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Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own startup seem too risky? There's another compelling path open to you: acquiring a small business and running it as CEO. Co-hosted by Harvard Business School Professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, the show is an extension of their courses on small firms, including Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition, which has been taken by thousands of MBA students, and their highly-regarded book, HBR Guide To Buy ...
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Ep. 170: Scaling Financial Operations: From Cannabis Startup to Multi-State Operator
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The financial systems that work for a single dispensary or grow will break down completely as you add locations, expand to new states, or scale your production. What was once manageable with basic bookkeeping becomes a compliance nightmare as your business grows. Most Cannabis companies realize they need more sophisticated financial operations only…
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How Benchmark Capital finds EXCEPTIONAL startups in the age of AI — A convo w/ Eric Vishria
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With so many AI startups these days, how do you identify which will be home-runs and which will be flops? In this episode of the I/O Podcast, Tyler and Sterling sit down with Eric Vishria, a General Partner at the legendary Benchmark Capital, who uncovers their exact process for finding and funding some of the world's fastest-growing and most succe…
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Send us a text If you've ever wondered what toll building a business takes on you as a human being, this eye-opening conversation with serial entrepreneur Elliot Kallen will hit home. After founding and selling multiple successful companies, including financial firms that managed over a billion dollars in assets, Elliot doesn't sugarcoat the profou…
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Empowering Vehicle Owners: Automotive Data Ownership & Monetization with MyAutoData
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In this insightful episode of The Innovators & Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with Manfred Heiss, Founder of MyAutoData and President of MAUD Incorporated, to explore the revolutionary concept of automotive data ownership. Manfred shares his extensive experience from BMW, Oracle, and Hewlett Packard, explaining how his frustrati…
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The Hero Image Advantage: Amazon’s Hidden Profit Driver – Episode 56 of the Agency Operators Podcast
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Description: “Amazon is a visual marketplace first, a search engine second. Your hero image isn’t just one part of your listing, it’s the gatekeeper to everything else you’ve built.” Your hero image isn’t just the first thing shoppers see; it’s the deciding factor in whether they click or keep scrolling. Most sellers underestimate its impact, but i…
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Apple's iOS 26 Review, Meta to Pay $15B for Scale AI Stake | Andrew Huberman, Scott Belsky, Sai Senthilkumar, Karri Saarinen, Roy Bahat, Alex Israel
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(02:52) - WWDC Recap (15:17) - Apple's Retreat to its Core Competency (22:45) - Apple's iOS 26 Draws Mixed Reviews (52:58) - Meta to Pay Nearly $15B For Scale AI Stake (01:00:17) - Sai Senthilkumar, a Partner at Redpoint Ventures, focuses on growth-stage investments in enterprise software and AI, and leads the firm's InfraRed initiative, which intr…
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From whiteboard idea to $7 BILLION…How Flock Safety catches 20% of US crime — w/ Garrett Langley
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How on earth do startup founders with zero experience in the security industry sell millions of dollars in contracts to police stations around the US? In this episode of Exceptional Startups, Garrett Langley, founder and CEO of Flock Safety, breaks down step-by-step 1) How they did it, 2) What process gave them the idea to go after crime, and 3), T…
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Myth Busting: Entrepreneur Nicole Spiegel-Gotsch on Challenging Stereotypes and Misconceptions About Female Founders
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Nicole Spiegel-Gotsch is the CEO and founder of HelloMavyn®, a startup advisor and business coaching platform to help female founders succeed at building, launching and growing their companies and challenging prevailing stereotypes and misconceptions about female business leaders. Nicole has worked with startups, small businesses and Fortune 500 cl…
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Revolutionizing Dysphagia Diagnosis: IMAGExRAY’s Technology is Transforming Healthcare
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In this episode of The Innovators & Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez interviews Jacqui and Steve DIMarco, the CEO and the President of IMAGExRay, about their groundbreaking development of a portable, ultra-low dose radiation x-ray system designed specifically to diagnose and treat dysphagia, a dangerous swallowing disorder. They discuss how…
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#237 The CFO’s Guide to Leading Sustainability in Business with Paula Kensington, GrowCFO Facilitator
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#237 The CFO’s Guide to Leading Sustainability in Business with Paula Kensington In this episode of The GrowCFO Show, host Kevin Appleby is joined by Paula Kensington, a seasoned finance professional from Australia with over 30 years of experience. Paula shares her journey from traditional accounting roles to becoming a passionate advocate for sust…
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WWDC25 Reactions, Apple Under Pressure for AI Progress, Meta in Talks to Scale AI Investments | Casey Handmer, Patrick Mcgee, Aaron Slodov, Gaurab Chakrabarti, Sean Liu, Garth Sheldon-Coulson, Lukas Czinger ...
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(02:46) - Intern iPhone Assembly (04:46) - Timeline (14:05) - Apple Under Pressure for AI Progress (25:47) - Meta in Talks to Scale AI Investments (32:58) - Timeline (43:24) - Casey Handmer, a physicist and engineer with a PhD from Caltech, has worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Hyperloop Technologies, and is the founder of Terraform In…
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Bringing Hallmark Moments To The Business World | Patrick McCullough
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Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #260, we welcomed Patrick McCullough, President of Hallmark Business Connections, based in Kansas City, MO. Just like you rely on Hallmark to strengthen your personal relationships, you can count on them to keep your business going and growing. We help businesses by turning customers…
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Family, Focus, and 350M Users: Inside Zoom with Eric Yuan
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Eric Yuan turned a simple belief into Zoom, the platform that kept the world moving through a once-in-a-century shutdown and redefined modern work. On this episode of Grit, the Zoom CEO shares why velocity beats size, how a family-first ethos powered his leadership during COVID, and why the coming wave of AI dwarfs the original internet boom. He de…
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Transforming Legacy Industries through Thematic Investment and AI with Jon McLaughlin
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In this insightful episode of The Innovators & Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with Jon McLaughlin, managing partner at Emberline and CEO of TBX. Jon shares his unique journey from Wall Street derivatives trading to backpacking around the world, followed by an MBA and deep private equity operational experience. Together, Jon and …
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Optimizing Sustainability in Reusable Medical Devices
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TÜV SÜD's Hannah Rounsville and Jessica Schmidt discuss practical strategies to extend device lifespan, improve reprocessing methods, and minimize waste—while maintaining patient safety and meeting regulatory requirements. They also share valuable insights into optimizing Instructions for Use (IFU) to incorporate resource-efficient practices that e…
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Weekly Recap | Elon vs. Trump, Ukraine's Drone Attack, Cluely Update & OpenAI CRO
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(00:00) - Intro and Overview (02:57) - Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia (03:21) - Soren Monroe-Anderson (Neros) (09:02) - Connor Love (Lightspeed Ventures) (13:45) - Erik Prince (Off Leash) (15:20) - Elon Musk Vs. Donald Trump (21:44) - Delian Asparouhov (Varda) (32:48) - Cluely Update from dropout Roy Lee (46:52) - Kian Sadeghi (Nucleus) (01:00:12…
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Trump-Musk Fallout Recap, Circle IPO Post-Game with CEO | Dylan Patel, Jeremy Allaire, Kat Cole, Dana Settle, Anastasios Angelopoulos, Patrick Blumen, Blake Scholl
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(05:24) - Elon-Trump Crashout Recap (27:59) - Timeline (43:34) - Patrick Blumenthal. Patrick discusses his experiences at New York City Tech Week, highlighting the diverse range of industry events and sponsorships. He provides insights into Ukraine's recent military operations, emphasizing the strategic impact of targeting Russian airfields to degr…
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Turning Wood Waste into Renewable Energy: How Woodchuck and AI are Revolutionizing Sustainability with Todd Thomas
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In this insightful episode of The Innovators & Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with Todd Thomas, founder and CEO of Woodchuck and bestselling author of Unleashing Abundant Energy. Todd shares how Woodchuck is tackling two pressing global challenges—waste reduction and renewable energy generation—by diverting wood waste from const…
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Elon Musk vs. Donald Trump, AI Day | Shaun Maguire, Mark Chen, Sholto Douglas, Jack Whitaker, Aarush Selvan, Michael Mignano, Oliver Cameron, Delian Asparouhov
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(02:28:34) - Skip to Elon Musk vs. Donald Trump Reactions (17:15) - Shaun Maguire. Shaun is a partner at Sequoia Capital and discusses the resilience and innovation at X and XAI, highlighting the successful integration of Grok into X despite initial skepticism about the platform's stability. He compares the evolution of foundation models to operati…
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Insiders React: Meta's Luckey Military Deal + Google's Plan to Split Itself, Europe Revives AI & Startups
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Can consumer tech like Facebook and Oculus really help win wars? As governments get serious about AI and startups, Silicon Valley is being dragged—sometimes unwillingly—into the global military and geopolitical game. In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein unpack how Meta is teaming up with Anduril—the military tech startup founded by Oculu…
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Benchmark’s Eric Vishria on Going Zero to $100M ARR in 12 Months, Archetypes of Top AI Founders, Why Storytelling is a Superpower, How Benchmark Makes New Investments
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Eric Vishria is a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. Our conversation gets into how Eric and Benchmark make new investments, inside the new class of startups going zero to $100 million ARR in 12 months, and how AI is changing company building. We get into the risk rewards of Series As today, how Benchmark competes to work with founders, and and …
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Revolutionizing Education with VR and AI: Inside Optima’s Journey with Adam Mangana
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In this compelling episode of The Innovators & Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with Adam Mangana, President and CEO of Optima, to explore how immersive technologies like virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionizing K-12 education. Adam shares the origin story of Optima—born from his experience as an A…
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Deel–Rippling Update, Microsoft Bets on Agents | Shawn “swyx” Wang, Augustus Doricko, Brad Porter, Kian Sadeghi, Kathleen McMahon, Chungin “Roy” Lee
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(03:02) - Deel-Rippling Drama (09:58) - Microsoft Bets on Agents to Fuel AI Growth (30:43) - Snowflake Buying Crunchy Data for $250M (45:57) - Augustus Doricko. Augustus is the founder and CEO of Rainmaker, a California-based startup using drones and advanced modeling to modernize cloud seeding and address water scarcity in the American West. A for…
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The Clear Cut Co-Founder & CEO Olivia Landau on Growing an "Accidental Side Hustle" to Nearly $100M, Myths of Diamond Industry, and Proving Investors Wrong
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Olivia Landau, Co-Founder and CEO of The Clear Cut—the largest digitally native natural diamond jewelry company in the United States—shares how a side hustle selling engagement rings through Instagram DMs transformed into a company that's hitting $100M in revenue. Despite being dismissed by venture capitalists and warned by her family not to become…
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What’s Your Problem: Real Talk on Operations, Focus, and Embracing Limitations
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In this episode, Sarah Schumacher, Zach Oshinbanjo (and joining later, Lee Zuvanich) experiment with a new format about our own, recent founder problems: tedious admin work, the art of saying no, and staying afloat when founder brain pulls you in twenty directions. We discuss Sarah's quest for operational efficiency, Zach's strategic life overhaul,…
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Leading Authentically: Levi King’s Journey from Entrepreneur to Fintech Innovator
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In this insightful episode of the Innovators and Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with Levi King, CEO and Chairman of Nav, to explore the crucial role of business credit and financial health for small businesses. Levi shares his entrepreneurial journey, from bootstrapping multiple ventures in diverse industries to founding NAV, a …
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Today on the show, we stumble upon invalidation. Nate shares an update on his customer service project and how invalidation helped him overcome setbacks in the process. Josh weighs in with ways he’s using it in his business and suggests how Nate can move forwards. This is episode 126By Josh Ho & Nate Bosscher
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Coatue's Public Market Update, Wall Street Sounds the Alarm on U.S. Debt, Nvidia's Business Booms, and Nike Returns to Amazon | Doug Philippone, Divyansh Kaushik, Aaron Ginn
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Navigating Investor Relationships with Brett Brohl, Managing Partner at Bread & Butter Ventures
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On the second episode of the Thrive Through Connection Podcast, we welcome Brett Brohl, Managing Partner at Bread & Butter Ventures, an early-stage venture firm based in Minnesota. Brett joins us to dive deep into all things founder fundraising, sharing tactical advice on everything from cold outreach to evaluating if an investor is a true culture …
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Going From Operator to Funder with Leo Polovets, General Partner at Humba Ventures
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On the third episode of the Thrive Through Connection Podcast, we welcome Leo Polovets, the General Partner at Humba Ventures and Co-founder of Susa Ventures. Humba Ventures invests in early-stage deep tech startups and is part of the broader Susa Ventures network. Leo joins us to talk about his journey from operator to supporting over 100 companie…
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Finding the Right Investors with Laurel Hess, Founder of hampr
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On the first episode of the Thrive Through Connection Podcast, we welcome Laurel Hess, the CEO and Founder of hampr. Hampr is an on-demand laundry service that will pick up your laundry and return it fresh and folded, right to your front door, within 24 hours. Laurel has raised over $10M for hampr across multiple rounds. She joins us to share her j…
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Turn Objections into Opportunities: Entrepreneur Sales Guru Andee Hart on Selling with Integrity and Confidence
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Andee Hart is an entrepreneur, sales strategist, mentor, and host of the podcast, She Sells Differently. While working as a sales executive for a Fortune 500 company, Andee started a passion project, Hart Design Co., of candle making in her own kitchen. What started out as a side hustle with her candles in a handful of local boutiques quickly bloss…
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Ep 46. Operators and Burnout with Laura Nicol—Solo Reflections
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Today, I’m turning the mic inward for my first-ever solo episode of Calling Operator. I’m Laura Nicol, your host and Chief of Staff at Co Ventures—and in this conversation, we’re talking burnout. The kind that creeps up. The kind that hits hard. The kind that startup operators know all too well. It comes up on the pod all the time—for a reason. I'm…
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Bridging Worlds: Amar Bakshi on Transforming Global Connection with Noro
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In this episode of the Innovators and Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with Amar Bakshi, founder of Shared Studios and Noro, to explore how Amar’s visionary work is redefining human connection through immersive technology. Amar shares the evolution from his original art project, which connected strangers worldwide via life-size vi…
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#236 Risk Is Changing. Is Your Board Keeping Up? with Patrick Dunne, Experienced Chair and Board Member in Business & Social Enterprise
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#236 Risk Is Changing. Is Your Board Keeping Up? with Patrick Dunne https://open.spotify.com/episode/52560DpsRV0fr9XStbziYw In this thought-provoking episode of The GrowCFO Show, Kevin Appleby engages with Patrick Dunne, an experienced Chair and Board Member in both business and social enterprise sectors, to explore the evolving landscape of risk m…
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Mary Meeker's AI Report, Ukraine's Operation Spider Web | Soren Monroe, Connor Love, Melisa Tokmak, Jordan Schneider, Maxwell Meyer
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TaskUs Human Centered, AI Amplified | Joe Anderson
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Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #259, we welcomed Joe Anderson, Senior Director - Head of CX & Digital Transformation at TaskUs based in New Braunfels, TX. TaskUs is a different breed of BPO. They are a collective of highly capable humans, who understand how to deploy technology and data to best serve your purpose.…
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How the PRFAQ Made Amazon Great (And Can Do The Same for You) w/ Marcelo Calbucci (Edu)
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Are you building a startup strategy—or just making it look like you have one? Too many founders mistake polished slide decks for actual strategic thinking, leading to misalignment, wasted resources, and failed products. In this episode, Yaniv Bernstein and Chris Saad are joined by Marcelo Calbucci, former Amazon director and author of The PRFAQ Fra…
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Bret Taylor’s Journey Leading Salesforce, Sierra & OpenAI
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Over the past two decades, Bret Taylor has quietly helped shape the arc of Silicon Valley. From co-creating Google Maps to steering Facebook, Salesforce, and OpenAI, he’s been behind some of the most consequential products in tech. Now, with his new company Sierra, he’s starting from zero—again. In this conversation, Bret opens up about how founder…
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Harnessing AI through Seed-Stage Investments: Insights from David Evans of Sentiero Ventures
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In this episode, host Kristian Marquez welcomes David Evans, managing partner at Sentiero Ventures, to discuss the firm’s investment thesis focused on seed-stage companies that leverage AI-enabled software to address real-world challenges in sectors like manufacturing and e-commerce. David elaborates on how Sentiero Ventures is uniquely positioned …
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Week in Review | Neuralink Raises $600M at $9B Valuation, Judge Considers Curbs for Google in AI Arms Race, Jensen Huang Shifts Approach to U.S. Politics & More
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#53: Ameen Soleimani: 0xbow.io & Meditations on Moloch
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Send us a text Ameen Soleimani is a foundational builder in the Ethereum ecosystem. He’s been instrumental in shaping many cornerstone projects, including authoring Moloch DAO and contributing to initiatives like Unchain Iran, 0xbow, Privacy Pools, Hai (formerly Reflexer Finance), and Reflexer. In this conversation, we explored the future of on-cha…
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Elon Musk Is Leaving Washington, Meta Partners With Anduril, Kim Jong Un's "Side Launch" Goes Sideways | Peter Rahal, John Andrew Entwistle, Ashlee Vance, Chase Lochmiller, Matan Grinberg, Jonny Dyer ...
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Insiders React: Sam Altman's New $6B Partnership + Klarna's AI Backtrack, Bitcoin Over $111K
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What does it mean when OpenAI gives away $6 billion worth of equity just to bring one man on board? In a world where design, brand, and user experience could determine AI dominance, are startups undervaluing human-centered thinking? In this episode, Chris and Yaniv unpack OpenAI’s jaw-dropping acquisition of Jony Ive's mysterious startup “io,” and …
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Samsara’s Journey to $26B Public Company | Sanjit Biswas, Co-founder and CEO
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Sanjit Biswas is the Co-founder and CEO of Samsara, the fleet management and safety platform. At the time of publication, Samsara is a public company worth over $26 billion, and we unpack how exactly they went from zero to run rating at over $1.5 billion in revenue in ten years. We get into using AI to impact the physical world, how Samsara uses AI…
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Breaking Barriers: Fostering Diversity in Angel Investing with Ralph Groce
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In this episode of the Innovators and Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez welcomes Ralph Groce, an angel investor and partner at Scroobious. The conversation dives into the systemic challenges faced by underrepresented founders—especially women and people of color—in accessing capital. Scroobious aims to bridge the gap between these talented f…
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Crypto Day | Brian Armstrong, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Katie Haun & More
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Uncovering Your Company's Unique Identity for Exponential Growth
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Send us a text What makes your company truly different from every competitor in your market? Not just surface-level distinctions, but the fundamental DNA that shapes how you operate, what you value, and why customers are magnetically drawn to your brand. Melissa Richards-Person, founder of Third Arm Consulting and former marketing executive for Sta…
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How BrightHive is Unlocking the Power of AI to Transform Data-Driven Work
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In this episode of the Innovators and Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with Suzanne El-Moursi, co-founder and CEO of BrightHive, to discuss how AI-driven data solutions are transforming the workplace. Suzanne shares BrightHive’s mission to make data insights accessible to all employees through agentic AI—specialized autonomous age…
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Thiel Fellow Tuesday | Brad Gerstner, Delian Asparouhov + Raycho Raychev, AJ Piplica + Zach Shore
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