Serial Startup Founder & Senior Research Fellow at the Wharton School's Generative AI Lab Dan Shapiro gives some of the BEST actionable advice for future startup founders hoping to reach the $100 mill Revenue mark. On his fourth startup after exiting to Google in 6 months with Sparkbuy, Dan gives anyone wanting to truly build a impactful company in Hardware the needed advice to truly execute. Leading more than a 100+ employees at the Top 3D Printing Company Glowforge has given Educators to Small Business Owners and almost anyone the perfect 3D Printer that is regularly profiled at CES as a Hot Product.
Startup Wins Host Brandon Na ⁠⁠breaks up the interview into a 2 part special series. Today is the 1st of the 2 episodes.

Brandon is Managing General Partner of Good People Ventures. He's a former radio show host, previously produced 3 seasons of the podcast EduK8 where he interviewed top VCs like Minnie Ingersoll & AI leaders like James Brady.
Brandon manages Good Peoples Ventures w/ his GP partners including Managing General Partner Vikki Meyer Fininen. Shortly before GPV is formed, Brandon starts "Startup Wins", your next favorite podcast, to provide actionable advice from amazing startup founders, VCs and amazing operators or experts in core functions of "building" multigenerational organizations changing the world.
Amazing guests of Startup Wins include:
Startup Wins Episodes:
Olga Denisova - ep 1, Episode on ⁠YouTube
Kevin Henrikson - ep 2, Episode on YouTube
String Nguyen - ep 3, YouTube
David Yi - ep 5, YouTube
Kimberly Kovacs - ep 6, Spotify/Podcast link, YouTube link
Mike King - ep 7, Spotify
Beth Massa - ep 8, Spotify
Coming Soon: Dan Shapiro, Ellie Sarmadi, Liz Hunt & Michael Li, & Xania Wong

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Hosted by Brandon Na, Managing General Partner of Good Peoples Ventures