The Room Podcast
By Claudia Laurie and Madison McIlwain
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Welcome to the Room. A series interviewing your favorite tech founders and funders. Our guests were in the room where it happened and they’re sharing their stories.
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S14E1: Nirav Tolia, Nextdoor CEO, on Building Community Platforms, Product-Market Fit, and the Future of AI in Local Networks
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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From Stitch Fix to AI Search with Daydream Founder Julie Bornstein | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Ethical AI, Iteration Velocity, and the Future of Software with Grant Lee (Gamma), Noah MacCallum (Open AI), Malte Ubl (Vercel), Chris Messina (Product Leader), Ash Kumrah (The AI Collective) | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Navigating the New M&A Landscape with Indy Guha (VMG), Jared Roesch (OctoAI), Dan Kang (Mercury), Michelle Edwards (Perkins Coi) | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Solving Data Fragmentation at Scale with Michel Tricot, Co-Founder & CEO of Airbyte | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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S13E8: Designing Payroll for Small Businesses with Gusto’s Co-Founder, Tomer London
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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S13E7: Reimagining Content, Provenance, and AI with Cloudflare’s VP of Product, William Allen
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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S13E6: How Almost Friday Media is Shaping the Next Era of Entertainment with Jack Barrett
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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S13E5: From Palantir to Hex — How Barry McCardel and Caitlin Colgrove Built the Modern Data Workspace
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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S13E4: From Sleeping at AOL to Building Bolt with Eric Simons, Founder and CEO of Bolt.new
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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S13E3: Creating Longevity Drugs for Dogs with Celine Halioua, Founder of Loyal
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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S13E2: Scaling Warp and Supercharging Developers with AI with Founder Zach Lloyd
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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S13E1: Reinventing Work Through AI-Native Communication with Craig Walker, Founder & CEO of Dialpad
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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New York Tech Week Special: Live Recording with Partiful Co-Founder and CEO, Shreya Murthy
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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S12E8: Direct-to-Consumer Pioneer to AI Psychology with Neil Parikh, Co-Founder of Casper and Slingshot
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May 27, 2025 |
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S12E7: From Tech Reporter to Media Founder with Alex Konrad, Founder of Upstarts Media
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May 20, 2025 |
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S12E6: Data Ownership in the AI Era with Anna Kazlauskas, Founder of Vana
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May 13, 2025 |
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S12E5: Bootstrapping to Billions in Corporate Travel with Elia Wallen, Founder and CEO of Engine
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May 06, 2025 |
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S12E4: The New Developer Experience with Factory Co-Founders, Matan Grinberg & Eno Reyes
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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S12E3: The Road to Driverless Vehicles with Tiancheng Lou, Co-Founder of Pony AI
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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S12E2: Supercharging Sales Teams Using AI with Alexa Grabell, Co-Founder of Pocus
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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S12E1: Building Global Trade Infrastructure with Ryan Petersen, Founder and CEO of Flexport
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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S11E9: A Law Firm for Founders with Agatha Kluk and Sonia Farber, Co-Founders of Kluk Farber Law, Now Part of Perkins Coie (Bonus Holiday Episode)
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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S11E8: From Bootstrapping to SaaS Industry Leader with Wade Foster, Co-Founder of Zapier
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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S11E7: The Future of Fintech for Founders with Mercury Co-Founder and CEO, Immad Akhund [LIVE]
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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S11E6: Building the Unified API with Merge Co-Founder, Shensi Ding
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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S11E5: Innovating Financial Inclusion and Pay Flexibility with Jason Lee, Founder of Salt Labs and DailyPay
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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S11E4: Transforming Sweet Treats using Clean Ingredients with Kevin McCarthy, CEO of Unreal
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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S11E3: Reversing Type 2 Diabetes using Tech and Nutrition with Sami Inkinen, Founder of Virta Health
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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S11E2: Branding, Bedding, and Wellness Innovation with Ariel Kaye, Founder of Parachute
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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S11E1: Empowering The Future of Generative AI Search with Johnny Ho, Co-Founder of Perplexity
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 Fireside Chat with Kashish Gupta Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Hightouch
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 The Future of DTC ft. Nik Sharma, Coterie, De Soi, and TYB
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 The Future of Platforms Panel ft. Beli, Saturn, Landing, and Diem
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 Next Gen GenAI Panel ft. Tavus, Multimodal, Dynamo AI, Canapi Ventures, and GenAI Collective
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 Fireside Chat with KJ Sidberry of Google Ventures
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 Recap
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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S10E8: Pioneering Soda, Gut Health, and Lifestyle with Ben Goodwin, Co-Founder of OLIPOP
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May 14, 2024 |
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S10E7: Enabling Scheduling Mastery for Every Professional with Matt Martin, Co-Founder of Clockwise
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May 07, 2024 |
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S10E6: Democratizing Life Management for Every Consumer with Meghan Joyce, CEO and Founder of Duckbill
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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S10E5: Starting and Scaling a Venture Firm with Eva Ho, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fika Ventures
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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S10E4: Art Basel Miami Rewind: An Interview with Daniel Betts, CEO of Blue Frontier, and Tosh Ernest, Head of SVB Catalyst 2045 [LIVE]
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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S10E3: Revolutionizing Wellness and Community with Julie Rice of SoulCycle and Peoplehood
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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S10E2: The Next Wave in Digital Payments with Larry Diamond and ZIP
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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S10E1: Using Transparency and Innovation to Transform Wellness with Katerina Schneider and Ritual
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Welcome to The Room!
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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S9E8: Cristina Junqueira is Revolutionizing Digital Banking Services with Nubank
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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S9E7: Christelle Rohaut is Matching Employers with Modern Office Spaces using Codi
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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S9E6: Optimizing Security and Compliance Using Vanta’s Trust Management for SaaS Businesses with Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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S9E5: Powering the Future of Blockchain with Kathleen Breitman of Tezos
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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S9E4: Guillermo Rauch, Co-Author of Next.js, is Revolutionizing Web Development with Vercel
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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S9E3: Julianna Lamb and Reed McGinley-Stempel are Unlocking Secure Authentication for Businesses of all Sizes with Stytch
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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S9E2: Devo Harris, Founder of Adventr, Is Producing Success From G.O.O.D. Music to Building AI Brands
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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S9E1: Iman Abuzeid and Incredible Health are Revolutionizing Healthcare via their Nurse Hiring Platform
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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The Room Podcast x Bessemer Venture Partners' Wish I Knew: Sarah Friar: Career lessons on community, conviction, and capital from Nextdoor’s CEO
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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S8E8: Ty Haney and Breana Teubner, CEO and COO of TYB, Share about the Future of Commerce by Leveraging Community as a Growth Chanel
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May 23, 2023 |
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S8E7: Yin Wu's Journey of Empowering Startups with Pulley's Equity Management Solutions [LIVE]
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May 16, 2023 |
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S8E6: How Rahul Vohra's Superhuman Revolution is Transforming Email for Professionals
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May 09, 2023 |
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S8E5: How Postscript and Adam Turner Help E-Commerce Businesses Build Stronger Customer Relationships
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May 02, 2023 |
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BONUS: Exploring Coda's Innovative Approach to a Workflow Document with Founder Shishir Mehrotra [From the Archives]
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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S8E4: Vlad Magdalin and Webflow are Revolutionizing Website Design by Making it Accessible to All
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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S8E3: Jaclyn Rice Nelson and her Expert Engineers at Tribe AI are Bringing Businesses into the Modern World of AI and Machine Learning
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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S8E2: Sampriti Bhattacharyya the CEO and Founder of Navier Is Changing Maritime Transportation through Electrification and Nautical Autonomy
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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S8E1: Cristóbal Valenzuela Brings Us into the Future of Creative Editing with Runway and their Generative AI-powered Suite
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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S7E8: Edith Harbaugh on Unlocking Feature Flagging and Feature Management at Scale with LaunchDarkly
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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S7E7: Samir Vasavada of Vise on Building a Fintech Unicorn and the Future of Investing
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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S7E6: Sarah Flint is Disrupting Footwear by Building Modern Luxury for Today’s Woman
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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S7E5: Kashish Gupta and Hightouch Leverage “Reverse ETL” When Building Your Modern Data Stack
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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S7E4: How Jamie Norwood and Cynthia Plotch of Stix Are Transforming Women’s Health, Starting With How Women Shop for Their Health Essentials
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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S7E3: William Santana Li and Knightscope are Using Robots to Drop Crime Rates on a Local and National Level
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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S7E2: Kelsey Mellard is Easing Access to Specialists in Health, Tech, Policy, and Product with Her Company, Sitka
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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S7E1: Spencer Rascoff, Co-Founder of Zillow, Gives Advice for Entrepreneurs Amidst a Macroeconomic Downturn
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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S6E8: Anvisha Pai and Dover are Automating the Recruiting and Hiring Process for the Businesses of Today
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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S6E7: David Yuan, Founder and General Partner of Tidemark Capital, Discusses the Business of Launching a Venture Fund [LIVE at the EVCA Summit]
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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S6E6: Andrew Savage and Suma Brands are Guiding Retail Brands on Amazon to Their Full Potential
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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S6E5: Lisa Bubbers, Co-Founder of Studs, is Bringing the Ear-Piercing Industry into the Modern Era with Integrated Piercing and Shopping Experiences
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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S6E4: Sarah LaFleur, Founder of M.M.LaFleur, is Leading an Evolution of the Modern Women's Work Wear
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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S6E3: Sandra Abrevaya and Her Husband Brian Are Making the Battle Against A.L.S. More Accessible to the Public
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May 31, 2022 |
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S6E2: Julie Bornstein of Nordstrom, Sephora, and Stitch Fix Revolutionzlied Personalized Online Shopping with Her Own Startup, THE YES
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May 24, 2022 |
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S6E1: Co-Founder & CRO, Shuo Wang, and Deel are Reimagining Payouts for Businesses on a Global Scale
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May 17, 2022 |
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Movers & Shakers S2E4: Naomi Shah, Founder and CEO of Meet Cute, Discusses the Future for Romantic Comedies
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May 03, 2022 |
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Movers & Shakers S2E3: Entering the Venture Capital Ecosystem with Rachel Goddard, Partner at Cooley LLP
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Movers & Shakers S2E2: The Modern Method of Targeted Digital Advertising, a Crypto Bear Perspective and More with Zach Coelius, Co-Founder of Triggit and Coelius Capital
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Movers & Shakers S2E1: Optimizing SaaS and Cloud Software Companies with Mary D’Onofrio of the Bessemer Venture Partners
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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S5E8: Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Co-Founder of Gilt Groupe, Is Sharing Her Experience With New Founders as the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clerisy
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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S5E7: Rathna Sharad, CEO and Founder of FlavorCloud is Unlocking International Supply Chains and Shipping for Startups
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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S5E6: Mac Conwell of RareBreed Ventures is Serving His Community by Turning LP Relationships Upside Down
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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S5E5: Early Stage, Go-To-Market Strategies with Ash Rust of Sterling Road
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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S5E4: Kelly Graziadei and Joanna Lee Shevelenko of F7 Ventures Create an Inclusive Space for Women In Ventures
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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S5E3: How Faye Keegan of Dipsea is Empowering Women Using Audio-First Content with Sex-Positive Narratives
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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S5E2: Scaling & innovating on CPG with Graham Fortgang of MatchaBar
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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S5E1: Jeremy Cai and Italic are Changing the Game for Manufacturers and Merchants
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Movers & Shakers Ep 4: Ryan Mundy of Alkeme Health
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Movers & Shakers Ep 3: Paige Finn Doherty of Behind Genius Ventures
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Movers & Shakers Ep 2: Gaby Goldberg of The Chernin Group
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Movers & Shakers: Madison Campbell of Leda Health
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Season 3 & 4 Recap: Madison & Claudia
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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S4E8: Andy Ruben of Trove on empowering and rethinking sustainable consumption
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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S4E7: Katie Warner Johnson of Carbon38 on the artistry of entrepreneurship and disrupting the activewear industry
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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S4E6: Sashee Chandran of Tea Drops on disrupting CPG, the power of grit, and sustainability
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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S4E5: Startup Banking 101 with Vera Shokina of SVB
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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S4E4: Danielle Cohen-Shohet on the future of beauty and disrupting tech for hyper-local businesses
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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S4E3: Katherine Salisbury of Qapital on Disrupting Personal Finance
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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S4E2: Sydney Sykes of BLCK VC on transforming VC and building diverse communities for future founders & funders
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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S4E1: Kara Goldin of Hint. Accidental entrepreneurship and growing a household CPG brand with the founder of your favorite water.
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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S3E8: Heidi Zak of ThirdLove on fundraising, finding product-market fit, and the future of eCommerce and D2C
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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S3E7: The Future of Work with Frank Weishaupt of Owl Labs and Roy Hirshland of T3 Advisors
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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S3E6: In the Room with Analisa Goodin of Catch&Release | On building marketplaces, the intersection of art, creatives, and tech, and first-time fundraising
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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S3E5: In the Room with Michelle Zatlyn of Cloudflare
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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S3E4: Ask the expert- Starting up with Legal featuring Lauren Creel of Cooley LLP
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May 25, 2021 |
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S3E3: Founder & Funder Perspectives- The first fundraise featuring Maria Salamanca of Unshackled Ventures
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May 18, 2021 |
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S3E2: SJ Sacchetti of Cleo
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May 11, 2021 |
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S3E1: Ciara
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May 04, 2021 |
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Season 2 Recap: Claudia & Madison
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Season 2 Bonus: Henrique Dubugras of Brex
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 9: Trae Vassallo of Defy.VC
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 8: Liz Meyerdirk of The Pill Club
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 7: Zubin Koticha of Opyn
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 6: Allison Barr Allen of Fast
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 5: Sridhar Ramaswamy of Neeva
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 4: Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 3: Jane Metcalfe of Wired
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 2: Ajay Kori of Urban Stems
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 1: Amy Chang of Accompany
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Season 1 Recap: Claudia & Madison
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Episode 8: Amit Sharma of Narvar
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Episode 7: Alexa Buckley of Margaux
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Episode 6: Amy Nelson of The Riveter
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Episode 5: Shishir Mehrotra of Coda
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Episode 4: Jessica Lessin of The Information
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Episode 3: Hope Cochran of Madrona Venture Group
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Coral Chung of Senreve
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Episode 1: Matt and Swati of Incite
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Nov 17, 2020 |