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Dan Gonzales
Welcome to Startup Mindsets Podcast! Dan Gonzales and Earl Valencia will be your hosts. Week in and week out we will dive into how founders across technology and innovation leaders think about running their business and why innovation now is more important than ever. Discover your startup mindset today!
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Dr. Jonathan Baktari is the founder of E7 Health, U.S. Drug Test Centers, and eNational Testing. He was formerly the Medical Director of The Valley Health Systems, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Culinary Health Fund. He also served as clinical faculty for several medical schools, including the University of Nevada and Touro University.
We landed a book deal with Penguin Random House SEA and I spoke a bit about my debut book this November. Enter your email for a chance at a free copy of Startup Mindsets: A Blueprint to Thrive in an Innovation Driven and Globally Connected World. Enter Email Here: https://www.startupmindsets.com/contact
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I had the time of my life traveling to Miami and Houston. Here are my thoughts on the beauty of getting out of your hometown by enriching your mindset and energy.
We landed a book deal with Penguin Random House SEA and I spoke a bit about my debut book this November.
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Julia Enthoven is the Founder & CEO @ Kapwing, the startup that provides a new, collaborative platform for creating images, videos, and GIFs.Highlights:📝 GROWING UP IN DALLAS AND MOVING TO STANFORD & SAN FRANCISCO📝BEING MENTORED BY CAROL DWECK 📝 INNOVATE ON DISTRIBUTION PROCESS 📝 LEAVING GOOGLE TO START KAPWING📝 HOW KAPWING CREATES CONTENT IN LESS TIME📝 SEEING THEIR WATERMARK ON PRESIDENT ZELENSKY'S SPEECH VIDEO
📝 The startup environment in 2019 vs 2024 and why it's harder to raise money 📝Why content creators should keep creating, best restaurant in SFGive Kapwing a try for your next video edit: kapwing.com--------------------------------------------------------------SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSOR: SHRED SAFE LLC is a Dallas Fort Worth based shredding company for those with paper shredding needs. VISIT: https://www.shredsafe.org OR DIAL 469-265-8142 FOR MORE INFORMATIONOUR BOOK: STARTUP MINDSETS: A BLUEPRINT TO THRIVE IN AN INNOVATION DRIVEN AND GLOBALLY CONNECTED WORLD is set to publish this year with Penguin Random House. To stay in the loop: subscribe to our email list: https://www.startupmindsets.com/contact
What up Startup Mindsets fans! I just had to come on here and spill my 2 cents about what it's actually like running a business and its affect on your personal finances.
Last year as a side hustle we made about 2.5K from the podcast which is something to celebrate as an entrepreneur. A lot of people will judge you for starting a company but only you know how fulfilling and rewarding it truly is.
Your business has costs and so do you! What are you willing to pay to grow? AKA what are you willing to sacrifice in exchange for what you want? Is there an asymmetrical ROI?
How sustainable will it be? How much cash runway do you have?
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Dan catches up with one of the first startup founders he met while working as an analyst at VU Venture partners.
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Time Stamps
2:45 What is Circuit? On demand shuttle service focused on small trips
10:00 Selling advertisers
19:00 Operating and scaling a mobility operation,
20:00 Moving 150K passengers a month
21:25: Thoughts on autonomous cars
27:00 When was your first Uber ride?
34:10: Getting first customer and starting the company
35:10 testing out an idea for a company and keeping desk jobs until it made sense financially to leave
Taking out 3 car notes to start the business
38:00 Closing first advertiser for 10K
44:00 Differences of working as an employee of a company vs being a founder
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Ed Latimore is a writer, physicist, and Professional Heavyweight Boxer. He's been on the world's top podcasts such as Fresh n Fit, Knowledge Project, and Modern Wisdom. It was an honor to interview Ed and we're delighted to share our conversation.
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Time Stamps
(14:34) If you don’t take a risk, there’s no way to get tough.
(30:11) Approach 1,000 women to get with 100.
Approach to a formidable situation. There’s an a symmetrical ROI
(39:54) Getting quoted by Steven of Diary of CEO
(40:32) Getting quoted by James Clear
(46:32) Setting limitations, Why people do it
(50:32) Era of humanity we’re in is way different
(64:40) We only see the highlights not the downs on social media
Francis Lacoste speaks about how he fuels growth for VPs of Engineering as a coach. Drawing from decades of startup experience at Heroku and Salesforce, Francis puts into practice operational principles that help teams scale past 20 employees. He coaches technical executives to become leaders who nurture amazing engineering cultures by helping CTOs transition from “building the product" into “building the org that builds the product”.
Before coaching, he spent over twenty-five years in the open-source and cloud developer tools industry. He started as a software engineer working on open-source technology. He transitioned into engineering management at Canonical. Francis' experience with remote environment led him to Heroku where he built the remote engineering culture. In 2019, he realized that the engineering management path wasn't fulfilling to me, and moved into a role dedicated to supporting the engineering culture within the Salesforce Platform.- He's worked remotely for 24 years.Interested in promoting your product/service via sponsoring the podcast? Fill out this form. Learn more about at https://thevpe.coach
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In this podcast episode, Dan catches up with Rene Morkos, CEO of Alice Technologies about his company's advancements in construction scheduling and simulation.Rene highlights the invention of a parametric scheduler and simulator, which now deploys 100 times faster, and the unexpected optimization of schedules with their software. The company has seen positive beta feedback and a shorter sales cycle. Morkos discusses targeting conferences for customer acquisition, maintaining company culture in a distributed team, and the complexities of scaling and managing a growing organization. The episode delves into Alice Technologies' impact on the construction industry and its commitment to continuous innovation. Entrepreneurs shouldn't value themselves based on how well a company performs. ALICE Core harnesses the power of optioneering to find the most efficient construction paths, all based on your existing P6 or Oracle Primavera Cloud schedule.
David Gaz is the founder and creative director behind several successful ventures, including the award-winning documentary "Kindness Is Contagious" and The Bureau of Small Projects, a branding agency dedicated to amplifying the impact of small businesses, startups, and nonprofits.
The Bureau of Small Projects is a think tank of sorts. They're rated in the top 5 agencies in the Los Angeles area for branding and marketing.Their clients are not these well known brands but unknown organizations struggling to make a difference or well known people in their own right with noble missions, but not huge budgets, like Animal Planet Star Jackson Galaxy who has an incredible nonprofit to help at-risk shelter cats, or Bill Nye the Science Guy.The Bureau Of Small Projects started as an incubator within their old firm and it was so successful that it actually out-performed the parent company so in the spring of 2014, they spun The Bureau Of Small Projects off into its own company.Kindness is central to our brand values and our vision.
Attract Don't Sell, Create attractors (15:30)
Problems Scaling a company (18:30) A $100,000 Problem
Learning how to Trust and Delegate to employees (25:18)
Pricing a service: websites, marketing (30:00)
You can't fail if you don't quit (43:00)
How word of mouth of one client lead to AI startups becoming their clients (48:00)
A film on luck (01:08:33)
Hear how Kindness is Contagious
Be a path, not a goal person
Our guest today is Dorothy Chang who has had an incredible career from venture capital, leading a successful nonprofit working with celebrities and billionaires to being an entrepreneur. She shares cool career stories and her take on being an entrepreneur, and lessons throughout her journey.She's the Co-Founder of Lynx Collective - Supporting startup founders, helping them make their dreams come true: https://www.lynxcollective.comRead their substack: https://lynxcollective.substack.comPreviously, as the President of Kode With Klossy, she worked with the org to empower young women to break into the tech industry. Dorothy spent her career working in technology. Leading marketing and communications for category-leading technology startups and enterprises like Foursquare, Paxos, Brew Media.In 2012, she was the first woman to startup a VC fund (Liberty City Ventures) investing in the crypto/blockchain space. I continue to angel invest and advise tech companies - especially where I can be supportive of emerging technologies (Web3, metaverse, etc), female founders and social impact.Check out our new & improved website: startupmindsets.com
Luke Diaz has a passion for building and leading high-performance Customer Success orgs (CSM, AM, SA, Support) to drive 3 outcomes: 1) accelerate product adoption, 2) drive quantifiable business impact for customers, and 3) achieve best-in-class gross & net retention.Customer Success is an underrated segment of startup success, it ensures users are getting value out of the product and even increases their customer value in an increasing revenue stream. Luke is also an angel investor and managing partner at DBT (Do Big Things) Ventures having invested in Kahawa 1893 coffee. If you're a coffee drinker use code: Luke at Kahawa's website at checkout for a discount. On the show, Luke shared a story about investing 100K into the company before they got into Trader Joe's and major grocery stores. Take a gander at their book summaries of over 40 business and self help books: https://www.dbtventures.com/library
Julia Arpag joins Startup Mindsets to detail her roller coaster career journey from working at SoulCycle to a career in recruiting. After she was laid off from her job she scrambled to get 6 job offers within a few months and decided to take one from Alanna the cofounder of Aligned Recruitment. Julia is also an English Major from Hamilton College and describes the best part of her job as seeing people land offers. Julia has successfully run challenging recruitment searches & led high-performing recruitment teams, with a laser focus on the tech industry. She prides herself on deeply understanding her clients so she can deliver best-in-class talent that matches their needs.Learn more at alignedrecruitment.com
The Bar brothers, Eliran and Itamar, join the podcast today to talk about their company Jorny. They are on a mission to solve the existential crisis that is lack of meaning after retiring and entering a new phase in one's life. JORNY is the 1st global hospitality brand, dedicated to midlife growth. Our Growth Compass helps people assess and track their growth, identify their optimal growth “Jorny” and advance towards achieving a sense of purpose.Reinvent Retirement.Love your future.Join the first-ever global community focused on the second half of life. Built on connecting, exploring and thriving. Your adventure awaits.Brought to you by Changed: Download the Changed app and get closer to a debt free future. Automatically send spare change toward your student loans, credit cards, and mortgages. Click Here to sign up>>> https://changed.app.link/mmC3elk9hGb
The hidden hand in all venture capital funds are the limited partners who pledge capital to the fund manager. Today we interviewed, a long time angel investor, physician, and serial entrepreneur Dr. Alan Kadisch. Alan details what it is like being pitched by VCs for funding, his thoughts on how food contributes to our health, and why he created InvestorMatch.ai Brought to you by Changed: Now's the time to get rid of those pesky student loans. Changed rounds up your spare change from debit purchases and puts them directly toward your student loan payments automatically. Sign up & download Changed here: https://changed.app.link/mmC3elk9hGbFollow Startup Mindsets on YoutubeInstagramLinkedin
Shannon Imler started the Ice Cream Factory from scratch like how he makes the ice cream. From hand cranking out the batches to scaling this to an entire factory and product available in 48 states we hear the behind the scenes. They are on a mission to spread happiness to the world through high quality ice cream. Enjoy Ice Cream Factory's flavors delivered to your door or if you're a small mom and pop shop, add them to your offerings!https://www.icecreamfactoryco.com
We've got an insanely special podcast coming your way. Have you ever felt the burden of student loans or credit card debt? I know I have, those pesky loans won't go away easily but I have a solution for you.
In this episode, we sit down with Nick Sky, CEO of Changed who shares insights, anecdotes, and invaluable tips on harnessing the power of entrepreneurship.
Changed started as Dan and Nick were among the sea of graduates struggling with the burden of student loan repayment (43.6 million at latest count). To ease the pain, they created an app that simply rounds up everyday purchases and stashes it in an account. Such if you pay, say $3.65 for a grande Starbucks latte, the app adds and routes that 35 cents short of $4.00 into your account.
Surprising how fast that loose change adds up to help pay off loans. (It was a “why didn’t I think of that” moment as I listened to their story.)
Changed offered a winning combination of leveraging technology to help with education-related issues, a concept that totally resonated with me – and apparently also with Shark Mark Cuban. He granted the brothers $250,000 for a 25% equity stake plus his invaluable high-tech, high-profile expertise.
Since then, Changed has racked up success to make a Shark proud: It’s sent over $25 million in payments, helping members save $50M+ in interest and shorten their repayment time by decades.
Do Debt Differently: put more money back in your wallet with an app that helps you manage your savings and minimize your debt.
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Shaun Gold returns to shed light on an exciting new startup, Jorny
We talk more about personal meaning as it relates to entrepreneurship, social norms, how Jorny solves this problem for the 50 and up community.
Some parts of the conversation I found valuable:
- Find something that transcends the basic needs of your life and pushes you through the gauntlet
- Makes you avoid the nuisances of entrepreneurship
- Focus on what you're doing, it's about climbing your own personal mountain.
- The feeling of I'm doing this either way and it's not going to matter if they say yes or no.
- Community makes you healthier as you have people you can rely on
- Having a WHY can get you through any HOW
What's up Startup Mindsets! We have an exciting podcast with General Partner, of Creative Ventures, James Wang. He's held a number of impressive roles working at Bridgewater Associates, Google X, to his own sex tech startup, and now as a venture capitalist. Creative Ventures invests in early-stage deep tech companies, solving humanity’s most critical crises—rising healthcare costs, climate change, and labor shortages.Learn more about Creative Ventures at https://creativeventures.vc
Dan welcomes entrepreneur, author, and certified 🎲 roller, Lloyed Lobo, drops pearls of wisdom on the podcast, I guarantee you it's worth a listen. Lloyed's achieved success in Silicon Valley by bootstrapping Boast.ai His unique background as a young refugee from Kuwait during the Gulf War has shaped his perspective on community-led growth. Some concepts to think about:🤔Who are you going through this life/business journey with? 💭What is your definition of success?📣Let us know, we've got a worksheet and want to hear from you!Type your definition of success on this form!🔑 Points How much to pay yourself as a startup founder Coming together from the ground up and leveraging people to go from nothing to impact while dealing with risk and uncertainty True leaders instill purpose, not just goals Going from engineer to cold-caller to startup founderFollow Startup Mindsets on Instagram Follow Dan on instagramConnect with Lloyed on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyedlobo/Buy Lloyed’s new book, 'From Grassroots To Greatness: 13 Rules to Build Iconic Brands with Community Led Growth' (Top New Release on Amazon) at https://www.amazon.com/Grassroots-Greatness-Iconic-Brands-Community-ebook/dp/B0CFR8F7PH
Today's guest, Mike Mills, is on pursuit of a bold idea and has combined his passion for mathematics/economics to create Infinitary Fund. Mike talks about winning limited partners over, leveraging technology to select investments, thoughts on the US economy, and being an entrepreneur.About Infinitary Fund: Infinitary Fund is a limited partnership based in New York that provides investment advice in the form of a pooled-investment vehicle designed for long-term investors. The Infinitary Fund was created using an algorithm developed by Nicolas B. Spoors. We recognized the value of data, the significance of analyzing it properly, and the benefits of a stable investment strategy. Combining these three elements we have been able to perform competitively while staying true to our core belief: prioritize research.📣 Connect with Mike on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmills-infinitaryfundContact Infinitary Fund: https://www.infinitaryfund.com/contact-1
We're excited to share this conversation with Cari Jacobs Crovetto, an executive coach and advisor specializing in leadership development who has coached leaders from LinkedIn, Coinbase, and Twitch. In addition, she is an active coach at Stanford GSB and regularly publishes in Forbes, as a Forbes Council Member.⭐️ How to change your perception about your life, story, and what identity you give yourself⭐️ Deciding to quit her job, sell her Santa Monica condo, and journey to India⭐️ Going on a silent retreatAbout Cari: Cari rose up through the ranks of the ad agency world in the 90s working on brands like Levi’s, Intuit, P&G, Lexus, General Mills, Honda, Coca Cola and more. I was a marketing leader in the entertainment industry with NBC, CBS and FoxSports and spent three years building a customer experience-led Marketing Practice for Slalom Consulting in San Francisco, servicing clients like Gap, Athleta, Sephora, Salesforce and Atlassian. But she's most known for her work building five Bay Area startups in executive marketing roles, including two solar companies one of which was Sunrun, now the largest consumer solar company on wall street; one retail women’s fashion brand, ModCloth, which sold to Walmart; a fintech company called Unison that is changing how we buy and own homes; and a software platform called Torch for coaching and mentoring that seeks to create more conscious leaders.Reach Cari 👇https://www.carijacobs.com
Dan Wang joins Startup Mindsets to discuss his role as VP of Finance/Operations at Iterative Health
- How Iterative Health uses computer vision and AI to enable doctors to make more informed decision for patients
- The advantages an MBA can provide in a career
- Joining an early stage startup with a ton of uncertainty
- Working in a startup vs huge corporation
- Raising a series B over 100M and applying that capital to grow the business
- What are startup proof points?
In this episode of "Startup Mindsets" we dive headfirst into the fascinating notion of how AI is set to change recruiting and hiring with Mehdi Taifi, CEO and founder of Rolescale. We also talk working on Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and quitting a career with a safety net to pursue entrepreneurship.
About Mehdi:
Mehdi is the Founder and CEO of RoleScale, a SaaS company specializing in AI based solutions in the recruiting tech space. Mehdi is an experienced founder with over 18 years of Wall Street and Silicon Valley experience combined. He was one of the early joiners at Robinhood where he built and scaled operations for their brokerage division. Mehdi also worked on Wall Street for some of the top investment banks including Bank of New York Mellon and Deutsche Bank.
Giving candidates a fairer chance at landing a job.
Conversation Time Stamps:
(5:00) What Rolescale does/inspiration for starting
(12:00) Being data driven, efficient, and automated to save recruiters time/energy (23:00) Moving from wall street to silicon valley (28:00) Carving out a niche in the recruiting industry (31:00) Helping grow a startup to unicorn status (34:00) Making the decision to leave Robinhood and do a startup full time (40:00) discipline, keep motivating yourself
(42:00) Working with the founders of Robinhood. The value of a humanities/nontechnical degree(45:30) Getting a job in tech is tough (49:00) Miami Tech/startup scene (55:00) Writing and publishing a novel on magical realism (58:00) Is getting a degree in the humanities worth it? (60:00) the value of philosophy, today. (62:00) How art and philosophy ties into a business by taking a logical approach (64:00) Leading a company despite the emotional toll (66:00) understanding team member's motivations and pulse check on how the team is feeling.
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Ai is the trending topic for 2023 and it's no question that it has the potential to change a ton of traditional workflows.
About the Guest Sergey Demyanov is a serial entrepreneur from Russia with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Melbourne. He founded Teleport which Snap acquired and from there worked as a machine learning manager for four years prior to working on his current venture, Beagle.
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This is part 2 of my conversation with Shaun Gold. In this part, Shaun talks about how philosophy influenced his multi dimensional career.
We also talk going on Jeopardy and his experience being on the game show.
Key Points
- You are the opportunity, it doesn't matter how long it takes, how much it costs, you need the ability to go after that goal.
- Nothing is easy, things get easier as you get stronger.
- Philosophy opens up your mind to the resilience that people with harder lives and how it is applicable to daily life.
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We meet interesting entrepreneurs through this podcast and I'd like to introduce you to Shaun Gold, a self described polymath. Shaun's been involved with the bustling nightlife industry as a promoter in Miami, published 4 books, worked in the venture capital industry for Open VC, competed on Jeopardy on ABC, worked as a screenwriter
Throughout the conversation, you'll hear Shaun cite philosophers in response to open ended questions regarding entrepreneurship and his life decisions.
Valuable Life Lessons:
- You have to be able to think and plunge and reflect
- Be reliable, dependable, and able to deliver lessons from being a promoter in Miami.
- Too much reflection and no action so you have to combine being able to reflect
- Bang the wall everyday, the mountain will not be climbed for you.
- "It's not you who's eating the idea, it's the idea that's eating you.
From my count, we recalled Plato, Tolstoy, Gerta, Aristotle
Ways to get in touch and work with Shaun:
Newsletter: Youtopian Journey
Purchase one of his books:
Promoter Mind, Hustler Heart: https://www.amazon.com/Promoter-Mind-Hustler-Heart
Better Be U: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Be-Entrepreneur-Powerful-Lessons-
Read stuff from OpenVC: https://openvc.app/blog/paris
Joon Beh joins the podcast to tell us how 40,000+ people are learning a new language through Hallo Ai's app.
Learn languages with an AI tutor, practice speaking new languages anytime, anywhere and finally become fluent.
Throughout our conversation with Joon, we discuss:
- How AI is built into their core product.
- Hallo provides the opportunity to speak with an interface in dialogue.
- Having the idea for Hallo on a roadtrip to LA and talking about creating Hallo with his siblings.
- Persevering as a founder who was having visa issues but earned a green card to follow an entrepreneurial dream in the USA.
- (17:30) The exciting life of an entrepreneur who wears many different hats
- Creating a startup as a nontechnical founder and interviewing 1000 cofounding engineers
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We've all heard the Theranos story of how Elizabeth Holmes lied to investors about groundbreaking technology and the lawsuit that followed. Or maybe you watch Silicon Valley and have seen how Hooli filed suit against Pied Piper for creating the software while at Hooli.
Legal work is important to startups especially when looking to create a patent or protect the company from breaking the law.
Key Talking Points
- How to protect and build value in a brand.
- How can I protect my brand from infringement? (a.k.a. Knocked Off)
- Why business sellers should be cautious when international buyers come calling. They could be trying to get your intellectual property, which is very common, and caution will protect you from such buyers.
Steven Weigler is the Founder and Managing Partner of EmergeCounsel, whose mission is to provide a worldwide clientele legal counsel on the protection of intellectual property and business assets at a lower price point than large legal firms.
Steve's received many awards, including being named a Super Lawyer for three consecutive years (2021-2023).
Time Stamps for your convenience
22:00 The lack of structure in entrepreneurship
25:00 The unpredictability of startup life as an entrepreneur
29:00 Comparing and contrasting being an employee to entrepreneur
42:00 Working in a city good for your soul
48:00 Just incredible sound bites on running a business
Learn more about EmergeCounsel at https://emergecounsel.com
Today, RT Custer an American entrepreneur stops by the podcast to tell us his story of salvaging and restoring antique American pocket watches expertly preserved into one-of-a-kind wristwatches.
We talk about getting through all the hurdles as an entrepreneur and scaling to seven figures. This included battling a court case against Swatch and winning to keep his company and product alive. RT tells us the company almost failed three times before growing to what it is today.
Don't miss the fascinating story of
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Getting a watch on Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank.
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Marketing advice when it comes to email e-commerce
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Our guest, Chris Heivly, talks about his experience starting MapQuest and compares starting a company as an adult to building a fort in the woods as a kid. He also shares lessons he has learned as he has become a mentor for many other start up companies.
Chris Heivly is an accomplished executive in the information-technology sector with proven experience in marketing, sales, business development, investment finance, and operations. He was a co-founder of MapQuest (sold to AOL for $1.2B), a managing director of 77 Capital (a $25 million venture fund) and has been an executive at five other companies.
Key Takeaways
- Channel your inner 10 year old when approaching creating anything
- How to start and scale startup communities in nascent cities
- Starting will eventually create a path to work on so stop talking about ideas and work on them
- How Mapquest came to be
- His new book Build the Fort
Purchase Chris' Book, Build the Fort The Startup Community Builder's Field Guide on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Build-Fort-Startup-Community-Builders/dp/1544542607
Entrepreneurship and self-development go hand in hand. We've all likely seen an instagram reel with motivational speaker audio suggesting we can overcome challenges and look cool while doing so. But success is not instant, it takes time, sacrifices, dedication, and hard work.
I also share a lesson in paying monthly sales tax and talk about why not having a boss or immediate consequences can come back to make things harder for you as an entrepreneur. I'm learning how to balance time to recharge with being able to handle the work on my own.
Ethan A. Poetic joins the podcast for a second time to talk about his new autobiography, lessons in becoming an author, and how he is continuing to be an inspiration to youth all over Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Ethan talks about overcoming a horrific car accident and near death experience. Ethan describes how he's overcame poverty, and how his personal journey has inspired people around the world. Lastly, Ethan also speaks about not having his father in his life but still turning the corner into a positive life.Key Insights The right client will pay you. Sharing your story is a vulnerable thing but can reap many rewards. Going from victim to victor.Ethan A. Poetic LLC, which includes keynote speaking, corporate speaking engagements, poetry workshops and serving as a mental health advocate. To connect with Poetic, he may be contacted on LinkedIn at Ethan Poetic.SUPPORT Ethan by purchasing and reading his book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-inspirational-story-of-ethan-a-poetic-ethan-a-poetic/1142654739
Ettitude is a material innovation company and sets itself apart from traditional bedding manufacturers.Kat Dey joins the podcast to talk about how sustainability can be sexy and profitable. We discuss entrepreneurship Starting a business while working a corporate job and in business school Meeting consumer demand with a novel solution Why bamboo is better for textiles and how Ettitude's product supports sustainability Running a consumer brandKat is a serial entrepreneur and executive, named one of “35 People to Watch in New York Tech” and “EY Entrepreneurial Winning Woman” in 2016. Having fallen in love with ettitude's products and mission, Kat joined Ettitude in early 2018 to help expand the company globally. Prior to ettitude, Dey had a decade of experience scaling mission-driven brands. In 2012, Dey founded Try The World, a direct to consumer food subscription company, which disrupted the global artisanal food supply chain. It was named by Crains NY as the #3 fastest growing company in New York before it was acquired in 2017. About Ettitude:Ettitude is a fabric innovation company and a lifestyle brand making the world’s softest, most sustainable materials with our patented and carbon neutral CleanBamboo® fibers. They are on a mission to create next-gen fabrics and products that reduce our impact and support the health of the planet.CleanBamboo is a lyocell made from bamboo, and uses absolutely zero toxic chemicals in the process, unlike all other bamboo fabrics on the market made using viscose or rayon technology. Bamboo made bedwear such as bed sheets, blankets, pillow cases to name a few. Bamboo sheets are cool and breathable, allowing you to get the best and most restful sleep every night. Made from sustainably-sourced bamboo, our bamboo sheets are durable, moisture-wicking and unbelievably soft. Bamboo sheets are also naturally temperature regulating so you’ll sleep comfortably without getting too hot at night, no matter what season it is. While bamboo sheets require more specific care than standard sheets, they’re worth the additional maintenance to ensure your best sleep. DISCOUNT for Startup Mindsets Listners:Take $25 off your purchase from Ettitude of $150 or more with code: startupmindsets
Adam Fulham joins us from Dublin, Ireland to talk about creating one of Europe's largest startup networks and what entrepreneurship looks like in that side of the globe. We explore the Europe startup ecosystem and how events that Adam creates connects the continent.
Joe Baffone sits down with Dan to discuss how Annexus Health is revolutionizing the patient care access journey, how personal experience led him to start this company, and where the company is headed.
Annexus' goal is to generationally disrupt the way patient access is managed through our innovative, technology-based solutions—so all patients can receive the treatment they need without compromising their personal and financial well-being.
💡Joe shares valuable lessons on optimizing for scale,
Significant milestones:
Exceeded $3 billion in patient financial assistance awards secured; released data confirming our impact on patients, healthcare provider organizations, and life science companies; and earned the Top Workplaces USA award
Closed a $33 million Series B funding round, surpassed $2.6 billion in patient financial assistance awards processed, and attained SOC 2 Type 2 certification
Helpful links about Annexus Health
https://www.annexushealth.com/about/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/annexus-health-achieves-a-significant-milestone-by-surpassing-3-billion-in-awards-secured-for-patients-301794350.html
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The weeks episode featuring John Greene introduces us to his innovative and eyeopening company, Nada. Based in Texas, his goals is to make access to real estate easier and make investing in cities as convenient and approachable as investing in stocks in hopes to help his users achieve financial freedom. John also shares his experience becoming an entrepreneur as we dive deep into the process of creating Nada. He shares inspirational advice to our viewers on the importance of pushing through self doubt and imposter syndrome in order to keep your business idea alive.
Tune in to hear John’s expert insights and learn how to navigate the real estate world in an unconventional and unprecedented way.
Go to nada.co to become an investor in city funds and try out their new platform.
In this episode of Startup Mindsets, we sit down with Ali Greene, co-author of Remote Works, to discuss the future of work and the rise of remote workforces. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many companies to quickly adopt remote work, Ali shares her insights on how companies can adapt and thrive in this new environment.We dive into the benefits and challenges of remote work from both employer and employee perspectives, including how to maintain company culture and collaboration among remote teams, staying productive and setting boundaries while working remotely.Tune in to hear Ali's expert insights and learn how to navigate the new world of remote work.
This week on the Startup Mindsets podcast we'll meet Daniil and David Liberman, two brothers who share a passion for innovation. The Liberman brothers were born and raised in Russia, they moved to the United States in 2014 to pursue their business dreams.In this episode we focus on their most recent adventure working with Snapchat where they worked on avatars, bitmoji, animation, and product operations. Watch the full episode to gain insight into some of their favorite features including filters and lenses as well as their contribution in pushing the boundaries of Augmented Reality by creating experiences that blend the real world with digital elements.
How can spending energy make you feel more energized? This weeks exciting guest, Simon Alexander Ong, answers this question and discusses other interesting topics on the Startup Mindsets Pod.Simon Alexander Ong is an award winning life coach and author of the book Energize published by Penguin UK. Today, we talk about why energy is everything, key points Simon made in his book, and fascinating ideas 💡 that have to do with our Energy.Some of the important topics we discussed were: How does working out give us more energy, when we are lazy to start working out in the first place? How do you recommend people get out of energetic blocks or manage their energy properly? Why people feel exhausted and what they can do to feel energized. The journey from heads to our hearts Selling yourself to yourself before you can sell to othersGrab your copy of the book Energize: https://www.amazon.com/Energize-Find-Spark-Achieve-Better-ebook/dp/B094F5D3BZ
I first met Eric in 2019 when I was a venture capitalist at VU Venture Partners at the Salesforce Tower in SF. I thought the concept of owning a home in the Bay Area was so farfetched that there had to be a way to innovate and create a solution. Eric displayed founder tenacity climbing up San Francisco hills just to pitch us and today we catch up and learn about how Cher is changing lives.
In this podcast, Eric talks about what led him to create this company and what drives him to continue. We also talk about taking out a credit card to fund your company and hear how Cher had helped someone living in a van become a homeowner in the town of Long Beach.
Find out more about Cher at cher.app
Everyone can be a homeowner. Shared homeownership now made affordable and simple.
Jeremy Utley graduated the Stanford GSB the same year Earl did, 2009. We are extra excited to have him on the podcast for a conversation about why "Ideaflow" is an important way of thinking in today's work environment.
- I know kung fu moments
- Experience is a Liability
- Keep a bug list ( )
Purchase your copy of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric that Matters on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ideaflow-Only-Business-Metric-Matters/dp/0593420586
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Chat GPT Onfolio’s Yury Byalik on remote work, SEO, and adopting new technology in business--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Happy New Year! 🎊 Ghaz aka Ghazaleh joins Startup Mindsetss to discuss how her 2 decades in public health traveling the 🌍 left her burnt out and seeking a new career as a personal coach. We talk best country chips, how one can get involved in humanitarian efforts, and what it’s like working in Paris.As the Founder of 9 Paths Development, Dr. Ghaz Samandari, PhD is a Health Behavior Scientist, ICF-certified Integral Development coach and trauma-informed practitioner who has worked with communities of women, government leaders and a variety of organizations in over 30 different countries.With a PhD in Health Behaviour Science and extensive experience in the Humanitarian field, Dr. Ghaz Samandari combines health science and evaluation methods with her training in leadership coaching to provide whole-system solutions for organizations seeking to make an impact. How the Humanitarian field can help tech companies build inclusive workplace cultures for everyone to thrive. (Dr. Ghaz Samandari has worked in 30 countries across the world as a Health Behaviour Scientist supporting teams on the ground helping rebuild communities after war, famine
Aloha! (Recorded from Waikiki)Innovation in a highly regulated market such as cannabis can be tricky to navigate. Enter, Drop, the software solution that empowers cannabis businesses to deliver more and manage less. They provide you with the essential tools to take control of your business – from delivery logistics to powerful marketing and inventory management.Vanessa previously co-founded Greenlight Technologies, a leading order-ahead and digital loyalty software in the cannabis industry, which was acquired in 2018. She’s been recognized by Forbes Next 1000, Marijuana Venture 40 under 40, and is a part of the Rolling Stone Culture Council.Key PointsChoosing Entrepreneurship over college in a Filipino familyHow entrepreneurship led to getting a better job--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Brendon Baker joins us from Canberra, Australia to talk about his debut book, Valuable Change.
💡Valuable Takeaways 👇
- Reward - Pain = Decision
- Humans do not like pain, learn how to maximize the reward and minimize the pain to make decisions easier.
- Change comes in ripples.
Follow Brendon's work on Linkedin and his website.
Purchase the Valuable Change Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Valuable-Change-What-Need-Ensure/dp/064512270X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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Confetti brings teams together via virtual events and team bonding experiences like no one else. With customers like Netflix, Google, Spotify, Linkedin and Caterpillar, Confetti reimagines team togetherness and adds value to organizations. Lee tells us what it’s been like scaling this operation, her mindset as an entrepreneur, and so much more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Billy Price fell out of a 3 story window when he was a teenager. This unfortunately, left him partially paralyzed. Struggling with putting his shoes on, Billy had the idea to add a zipper to the side of his shoe. Now Billy’s shoes can be found in Target, Zappos, and other major retailers. Billy talks to us about he created and scaled the company to where it is today. Be sure to buy a pair of Billy’s and support the dream! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
On the episode we dive deep into working for a venture capital fund. Our friend, Kenn So, drops in to provides insight into being an associate at a top tier VC Firm in Silicon Valley, Shasta Ventures. We uncover how to assess startup deals and what truly goes into making a million dollar investment in early stage startups. Kenn also talks about landing an ultra competitive hard to get associate position at a Venture Capital firm, how VCs can diligence markets and prospective deals, and an overview on the AI and Big data industry.Kenn talks about growing up in Manila, being in a family of restaurateurs, going to Kellogg for his MBA, and charting his own trail in America as an immigrant.Read more about his work at https://www.quild.xyz/--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Jeremy Gardner is famous for being an early investor in ethereum as well as crypto castle. But those days are well behind him.
Today, he joins Startup Mindsets to talk his newest endeavor in men's skincare, Mademan.
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WE also discuss a variety of topics such as masculinity, handling fame and money, and how to be a successful entrepreneur.
Jeremy is one of the most well-known early entrepreneurs and evangelists in the crypto space. In 2014, while in college, he founded the Blockchain Education Network (BEN), a global educational nonprofit. Shortly after, Jeremy cofounded Augur, the decentralized prediction market platform, the first ever ICO, “utility token,” and DeFi app on Ethereum
Alex Svinov is a serial entrepreneur with a goal of founding a new company every 2 years. Alex takes us through how he operates Insquad, a remote hiring platform for startups in need of software developers.
We also talk about how to make difficult decisions, is entrepreneurship more art or science, and startup mindsets.
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Paul Osincup is a one of a kind talent, having found a way to incorporate laughter in business settings and work environments. Paul is a professional humor strategist who has been trusted by corporations like Discover, Nasdaq, Harvard Kennedy School, and Kaiser Permanente to name a few. He's also a TedX speaker with over 400k plays on Youtube. It turns out that Paul is a former Director of Conflict Resolution at my alma mater UC Riverside and on the show he shares funny stories from being a dean, doing standup comedy, to using humor to create favorable outcomes. Paul uses his experience in improv and stand-up comedy to entertain and engage audiences, while delivering research-based best practices. Make sure you check out Paul's content and services to find out how he can benefit your organization.
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Anil Reddy started as a caricature artist in India, growing up in poverty he had to find a way to pay for college which meant sweeping the floors while going to school. From humble beginnings sweeping classroom floors to founding and scaling Lollypop Design to India's best design studio with offices around the globe, Anil speaks about his life story and how a passion for creating art coupled with patience took him far. His simplicity and goodness with a mix of humour can leave you hypnotized for a lifetime We hear how anyone can become a good designer and discuss, technology ethics, and the struggles/perseverance required in entrepreneurship. We also talk about whether entrepreneurship is art or science. Founding Lollypop Design, first customer stories to how Lollypop achieved the success it has today. Some stats on Lollypop: One Billion+Lives Touched, 30+ Global Awards, 300+ Clients
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Karissma Yve is a fascinating entrepreneur, combining her passion for jewelry and technology she created Gildform.
Gildform is the all in one jewelry 3D print on demand jewelry design technology and manufacturing platform empowering creators to create jewelry products from concept to creation.
We hear about pearls of wisdom from going on a bike ride with Richard Branson in the Virgin Islands to her operating style as a CEO. She also speaks about bringing innovation to the jewelry industry and creating opportunities for jewelry creators and jewelry CAD designers to monetize their passions
Karissma's passionate about helping all jewelry creators transform their ideas into reality with clients like the Detroit Pistons. Karissma speaks about how she practices having a startup mindset by focusing on progress over perfection.
Thinking about all of the things that can get in your way of achieving your goal and asking what's going to stop you, 9 out of 10 times the answer is yourself.
Enjoy and don't forget to follow Gildform or find out how you can be a user.
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AI Sport was started by Anna Stepura in Ukraine about 1 year ago. They were accepted to Alchemist Accelerator and now are trying to get their startup off the ground. I was amazed by her mindset, courage, and perseverance to do all this despite her home country being at war. Make sure to check out ai.sport and follow their mission.
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Ethan A. Poetic is one of the most inspirational people I've met. From a terrible life threatening car accident to successful regaining his strength again and now on the verge of publishing an autobiography, Ethan embodies the Startup Mindset.
Ethan tells us how he went from "victim" to "VICTOR."
Madison Long founded Clutch in 2019 with her cofounder Simone May.
Madison shares invaluable advice for new entrepreneurs. She says to embrace the chaos and uncertainty.
Sign up for Clutch and Transform the future of work by empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs to launch, market, and grow their side-hustles.
Clutch is a side-hustle marketplace that connects the next generation of creators to small businesses looking for affordable digital marketing services. Gen-Z (18-24-year-old) creators have a natural aptitude for social media and graphic design. Still, these companies don't have a central place to seek them out. We bridge that gap while empowering students financially. If you want to hit your target audience, hire your target audience.
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Clyx was founded by Alyx while she was at Harvard during the pandemic. She saw that it was hard to hang out with friends because it felt like "having to machine gun text" everyone. Alyx also recalls a moment scrolling on social media thinking why isn't my social life as good as some peers? Their motto STOP SCROLLING START LIVING has catalyzed serendipitous meetups in Miami, Harvard, and Yale University as young people have taken part in the movement.
Alyx tells Dan how the team is making this a reality and how she manages the tasks getting Clyx off the ground.
Find all your friends’ plans in one place by making sure to follow Clyx on social and download the app to try them out.
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Mike Liu started freefuse off an idea when a good friend called him about a breakup. Mike wanted to help his friend’s music career and started creating software to do so. Today we learn about how his time at UC Riverside and Texas A&M shaped his career path.
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Happy 4th of July folks! Today's podcast features Rami Essaid, founder of Finmark. Rami had a goal of helping founders have a better sense of what their company's future financial picture looks like. Finmark integrates with your accounting software and CRMs to give a better understanding of current expenses and allows for accurate forecasts of growth. Rami details pitching 120 investors before getting Finmark's first check and eventually raising a seed round with Bessemer Venture Partners and Draper Associates. We also hear about early entrepreneurship tales like selling shoe polish as a kid and creating a startup with friends. If you're a founder tired of managing your financial projections with spreadsheets, sign up for Finmark.
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Brian Potts, partner at and named top 100 lawyers in America at Perkins & Coie, shares what it's like launching multiple products like his own keyboard for lawyers, an ETF called $DEMZ traded on the Nasdaq, writing a book called The Jobless Lawyers Handbook, and accelerating growth for his own startup, Goods Unite Us.
I stumbled upon Brian's work on Linkedin when I saw a post he wrote about having 200 job rejections out of law school to becoming a partner at the law firm that once rejected him. I had to reach out to find out the full scoop. As we all know getting rejected from jobs is all too common. In the podcast, Brian details what advice he has for people trying to leap over career hurdles and how he's able to achieve so much in multiple aspects of entrepreneurship.
Be sure to check out his book: The Jobless Lawyers Handbook
Download Goods Unite Us to know where brands donate politically and the $DEMZ ETF on your brokerage.
Also feel free to DM Brian about career advice in the legal profession. On Twitter he's @brianhpotts
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We chose to vent on this episode from a personal standpoint. So much is changing we noticed with the economy that affect startups and entrepreneurs. We used this opportunity to do a solo pod to get some motivation out there and to be cognizant of what's going on in the world.
Introducing our new startup partner, Incued. If you're at a VC firm and want better investor relations, look no further. Learn more https://incued.com/
The only complete Investor Relations CRM from deal sourcing to portfolio management.
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Mental Health is talked about more nowadays than ever before. Tamar Blue Founder/CEO of Mental Happy joins us and guest host Brandon Warren on the podcast today.
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Welcome back to another amazing episode of Startup Mindsets! Hope your year has been great so far! - Dan Investing in startups was traditinally reserved for the rich or people with access to capital such as VCs. But enter Wefunder, founded by Nick Tomarello in 2013 in an apartment in Noe Valley. Today we sit down with Jonny Price VP of Fundraising at Wefunder and learn what it's like helping startups raise Community Rounds, persevering internally at Wefunder despite growth challenges. We also learn more about how the public can invest as low as $100 in startups on the platform. Notable companies who've raised on Wefunder include Mercury, Checkr, and Zenefits to name a few.
If you're a startup thinking about a community round, DM Startup Mindsets and we can consult you for free.
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Our guest today is Will Peng born in Taiwan and immigrating to the U.S. he went to Princeton University. It was at his first job out of college that he realized it was hard to understand compensation packages from his employer on top of his personal challenges around student debt.
Will's worked at Red Swan Ventures an early investor in Oscar, Warby Parker, Coinbase prior to creating Northstar. Since 2016 Will has made it his mission by founding Northstar to guide people in their financial journeys.
Everyone deserves the best financial advice to make the best decisions for themselves. Employers who use Northstar give their employees access to certified financial planners. There's this unique intersection of financial advice and compensation/benefits from work.
We talk about landing top clients like Zoom, Snap, Serviceitan, and Nerdwallet to his first customer in the early days. Will also sheds light on what it was like founding the company doing uncomfortable sales calls and how design and sales are closely related.
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Serial entrepreneur Andrew Gazdecki joins Startup Mindsets to unpack his story of founding startups and leading them to several exits. Andrew Gazdecki provides an enlightening conversation on how he as a student at Chico State created a majority bootstrapped startup, Bizness Apps, to hit 5 million in revenue and eventually selling it in offer from a private equity firm. We go over, MicroAcquire's startup marketplace, how he build supply and demand, and when bootstrapping makes sense as a founder. From selling beanie babies on Ebay to his successful stints creating startups, Andrew's story is proof that hardwork, timing, and doing what you love lead to noteworthy places. We learn about his new mission of empowering startup founders to achieve liquidity by selling their startups on MicroAcquire's marketplace. Andrew Gazdecki is a four-time startup founder with three-time exits, former CRO, and founder of MicroAcquire. Gazdecki has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine, as well as prominent industry blogs such as Mashable, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat.
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Meet Alyona Mysko, CEO of Fuelfinance as she details her experience running a startup while leading her company in the middle of a war. It was humbling to speak to someone going through such a challenging time, we were lost for words trying to fully comprehend the tragedy in Ukraine. Alyona describes working from a bomb shelter and managing a team while trying to move the needle forward as a founder. Alyona talks about the importance of following a mission during a crisis and what's being done to look out for the team as they navigate Russia's attack. If you're a startup exec and want the value a CFO can bring without having to hire one, check out Fuelfinance's product as they were also feature #1 on ProductHunt. Head to Spend with Ukraine to support Ukraine founders and businesses. Follow us on Instagram @startupmindsetspod
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Meet Greg Shepard, he's been featured on TedX talks and university lectures worldwide. Founder of BOSS Capital Partners, a boutique investment firm focused on Series Seed through Series B technology businesses.
We uncover his mindset which is unique because he is neurodivergent. Not being able to land a job led him to become an entrepreneur, finding out he could make money from an early age, he chose entrepreneurship.
He's also former CTO at Pepperjam.
Greg's been able to achieve some wild feats like being the heaviest person to base jump, meeting Obama, deadlifting 500lbs on his 50th birthday, running a marathon with asthma and we learn what made all this possible. Every year he does an annual challenge which are pretty gnarly.
Greg is a 20 year startup veteran and serial entrepreneur with 14 liquidity events under his belt in BioTech, TransitTech, AdTech and MarTech industries, two of which were sold as part of a $925M transaction that won 4 private equity awards for transactions between $250M-$1B
Greg recommends starting with the end in mind so you'll be able to back into your goals.
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For this week’s episode, I bring on my cousin, Jim Narvios founder and attorney at Narvios Law Firm. Find out what inspired the leap from performing on stage as Rocko Stedy to fighting for clients’ cases in court. Be sure to follow @filipinoattorney to keep up with Jim’s journey or hit up Narvios Law Firm. We discover that motivation can come from failure and that your distinct creativity sometimes means you have to make your own company, corporation, and in Jim's case own law firm.
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Meet Girish Redekar, he founded Sprinto to ensure software companies meet information security compliance requirements like GDPR, HIPPA, SOC2 without having to hire a consultant. Sprinto’s software does most of the work. We find out how security can be a sales asset in that it can allow deals to be approved faster and enhance a product's overall performance.
We hear about Sprinto raising from Accel, Blume Ventures, and Elevation Capital as well valuable tips for startups like going from months to days to get something done or enhance a product.
Girish talks about how his mindset towards business changed once he became a founder, learning that startups actually grow the size of the economic pie.
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My guest today is Stefanie Pinsley, now known for her TikToks around marketing and entrepreneur mindset hacks. She's scaled her following on TikTok to 70k. Stef left Google to be a content creator (TikToker) and entrepreneur mindset coach. Currently Stef is an personal branding coach for her own company Roadmap to Rise and you can check it here. We have thought filled discussion on the content creator lifestyle, building a personal brand, being a coach, and most importantly finding happiness and fulfillment in her career. Follow Stef @stef.pinsley on TikTok and Instagram. We learn that the value of your self worth doesn't come from what school you went to or what company you work for but instead how you align your passion with your purpose. We also touch on the emotional cycle of change and what you can do to make great content.
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On International Women's Day, 3/8, we welcome Senofer Mendoza to the podcast! Senofer and Adrian Mendoza started Mendoza Ventures to address the funding gap in the pre-seed investment stage for underrepresented founders. Senofer founded the first LatinX venture capital firm on the East Coast in 2016 and has since been leading the charge for investing in more diverse founders ever since! She is a former enterprise sales executive selling into large brands including Marriott, Fairmont, and Starwood. On today's show we catch up on market trends and have a thought based discussion on why there is a lack of real diversity in the tech industry and why women and minorities don't receive funding as easily. *What you can do to invest in women without being a VC * That the ideal pie chart for diversity looks like the census Pitch Mendoza Ventures
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Ahmed Elsamidisi founded Narrator.ai when he experienced the problem of not knowing how to answer/taking too long to answer data queries at WeWork as a Data Engineer. He realized that he had to be the one to solve this problem after talking to companies who might be solving this but weren't. In the episode we discuss Ahmed's "Ah ha" moment💡, Getting into YCombinator, Living with your co-founders in the same house, funny stories while pitching venture capitalists and customers, and much more! We welcome guest host, Jovanni Lara, to go more in depth about the product and his experience trying to make sense of data.
Narrator powers self-service analytics across all your data. It allows anyone to get answers in minutes instead of weeks, using the same data as your data team. Narrator helps your data team build a full customer 360 that covers every interaction customers have with your business (opened emails, paid invoices, new support tickets, etc...), Anyone can answer quick questions and self-serve requests across all your data without needing SQL and then integrate that data with your existing tools (spreadsheets, BI, and SaaS tools like email providers). Provide the foundation for a comprehensive self-service experience for your company by going to Narrator.ai
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Freddie Van Huynh has an incredible story, you've got to hear about. Born in Sweden as the son of Cambodian immigrants Freddie had a unique upbringing. Combining his love for travel and providing others opportunities led him to found Absolute Internship. Fred has been to 50+ countries, speaks 7 languages,and practices Jiu Jitsu regularly. He details his experience founding Absolute Internship, an international internship program for university students looking to intern abroad. Not being able to take out salary until year 4 of founding the company, Freddie talks about living cheaply and often eating $2 pasta while chasing his dream. The journey wasn't easy, however, today Absolute Internship is one of the world's top international internship providers in the world having served 2,000+ students in more than 10 countries. (26:50) NOTHING GROWS IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE Get 30% Startup & Small Business Accounting with our partner BENCH Accounting Here.
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Arjun founded Solid in 2019 with the idea that they could enable every company to offer their own suite of fintech services. With every company thinking about how to create their own experiences powered by fintech, Arjun and team saw an opportunity to build the layer that powers this. On today's show, we discuss (5:29) Fintech as a service, the value of companies owning the fintech experience for its customers (14:19) Transitioning from seed to series A (18:09) Valuing investor feedback Solid offers a fully integrated & compliant suite of FinTech services. Integrate in minutes to build never-before-seen experiences.
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How Hard Can It Be author, Arnaud Henneville Wedholm, joins startup mindsets to talk about his new book, How Hard Can It Be, Lessons From Trying to Take Down Facebook. Inspired from his efforts to build a startup that would be better than Facebook. Arnaud tells his story on how his startup, InternalDesk, became a "Broken Unicorn." We hear about what it's like to struggle as an entrepreneur and why success comes from trying and failing. InternalDesk was created to incentivize people to complete challenges to better themselves.
Noteworthy Discussion Points
- The Social Media "Like" is the modern day tiger.
- Why we should seek failure so we can prepare for it more.
- Overcoming fear and mental blocks
- Why motivation comes from within and relating to purpose.
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Earl met David when he was in high school in the Philippines starting YouthHack, an international nonprofit helping students learn how to code in the Philippines. We discover the success a simple cold email to Huffington Post could have where he ended up becoming a contributing writer in college. David’s also been a part of Dorm Room Fund, First Round Capital’s fund for university entrepreneurs, Growth and Analytics at Amplitude and a recent investor and now operator at Rutter building the e-commerce API layer.
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For this episode, we bring on Rene Morkos founder of ALICE an AI construction simulation and optimization software. The value Alice brings to construction planners is how they are able to simulate over a million ways to build a building. We talk in depth about Rene attaining a PhD in construction management at Stanford, creating Alice from his thesis, and life as a professor at Stanford. Meaningfully we found out what kept Rene pushing forward often spending 20 hour days working on getting a PhD and after hearing 300 rejections from potential investors. Today, Alice is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Merus Capital to name a few. Lastly we learn that Rene's startup mindset is pushing the boundaries and finding out when his breaking point would be. Leave us a review and share us on social!
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Selling and buying a car tends to be a hassle nowadays especially when you're trying to get the best bargain. Enter TopMarq a new way to compare the top car websites (Carvana, Carmax etc.) while listing or shopping. CEO of TopMarq, Quinn Osha, joins us on today's podcast to talk about what he's building as a solo founder.
Quinn takes us through his experience graduating CalTech and learning how to code on his own, where he gets the ability to tackle new obstacles in business such as learning marketing for the first time, raising funding, and championing progress over perfection.
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Matt Spettel cofounded CoPilot while he was in undergrad at Carnegie Mellon. In this episode, we hear how it was balancing college and running a startup, how Matt met his cofounder Gabe, overcoming age bias, and building the company to what it is today.
We learn about his route to entrepreneurship as a kid who would make his own video games and sell them at school to pretending to be a personal trainer. Fresh off a 6M Series A Round led by Hyde Park Venture Partners with Maven Ventures and TenOneTen Ventures participating.
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Karthik Suresh joins us for this episode of Startup Mindsets. Having a career that's varied from being an engineer on Wall Street writing code for algorithmic trading he wanted to pursue a profession that meant more than making money. This lead to an eventual career in product management having worked for Facebook as a product manager before leaving to start Ignition. Listen to learn how early stage product management differs from large corporations and why having more flexibility plays to your advantage as an entrepreneur.
Ignition makes launching a product easier by bringing different times together.
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The global risk management market is 17 billion and expected to grow exponentially by 2027. Ferret.ai runs a background check that ensures business is done with the right people to deter being taken advantage of. We hear about his experience at UCLA Anderson and how what's learned in the classroom gets applied directly into the startup the next day then brought back to class to make an ultimate feedback loop. Matt tells stories of when deals have gone wrong and what Ferret can do to prevent this from happening.
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Frances Simowitz is CEO of Weve Acceleration formerly Numa New York. In on today's episode we learn about New York City's vibrant entrepreneurial scene. Moreover, we learn about Frances switching career goals from wanting to be an opera singer to a bona fide leader in bolstering the startup New York scene for international companies looking for a presence in the US. Their New York office leverages New York’s thriving innovation ecosystem to deliver immersive educational programming for startups and multinational corporations. They offer virtual and in person startup acceleration programs to support US market entry of early and growth-stage international companies. (18:20) Mindset is the limiting factor (24:00) Proving doubters wrong (32:00) Advice to 20 year old self (35:00) Frances' Startup Mindset
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Hall Martin a long time angel investor and creator of Texas Entrepreneurial Network aka Ten Capital joins Startup Mindsets to tell us about his experiences being alongside new ideas and startups for decades. Today TEN Capital helps startups and growth companies everywhere raise venture funding. To date TEN Capital has helped entrepreneurs who have raised over $644M.
Shortcuts
22:30 Being a Professor at University of Texas, Austin
25:50 Is Entrepreneurship born or made?
27:00 Trying to be innovative in corporations
29:00 It's the "WHY" that gets you through
31:00 Startup Team Skills
34:50 Picking out the white spaces and having a technology roadmap
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What's up Startup Mindsets Fam! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, in the spirit of hospitality we have Luca Zambello, Founder of Jurny on the show today. Jurny is a hospitality tech company offering SaaS-based management solutions for the modern traveler. We discuss what it was like during Jurny's most difficult months in operation during covid and how they made it through.
Luca discusses growing up in Italy and moving to attend UCLA, what inspired him to start Jurny, and how he build the company without coding himself. Jurny's raised over 10M USD with notable VCs such as Mucker Capital.
Be sure to try them out the next time you're looking for a vacation!!!
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Dr. Alice Martin is the founder of Dermanostic and a physician in Germany. Alice tells her story of changing her mindset to become an entrepreneur as she says, “Physicians don't take many risks” because risk in healthcare can mean death while risk is a common ingredient when founding a startup. We hear about their experiences filming TikToks, recruiting a software engineer, and their mission to digitize dermatology. If you're in Germany, be sure to download their app on the Apple Store.
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Our guest, Kobina Asah joins us from Ithaca, New York to talk about his startup, Coverr and how it provides independent contractors stability. Currently 50M+ Gig Economy workers operate in the United States and represent one of the fastest growing labor segments, yet have difficulty accessing business financing due to their lack of standard underwriting criteria. COVERR evaluates alternative and traditional factors to provide contractors with capital to help stabilize earnings volatility or small emergencies (2:45) What is Coverr? (4:00) Inspiration to build Coverr. (7:00) Commentary on why the gig economy experienced growth. (15:50) First experiences with entrepreneurship
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After years of working at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan in equity research, James Giancotti felt the desire to create a product that solved problems he experienced as a banker from a technology standpoint. Oddup is a data driven research platform that rates startups primarily in Asia. With headquarters in Hong Kong, we get to know more of the startup scene in China, ie what makes it so unique and according to James, the hardest working place for entrepreneurs.
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Richard White has over a decade of entrepreneurship founding UserVoice and Fathom. He takes us through his journey from selling PlayStation cheat codes as a kid to being part of the first YCombinator batch in Cambridge in 2005 to the latest with Fathom in YC 2021. We talk fundraising from Zoom Apps Fund and what it’s like couch surfing while creating a tech company. Stop taking notes on Zoom with fathom.video, try them on the Zoom Apps Store today!
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Fly and Fetch is a startup changing the way people travel and send goods. Based out of Edmonton, Shelvie tells us how she created the company and how things are doing. We also hear about Draper University’s survival week and how coming to Silicon Valley has affected growth. Learn more about how you can get free flights at flyandfetch.com
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Startups and Entrepreneurship are at an all time high during the pandemic leaving first time startup founders with the challenge of figuring out what to do. Incued, helps founders with guided business planning. Josh joins us to detail the company’s plans and his journey being a founder.
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Rayson Esquejo has ran social media marketing campaigns for multiple films including Jobs (2013) Side Effects (2013) and most recently for TFC and Wood Works. Taking a new technology and incorporating it into business strategy is easier said than done. We hear about Rayson's advice for keeping up with market trends and using social media for its advantages. Most recently, Rayson worked with Jay Leno to create TikToks for an upcoming film. This episode dives into over a decade of social media use to drive engagement in the entertainment industry.
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For this episode, we decided to talk about our impression of Startup Mindsets' last couple guests. We talk about what we found noteworthy, unique, and valuable spanning from executive coaches, franchise owners, to startup founders the diversity in thought is truly amazing.
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Eli Velasquez is on a mission to create a more diverse pie chart of investors of color. We hear about over a decade of being an angel investor, lessons learned, advice to new angels. More about Investors of Color on investorsofcolor.com More about Angel Capital Association at angelcapitalassociation.org
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Catalyzed from not being able to pay for tuition in Switzerland because he recently immigrated from India, Prashanth set out create a solution to
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Safa Mahzari, founder of financial reporting software, Alluxo, joins us on this episode. We learn the importance of creating a process and pointing back to the process instead of to the individual.
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Meredith Whipple Callahan joins us on this episode to discuss what catalyzed becoming a 2x author and her journey as a religious studies major at Yale to a career as a consultant for Bain & Co. and now an executive coach at Evolution.
We talk about how religion intersects with business and the power of saying "YES" to fear.
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Welcome to episode 31! Our guest, Craig Stokes, is the owner/operator of Chick Fil A in Canoga Park. But it didn't always start that way, we hear Craig's inspiring career journey from starting at KFC to spending more than a decade in the Air Force, and recently as a TV personality.
As we all know, Chick Fil A's hospitality is on a different level. We talk about overcoming overwhelming odds to becoming a franchisee with 70k applications and being 1 of 100 selected.
We also dive into:
Why every moment is a once-in-a-lifetime moment, being willing to take the first steps, It's not about who you know, it's about who knows you. You have the power to create the opportunities you've been waiting for.
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A lot is said about tech companies and their products, funding, etc. but none of that matters if you can't surround the team with great employees. Derrick Gellidon has over a decade of recruiting experience working for the Golden State Warriors, Google, Instacart, Lyft, and now heads talent at Curology. In our conversation, we understand what hiring looks like from 0 to 100, to 100 to 1000+ and how the recruiting landscape has changed over recent years.
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Remote work and the future of work are hot topics nowadays as distributed workforces took shape during the pandemic. Tandem is a virtual office for remote teams that powers collaboration. We have an exciting conversation with Rajiv Ayyangar, Founder/CEO about how their product reimagines working in an office virtually, product thinking, Y Combinator, and closing a mega seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. We also play a fun game of this or that.
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Becoming a one-hit-wonder is difficult, let alone a music sensation. Piinky, a startup based in London is aiming to put artists in control with their software which gives a birds-eye view and streamlines the publishing process. We hang out with Piinky CEO Adeseye to unpack the business of the music industry, what artists are doing to get noticed, and entrepreneurship. Subscribe to our blog to get a weekly dose of up and coming startups and the people behind them, Learn more at www.piinky.io
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Sales are like oxygen for early-stage startups. They can't succeed without it. Whitney has 10+ years of startup experience and founded the sales method. She joins us to breakdown the sales method, what mindset to have when selling, and her career journey from graduating UC San Diego to having a rockstar career in sales. We also talk about how Acceleprise is accelerating women founders and leading the charge in bringing diversity into the venture-backed ecosystem.
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After meeting Emil at a bar in San Francisco 4 years ago when Bluedot was a bit smaller, we caught up with him to hear how Bluedot is powering the location services industry, with brands like Dunkin Donuts, McDonald's, and other restaurants utilizing location to deliver on point frictionless service. We also cover how the company started in Australia, founder amnesia, pitching hundreds of VCs to securing 20 million in funding, getting out of a survival mindset to a growth mind, and humility's real value. Learn more about Bluedot at https://bluedot.io Stay in the loop with our newsletter at startupmindsets.substack.com
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Welcome back to another edition of Startup Mindsets. Today, we talk about how nontechnical founders can leverage Mohara in creating a minimum viable product and core technology to launch their business. Many startup ideas are great but lack the ability to develop core technology. That's where Mohara comes in and acts as a product team for early stage startups. We sat down with Rich and Benji to discuss how they solve this need for entrepreneurs across many different geographies. With offices in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Colombia, and Bangkok early-stage startups with Mohara's help are being created. Get in touch at www.mohara.co Proud to announce Startup Mindsets is sponsored by Bourkehood, an R&D tax incentive company. Get tax credits for your startup today, at bourkehood.com
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The Online Gambling market is growing with 6 new states in 2020 granting approval. With sports becoming a completely digital experience due to the pandemic we talk about how PickUP enables fans to play the headlines.
- We hang out with CEO Dan Healy and pick his brain on entrepreneurship, fundraising, and the day to day of running a startup.
- He tells us about the startup he founded, Pickup, and how they are enabling fans to play the headlines.
- We hear an important lesson of getting into different environments and being open minded.
- Check them out at playpickup.com
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The word entrepreneur has French origins and it means to start something. Today, Elodie de Marchi, Head of Growth at Kaiko joins us from Paris to talk about entrepreneurship and her career journey. We talk about
- Leaving VM Ware, a 30,000 employee company to join Kaiko a scrappy startup with 16 employees
- Why direction is vital in entrepreneurial environments
- Her work in Corporate Venture Capital and Silicon Valley Bank
- The contrast between France's startup scene and SV
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What's up, everyone! Apologies for the brief hiatus but we are back! Hope you had a happy holiday! Let's get back into the grind. In this new style episode, we talk about recent tech IPOs: Affirm, Roblox, and Bumble, our book progress, and new things we are working on! -Dan
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In this episode, we talk to Anil Narasimha the CEO/Founder of Mekonos. Mekonos is an innovative biotech startup building solution that enable and accelerate precision medicine, synthetic biology & fundamental science. We learn what it's like starting and running a biotech company from starting in a lab to becoming a product with real-life applications.
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One in every two dogs and one in every three cats die from cancer. This statistic is alarming. Christina Lopes, the CEO/Founder of Fidocure, breaks down their mission of being the first precision medicine for pets. We learn about her inspiring career journey, the YCombinator experience, fundraising, the value of the humanities, and what FidoCure is actively doing to combat this issue.
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We talk to a venture capitalist, startup founder, and a world-class operator on this episode. Amit shares his inspiring career journey. We discuss investing virtually compared to in-person, what it is like raising money for a startup, venture fund, and non-profit, and the career journey of being an early employee of Google, confounding Health IQ, working at Norwest Ventures, Samsung Next, and how Tau Ventures is leading the charge in applied AI early-stage deals.
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Workplace happiness is in question a lot nowadays with high turnover rates and more and more employees disagreeing with management. In this episode, we catch up with our good friend Kelly Lei who helps employees find their belonging. Believing that we don't have just one purpose in life, Kelly's current purpose is to grow people and businesses into their full potential by helping people to create, invest, spend and give resources in alignment with their values. If companies focused on ensuring workplace happiness and alignment, turnover rates would be lower and a happy workforce equals growth.
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Innovation is a ubiquitous characteristic of startups and organizations in the tech world. In this episode, we talk to Jordan Sun, the Chief Innovation Officer of San Jose, California. We discuss what fits the innovation mold of the city and recent success in closing the digital divide. Moreover, we discover Maslow's hierarchy of needs, crisis response vs consensus-driven approach, and his time in the Army as a tech scout.
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You can’t do it alone. Entrepreneurship can be isolating especially in the beginning. Today, we learn about Earl’s time in Techstar’s Western Union accelerator. We discuss virtual vs. in person work and learn about the value that having a tribe behind you provides. #startupmindsets
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Madhu Iyer is presently a partner at RocketshipVC, a 140M fund that invests in global founders. In this episode, we talk about the South East Asian tech ecosystem, what it's like building a tech unicorn, GoJek, and growing Intuit's Quickbooks platform to 300 million USD. #startupmindsets
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We talk about the "Entrepreneurship Bug" and learn about Akshay's humbling journey growing up in India to flipping "WWE" wrestling cards. Today, Akshay is the Founder/CEO of Line, a rising startup which provides access interest-free line of funds without credit-history, paychecks or credit scores. Power bank accounts, bills, money transfers and more. Find out more about Line at www.useline.com
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Join us as we look at startup fundraising vs venture fundraising with the help of Ramphis Castro, Founding GP of ScienceVest.
Learn about why and how ScienceVest is solving the problem of access to capital for science fiction based founders.
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Being an entrepreneur versus working a nine to five is always a huge topic for discussion. Tingwei Huang is an intrapreneur who's worked on developing innovation within Intel and Amazon most recently. We discuss her time at Intel Capital and how Amazon inculcates a "Day One" mindset within the corporation.
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In this episode, we get to know an up and coming startup attempting to disrupt the containers restaurants and consumers use for food. Dispatch Goods allows for on-demand restaurant food pickup in reusable containers! Maia Tekle, COO of Dispatch Goods, joins Startup Mindsets to share the work she is doing with Dispatch Goods in making the environment more sustainable. Sign up for Dispatch Goods and join the movement toward sustainability today!
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Euvin Naidoo joins us for an action packed discussion about agility’s role in the startup and venture ecosystem. We dive deep into the factor risk plays in any venture and how corporations are reacting to the COVID-19 crisis while best serving the customer. Euvin is a senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School, where he works at the intersection of risk management, performance control, governance, and agile execution.
Welcome to season 2 of Startup Mindsets. In this episode, we dive more into marketing with Ping Rivero of LendingHome. We talk about startup mindsets in different countries and his switch from software engineering to performance marketing. We cover best practices marketers are applying and how anyone can start marketing. Press Play!
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On this special July 4th episode of Startup Mindsets, we talk about the reality of being an entrepreneur through the lens of Cube Wealth, a subscription service focusing on helping the retail investor invest. We learn about the determination and mentality that gets a business up and running. Learn more at www.cubewealth.com We also discuss the digitalization of consumer behavior, the value of a dollar, Covid19's impact on the stock market and much more! You don't want to miss this one! Press Play!
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Patrick Moran has shared driving marketing success for well-known media tech companies you know today such as Spotify and Netflix. Taking their user base from around the 20 million range to near 75 million users. From growing up in the Philippines to his stints with startups in the valley, marketing has been a great portion of his work for a decade. Tune in and learn what mindset propels global growth marketing.
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In this episode, Ravi breaks down where he learned about "grit" in his entrepreneur journey. From UC Riverside to India to San Francisco using engineering and technology to solve problems around water became his mission. Tune in as we talk about Sutro's inspiration, humble beginnings, and more. Make your pool safer at https://mysutro.com/
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In this episode, John Morada talks about the "Engineering Mindset" and where his entrepreneurial journey started. We learn about his time as a Vice President at Agile Stacks and what it is like wearing multiple hats from marketing, sales, and engineering in an early-stage startup. Press Play! #startupmindsets
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Ron Ro is the Founder/CEO of Awair, a startup that focuses on providing healthy buildings and spaces. Throughout this episode, we cover Awair's Inception, growth, trials, and tribulations and how inspiration from his dad's "kimchee dream" catalyzed Ron's Startup Mindset and Inspiration." Today, Awair is a 20 plus team with their products in office buildings and homes across the country. Find Awair's smart home devices at getawair.com and become an air quality expert today.
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Episode 5 features Ishan Gupta, a serial entrepreneur with a lasting Silicon Valley imprint. From graduating from Stanford Graduate School of Business to being Facebook’s first hire on the ground in India. He also founded Edukart and sold the startup to Paytm prior to becoming Udacity's Global Head of Student Operations. Throughout his founder journey, mindset and motivation came from wanting to give people "access" to quality education and information. We touch on: - How to pick a board member and how to strategically build a team. - Raising venture capital and navigating fundraising from seed to series A. How running a startup in India compares to the U.S.
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Get to know the hosts of The Startup Mindsets, Earl and Dan. -Learn about our motivation to create this podcast and write The Startup Mindsets. - What mindset is needed to build a strong startup In this episode, Earl Valencia breaks down his entrepreneurial and corporate journey. From founding the Philippine's first startup incubator, earning an MBA from Stanford GSB, working at Bridgewater & Associates, to digital innovation at Charles Schwab. Currently, Earl is Chief Business Officer at Plentina, a fin-tech startup, with their first market being the Philippines. He breaks down what composes his startup mindset and how the regular person can go from having an idea and turn it into a mission-driven identity.
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What's up, everyone! In Episode 4 of The Startup Mindsets, we explore entrepreneurship in Asia with Beryl Chavez, Partner at Alpha Omega Capital Partners & Consultant at UBX Philippines. Beryl shares her insights on working at Coins.ph, the Philippine's largest startup exit to date - Career and entrepreneurship trajectory as former CEO of CapChainX - How trying to innovate within large corporations differs from startups - How CoVid19 is affecting startup creation and deals in the Southeast Asia landscape
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Leezel Tanglao brings a unique twist to the Startup Mindset's perspectives and shares how her journey in journalism is driven by impact and community. She's worked for HuffPost in New York City and various news outlets in Southern California. In this episode, we learn how going back to the core of who you are guides the way for growth and clarity.
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Jonathan drops by to give his Jwow or Jonathan Words of Wisdom! This week's episode includes: How Wonsulting is helping turn underdogs into winners. Coming from a non-traditional background does not mean you can't break into tech or start a company. How to surround yourself with the right people to fuel your career aspirations.
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Startup Mindsets welcomes you into a discussion with the Co-Founder of Plug and Play, Jojo Flores. In this episode, we discuss: -How a start in the water bottle industry created Silicon Valley's most active VC. -Plug and Play's origin story and a tiny rug store on University Avenue, Leasing Google their first office -The Sales Startup Mindset -What's needed to prosper as a Startup and VC in an economic downturn - -The southeast Asian venture scene - Philippine-based startup growth
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