Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Tariq Ahmed ( @TariqAfaqAhmed ) , employee #5 at Applovin, to talk about going from poverty to riches, a day in the life post-IPO, the importance of family, his luxury watch collection, raising a daughter with wealth, the top of the world (in Fremont), and much more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Tariq's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:42 - Life af...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Siraj Raval ( @SirajRaval ) , AI and machine learning YouTuber, to talk about his YouTube journey, dropping out of Columbia University, reversing his age, dealing with bipolar disorder, cancel culture, getting recognized in public, how a future with AI will look, and much more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Siraj's Youtube · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 5:2...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ryanne Fadel, founder of Halo Cars, to talk about selling his company to Lyft, growing up in the hood, imposter syndrome at UPenn, attracting high value people, and much more... Links: · Ryanne's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Founding Story of Halo Cars 17:29 - Lyft Acquisition Details 24:08 - Growing up in the Hood 36:42 - Going Back to School 49:19 - Issues with Corporate America 58:02 - Reading Old Twee...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Poya Osgouei, Head of Sponsorships for SaaStr, to talk about his background in SaaS, creating the largest B2B event community, advising high-growth startups on their go-to-market strategy, his philosophy on client management, and much more... Links: · Poya's Linkedin · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 7:55 - GTM Scenarios 31:47 - How To Sell Anything 44:45 - Deleting Social Media 59:53 - Reading Old Tweets...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with AJ Keller ( @andrewjaykeller ) , CEO of Neurosity, to talk about his background building airplanes, inspiration for launching a hardware startup, uncovering the complexity of the human brain, creating the future of productivity, writing freestyle raps for his investors, and more... Links: · AJ's Twitter · Neurosity · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 02:47 - How He Got into Hardware 17:00 - Hacking Flow State and Understanding...
Dec 21, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Faraz Jaka ( @FarazJaka ) , professional poker player and coach, to talk about how he traveled the world playing tournaments, went on silent meditation retreats, survived border patrol detainment, was part of the largest poker controversy, and more... Links: · Faraz's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Business/Entrepreneurship Background 8:52 - Playing Sports in High School 17:40 - Being a Nomad for 16 years 2...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ben Huh (@benhuh) , founder of Origami and OrangeDAO, to talk about how he invented internet memes, starred on a reality TV show, designed walkable cities, started the YC founders' DAO, built Origami, reviewed dog toys, and more... Links: · Ben's Twitter · Origami · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - TedX Talks On Immigration 4:30 - Launching Internet Memes/GIFs 6:00 - Making A Startup Reality Show 9:18 - Starting A Comp...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Jonathan Chang (@thechangj) , investor and XIR at Brex, to discuss how he throws over 100 Brex events a year, breaking into venture capital, studying film at UCLA, athletes investing in tech, running a VC fund, and more... Links: · Jonathan's Twitter · Jonathan's Tiktok · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:43 - Brex Supper Club 5:30 - Brex’s Business Origins 10:00 - How To Measure Event Success 18:45 - Jonathan’s Work Backgro...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Karan Dalal ( @karansdalal ) to discuss raising $1.6M, receiving resumes at cafes, recruiting top talent from colleges, dropping out after 1 semester, and more... Links: · Karan's Twitter · Otto · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 1:38 - Otto Merch 3:10 - Attending UC Berkeley 6:00 - Standing Out In The Recruiting Process 11:30 - Benefits Of Networking In College 13:20 - How Karan And Omar Met 17:10 - Evolution Of Otto Product...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Adam Majmudar (@MajmudarAdam) , 19 y/o founding engineer at Thirdweb, to discuss DeFi, founding vs joining a startup, the importance of college, the meaning of life, and more... Links: · Adam's Twitter · Thirdweb · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - PayPal Scandal 4:33 - Everything DeFi 18:45 - Joining ThirdWeb 24:05 - Building Thirdweb’s Infrastructure 26:10 - Thirdweb’s Founding Principles 32:20 - Thirdweb’s Content Str...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Erik Dunteman (@erikdoingthings) , founder of banana.dev, to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the world, moving to Mexico City, his ML infra startup Banana, dealing with rejection, how he trained for an Iron Man, his Citi Bike conspiracy theory, and more... Try Highlight for your team today! Links: · Erik's Twitter · Banana · The Dock Show Notes: 0:38- Banana Name Origin 3:03 - Moving To Mexico City 4:12 - W...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Abhishek Bhargava (@abhargava20) and talk about how his startup Covalent uses AI to start meaningful relationships, building a cloud gaming platform, and the wonderful world of Greek Yogurt and clean energy. Links: · Abishek's Twitter · Covalent · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - The Social Dilemma 3:28 - Mirror Exposure Effect 7:55 - Covalent Intro 11:05 - Foundational Value Alignment 12:54 - Covalent’s Main Thesis...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm ) and Vishal Kolar ( @vishalkolr ) sit down with Johnny Dallas ( @_johnnydallas_ ) and discuss how he started working in startups at 14, became the youngest engineer at Amazon, and built his DevOps startup Zeet. Links: · Johnny's Twitter · Zeet · thedock.fm Show Notes: 1:30 - Johnny’s Startup background 4:15 - Not going back to High School 8:52 - Youngest Engineer at Amazon 10:40 - Transitioning to Twitch Work Environment 11:42 - Zeet Company Overview 18:35 - Building the...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm ) and Vishal Kolar ( @vishalkolr ) sit down with Labib Yasir ( @labibyasir ) to talk about going from YouTuber to reinventing social fitness with MMA and his startup, Kayyo. Links: · Labib's Twitter · REACT YouTube Channel · Kayyo · thedock.fm Show Notes: 6:13 - What is Kayyo 13:26 - 41k waitlist sign-ups pre-launch 17:00 - Getting rejected from Google 28:15 - Losing 120lbs 35:00 - How to find the right cofounder 1:06:00 - Labib’s First MMA Fight 1:32:00 - Pitching horrib...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 1
