Episodes

Nov. 11, 2019

039 - Neal O'Grady (Demand Curve) On Startup Growth Tactics

Neal is a legend at growth. Period. He co-founded Bell Curve, a premiere agency to help startups with growth that have worked with Outschool, Clearbit, Envoy, and many others. From there, he co-founded Demand Curve, a company aimed to teach …

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Nov. 10, 2019

038 - Chris Ronzio (Trainual) on Training New Employees

It was such a blast to have Chris, the CEO of Trainual, on the podcast. Chris is a friend from the Phoenix startup scene and is one of the nicest guys out there. He is also one of the most …

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Nov. 9, 2019

037 - Hanna Marie Asmussen (Localyze) On International Employee Reloc…

Hannah was a blast to talk to. She is the Founder and CEO of YC backed company, Localyze, which helps international employees relocate without needing to deal with dozens of websites to stay compliant. Localyze does it all. In this …

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Nov. 8, 2019

036 - Ashutosh Priyadarshy (Sunsama) on Mindful Productivity

Ashutosh is a startup CEO monk if I ever met one. What an insightful conversation all about productivity, tying in his company perfectly. Sunsama is one of the cleanest and most helpful tools I use to plan my day, and …

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Nov. 6, 2019

035 - James Gallagher on Income Share Agreements

James is one of the smartest people I’ve ever talked to on the podcast, and he’s also one of the youngest! Right now, he’s a researcher at CareerKarma, writing long-form posts about all things future of education and work. I …

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Nov. 4, 2019

034 - Stefania Olafsdottir (Avo) on Tracking Data

It was such a pleasure to talk to Stefania Olafsdottir, who is the CEO of Avo. Avo is a tool that product leaders can use to track the right data in their app at the same speed that that code …

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Nov. 1, 2019

033 - Joshua Browder (DoNotPay) On Robot Lawyers

Joshua Browder has built one of the coolest products I have ever used, DoNotPay. What started as a way to fight parking tickets has grown into an app the waits in phone lines for you when calling companies, cancels trials …

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Oct. 30, 2019

032 - Mark Probst (CTO at Glide) On #NoCode

I got the chance to talk to the CTO of Glide, which is a powerful platform that enables you to build mobile apps with Google Sheets. Yes, you heard me correctly. Apps powered by Google Sheets. Fresh out of Y …

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Oct. 28, 2019

031 - Rajiv Ayyangar (CEO of Tandem) On Remote Work Collaboration

In today’s episode, we talk to Rajiv Ayyangar, who is the CEO and Cofounder of Tandem. Tandem is a virtual office for remote teams. Fresh out of YC and coming off a big raise from a16z, Tandem is on a …

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Oct. 24, 2019

030 - Sankaet Pathak (CEO of Synapse) on Banking Infrastructure

I had the pleasure of speaking to Sankaet Pathak, who is the CEO of Synapse. Synapse provides building blocks to build financial software products. They enable anyone to compete with Chase Bank or Bank of America on top of Synpase’s …

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Oct. 21, 2019

029 - Jude Gomila (CEO of Golden) on Modern Knowledge Bases

It was a pleasure to speak to Jude Gomila about his company, Golden. Golden is building a smart knowledge base that is easily searchable of topics in the realms of technology and science. Jude has raised money from the likes …

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Oct. 17, 2019

028 - Pavle Goloskokovic (Creator of Mine VR) On Interactive Storytel…

It was so fun to chat with Pavle about what he is working on with Mine VR. Mine VR is a VR Adventure Game for the Blind. Pavle was also one of the first Pioneer winners. which is the game …

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Oct. 14, 2019

027 - Scott Wu (CTO of Lunchclub) on In-Person Interaction

It was a treat to interview the CTO and co-founder of Lunchclub, Scott Wu. Lunchclub is a brilliant platform that helps connect like-minded people together for lunch meetings or coffee conversations in select cities. They also just announced a $4M …

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Oct. 10, 2019

026 - Ruben Harris (CEO of Career Karma) On The Future of Work

There are few people more knowledgable about the future of work and education than Ruben Harris, CEO of Career Karma. Ruben is a wealth of knowledge on all things future of work and I was thrilled to get the chance …

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Oct. 7, 2019

025 - Julia Enthoven (CEO of Kapwing) On B2C Video Creation

I am so excited to publish this episode. My guest today, Julia Enthoven, is the CEO of Kapwing. Kapwing makes it simple to create videos for the internet and social media platforms. Recently coming off a big series A, Kapwing …

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Oct. 3, 2019

024 - Jeremy Blalock (CEO of Adalo) On No Code Development

If there’s one movement I’m most excited about right now, it’s the #nocode movement. One of the companies powering this is Adalo, a platform to build mobile and web applications without coding. Today, I talked to Jeremy Blalock about Adalo …

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Sept. 30, 2019

023 - Yoshi Yokokawa (CEO of Alpaca) on Financial Markets

I had an incredible conversation with Yoshi Yokokawa, who is the CEO and co-founder of Alpaca. Alpaca is building an API to let anyone start their own version Robinhood, anywhere in the world. Exciting stuff! In this episode, we talk …

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Sept. 26, 2019

022 - Immad Akhund (CEO of Mercury) on Startup Banking

Immad Akhund is my next guest, who is the founder and CEO of Mercury. Immad is a 4x founder, was a part-time YC partner, and is an investor in over 100 tech startups. Mercury is a bank for startups, simple …

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Sept. 20, 2019

021 - Kate Swanson (CEO of Ensembl) on Kitchenware

I had a really great conversation with Kate Swanson who is the CEO of Ensembl, which pioneering a new type of cookware system. On the podcast, we covered a range of topics, including:What is Ensembl?The history of pots and pans …

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Sept. 9, 2019

020 - Jack Forbes (CEO of PadPiper) on Travel Mobility

In this episode, I talk to Jack Forbes, CEO of PadPiper. Yes, you read that right. The name is a spin off of Silicon Valley “unicorn”, Pied Piper. PadPiper is a platform that helps you find a place to live …

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Aug. 31, 2019

019 - Mat Vogels (Founder of Zestful) on Employee Perks

On this episode of Forward Thinking Founders, Mat Vogels, the CEO and Founder of Zestful comes onto the podcast. Zestful is a company that rethinks how startups offer company perks. In this episode, we go deep into:What is Zestful?What was …

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Aug. 11, 2019

018 -Alex Beller (Cofounder of Postscript) on SMS marketing

Today, I had the pleasure of talking to Cofounder and President of Postscript, Alex Beller. Postscript is like Mailchimp for SMS. In this episode, we go deep into several different areas. This includes, but isn’t limited to:What is Postscript?What does …

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Aug. 6, 2019

017 - Paul Koullick (Founder of Keeper Tax) on tax writeoffs and the …

In this fantastic episode of Forward Thinking Founders, I interviewed Paul from Keeper Tax. Keeper Tax helps freelancers save as much as possible by maximizing the tax writeoffs they get. In this future of work certified episode, we talk about:-All …

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July 29, 2019

016 - Kashish Gupta (Founder of Carry) on Travel and the power of Tru…

It's such a fun time when i get to jam about a whole bunch of different tech topics with other smart people. Kashish is 100% one of these people. He's the founder of Carry, which is a travel planner software …

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