The Founder's Formula Podcast: Recent Episodes
Chet Lovegren
The Founder's Formula Podcast is designed to bring current founders, co-founders, founding CEOs, and aspiring entrepreneurs alike the latest and greatest insight from founders who have "been there and done that".
In today’s episode, we talk with Brannon Santos, Founder & CEO at ChatGems about building a startup pre-revenue and his experiences as a first-time founder, and how his company is revolutionizing the customer feedback process for teams struggling to make sales, generate revenue, and retain those customers.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Brannon Santos on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brannon-santos/
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In today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Veronica Jow, Founder of Avid Sports Medicine, Harvard Graduate, and Team Physician of The San Francisco Giants and University California Santa Cruz about how a pivot during COVID kept her business going strong and how she's creating a scalable practice by doing what's in the best interest of her customers.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Dr. Veronica Jow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicajow/
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In today’s episode, we talk with Stephanie Valenti, Portfolio Advisor at Hatchet Ventures, she is a 3X C-Suite Executive, Strategic Advisor at multiple companies, and a dean of several schools at Pavilion University, about the common mistakes founders make going from $1M to $10M and how to get ahead of them early.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Stephanie Valenti on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentis/
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This episode of The Founder's Formula Podcast recaps the best moments from our amazing guests for the month of July.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Episode 29: Creating a Unique Business Model with Owen Barrett, Founder & CEO at Rayven
Episode 30: Taking Big Concepts and Simplifying Them with Emily Molstad, Co-Founder & CEO at Valis
Episode 31: Creating Raving Fans with Leslie Greenwood, Founder & CEO at Chief Evangelist Consulting
In today’s episode, we talk with Leslie Greenwood, Founder and CEO of Chief Evangelist Consulting about how her experience building communities for startups, helping them create raving fans, and about how she went from pivoting to tech at the age of 44, to working with tech companies regularly in her business.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Leslie Greenwood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-greenwood/
Check out Chief Evangelist Consulting's Website: https://thechiefevangelist.com/
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In today’s episode, we talked with Emily Molstad, CEO & Co-Founder at Valis, about how she stood up her sustainability venture and the learnings as a technical founder she experienced over the last 18 months.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Emily Molstad on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-molstad/
Check out Valis' Website: https://www.solvusglobal.com/valis
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In today’s episode, we talked with Owen Barrett, Founder & President at Rayven, about how his company is paying people to fight climate change with their unique investing and net zero real estate business model.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Owen Barrett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/owenmadsenbarrett/
Check out Rayven's Website: https://joinrayven.com/
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This episode of The Founder's Formula Podcast recaps the best moments from our amazing guests for the month of June.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Episode 25: Creative Curiosity and Navigating the Co-Founder Search with Jake Kaempf, Founder at The Everyday Company
Episode 26: Key Components to User Acquisition with Taric Mirza, Founder & CEO at Arrive
Episode 27: Enabling Customers to Spread Joy with Grayson Hogard, Founder at Grove Cookie Company
Episode 28: How to Plan a Product Launch with Milaena Ferrarese, Co-Founder & CEO at Healthy Kinnect
In today’s episode, we talked with Milaena Ferrarese, Co-Founder and CEO of Healthy Kinnect a results-oriented app that personalizes accountability for health and wellness.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Milaena Ferrarese on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milaena-ferrarese-ms-rdn-nlp-cht-tlt-59a031156/
Check out Healthy Kinnect's Website: https://www.healthykinnect.com/
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In today’s episode, we talked with Grayson Hogard, Founder of Grove Cookie Company. He shares his journey from the military to logistics, to becoming a first-time founder with his wife.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Grayson Hogard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graysonhogard/
Check out Grove Cookie Company's Website: https://www.grovecookiecompany.com/
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In today’s episode, we talked with Taric Mirza, Founder and CEO at Arrive about user acquisition and how he's going about product distribution as a second-time founder.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Taric Mirza on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taricmirza/
Check out Arrive's Website: https://arrive.gg/
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In today’s episode, we talked with Jake Kaempf, the Founder of The Everyday Company, and we discussed how his creative background and curiosity in business helped him navigate the challenges of putting together a team for his newest venture.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Jake Kaempf on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmckaempf/
Check out Everyday Company's Website: https://www.everydaycompany.co/
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In this episode of The Founder's Formula Podcast, we recap the top moments from our 12 guests during season 2.
HIGHLIGHTS
James Oliver Jr, Founder & CEO @ Kabila
Daniel Rau, Co-Founder & CEO @ Veterati
Howard Kim, Founder & CEO @ Mementum
Andrew Backs, Founder @ Pilot44 Labs
Conor Lamb, Co-Founder @ SkinTheory
Mark Jacobson, Founder & CEO @ Terrain
Vadim Slavin, Portfolio Advisor @ Hatchet Ventures
Michael Aibel, Co-Founder & CEO @ Singulairity
Matias Troccoli, Co-Founder & CEO @ Gybe
Sarah Porter, Co-Founder & CEO @ MedDefend
Hitomi Mizugaki, Co-Founder @ Cuemby
Angel Ramirez, Co-Founder @ Cuemby
Holly Diamond, Founder @ WorkOnward
In today’s episode, we talked with Holly Diamond, Founder of Work Onward, about her transition from education to recruiting to standing up the world’s most intuitive career marketplace.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Holly Diamond on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/careerdhd/
Check out Work Onward’s Website: https://www.workonward.com
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This episode of The Founder's Formula Podcast recaps the best moments from our amazing guests for the month of March.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Episode 21: From Technical Lead to CEO with Matias Troccoli, Founder & CEO at Gybe
Episode 22: How to Find Founder Education with Work Experience with Sarah Porter, Co-Founder & CEO at MedDefend
Episode 23: Turning a Service-Based Business Into a Product with Angel Ramirez, Co-Founder & CEO at Cuemby
Episode 23: Turning a Service-Based Business Into a Product with Hitomi Mizugaki, Co-Founder & CPO at Cuemby
In today’s episode, we talked with Hitomi Mizugaki & Angel Ramirez Co-Founders at Cuemby, about how their experience over the years working together and building a Cloud Native community helped stand up their product.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Angel Ramirez on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ar4mirez/
Connect with Hitomi Mizugaki on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hitomim/
Check out Cuemby’s Website: https://www.cuemby.com/
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In today’s episode, we talked with Sarah Porter, Co-Founder & CEO at MedDefend, about how her tenure as a salesperson at early-stage startups gave her the insights she needed to start her own company.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Sarah Porter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-porter-7227381b1/
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In today’s episode, we talked with Matias Troccoli, CEO and Co-founder at Gybe, about his journey as a technical leader and now experiencing the go-to-market side of the business as a CEO.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Matias Troccoli on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matias-troccoli-73609588/
Check out Gybe’s Website: https://www.gybe.cloud/
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HIGHLIGHTS
Episode 17: From Software Engineer to Founder with Conor Lamb, Co-Founder at SkinTheory
Episode 18: Scaling Talent in a Startup with Mark Jacobson, Founder & CEO at Terrain
Episode 19: The Investor Approach Part 1 & 2 with Vadim Slavin, Portfolio Advisor at Hatchet Ventures
Episode 20: Implementing GTM Experience in a Technical Product with Michael Aibel, Co-Founder & CEO at Singulairity
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Michael Aibel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-aibel-2876b2b3/
Check out Singulairity.io’s Website: https://www.singulairity.io
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Vadim Slavin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vadimslavin/
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Vadim Slavin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vadimslavin/
Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/36ub3fpy
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Mark Jacobson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markjacobson1/
Check out Terrain’s Website: https://www.terrainanalytics.com/
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In today’s episode we talked with Conor Lamb, Co-Founder at SkinTheory, about how he built his application and took it to market as a first-time founder.
Interested in more insights, industry best practices, and actionable content → connect with The Sales RX Community on social and don’t forget to like, subscribe, and follow to get the latest notifications from us!
Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Conor Lamb on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conorobrienlamb
Check out SkinTheory’s Website: https://www.skintheory.app
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In today’s episode, we talked with Andrew Backs, Pilot44 at Pilot44, about how first-time founders can focus their innovation efforts and take products to the enterprise space.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Andrew Backs on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewbacks/
Check out Pilot44’s Website: https://www.pilot44.com/
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In today’s episode we talked with Howard Kim, Solo-founder at Mementum, about how his retail product is combining tech to provide their customers with lifelong heirlooms and memories that outlast any model of a computer chip.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Howard Kim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mementum-io/
Check out Mementum’s Website: https://www.mementum.io/
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In today’s episode we talked with Daniel Rau, Co-founder and CEO at Veterati, about how his member-led growth has led to the success of the leading networking and mentorship platform for the military community.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with Daniel Rau on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielprau/
Check out Veterati’s Website: https://www.veterati.com/
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In today’s episode, we talked with James Oliver, 3X Founder and CEO/Co-Founder at Kabila, about connecting the dots for investors and how helping those around us can better build our network and founder success.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Connect with James Oliver on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-oliver-jr/
Check out Kabila’s Website: https://www.joinkabila.com/
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In this episode of The Founder's Formula Podcast, we recap the best moments from our 12 incredible guests during season 1.
Be on the lookout as Season 2 will release on 1/3/2023
HIGHLIGHTS
Dalton Van Hatcher, Co-Founder & CEO @ Hatchet Ventures
Fran Bryzski, Founder & CEO @ Hark
Kendrick Trotter, Founder & CEO @ Us In Technology
Michelle Bacharach, Founder & CEO @ FindMine
Kris Rudeegraap, Co-Founder & CEO @ Sendoso
Stephen Ruff & Todd Busler, Co-Founders @ Champify
Jonathan Conelias, Co-Founder & CEO @ Elevent
Mia Davis, Founder & CEO @ Niche
Nate Nasralla, Founder & CEO @ Fluint
Josh Fedie, Founder & CEO @ SalesReach
Chris Heard, Co-Founder & CEO @ Olive
Ashwini Rao, Co-Founder & CEO @ Eydle
Ashwini is a cybersecurity expert, former CISO and the co-founder and CEO of Eydle, a fraud intelligence platform that protects brands from scams and phishing. She had MS and PhD in computer science and computer security and 20+ publications and patents in cybersecurity.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Ashwini Rao’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ashrao/
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Chris is a 3X Founder and prior to his entrepreneurship was an experienced sales leader with a background in leading successful SaaS platforms and helping them increase their market share. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Olive an AI Platform helping IT leaders evaluate technology decisions faster in ⅓ of the time helping increase user adoption and speed to market.
Interested in more insights, industry best practices, and actionable content → connect with The Founders Formula Podcast!
Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Chris Heard’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heardchris/
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Josh Fedie is the Founder and CEO of SalesReach. Sales & Marketing have always been his passion, but after seeing how sales has changed over his 20 years in the industry he decided to create a better system to help business development representatives create personalized experiences for their prospects. He believes that trust and velocity are closely aligned and that organizations are more successful when marketing and sales teams work together.
Interested in more insights, industry best practices, and actionable content → connect with The Founders Formula Podcast!
Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Josh Fedie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshfedie/
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Nate is a 3x Sales Leader, 2-time founder, and sales conversation aficionado who is the Founder of Fluint which is designed to help sales reps stop losing deals when they aren’t in their buyer’s room by creating and selling with champions on the buying team.
Interested in more insights, industry best practices, and actionable content → connect with The Founders Formula Podcast!
Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Nate Nasralla’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natenasralla/
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After building her first startup in the sexual wellness space, Mia Davis is now working on her latest venture, Niche — a therapist-driven marketplace that empowers modern clinicians and democratizes mental health. She is a product designer by trade and a serial entrepreneur by heart.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
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Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Mia Davis’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miamdavis/
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Jon is a serial C-Suite aficionado with a degree in economics and finance from Bentley University who is the co-founder and CEO at Elevent - a marketplace connecting experience providers and companies to deliver unique, memorable virtual and physical experiences to build trust, and connections and just have fun, they’ve raised $5.1M in funding since their inception in September of 2020 with their most recent seed round of $2.8M happening in Q1 2022.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Jon Conelias’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-conelias-314a9815/
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Stephen Ruff was a top rep at Samsara and then Heap, where he leveraged data to work smarter and 4x his number. One of his top strategies then became productized as Champify.
Todd Busler was an early sales rep at Square, built the sales team from scratch to 50 reps at Heap.io, and most recently advised early state B2B revenue teams in the Unusual Ventures portfolio.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Stephen Ruff’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-e-ruff/
Todd Busler’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-busler-03934760/
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Kris is a former tenured sales professional turned founder and CEO while also acting as an advisor to several growth-stage companies. His company Sendoso helps companies stand out by giving them new ways to engage with customers throughout the buyer's journey.
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Hatchet Ventures website: https://www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Kris Rudeegraap’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudeegraap/
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Michelle is an advisor and angel investor in primarily female-founded companies, who founded a complex product that helped marquee brands keep their businesses stable during the pandemic. She shares her learnings from being a first-time founder and talks about the importance of founders being well educated in all things early-stage startups.
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Hatchet Ventures website: www.hatchetventures.com
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Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Michelle's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michelleharrisonbacharach/
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Kendrick shares with us his story from breaking into tech as a former Uber driver, how he climbed the corporate ladder, helped others do the same, and then turned that into a DEI hiring platform with an entire community involved in assisting underrepresented folks to break into tech.
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Hatchet Ventures website: www.hatchetventures.com
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Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Kendrick Trotter’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kendrick-trotter-326a9062/
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Fran is a 3x Sales Leader, GTM Advisor, and first-time founder of his company, Hark - a CX channel that allows for brands and their consumers to better communicate for anything post-purchase.
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Hark Website: www.sendhark.com
Hatchet Ventures website: www.hatchetventures.com
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Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Fran Brzyski’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fbrzyski/
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As a 4X Founder, 4X Sales Leader, Strategic Advisor to multiple startups, and Chairman of Pavilion, Dalton Van Hatcher (Co-Founder at Hatchet Ventures) knows a thing or two about how to help founders reach their potential.
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Hatchet Ventures website: www.hatchetventures.com
Hatchet Ventures LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/hatchet-ventures/
Chet Lovegren’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chetlovegren/
Dalton Van Hatcher’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/daltonvanhatcher/