing, strategy and recruiting. Venture Capital firms, C-level executives, and Founders of early and mid-stage startups from around the globe call on him directly for his consultation and advisement before making major decisions t ...…

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Picking Your Mentors with Gerard Adams (Elite Daily)39:58

2+ y ago39:58

39:58

Gerard Adams the Co-Founder of Elite Daily. Elite Daily, quickly became the No.1 news platform for Generation Y. Gerard is an experienced angel investor, millennial thought leader and social entrepreneur who overcame early adversity to become a self-made millionaire by the age of 24. Now 30, he has built, backed or invested in nine businesses a ...…

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Hack your Fundraising with Selcuk Atli (500 Startups/ Boostable)40:14

2+ y ago40:14

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Selcuk Atli, a serial entrepreneur and current entrepreneur in residence at 500 startups. He’s a YCombinator alumnus, an Endeavor Entrepreneur and a Fulbright Scholar. He's founded Boostable, Manifest and the non-profit Nomadic Mentors. Selcuk most recently founded Boostable an advertising platform based in San Francisco and raised over 4 milli ...…

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Building Platforms for Creation with Maxim Lobovsky, CEO and Co-founder of Formlabs57:53

2+ y ago57:53

57:53

Co-founder and CEO of the 3D printing company Formlabs, Maxim lobovsky. Maxim’s time as a student at the MIT Media Lab allowed him to experience the power of rapid prototyping and 3D printing technologies to produce custom designs for his work. Seeing an enormous opportunity, in 2011 Maxim Lobovsky and two other colleagues from MIT founded Form ...…

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Building Love into Your Product with Manish Chandra of Poshmark41:55

2+ y ago41:55

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Manish Chandra the founder and ceo of the poplar fashion community app Poshmark. Poshmark is the largest community marketplace for fashion where millions of women come to buy, sell and share their personal style. Manish has always been passionate about building communities and founded the first social shopping company, Kaboodle, which was acqui ...…

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Don't Discount the Hustle with Brant Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur)58:32

3y ago58:32

58:32

New York Times best selling author Brant Cooper at our San Diego Chapter. Brant is the author of "the Lean Entrepreneur" and the entrepreneurs guide to the lean brand. Brant’s startup career includes Tumbleweed, Timestamp, WildPackets, inCode, and many others. Brant previously authored The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development, the first ...…

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The Importance of Judgement with MG Siegler (GV / TechCrunch)56:57

3y ago56:57

56:57

2011 interview with VentureBeat & TechCrunch writer, and current Google Ventures partner MG Siegler. MG has been deeply involved in the startup space since 2005, first as a web developer, then as a writer, and most recently as an investor and advisor. Before joining Google Ventures in 2013, M.G. was a founding partner of CrunchFund, an early-st ...…

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The Future of the Gig Economy with Micha Kauffman Founder of Fiverr1:04:52

3y ago1:04:52

1:04:52

Today we have a special interview with the Founder and CEO of Fiverr.com Micha Kauffman interviewed by director Ram Yonish in Tel Aviv earlier this year. Fiverr is the world's most transacted marketplace for services, creating economic opportunities for the entrepreneurs of the gig economy. Fiverr was founded by Shai Wininger and Micha Kaufman ...…

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Building Human-centric businesses with Jean Oelwang, CEO of Virgin Unite1:05:33

3y ago1:05:33

1:05:33

Jean Oelwang is the CEO of Virgin Unite, the entrepreneurial foundation of the Virgin Group and a Partner in the Virgin Group focused on People Innovation. In 2003, Jean left her post as joint CEO of Virgin Mobile Australia to begin working with Richard Branson and the Virgin staff from around the world to create Virgin Unite. Over the last 10 ...…

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Entertaining Online with Anthony SooHoo (Dot + Bo/ CBS Interactive)43:01

3y ago43:01

43:01

Anthony Soohoo is Co-Founder & CEO of Dot & Bo, a uniquely curated shopping experience that makes modern design accessible and inspires people to create their dream homes. Drawing upon his background in media and technology, he launched Dot & Bo in 2013 to solve for the often-frustrating experience of shopping for furniture, in which design adv ...…

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The Last Stage of an Entrepreneur Bill Bryant (DFJ)54:22

3y ago54:22

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Bill Bryant is a partner at DFJ (formerly Draper Fisher Jurvetson), focused on early- and growth-stage investments in enterprise, consumer and disruptive technologies. Bill has had early and instrumental involvement in more than 25 leading software, mobile, and digital media companies, as a founder, senior executive, investor, and board member. ...…

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