The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands

By Mike Gelb

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The Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place.


Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subscription.


Mike also interviews founders that are building some of the most disruptive consumer facing companies in the world. The conversation usually includes the insight the founder discovered, fundraising strategy, and the pitch.


This podcast also includes bonus episodes. Each bonus episode dives into a particular subject that might not have to due with the fundraise or venture capital, but still would be helpful to founders. For example, a bonus episode on brand strategy or how to construct a board of directors. All bonus episodes will be clearly labeled.


For all episodes, please visit www.theconsumervc.com. For updates, you can follow @mikegelb on Twitter.


Episode Date
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
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
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
Oct 18, 2024
The Future of Gaming: Game Economies, New Business Models, Gamification, Blockchain Technology & AI Innovation with Brian Cho, Co-Founder of Patron
Sep 27, 2024
The Evolution of Premium Products in Mainstream Retail with Marcel Bens, CEO of Emil Capital Partners
Sep 06, 2024
When to Invest in Consumer Technology with Vanessa Larco at NEA
Aug 30, 2024
Turning Science into Consumer Brands with Osman Khan, CEO of Squared Circles
Aug 16, 2024
Investing in the Future of Healthy Living with Abby Miller Levy, Managing Partner and Founder at Primetime Partners
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
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
Jun 27, 2024
Unlocking the Potential of Beauty and Personal Care Brands With Manica Blain
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
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
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
Apr 24, 2024
Live from SXSW: George Milton and Erin Link – How They Founded Yellowbird Sauce
Apr 18, 2024
What Gives a Brand Acquisition Energy with Amrit Richmond
Mar 08, 2024
He Worked with JAY-Z, Was an Olympian, and Now Runs a VC with Samyr Lainé, Founder of Freedom Trail Capital
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
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
Feb 07, 2024
How He Buys Multi-Million Dollar Brands with Fan Bi, Founder/CEO of The Hedgehog Company
Jan 29, 2024
What is a Cult Brand? With Sarah Woelfel, Co-Founder & Partner at Cult Capital
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
Jan 08, 2024
Selling 10 Million Soup Dumplings and Counting: The Story of MìLà with Caleb Wang
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
Nov 29, 2023
When Can A Celebrity-Led Brand Work with Denise Lambertson from Constellation Capital and LMS
Nov 02, 2023
FinTech: What's Real and What's a Scam with Drew Glover, General Partner of Fiat Ventures
Oct 26, 2023
Breaking Boundaries in Broadway: The TodayTix Story with Brian Fenty
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
Sep 28, 2023
Transforming the Mexican Food Aisle: Miguel Leal's Journey with SOMOS Foods
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.
Aug 31, 2023
How She Built a $100 million CPG Brand in Three Years Selling Cauliflower Pizzas with Gail Becker, Founder of CAULIPOWER
Aug 03, 2023
Decoding the Future of Media and Commerce with Kevin Parakkattu at Plug and Play
Jul 27, 2023
How To Invest in Misunderstood & Highly Regulated Markets with Helene Servillon from JourneyOne Ventures
Jun 28, 2023
Matt Alexander (Neighorhood Goods) - How They Are Reimaging The Department Store
Jun 15, 2023
Nigel Eccles (Vault) - How He’s Helping Artists Monetize Their Music, Fandom in the Digital Age and Lessons from Creating FanDuel
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
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
May 25, 2023
Andrew Blackmon (The Black Tux) - How He Approaches Standardization, Customization and Scale Running a Tuxedo Rental Business
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
May 09, 2023
Chaz Flexman (Starday Foods) - How He's Building The Next Food Conglomerate With Data Science
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
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
Apr 27, 2023
Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures) - Could AI Be The Next Consumer Platform After The iPhone?
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)
Apr 18, 2023
Elle Lanning (Camino Partners) - What KIND Snacks Got Right, What Differentiation is in CPG, and How to Back The Right Founders
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mar 15, 2023
Mike Fata (Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods) - How He Founded a 9-figure Hemp Brand
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
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
Mar 02, 2023
Marc Washington (Supergut) - Why better health starts with the gut, What is the gut microbiome and His innovation within CPG
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
Feb 23, 2023
Joey Guerra and Alex Dashefsky (Airsign) - Why the vacuum cleaner needed innovation, brand positioning, and their approach to organic marketing
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
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
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
Feb 10, 2023
Adam Ross (Heyday) - Why he found a facial retail chain, franchise models vs. corporate stores, and producing products
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
Feb 03, 2023
Lydia Jett (SoftBank) - How she invests in eCommerce at a global scale, How to evaluate emerging markets, and Learnings from 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jan 03, 2023
Josh Cliffords (FreeWater) - How He Found a New Business Model for Bottled Water
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
Dec 27, 2022
Holiday Highlights: Ty Haney (Outdoor Voices, Joggy, TYB)
Dec 27, 2022
Holiday Highlights: Chuck Newhall (NEA)
Dec 27, 2022
Holiday Highlights: Steve Case (AOL.com, Revolution, Rise of the Rest)
Dec 27, 2022
Holiday Highlights: Jessica Peltz-Zatulove (Hannah Grey
Dec 27, 2022
Holiday Highlights: Joe Kudla (Vouri)
Dec 27, 2022
Holiday Highlights: Mike Ghaffary (Canvas VC)
Dec 23, 2022
Holiday Highlights: Greer Tessler & Cara Kaufman (Simple Food Ventures)
Dec 22, 2022
Holiday Highlights: Jason Karp (HumanCo)
Dec 21, 2022
Holiday Highlights: Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Investment Advisors)
Dec 18, 2022
Sarah Foley (SWAT Equity Partners) – Investing in Consumer vs. Tech
Dec 15, 2022
Brigette Wolf (Mondelēz) - Inside Mondelēz's Innovation Hub
Dec 13, 2022
Ashley Hartman (Bluestein Ventures) - Investing in The Future of Food
Dec 08, 2022
Vijen Patel (The 81 Collection & Pressbox) - Why building & investing in hardware is overlooked
Dec 06, 2022
Ty Haney (Outdoor Voices, Joggy, TYB) - Why she left Outdoor Voices, how brands can leverage crypto, and creating a CBD line
Dec 02, 2022
Jesse Pujji (Gateway X) - How Brands Should Approach Performance Marketing Today, When To Raise Equity vs. Boostrapping & How He Incubates Companies
Nov 30, 2022
Marcos Gonzalez (VamosVentures) - Why he left PE to start a VC fund that invests in minority-led businesses
Nov 22, 2022
Steve Case (AOL, Revolution & Rise of the Rest) - Why He's Optimistic About Innovation in Secondary and Tertiary American Cities
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
Nov 08, 2022
Wayne Hu and Josh Constine (SignalFire) - The Current State of NFTs & Which Web2 media Platform is Best Positioned for Web3?
Nov 03, 2022
Ben Jones (Haus Labs by Lady Gaga) - Inside Lady Gaga's Beauty Brand
Nov 01, 2022
Katlin Smith (Simple Mills) - How She's Building a Next Generation Food Company
Oct 27, 2022
Eze Vidra (Remagine Ventures) - Investing in Israel, Media, and the Metaverse
Oct 20, 2022
Abraham Shafi (IRL) - Building a community rather than an audience
Oct 18, 2022
Ashleigh Hinde (Waldo) - Building a brand with a product you can't see - contact lenses
Oct 14, 2022
Mike Hirshland (Resolute Ventures) - The state of pre-seed & seed investing
Oct 11, 2022
Mike Senackerib (Dewey's Bakery) - How a 90-year old bake shop turned into a CPG powerhouse
Oct 06, 2022
Mike Mayer (Windmill) - Building the smart AC Unit that's eye candy for your window
Oct 04, 2022
Matt Gibson (New Culture) - Creating Cheese Without the Cow
Sep 30, 2022
Noah Gray (Onda) - How he's Scaling Shay Mitchell's Tequila Seltzer Brand
Sep 27, 2022
Brent Vartan (Bullish) - How desires lead to opportunities & Bullish on Consumer Report
Sep 22, 2022
Cristina Nuñez (True Beauty Ventures) - How to invest in beauty and personal care brands
Sep 20, 2022
Alison Cayne (Haven's Kitchen) - From founding a cooking school to creating a sauce brand
Sep 15, 2022
Chuck Newhall (NEA) - How he founded one of the most successful venture capital firms in history
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
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
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
Aug 18, 2022
Jonathan Wolfson (Brainiac Foods) - What nutrients have been missing for kids and how he’s changing it
Aug 16, 2022
Susan Lin (Felix) - What consumer-driven means, what are real competitive advantages for companies, and why Felix raised $600 million
Aug 09, 2022
Ollie Forsyth (Antler) - The New Creator Economy, Web3 and what social platforms are most vulnerable right now
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
Aug 02, 2022
Jeff Nobbs (Zero Acre Farms) - How he's changing cooking oil for the better
Jul 26, 2022
Mark Achler (MATH Venture Partners) - How to Exit Right
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
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
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?
Jul 12, 2022
Joe Spector (Dutch) - How he’s changing the pet industry and how his approach to fundraising has evolved
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jun 14, 2022
Joe Marchese (Human Ventures) - What marketing channels brands overlook, how to partner with founders and build investment firms
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
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
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
May 24, 2022
Melissa Urban (Whole30) - How she founded Whole30 and created her own health & wellness content empire
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
May 17, 2022
Marc Hostovsky (Minoan) - How he's creating 'native retail', connecting ecommerce and in real life experiences to try out products
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
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
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
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
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?
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
Apr 13, 2022
Jeff Cantalupo and Brentos Fernandez (Listen Ventures) - How to build compelling brands through the power of storytelling
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mar 01, 2022
Ksenia Yudina (UNest) - How she's Helping Parents Invest in Their Kids
Feb 17, 2022
Eric Kinariwala (Capsule) - How one visit to pick up his prescription led him to create a new type of pharmacy
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
Feb 10, 2022
Walker Drewett (NuBrakes) - How He Started a Mobile Brake Repair Company with No Automative Experience
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
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
Feb 01, 2022
Brandon Yahn (Convivialité Ventures) - Why the Second Largest Wine & Spirit Company is Investing in Consumer Tech
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
Jan 25, 2022
Abigail Cook Stone (Otherland) - How She Turned Her Love of Scents into a Leading Candle Brand
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
Jan 19, 2022
Jessica Peltz-Zatulove (Hannah Grey) - How Brands Are Engaging with Web3, Why Identity Driven Brands Will Win and The Metaverse
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
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
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
Jan 04, 2022
Nisha Dua (BBG Ventures) - Opportunities within health and wellness, Investing in climate friendly consumption and solving problems for the 99%
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?
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
Dec 14, 2021
Holiday Recap: Sarah LaFleur, Founder & CEO of M.M. LaFleur
Dec 13, 2021
Holiday Recap: Madeline Haydon, CEO of nut pods
Dec 10, 2021
Holiday Recap: Jeremy Cai, Founder & CEO of Italic
Dec 09, 2021
Holiday Recap: Denise Woodard, Founder & CEO of Partake Foods
Dec 08, 2021
Holiday Recap: Mark Gainey, Founder of Strava
Dec 03, 2021
Holiday Recap: Andy Dunn, Founder of Bonobos
Dec 02, 2021
Holiday Highlights: Alex Fine, CEO of Dame Products
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
Nov 23, 2021
Lori Coulter (Summersalt) - How She Built an Inclusive Swimwear & Apparel Brand
Nov 18, 2021
Sarah LaFleur (M.M.LaFleur) - Changing workwear for women and adapting through COVID
Nov 16, 2021
Michael Markesbery (OROS) - How he is Sciencing the S*** Out of Everything and Bringing Space Tech to Outdoor Apparel
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
Nov 09, 2021
Tali Vogelstein (Avid Ventures) - Are Valuations High, How to invest globally, and What Verticalized Fintech means
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
Nov 02, 2021
Stuart Landesberg (Grove Collaborative) - How he built a brand devoted to eco-friendly products and why inve
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
Oct 26, 2021
Will Schmitt (Miroma Ventures) - Investing with a value add, considerations before heading to retail and pulling the right levers for growth
Oct 21, 2021
Doug Hudson (Tend) - The First Dentist You Look Forward To Visiting
Oct 19, 2021
Claire Díaz-Ortiz - Why solo female founders are underserved, investing early in LATAM, and getting the Pope on Twitter
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
Oct 12, 2021
Rui Ma (Tech Buzz China) - Chinese Crossover Brands, C2M Supply Chains and Future of Livestreaming
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
Oct 05, 2021
Kevin Campos (Fifth Wall) - Why Landlords Should Love Tech Enabled Tenants, Omnichannel Strategy For DNVBs and Growing Up in Retail
Sep 30, 2021
Gabby Etrog Cohen & Tehmina Haider (Harry's) - Building Harry's Portfolio of Brands
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
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
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
Sep 14, 2021
Rex Woodbury (Index Ventures) - Web 3.0, Culture and Investing in the Metaverse
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
Sep 07, 2021
Ali Hamed (CoVenture) - The Amazon Opportunity, Future of Social, and Credit at the Early Stages
Aug 31, 2021
Paul Hsiao (Canvas Ventures) - How the Data Economy Is Impacting Consumer and the State of the Series A
Aug 24, 2021
Sam Corcos (Levels) - Solving the metabolic health crisis with real time glucose monitoring
Aug 19, 2021
Ben Savage (Clocktower Technology Ventures) - Why the future is Fintech, Fractional Ownership and Lessons Learned from Ray Dalio
Aug 17, 2021
Katie Shea (Divergent Capital) - Why Consumer Brands Have Higher Benchmarks Than Ever
Aug 12, 2021
Henri Pierre-Jacques (Harlem Capital) - His mission to invest in 1,000 diverse founders over 20 years
Aug 10, 2021
Harpreet Singh Rai (Oura) - How to improve your sleep and why we should track it
Aug 05, 2021
Bri Kimmel (Worklife Ventures) - Having Fun is Serious Business
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
Jul 29, 2021
Jordan Nathan (Caraway) - Scaling one of the fastest growing brands during COVID
Jul 27, 2021
Ben West (Spark Grills) - The flavor of charcoal and the ease of gas combine to make the modern precision grill
Jul 22, 2021
Max Niederhofer (Heartcore) - Investing in happiness and the differences scaling in Europe vs. U.S.
Jul 20, 2021
Tige Savage (Revolution) - Investing in regulated industries and outside of SIlicon Valley
Jul 15, 2021
Ernesto Schmitt (The Craftory) - Why digitally native brands should wait to head into retail, and investing globally at the Series A
Jul 13, 2021
John Sherwin (Hydrant) - Are we in a dehydration crisis?
Jul 08, 2021
Heather Hartnett (Human Ventures) - The Human Needs Economy
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
Jul 01, 2021
Tyler Mincey (Bolt VC) - New business models for SaaS + Box, design vs. sustainability and what's next in tech enabled products
Jun 29, 2021
Rachel ten Brink - Founding Scentbird, investing in personal care, and how to grow online
Jun 24, 2021
Brian Reilly (Will Ventures) - The opportunities investing in sports, media and telehealth
Jun 22, 2021
Sandy Gibson (Better Place Forests) - New natural traditions for your final resting place
Jun 17, 2021
John Gannon (GoingVC) - How to break into venture capital and the power of cohort based learning
Jun 15, 2021
Ben Zises (SuperAngel.Fund) - Starting a rolling fund, what first check-in means, and lessons learned from founding
Jun 10, 2021
Justin Kolbeck (Wild Type) - Creating the most sustainable seafood, the state of the ocean, and developing fast feedback loops
Jun 08, 2021
Steve Sashen (Xero Shoes) - Building the ultimate minimalist shoe
Jun 03, 2021
Ariel Kaye (Parachute) - Creating the leading brand in bedding and home decor
Jun 01, 2021
Lindsay Kaplan (Chief) - Building the network for women leaders
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
May 25, 2021
Mark Gainey (Strava) - Building the social network for athletes
May 20, 2021
Matteo Franceschetti (Eight Sleep) - Why we should optimize our sleep
May 18, 2021
Amir Nathoo (Outschool) - Building a direct to family marketplace to help kids learn what they want to learn
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
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
May 06, 2021
Ryan Gnesin (Elevate Brands) - Investing and Scaling Amazon Brands
May 04, 2021
Dan Reich (Troops.ai + TULA) - From skincare to SaaS, building B2C and B2B businesses
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
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
Apr 22, 2021
Andrew Dudum (hims & hers) - The Future of Telehealth
Apr 20, 2021
Eric Doty (Loupe) - Building the world's largest community of sports card collectors
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
Apr 13, 2021
Sara Deshpande (Maven) - Investing in companies building on top of Zoom and opportunities in Telehealth
Apr 08, 2021
Morgan Hirsh (Public Goods) - Finding simplicity while focusing on selling sustainable essentials
Apr 06, 2021
Alexandra Fine (Dame Products) - Normalizing Sexual Wellness and Self Care Products
Apr 01, 2021
Aditi Dash and Joe Hovde (CircleUp) - Balancing data with founder-market fit when investing in consumer brands
Mar 29, 2021
Wendy Tsu & Susannah Shipton (AlleyCorp) - Going from idea to venture-scalable business
Mar 25, 2021
Leigh Radford (P&G Ventures) - What is Corporate Venture Capital, and the Advantages For Aspiring Brands
Mar 23, 2021
Carey Smith (Unorthodox) - Scaling Big Ass Fans to $250 million and What It Means to be a Contrarian Investor
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
Mar 16, 2021
Brandon Schwartz and Lawrence Cisneros (DRNXMYTH) - Creating World Class Cocktails, Partnering with Bartenders, and Creating a Marketplace Out of a Bottle
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
Mar 09, 2021
Mercedes Bent (Lightspeed) - The State of Series A, Future of EdTech, and Evolution of Investment Products
Mar 04, 2021
Hugh Thomas (Ugly) - The Opportunity He Saw With Sparkling Water, Why He Started OmniChannel, and Approach to Overseas Expansion
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
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
Feb 16, 2021
Brendan Rogers (Wag! and 2 a.m.) - Founding Wag!, Scaling by Doing Unscalable Things, and Investment Opportunities in India
Feb 11, 2021
Amanda Groves (PLUS Capital) - The Power of Celebrity, The Most Unlikely Partnership, and Managing an Advisory Practice with a VC Fund
Feb 09, 2021
Beatriz Acevedo (SUMA) - Why Personal Finance, How Content Can Build Community and Educate, and Creating Products Serving the Latinx Community
Feb 04, 2021
Rick Desai (Listen) - What Makes a Compelling Brand, Why He Loves Patagonia, and His Approach to Investing in Consumer Products
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
Jan 28, 2021
Jeff Housenbold (Softbank) - Approach to Risk with $100B AUM, Identifying Markets That Are Ripe for Disruption, and Assessing Value Chains
Jan 26, 2021
Michael Nogen (Overton VC) - Founding Theality Maternity Wear, Learnings Working at Gap and How He Thinks about Innovation
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
Jan 19, 2021
Lucy Deland (Inspired Capital) - Founding Paperless Post, How Design Became Critical To Software, and Why She's A Generalist Investor
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
Jan 12, 2021
Sapna Shah (Red Giraffe) - Future of Retail, Drop Shipping, and Small World, Long Life
Jan 07, 2021
Holiday Highlights: Ezra Galston, Founding Partner of Starting Line
Jan 05, 2021
Holiday Highlights: Natalie Dillon, Principal at Maveron
Jan 04, 2021
Holiday Highlights: Anna Whiteman, Vice President at Coefficient Capital
Jan 03, 2021
Holiday Highlights: Charles Hudson, Founding Partner Precursor Ventures
Jan 02, 2021
Holiday Highlights: Sarah Kunst, Managing Director of Cleo Capital
Jan 01, 2021
Holiday Highlights: Sasha Astafyeva, Partner at Atomico
Dec 31, 2020
Holiday Highlights: Michael Duda, Founding Partner of Bullish
Dec 30, 2020
Holiday Highlights: Kanyi Maqubela, Managing Partner Kindred Ventures
Dec 29, 2020
Holiday Highlights: Samara Hernandez, Founding Partner Chingona Ventures
Dec 28, 2020
Holiday Highlights: Eric Paley, Founding Partner at Founder Collective
Dec 27, 2020
Holiday Highlights: Soraya Darabi, Founding Partner TMV
Dec 26, 2020
Holiday Highlights: Rishi Garg, Partner at Mayfield Fund
Dec 25, 2020
Holiday Recap: Jiake Liu, CEO of Outer
Dec 18, 2020
Holiday Recap: Jessica Rolph & Rod Morris, Co-CEOs of Lovevery
Dec 17, 2020
Holiday Recap: Michael Barlow, CEO of Fernish
Dec 16, 2020
Holiday Recap: Betsy Fore & Sofia Laurell, Co-CEOs of Tiny Organics
Dec 15, 2020
Holiday Recap: George Milton, CEO of Yellowbird Sauce
Dec 14, 2020
Holiday Recap: Coulter Lewis, CEO of Sunday
Dec 13, 2020
Holiday Recap: Adelle Archer, CEO of Eterneva
Dec 12, 2020
Holiday Recap: Kate Boyle, CEO of Banjo Robinson
Dec 11, 2020
Annoucement: Consumer VC Holiday Schedule
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nov 17, 2020
Taylor Nieman (Toucan) - Browser Extension Businesses, The Power of Partnerships, and Her Unique Approach to Fundraising
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
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
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
Oct 27, 2020
Elaine Russell (Greycroft) - The Future of Retail, How to Choose a Co-Founder, and Running a Single LP Fund
Oct 22, 2020
Yury Lifshits (Openland) - How to Build a Community, The Hard Pivot, and Minimizing Friction
Oct 08, 2020
Bonus: Jordan Odinsky (Ground Up) - Cult Brands, Launch Strategies and the Importance of Celebrating The Failures
Sep 22, 2020
Wayne Wu (VMG) – His Ecosystem Approach, How He Builds Community In CPG, and Advice for Founders Located in Secondary Markets
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
Sep 11, 2020
Nate Cooper (Barrel Ventures): Lessons Learned from Founding Two Companies, The Beauty of Chicago and Investing in Markets that are Overlooked
Sep 09, 2020
Sarah Kunst (Cleo Capital) - The Future of Work, Complicated Consumer and How to Have a Diverse Portfolio
Sep 03, 2020
Sunny Dhillon (Signia Partners) - Grocery Store Technology, Why Beauty Brands Are Great To Invest In, and Changes in Retail
Sep 01, 2020
Hilary Quartner (Hilma) - Creating The "Clinical Herbal" Category, Her Fundraising Strategy, and The Decision Making Process with Two CEOs
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
Aug 25, 2020
Office Hour 2. David Goldberg (Corigin Ventures)
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"
Aug 20, 2020
Dan Gluck (Powerplant) - The Opportunity He Saw After Reading "Born To Run" and His Inspiration Behind Investing in Plant Based Products
Aug 18, 2020
Alex Levitt (Yellow) - Inside Snap Inc.'s Launchpad for Startups, Building Products On Top of Social Platforms, and Her Diligence Process
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
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
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
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
Jul 30, 2020
Ezra Galston (Starting Line) - Benefits of Chicago, Managed vs. Lightly Managed Marketplaces, and Consumer for the 99%
Jul 28, 2020
Coulter Lewis (Sunday) - Introducing D2C & Environmentally Friendly Lawn Care, and Lessons From a Serial Entrepreneur
Jul 23, 2020
Adam Cohen-Aslatei (S'more) - Bringing Inclusivity and Honesty to Online Dating, and How He Successfully Fundraised
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
Jul 16, 2020
Soraya Darabi (TMV) - The Care Economy, Where Change Needs to Start In VC, and How to Approach Market Sizing
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
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
Jul 07, 2020
Office Hour 1. Jason Shuman (Primary Ventures) - Recorded Live June 9th
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
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
Jun 30, 2020
Compilation: Fundraising from the Founder Perspective
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
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
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
Jun 15, 2020
Tyler Handley (Inkbox) -Tattoos, Defining and New Market, and Why Stickiness Lies Within The Technology
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
Jun 08, 2020
Catharine Dockery (Vice Ventures) - Cannabis, Alcohol, Nicotine, Gambling and Everything Vice
Jun 04, 2020
Compilation: One Piece of Advice Investors Have for B2C Founders
Jun 03, 2020
Nadine Habayeb (Bohana) - The Future of Superfood Healthy Snacks, How Eastern Traditions Have Migrated West, and Finding Product-Market Fit
May 28, 2020
Daniel Gulati (Comcast Ventures) - Execution vs. Network Type Business, How To Think About Winning a Category, and Evaluating Blue Ocean Opportunities
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
May 21, 2020
Claire Fauquier (Highland Capital Partners) - Purchase Behaviors of SMBs, Stretching Consumer and Sourcing at the Series A
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
May 14, 2020
Adelle Archer (Eterneva) - From Ashes To Diamonds, A New Way To Honor Loved Ones and Experience Innovation
May 11, 2020
Bonus: Sasha Strauss (Innovation Protocol) - Brand Strategy, Not Making Brand Too Personal, and Importance of Positioning
May 07, 2020
Michael Duda (Bullish) - Why TAM Is Overrated, Empathize But Don't Listen, and DTC 3.0
May 04, 2020
Joe Tonnos (Ketch Ventures & Mistral Equity Partners) - Cricket Protein, Tequila and Investing in Sustainability
Apr 30, 2020
Bonus: Arie Abecassis (ICONYC Labs) - The Board of Directors
Apr 27, 2020
Kate McAndrew (Bolt) - Distributed Teams, Fundraising Outside the Major Hubs, and Impact of COVID
Apr 23, 2020
Bonus: Brian Wang (Dashing Leadership) - Why A Founder Might Need A Coach and a Conversation About Curiosity, Judgement and Culture
Apr 20, 2020
Bonus - Zac Dearing: Paycheck Protection Program
Apr 16, 2020
Rishi Garg (Mayfield) - Consumer Distrust, Curated Experiences, and What’s Next For Social Media
Apr 13, 2020
David Goldberg (Corigin Ventures) - The Sharing Economy, Consumerization of Enterprise Software, and Distribution
Apr 09, 2020
Natalie Dillon (Maveron) - Subcultures, Sustainability, and The Differences Between Gen Z & and Millennials
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
Apr 02, 2020
Madeline Keulen (Victress Capital) - Knowing Your Why, Analyzing Contrasting Trends, and Building Brands
Mar 30, 2020
Logan Langberg (Imaginary Ventures) - DTC 2.0, Multiple Channels of Distribution, and Paid vs. Organic Growth
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
Mar 23, 2020
Bonus - Coronavirus: Feat. Robert Gelb (HeySummit) - How early stage investors are thinking about the current landscape?
Mar 20, 2020
Laura Chau (Canaan) - The Five Pillars of Social Media, Moving Towards Status and the Power of Grit
Mar 16, 2020
Ethan Austin (Techstars) - Punched in the Face with a Problem, Analyzing Teams and EQ
Mar 05, 2020
Lee Hower (NextView Ventures) - Making Good Decisions Fast, Going With Your Gut and Why Trust at the Early Stages Is Vital
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
Feb 27, 2020
Elizabeth Yin (Hustle Fund) - Investing When There’s No Traction and How To Mitigate Risk When Founding
Feb 24, 2020
Jason Shuman (Primary Ventures) - Payback Period, Market Timing, and The Importance of Distribution
Feb 20, 2020
Kate Boyle (Banjo Robinson) - Expanding Into Different Countries, Her Unfair Advantage, and Storytelling
Feb 18, 2020
Gautam Gupta (M13) - The Thin Line Between Success and Failure, Board Construction, and Why He Offers Learnings, Not Advice
Feb 13, 2020
Tim Katt (TACK Ventures) - How Tech is Disrupting Sports, Media and Advice for Founders in Secondary Markets
Feb 10, 2020
Sophie Bakalar (fable & Collaborative Fund) - What is Market Expertise?, Conscious Consumerism, and How She Sensed An Opportunity
Feb 06, 2020
Sumeet Shah (Swiftarc Ventures) - 4th Generation of Retail, Periscope Founders and What is Wrong in VC
Feb 03, 2020
Jason Stoffer (Maveron) - Mediocre Markets, Early Traction, and Knowing Your Weaknesses
Jan 30, 2020
Jordan Nof (Tusk VP) - Regulated Industries, The Importance of Timing, and Good Growth vs. Bad Growth
Jan 27, 2020
Eamonn Carey (Techstars) - Consumer Trends in Europe, Expanding to New Markets, and The Three Most Important Words in the English Language
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
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
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
Jan 13, 2020
Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures) - How to Evaluate Online Marketplaces, Why This is a Contrarian time to Invest in Consumer
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
Jan 06, 2020
Will McClelland (Elizabeth Street) - The Changing of Retail on High Streets, How to Analyze Competitive Advantages, ROI on Consumer Companies
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
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
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
Dec 09, 2019
Susan Lyne (BBG Ventures) - Why Investing in Women Founders is Still an Untapped Market
Dec 05, 2019
Caitlin Strandberg (Lerer Hippeau) - How To Identify Consumer Pain Points, The D2C Investment Landscape, and The New York Ecosystem
Dec 02, 2019
Ajay Kamat (Pear VC) - Clarity of Thought, Future of Audio, and Today's Investing Landscape
Nov 26, 2019
Amit Mukherjee (NEA) - The Gen Z Consumer, How to Evaluate Two Different Competing Companies
Nov 19, 2019
Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners) - Future of Media, Investing in Women, and Thinking Big
Nov 12, 2019
Hayden Williams (BrandProject) - Empathy, Investing in Smoothies, and the Fickle Consumer
Nov 05, 2019
Jay Kapoor (Launch Capital) - Persistence, Building Trust & Finding Founder-Market Fit
Oct 30, 2019
0. Why The Consumer VC
Oct 22, 2019