James Smith. He's the co-founder and CEO of Bugsnag, the leading crash monitoring platform for web and mobile applications. The company helps companies like Airbnb, Lyft, Cisco, Pandora and Yelp catch and fix errors on their applications. Originally from London, James moved to the Bay area in 2009, leading the product team as the CTO of Heyzap. In his spare time, he likes hacking open source software, eating junk food and practicing his American accent. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Radical Focu...
Aug 25, 2017•23 min
Jim Larrison. He's the co-founder and president of Dynamic Signal, the leading, customer-employee, advocacy engagement platform. Jim has been involved in a handful of startups that were successful from within big companies to venture-funded businesses. With a couple of sold businesses and an IPO, he is set to come forward with Dynamic Signal which has already raised over $68M in funding. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Business Adventures and Into Thin Air What CEO do you follow? – Tony Hsieh Favo...
Aug 24, 2017•24 min
Brendan Candon. He's the co-founder and CEO of SidelineSwap, an online marketplace for athletes to buy and sell their sports gear. The company has over 100K users, participated in 500 startups and has raised $1.5M in venture funding. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Leaders Eat Last What CEO do you follow? – Jack Ma Favorite online tool? — Slack and Appear How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6-7 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Brendan wished he could hav...
Aug 23, 2017•19 min
Eric Tang. He's a computer programmer and co-founder of Live Peer, a decentralized video live streaming platform incentivized with the blockchain. He was introduced to the blockchain in 2014, and it's pretty much everything that Eric thinks about now. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Hard Thing About Hard Things What CEO do you follow? – Jerry Colonna Favorite online tool? — MetaMask How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6.5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it b...
Aug 22, 2017•23 min
Anthony Diiorio. He's a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, community organizer and thought leader in the field of digital currencies, blockchain technology, and decentralized technology. He's the founder and CEO of Decentral and Jaxx and co-founder of the Ethereum project. He previously served as the chief digital officer of The Toronto Stock Exchange. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — LastPass How ma...
Aug 21, 2017•24 min
Emily Paxhia. She's the founder of Poseidon Asset Management and she shifted her focus entirely to the cannabis industry, in 2013. Since that time, she's taken her experience of researching markets, companies and strategic opportunities and turned them entirely to the world of cannabis. Her focus on understanding where the market is headed rather than where it has been, has been critical to developing a diverse portfolio of companies that span the sector. With over 15 years working with Fortune ...
Aug 20, 2017•23 min
Julian Marchese. Julian was introduced to Nathan by a mutual friend and he's the CEO and portfolio manager at Marchese Investments in New York City. Julian is only 21 and was already featured in Bloomberg, CNBC and Dragon's Den, which is Shark Tank of Canada, where he managed to get 4 out of 5 dragons in the den that showed interest. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Market Wizards What CEO do you follow? – Peter Jones Favorite online tool? — Quantocracy.com How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6-7 ...
Aug 19, 2017•26 min
Tom Kineshanko. He's been investing in cryptocurrencies, also called digital assets or tokens, since 2013. He founded and exited the first bitcoin and ethereum fund in Canada, invested in the ethereum cloud sale and has made 10x the returns in bitcoin after ethereum classic, golem and several other tokens. He's also the founder and general partner at First Block Capital, a digital asset fund manager where Tom leads investments in new token issuance. He's also the founder and CEO of Walter.ai—a c...
Aug 18, 2017•36 min
Louis Jonckheere. He's one of the co-founders of Showpad which is the second company that he's founded. He and his co-founders founded the mobile development agency, In The Pocket, in 2010 where he still is on the board. Prior to In The Pocket, he was a strategic project manager at NetLog where he first met one of his co-founders. He also holds a masters degree in law and business and he's currently the Chief Product Officer at Showpad. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Hard Thing About Hard Thi...
Aug 17, 2017•27 min
Shlomi Gian. He has served as PacketZoom's Chief Executive Officer since June of 2016. He joined the company after spending 4 years at Akamai, where he founded the emerging mobile business unit and service—the head of mobile market development. Before that, he was the general manager of mobile solutions at Cotendo that invented Mobile CDN back in 2011 before it was acquired by Akamai. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Built to Last What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Mix Rank How m...
Aug 16, 2017•27 min
Aug 15, 2017•2 min
Adrien Nussenbaum. He's the co-founder and CEO of Mirakl which was founded back in 2012. He's currently based at the company's Boston office and is responsible for the business' growth in both the business to consumer and business to business sectors. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Hemingway What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Instacart How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "I would have helped my wife ...
Aug 15, 2017•20 min
Mark Chung . He's the CEO and co-founder of Verdigris , a Silicon Valley-based internet of things startup focused on smart buildings. Previously, he was a principal engineer for Net Logic, AMD and PA Semi. He graduated with electrical engineering from Stanford University and lives in Sunnyvale, California. When he's not building, he's spending time with his family. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – How the Mighty Fall What CEO do you follow? – Mark Zuckerberg Favorite online tool? — Pivotal How many...
Aug 14, 2017•24 min
Mikita Mikado . He's the CEO of PandaDoc , a company founded to accelerate the way organizations transact. He's an entrepreneur, engineer, and executive focused on creating self-sustaining companies. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Pitch Anything What CEO do you follow? – Satya Nadella Favorite online tool? — Google Calendar How many hours of sleep do you get?— 8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Mikita would tell himself that he doesn't have to focus on m...
Aug 13, 2017•35 min
Gavin Wheeldon . With over 15 years of experience working in technology led or enabled businesses, Gavin has a deep understanding of the impact of technology on the bottom line of an organization. He sold his last business, Applied Language Solutions, a global language technology and service business, and has used some of the earnings to set up a new company, Purple WiFi . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Who Moved My Cheese What CEO do you follow? – Jack Welch Favorite online tool? — InsightSquare...
Aug 12, 2017•26 min
Tomer Levy . He's the CEO and co-founder of Logz.io . Before co-founding Logz, he co-founded and was the CTO of Intigua , a company that innovated locker-like containers designed for large enterprises. Prior to Intigua, Tomer spent 6 years at Check Point , where he led its intrusion prevention system product from concept to market. He has an MBA for Tel Avi University, a BA in Computer Science, and is an enthusiastic kite surfer. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Hard Thing About Hard Things Wha...
Aug 11, 2017•24 min
Derric Haynie . He's the CEO of Vulpine Interactive , a social media marketing agency that helps build contagious brand and passionate fans. Nathan met Derris at Los Angeles when they were at Sean Ellis ' Growth Hacking event. Derris has an interesting story that goes from poker to social media to speaking, blogging, growth and digital marketing. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – They Ask You Answer What CEO do you follow? – Neil Patel Favorite online tool? — Queue How many hours of sleep do you get...
Aug 10, 2017•20 min
Hal Howard , 20-year Microsoft veteran who gave up a stable, secure position leading the Dynamics ERP development team to satiate a spark of creativity. Today, he's the founder of Komiko , a sales intelligence tool that helps their businesses understand what engagement with customers is working. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Execution What CEO do you follow? – Satya Nadella Favorite online tool? — Vinfolio How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one th...
Aug 09, 2017•18 min
Jose Cayasso . He's a growth hacker, co-founder and CEO of Slidebean , 500 Startups alumni, and a frequent flyer miles hoarder. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Lean Startup and Traction What CEO do you follow? – Josh Pigford Favorite online tool? — Amy@X.ai How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Jose would tell himself that he had to quit his day job and create something for himself earlier Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:...
Aug 08, 2017•17 min
Jessica Lee . Nathan met Jessica a few months ago and Jessica toured Nathan in 500 Startups' office in San Francisco. She's the founder of Bitesize . She helps companies drive revenue with text message conversations. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – #GIRLBOSS What CEO do you follow? – Sophia Amoruso Favorite online tool? — Trello How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6-8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "Everybody has the same kind of challenges and overcom...
Aug 07, 2017•18 min
Bo Jiang . He's the co-founder and CEO of Privacy.com , a new way to transact online without showing your credit card number or pin. He previously worked on mobile products with Hatch Labs, which is the venture studio that incubated Tinder and Pixie TV , which was acquired by Samsung . He holds a BS in Mathematics in MIT. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – High Output Management and Who What CEO do you follow? – Charlie Munger Favorite online tool? — Zoom How many hours of sleep do you get?— 7 If you...
Aug 06, 2017•20 min
Amanda Newman . When she was 26 and working as a relator in Liberty, Toronto, she created a website for local deals, events, and news. Soon, other realtors were approaching her about the website, and she realized it had the potential spread all across North America. Today, Park Bench , her company, has grown from a fun little marketing idea to help a struggling realtor, into a multi-million-dollar company with 27 employees and a rapid growth rate. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – DotCom Secrets Wha...
Aug 05, 2017•22 min
Todd Johnson , a serial healthcare information technology entrepreneur committed to building great products, teams and companies. Todd has a track record of cultivating great ideas and great business that offer incredible company cultures and attention-grabbing brands. Before his current company, HealthLoop , Todd was the founder and CEO of Salar , a Baltimore, MD-based provider of acute care physician charge capture and documentation solutions. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The E-Myth Revisited...
Aug 04, 2017•24 min
Chau Nguyen . He's the founder and CEO of Hirewire , an on-demand hiring app for hourly workers. In his previous venture, Chau hired over 20K people only to realize his hiring process was broken—and that's when he got the idea for Hirewire. To date, Chau has raised $4.1M in funding. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Good to Great What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Slack How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would ...
Aug 03, 2017•22 min
Mathilde Collin . She's the CEO of Front , a SaaS company working on redesigning email for teams. She started with Y Combinator in the summer of 2014, and today has 20 employees and 1700 customers. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Zero to One What CEO do you follow? – Patrick Collison Favorite online tool? — Slack How many hours of sleep do you get?— 8 and a half If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "People that are struggling should be super motivated because...
Aug 02, 2017•21 min
Mariano Suarez-Battan . He's the founder and CEO of MURAL , a digital whiteboard for exploring complex challenges visually. Global 2000 companies like IBM , Intuit , Steelcase , and Autodesk have deployed MURAL at scale to enhance collaboration in their digital workplace. A former startup in residence at IDEO , Mariano also founded Three Melons , a game studio that designed and published online games like Bola, which was acquired by Playdom and Disney in 2010. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Purpl...
Aug 01, 2017•22 min
Patrick Bosworth . They launched in 2012 with 3 co-founders and are now at 105 people. They help hotels—specifically, they help hotel locations better optimize their pricing. They raised $51 million serving over 3000 individual hotel locations paying on average 17 grand per year. They will very soon be doing about a $50 million run rate, 75% gross margin which they tripled over the recent future. This is incredible how they worked that fixed cause structure to drive more growth and bring the mar...
Jul 31, 2017•26 min
Sunil Thomas . He's had a ton of experience working in tech companies and decided in 2013 to take the plunge himself and go all in with his 2 co-founders. They've since raised a total of $9.6 million – $1.6 million seed and $8 million in series A. They launched revenue in 2016, broke $1.5 million in total sales and this May 2017, broke $400,000 in MRR out of about $5 million ARR. He wants to double that by the end of the year, amounting to $800,000. They have a team of 45 based between Californi...
Jul 30, 2017•20 min
Keegan Peterson . Keegan is a technology entrepreneur blazing a trail in the legal cannabis industry. He has worked for many software and services companies. He founded Wurk which helps cannabis businesses pay their employees while adhering to the Federal and State Regulations . Keegan is also a former division one athlete from Florida Atlantic University . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Stealing Fire What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Asana How many hours of sleep do you...
Jul 29, 2017•16 min
Tye Schlegelmilch to the show. Tye is the founder of Hinged following a 16-year career in finance, and most recently as co-CIO for Fortress Investment Group which has about 70B assets in their management. Prior to that, Tye was with a variety of different finance firms including Goldman Sachs . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Snowball What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezo s Favorite online tool? — Skype and GoToMeeting How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5 to 6 hours If you could let your 20-ye...
Jul 28, 2017•19 min
