Best Slipstream Group Podcasts (2025)

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#161 Acrew Capital’s Founding Partner Lauren Kolodny, Alumni Ventures Independent Board Director 49:42

4M ago49:42

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Lauren Kolodny is a Founding Partner of Acrew Capital. Lauren leads the fintech thesis area at Acrew. She has made investments in companies including Chime, Clara, Divvy, Gusto, Klar, Papaya, Pie, & Plaid. Prior to co-founding Acrew, Lauren was a partner at Aspect Ventures. Previously, Lauren worked in product marketing at Google, where she led a n…

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#160 StepStone Group Partner Seyonne Kang 55:28

5M ago55:28

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Seyonne Kang is a Partner at StepStone Group. As of September 30, 2024, StepStone was responsible for approximately $682 billion of total capital, including $176 billion of assets under management. She is a member of the private equity team, focusing on venture capital and growth equity investments. Prior to StepStone, Ms. Kang was a partner with G…

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#159 Olaplex Inc. (Nasdaq: OLPX)'s ex- President and CEO, Moroccanoil's ex - Global CEO, JuE Wong 53:11

9M ago53:11

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JuE Wong is the former President & CEO/ Executive Board Director of Olaplex Inc. (Nasdaq: OLPX). Prior to Olaplex, she was the Global CEO/ Executive Board Director of Moroccanoil, the President of Elizabeth Arden, and an Independent Board Director of The Red Door by Elizabeth Arden. Other notable companies she has served as a leader include Murad a…

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#158 Cisco’s EVP & Chief Product Officer, Box's ex-CPO & CSO, JLL & Equinix Board Member, Jeetu Patel 54:21

10M ago54:21

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Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer. He combines a bold vision, steeped in product design and development expertise, operational rigor, and innate market understanding to create high growth businesses. He is relentlessly focused on building world class products that solve Cisco customers’ biggest problems – bri…

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#157 Intuit Ventures’ Managing Director, ex- M12 Microsoft’s Venture Fund Partner Adam Coccari 59:20

10M ago59:20

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Adam Coccari is the Managing Director of Intuit Ventures, Intuit’s Venture Capital team responsible for overseeing Intuit’s investment in startups around the world. Prior to Intuit, Adam spent 8 years at Microsoft where he was most recently a Partner at M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund. You can learn more about: 1. The future of AI in financial servi…

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Sponsor spotlight: LG Electronics' EVP, Sokwoo Rhee 1:05:09

10M ago1:05:09

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Sponsor spotlight: Welcome to the Smart Venture Podcast's sponsor spotlight, where we highlight the companies making our show possible. We're thrilled to feature LG Nova. Sokwoo Rhee is Corporate Executive Vice President for Innovation at LG Electronics and Head of LG NOVA, LG Electronics' Silicon Valley-based innovation center. He leads LG Electro…

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#156 Intel Capital’s Senior Managing Director Mark Rostick 57:02

10M ago57:02

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Mark Rostick is a Vice President & Senior Managing Director located in Raleigh, NC. He is a voting member of Intel Capital’s investment committee. He joined Intel Capital in 1999. Mark also co-manages our Cloud domain investment activities and portfolio. He has deep investment experience in cloud applications, infrastructure hardware and software, …

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#155 True Ventures' Partner Puneet Agarwal 1:02:51

1y ago1:02:51

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Puneet Agarwal brings a strong mix of operational and investment experience to his partner role at True. He began his career as a product manager at CrossWorlds Software, an early startup focused on software integration, which was sold to IBM. He then spent time in technology investment banking at J.P. Morgan and later in venture capital at the May…

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#154 Greycroft's Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Ian Sigalow 51:30

1y ago51:30

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Ian Sigalow is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Greycroft. He has over 20 years of experience in seed-to-growth venture capital, investing in and supporting innovative companies across multiple sectors, including fintech, consumer marketplaces, enterprise software, healthcare, insurance, and media. You can learn more about: How to build an ic…

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Episode 78 – Beyond the bottom line: cultivating a winning culture 52:10

1y ago52:10

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In this special episode, Sharon McClafferty sits down with Mike McHenry of SeamlessSMSF to delve into cultivating a thriving workplace culture. Sharon and Mike chat about the profound impact of workplace culture on business success. They explore how a great culture can truly make or break a firm, diving into the key elements that contribute to a th…

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#153 Slipstream Investors' Founder and GP, QED Investors' former COO & General Counsel Alex Edelson 53:07

1y ago53:07

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Alex Edelson is the Founder and General Partner of Slipstream Investors. Before starting Slipstream, he worked at QED Investors, a top fintech-focused venture capital firm with $4.3 billion in assets under management. Alex joined as Nigel Morris's Chief of Staff and became the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. He previously worked at a f…

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#152 Trust Fund's Managing Partner, Nasty Gal's founder, Sophia Amoruso 45:25

1+ y ago45:25

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Sophia Amoruso is the founder and managing partner of Trust Fund, an early-stage venture fund focused exclusively (yet broadly) on investing in tech-enabled products that help people start and build businesses. Trust fund’s investors include Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, Ev Williams, Naomi Gleit, Andrew Chen, Jeff Jord…

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#151 Orangetheory Fitness CEO and Co-Founder Dave Long 57:58

1+ y ago57:58

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Dave Long is the CEO of Orangetheory Fitness. He leads the company's franchise model, regional development, and product development strategy. After founding the company in 2010 with two partners, Dave has led the brand through countless pivotal achievements, including launching two apps, creating a proprietary heart rate monitor with strategically …

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#150 Ballistic Ventures’ General Partner, former Managing Director at Lightspeed, Jake Seid 1:04:15

1+ y ago1:04:15

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Jake Seid is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Ballistic Ventures, a VC firm focused on early-stage cybersecurity and security-related venture investments, with a debut fund of $300M. Before working at Ballistic, Jake was a Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners and founder and Managing Director at Stone Bridge Ventures—his portfolio …

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Episode 78 – Funding for accounting and financial planning firms 1:11:11

1+ y ago1:11:11

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In this episode we talk with Con Voultsios of aXelerate Advisory about funding the purchase of equity interest in professional services firms. Con shares some interesting aspects about what banks are looking for when considering finance applications submitted by accounting and financial planning firms. His observations with respect to developing re…

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#149 Roble Ventures’ Founding Partner, Sergio Monsalve 53:39

1+ y ago53:39

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Sergio Monsalve is the Founding Partner of Roble Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs building human enablement technologies. Before founding Roble Ventures, Sergio was a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners and the Board Member and Investor of Udemy. He also invested in other billion-dollar companies such as Kaho…

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#148 Maverick Ventures’ Managing Director, Ambar Bhattacharyya 53:14

1+ y ago53:14

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Ambar Bhattacharyya is the Managing Director at Maverick Ventures. During his venture capital career at Maverick Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures, Ambar has led or been actively involved in investments resulting in 16 IPOs & acquisitions, with six companies achieving valuations of over $1B in the public markets. Ambar …

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#147 Afore Capital's Managing Partner Gaurav Jain 50:08

1+ y ago50:08

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Gaurav Jain is the Co-founder of Afore Capital, one of the top venture funds ($300M AUM) dedicated to pre-seed investments. Some of the investments Gaurav and/or Afore have been involved in include Modern Health (leading mental health platform), Hightouch (leader in data infra), Cruise Automation (acq by GM for $1B+) and Firebase (acq by Google). Y…

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#146 Canvas Ventures’s Co-Founder and General Partner, Rebecca Lynn 54:33

1+ y ago54:33

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Rebecca is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Canvas Ventures where she leads early-stage investments in Fintech, Healthtech, and AI. Rebecca has been named to the Forbes Midas List five years running, a Woman to Watch: Senior Deal Maker by the Wall Street Journal, and a Top Woman VC by the New York Times. Some of her notable investments include L…

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#145 OkCupid's Co-Founder, ex-The Match Group's CEO, Corazon Capital's Managing Director, Sam Yagan 44:19

1+ y ago44:19

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Sam Yagan is the co-founder and Managing Director of Corazon Capital, a leading Chicago-based Seed and Series A venture fund. Their portfolio includes companies like SpotHero, Songfinch and Stellar, among others. Prior to Corazon, he served as CEO of ShopRunner and led its 2020 acquisition by FedEx Corp. Previously, as CEO of Match Group, he spearh…

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#144 MasterClass' CEO David Rogier 44:46

1+ y ago44:46

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David Rogier is the founder and CEO of MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best across a wide range of subjects. Instructors include Anna Wintour, Serena Williams, Gordon Ramsay, Chris Voss (our former guest), and more. With MasterClass at Work, companies can develop durable skills that transform employees in…

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Episode 77 – An equity solution for Financial Planning firms 52:18

1+ y ago52:18

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In this episode we talk with Richard Hernan of Broadleaf Financial Group about investing in financial advisory firms. Amongst a range of interesting topics, we discuss the roles and resources that an external investor can bring to the table, along with the characteristics of firms in which Broadleaf is interested in taking a long term equity positi…

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#143 Norwest Venture Partners’ General Partner, Dave Zilberman (Portfolio: Slack, DocuSign) 59:35

1+ y ago59:35

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Dave Zilberman is a General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners. Norwest Venture Partners manages more than $12.5 billion in capital. They have invested in over 600 early-to-late-stage companies, with more than 200 currently active. Dave primarily focuses on early to late-stage investments in enterprise and infrastructure—some of his portfolios inc…

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#142 M13's Managing Partner, Karl Alomar, ex-COO of DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) 57:19

1+ y ago57:19

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Karl Alomar is the Managing Partner at M13, a consumer technology venture capital firm with a $400 million fund to invest Seed and Series A startups offering Software and Services into the future of work, commerce, health, and money. M13's portfolios include Daily Harvest, Matterport, Ring, Rothy’s, and more. Before joining M13, Karl was the COO of…

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#141 Lead Edge Capital's Founder & Managing Partner, Mitchell Green (Portfolio: Alibaba, Spotify) 39:03

1+ y ago39:03

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Mitchell Green is the founder and Managing Partner of Lead Edge Capital, a growth-stage investment fund with over $5B AUM investing $25 million to $300 million across public and private tech companies globally. Their portfolio companies are across the internet, software, consumer, and tech-enabled services sectors - including Alibaba, Asana, Benchl…

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#140 Kindred Ventures’ Founder & Managing Partner, Investor of Uber, Coinbase, Postmates, Steve Jang 1:09:22

1+ y ago1:09:22

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Steve Jang is the Founder and Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. An early-stage VC firm raised $312 million across two new funds in 2022. Over the past 14 years, Steve has backed over 100 companies across different theme areas, including Uber, Coinbase, Postmates, Tonal, Color Health, Humane, DYDX, Zora, and Blue Bottle Coffee. Since 2009 and up…

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Episode 76 – Helping others in remarkable ways 34:37

2y ago34:37

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In this episode, we talk with Larry Fingleson of The Edward Alexander Foundation about his career, finding purpose and charitable giving. Amongst a range of interesting topics, we discuss - Private ancillary funds and the roles that they can play in supporting good causes whilst at the same time fostering healthy discussions about money in families…

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Sponsor Spotlight: ft. Alumni Ventures’ CEO Mike Collins | How to invest in startups as individual investors? 47:20

2y ago47:20

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Sponsor Spotlight guest: Alumni Ventures’ CEO Mike Collins Welcome to the Smart Venture Podcast’s sponsor spotlight, where we take a moment to highlight the companies making our show possible. We're thrilled to feature Alumni Ventures. Alumni Ventures, offers individual investors access to venture investing through its diversified, professional-gra…

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#139 Science’s CEO, investor, and board member of Liquid Death, Dollar Shave Club, Michael Jones 54:49

2y ago54:49

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Michael Jones is the founder of studio and venture fund Science Inc., where he helps founders scale highly profitable and successful businesses. Mike’s portfolio includes Liquid Death, Dollar Shave Club, Myspace, DogVacay, Goodreads, and Maker Studios, to name a few. Prior to Science, Mike served as the CEO of Myspace, and his company, Userplane, w…

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#138 Google's Vice President and General Manager of Merchant Shopping Matt Madrigal 53:13

2y ago53:13

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Matt Madrigal is the Vice President and General Manager of Merchant Shopping at Google. In this role, Matt leads the product and engineering teams that build Google Shopping’s tools, partner integrations, and infrastructure to help businesses and merchants grow and thrive. Bringing an extensive background in retail, platforms, and technology, Matt …

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Episode 75 – Introducing Nina Forbes, our new Slipstream Coach 44:52

2y ago44:52

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In this episode we talk with the latest coach to join Slipstream Group, Nina Forbes. Amongst a range of interesting topics, we discuss Nina’s career to date (lots of highlights here!), her views on the future of the financial planning profession and what she is most looking forward to in her coaching relationships. It was great to explore Nina’s ca…

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#137 Wing Venture Capital’s Founding Partner, Peter Wagner 1:01:02

2y ago1:01:02

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Peter Wagner is a Founding Partner of Wing Venture Capital, where he focuses on the Modern Enterprise, an agile workplace built on data and powered by AI. Peter has led investments in dozens of early-stage companies, including Snowflake, Gong, and many others, which have gone on to complete IPOs or successful acquisitions. Recently Wing has announc…

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#136 Precursor Ventures' Managing Partner Charles Hudson 56:29

2y ago56:29

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Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, a classic seed-stage investment firm focusing on B2B software applications, B2C software and services, and connected hardware. Charles also serves as the Board Chair at the National Venture Capital Association and is a lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Befo…

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Episode 74 – Pathway to equity 43:15

2y ago43:15

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Fiona also shares some interesting aspects about her own journey, becoming a shareholder and director of her firm in recent years. For additional information, you may care to visit the Accru Hobart website – Due diligence for potential purchasers The news section of the website contains a range of interesting articles that Fiona has written The pod…

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#135 Lerer Hippeau’s Managing Partner, Ben Lerer 1:03:27

2y ago1:03:27

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Ben Lerer is the Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau, a prominent early-stage venture capital fund in New York City. Lerer Hippeau has a portfolio that includes Allbirds, Glossier, Thrive, BuzzFeed, Warby Parker, Casper, Mirror, and more. Besides his role at Lerer Hippeau, Ben is renowned for founding Thrillist Media Group and serving as the former C…

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#134 Cruise’s Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Daniel Kan 56:07

2y ago56:07

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Daniel Kan is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Cruise, a leading self-driving car company sold to General Motors for over $1 Billion 2 years after its founding. Before building Cruise, Daniel co-founded EXEC with his brother Justin Kan, the founder of Justin.tv (which later became Twitch). After founding the company in 2011, EXEC was sol…

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#133 Pear VC's Founding Managing Partner, investor of DoorDash, Mar Hershenson 1:00:15

2y ago1:00:15

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Mar Hershenson is Pear VC’s Founding Managing Partner. Pear VC’s portfolio includes DoorDash, Gusto, Affinity, among others. After earning a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Mar co-founded three startups in mobile/e-commerce, enterprise software, and semiconductor industries and has registered 14 separate patents. She is cu…

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#132 Founders Fund's Partner, Brex's ex - CRO, Sam Blond 52:52

2y ago52:52

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Sam Blond is a Partner at Founders Fund, a top Venture Capital firm founded by Peter Thiel and other Co-Founders of PayPal. Founders Fund’s total assets under management are around $11 Billion (according to TechCrunch 2022), and their portfolio includes SpaceX, Palantir, Stripe, Facebook, Airbnb, and Spotify, among others. Before joining Founders F…

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Episode 73 - Cyber security essentials 1:09:19

2y ago1:09:19

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In this compelling episode we talk with Fraser Jack of The Cyber Collective about cyber security. Amongst a range of interesting topics, we discuss the risks which apply to small businesses and how team members being eager to please clients can make your firm vulnerable to attack. Fraser also shares some interesting aspects about emails, tax file n…

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#131 PayPal's VP, ex- CMO of REVOLVE, Co-Founder of Happy Returns, David Sobie 52:34

2y ago52:34

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David Sobie is a Vice President at PayPal, and he is also a co-founder of Happy Returns. Happy Returns is a Los Angeles-based software and reverse logistics company that works with online merchants to handle product returns. Their clients include Gymshark, Everlane, Levi’s, and Revolve, among other popular e-commerce brands. Prior to that, David se…

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#130 Coatue's General Partner, Atlassian's ex-CTO, Sri Viswanath 52:20

2+ y ago52:20

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Sri Viswanath is a General Partner at Coatue, where he leads AI and enterprise investments in private companies. Prior to joining Coatue, Sri served as Atlassian’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), where he oversaw Atlassian's cloud-native journey – assuming responsibility over the building and scaling Atlassian's cloud platform. Before joining Atlas…

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#129 Tome, AI Storytelling Tool Backed by Lightspeed, Coatue, Greylock Co-Founder & CEO Keith Peiris 54:29

2+ y ago54:29

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Keith Peiris is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tome, the AI-native storytelling platform that unlocks your best work. It lets users generate full visual presentations in seconds using simple prompts. In January, Tome became the fastest productivity tool to reach 1M users. Since, it raised a $43 million Series B led by Lightspeed. Other investors include…

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#128 3 Million+ TikTok followers, Casey Rosenberg, Lawyer, Part 2 | How to negotiate a brand deal 1:08:38

2+ y ago1:08:38

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Casey Rosenberg is a popular TikTok creator with over 3M+ followers and over 500 million views. As a creator, Casey has worked with multiple brands, including Honey, Notion Labs, and ABC, among others. Beyond working as a creator, Casey is also an attorney focusing on business law. You can learn more about: 1. The business side of being a creator 2…

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#127 3 Million+ TikTok followers, Casey Rosenberg, Lawyer, Part 1 | How to go viral on TikTok 1:00:59

2+ y ago1:00:59

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Casey Rosenberg is a popular TikTok creator with over 3M+ followers and over 500 million views. As a creator, Casey has worked with multiple brands, including Honey, Notion Labs, and ABC, among others. Beyond working as a creator, Casey is also an attorney focusing on business law. You can learn more about: 1. The business side of being a creator 2…

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#126 1 Million+ TikTok followers, Noah Jennings, Founder of Compound Creative 55:31

2+ y ago55:31

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Noah Jennings is a popular content creator with over one million followers on TikTok. He is a designer with previous clients, including popular e-commerce brands and top Youtube Creator like Glamnetic (505k+ on IG), Fanjoy (493k+ on IG), Sniperwolf (33M+ on YouTube), and has recently launched his own subscription-based design agency called Compound…

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#125 Chapter One's Managing Partner, ex-VP of Tinder, investor in Dapper Labs, Jeff Morris Jr. 43:48

2+ y ago43:48

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Jeff Morris Jr. is the founder and Managing Partner of Chapter One, an early-stage fund backed by Sequoia, Marc Andreessen, and Chris Dixon, among others. Portfolio including Dapper Labs, The Graph, Compound Finance, Moonpay, and many others. Before starting his own fund, Jeff was Tinder's VP, leading revenue products. Under his leadership, Tinder …

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#124 NextVeiw Ventures Co-founder & Partner investor of thredUP, Attentive, TripleLift David Beisel 51:15

2+ y ago51:15

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David Beisel is a Co-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures, where he invests in technology-driven companies that are redesigning the Everday Economy. Some of his past portfolios include Attentive, TripleLift, Code Climate, Parsec (acquired by Unity for $320M), BookBub, thredUP (IPO'ed), MealPal, The Nudge, Hatch, and TapCommerce (acquired by Twi…

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#123 General Catalyst's Managing Director, Investor of Discord, Snap, Audius, Niko Bonatsos 45:41

2+ y ago45:41

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Niko Bonatsos is a Managing Director at General Catalyst where he invests in early-stage companies. Niko focuses his investment strategy on finding first-time technology founders with strong product instincts, a robust appetite for learning, and a desire to create innovations with the potential to benefit millions. Some of his portfolio companies i…

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Episode 72 - Generating new revenue through great marketing 57:42

2+ y ago57:42

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In this episode we welcome back renown marketer Kirt Daunt to talk about putting marketing to work in your firm. In particular, we drill into what comes next after putting the marketing foundations (brand, website, case studies etc) in place. To squeeze the utmost out of this interview with Kirt, we pitched him headlong into real life scenarios tha…

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#122 MasterClass's Investor Board Member Managing Director at Javelin Venture Partners Alex Gurevich 1:17:13

2+ y ago1:17:13

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Alex Gurevich is a Managing Director at Javelin Venture Partners, an early-stage VC fund with portfolio companies like MasterClass, Thumbtack, Carbon Health, Niantic Labs, and many more. Alex serves on multiple boards of startups such as MasterClass, Thumbtack, Pair Eyewear, Mythical Games, and HitRecord (founded by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt) amon…

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