With Brendon Rod | A show for current and future startup founders who want to get inspired and grow their knowledge with quick tactical insights from other founders and functional experts.
Guest: Mark Donnigan, Virtual CMO and Go-to-Market Engineer for Tech Startups at Growth Stage Marketing
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Today, we're thrilled to have Mark Donnigan, a dynamic force in the tech industry. As a marketing consultant and tech company builder, Mark stands out with his unique ability to support product-centric founders.
He's a mastermind in formulating go-to-market strategies and developing marketing programs that escalate startups into market leaders, particularly in SaaS software, enterprise technology, and platform business models. Join us as we delve into Mark's insights on driving real business results and transforming the tech landscape.
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Guest: Karla Reffold, Chief Operating Officer @ Orpheus Cyber
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Dive into the Founder Pack podcast for a special episode with Karla Reffold, the mind behind the "Advisory Boards Guide Book". Karla, who successfully founded and sold BeecherMadden, now brings her expertise to the art of building advisory boards that drive success.
Karla gives us the lowdown on:
The strategic timing for board creation
Selecting board members for growth and exit
Maximizing board effectiveness
This episode is a condensed masterclass for those aiming to elevate their company's strategic direction with an effective board. It's a unique opportunity to learn from Karla's firsthand experience, from starting a company to guiding it to an award-winning position and a successful exit.
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Guest: Chris Younger, CEO and Co-Founder @ Class VI Partners
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Step into the world of scalability with Chris, a seasoned entrepreneur and dealmaker.
From co-founding Class VI with a unique vision to spearheading 27 acquisitions at Expanets, Chris unpacks the nuances of scaling businesses. Drawing from his rich legacy, including a Harvard Law background and co-authoring "Harvest," we'll delve deep into what truly makes a business scalable.
Questions we'll explore:
Key components for scalability
Importance of team dynamics
Crafting growth-centric models
Identifying market potential
Navigating risks for long-term success
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Guest: Matheus Riolfi, Co-Founder and CEO at Tint
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“...To me, the secret for remote work to work successfully, is understanding and embracing that they are different…”
Matheus is the Co-founder and CEO of Tint.
Before this, he was the Director of International Expansion at Turo and launched the company in Canada, the UK, and Germany. He pioneered the operations, including designing risk management in different stages of the company and sourcing insurance in various countries.
He is a licensed insurance broker in all 50 US states, holds an MBA from Harvard Business school and a dual degree in business from the University of São Paulo and Kedge Business School.
Discover how to scale your startup or organization in a remote environment.
Topics we covered:
Retreat planning
Engaged management styles
Managing autonomous, decentralized teams
The art of delegation
Building a remote culture
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Guest: Aron Clymer, Founder & CEO of Data Clymer
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“...if you want to go beyond a lifestyle business, you're going to have to hire a management layer in your company that can take over the day to day operations…”
Aron Clymer is Founder & CEO of Data Clymer, a next gen data & analytics consulting firm that empowers every client’s success by unlocking the value of data.
Aron previously established and built the Product Intelligence team at Salesforce for 7 years to support all data and analytics needs of 400+ product managers.
In the "Scaling and Growing a Services Company" episode, our guest Aron shares his journey from a high-risk startup world to establishing a less risky, successful services company. With technical know-how, business acumen, and selling skills, he shed light on bootstrapping, growth strategies, and go-to-market approaches.
The discussion extends to the scaling phase, highlighting the importance of strategy, hiring, and delegation.
Tune in for a wealth of business lessons.
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Guest: Pete Strouse, Founder & CEO at Infosec Connect
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I've always been a big advocate of going out to the market and finding people that are a good fit for your job, versus relying on applications and people coming to you.
Pete has been building teams of highly qualified information security professionals for 9+ years and has found his true calling in the information security industry.
Since 2017, Pete has served as a security recruitment entrepreneur and public speaker, helping people find the rewarding careers they deserve. He conducts complimentary career guidance calls for security job seekers and is passionate about “bridging the talent gap one connection at a time.”
Key topics:
Why recruitment and HR should be different functions
How to hire your first executives without the brand recognition
Outbound recruiting vs inbound recruiting
Why you should work with a recruiting specialist in your industry
The importance of employee retention
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Guest: Richard White, Founder & CEO at Fathom [@FathomDotVideo]
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Host: Brendon Rod
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“...there's generally this mindset of like launch early. And we actually had this contrarian opinion of no, I think we should launch late.…”
Richard White is founder and CEO of Fathom.video, a free app that records, transcribes & highlights your calls so you can focus on the conversation instead of taking notes.
Prior to Fathom, Richard founded UserVoice, one of the leading platforms used by startups to the Fortune 500 for managing customer feedback and making strategic product decisions.
Richard also previously worked on Kiko, a company in the first batch of Y-Combinator, with Justin Kan and Emmett Shear who subsequently went on to found Twitch.
Key topics:
Richard's contrarian opinions around go-to-market
It's not a one size fits all when setting financial milestones and metrics
Why playbooks are outdated
Balancing strategy and tactics
How to better activate word of mouth
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Guest: Ross Haleliuk, Angel Syndicate Lead at Venture in Security
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Host: Brendon Rod
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“...for me personally, it's less important to know what exact tool a customer is using. What is important for me to understand, is how it is being used…”
Ross is a cybersecurity enthusiast, product manager and angel investor with a passion for shaping the future of the industry.
He founded Building Cyber Collective, which brings together startup founders, advisors, and investors to work towards this goal. Ross believes that security practitioners should be the ones to shape the future of cybersecurity and founded the Venture in Security Angel Syndicate, the world's first and only angel syndicate for security practitioners.
Key topics:
What product management in cybersecurity looks like
Why consider PLG as a cybersecurity company
Some alternative GTM considerations
Going from sales-led to product-led
The type of teams, culture, tooling and metrics to consider
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Guest: Yuval Shtokhamer, COO & Co-Founder at MiniHotel
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Host: Brendon Rod
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“Hiring your satisfied clients can be a useful hack. It saves time filtering potential hires and ensures they already know and love your software.”
Yuval is the COO & co-founder of a successful bootstrapped business called Mini Hotel that specializes in providing software solutions for hotels, guest houses and vacation rentals. The company was founded in 2007 by Yuval and his father, a veteran engineer and former CTO.
Starting in the Israeli market, they gradually expanded and now serve thousands of clients in over 60 countries.
Key topics:
Misconceptions about being a bootstrapped company
GTM lessons VC backed companies can learn from bootstrapped companies
The importance of taking time out to work on the business vs in the business
Tips and tricks for bootstrapped hiring
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Guest: Alejandra Santos, CEO & Founder at Startup Tandem
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Host: Brendon Rod
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“If you're in California, you're in for a treat because in California as an employer, you can get sued so fast. It's free for employees to sue their employers.”
Alejandra comes with 14 plus years of experience in accounting and finance consulting. She has experience with nonprofits, restaurants, real estate, wealth management, and startups. She landed in Miami from Honduras at the age of 17 with no support, money, or family.
Her drive and resilience kept her going forward, she knew in her core that she was destined to create amazing things. In California she earned her Executive Master’s degree from Pepperdine University.
Key topics:
Nightmare findings from cleaning up companies financials.
Compliance topics founders should be aware of.
Accounting infrastructure.
Why founders should be on top of financials from the very beginning.
Accounting essentials if you don't have a CFO
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Guest: Alex B Sheridan, CEO and Founder at Impaxs
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Host: Brendon Rod
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“...when you build your business around your life, then you're incorporating your business into your dream life and into the life that you wanna create for yourself or your loved ones.”
Alex Sheridan is the founder and CEO of Impaxs, a video production company that helps businesses create compelling and engaging video content. Alex has a passion for helping businesses build trust and credibility with their audience. He is a master storyteller and a budding wrapper and comedian who knows how to create video content that resonates with viewers and leaves a lasting impression.
Key topics:
Why founders are investing more in video as a marketing strategy
Managing your your dream life as a founder
The founder work-life balance framework
Hardest lessons learned in scaling a business
Using the “Domino Effect” principle in your life and business
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Guest: Indus Khaitan, CEO and Founder at Quolum [@QuolumHQ]
On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaitan/
On Twitter | https://twitter.com/1ndus
Host: Brendon Rod
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“if you look at the current downturn and these are the stats that we saw, the first set of applications to be cut are pure product led applications.”
Indus Khaitan is the founder of Quolum, a SaaS and Cloud Spend Reduction product funded by Sequoia and Nexus.
He founded Bitzer Mobile, which was created on the heels of the 2008 recession, and exited in what was Oracle’s first acquisition in mobile.
Most recently, he led growth at Chargebee, where revenue grew 3X. In his free time, he flies a single-engine Cessna 172 over the San Francisco bay area.
Key topics:
As a founder first understand your super power before deciding on whether you're a sales led or product led company.
The core components needed for PLG to work.
Should all products be PLG driven?
How to build a product led vs sales led GTM team.
How do you make your product PLG ready?
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Guest
Rishabh Jain
Co-Founder & CEO @ FERMÀT [@fermatcommerce]
On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabhmjain/
On Twitter | https://twitter.com/rishabhmjain
Host
Brendon Rod
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“If you're unable to get your customer to articulate the value the way that you believe it should be articulated, you're definitely doing something wrong.”
Rishabh is the co-founder & CEO of Fermat Commerce, a distributed commerce platform built to enable creators to embed brand direct shopping experiences on their own sites.
Prior to that he was an executive at LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP)
Before LiveRamp he co-founded 2 startups, one in solar energy, and the other in laboratory data sharing.
He graduated Summa Cum Laude from UPenn with degrees from Wharton and the Engineering school, a Masters in Physics from Imperial College London, and a PhD in Materials Science from MIT.
Key topics:
The product must do what its supposed to do
Make sure that the customer can measure & articulate the value
The customer can easily sign up
The customer should easily be able to use it
Customers can easily prove it's working to stakeholders
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Guest
Yael Daniely
Founder @ Scale Up your Business
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On Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/yael.daniely.9
Host
Brendon Rod
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“If the co-founder has open and trustworthy communication, it'll be demonstrated in the start of the culture. So you will see this cascading to all relationships.”
One day Yael heard a song on the radio which changed her life forever.
After working at Intel as a Global Executive Development specialist she decided to listen to her entrepreneurial voice and started her own company as a startup psychologist.
Yael has interviewed over 450 founders, 100 VCs and other key players in the ecosystem.
Through this intensive research she articulated the founder growth life cycle concept and the invisible factor underlying the start-up growth life cycle.
Yael also has a masters degree in organizational psychology
Key topics:
450 Co-founder interviews - 3 key themes
The top reasons for Co- founders’ unhealthy relationships
Counseling tools on how to build and maintain healthy relationships
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Guest
Brendan Dell
Founder @ B2H
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Host
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“You really have to have a vision but still willing to hear from other people. A vision in what you're trying to do so that you can filter and have enough confidence in yourself”
Brendan Dell is is a positioning & messaging expert to top technology brands, with clients including Expedia, ADP, HP, YC and 99 Start Ups portfolio companies, and many others.
His book the 12 Immutable Laws of High-Impact Messaging shares rules for standing out in crowded markets.
Brendan’s new course, $1B Pitch, examines the 8 elements of $1B pitches. His podcast Billion Dollar Tech reaches founders, executives, VCs and PE investors globally.
Key topics:
What are the elements of a scalable GTM engine?
Having a clear vision in order to filter out distractions
Live Mini ABM workshop
Scaling beyond the founder
Creating demand vs capturing demand
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Guest
Cody Hall
Founder At Octiva Healthcare
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Host
Brendon Rod
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Cody Hall is the Founder of Octiva Healthcare.
Cody has a diverse background in military, technology, and healthcare making him capable of leading organizations and teams effectively.
Cody led customer service and Human Resource teams from early-stage startups to industry-leading tech giants, creating benchmark customer experiences and employee journeys for teams, large and small.
Key topics:
Military lessons and mindsets for startup founders
What type of company do you want to be?
Matching your leadership style to your company objectives
The HR function at early-stage startups
Should your culture match your leadership style?
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Guest
Aaron Weiche
Co-founder / CEO @ Leadferno [@Leadferno]
On Twitter | https://twitter.com/AaronWeiche
On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronweiche/
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Brendon Rod
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“what becomes even more dangerous is that your future decisions can end up being almost routed to continue to copy that competitor or those competitors"
Aaron Weiche (why-key) is the co-founder and CEO of Leadferno, a text messaging platform for businesses to close more leads faster. Aaron is an entrepreneur founding and leading multiple companies and digital marketing agencies over the past 20 years.
Prior to Leadferno he was CEO of GatherUp, growing it to serving over 25,000 businesses and appearing in the INC 5000. Aaron led GatherUp to an acquisition in 2019.
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Jon Darbyshire
Co-Founder / CEO @ SmartSuite [@hellosmartsuite]
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“...I've learned personally that it's the people that make the biggest difference and the second most important part is process…”
In 2021, Jon and his team launched SmartSuite, the work management platform that manages any process, from any industry, on one platform.
Throughout his career, Jon has been dedicated to automating everyday, essential business tasks to create smarter, more efficient organizations, no matter what the industry.
Prior to Archer Technologies, Jon held leadership positions at both EY and Price Waterhouse, honing his skills in understanding the need to automate and simplify work for the enterprise.
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Connor Swalm
CEO @ Phin Security [@PhinSecurity]
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"...probably the biggest sticking point between people around my generation and people in older generations, is my generation is very tied to the purpose and the mission of the company they work at"
Connor has been leading Phin Security since its inception, a social engineering simulation across all communication channels and delivers training to employees that actually changes their behavior.
Connor has been a core contributor on the product itself. Leaning on his experience in project management and software development.
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Logan Wolfe
Co-founder and CEO @ Orna [@ORNA_inc]
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“Just take it easy. I can't take it easy. You can though! Plenty of highly successful people like Mark Zuckerberg for example, notoriously work just normal weeks, 40 hours or less.”
Logan is the co-founder and CEO of Orna. An AI-guided Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform that solves midsize companies’ lack of means and expertise to respond to cyberattacks.
He’s an entrepreneur, published author, speaker and investor living in Toronto, Canada.
Technology and innovation are his passions - he’s founded, grown, and sold 3 tech startups.
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“...people want to work remotely, there's a large and growing number of talented people out there that have gotten a taste of it and they wanna keep it.”
Damien is the founder and CEO of Scalable Path, a software staffing agency that matches leading companies and startups with vetted, remote software developers. Since Scalable Path was founded in 2010, the company has amassed a freelance network of over 23,000 software developers in 177 countries.
Previously, he headed PHP development at SolutionSet, where he spent five months managing a team of developers in Goa, India.
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Damien Filiatrault
Founder and CEO @ Scalable Path [@ScalablePath]
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“ …money is the killer, but time is the biggest killer because you end up just being too close to the end of your runway.”
Kirk Marple is the CEO and Founder of Unstruk Data, a new company that is Building the industry’s leading Unstructured Data Warehouse for automating data preparation via metadata enrichment, integrated compute, and graph-based search.
Kirk has over 25 years of experience developing media management pipelines, leading DevOps at venture backed companies and structuring successful exits. He holds multiple patents and industry awards, and has truly established himself as an industry leader.
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Kirk Marple
CEO & Founder @ Unstruk Data [@unstruk]
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“So I think it comes down to finding something you care about, focusing on that and doing it well. It's unlikely that co-founders are gonna find the same exact sort of description of that."
Dr. Cooley co-founded Nanoramic in 2009, where he currently serves as Chief of Products and Innovation, focusing on technology development and commercialization.
He has over 10 years of experience in leading fast-paced product development in electronic systems, power systems, and energy storage devices.
At Nanoramic, John led the execution of the first product lines and has co-authored multiple winning grant proposals.
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John Cooley
Co-founder & Chief of Products, Nanoramic Laboratories [@NanoramicLabs]
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“I would say that prioritising for knowledge building and connection building is probably the most important thing in a community”
Shaunak is the founder and CEO of Yellowdig, a community-driven active learning platform adopted by over 130 colleges and universities, K12 schools, and corporate training clients.
Shaunak graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Bombay and completed his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Prior to founding Yellowdig, Shaunak spent a decade advising global companies on technology, strategy, and growth.
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Shaunak Roy
Founder & CEO @ Yellowdig [@Yellowdig]
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“...don't wait for a sales call to explain what you're all about. Let people taste it before the sales call really even happens”
Zack Schuler is the Founder and former CEO of NINJIO, an I.T. Security Organization headquartered in Southern California founded in 2015.
Prior to NINJIO, Zack founded Cal Net Technology Group, an I.T. Consulting and Security firm in 1995 out of his fraternity house at the age of 21. Over the next 18 years, Zack grew Cal Net into one of the larger MSP's in Southern California before selling the company to a private equity firm in 2013.
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Zack Schuler
Founder @NINJIO [@Im_Ninjio]
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“There was a famous quote from an investor that said, as an investor, you should invest in lines, not dots.”
Dan is the CEO and founder of CipherStash, a Sydney based data security startup building a searchable encrypted data storage platform for sensitive data.
Previously, Dan has worked as a VP of Engineering at Medical Director and at Expert360 and is also the Executive Producer of the forthcoming docu-series, Debugging Diversity.
Dan is an experienced cryptography engineer and his mission is to empower all developers with the knowledge they need to build secure applications.
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Dan Draper
CEO and Founder at CipherStash [@cipherstash]
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“... in fundraising, usually if you ask somebody for money, they give you advice. But if I go and ask people for advice, they usually give you money..."
Tim Kachuriak is the founder and Chief Innovation and Optimization Officer for NextAfter, a fundraising research lab consultancy, and training institute that works with charities, nonprofits and NGOs to help them grow their resource capacity.
Tim is a nonprofit thought leader, lead researcher and co-author of the Online Fundraising Scorecard and The Midlevel Donor Crisis.
He has also trained many organizations in fundraising optimization around the world and is a frequent speaker at international nonprofit conferences.
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Tim Kachuriak
CEO & Founder at NextAfter [@NextAfter_]
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On Twitter | https://twitter.com/DigitalDonor
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"Not becoming emotionally attached and separating your personal life from the business is critical because it doesn't define your life. And so, you need that separation."
Greg has been a technology entrepreneur since 1998. Before Greg founded CryptoStopper, he started Axis Backup, a backup and disaster recovery company for the insurance industry which was acquired by J2 Global, freeing Greg to create CryptoStopper and focus exclusively on cybersecurity.
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Greg Edwards
CEO at CryptoStopper [@CryptoStopper]
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Some of the greatest boxers, comedians, and even some athletes have been born out of poverty. Similarly, innovation and high-growth companies are born during downturns.
After spending 4 years playing professional baseball in the Chicago White Sox farm system, he co-founded his first venture, Barpay, in 2015 with Daniel Wagner. The company has since grown to become a leader in the mobile ordering and payment space for in-venue dining at bars, restaurants, and hotels, as well as digital menus, with more than 15,000 accounts throughout the United States.
In January 2021, along with Wagner, he co-founded Haste, the world’s first Instant Leaderboard Payout arcade.
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Joe De Pinto
Co-Founder @Haste Arcade [@hastearcade] & Vice President of Sales @Barpay [@barpayapp]
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Layoffs are always the first thing that people jump to and think about. But I think that it's really important to also realize that you can hurt or help your company depending on how you do it.
Indico was founded by Slater Victoroff in an Olin College dorm room (literally) as a developer platform aimed at making deep learning more accessible to those with only a basic knowledge of programming.
He raised ~$5M of venture capital from top-tier VCs including General Catalyst, .406 Ventures, Boston Seed, Hyperplane as well as many high-profile Boston Angel Investors.
He now also serves as VP of Research @ Neo Cybernetica
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Slater Victoroff
Founder & CTO @ Indico [@indicoData]
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As human beings usually get two to three recessions in our entire career. And so, what you do with them, I think can be incredibly powerful. They can be opportunities.
Over the past twelve years, Will has worked with seven different billion-dollar banking and securities companies and today he shared with us his insights as a founder and how his company is navigating the current recession.
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Will Rush
CEO & Founder at Stack
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