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"Entrepreneurial Talent is Global" - On The Enthusiast, Host Pat Alex chats with some of the most fascinating Founders, Operators and Investors Beyond Silicon Valley. Every two weeks, he sits down with the likes of Arjuna Costa (Flourish), Paulo Passoni, Jeffrey Paine (Golden Gate Ventures), Gerry Giacoman (Clara) and Monica Brand Engel (Quona) to dissect their challenges around scaling, fundraising, managing boards and company leadership. Taken together, the guests have raised venture capit ...
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Andrew Romans, General Partner of 7BC Venture Capital, 3x author, and university professor, talks to VCs, founders and other VC-startup ecosystem players about all things venture capital, startups, entrepreneurship, technology, CVC, and big corporate tech titans.
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The Startup Podcast

Yaniv Bernstein, Chris Saad

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A guide to the unique mindset and approach that drives Silicon Valley style disruption. Build product, raise money, and scale your startup like the best. TSP hosts Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein share practical advice based on decades of experience at Google, Uber, and their own startups.
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Fundraising isn’t just about pitch decks, valuations, or growth curves. It’s about relationships. Thrive Through Connection is a podcast from Visible that explores the human stories behind the capital. Founders don’t raise alone. They lean on their teams, advisors, peers, and investors to navigate the highs and lows of building something from nothing. In each episode, we sit down with founders and investors to unpack the setbacks, breakthroughs, and moments of clarity that shaped their journ ...
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Investing in Impact interviews impact investors, General Partners, and VC's from around the world on their individual journeys and to connect impact entrepreneurs with insight into funding, scalability, and insights to inspire more impact companies around the world.
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Successful entrepreneurs begin with the support of a few #earlybelievers. Gopi Rangan, founding partner at Sure Ventures, interviews venture capital investors in the Silicon Valley and beyond. Guests share insider stories on how they invest in early stage startups. Do you want to learn from real-life challenges, inspiring missions and important decisions by CEOs, founders, VCs, angels, and advisors? Listen to https://podcast.sure.ventures.
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Like normal healthtech news but, you know, not boring. The team at SomX bring you the audio version of the weekly Healthtech Pigeon newsletter - a panel show with journalists, VCs, podcasters, entrepreneurs, execs and those with a strong opinion to make things interesting. Regular hosts and guests are Dr James Somauroo, Jessica Smith, Belle Taylor, Huw Penson, Jess Farmery from the SomX team. 🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com 🚀 Learn how SomX can help your healthtech company ...
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Welcome to Chapel Chats, a production of the Spiritual Life department of Village Christian School (Los Angeles, CA). We seek to share the message of Jesus to our students, our families, and beyond. You’ll find messages of hope and conversations of deep meaning. Village Christian School was founded in 1949 as an outreach to the community providing an innovative Christ-centered education that equips students to be leaders and influencers. VCS has grown into one of the largest JK-12th grade pr ...
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Peer Effect

James Johnson

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Best way to scale? Your peers have the answers. This is the podcast for scaleup founders looking for insightful, actionable wisdom from some of the best operators around. Each week we’ll explore one secret that other founders and experts are using right now and how to implement it. It’s practical wisdom to build the company AND life you want. Hosted by renowned founder coach and advisor James Johnson. You’ve survived to £1m, now let’s scale to £10m+.
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Jess Larsen interviews exciting people and uncommonly high achievers including Billionaires, Pro Athletes, Fortune 500 CEOs, Hollywood Actors like Danny Glover, New York Times Bestselling Authors, Tech Founders, Four-star Generals, World Class Musicians, Special Ops, VCs, Olympic Athletes, Non-Profit Leaders, Inventors and many more.
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Sand Hill Road

NBC Bay Area

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What makes Silicon Valley the innovation capital of the world? It all starts on Sand Hill Road, considered the mecca of venture capital. Join us for insightful interviews from the heart of Silicon Valley with the VCs, start-ups and innovators behind the trending technologies of tomorrow. Hosted by NBC Bay Area business and technology reporter and host of Press:Here, Scott McGrew.
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Every entrepreneurial journey will result in either profit or pivot. In this podcast, I sit down with top-tier founders, VCs, & innovators to uncover the critical decisions that fueled their massive success. We dive deep into their journeys, exploring practical strategies you can apply. Each episode delivers actionable advice & inspiring stories designed to motivate & empower you on your own path. My mission? To decode the art of successful decision-making better than anyone in the world. Ra ...
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Female VC Lab

Barbara Bickham

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Welcome to The Female VC Lab Podcast, a captivating series delving into the vibrant world of female venture capital. Join us for an exclusive peek into the journeys of female VCs, Investors, GPs, and LPs as we uncover their strategies, impact, and visions for the future. This podcast celebrates the pivotal roles women hold in venture capital, offering valuable insights to family offices, institutional investors, and those curious about female-led financial stewardship. Tune in for candid dis ...
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WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

FreightWaves

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WHAT THE TRUCK?!? is FreightWaves' irreverent award-winning podcast breaking down the biggest stories in transportation and logistics. WTT?!? is all about the people that make freight move. On the show you'll hear from founders, CEOs, VCs, truckers, brokers, and influencers. Join the industry three times a week on FreightWavesTV and podcast players everywhere.
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Every founder has 1 goal: find product-market fit. We interview the world's most successful startup founders on the 0 to 1 part of their journeys. We've had the founders of Reddit, Gusto, Rappi, Glean, Cohere, Huntress, ID.me and many more. We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed examples you can steal. Our goal is to understand product-market fit better than anyone on the planet. Rated one of the world's top startup podcasts.
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Health:Further

Marcus Whitney & Vic Gatto

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Every week, healthcare VCs and Jumpstart Health Investors co-founders Vic Gatto and Marcus Whitney review and unpack the happenings in US Healthcare, finance, technology and policy. With a firm belief that our healthcare system is doomed without entrepreneurship, they work through the mud to find the jewels, highlight headwinds and tailwinds, and bring on the smartest guests to fill in the gaps.
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Riding Unicorns is the go-to podcast for anyone interested in venture capital and high-growth startups. Hosted by VCs James Pringle and Hector Mason, the show explores what it takes to build and back successful tech unicorns. Each episode features candid conversations with top founders, operators, and investors—unpacking the strategies, challenges, and insights behind scaling category-defining companies. From fundraising and product-market fit to hiring, growth, and beyond, no topic is off-l ...
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Tune in to BioCentury’s in-depth conversations with global leaders who are advancing the future of medicine. Join our Senior Editors in face-to-face discussions with scientific KOLs, top executives, VCs, and key policymakers, dissecting the most urgent public health issues. The BioCentury Show is THE only place where BioCentury’s experts join top innovators and global influencers to show how science is being turned into medicine. Don't miss this event, every two weeks, now available as a vid ...
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The NeuralPod

Chris Coyne

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The NeuralPod, by NeuralRec.ai The NeuralPod is all about deep diving into technical machine learning topics and showing its real-world impact, bridging the gap between AI-first companies and adoption. We chat with subject matter experts across reinforcement learning, recommender systems, deep learning and generative AI. As well as chatting with business leaders, VCs, operations and strategy experts. You can also check out our blog here: https://neuralrec.ai/blog/ Who are NeuralRec.ai? Neura ...
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TBPN

John Coogan & Jordi Hays

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Technology's daily show (formerly the Technology Brothers Podcast). Streaming live on X and YouTube from 11 - 2 PM PST Monday - Friday. Available on X, Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
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Fintech Insider is your ultimate guide to the world of finance and fintech from 11:FS - the leading independent fintech consultancy, recognised five times with the British Bank Award for Consultancy of the Year. Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including Visa, Monzo, Nationwide, JPMorgan Chase, Wise, the Financial Times, and more to discuss breaking news and deep dive into the biggest ...
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The Compassionate Capitalist™ Show is where visionary founders and smart investors learn how to build wealth with purpose. Hosted by Karen Rands; trusted advisor, finance consultant, author, investor, and digital educator. Episodes features guests: angel investors, VCs, crowdfund and industry pros; with expert insights to share. For nearly a decade, Karen has been providing rich content to her listeners to inspire them to create generation wealth by either being the founder that exits rich, ...
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I’m Aaron Harris. I was a partner at Y Combinator for 7.5 years and now run Magid and Company. For the last decade, I’ve been obsessed with one question: How do founders fundraise? On Asking VCs for Money, I’ll be talking to founders about…well…asking VCs for money. We’ll talk about what they actually did - the tactics and strategies that led to success - how they met investors, how they prepared their pitches, and how they negotiated term sheets. I’m going to focus on process and particular ...
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The Puck: Venture Capital & Beyond showcases the innovative forethought that defines the venture capital world. Join us as we follow the puck and explore what this community has to offer. Listen as we have in-depth conversations, gaining insights and lessons from well-established VCs, entrepreneurs, and other leading technology experts. We will learn about their successes, challenges, and how they got to where they are today. Along the way we will discover what investors most look for in who ...
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"Can't Be Done"

Adam Draper

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Join Boost VC’s Founder & Managing Director Adam Draper, to learn about emerging technology from leading figures in the industry. Each episode we interview founders and investors to explore topics like startup strategy and venture capital, as well as incredible technology like bitcoin, virtual reality, AI, exoskeletons, drones, space and more.
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It has been said that "access to capital is the last frontier of the civil rights movement". This podcast series tells the stories of diverse founders and venture capitalists across the business landscape, their experience with accessing capital and growing their businesses and the networks that have enabled them to thrive.
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Welcome to the Startup to Exit podcast where we bring you world-class entrepreneurs and VCs to share their hard-earned success stories and secrets. This podcast has been brought to you by TiE Seattle. TiE is a global non-profit that focuses on fostering entrepreneurship. TiE Seattle offers a range of programs including the GoVertical Startup Creation Weekend, TiE Entrepreneur Institute, and the TiE Seattle Angel Network. We encourage you to become a TiE member so you can gain access to these ...
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MindGravity.

Rohan Handa

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Failure is the greatest Shifu. On this podcast, we dive into conversation with founders, VC's, and innovators to learn about their success through their failures.
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The Startup CEO Show hosted by coach and advisor Mark MacLeod, brings you veteran CEOs each week who have collectively had had billion dollar valuations, 9 figure exits, and millions in revenue each week. Subscribe to join the leading podcast produced exclusively for the CEOs of high-growth startups and the VCs who back them. This podcast offers concise, yet deep dives into specific themes within each episode, focusing on providing actionable insights for busy leaders. The format includes in ...
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Israeltech

IsraelTech

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Are you sick of needing to go to multiple sources to stay up to date about Israeli technology? The current landscape is outdated and does not highlight the unique personalities, culture, and chutzpah that make our ecosystem unique. We are here to change that! 😎 IsraelTech is democratizing and decentralizing access to Israeli technology, by removing the gatekeepers, and letting you hear directly from the innovators, in your favorite feed. X (Twitter): x.com/IsraelTech YouTube: youtube.com/@Is ...
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Become the GOAT To Market! This is the go-to show for founders to learn go-to-market strategy from other Founders, CXOs, VCs, and Creatives. Every episode our guest unpacks a specific and tactical strategy they've deployed to grow and scale their venture (and sometimes they share what didn't work so you don't make the same mistake!). Hosted by Startup Hypeman founder & Chief Pitch Artist, RajNATION. New episodes on Sundays. Want to go behind-the-scenes and get 1-on-1 time with our guests? Ev ...
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The Stack Overflow Podcast

The Stack Overflow Podcast

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For more than a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a developer and how the art and practice of software programming is changing our world. From Rails to React, from Java to Node.js, we host important conversations and fascinating guests that will help you understand how technology is made and where it’s headed. Hosted by Ben Popper, Cassidy Williams, and Ceora Ford, the Stack Overflow Podcast is your home for all things code.
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Hallway Chat

Fraser Kelton & Nabeel Hyatt

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Fraser & Nabeel explore what it means to build great products in this new world of AI. Two former founders, now VCs, have an off-the-cuff conversation with friends about the new AI products that are worth trying, emerging patterns, and how founders are navigating a world that’s changing every week. Fraser is the former Head of Product at OpenAI, where he managed the teams that shipped ChatGPT and DALL-E, and is now an investor at Spark Capital. Nabeel is a former founder and CEO, now an inve ...
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Million Dollar Startup is a seasonal podcast that showcases genuine behind the scenes audio footage as top early-stage fintech founding teams compete for a million dollar investment and join the prestigious portfolio of Portag3. Founders are selected each round by top VCs investment teams, while mentored & coached through the competition by successful founders. The competition winner is chosen by a panel of judges who are top VCs. This podcast is for anyone who wants to peek behind the scene ...
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LA Venture

TenOneTen

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We talk to Southern California VCs to get to know them, their funds, and their advice for entrepreneurs. Hosted by Minnie Ingersoll from TenOneTen, an LA-based seed fund investing in b2b software.
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(01:41) - Timeline (04:28) - How Serious is Google's Genie 3 Model? (22:42) - The 5-Level Framework for Robotics (40:35) - Cerebras Proves it Can Actually Work (48:36) - Timeline (01:26:53) - Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, software engineer, and venture capitalist. He is best known as the co-creator of Mosaic, the first widely used we…
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On this episode Pat sits down with Gaurav Biswas, Co-Founder & CEO of leading freight forwarder and logistics scaleup Trukker. We dive into the company’s journey from their initial launch in India, focusing on MENA scaling to 200M+ in revenues, servicing 1,500 clients across 9 countries and raising $300M+ from the likes of ADQ, Ruya and Investcorp …
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Vulcan Elements CEO John Maslin joins Sourcery to announce their $65M Series A led by Altimeter (Brad Gerstner, Erik Kriessmann) with participation from One Investment Management (Rajeev Misra) to build the most advanced rare earth magnet factory in America—fully decoupled from China. Bringing their total funding to $75M. We cover why rare earth ma…
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Hemant Mohapatra of Lightspeed India joins Nick to discuss Investing in the Gen AI Extraction Layer, Value Accrual in New Tech Waves, and India’s Digital Currency & Identity Economy. In this episode we cover: AI Investment Opportunities and Challenges Healthcare and Legal Implications of AI Defensibility in AI and Long-term Investment Strategies Ve…
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About this episode: Join host Ross Gallagher from 11:FS as he teams up with an expert panel to explore the week’s biggest stories across fintech, banking, and the broader financial services landscape. This week's guests: Brian Spurling - Head of EMEA at Cogo Jasper Sneff Nanni - Managing Principal at FS Vector Ruth Foxe Blader - Managing Partner, F…
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Rick built Persona into a $100M+ ARR unicorn, but he never thought it would work. In fact, Rick started Persona believing it would probably fail, and that mindset might be exactly why it succeeded. In this episode, Rick reveals how a casual project with zero expectations turned into a billion-dollar business, why early-stage startups should avoid h…
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SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Amy Thomas are joined Sanome's Benedikt von Thüngen as they dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - MEMORI becomes first UK-built, certified software-as-a-medical device for real-time infection prediction 27:03 - ChatGPT adds mental health guardrails after reports of bot feeding people’s delusions 🗞 …
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(00:00) - Intro (00:04) - Microsoft Cloud Outpaces AI (23:08) - Disney’s AI Dilemma (37:18) - What Apple Should Do with $100B Share Buyback (49:37) - Howard Stern Canceled After Decades On Air (53:51) - OpenAI Releases Open Source Model (01:05:45) - Marc Andreessen (a16z) (01:41:13) - AI Model Whiteboard Breakdown (01:57:19) - GPT-5 Review Ft. Rahu…
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In this episode of Health Further, Vic is joined by guest host Emily Evans to cover the rise in long-term unemployment, Trump’s criticism of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the struggles of working-class Americans in a K-shaped economy. They discuss potential Fed leadership changes, a housing supply push in New York, Apple’s $100 billion U.S. i…
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(00:10) - Rahul Sonwalkar Live in the Ultradome. Rahul Sonwalkar, founder and CEO of Julius AI, transitioned from his viral "Rahul Ligma" persona to leading an AI data analysis platform that has attracted over 2 million users. In the transcript, he discusses the challenges and solutions in AI code generation, emphasizing the importance of accuracy …
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In this jam-packed Friday episode of What the Truck?!, host Thomas Wasson breaks down the latest freight industry headlines and dives deep into market trends shaking up the supply chain. Kevin Hill of Brush Pass Research shares data on collapsing freight brokerages and shifting shipper activity from CarrierSource, while Mike Baudendistel from Sonar…
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Steven Lee raised $40 million in five weeks to fund his own venture firm — with just his reputation, network, and a bet on AI. From being the last kid picked up at school to becoming one of Silicon Valley’s earliest investors in breakout companies, Lee shares his journey from his parents’ clothing store in Los Angeles, to Twitter, to launching his …
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Isaiah Taylor (Valar Atomics), JC Btaiche (Fuse), & Packy McCormick (Not Boring) join Molly O’Shea to explore how nuclear energy—fission and fusion—is at the heart of America's industrial resurgence and the race for AI dominance. Isaiah unpacks Valar Atomic’s plan to scale modular fission reactors across the U.S., breaking decades of regulatory sta…
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Ryan welcomes Paul Everitt, developer advocate at JetBrains and an early adopter of Python, to discuss the history, growth, and future of Python. They cover Python’s pivotal moments and rise alongside the internet, the increased adoption from transitions like Python 2 to Python 3, and the significant role Python plays in academia and data science t…
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(01:18) - AI Model Whiteboard Breakdown (26:23) - Mark Chen, Chief Research Officer at OpenAI, discusses the recent launch of GPT-5, emphasizing its enhanced reasoning capabilities and seamless integration of various AI models to improve user experience. He highlights the model's ability to perform complex tasks more efficiently, reducing the need …
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In violation of long-standing internet norms like robots.txt, Cloudflare caught Perplexity AI scraping content from websites that had explicitly opted out. The situation begs the question: what happens when AI startups prioritize growth over digital consent? Listen as Chris and Yaniv discuss the repercussions of Cloudflare's "honeypot" traps. They …
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Neil Patel just flipped everything you know about startups upside down. He says product-market fit is overrated, giving away your software for free can make you rich, and the real secret to scaling isn’t charging customers—it’s monetizing the leads your free product generates. Neil breaks down his playbook on how startups can leverage free products…
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Manish Patel Barry Schuler Shamin Walsh We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing …
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About this episode: This week’s episode is brought to you by someone who truly lives at the intersection of regulation and innovation: Colin Payne, Head of Innovation at the FCA. If you’re not familiar with the FCA - the Financial Conduct Authority - it’s one of the UK’s key financial regulators. Think of it like the SEC in the US: overseeing marke…
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E122 Fireside Chat at Global VC Demo Day London June 2025 with Neil Foster & Scott Smedresman on Fireside with a VC. Discussing the changes and market dynamics of the VC startup ecosystems in London, New York, and Silicon Valley. What has changed and how should strategies adjust? 🚀 VCs: Pitch your fund to LPs forfree at the Global VC Demo Day: http…
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In this action-packed episode of What The Truck?!, host Thomas Wasson dives into the latest headlines in freight, logistics, and supply chain—starting with a surprise camera discovery under his desk and rolling straight into serious topics like AV simulation and trade tariffs. First up: Dr. Adam Campbell from Gatik reveals Arena, their next-gen sim…
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Rehan Jalil is the CEO of Securiti, a platform that enables the safe use of data and generative AI. They've raised $156M in funding from investors such as General Catalyst, Mayfield, and others. He was previously the CEO of Elastica, which was acquired for $280M by Bluecoat. Before that, he was the CEO of WiChorus, which was acquired by Tellabs for…
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On the seventh episode of the Thrive Through Connection Podcast, we welcome Jonah Midanik of Forum Ventures. Jonah is the Managing Partner at Forum Ventures, the leading early-stage fund, program, and community for B2B SaaS startups. Jonah joins Mike, the CEO and Founder of Visible, to discuss how early-stage founders can best run a fundraising pro…
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Henry Ward, CEO of Carta, joins Sourcery to share how the company scaled to nearly $500M in ARR, raised $1B across seven rounds, and evolved from a startup serving cap tables to a platform targeting massive markets like private equity and private credit. Ward discusses the Peter Thiel-inspired strategy of dominating small markets before expanding, …
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Should you leave your steady corporate job to start a business? In this episode of The Profit or Pivot Podcast I speak with Talia Abramowitz, a partner at Deloitte, the largest professional services firm in the world ($70B in revenues) and the founder of Deloitte Ventures, a $150 million corporate venture capital fund. Talia shares how she carved o…
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Vic and Marcus are joined by Dr. Eric Stecker, cardiologist, professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, and co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Insight Health. They explore the origin story of Insight Health, how generative AI inspired its creation, and what sets their AI apart from typical ambient note-taking tools. The epi…
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In this episode of Riding Unicorns, James and Hector sit down with Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic, the world’s leading blockchain analytics company. Simone’s career path is anything but conventional — from a history degree and Deutsche Bank to leading a $100M+ funded crypto intelligence powerhouse. 🧠 After 8 years in banking and a stint in anti-mone…
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(00:31) - Timeline (02:06) - What Apple Should Do with $100B Share Buyback (22:29) - Palantir Blows Past Earnings Expectations (34:57) - OpenAI Releases Open Source Model (50:25) - Google Deepmind Genie 3 Reactions (56:01) - Timeline (01:02:02) - Jet Blue First Class Review (01:07:58) - Timeline (01:30:23) - ElevenMusic Reactions (01:32:07) - Timel…
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In this episode of The Compassionate Capitalist™ Show, I’m joined by Dominick Wallace, a business lending expert, to answer key questions many entrepreneurs face: Should you borrow? What kind of funding? When’s the right time? We cover the three types of money businesses use to grow: investor capital, revenue, and debt. While investor funding often…
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Jacques Benkoski, General Partner at US Venture Partners, shares lessons from decades of experience as an operator, CEO, and VC. He challenges common startup myths and offers a framework for market entry that emphasizes strategy over luck. Jacques explains why focus—not speed—is the key to building category leadership, and why the venture ecosystem…
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Quinn Slack, CEO and co-founder of Sourcegraph, joins the show to dive into the implications of AI coding tools on the software engineering lifecycle. They explore how AI tools are transforming the work of developers from syntax-focused tasks to higher-level design and management roles, and how AI will integrate into enterprise environments. Episod…
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(03:34) - Microsoft Cloud Outpaces AI (33:41) - AI Coming For Consultants (01:03:35) - Disney’s AI Dilemma (01:17:52) - Timeline (01:42:09) - Dan Wright, Co-Founder and CEO of Armada, discusses the company's mission to build hyperscale data centers for edge computing, targeting the 70% of the world lacking AI infrastructure. He highlights their wor…
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Last month I spoke on a panel about the future of climate tech.I was joined by Emi Naganuma, the founder and General Partner of Apprecia Capital and Richard Youngman, the CEO Cleantech Group, with Michael Matsumura of Scrum Ventures moderating.Right now is both a challenging and an exciting time for climate tech innovatoin.It's a fascinating discus…
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In the startup world, speed is everything. But too many founders confuse busyness with velocity, mistaking frantic activity for real momentum. In this episode, Chris and Yaniv are joined by Keith Lucas, former product and engineering leader at Roblox, to unpack what speed actually means—and how to build it into your startup from day one. They explo…
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Host Thomas Wasson celebrates his birthday by diving into the wild world of freight! In this jam-packed episode of What The Truck, we cover the skyrocketing rise in cargo theft with Scott Cornell of Travelers Insurance, who breaks down the alarming 1475% surge in strategic thefts. Then, we lift off with Dennis Collins from Maxim Crane Works to expl…
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Roy Lee went from getting kicked out of Harvard and Columbia to building Cluely, one of the fastest-growing AI startups ever—going from 0 to $5 million ARR in just 3 months. We go deep on Roy’s playbook for using controversy, virality, and content to get millions of views—and millions in ARR. You’ll learn why Roy intentionally designs content to sp…
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Han Shen Craig Shapiro Kevin Jiang We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founde…
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About this episode: Join hosts Laura Watkins and Ross Gallagher from 11:FS as they team up with an expert panel to explore the week’s biggest stories across fintech, banking, and the broader financial services landscape. This week's guests: Michael Carter - Senior Policy Advisor at Innovate Finance Sophie Guibaud - Strategic Sparring Partner, Build…
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JUST DROPPED: An incredible conversation with Nina Raab of LionRun Consulting about the REAL secrets of startup fundraising! Nina’s story? She made Aliyah 1.5 years ago and built a 10-person consultancy from Tel Aviv to NYC. Now she helps seed to Series B startups raise serious cash - and 40% of her clients are Israeli. 🇮🇱 What blew us away: - Most…
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Daisy, Belle and Hollie from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter. 00:00 Intro 01:26 Let a breakthrough in measuring body clocks ease the ills of shiftwork 12:19 Why VC-Backed Longevity Startups Are Dying In A $5 Trillion Wellness Market 23:58 This DNA test can predict if a 5-year-old will be obese as an adult 🗞 Grab the new…
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