Duos The Co-Founders Podcast: Recent Episodes
Michael Czirjak and Justin Marcus
Where we dig in to the power of two people coming together to build successful partnerships, companies, brands. Co-hosts Michael Czirjak and Justin Marcus will explore how co-founders met, began working together, shared vision and growth in the course of business and life.
In this episode we sit down with Jason Goodman and Travis Talmadge, co-founders of Bathhouse, a new Brooklyn based wellness space that combines the vibrant, social elements of bathhouses from around the world alongside an array of treatments for the modern athlete and lifestyle enthusiast.
Jason and Travis walk us through their early years first meeting in Montauk, the ups and downs of transforming the old Dr. Brown’s Soda Factory into a spectacular oasis of lively calm and why finding their north Star and vision from the get go has allowed them to navigate and thrive during these trying Covid times.
Bathhouse
Travis Talmadge, Co-Founder of Bathhouse
Travis Talmadge was born and raised in the greater New York area. Prior to co-founding Bathhouse, Travis founded Triplet Acquisitions, a real estate investment sales company based in Manhattan, which he still actively manages. In addition to his background in real estate, Travis actively invests in a variety of spaces including technology, men’s grooming, wellness and cannabis. He resides with his family in Tribeca and can usually be found on the golf course when he’s not working or spending time with his family.
Jason Goodman, Co-Founder of Bathhouse
Jason Goodman is an entrepreneur living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with his family. Prior to co-founding Bathhouse, Jason operated companies in the hospitality, real estate and education sectors. Jason was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and has a deep passion for fitness and nutrition.
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In this episode we sit down with Joe Du Bey and Kyle Wilkinson, co-founders of Eden, the all-in-one workplace management platform that makes it easier for companies to run their offices.
Joe and Kyle walk us through their early years launching out of Y Combinator in 2015, the challenges they faced when they decided to pivot to a completely different customer base and business model, and how in the midst of Covid-19, they launched their new SaaS suite that empowers office teams to safely return to work and streamline their operations.
Joe Du Bey – CEO and Co-Founder of Eden
Kyle Wilkinson – CTO and Co-Founder of Eden
Eden Founded in March 2015 by Joe Du Bey and Kyle Wilkinson, Eden’s the all-in-one workplace management platform that makes it easier for today’s most innovative companies to run their offices. The company’s best-in-class Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) suite empowers workplace teams to safely return to work and streamline their operations through its COVID Team Safety, visitor management, modern ticketing, room booking, facilities management software, as well as facilities services marketplace. Based in San Francisco, Eden’s investors include Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, Fifth Wall, S28, Reshape & JLL. Eden’s mission is to create a better place to work, for everyone. To learn more, visit eden.io.
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In this episode we sit down with Adam Small and Jake Moses of My Music Music Masterclass, a global web-based platform that features videos, lesson packs and detailed advice from some of the best musicians in the world.
Adam and Jake walk us through meeting on a session in Los Angeles, how they conceived, bootstrapped and coded the platform from scratch and what it feels like each day to give back to the music community that has given them so much, especially in these trying times for the creative arts amid Covid-19.
Adam Small, Founder and President of MMMC
Jake Moses, Director of Media at MMMC
My Music Masterclass, Inc. Founded in 2012, My Music Masterclass, Inc. (MMMC) is a Los Angeles and New York based company created by professional musician Adam Small. It was conceived in order to help “hungry” musicians get the advice, tips and tricks of the world’s top professionals without the high cost of private lessons. MMMC’s model consists of giving its artists the majority of the sales revenue, which is why so many world-class musicians are passionately involved with the website. My Music Masterclass is very committed to supporting the professional music community and providing a much-needed service to musicians around the globe.
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In this episode we sit down with music producer/songwriter/engineer, Steve DeAcutis as well as world class singer/songwriter/guitarist, Doug Henthorn. These two longtime friends and frequent collaborators walk us through meeting in the mid 90’s when their band POD was signed to Sony records by John Kalodner, how they each picked up the pieces carving out successful careers in the music business writing, creating and touring after their record deal unfortunately went south, and how the loss of Steve’s mom inspired the writing of his new album, Torn From the Pages, which features Doug and legendary Living Colour vocalist, Corey Glover.
Stephen DeAcutis Stephen DeAcutis has been working professionally as a mixer, producer, engineer, writer, and performer since the early 1980’s, having honed his skills and training under such studio heavyweights as Andy Wallace (Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana), Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith), and Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne) amassing credits that include such acts as Vanilla Fudge, Gladys Knight, Travers and Appice, Corey Glover, and Cyndi Lauper, to name a few.
He has been contracted by Sony, Interscope, LaFace, Miramax, Columbia, MTV, The Speed Channel, ESPN, Discovery, and numerous others. From hard hitting rock and pop to death metal and country, you’ll find few more experienced and musically intuitive than Stephen DeAcutis.
The achievements of mixing and production specialist Stephen DeAcutis have spanned decades, taken on several roles, and manifested into a diverse number musical genres. But the common thread throughout these accomplishments has been the artist-friendly attention to detail and dedication of the man collaborators affectionately call “Stevie D.”
As the founder and operator of Sound Spa Productions, Stephen has applied his craft as a mixer, producer, engineer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist to help guide and realize the visions of some of the industry’s most elite artists and musicians. He has always told his clients that his goal as a mixer/producer is to take the vision of the artist and bring it to its highest musical and emotional levels – to serve the integrity of that vision and not impose his own. “It is my purpose in this lifetime,” says Stephen, “I love the work, and it doesn’t feel at all like work.”
While it may not “feel” like work to him, that doesn’t change the fact that Stephen has worked hard for more than three decades lending his expertise to a countless number of ambitious projects – and in the meantime building a tremendous skill set, not to mention a collection of gear that rivals that of any studio on the planet.
Doug Henthorn Doug’s been changing the oil in a number of projects since founding and fronting the now disbanded blues-rock band Healing Sixes (2000-14). His debut release ‘Cold Medicine’ (2016) is a crafty and brooding songscape with more of a focus on voice and lyric than his previous H6’s era. His current release “The LLC” (2019) is a fun barebones rock record with a healthy dose of newly termed ‘Alternative Blues’.
Doug is a singer, guitarist, songwriter, performer and producer. Often all at the same time. Besides his current solo project and Healing Sixes, Doug has shared his voice and/or guitar skills with notables such as Joe Bonamassa, John Hiatt, Jason Bonham, and Beth Hart to name a few. Doug performs and records all over the US and abroad while maintaining his residence in central Indiana.
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In this episode we chat with Steven Rosenblatt, Josh Rahn & Glenn Handler, Co-Founders and General Partners at Oceans, a new kind of venture capital firm helmed by a team of early stage investors and mentors focused on giving start-ups the hands on support they need to succeed. These NYC tech legends take us through their collective experiences at Apple, Facebook and Google, where they saw a deficiency in the standard VC ecosystem and how their unique people first approach has already put them far ahead of the curve.
Oceans
Steven RosenblattCo-founder, General Partner With more than 20 years of experience scaling startups and building technology companies in the digital and mobile ecosystem, Steven Rosenblatt co-founded Oceans, a new kind of venture capital firm, in 2018 where he currently serves as General Partner.
Steven has been passionate about building early stage companies and has finally fulfilled his life long goal of starting his own company. Prior to Oceans, Steven was President of Foursquare. During his six-year tenure at the location intelligence company, he was responsible for transitioning the company from a purely consumer-facing location platform into an enterprise business, building a multi-product strategy and growing revenue by more than 70x. This entailed overseeing all aspects of strategy and implementation of the company’s revenue streams along with overseeing its biggest customers. During his time, Foursquare won numerous awards, including being named in CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list as one of the most disruptive tech companies in the world, Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America, and won Ad Age’s Best Places to work. Steven worked closely with his investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, DFJ, and Spark Capital, and has spoken at nearly 100 events.
Before joining Foursquare, Steven launched iAd, Apple’s advertising platform for brands and developers, where he managed sales, agency relations, and the creative and strategy team. Steven led the opening of Apple’s New York office and worked closely with leadership teams to build a presence in New York. Prior to this, Steven served as Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales at Quattro Wireless until it was acquired by Apple in January 2010. He is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan. You can also find Steven playing sports with his two sons Aidan and Nate, listening to U2 and Pearl Jam, or on the beach with his wife Loren.
Joshua RahnCo-founder, General Partner Joshua Rahn was hired in 2007 as the seventh person in Facebook’s New York office to inspire, evangelize and empower partners to maximize Facebook’s evolving platform and audience base.
Joshua used a unique blend of marketing acumen, performance optimization and relentless passion to help grow the Facebook monetization efforts. He led his team and the New York office during key transformational times such as the launch of newsfeed, the pivot to mobile and cross device measurement and early stages of Machine Learning optimization.
By understanding the nuances of working with people from different backgrounds and the value a diverse and offbeat team holds, Joshua built, managed, and mentored Facebook’s first $100M office, surpassing year-over-year growth 100% for five consecutive years. During his 9 yr tenure he managed the development and implementation of integrated Facebook marketing partnerships as the company scaled from 20 million to 1.5 billion monthly active users.
Joshua is a serial start up entrepreneur with 2 successful exits prior to his time at Facebook including the sale of his first tech startup to Sony 550 Ventures.
Joshua supports a number of nonprofits including Hudson River Park Friends, The Gun Safety Alliance, and the March for Our Lives team. Most weekends Joshua can be found on the sidelines of his three highly over scheduled kids’ countless soccer, dance and table tennis matches. His love of his family and kids directly impact his golf swing which he is looking forward to eventually working on when they graduate from high school.
Glenn HandlerCo-founder, General Partner As a co-founder and General Partner at Oceans, Glenn Handler brings over 20 years of experience in recruiting and HR—helping to build and retain high-performing teams around the world. A recruiting veteran of Morgan Stanley, Google, and most recently Facebook (where he was hired in 2008 as the first monetization recruiter), Glenn believes that people are the reason a company succeeds or fails. To quote Steve Jobs, “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” Hiring and building great teams is what Glenn has been focused on for the totality of his career.
For nearly nine years, Glenn led global staffing efforts at Facebook, where he was the primary partner for every VP and Director in the Global Marketing Solutions team and was accountable for driving headcount growth from around 30 to over 4,000. He and his teams over the years have partnered with and hired thousands of the world’s most influential sales leaders, marketers, and engineers. During Glenn’s tenure, Glassdoor’s Employee Choice Awards named Facebook the No.1 Best Place to Work three times and listed them in the Top 10 in eight out of the last ten years. Prior to Facebook, Glenn was a member of the HR Recruiting and Programs team at Google where he led recruiting for APAC and LATAM—and implemented global projects and processes to create more effective teams across the Engineering discipline globally.
Glenn lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids, and his massive pony of a dog Bunker. He is a diehard Mets fan—and unfortunately his kids are as well.
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In this episode we sit down with Tim Jackson and David Kahn, Co-Founders of Jackson Kahn Design, a premier golf course design firm who have worked on world renowned projects including Scottsdale National GC and Monterey Peninsula CC.
These fellow mid-westerners walk us through their foundational years working together in the field, designing and moving dirt under Tom Fazio, the challenges they faced starting their company in the middle of the 2008 recession and what it’s like to have their childhood passions become reality where “the work” doesn’t feel like work at all.
Jackson Kahn Design Tim Jackson and David Kahn cofounded Jackson Kahn Design in 2009. Our educational backgrounds in Agronomy and Landscape Architecture, coupled with over $600,000,000 in completed project experience, and a direct hand in many award winning designs allows us to bring a confident ability to excel on projects both large and small. Having completed $100,000 remodels to $35,000,000 new constructions, and worked in nearly every type of varied environment and condition, Jackson Kahn has brought a wide range of projects from conception to completion.
Our focus on the needs of the client drives our philosophy and directs our efforts. Our abilities in communicating design concepts coupled with our passion for refining and improving those ideas in the dirt has been the core of our success at JKD. In the ten years since our founding, we have been blessed, fortunate, and grateful to be a part of many extraordinary projects.
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In this episode we sit down with Nick Romito and Ryan Masiello co-founders of VTS, commercial real estate’s leading leasing and asset management platform that brings landlords, brokers, and tenants together to make deals happen.
These life-long friends, surfers and New Jersey Natives walk us through their early years hustling in the hyper competitive NYC real estate market, how their first run at building a video product sparked the idea for the VTS platform, and what it feels like to disrupt a legacy industry that by all accounts could not and would not ever change.
VTS Nick Romito, Co-founder and CEO, VTS
Nick Romito, Co-founder and CEO, VTS Nick Romito is the co-founder and CEO of VTS, commercial real estate’s leading leasing and asset management platform. Under Nick’s leadership, VTS has grown to manage more than 11 billion square feet of office, retail, and industrial assets across 35 countries by 700+ landlords and brokerage firms including Blackstone, LaSalle Investment Management, Hines, Boston Properties, JLL and CBRE.
Prior to VTS, Nick was a tenant rep and landlord broker at Murray Hill Properties. From there he went on to oversee a 3-million square-foot office and retail portfolio at AM Properties before co-founding VTS in 2012. Nick has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Entrepreneur Magazine, and was recently named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2019. He is a regular speaker at conferences around the world, including RealComm, MIPIM, and ULI. He is actively involved with STOKED, a community of mentors that helps underserved youth reach their full potential through action sports. In his spare time, Nick can be found surfing, boxing, or cooking dinner for his family and friends.
Ryan Masiello, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, VTS
Ryan Masiello, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, VTS Ryan Masiello is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of VTS. He brings more than 12 years of experience in Midtown Manhattan commercial real estate – the world’s most competitive office market – to the table and is charged with leading VTS’ international expansion. Ryan started his career at Cushman & Wakefield, before getting recruited by JLL to help lead the firm’s business development efforts in New York. During his seven years at JLL, Ryan became Senior Vice President and brokered over 2 million square feet of office deals with Fortune 500 and high-growth technology companies, earning him honors as a four-time global top-producer. Ryan frequently advised on corporate technology and growth strategies for JLL.
Ryan has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Entrepreneur Magazine and the Commercial Observer. When he’s not in the office, he can be found surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding and exploring the world.
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In this episode we sit down with Anthony Collias and Jacob Wedderburn-Day, co-founders of Stasher, the world’s first luggage storage network.
Stasher’s on-demand booking platform connects global travelers with hotels and stores that can keep your luggage safe in secure storage rooms while you enjoy your time in a city.
Jacob and Anthony walk us through meeting at Oxford University, how and why their first start-up idea failed and how a strategic product pivot allowed them to expand to 250+ cities around the globe while building key partnerships with firms including booking.com, hotels.com, Premier Inn and Accor Hotels.
Stasher Anthony Collias, co-founder of Stasher
Anthony Collias Jacob Wedderburn-Day, co-founder of Stasher
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In this episode, we sit down with James McGoff, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of TemperPack, a materials engineering and packaging company disrupting the cold chain shipping industry.
James takes us through the highs and lows of being a first time founder, what it was like landing their first major client and how he, along with fellow co-founders Brian Powers and Charles Vincent, are on a mission to solve the worlds’ packaging problems by building revolutionary insulation products that have zero environmental impact.
James McGoff, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of TemperPack
James McGoff James McGoff is an entrepreneur from the Washington D.C. area. He currently serves as the president and cofounder of TemperPack, a quickly growing packaging start-up dedicated to helping the world waste less. Prior to TemperPack, James worked in the Advanced Material Analysis group at Boeing Defense. Armed with a formal education in materials engineering and a few ideas about how packaging could be improved, James ventured out with two friends in early 2015 to start TemperPack. Since then, TemperPack has grown tremendously due to great timing, a great team, hard work, lots of coffee, and an exceptional product / market fit.
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In this episode, we sit down with Stefani Greenfield, Co-Founder of MY NEXT ACT, a global consulting agency focused on the creation, ideation and “storytelling” of brands. This creative legend takes us through her early years as a latchkey kid, navigating the NYC streets and dance clubs, what it was like working on the ground floor at DKNY and Esprit and how those experiences lead her to co-found the internationally acclaimed SCOOP NYC stores, which she is credited for pioneering a new way for consumers to shop at retail with her trailblazing merchandising concept – “The Ultimate Closet”.
Stefani Greenfield, Co-Founder of MY NEXT ACT, Brand Consulting Agency
Stefani Greenfield Stefani Greenfield co-founded the internationally acclaimed SCOOP NYC stores and is credited for pioneering a new way for consumers to shop at retail with her trailblazing merchandising concept – “The Ultimate Closet”. After selling SCOOP in 2008, Greenfield created and still currently hosts the first ever fashion/lifestyle show on HSN – “Curations Caravan”. Greenfield was a judge on Bravo’s “Launch My Line”, appeared in a monthly segment, “Fashion Roadmap” on TODAY and hosted “Unracked with Gilt Groupe”, an innovative web series of interviews with fashion luminaries and legends. Greenfield served as the Chief Creative Officer of The Jones Group for 2 years, leading design, merchandising and marketing of their portfolio of brands.
In 2013 she founded MY NEXT ACT, a global consulting agency focused on the creation, ideation and “storytelling” of brands. With Project Runway creator Desiree Gruber, Greenfield launched the accessory brand Theodora & Callum. Greenfield was the Creative Brand Director on the E! docu-series “House of DVF”. Greenfield is a Co-founder of Love Heals – The Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education and a Board Member of GOOD+ Foundation and ACRIA.
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In this episode, we sit down with Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, Co-Founders of the world class golf architecture design firm, Coore & Crenshaw. These golf legends, take us through the journey of their 34 year partnership and friendship, what it’s like envisioning and designing golf courses like Sand Hills, Friar’s Head and Kapalua Plantation from scratch and how their unique approach to working with the land as it exists has led to their continued success around the globe.
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, Co-Founders of Coore & Crenshaw
Coore & Crenshaw Bill Coore
Like his partner, Bill Coore was exposed to traditional golf architecture during his formative years. A native North Carolinian, Coore played much of his early golf at the Donald Ross courses of Pinehurst and the Perry Maxwell designed Old Town Club in Winston-Salem. A 1968 graduate of Wake Forest University, Coore began his professional design and construction career in 1972 with the firm of Pete Dye and Associates. Under the Dyes’ guidance, Coore was introduced to the elements of creative design and physical construction. It was also the Dyes that first introduced Coore to the written classics of golf architecture– the same books that Crenshaw was then collecting and studying. The information within these books was to later form the foundation for the Coore and Crenshaw partnership.
During the succeeding ten years, Coore was involved in the design, construction and maintenance of golf courses in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Canada, and Texas.
Coore formed his own design company in 1982. Thereafter, he completed courses at Rockport Country Club in Rockport, Texas (featured in the 1986 issue of the U.S.G.A. Golf Journal), Kings Crossing Golf and Country Club in Corpus Christi, Texas and Golf du Medoc in Bordeaux, France (named one of the ten best courses in France and one of the top fifty courses in Europe). Bill Coore and his wife, Sue, reside in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Crenshaw has long been recognized as a historian and traditionalist. Since seeing The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts at age sixteen, he has held a fascination with golf architecture. His is an appreciation of the game’s subtleties gained from years of study and the experience of a successful playing career spanning over three decades and nineteen P.G.A. Tour victories including the 1984 and 1995 Masters. Competition has taken Crenshaw to many of the world’s most renowned golf courses where he has spent considerable time analyzing their design and construction techniques.
His entry into the golf architecture business brought closer a life long goal of creating quality golf courses in the classical style. Prior to the formation of Coore & Crenshaw, Inc., Crenshaw served as a player consultant on the design and construction of the TPC Course at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, site of the annual Byron Nelson Classic.
Crenshaw, a native Texan, attended the University of Texas and still resides in Austin with his wife, Julie, and daughters Katherine, Claire, and Anna Riley.
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In this episode we sit down with Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams, cofounders of Jopwell, the leading career advancement platform and end-to-end solution for companies committed to diversity and inclusion. Jopwell helps companies authentically engage and connect with Black, Latinx and Native American candidates, striving to build more representative and inclusive workforces.
Ryan Williams and Porter Braswell, Co-Founders of Jopwell
Jopwell The idea for Jopwell was born when cofounders Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams were working on Wall Street and got called upon to recruit other candidates who looked like them. They knew there had to be a better way to attract top talent at scale, while building a diverse professional community. So in 2015, they left finance to launch Jopwell.
Under Porter and Ryan’s leadership, Jopwell has developed more than 150 partnerships with America’s leading companies and facilitated tens of thousands of connections between its community and partner companies. Company partners include Spotify, Peloton, UBS, and the PGA, among others (https://www.jopwell.com/partners). Jopwell’s mission is twofold: make a substantial, measurable impact on increasing Black, Latinx, and Native American representation and facilitate a national dialogue about diversity in the workplace.
Jopwell has been named to Vanity Fair’s Future Innovators Index, Net Guru’s 10 Hottest New York City Startups to Watch, and Forbes 30 Under 30 as one of the most innovative ideas to impact the next century. Porter and Ryan were also named to Business Insider’s 30 Under 30 Innovators in Tech and Crain’s 40 Under 40.
Jopwell participated in Y Combinator’s summer 2015 class and has raised a total of $12 million in Series A funding. Investors to date include Cue Ball Capital, Y Combinator, Omidyar Network, Kapor Capital, Blue Ivy Ventures, Teneo Ventures, Magic Johnson Enterprises, Andreessen Horowitz, Joe Montana, and the San Francisco 49ers, among others.
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In this episode we sit down with Mike and Ryan Alfred, brothers and Co-Founders of Digital Assets Data, a fintech and data company building enterprise-grade software and data feeds for crypto hedge funds and other market participants.
These Harvard and Stanford alums take us through the rise and successful exit of their first company BrightScope, what it’s like working with multiple siblings for a second time in a high-growth startup and why the need for higher quality information and more sophisticated tools to track and manage investments, conduct due diligence, and make trading decisions is paramount for the digital asset space to succeed.
Mike Alfred and Ryan Alfred, Co-Founders of Digital Assets Data
Digital Assets Data Mike Alfred, CEO and Co-Founder of Digital Assets Data
Mike Alfred, CEO and Co-Founder of Digital Assets Data
Mike is co-founder and CEO of Digital Assets Data. He is a persistent and driven business leader, previously holding the position of Co-founder and CEO of Brightscope, Inc., which was acquired by Strategic Insight in 2016. He received his bachelor’s degree in History from Stanford University. He lives in Denver, CO with his family and enjoys participating in local ultramarathons. Ryan Alfred, President and Co-Founder of Digital Assets Data
Ryan Alfred, President and Co-Founder of Digital Assets Data
Ryan is President of Digital Assets Data. He is also a co-founder of Distributed Global, where he holds a seat on the Investment Committee. Previously, he was Co-founder, President and COO of Brightscope, Inc. He has been included in Forbes’ “Top 30 under 30” in Finance, and the Smart Money “Power 30”. Ryan received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University. The post Mike Alfred and Ryan Alfred, Co-Founders of Digital Assets Data appeared first on Duos The Co-Founders Podcast.
In this episode Michael and Justin sit down with Chef’s Cut Real Jerky Co.® Co-Founder Dennis Riedel.
Dennis takes them through the early days, when he was caddying alongside fellow co-founder and chef Blair Swiler, who shared his homemade jerky and the inspiration for Chef’s Cut Real Jerky was born.
From selling their first batches of products in plastic baggies at New Jersey’s Bayonne Golf Club & Callusa Pines Golf Club, to being named the 58th fastest-growing privately owned U.S. company and the 4th fastest-growing in Food and Beverage on the 2017 Inc. 5000 list, their success is nothing short of legendary.
Chef’s Cut Real Jerky Co.® Co-Founder Dennis Riedel
Chef’s Cut Jerky Co.® Blair Swiler needed a break from the kitchen. He was caddying alongside co-founder Dennis Riedel and shared his homemade jerky with him. Real cuts of premium beef, right there on the golf course, was all Dennis needed. And with some convincing, Chef Blair shared his recipe and the pair began smoking and selling Chef’s Cut Real Jerky Co® to golf and country clubs across the U.S.
Dennis Riedel, Co-Founder of Chef’s Cut Jerky Co.®
Blair Swiler, Co-Founder of Chef’s Cut Jerky Co.®
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In our Season 2 opener, Michael and Justin along with Justin’s 7-year old son Logan, sit down with the one and only, legendary broadcaster Bob Costas. Bob shares his early passion for baseball, what it was like to meet and interview his heroes including Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, as well as working the booth with Mets Hall of Famer, Tom Seaver. We also touch on some controversial topics including the concussion rate in the NFL as well as meeting with the infamous OJ Simpson when he was first incarcerated following the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Legendary broadcaster Bob Costas
Twenty-eight-time Emmy Award winner and Hall of Fame award-winning broadcaster Bob Costas is a host and announcer for MLB Network, serving as host of the documentary series MLB Network Presents and the lead play-by-play announcer on MLB Network Showcase. Costas also appears on the Emmy Award-winning flagship studio show MLB Tonight and MLB Network’s special event coverage throughout the year.
Regarded as one of the best interviewers in broadcasting, Costas has spoken with the biggest names in baseball and beyond for MLB Network, including Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout; Hall of Famers Yogi Berra, Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, Ferguson Jenkins, Tony La Russa, Don Larsen, Juan Marichal, Tom Seaver and Joe Torre; Hall of Fame Award-winning broadcaster Ernie Harwell; and President Barack Obama at the 2009 All-Star Game.
In 2018, Costas was honored with the Ford C. Frick Award for major contributions to baseball, voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and awarded during the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown, New York.
In 2011, Costas co-hosted with Tom Verducci MLB Network’s landmark series MLB’s 20 Greatest Games, which ranked the top-20 games of the previous 50 seasons. The series featured interviews with key players, managers and broadcasters from each game, including Jack Morris and John Smoltz discussing Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, the No. 2-ranked game, and Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, 1975 MVP and Rookie of the Year Fred Lynn, Pete Rose, Bernie Carbo, Dwight Evans, Pat Darcy and Denny Doyle talking about Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, which was ranked by MLB Network as the No. 1 greatest game of the previous 50 seasons.
Costas also contributes to MLB Network’s breaking news coverage throughout the year. In January 2010, Costas conducted the exclusive first television interview with Mark McGwire following his admission of steroid use during his playing career. Costas also secured the first interview with Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts after she broke the news in February 2009 of Alex Rodriguez’s use of performance enhancing drugs.
Throughout his career, Costas has hosted coverage of many significant baseball events, covering the American League Championship Series in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Costas covered the NLCS in 1999, and called the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Series and the 2000 All-Star Game. From 1982 to 1989, Costas was the play-by-play announcer on NBC’s Baseball Game of the Week telecasts.
Costas is the author of Fair Ball: A Fan’s Case for Baseball, which received excellent reviews and made the New York Times Best Seller list in 2002. The book’s net proceeds were donated to B.A.T. (Baseball Assistance Team), a charity providing financial assistance to those in need in the baseball family.
Outside of MLB Network, Costas served as NBC’s primetime host for a U.S.-television record 11 Olympic Games – every Olympics on NBC since 1992, including the 2012 London Games, which is the most-watched television event in U.S. history, reaching 217 million viewers – before passing the torch to Mike Tirico in February 2017. From 2006 to 2016, Costas served as the host of the critically acclaimed and most-watched weekly studio show in sports, Football Night in America. He was also host of Football Night, the pregame show for NBC’s Thursday Night Football package, in its debut 2016 season. Costas has also served as host of NBC’s presentation of the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, as well as U.S. Open and Ryder Cup coverage.
From 2005 to 2009, Costas hosted Costas Now on HBO, a quarterly one-hour sports magazine program. From 2001 to 2005, Costas hosted HBO’s On The Record, a weekly interview program. Costas also hosted HBO’s Inside the NFL from 2002 to 2008.
Costas hosted NBA Showtime, NBC Sports’ NBA pregame show, from 1991 through the 1996 season, and was NBC’s top play-by-play man for NBA on NBC game telecasts between 1997 and 2000. Costas’ call of Michael Jordan’s game-winning shot in the deciding Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals is considered one of sportscasting’s most memorable calls of the modern era.
Costas began the popular Costas Coast-to-Coast nationally syndicated Sunday night sports radio talk and interview show, which ran from 1986 to 1996. From 1988 to 1994, he hosted his own Emmy Award-winning late-night interview television show for NBC, Later.
Costas handled regional NFL and NBA assignments for CBS Sports from 1976 to 1981, while working as the radio voice of University of Missouri basketball.
Costas has been honored as Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association (NSSA) a record eight times, and was the youngest to receive such an honor when he won the award in 1985. Costas was inducted into the NSSA Hall of Fame in June 2012 and he received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University in October 2012. In March 2000, Costas was named Favorite Sportscaster at the TV Guide Awards.
Costas began his broadcasting career in 1974 at WSYR in Syracuse, where he attended the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
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In this episode, Justin and Michael sit down to recap the first season of Duos. We discuss what we learned about our guests, what we learned about ourselves and the common and uncommon traits we uncovered with our co-founders. We also preview some highlights of what’s to come in Season 2.
Duos Podcast Co-Founders Justin Marcus and Michael Czirjak
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In this episode, Michael and Justin sit down via Skype with Jenny Evans and Kirsten Ludwig, Co-Founders of BeautyGrass, a new, high-end, pure, CBD-infused line of skincare products.
These fellow Californians and longtime friends take us through the early days of Jenny creating batches of products in her own kitchen, the complex and often confusing world of CBD, and why a 50-50 partnership with Kirsten’s culture-conscious brand consultancy (IN GOOD CO), was the perfect ingredient needed to bring these transformative, hyper-clean products to the market.
Jenny Evans and Kirsten Ludwig, Co-Founders of BeautyGrass
Beauty Grass Jenny Evans, Co-Founder of Saving Faces and creator of BeautyGrass
Longtime esthetician Jenny Evans, who has long delighted customers at her Marina del Rey, CA-based salon with her hand-crafted, medicinal and therapeutic recipes, launched her high-end, clean, CBD-infused line of skincare products called BeautyGrass in March of 2019 to bring nature’s magic to the masses. She is a world traveler who has visited countries from Istanbul to Costa Rica in search of the most transformative skin therapies, techniques, and ingredients on the planet. Ancient wisdom is real and powerful, and Jenny is in continual awe of Mother Nature and plant medicine. Skin has long been Jenny’s preferred language for exploring and nourishing the self, inspiring confidence, and instilling a sense of empowerment in herself and others. BeautyGrass is her way of spreading goodness around.
President and Founder of IN GOOD CO
Kirsten Ludwig is President and Founder of IN GOOD CO (http://weareingoodco.com), a culture-conscious brand consultancy that aligns people and organizations around a purpose, creates connections, and inspires action. Her global collective of creatives, strategists, designers, thinkers and makers work with startups, Fortune 500s, and nonprofits to create and align internal and external cultures and build visionary brands.
A creative and lifestyle marketer with 20 years of experience, Kirsten has transformed agencies, created brands, pioneered experiences, led teams, and much more. Uniqlo, Anthropologie, Ralph Lauren, Google, Nike, and Starbucks are just a few Kirsten has inspired. When not traveling between coasts, she can be found checking out the latest culinary spots or styling a witty photoshoot of her children, Hudson and Sailor.
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In this episode, Michael and Justin sit down with Bill Oberlander and Drew Train, co-founders of OBERLAND, an award-winning NYC-based creative agency that collaborates with like-minded leaders in the public, private and nonprofit sectors to build purpose-driven brands and a better, more prosperous future for all.
These creative pioneers take us through their past lives working decades on Madison Ave, the highs and lows of being first-time founders managing an ever-growing company and client base and how their passion about the power of creativity to change the world and empower a new generation of conscious capitalists makes all the blood, sweat and tears worth it.
Bill Oberlander and Drew Train Co-Founders of OBERLAND
OBERLAND Bill Oberlander – Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director
Bill Oberlander is Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of OBERLAND, a purpose-driven agency that combines his creative talents and passion for making the world a better place. OBERLAND, based in New York City, is the intersection of Madison Avenue pedigree and fearless social advocacy, which ignites the power of conscious capitalism.
As ECD, Bill oversees the creation of awareness campaigns, capital initiatives, brand-ambassadorships, and cause-marketing drives for organizations No Kid Hungry Project, Juice Press, St. Baldrick’s Foundation, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), Blue Man Group, The Nature Conservancy, Keep America Beautiful, New York Institute of Technology, and the Robin Hood Foundation.
Before launching OBERLAND in May of 2014, Bill served as Director of Communications, Marketing and Events at the Robin Hood Foundation. During his stint there, he created the marketing for the 12.12.12 Concert/Hurricane Sandy Relief, the “Fight Poverty Like a New Yorker” brand campaign, and the Robin Hood Investors Conference, together raising hundreds of millions of dollars for charities across New York City.
During his tenure, Bill has won multiple industry awards for culture-impacting campaigns created while he worked at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, Ogilvy & Mather, McCann Erickson, and J.Walter Thompson. Bill introduced the nation to pop-culture icon the “Snapple Lady”; turned Target into “Tar-Jay”; and transformed the cell phone into a fashion accessory with the simple words “Hello Moto.” Bill also served as a member the Ad Council Creative Review Committee and president of the Art Directors Club. He lives in New York City and is the father of sons William and Bertram.
Drew Train – Co-Founder, President
After racking up more than a dozen national and global awards for cause marketing and driving social change through traditional, digital, social, and mobile campaigns, Drew Train set up shop as Co-Founder and President of OBERLAND, a purpose-driven branding agency founded with Bill Oberlander.
Before launching OBERLAND in May of 2014, Drew started the social-good practice at J. Walter Thompson New York, called JWT Ethos. In that role, Drew worked with corporate, nonprofit and public-sector brands that play a role in driving change on the big-picture issues society faces. By leading an integrated team, Drew leveraged the potential of CSR strategy, communication planning, branding, and advertising to create positive, lasting change.
Prior to opening JWT Ethos and OBERLAND, Drew learned his craft through extensive work on global, corporate brands like HSBC, Verizon, UPS, Puma, Lufthansa, and Tiffany & Co. in the U.S. and Shanghai. Drew was instrumental in helping grow Services for the UnderServed into one of the most influential and impactful nonprofits in New York City. And, as National Campaign Co-Chair he molded the #IWillListen campaign for the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City (NAMI NYC) into a powerful call-to-action to eliminate the stigma against mental illness.
Drew serves on the Board of Directors for Summer Infant, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMR), a global leader in premium infant and juvenile products, as well as on the Board of Directors for NAMI NYC, the Resource Development Committee for Services for the UnderServed, and the Planning Committee for the CEO Summit on Mental Health in the Workplace. Drew is 36 and holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Richmond. He resides in New York with his wife and three children.
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In this episode Michael and Justin sit down with Josh Thompson and Brad Tucker Co-Founders of Onward Labs, a New York City Based venture studio that works with founders and early-stage companies who are using blockchain to build and restore trust in our governments, in our institutions, on our technology platforms, and among one another.
Josh and Brad take us through their first meeting on the campaign trail when Josh was running for Mayor of NYC, their past experiences in both the political and public service spheres and why building with true purpose to impact our lives in a positive, honest way are absolute musts for our future, not just nice to haves.
Onward Labs Josh Thompson Co-Founder and CEO at Onward Labs
Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson is Venture Partner at Human Ventures and CEO of Onward Labs. Josh has spent his career at the intersection of public/private partnerships working with former Mayor Cory Booker to reimagine the possibilities for education and economic development alongside the $100 million investment by Mark Zuckerberg. Josh was appointed as Director of Education in Bridgeport, CT where he eliminated their budget deficit and built the first vehicle to receive private investment. Josh was a Mayoral Candidate for New York City in the most recent election and co-founded Blockchain for Change, one of the first live and working companies built on blockchain in New York City. Brad Tucker is a Co-Founder at Onward Labs
Brad Tucker
Brad Tucker is a co-founder of Onward Labs and owner of Chelsea Yards, a communication, marketing, and business strategy firm. Tucker started his career working on the political campaigns of Andrew Cuomo, John Kerry, and Harold Ford Jr. He worked on the 2004 and 2008 Democratic National Conventions on behalf of the DNC. Additionally, Tucker consulted with MoveOn.org and the SEIU during the 2012 political cycle and served as lead to craft a new communications strategy for seven solar companies aiming to change the narrative about solar energy. Tucker has worked in-house with Robert Redford at the Sundance Institute and Sundance Channel, Kenneth Cole, the guardian, and Bloomberg LP. The post Josh Thompson and Brad Tucker Co-Founders of Onward Labs appeared first on Duos The Co-Founders Podcast.
In this episode Michael and Justin sit down with Sascha and Jackie Reinking, co-founders of TEAM REINKING, The #1 New York City Elopement Team.
This husband and wife Power Duo share the early days, working their side-hustles as photographer and wedding officiant, the intimate experiences they help curate for couples from all over world looking to get married in the Big Apple, and how a Zach Braff photobomb helped propel them to Rockstar level status.
If you ever wondered what it means to truly follow your dreams to create a life worth living, we promise that you will love this cast.
Team Reinking © Sascha Reinking Photography
Jackie Reinking
Based on her confidence, humor and grace, Jackie Reinking, is a highly celebrated wedding officiant in NYC. On the wedding day, Jackie has an intuitive talent to be a best friend, a shoulder to lean on, and still a kick-ass professional. As a registered NYC Officiant, she performs Civil, Religious, Spiritual, Same Sex or Interfaith Ceremonies, Elopements, Unity Ceremonies or Renewal of Vows.
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Sascha Reinking
Sascha Reinking is an award-winning and internationally published photographer who has based his professional work in New York City. The ability to tell a story through lifestyle photography and his talent to create irreplaceable memories for his clients has made Sascha a much sought-after photojournalist. Sascha was voted “TOP 100 Wedding Photographers in the US” by Brandsmash and his work has been shown in Fstoppers, Offbeat Bride, Business Insider, US Weekly, People Magazine, Huffington Post, ABC News, TODAY Show, CNN, E! News, Brides Magazine, WeddingWire, The Knot, Gothamist, Hollywood Reporter, In Touch Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, BuzzFeed and Good Morning America.
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In Episode 10, we sit down with the vibrant Sandy Wollman co-founder of Westchester Angels, a member-based angel investment group dedicated to funding innovative new startup companies in and around Westchester that are “disrupting,” or shaking up, current markets.
Sandy takes us through his early days of running his family’s textile business in New York City’s garment district, the non-for-profit firm he created to help small business owners navigate the start-up landscape and how his own career highs and lows along with the true need to give back to the community inspired him to create the Westchester Angels.
Sandy Wollman, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Westchester Angels
Westchester Angels Sandy Wollman @LinkedIn
Sandy Wollman is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Westchester Angels. Sandy also leads an initiative that brings together the leaders of all the NYC Angel Groups to collaborate on deal flow. Previously, he founded a non-profit organization, The Small Business Advisory Alliance, to help small business owners get their businesses off the ground. While leading this non-profit, Sandy leveraged his 25 years of business experience as a partner in Carna Mills, a large textile converting company, in the NYC’s notorious garment center. Sandy started his career as a Product Development Engineer at 3M and was awarded a patent for a hook and loop fastener (Velcro) with superior tensile strength. Completed 3 Ironman Triathlons, the Swim Around Manhattan and was the 470th individual to Swim the English Channel
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In this episode, Michael and Justin sit down with the fearless and powerful Kaitlyn Barclay and Willow Hill, Co-founders of Scout Lab, a New York City headquartered purpose-driven creative agency that sits at the intersection of brand and social. Their mission is to take purpose-driven brands from what’s been done to what comes next.
Kaitlyn Barclay and Willow Hill, Co-founders of Scout Lab
Scout Lab + On Instagram Kaitlyn Barclay @LinkedIn
Kaitlyn Barclay is the co-founder & CEO of Scout Lab, serving clients like WordPress.com, Alibaba and Adidas, as well as the fastest growing venture-backed startups in Silicon Valley. She previously led global customer acquisition at Levi’s, after her start-up was acquired by ClassPass in 2015.
Willow Hill @LinkedIn
Willow Hill is the co-founder & CCO of Scout Lab. She has spent her career connecting the next generation of brands with their consumers through immersive content and experiences including Airbnb and Red Bull.
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In this episode, Michael and Justin speak with Andreas Huber and Rami El-choufani, co-founders of First Due, a dynamic big-data focused startup whose pre-incident planning platform allows first responders, fire service organizations and local governments to streamline their information management, enabling them to respond more safely and efficiently to both emergency and non-emergency incidents.
Andreas and Rami share the early days working together at Netsuite, how they decided to bet on themselves and create the foundation for First Due and what it feels like building a mission focused, revolutionary product that truly helps save lives.
First Due Co-Founders Andreas Huber and Rami El-choufani
First Due – https://firstduesizeup.com Andreas Huber
Andreas Huber is Co-Founder and CEO at First Due, focused on leading the company’s strategy across Sales, Go-to-Maket, Partnerships and Finance. Andreas has over 10 years of experience in Enterprise software, including founding his first technology start-up in 2010 and 3 years at NetSuite Oracle where he and Rami met. Andreas graduated Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business with a B.S.B.A and is a former member of the Canadian PGA and European Challenge Tours.
Rami El-choufani
Rami El-choufani is Co-founder and COO at First Due, leading core initiatives across Product Strategy, Marketing, Business Process and Customer Success. Rami earned a combined Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney in 2010, before spending much of his career in the Enterprise SaaS market at NetSuite Oracle. Rami has a diverse background across Engineering, Product Management and Enterprise SaaS sales.
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Jump 450 is a new-age, performance-driven, digital marketing agency that melds the creativity of ad writing, design and development with the science of programmatic display, native and social media buying. Using a highly evolved, quantitative-focused approach, Jump 450 has the unique ability to reach millions of consumers, globally and deliver sales volume at unprecedented levels, profitably.
Jump 450 Co-Founders Patrick Peters and Shaun Sheikh
Jump 450 – http://jump450.com/ Patrick J Peters IIIPatrick J Peters III – I am the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Jump. The most beautiful part of my job is watching an omni-channel digital marketing campaign grow exponentially and succeed across all traffic sources and creative touch points. Watching the integration and acceleration with all of the moving pieces fully synchronized is like watching a live symphony. I’m obsessed with marrying the art of storytelling with data. The key to success is understanding the traffic source you are advertising on. Being able to match that with constant creative experimentation is where the magic happens.
Shaun SheikhShaun Sheikh is CEO and co-founder of Jump 450 Media. He is a highly successful entrepreneur in the digital marketing arena and carries an insatiable appetite for intimately understanding the inner, technical workings of digital advertising campaigns and platforms. He was recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 for marketing and advertising in 2017. Shaun has developed highly innovative media buying strategies which have fueled the profitability of Jump 450 clients. Combined with deep insights into powerful creatives and storytelling, the resulting effect is accelerated and sustainable sales growth, demand generation, and market awareness for brands.
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In this episode, Michael and Justin sit down with Silicon Valley visionary and veteran Evan Goldberg, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Development of Oracle NetSuite, a cloud computing company that provides software services to help manage business finances, operations, and customer relations.
Evan takes us inside his time at Oracle during its massive run during 1980’s, what it was like to rub elbows with industry titans like Steve Jobs and Marc Benioff and how a 5 minute pitch to Larry Ellison led to the genesis of NetSuite which went public in 2007 and was acquired by Oracle in 2016 for 9.2 Billion dollars.
Evan Goldberg
Executive Vice President of Development, Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit
http://www.netsuite.com/portal/home.shtml Goldberg is responsible for product strategy and development at Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit. Prior to Oracle’s acquisition of NetSuite, Goldberg was CTO and Chairman of the NetSuite board. Before co-founding NetSuite in 1998, Goldberg spent eight years at Oracle Corporation, where he served as a vice president. He was involved in a variety of projects, all focused on making powerful database technology more accessible to users.
When he left Oracle, he started mBED Software and built groundbreaking website technology. Goldberg holds a B.A. Summa Cum Laude in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College.
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In this episode Michael and Justin chat with Nat Turner, CEO and co-founder of Flatiron Health, a mission focused, NYC headquartered technology firm dedicated to improving treatment for cancer patients and significantly accelerating cancer research.
Nat discusses his chance meeting with college friend and Flatiron, co-founder Zach Weinberg (Zach was unable to join us, but will be on a follow-up podcast), their recent 2.1B acquisition by Roche Group as well as their failures, pivots, and all around experiences since their early days at Wharton.
Zeroing in on their dynamic over the years and how they grew step by step as entrepreneurs and co-investors in numerous start-ups, Nat shares great stories of continual learning and adjustments throughout their journey, which shines a light on this duos maturity and largesse as true partners and friends.
Flatiron Health – https://flatiron.com/ Nat Turner – http://www.natsturner.com Nat Turner is co-founder and CEO of Flatiron Health, where he oversees all initiatives across provider solutions, clinical oncology, business development, sales operations, legal and other corporate functions.
Before co-founding Flatiron Health, Nat was co-founder and CEO of Invite Media, an advertising technology company based in NYC. Invite Media built the industry’s first enterprise advertising platform for buying and optimizing online media in real-time. Invite Media was acquired by Google in 2010.
Prior to Invite Media, Nat started numerous internet companies and also worked at Say Media and First Round Capital. An active angel investor, Nat has invested in over 30 technology startups throughout the country, including Bell Biosystems, Clover Health, Color Genomics, Doctor Evidence, Gravie, Notable Labs, Oscar and Quartet Health.
Nat earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in economics with concentrations in entrepreneurship and marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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In this episode we sit down with Georgene Huang and Romy Newman, the co-founders of Fairygodboss, a diversity and inclusion tech marketplace where ambitious women can meet and rate employers, and act as a gender equality job board and community.
We talk about the genesis of the firm, how Georgene and Romy came from the New York corporate community and yearned to be entrepreneurs together, and how the timing and mission of the firm fits perfectly in today’s world.
Fairygodboss – https://fairygodboss.com/ Georgene Huang – Georgene Huang is the CEO and Co-founder of Fairygodboss. Previously she ran the enterprise business at Dow Jones and was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures. She is a regular contributor to Forbes. Georgene is a graduate of Cornell and Stanford Universities.
Romy Newman – Romy Newman is the President and Co-Founder at Fairygodboss. Previously, she was the Head of Strategic Partner Development at Chartbeat and Head of Digital Advertising for The Wall Street Journal, overseeing sales, marketing and operations for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. Before joining The Journal, Romy held marketing positions at Google and Estee Lauder and was also a strategy consultant for a boutique media firm called Kannon Consulting, where she advised top management for Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
Romy graduated with a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and an MBA in Strategy, Finance & Marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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In this episode we sit down with Andrew Myers and Eric Ho, the co-founders of RippleMatch, a game-changing NYC based tech startup that uses Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to help interns and fresh college grads land their dream jobs with the worlds’ top firms.
We dig deep into how these two Yale students met and launched the firm out of their dorm room, raised their first investment round and continue to navigate the push and pull of early stage start-up life.
RippleMatch – https://ripplematch.com/ Andrew Myers – Andrew Myers is the CEO and co-founder of RippleMatch. He attended Yale University.
Eric Ho – Eric Ho is the Chief Technology Officer, President and co-founder of RippleMatch. He graduated from Yale University.
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In this episode we sit down with Gireesh Sonnad and Rich Resnick, the co-founders of Silverline – an NYC based Salesforce Platinum Cloud Alliance Partner that delivers strategic advisory, Salesforce implementation, and ongoing Managed Services.
Looking back on the past 10 years, they reflect on the early days of how they met as competitors, grew to become friends and partners, and over time built an amazing company that has consistently been on Crain’s Best Places to Work.
Silverline – https://silverlinecrm.com/ Gireesh Sonnad – Gireesh Sonnad is the CEO and co-founder of Silverline. Previously he was the Founder and President of Spheria Solutions and the Chief Technology Officer of Leviev Jewelry. He graduated from the University of Michigan.
Rich Resnick – Rich Resnick is the President and co-founder of Silverline. Previously he was the Founder of Business Endurance Solutions, a Salesforce focused consulting firm. He graduated from Northeastern University.
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Welcome to Duos The Co-Founders Podcast! Hosts Michael Czirjak and Justin Marcus will discuss the power of two people coming together to build successful partnerships, companies, and brands. The Duos podcast will explore how co-founders met and began working together, shared vision and growth in the course of business and life
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