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Spotting a Unicorn: Vik Sasi on Being One of the Earliest Investors in Clubhouse.
June 7, 2021

Spotting a Unicorn: Vik Sasi on Being One of the Earliest Investors i…

Vik Sasi, Partner at Dreamers VC—co-founded by Will Smith—talks about spotting unicorns, the epic takeoff of Clubhouse and about the ways founders can be sure that investors see their venture as a future unicorn. We also spoke about partnering up …

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Getting Started in Startups and Reaching an Acquisition - Eddy Badrina on Buzzshift
June 3, 2021

Getting Started in Startups and Reaching an Acquisition - Eddy Badrin…

Eddy Badrina, CEO of Eden Green, previously the Co-founder of Buzzshift talks about his transition to the startup world and the major lessons he learned along the way. We speak about his first time fundraising and some mistakes that Eddy …

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Startups in LatAm—How are LatAm Startups Different From Those in The U.S.? With Brian York
May 30, 2021

Startups in LatAm—How are LatAm Startups Different From Those in The …

Brian York, Co-Founder & CEO at Cubbo, and Founder and GP at Bassin Ventures talks about Latin America and how it differs from the U.S. startup ecosystem. We also talk about exits from LatAm and Brian shares his advice to …

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Content Generation: What Does it Take and Who Should Try it? With Amos Schwartzfarb and Trevor Boehm.
May 26, 2021

Content Generation: What Does it Take and Who Should Try it? With Amo…

Amos Schwartzfarb, Managing Director at Techstars and Trevor Boehm, Venture Partner at Saturn Five, co-authors of LEVERS - The Framework For Building Repeatability into Your Business talk about writing a book together and their motivation behind it. We also talk …

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First-Time Founders—How To Give Investors the Right Signals - With Alex Luce
May 23, 2021

First-Time Founders—How To Give Investors the Right Signals - With Al…

Alex Luce, Partner at Creative Ventures, talks about investing in first-time founders, the mistakes they tend to make and the green flags that they can show investors. We also touch on some major red flags that Alex sees and how …

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Investing in impact startups: Claudine Emeott Discusses Salesforce Impact Fund
May 19, 2021

Investing in impact startups: Claudine Emeott Discusses Salesforce Im…

Claudine Emeott, Senior Director at Salesforce Impact Fund talks about investing in impact startups and what qualifies one. We narrow in on what founders of impact startups should and shouldn’t do to benefit the most from their unique position.

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Investing in Apps since the First iPhone was Released - With Benjamin Narasin
May 14, 2021

Investing in Apps since the First iPhone was Released - With Benjamin…

Benjamin Narasin, Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates talks about changes he’s seen in the VC space over the last decade+, and about the process of taking one of his companies public. We also discussed alternatives to the pitch decks …

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Proptech: Investing in Rent-tech Startups - With John Helm.
May 11, 2021

Proptech: Investing in Rent-tech Startups - With John Helm.

John Helm, Managing Director at Real Estate Technology Ventures talks about investing in proptech, and details the emerging market of rent-tech. John spoke about the future of this field and where he sees rent-tech going in the U.S. as the …

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Making a Career Pivot Smoothly: Lee Greene of Stairway to CEO and WearAway.
May 7, 2021

Making a Career Pivot Smoothly: Lee Greene of Stairway to CEO and Wea…

Lee Greene, former founder and CEO of WearAway and current creator & host of the Stairway to CEO podcast talks about making the pivot from startups to airwaves. We also spoke about the acquisition of WearAway and the company got …

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Landing BIG customers while being a small startup - story of Telesign by Stacy Stubblefield.
May 5, 2021

Landing BIG customers while being a small startup - story of Telesign…

Stacy Stubblefield, Co-Founder and CIO at TeleSign that was acquired by BICS in 2017 talks about them lending their first large customers and that leading to a chain reaction that brought even more large customers. We spoke about marketing your …

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Fundraising Without Pitching—Why Not? A New Way to Raise Money: CAFE. With Thibauld Favre
May 3, 2021

Fundraising Without Pitching—Why Not? A New Way to Raise Money: CAFE.…

Thibauld Favre, co-founder and CEO of Fairmint talks about a new way to raise money from your customers on an ongoing basis. CAFE stands for Continuous Agreement for Future Equity—continuous being the key word—and this new form of fundraising is …

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Choosing Between Small Law Firms, Big Ones, and Automated Alternatives: Which Is Best For You? With Anil Advani
April 28, 2021

Choosing Between Small Law Firms, Big Ones, and Automated Alternative…

Anil Advani, founder and managing partner at Inventus Law and founding member and legal advisor at Excelerate talks about choosing the legal support that best suits your startup. We compare pricing of small and big law firms and some automated …

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Corinne Riley on the Importance of an Investment Thesis
April 26, 2021

Corinne Riley on the Importance of an Investment Thesis

Corinne Riley, Investor at Greylock talks about how an investment thesis strengthens a VC fund and a founder’s ability to pitch to that fund effectively. We discuss how much time you should spend trying to fit into an investment thesis …

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Validation Capital—What is it, and Who Needs it? - With Emily Zheng
April 23, 2021

Validation Capital—What is it, and Who Needs it? - With Emily Zheng

Emily Zheng, Growth Investor at Brookfield Technology Partners, Proptech Vertical lead at EVCA and Board member at Nittany Lion Fund talks about what validation capital is and what it means to raise validation capital. We also discuss late-stage investing and …

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“Broccoli in your teeth” How Do You Choose the Right Partners? - With Andrew Unger
April 21, 2021

“Broccoli in your teeth” How Do You Choose the Right Partners? - With…

Andrew Unger, Founder and Managing Partner at High Slope and Co-Founder of Better.com talks about early-stage fundraising, and how Better.com has managed to raise so much money. Andrew also speaks about finding the right partners for your venture and what …

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Venture Debt, the Los Angeles Ecosystem, and Big vs. Small Firms in Early-Stage Investing - With Petra Griffith
April 19, 2021

Venture Debt, the Los Angeles Ecosystem, and Big vs. Small Firms in E…

Petra Griffith, Founder & Managing Director at Wedbush Ventures talks about venture debt as an alternative to venture capital, key resources that founders can utilize in their ecosystem, and about Wedbush and what they invest in. Petra also explains staying …

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Selling his Company, Starting a New One, and Becoming an Investor - Armando Biondi on his Journey with AdEspresso.
April 16, 2021

Selling his Company, Starting a New One, and Becoming an Investor - A…

Armando Biondi is the Co-founder and CEO at BreadcrumbsIO and has invested in 150+ startups. Previously he served as Co-founder and COO of AdEspresso which has since been acquired by Hootsuite. In this episode he spoke about his experience with …

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Business Development at Large Corporations vs. Small Startups #2 - With Daniel Gould
April 15, 2021

Business Development at Large Corporations vs. Small Startups #2 - Wi…

Daniel Gould, Alexa Business Development Principal at Amazon, Angel Investor , Band of Angels member and Partner at DV Collective Syndicate speaks on how business development at large corporations differs from small startups and what kind of tools and strategies …

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How Does The Government Support Early-Stage Startup Founders? With Christopher Hill
April 12, 2021

How Does The Government Support Early-Stage Startup Founders? With Ch…

Christopher Hill — strategic advisor at Retina AI, angel investor, and board observer for the city of Los Angeles talks about government support for the startup process, angel investing, and major mistakes founders make on their pitch decks. We also …

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How Do You Evaluate an Investor Without Losing Them? With Scott Krivokopich
April 9, 2021

How Do You Evaluate an Investor Without Losing Them? With Scott Krivo…

Scott Krivokopich, Managing Partner at 1982 Ventures talks about qualifying questions that you need to ask your investors in order to understand who they are, how they work with other founders, and what to expect from them when hard times …

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Raising $100 Million while beating COVID-19 - the story of Lloyed Lobo of Boast.ai
April 8, 2021

Raising $100 Million while beating COVID-19 - the story of Lloyed Lob…

Lloyed Lobo, co-founder and president of Boast.ai talks about his bootstraps story and how he raised VC funding. We talk about Boast.ai’s recent $100 million funding round, which Lloyed secured while battling COVID-19.

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Jeff Ransdell of Fuel Ventures on Investing In Music-Tech, Robotics, IoT, Space Tech, and Big Data.
April 5, 2021

Jeff Ransdell of Fuel Ventures on Investing In Music-Tech, Robotics, …

Jeff Ransdell, founder and managing director at Fuel Ventures talks about how investor outreach works with few or no connections to the world of venture capital. We also debate different approaches to "cold outreach" and much more.

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Investing in Ag-Tech in the American Midwest and How Agriculture Differs from Other Industries - with Grant Newlin
April 2, 2021

Investing in Ag-Tech in the American Midwest and How Agriculture Diff…

Grant Newlin, Founder and General Partner at Newlin.vc tells us about investing in ag-tech and cross-border investing. We discuss how founders in ag-tech should approach fundraising and how their startup strategy should be different from SaaS startups.

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Building and selling an e-commerce empire to become a VC in the US - the story of Marcelo Franco.
March 31, 2021

Building and selling an e-commerce empire to become a VC in the US - …

Today’s guest is Marcelo Franco, founder at Verve Capital and previously the co-founder of Sacks.com - the largest e-commerce company in South America at the time that it was acquired. Marcelo explains how his company managed to survive the dot …

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