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From Surviving a Plane Crash to Building Baby Formula and Energy Drink Brands: Richard Lavar
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May 30, 2025 |
Don’t Raise VC Money Until You Hear This | Mike Gelb with Shamin Walsh | Consumer VC
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May 15, 2025 |
How Ithaca Hummus Scaled to $50M Without Venture Capital? Mike Gelb with Chris Kirby | Consumer VC
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May 02, 2025 |
Are You Building for the Right Reasons — or Just Because the Category Is Hot? Should there be a Better Business Bureau for VCs? w/ Sid Banthiya
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Apr 22, 2025 |
The Future of Restaurant-Tech: Inside EMERGING’s $100M Fund with Mathew Focht
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Mar 27, 2025 |
Will AI Screw IP Holders, Content Getting Better or Worse, and The Future of Journalism with Ishan Sinha, Partner at Point72 Ventures
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Mar 20, 2025 |
Selling Shorter Shorts to a Successful Exit, The Story of Chubbies with Preston Rutherford
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Feb 21, 2025 |
The Fusion of Innovation and Leadership with YuChiang Cheng
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Feb 05, 2025 |
Why The Supplement Industry Is Broken and How Momentous Plans to Fix It with Jeff Byers
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Jan 16, 2025 |
Why Invest in CPG and Tech? Expected Returns and Red Antler's VC Journey with Daniel Faierman, Partner at Habitat Partners
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Jan 08, 2025 |
Is AI the Sole Future of Consumer Tech, What's Missing in Social & Will Glasses Be The Consumer Platform with Bryan Kim, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
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Dec 10, 2024 |
How Choosing the Best Food for Your Dog Can Add Years to Their Life & The Problem with The Legacy Pet Food Market with Terri Rockovich, Co-Founder & CEO of Jinx
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Nov 13, 2024 |
How He Went From the Music Industry to VC, Investing in Tech vs. Brands, and When Down Rounds Make Sense with Jon Keidan
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Oct 18, 2024 |
The Future of Gaming: Game Economies, New Business Models, Gamification, Blockchain Technology & AI Innovation with Brian Cho, Co-Founder of Patron
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Sep 27, 2024 |
The Evolution of Premium Products in Mainstream Retail with Marcel Bens, CEO of Emil Capital Partners
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Sep 06, 2024 |
When to Invest in Consumer Technology with Vanessa Larco at NEA
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Aug 30, 2024 |
Turning Science into Consumer Brands with Osman Khan, CEO of Squared Circles
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Aug 16, 2024 |
Investing in the Future of Healthy Living with Abby Miller Levy, Managing Partner and Founder at Primetime Partners
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Aug 02, 2024 |
How They Built a Direct-to-Consumer Baby Food Brand and Scaled to Selling Millions of Products Each Month with Angela Vranich and Ben Lewis From Little Spoon
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Jul 24, 2024 |
Future of Food Tech, Can A Retail Model Like Foxtrot Work at Scale, and Channel Strategy for Food Brands with Ashley Hartman and Andrew Bluestein @ Bluestein Ventures
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Jun 27, 2024 |
Unlocking the Potential of Beauty and Personal Care Brands With Manica Blain
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Jun 06, 2024 |
The New Types of Acquirers in Health & Wellness, Different Parts Of The Term Sheet That Could Make a Difference In The Exit, and How Deals Get Done with Teddie Townsend from CG Sawaya Partners
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May 24, 2024 |
The Fusion of Past & Future Shopping Experiences, Insights from Brand Capital Fund's Consumer VC Benchmarks Report with Diana Melencio at XRC Ventures
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May 09, 2024 |
What Consumers Care About in Health & Wellness Products, How Competition Builds New Categories, and Will Ozempic Have an Impact on CPG Demand? with Dayton Miller, BFG Partners
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Apr 24, 2024 |
Live from SXSW: George Milton and Erin Link – How They Founded Yellowbird Sauce
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Apr 18, 2024 |
What Gives a Brand Acquisition Energy with Amrit Richmond
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Mar 08, 2024 |
He Worked with JAY-Z, Was an Olympian, and Now Runs a VC with Samyr Lainé, Founder of Freedom Trail Capital
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Feb 29, 2024 |
How He Built A Business Off a Fruit Peel, The Shocking Moment of Getting into Retail, and How One Chat Changed His Trajectory with Matt Weiss Founder & CEO at Rind Snacks
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Feb 14, 2024 |
Selling Group Nine Media, The Evolution of New York's Startup Scene and The Future of Digital Media with Ben Lerer, Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau
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Feb 07, 2024 |
How He Buys Multi-Million Dollar Brands with Fan Bi, Founder/CEO of The Hedgehog Company
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Jan 29, 2024 |
What is a Cult Brand? With Sarah Woelfel, Co-Founder & Partner at Cult Capital
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Jan 18, 2024 |
How She's Adding The Belgian Waffle To The American Diet...and 8,400+ stores with Anouck Gotlib, CEO of Belgian Boys
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Jan 08, 2024 |
Selling 10 Million Soup Dumplings and Counting: The Story of MìLà with Caleb Wang
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Dec 21, 2023 |
Why This Venture Studio Backed By VF Corp is Investing in Consumer Tech with David Wagner and Jesse Marble, Co-Founders of Wildwood Ventures
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Nov 29, 2023 |
When Can A Celebrity-Led Brand Work with Denise Lambertson from Constellation Capital and LMS
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Nov 02, 2023 |
FinTech: What's Real and What's a Scam with Drew Glover, General Partner of Fiat Ventures
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Oct 26, 2023 |
Breaking Boundaries in Broadway: The TodayTix Story with Brian Fenty
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Oct 12, 2023 |
Will There Be Cities With No Cars? What is The Future of Urban Transportation? The Difference Between U.S. and European Markets with Martin Mignot from Index Ventures
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Sep 28, 2023 |
Transforming the Mexican Food Aisle: Miguel Leal's Journey with SOMOS Foods
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Sep 14, 2023 |
Why He Invested In Liquid Death, Dollar Shave Club, and a Breakdown of the Venture Studio Model with Mike Jones, Co-Founder of Science Inc.
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Aug 31, 2023 |
How She Built a $100 million CPG Brand in Three Years Selling Cauliflower Pizzas with Gail Becker, Founder of CAULIPOWER
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Aug 03, 2023 |
Decoding the Future of Media and Commerce with Kevin Parakkattu at Plug and Play
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Jul 27, 2023 |
How To Invest in Misunderstood & Highly Regulated Markets with Helene Servillon from JourneyOne Ventures
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Jun 28, 2023 |
Matt Alexander (Neighorhood Goods) - How They Are Reimaging The Department Store
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Jun 15, 2023 |
Nigel Eccles (Vault) - How He’s Helping Artists Monetize Their Music, Fandom in the Digital Age and Lessons from Creating FanDuel
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Jun 08, 2023 |
Kiva Dickinson & Madeline Kaplan (Selva Ventures) - Raising $34 Million Fund 2, Opportunities in Beauty & Personal Care, And The Value of $1 in Revenue Online vs. In Retail
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Jun 01, 2023 |
Rakesh Narayana (Access VC) - How They Are Changing The Image of Corporate Venture Capital, and How They Evaluate Opportunities From an Exit Potential
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May 25, 2023 |
Andrew Blackmon (The Black Tux) - How He Approaches Standardization, Customization and Scale Running a Tuxedo Rental Business
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May 17, 2023 |
Melissa Facchina (Siddhi Capital) - Can You Be A Great Entrepreneur But Not A Great Operator, Why She’s Not Investing In Beverage Companies, Her Way of Scaling and more
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May 09, 2023 |
Chaz Flexman (Starday Foods) - How He's Building The Next Food Conglomerate With Data Science
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May 06, 2023 |
Mike Salguero (ButcherBox)- How He Bootstrapped ButcherBox to $600 million, Why He Didn't Take Any VC Money, And Lessons From Raising Money at CustomMade
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May 02, 2023 |
Jessica Karr (Coyote Ventures) - How She Went From Scientist to Investor, The Opportunity in Women’s Health, and Why She Doesn’t Invest in Beauty & Personal Care
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Apr 27, 2023 |
Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures) - Could AI Be The Next Consumer Platform After The iPhone?
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Apr 25, 2023 |
When You Start, Scale, Sell and Then Buy Back Your Business From Hershey And Coca Cola with Jon Sebastiani (Krave Jerky) and Mark Rampolla (Zico)
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Elle Lanning (Camino Partners) - What KIND Snacks Got Right, What Differentiation is in CPG, and How to Back The Right Founders
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Apr 13, 2023 |
Bruce Smith (Hydrow) - Why He Believes Rowers Could Overtake Bikes, The State of Connected Fitness, and How Kevin Hart Became Their Creative Director
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Apr 11, 2023 |
Ken Sadowsky (Verlinvest) - What He Saw In VIta Coco and Vitamin Water Early, Beverage Trends He's Bearish On and How to Evaluate Entrepreneurs
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Apr 06, 2023 |
Deepak Shahdadpuri (DSG Consumer Partners) - Why India is Ripe for Premium Consumer Brands, How to Localize Brands, and Trends In India and South East Asia
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Apr 04, 2023 |
Will Nitze (IQ Bar) - How He Leveraged Harvard and Growth Hacked Indie Gogo, Why He Entered Conventional Grocery Over the Natural Channel, and Brain Food Explained
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Mar 30, 2023 |
Mark Samuel (IWON Organics) - Why His Entrepreneurial Journey Led Him to CPG, What’s Difficult About Scaling a Health Brand, Approach To New Sales Channels and Media
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Mar 24, 2023 |
Dario Wolos (Tacombi & Vista Hermosa) - Why he Started Selling Tacos Out of a VW bus in Mexico, How He Expanded to a Chain of Taquerias in New York, and Why His Mission Is To Bring Authentic Mexican Food to the World
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Mar 22, 2023 |
Live from Austin: Allison and Stephen Ellsworth (Poppi) - How They Became The #1 Soda Brand on Amazon, Pivot During COVID and How They Approach Brand
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Mar 17, 2023 |
David Friedberg (The Production Board) - What The Next Generation of Brands Look Like, How to Analyze Entrepreneurs, and What He’d Change About The All-In Podcast
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Mar 15, 2023 |
Mike Fata (Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods) - How He Founded a 9-figure Hemp Brand
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Mar 09, 2023 |
Carle Stenmark (VMG) - Why a consumer PE firm also has a $400m technology fund, the evolution of his thesis, and why VMG rebranded
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Mar 07, 2023 |
Kyle Cooke (Loverboy) - How he started a $38m alcohol brand while on a Reality TV, His journey as an entrepreneur and why Loverboy worked vs. his other ideas
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Mar 02, 2023 |
Marc Washington (Supergut) - Why better health starts with the gut, What is the gut microbiome and His innovation within CPG
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Feb 28, 2023 |
Steve Berg (Stride Consumer Partners) - How to invest in consumer companies at the growth stage, what types of brands work in both natural and conventional, and how to analyze retail outlets
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Feb 23, 2023 |
Joey Guerra and Alex Dashefsky (Airsign) - Why the vacuum cleaner needed innovation, brand positioning, and their approach to organic marketing
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Mateo Marietti (CookUnity) - How he’s changing the food delivery experience for daily meals, how he works with the top chefs in the world, and growth during the pandemic
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Feb 17, 2023 |
Anthony Zhang (Vinovest) - What makes wine a profitable investible asset, How he recovered from a spinal injury that left him paralyzed while guiding his company to a successful exit, and other alternative investment markets
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Feb 14, 2023 |
James Currier (NFX) - How generative A.I. changes the internet, Will startups be able to capture the value, and Will OpenAI succeed
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Feb 10, 2023 |
Adam Ross (Heyday) - Why he found a facial retail chain, franchise models vs. corporate stores, and producing products
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Feb 07, 2023 |
Ryan Woodbury (Needed) - How she's building a bundled DTC subscription business with prenatal products, why it took 3 years of R&D research before launching and her fundraising philosophy
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Feb 03, 2023 |
Lydia Jett (SoftBank) - How she invests in eCommerce at a global scale, How to evaluate emerging markets, and Learnings from 2022
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Feb 01, 2023 |
Aimy Steadman (BeatBox) - How she created a drink for music festivals, fundraising on SharkTank and how a change in product packaging was an unlock to scale
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Jan 26, 2023 |
Wyatt Taubman (Vive Organic) - How he discovered immunity shots, the learning curves building a CPG brand and why they sold to Suja Juice
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Jan 24, 2023 |
Yanni Hufnagel (Lemon Perfect) - Why He Left Basketball To Founding a Lemon Water Company, Getting Beyoncé to Invest, and How He Scaled Distribution Nationally
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Jan 19, 2023 |
Elly Truesdell (New Fare Partners) - How she started a cat food brand with Bobby Flay, Going from Whole Foods to launching VC fund, When brands should vertically integrate
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Jan 17, 2023 |
Annie Kadavy (RedPoint Ventures) – How she invested in Patreon, Classpass and DoorDash, What Are Investible business models, and Lessons Learned as a Founder
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Jan 12, 2023 |
Chris Ashenden (Athletic Greens) - How he founded a billion dollar nutrition brand, why he waited until $150m in sales to raise capital, and creating a new consumer habit
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Jan 10, 2023 |
Davis Smith (Cotopaxi) - Why he started a mission-led outdoor apparel brand, the difference between Cotopaxi and Patagonia, and lessons learned from his first two businesses
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Jan 05, 2023 |
Matt Higgins (RSE Ventures) - How he became a Shark on SharkTank, Why he invested in Gary Vee, and the future of Direct to Consumer
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Jan 03, 2023 |
Josh Cliffords (FreeWater) - How He Found a New Business Model for Bottled Water
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Dec 30, 2022 |
Sean Riley (DUDE Wipes) - How he went from $0 to $90 million in sales selling flushable wipes, Getting Mark Cuban to Invest on SharkTank and Why he chose bootstrapping
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Dec 27, 2022 |
Holiday Highlights: Ty Haney (Outdoor Voices, Joggy, TYB)
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Dec 27, 2022 |
Holiday Highlights: Chuck Newhall (NEA)
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Dec 27, 2022 |
Holiday Highlights: Steve Case (AOL.com, Revolution, Rise of the Rest)
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Dec 27, 2022 |
Holiday Highlights: Jessica Peltz-Zatulove (Hannah Grey
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Dec 27, 2022 |
Holiday Highlights: Joe Kudla (Vouri)
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Dec 27, 2022 |
Holiday Highlights: Mike Ghaffary (Canvas VC)
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Dec 23, 2022 |
Holiday Highlights: Greer Tessler & Cara Kaufman (Simple Food Ventures)
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Dec 22, 2022 |
Holiday Highlights: Jason Karp (HumanCo)
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Dec 21, 2022 |
Holiday Highlights: Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Investment Advisors)
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Dec 18, 2022 |
Sarah Foley (SWAT Equity Partners) – Investing in Consumer vs. Tech
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Dec 15, 2022 |
Brigette Wolf (Mondelēz) - Inside Mondelēz's Innovation Hub
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Dec 13, 2022 |
Ashley Hartman (Bluestein Ventures) - Investing in The Future of Food
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Dec 08, 2022 |
Vijen Patel (The 81 Collection & Pressbox) - Why building & investing in hardware is overlooked
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Dec 06, 2022 |
Ty Haney (Outdoor Voices, Joggy, TYB) - Why she left Outdoor Voices, how brands can leverage crypto, and creating a CBD line
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Dec 02, 2022 |
Jesse Pujji (Gateway X) - How Brands Should Approach Performance Marketing Today, When To Raise Equity vs. Boostrapping & How He Incubates Companies
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Nov 30, 2022 |
Marcos Gonzalez (VamosVentures) - Why he left PE to start a VC fund that invests in minority-led businesses
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Nov 22, 2022 |
Steve Case (AOL, Revolution & Rise of the Rest) - Why He's Optimistic About Innovation in Secondary and Tertiary American Cities
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Nov 15, 2022 |
Joe Welch (In Good Taste) – How you can make money in wine and why he left tech to found a beverage company
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Nov 08, 2022 |
Wayne Hu and Josh Constine (SignalFire) - The Current State of NFTs & Which Web2 media Platform is Best Positioned for Web3?
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Nov 03, 2022 |
Ben Jones (Haus Labs by Lady Gaga) - Inside Lady Gaga's Beauty Brand
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Nov 01, 2022 |
Katlin Smith (Simple Mills) - How She's Building a Next Generation Food Company
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Oct 27, 2022 |
Eze Vidra (Remagine Ventures) - Investing in Israel, Media, and the Metaverse
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Oct 20, 2022 |
Abraham Shafi (IRL) - Building a community rather than an audience
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Oct 18, 2022 |
Ashleigh Hinde (Waldo) - Building a brand with a product you can't see - contact lenses
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Oct 14, 2022 |
Mike Hirshland (Resolute Ventures) - The state of pre-seed & seed investing
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Oct 11, 2022 |
Mike Senackerib (Dewey's Bakery) - How a 90-year old bake shop turned into a CPG powerhouse
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Oct 06, 2022 |
Mike Mayer (Windmill) - Building the smart AC Unit that's eye candy for your window
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Oct 04, 2022 |
Matt Gibson (New Culture) - Creating Cheese Without the Cow
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Sep 30, 2022 |
Noah Gray (Onda) - How he's Scaling Shay Mitchell's Tequila Seltzer Brand
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Sep 27, 2022 |
Brent Vartan (Bullish) - How desires lead to opportunities & Bullish on Consumer Report
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Sep 22, 2022 |
Cristina Nuñez (True Beauty Ventures) - How to invest in beauty and personal care brands
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Sep 20, 2022 |
Alison Cayne (Haven's Kitchen) - From founding a cooking school to creating a sauce brand
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Sep 15, 2022 |
Chuck Newhall (NEA) - How he founded one of the most successful venture capital firms in history
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Sep 08, 2022 |
Nick Moran (New Stack Ventures) - Going from podcast to syndicate to fund, how he’s investing in founders outside major markets and the state of the current VC market
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Aug 25, 2022 |
Sita Chantramonklasri (Siam Capital) - How to raise a VC fund as a first-time manager, what investing in sustainability really means and her due diligence process
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Aug 23, 2022 |
Clément Pointillart (Verlinvest) - How do you examine brand equity, Why rummaging through the trash made him interested in consumer and Does product innovation matter in CPG
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Aug 18, 2022 |
Jonathan Wolfson (Brainiac Foods) - What nutrients have been missing for kids and how he’s changing it
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Aug 16, 2022 |
Susan Lin (Felix) - What consumer-driven means, what are real competitive advantages for companies, and why Felix raised $600 million
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Aug 09, 2022 |
Ollie Forsyth (Antler) - The New Creator Economy, Web3 and what social platforms are most vulnerable right now
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Aug 04, 2022 |
Mike Asem (M25) - Why the midwest the perfect place to launch and invest in consumer startups, diversity report insights and creating a VC board game
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Aug 02, 2022 |
Jeff Nobbs (Zero Acre Farms) - How he's changing cooking oil for the better
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Jul 26, 2022 |
Mark Achler (MATH Venture Partners) - How to Exit Right
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Jul 21, 2022 |
Justine Palefsky (Kindred) - How she created a travel community that led to a house swapping platform, how to construct a marketplace where your supply equals your demand, and approach to monetization
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Jul 19, 2022 |
Juan Pablo Cappello (Nue Life) - Ketamine and psychedelic therapy, what’s wrong with current healthcare incentives, and picking the right investment partners
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Jul 14, 2022 |
Luke Vernon (Ridgeline Ventures) - Why family offices are great investment partners for brands, investment timelines and do brands need product innovation to succeed?
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Jul 12, 2022 |
Joe Spector (Dutch) - How he’s changing the pet industry and how his approach to fundraising has evolved
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Jul 08, 2022 |
Brian O’Malley (Forerunner Ventures) - How he’s investing in the empowerment economy, the evolution of consumer venture capital and raising $1 billion fund
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Jul 05, 2022 |
John Timar (Kill Cliff) - Why they doubled down on their core audience in times of doubt, How the Navy SEALs inspired the creation of the brand, and His approach to partnerships for growth
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Jun 29, 2022 |
Patrick Chun (Juxtapose) - What is an inception stage investment firm, why it’s less risky than modern venture capital, how he recruits CEOs to lead each business he incubates
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Jun 23, 2022 |
Patrick Schwarzenegger (MOSH) - Why he's creating the tools for a "mindstyle" lifestyle, why he co-founded a brain bar brand and how he got into angel investing in health and wellness brands
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Jun 21, 2022 |
Ariana Thacker (Conscience VC) - What it means to invest in deep tech x consumer, How she raised her first VC fund, and Her definition of a moat
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Jun 16, 2022 |
Paul Voge (Aura Bora) - Why he decided to found a sparkling water company with weird flavors, How he entered retail during COVID, and What perception he would change when founding a CPG business
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Jun 14, 2022 |
Joe Marchese (Human Ventures) - What marketing channels brands overlook, how to partner with founders and build investment firms
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Jun 08, 2022 |
Matt Nichols (Commerce Ventures) - How Brands Can Leverage Web.3 to Build Community, The Future of Retail From a Crypto Lens, and Use Cases Where Web.3 Might Not Be Impactful
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Jun 01, 2022 |
Seth Goldman & Chef Spike Mendelsohn (Eat The Change & PLNT Burger) - Why they decided to found two companies together, and their approach to making the world a better place
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May 26, 2022 |
Amy Lacey (Cali’flour Foods) - How she created a cauliflower pizza dough that exploded online and the changes she had to make for retail
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May 24, 2022 |
Melissa Urban (Whole30) - How she founded Whole30 and created her own health & wellness content empire
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May 19, 2022 |
Jordan Gaspar (AF Ventures) - How she transitioned from law to investor, when brands are going omnichannel, and her approach to portfolio construction
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May 17, 2022 |
Marc Hostovsky (Minoan) - How he's creating 'native retail', connecting ecommerce and in real life experiences to try out products
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May 12, 2022 |
Natalie Gordon (Babylist) - How she combined content and commerce to better serve expecting parents, her approach to raising capital and creative product partnerships
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May 05, 2022 |
Nick Saltarelli (Mid-Day Squares) - How he built a passionate audience, why his family decided to found a chocolate company, and their approach to content
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May 03, 2022 |
Michael Duda (Bullish) - How to invest in brands that can appeal to the early majority, the two ways to win as a brand, and why all consumers are liars
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Apr 28, 2022 |
Sumi Das (CapitalG) - How to invest in consumer tech in both U.S. and emerging markets, when does the growth stage start, and the advantages of having a single LP structure
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Apr 26, 2022 |
Nuno Gonçalves Pedro (Chamaeleon) - What consumer technology will make its way to the west, do companies create new markets, what’s after the iPhone?
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Apr 20, 2022 |
Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital) - Why investing in technological innovation is overlooked by most VCs, how to invest in at the intersection of deep tech x consumer
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Apr 13, 2022 |
Jeff Cantalupo and Brentos Fernandez (Listen Ventures) - How to build compelling brands through the power of storytelling
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Apr 11, 2022 |
Michele Romanow (Clearco) - The Three Critical Marketing Metrics for DTC Brands, When VC Money Makes Sense and When It doesn't and The Insight That Led to Founding Clearco
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Apr 04, 2022 |
Mac the VC (Rarebreed Ventures) - How He Leveraged Twitter To Raise a Fund, Why He Decided To Start RareBreed, How He Evaluates Customer Acquisition Strategy, and The Current State of Venture Capital
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Mar 30, 2022 |
Michael Ronen (Branded) - Why He's Building a Portfolio of Amazon Brands, The Aggregation Opportunity within eCommerce and Why He Left SoftBank Investment Partners
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Mar 28, 2022 |
Jason Karp (HumanCo) - How he started Hu Kitchen & Hu Chocolate, The Rebranding of Coconut Bliss to Cosmic Bliss, His Value System within Food and His Mission with HumanCo
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Mar 23, 2022 |
Jackie Fast (Sandbox Studios) - How to Build a Talent-Led Brand, The Intersection of Celebrity x Entrepreneurship and What Makes A Great Partnership
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Mar 08, 2022 |
Greer Tessler and Cara Kaufman (Simple Food Ventures) - Why they only invest in CPG products that work on-shelf, the difference between better for the planet and better for you, and analyzing product differentiation
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Mar 01, 2022 |
Ksenia Yudina (UNest) - How she's Helping Parents Invest in Their Kids
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Feb 17, 2022 |
Eric Kinariwala (Capsule) - How one visit to pick up his prescription led him to create a new type of pharmacy
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Feb 15, 2022 |
Mike Smerklo (Next Coast Ventures) - What it was like working for Ben Horowitz, How he set up a search fund and bought a company, Why he invests in consumer when he comes from enterprise
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Feb 10, 2022 |
Walker Drewett (NuBrakes) - How He Started a Mobile Brake Repair Company with No Automative Experience
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Feb 08, 2022 |
Joe Kudla (Vuori) - What Was Missing From Active Apparel, How He Scaled His Brand Profitably, and How He Pivoted To Find Customer-Fit
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Feb 03, 2022 |
John Foraker (Once Upon a Farm) - How To Craft A Story For Retail, Why Jennifer Garner Came On Board as Chief of Brand, and Their Approach To Scale
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Feb 01, 2022 |
Brandon Yahn (Convivialité Ventures) - Why the Second Largest Wine & Spirit Company is Investing in Consumer Tech
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Jan 27, 2022 |
Avrum Elmakis (CLMBR) - How He's Bringing Vertical Climbing To Your Home, The Future of Fitness and How He Fundraised From Top Athletes
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Jan 25, 2022 |
Abigail Cook Stone (Otherland) - How She Turned Her Love of Scents into a Leading Candle Brand
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Jan 21, 2022 |
Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Vision Fund) - His Three Consumer Investment Themes, How Fund 2 is Different From Fund 1, and How He Invests in Tech and Non-Tech Businesses
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Jan 19, 2022 |
Jessica Peltz-Zatulove (Hannah Grey) - How Brands Are Engaging with Web3, Why Identity Driven Brands Will Win and The Metaverse
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Jan 14, 2022 |
Mike Ghaffary (Canvas) - What’s next after the iPhone, Unpacking Web3, Metaverse and Remote First Products, and Is this the time to be investing in B2C or B2B
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Jan 11, 2022 |
Tushar Garg (Flyhomes) - How He’s Helping Families Buy Their First Home, and Why Real Estate Still Hasn’t Seen Much Innovation
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Jan 06, 2022 |
Stephen Hughes (Sunrise Strategic Partners) - What Makes a Great Market, When Should a DNVB Hit Retail and the History of the Natural Foods Movement
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Jan 04, 2022 |
Nisha Dua (BBG Ventures) - Opportunities within health and wellness, Investing in climate friendly consumption and solving problems for the 99%
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Dec 21, 2021 |
Ben Sun (Primary Venture Partners) - Lessons Learned from Building The First Social Networking Site, The Rise of New York's Tech Scene, and Are Early-Stage Companies Overvalued in Today's Market?
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Dec 16, 2021 |
Brett Thomas (CAVU Venture Partners) - How He Adds Billboard Value, His Approach to Brand Building, and When Consumer Companies Should Raise Capital
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Dec 14, 2021 |
Holiday Recap: Sarah LaFleur, Founder & CEO of M.M. LaFleur
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Dec 13, 2021 |
Holiday Recap: Madeline Haydon, CEO of nut pods
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Dec 10, 2021 |
Holiday Recap: Jeremy Cai, Founder & CEO of Italic
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Dec 09, 2021 |
Holiday Recap: Denise Woodard, Founder & CEO of Partake Foods
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Dec 08, 2021 |
Holiday Recap: Mark Gainey, Founder of Strava
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Dec 03, 2021 |
Holiday Recap: Andy Dunn, Founder of Bonobos
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Dec 02, 2021 |
Holiday Highlights: Alex Fine, CEO of Dame Products
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Nov 30, 2021 |
Denise Woodard (Partake Foods) - How Her Daughter Inspired Denise to Leave Her Well Paying Job and Create A Cookie Everyone Can Eat, How She Started in Retail from Day One, and Impact of COVID
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Nov 23, 2021 |
Lori Coulter (Summersalt) - How She Built an Inclusive Swimwear & Apparel Brand
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Nov 18, 2021 |
Sarah LaFleur (M.M.LaFleur) - Changing workwear for women and adapting through COVID
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Nov 16, 2021 |
Michael Markesbery (OROS) - How he is Sciencing the S*** Out of Everything and Bringing Space Tech to Outdoor Apparel
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Nov 11, 2021 |
Jeremy Cai (Italic) - How he created THE C2M Online Marketplace for Luxury Goods, What he learned from Amazon and Costco, and The Evolution of eCommerce
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Nov 09, 2021 |
Tali Vogelstein (Avid Ventures) - Are Valuations High, How to invest globally, and What Verticalized Fintech means
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Nov 04, 2021 |
Jon Sebastiani (Sonoma Brands + Krave) - Growing up as a winemaker, How he started, scaled, sold Krave and why he decided to buy back the brand, & What's next in consumer
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Nov 02, 2021 |
Stuart Landesberg (Grove Collaborative) - How he built a brand devoted to eco-friendly products and why inve
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Oct 28, 2021 |
Carter Reum (M13) - Why LA is the Place to Build a Consumer Company, His Approach to Fund Differentiation, and Starting a Venture Capital Fund with you Brother
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Oct 26, 2021 |
Will Schmitt (Miroma Ventures) - Investing with a value add, considerations before heading to retail and pulling the right levers for growth
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Oct 21, 2021 |
Doug Hudson (Tend) - The First Dentist You Look Forward To Visiting
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Oct 19, 2021 |
Claire Díaz-Ortiz - Why solo female founders are underserved, investing early in LATAM, and getting the Pope on Twitter
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Oct 14, 2021 |
Andy Dunn (Bonobos) - How he created Bonobos, why they sold to Walmart, the current state of DNVBs, and a sneak peek of what he's doing next
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Oct 12, 2021 |
Rui Ma (Tech Buzz China) - Chinese Crossover Brands, C2M Supply Chains and Future of Livestreaming
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Oct 07, 2021 |
Andrea Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau) - Investing in Pet Care, When a Digitally Native Brand Should Head Into Retail and Raising from Family Offices vs. VCs
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Oct 05, 2021 |
Kevin Campos (Fifth Wall) - Why Landlords Should Love Tech Enabled Tenants, Omnichannel Strategy For DNVBs and Growing Up in Retail
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Sep 30, 2021 |
Gabby Etrog Cohen & Tehmina Haider (Harry's) - Building Harry's Portfolio of Brands
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Sep 28, 2021 |
Neil Sequeira (Defy) - When to invest before the Series A, the verticalization of social and the future of celebrity co-founded business
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Sep 21, 2021 |
Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital) - The evolution of New York's startup ecosystem, staying price discipline and what it means to be a generalist
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Sep 16, 2021 |
Andrew Gluck (irrvrntVC) - How to evaluate DTC brands with a growth marketers lens, starting a rolling fund and what's next for commerce
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Sep 14, 2021 |
Rex Woodbury (Index Ventures) - Web 3.0, Culture and Investing in the Metaverse
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Sep 09, 2021 |
Allon Bloch (K Health) - Founding two public companies, the future of health and how to approach which markets are ripe for disruption
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Sep 07, 2021 |
Ali Hamed (CoVenture) - The Amazon Opportunity, Future of Social, and Credit at the Early Stages
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Aug 31, 2021 |
Paul Hsiao (Canvas Ventures) - How the Data Economy Is Impacting Consumer and the State of the Series A
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Aug 24, 2021 |
Sam Corcos (Levels) - Solving the metabolic health crisis with real time glucose monitoring
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Aug 19, 2021 |
Ben Savage (Clocktower Technology Ventures) - Why the future is Fintech, Fractional Ownership and Lessons Learned from Ray Dalio
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Aug 17, 2021 |
Katie Shea (Divergent Capital) - Why Consumer Brands Have Higher Benchmarks Than Ever
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Aug 12, 2021 |
Henri Pierre-Jacques (Harlem Capital) - His mission to invest in 1,000 diverse founders over 20 years
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Aug 10, 2021 |
Harpreet Singh Rai (Oura) - How to improve your sleep and why we should track it
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Aug 05, 2021 |
Bri Kimmel (Worklife Ventures) - Having Fun is Serious Business
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Aug 03, 2021 |
Haley Rosen (Just Women's Sports) - Starting a sports media company through the pandemic, the relationship between athlete and journalist, and why women's sports are overlooked
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Jul 29, 2021 |
Jordan Nathan (Caraway) - Scaling one of the fastest growing brands during COVID
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Jul 27, 2021 |
Ben West (Spark Grills) - The flavor of charcoal and the ease of gas combine to make the modern precision grill
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Jul 22, 2021 |
Max Niederhofer (Heartcore) - Investing in happiness and the differences scaling in Europe vs. U.S.
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Jul 20, 2021 |
Tige Savage (Revolution) - Investing in regulated industries and outside of SIlicon Valley
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Jul 15, 2021 |
Ernesto Schmitt (The Craftory) - Why digitally native brands should wait to head into retail, and investing globally at the Series A
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Jul 13, 2021 |
John Sherwin (Hydrant) - Are we in a dehydration crisis?
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Jul 08, 2021 |
Heather Hartnett (Human Ventures) - The Human Needs Economy
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Jul 07, 2021 |
Megan Bent (Harbinger Ventures) - Why milk alternatives is in a better position than cell based meat to win, the benefits of a concentrated portfolio, and sharing carried interest
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Jul 01, 2021 |
Tyler Mincey (Bolt VC) - New business models for SaaS + Box, design vs. sustainability and what's next in tech enabled products
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Jun 29, 2021 |
Rachel ten Brink - Founding Scentbird, investing in personal care, and how to grow online
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Jun 24, 2021 |
Brian Reilly (Will Ventures) - The opportunities investing in sports, media and telehealth
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Jun 22, 2021 |
Sandy Gibson (Better Place Forests) - New natural traditions for your final resting place
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Jun 17, 2021 |
John Gannon (GoingVC) - How to break into venture capital and the power of cohort based learning
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Jun 15, 2021 |
Ben Zises (SuperAngel.Fund) - Starting a rolling fund, what first check-in means, and lessons learned from founding
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Jun 10, 2021 |
Justin Kolbeck (Wild Type) - Creating the most sustainable seafood, the state of the ocean, and developing fast feedback loops
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Jun 08, 2021 |
Steve Sashen (Xero Shoes) - Building the ultimate minimalist shoe
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Jun 03, 2021 |
Ariel Kaye (Parachute) - Creating the leading brand in bedding and home decor
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Jun 01, 2021 |
Lindsay Kaplan (Chief) - Building the network for women leaders
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May 27, 2021 |
Kate Shillo Beardsley (Hannah Grey) - The early days of venture capital in New York, learning from Martha Stewart, and the creator economy
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May 25, 2021 |
Mark Gainey (Strava) - Building the social network for athletes
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May 20, 2021 |
Matteo Franceschetti (Eight Sleep) - Why we should optimize our sleep
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May 18, 2021 |
Amir Nathoo (Outschool) - Building a direct to family marketplace to help kids learn what they want to learn
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May 13, 2021 |
Madeline Haydon (nutpods) - Developing creamers from scratch with no food and bev experience, using Amazon as a testing ground, and fundraising without a network
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May 11, 2021 |
Elizabeth Galbut (SoGal Ventures) - The biggest arbitrage opportunity of her lifetime, managing a global investment fund, and leveraging her community to make decisions
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May 06, 2021 |
Ryan Gnesin (Elevate Brands) - Investing and Scaling Amazon Brands
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May 04, 2021 |
Dan Reich (Troops.ai + TULA) - From skincare to SaaS, building B2C and B2B businesses
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Apr 29, 2021 |
Robin Li (GGV Capital) - What U.S. investors can learn from China's consumer internet, bringing small businesses online and opportunities in the creator economy
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Apr 27, 2021 |
Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard (Slumberkins) - Creating stories to help teach children emotional learning, scaling organically and fundraising when you don't have a lead investor
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Apr 22, 2021 |
Andrew Dudum (hims & hers) - The Future of Telehealth
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Apr 20, 2021 |
Eric Doty (Loupe) - Building the world's largest community of sports card collectors
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Apr 15, 2021 |
Monique Woodard (Cake Ventures) - The three layers of cake investment thesis, the future of work, and demographic changes that lead into opportunity
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Apr 13, 2021 |
Sara Deshpande (Maven) - Investing in companies building on top of Zoom and opportunities in Telehealth
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Apr 08, 2021 |
Morgan Hirsh (Public Goods) - Finding simplicity while focusing on selling sustainable essentials
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Apr 06, 2021 |
Alexandra Fine (Dame Products) - Normalizing Sexual Wellness and Self Care Products
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Apr 01, 2021 |
Aditi Dash and Joe Hovde (CircleUp) - Balancing data with founder-market fit when investing in consumer brands
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Mar 29, 2021 |
Wendy Tsu & Susannah Shipton (AlleyCorp) - Going from idea to venture-scalable business
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Mar 25, 2021 |
Leigh Radford (P&G Ventures) - What is Corporate Venture Capital, and the Advantages For Aspiring Brands
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Mar 23, 2021 |
Carey Smith (Unorthodox) - Scaling Big Ass Fans to $250 million and What It Means to be a Contrarian Investor
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Mar 18, 2021 |
Helaine Knapp (CITYROW) - How Running Injuries Led Her To Start Boutique Rowing Fitness Gyms and Transforming The Studio Experience to At-Home
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Mar 16, 2021 |
Brandon Schwartz and Lawrence Cisneros (DRNXMYTH) - Creating World Class Cocktails, Partnering with Bartenders, and Creating a Marketplace Out of a Bottle
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Mar 11, 2021 |
Kelsey Moreira (Doughp) - Leaving Tech to Start a Cookie Dough Company, Growth of Ecommerce During COVID, and Her Appearance on Shark Tank
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Mar 09, 2021 |
Mercedes Bent (Lightspeed) - The State of Series A, Future of EdTech, and Evolution of Investment Products
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Mar 04, 2021 |
Hugh Thomas (Ugly) - The Opportunity He Saw With Sparkling Water, Why He Started OmniChannel, and Approach to Overseas Expansion
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Mar 02, 2021 |
Tyler Morgan (BFG Partners): How His Passion for Health & Wellness Led Him Into CPG, Changes During COVID, and The Evolution of BFG
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Feb 18, 2021 |
Deborah Benton (Willow Growth Partners) - The Need to Focus on Profitability from Day One, Why Raising Lots of Money Doesn't Mean Success, and Her Investment Philosophy at Willow Growth
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Feb 16, 2021 |
Brendan Rogers (Wag! and 2 a.m.) - Founding Wag!, Scaling by Doing Unscalable Things, and Investment Opportunities in India
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Feb 11, 2021 |
Amanda Groves (PLUS Capital) - The Power of Celebrity, The Most Unlikely Partnership, and Managing an Advisory Practice with a VC Fund
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Feb 09, 2021 |
Beatriz Acevedo (SUMA) - Why Personal Finance, How Content Can Build Community and Educate, and Creating Products Serving the Latinx Community
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Feb 04, 2021 |
Rick Desai (Listen) - What Makes a Compelling Brand, Why He Loves Patagonia, and His Approach to Investing in Consumer Products
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Feb 02, 2021 |
Steven Wolfe Pereira (Encantos) - Teaching Kids 21st Century Skills, Building a Direct to Learner EdTech Company, and Overlooked Opportunities That Make Real Impact
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Jan 28, 2021 |
Jeff Housenbold (Softbank) - Approach to Risk with $100B AUM, Identifying Markets That Are Ripe for Disruption, and Assessing Value Chains
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Jan 26, 2021 |
Michael Nogen (Overton VC) - Founding Theality Maternity Wear, Learnings Working at Gap and How He Thinks about Innovation
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Jan 21, 2021 |
Andrew Goletka & Franklin Isacson (Coefficient Capital) - Behaviors that changed forever in 2020, Investing in CPG at the Series A, and when to go into retail
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Jan 19, 2021 |
Lucy Deland (Inspired Capital) - Founding Paperless Post, How Design Became Critical To Software, and Why She's A Generalist Investor
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Jan 14, 2021 |
Brian Requarth (Latitud + Viva Real) - Building an Online Real Estate Marketplace in Latin America, Raising Money Without a Network, and Solving Supply vs. Demand
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Jan 12, 2021 |
Sapna Shah (Red Giraffe) - Future of Retail, Drop Shipping, and Small World, Long Life
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Jan 07, 2021 |
Holiday Highlights: Ezra Galston, Founding Partner of Starting Line
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Jan 05, 2021 |
Holiday Highlights: Natalie Dillon, Principal at Maveron
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Jan 04, 2021 |
Holiday Highlights: Anna Whiteman, Vice President at Coefficient Capital
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Jan 03, 2021 |
Holiday Highlights: Charles Hudson, Founding Partner Precursor Ventures
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Jan 02, 2021 |
Holiday Highlights: Sarah Kunst, Managing Director of Cleo Capital
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Jan 01, 2021 |
Holiday Highlights: Sasha Astafyeva, Partner at Atomico
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Dec 31, 2020 |
Holiday Highlights: Michael Duda, Founding Partner of Bullish
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Dec 30, 2020 |
Holiday Highlights: Kanyi Maqubela, Managing Partner Kindred Ventures
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Dec 29, 2020 |
Holiday Highlights: Samara Hernandez, Founding Partner Chingona Ventures
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Dec 28, 2020 |
Holiday Highlights: Eric Paley, Founding Partner at Founder Collective
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Dec 27, 2020 |
Holiday Highlights: Soraya Darabi, Founding Partner TMV
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Dec 26, 2020 |
Holiday Highlights: Rishi Garg, Partner at Mayfield Fund
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Dec 25, 2020 |
Holiday Recap: Jiake Liu, CEO of Outer
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Dec 18, 2020 |
Holiday Recap: Jessica Rolph & Rod Morris, Co-CEOs of Lovevery
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Dec 17, 2020 |
Holiday Recap: Michael Barlow, CEO of Fernish
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Dec 16, 2020 |
Holiday Recap: Betsy Fore & Sofia Laurell, Co-CEOs of Tiny Organics
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Dec 15, 2020 |
Holiday Recap: George Milton, CEO of Yellowbird Sauce
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Dec 14, 2020 |
Holiday Recap: Coulter Lewis, CEO of Sunday
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Dec 13, 2020 |
Holiday Recap: Adelle Archer, CEO of Eterneva
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Dec 12, 2020 |
Holiday Recap: Kate Boyle, CEO of Banjo Robinson
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Dec 11, 2020 |
Annoucement: Consumer VC Holiday Schedule
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Dec 10, 2020 |
Matthias Metternich (Art of Sport) - Building the Nike of Body Care, The Power of the Athlete, and How to Build a Compelling Story for Retail
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Dec 08, 2020 |
Aaron Fu (Catalyst Fund) - The Biggest Misconception When Investing In Emerging Markets, Difference Between Selling to SMBs and Consumers, and the Effects of Mobile First
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Dec 03, 2020 |
Vincent Diallo & Joseph Sartre (Interlace Ventures) - Why ecommerce is boring, Why is China at the Forefront of Retail Tech, and Headless Commerce Explained
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Dec 01, 2020 |
Michael Barlow (Fernish) - The Advantage of Not Knowing, His Approach to Building a Rental Furniture Supply Chain, and The Biggest Hurdle When Fundraising
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Nov 24, 2020 |
Samara Hernandez (Chingona Ventures) - Why Chicago, How Diverse VC Teams Lead To Investing In Markets That Are Overlooked, and Some of the Differences When Investing In Consumer vs. Enterprise
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Nov 19, 2020 |
Elizabeth Edwards (H Ventures) - Why Some DNVBs Don't Work On Shelf, Different Customer Insights You Receive in Retail vs. DTC and Demystifying Corporate Venture Capital
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Nov 17, 2020 |
Taylor Nieman (Toucan) - Browser Extension Businesses, The Power of Partnerships, and Her Unique Approach to Fundraising
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Nov 12, 2020 |
Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Next Big Thing) - Why Investing in Consumer Subscription Businesses Has Become The Next Big Thing, and The Reasons Physical Goods and Software Businesses Aren't That Different
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Nov 10, 2020 |
Carlton Fowler (Goat Rodeo Capital) - The Changing Landscape In Beverage, Why Beverage is Poised For Ecommerce, and His Thoughts Around Portfolio Construction
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Oct 29, 2020 |
Han Shen (iFly.VC) - How He Thinks About Overlooked Opportunities, Focusing on a Sector Rather Than Becoming Opportunistic, and How One of His Portfolio Companies Was Able to Pivot Successfully
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Oct 27, 2020 |
Elaine Russell (Greycroft) - The Future of Retail, How to Choose a Co-Founder, and Running a Single LP Fund
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Oct 22, 2020 |
Yury Lifshits (Openland) - How to Build a Community, The Hard Pivot, and Minimizing Friction
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Oct 08, 2020 |
Bonus: Jordan Odinsky (Ground Up) - Cult Brands, Launch Strategies and the Importance of Celebrating The Failures
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Sep 22, 2020 |
Wayne Wu (VMG) – His Ecosystem Approach, How He Builds Community In CPG, and Advice for Founders Located in Secondary Markets
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Sep 16, 2020 |
Maya Horgan Famodu (Ingressive Capital) - Investing in Sub-Saharan Africa, What She Looks For When Entering New Countries, How to Build Startup Ecosystems in Frontier Markets
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Sep 11, 2020 |
Nate Cooper (Barrel Ventures): Lessons Learned from Founding Two Companies, The Beauty of Chicago and Investing in Markets that are Overlooked
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Sep 09, 2020 |
Sarah Kunst (Cleo Capital) - The Future of Work, Complicated Consumer and How to Have a Diverse Portfolio
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Sep 03, 2020 |
Sunny Dhillon (Signia Partners) - Grocery Store Technology, Why Beauty Brands Are Great To Invest In, and Changes in Retail
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Sep 01, 2020 |
Hilary Quartner (Hilma) - Creating The "Clinical Herbal" Category, Her Fundraising Strategy, and The Decision Making Process with Two CEOs
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Aug 27, 2020 |
Alix Peabody (Bev) - From Producing Events to Founding a Wine Company, The Challenges When Raising Capital, and How She Thinks About Opportunities
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Aug 25, 2020 |
Office Hour 2. David Goldberg (Corigin Ventures)
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Aug 24, 2020 |
Jiake Liu (Outer) - How Outer Became The Fastest Growing DNVB In The US, His Approach to Showrooms, and Why You Can't Rely On "Build It and They Will Come"
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Aug 20, 2020 |
Dan Gluck (Powerplant) - The Opportunity He Saw After Reading "Born To Run" and His Inspiration Behind Investing in Plant Based Products
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Aug 18, 2020 |
Alex Levitt (Yellow) - Inside Snap Inc.'s Launchpad for Startups, Building Products On Top of Social Platforms, and Her Diligence Process
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Aug 13, 2020 |
Betsy Fore and Sofia Laurell (Tiny Organics) - Delivering The Healthiest Food to Babies, Approaching a Co-CEO Partnership, and Their Unique Way of Approaching Organic Growth
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Aug 11, 2020 |
Mitch Hayes (Los Sundays) - Building a Tequila Brand for the Millennial, Focusing on Generating Demand, and a Taste of the Beverage Industry
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Aug 06, 2020 |
Sasha Astafyeva (Atomico) - Growing a Real Estate Tech Company in Brazil, Series A Consumer Landscape in Europe, and How She Thinks About International Expansion
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Aug 04, 2020 |
Nick Mindel (Amberstone) - Differences Between Trends and Fads, The Opportunity He Saw Investing In Consumer Brands, Why He's Bullish On Founders Located In Secondary Markets
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Jul 30, 2020 |
Ezra Galston (Starting Line) - Benefits of Chicago, Managed vs. Lightly Managed Marketplaces, and Consumer for the 99%
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Jul 28, 2020 |
Coulter Lewis (Sunday) - Introducing D2C & Environmentally Friendly Lawn Care, and Lessons From a Serial Entrepreneur
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Jul 23, 2020 |
Adam Cohen-Aslatei (S'more) - Bringing Inclusivity and Honesty to Online Dating, and How He Successfully Fundraised
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Jul 21, 2020 |
Jesse Draper (Halogen) - Why Investing In Female Led Businesses is Such a Massive Opportunity, Los Angeles Consumer Tech Scene, and Consuming Meaningful Content
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Jul 16, 2020 |
Soraya Darabi (TMV) - The Care Economy, Where Change Needs to Start In VC, and How to Approach Market Sizing
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Jul 14, 2020 |
Meera Clark (Obvious Ventures) - How COVID led to a Crossroads in Healthy Habits, Milestones at Series A, and How She Thinks About Sustainability and Consumer Centric
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Jul 09, 2020 |
Eric Paley (Founder Collective) - Why Most Successful Companies Struggle To Convince VCs of Their Market Size, The Biggest Risk After Finding Product-Market Fit, and Why Pro-Rata Only Benefits Investors, Not Founders
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Jul 07, 2020 |
Office Hour 1. Jason Shuman (Primary Ventures) - Recorded Live June 9th
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Jul 04, 2020 |
Alex French (Bizzy Coffee) - The Cold Brew Competitive Landscape, Becoming #1 on Amazon, and Some of The Differences Raising from VCs and Family Offices
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Jul 02, 2020 |
Pippa Lamb (Sweet Capital) - Why Consumer Habits Developed During COVID Are Here To Stay, 99% Execution & 1% Vision, and Defining A Founder's Unfair Advantage
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Jun 30, 2020 |
Compilation: Fundraising from the Founder Perspective
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Jun 25, 2020 |
Dan Graham (Springdale Ventures) - How He Scaled buildasign.com to over $100 million, The Opportunity He Saw Investing in CPG in Austin, and the Differences Analyzing DTC and Retail Brands
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Jun 22, 2020 |
Jessica Rolph and Roderick Morris (Lovevery) - Building Toys For Different Stages of a Child's Development, Advice When Co-Founding A Company, and Their Approach to Fundraising
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Jun 18, 2020 |
George Milton (Yellowbird Sauce) - Becoming The Hot Sauce Guy While Playing Gigs in Austin, Early Distribution Growing Pains, Getting into National Retail
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Jun 15, 2020 |
Tyler Handley (Inkbox) -Tattoos, Defining and New Market, and Why Stickiness Lies Within The Technology
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Jun 11, 2020 |
Kanyi Maqubela (Kindred Ventures) - Why There's Been an Explosion in Seed and Late Stage Funds, Diversity Amongst Investors & Market Risk, and Why he's interested in Learning Why Something Is Not Fundable
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Jun 08, 2020 |
Catharine Dockery (Vice Ventures) - Cannabis, Alcohol, Nicotine, Gambling and Everything Vice
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Jun 04, 2020 |
Compilation: One Piece of Advice Investors Have for B2C Founders
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Jun 03, 2020 |
Nadine Habayeb (Bohana) - The Future of Superfood Healthy Snacks, How Eastern Traditions Have Migrated West, and Finding Product-Market Fit
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May 28, 2020 |
Daniel Gulati (Comcast Ventures) - Execution vs. Network Type Business, How To Think About Winning a Category, and Evaluating Blue Ocean Opportunities
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May 26, 2020 |
Byron Ling (Canaan) - Analyzing Teams, Why It Might Be Harder to Raise a Series A vs. Seed during COVID, and Why Distribution is as Important as Product
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May 21, 2020 |
Claire Fauquier (Highland Capital Partners) - Purchase Behaviors of SMBs, Stretching Consumer and Sourcing at the Series A
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May 18, 2020 |
Anna Whiteman (Coefficient Capital) - Bold Marketing Using Non-Standardizing Channels, When a DNVB Should Think About Omnichannel, and Milestones for CPG Companies at Series A
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May 14, 2020 |
Adelle Archer (Eterneva) - From Ashes To Diamonds, A New Way To Honor Loved Ones and Experience Innovation
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May 11, 2020 |
Bonus: Sasha Strauss (Innovation Protocol) - Brand Strategy, Not Making Brand Too Personal, and Importance of Positioning
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May 07, 2020 |
Michael Duda (Bullish) - Why TAM Is Overrated, Empathize But Don't Listen, and DTC 3.0
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May 04, 2020 |
Joe Tonnos (Ketch Ventures & Mistral Equity Partners) - Cricket Protein, Tequila and Investing in Sustainability
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Apr 30, 2020 |
Bonus: Arie Abecassis (ICONYC Labs) - The Board of Directors
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Apr 27, 2020 |
Kate McAndrew (Bolt) - Distributed Teams, Fundraising Outside the Major Hubs, and Impact of COVID
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Apr 23, 2020 |
Bonus: Brian Wang (Dashing Leadership) - Why A Founder Might Need A Coach and a Conversation About Curiosity, Judgement and Culture
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Apr 20, 2020 |
Bonus - Zac Dearing: Paycheck Protection Program
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Apr 16, 2020 |
Rishi Garg (Mayfield) - Consumer Distrust, Curated Experiences, and What’s Next For Social Media
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Apr 13, 2020 |
David Goldberg (Corigin Ventures) - The Sharing Economy, Consumerization of Enterprise Software, and Distribution
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Apr 09, 2020 |
Natalie Dillon (Maveron) - Subcultures, Sustainability, and The Differences Between Gen Z & and Millennials
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Apr 06, 2020 |
Kiva Dickinson (Selva Ventures) - Best Time To Start A Brand, Why First Mover is So Important in CPG, and Why VCs are Scared of Getting it Wrong
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Apr 02, 2020 |
Madeline Keulen (Victress Capital) - Knowing Your Why, Analyzing Contrasting Trends, and Building Brands
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Mar 30, 2020 |
Logan Langberg (Imaginary Ventures) - DTC 2.0, Multiple Channels of Distribution, and Paid vs. Organic Growth
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Mar 26, 2020 |
Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures) - The State of Seed Investing, The Early Stage Ecosystem, and Why Consumer Has Been Out Of Favor with VCs
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Mar 23, 2020 |
Bonus - Coronavirus: Feat. Robert Gelb (HeySummit) - How early stage investors are thinking about the current landscape?
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Mar 20, 2020 |
Laura Chau (Canaan) - The Five Pillars of Social Media, Moving Towards Status and the Power of Grit
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Mar 16, 2020 |
Ethan Austin (Techstars) - Punched in the Face with a Problem, Analyzing Teams and EQ
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Mar 05, 2020 |
Lee Hower (NextView Ventures) - Making Good Decisions Fast, Going With Your Gut and Why Trust at the Early Stages Is Vital
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Mar 02, 2020 |
Bonus - Matt Hirst (West): Brand and Marketing - What is Brand?, How to Hire at the Early Stages, and Trusting Your Gut vs. Data Driven
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Feb 27, 2020 |
Elizabeth Yin (Hustle Fund) - Investing When There’s No Traction and How To Mitigate Risk When Founding
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Feb 24, 2020 |
Jason Shuman (Primary Ventures) - Payback Period, Market Timing, and The Importance of Distribution
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Feb 20, 2020 |
Kate Boyle (Banjo Robinson) - Expanding Into Different Countries, Her Unfair Advantage, and Storytelling
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Feb 18, 2020 |
Gautam Gupta (M13) - The Thin Line Between Success and Failure, Board Construction, and Why He Offers Learnings, Not Advice
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Feb 13, 2020 |
Tim Katt (TACK Ventures) - How Tech is Disrupting Sports, Media and Advice for Founders in Secondary Markets
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Feb 10, 2020 |
Sophie Bakalar (fable & Collaborative Fund) - What is Market Expertise?, Conscious Consumerism, and How She Sensed An Opportunity
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Feb 06, 2020 |
Sumeet Shah (Swiftarc Ventures) - 4th Generation of Retail, Periscope Founders and What is Wrong in VC
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Feb 03, 2020 |
Jason Stoffer (Maveron) - Mediocre Markets, Early Traction, and Knowing Your Weaknesses
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Jan 30, 2020 |
Jordan Nof (Tusk VP) - Regulated Industries, The Importance of Timing, and Good Growth vs. Bad Growth
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Jan 27, 2020 |
Eamonn Carey (Techstars) - Consumer Trends in Europe, Expanding to New Markets, and The Three Most Important Words in the English Language
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Jan 23, 2020 |
Greg Bettinelli (Upfront Ventures) - #longla, Why Los Angeles Has Become a Hub of Consumer Innovation, and finding Product-Market Fit & Founder-Market Fit
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Jan 21, 2020 |
Paul Martino (Bullpen Capital) - What it Means to be a Contrarian Investor, The Arbitrage Opportunity at Post Seed, and Founders That Have Chips On Their Shoulders
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Jan 16, 2020 |
Anna Barber (Techstars) - What makes the Los Angeles Tech Ecosystem So Special, Breakdown of Techstars Accelerator Program, Tips on How to Reach Out to Investors
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Jan 13, 2020 |
Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures) - How to Evaluate Online Marketplaces, Why This is a Contrarian time to Invest in Consumer
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Jan 09, 2020 |
Leah Solivan (Fuel Capital) - The Importance of Passion, When a Company Should Have Product-Market Fit, and What Founders Should Pay Attention To In Their Pitch Decks
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Jan 06, 2020 |
Will McClelland (Elizabeth Street) - The Changing of Retail on High Streets, How to Analyze Competitive Advantages, ROI on Consumer Companies
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Dec 19, 2019 |
Mike Duboe (Greylock) - Learnings as Head of Growth at Stitch Fix & Tilt, The Importance of Saying No, and Analyzing Health of Acquisition
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Dec 16, 2019 |
David Wu (Maveron) - The Reinvention of Entertainment, The Founder Scorecard, and the Lessons Learned From Building a Houseboat and Cruising Down the Mississippi
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Dec 12, 2019 |
Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital) - The Future of Marketplaces, Why investing in B2C companies is different to B2B companies, Investing in Secondary and Tertiary Markets
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Dec 09, 2019 |
Susan Lyne (BBG Ventures) - Why Investing in Women Founders is Still an Untapped Market
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Dec 05, 2019 |
Caitlin Strandberg (Lerer Hippeau) - How To Identify Consumer Pain Points, The D2C Investment Landscape, and The New York Ecosystem
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Dec 02, 2019 |
Ajay Kamat (Pear VC) - Clarity of Thought, Future of Audio, and Today's Investing Landscape
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Nov 26, 2019 |
Amit Mukherjee (NEA) - The Gen Z Consumer, How to Evaluate Two Different Competing Companies
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Nov 19, 2019 |
Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners) - Future of Media, Investing in Women, and Thinking Big
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Nov 12, 2019 |
Hayden Williams (BrandProject) - Empathy, Investing in Smoothies, and the Fickle Consumer
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Nov 05, 2019 |
Jay Kapoor (Launch Capital) - Persistence, Building Trust & Finding Founder-Market Fit
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Oct 30, 2019 |
0. Why The Consumer VC
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Oct 22, 2019 |