For this episode, Pat & Posh sit down with Marc Merrill, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Riot Games. You may know them as the team behind League of Legends, one of the most popular online video games of all time, with well over 100 million active players each month. Currently, LoL is the most-played online game in the world and a key driver of the growth of esports. Marc tells the story of how he got into video games, eventually developing an obsession for it. He also talks about how Riot Game...
Oct 22, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 42
41 is here! On this episode of The Founder Hour, Pat and Posh sit down with Mark Brazil, co-founder of Ikonick. Ikonick sells super modern, affordable, culture-inspired canvas art that’s solely designed and distributed by Mark and his co-founder, Jeff Cole. In under 2 years, they’ve sold tens of thousands of pieces, generated millions of dollars in revenue, and secured partnerships with Gary Vaynerchuk and Scooter Braun. And they’re just getting started. Throughout this episode, they talk about ...
Oct 15, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 41
The seventh segment of After Hours is underway and it’s also the 40th episode of The Founder Hour! The big 4-0 and so much more to come! Pat and Posh kick back in the wee hours of the night to recap the show’s last four episodes, the absolute mayhem that occurred following the Conor/Khabib UFC match, the current state of Los Angeles sports, the controversy surrounding Justice Kavanaugh’s nomination, and the impact that the Instagram founders leaving the company can have on the platform’s future....
Oct 10, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 40
For Episode 39, Pat and Posh hung out with the ultimate brother duo, Daniel and Michael Broukhim, co-founders of FabFitFun. FabFitFun is a quarterly subscription box that covers just about everything from beauty to fashion to fitness and sends full-size products to its members instead of just samples. Before the Broukhims launched FabFitFun, they both graduated from law school, but neither planned on practicing law. They instead partnered together and started a digital agency with some friends f...
Oct 01, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 39
For Episode 38, Pat and Posh sit down with Hayden Slater, founder and CEO of Pressed Juicery, the company that has taken the country by storm with their delicious cold-pressed juice. They talk about Hayden’s journey of graduating film school in New York and embarking on an 8-month trip to Southeast Asia where the inspiration for Pressed came about after doing a 30-day juice cleanse. He tells the story of how Pressed first opened its doors, got shut down multiple times by the FDA, and eventually ...
Sep 24, 2018•49 min•Ep. 38
For Episode 37, Pat and Posh had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Drew Pinsky, celebrity doctor, addiction medicine specialist, and media personality. He’s been the host of nationally syndicated shows such as Loveline, Dr. Drew on Call, Lifechangers, Teen Mom, and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, among many others. He’s also a former Medical Director at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, a staff member at Huntington Memorial Hospital, and a private practitioner. We talk about how Dr. Drew got ...
Sep 17, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 37
For Episode 36, Pat and Posh sat down with Ari Mir, co-founder of Clutter. Clutter is an on-demand storage and moving company. Clutter comes to you, packs your belongings, and then transports them to their storage facility. In the process, your items are photographed and made into an online catalog, so you can request any item back any time, anywhere. They’re currently operating in 7 major U.S. cities, including LA, SF, New York, and Chicago. Ari talks about fundraising, team building, and his s...
Sep 10, 2018•53 min•Ep. 36
Are you ready for another segment of The Founder Hour: After Hours?! First and foremost, WE DID A REBRAND! Tune in to Episode 35 to hear why and what TFH’s plans are for the future. Pat and Posh also talk about doing things that have an impact, John McCain’s legacy, the “Boycott In-N-Out” movement, the importance of exercise as it relates to mental clarity and toughness, and Posh’s interesting encounter with a superfan hostess at Din Tai Fung. SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > ...
Sep 05, 2018•58 min•Ep. 35
For Episode 33, Pat and Posh sit down with Nanxi Liu. Nanxi is the co-founder of Enplug and Nanoly Bioscience, which she runs simultaneously while spending her time in between LA and Denver. Enplug is a software that allows Fortune 500 companies to manage and distribute content using digital displays, while Nanoly works with leading pharmaceutical companies to provide them their patented polymer that enables vaccines to survive without refrigeration. 2 very different companies run by one incredi...
Aug 20, 2018•51 min•Ep. 33
For Episode 32, Pat & Posh sit down with Jeff Solomon, founder of Amplify.LA, Velocify, AudioJoy and so much more! Jeff has been an entrepreneur since he began selling lemonade as a kid. He didn’t love school, so he went to work immediately. After working at a few places, Jeff eventually started his own company. That was the first of many projects he began. Amplify.LA, one of his better-known projects, helped launch the Los Angeles startup scene. Some of Amplify.LA’s portfolio companies incl...
Aug 13, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 32
For Episode 31, Pat & Posh sit down with Christopher Gavigan, the co-founder of The Honest Company. Early on, Christopher discovered his passion for the environment and delved deeper into environmental science and behavioral psychology in college. He always knew he wanted to solve big problems which led to his involvement in the nonprofit space, eventually leading to meeting Jessica Alba and partnering with her to start The Honest Company, a consumer goods company that emphasizes household p...
Aug 06, 2018•40 min•Ep. 31
The BIG 3-0! The Founder Hour has reached Episode 30! How exciting! On this episode of After Hours, Pat & Posh hung out with crickets and other creatures in Posh’s backyard to recap their most recent guests (Episodes 26-29) and talk about the new look Lakers (shout out Magic Johnson and LeBron James), how MoviePass is the worst business ever created, and answered questions from TFH listeners about life, business, and much more free wisdom! Tune in to listen to Pat & Posh have deep talks ...
Aug 01, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 30
For Episode 28, Pat & Posh sit down with Brent Bolthouse, CEO of Bungalow Hospitality Group and creator of Neon Carnival, the ultimate Coachella afterparty with high-end brands and celebrities in attendance year after year. Brent grew up in Southern California and eventually settled in LA in the 1980s. After meeting a friend while going to cosmetology school, they started promoting at nightclubs and throwing parties together. They were a major success from the start, and Brent eventually bra...
Jul 16, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 28
For Episode 26 of The Founder Hour, Pat & Posh sit down with Robert Egger - a nonprofit leader, author, activist and visionary. Robert talks about managing nightclubs in DC early on in his career and then founding DC Central Kitchen - the country’s first “community kitchen,” where food donated by hospitality businesses and farms is used to fuel its nationally recognized culinary arts job training program. Since opening, DC Central Kitchen has produced over 35 million meals and helped 1,500 m...
Jul 02, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 26
The Founder Hour podcast has reached Episode 25! On this episode of After Hours, Pat & Posh took the podcast outdoors to recap their most recent guests (Episodes 21-24) and talk about LA Times’ acquisition, Kanye West and the exciting news that The Founder Hour is now available on Spotify! Tune in to listen to Pat & Posh have deep talks on After Hours. SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletter FOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/th...
Jun 27, 2018•43 min•Ep. 25
For Episode 24, Pat & Posh sit down with Clare Vivier, founder of Clare V., to discuss her journey of moving to Paris after college, working in journalism and pivoting to fashion by designing laptop sleeves and eventually women’s handbags and accessories. Inspired by Kate Spade and the company she built and sold, Clare also discusses the issue of mental health and its importance. Currently, Clare V. has 7 stores in California and New York and hopes to expand the brand’s presence nationwide. ...
Jun 18, 2018•47 min•Ep. 24
For Episode 23, Pat & Posh sit down with one of the most influential people in the LA tech scene, Eytan Elbaz. He talks about his transition from engineer to entrepreneur and starting Applied Semantics, which he later sold to Google and became known as Google AdSense. After spending 4 years at Google, Eytan started Scopely, a mobile entertainment network. Now, he is working on Social Native, a social media ad platform and Render Media, a digital publisher which was named the second-fastest-g...
Jun 11, 2018•35 min•Ep. 23
For Episode 22, Pat & Posh sit down with Jeff Morris Jr., founder of Chapter One, an early-stage seed fund investing in blockchain, mobile, and subscription products. When he’s not investing, Jeff is the Director of Product, Revenue at Tinder. In his role, he led the Revenue team to the #1 top grossing app ranking in the App Store and directs one of the top grossing products in mobile history. SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletter FOLLOW TFH ON INST...
Jun 05, 2018•56 min•Ep. 22
Porto’s has been a staple in Los Angeles for generations. Whether it’s their potato balls, tres leches cake or their many delicious pastries, you’ve experienced the greatness that is Porto’s. For Episode 21, Pat & Posh sit down with co-owner Betty Porto, whose parents left Cuba wanting to escape communism and raise their kids in the U.S. Betty talks about her mother who started baking cakes in their kitchen, opening their first store in Glendale, the success of their family business and its ...
May 30, 2018•54 min•Ep. 21
Episode 20! We can’t believe it! On this episode of After Hours, Pat & Posh recap their most recent guests (Episodes 16-19) and are joined by a special guest, good friend, Dartmouth alum, Stanford MBA, and investor extraordinaire, Alex Martinian. The trio discusses topics like student loan debt and the rising cost of education, investing, and what Pat & Posh have learned so far as co-hosts of the podcast. There’s so much more to come. SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > h...
May 23, 2018•49 min•Ep. 20
After a near-fatal accident led him to pivot from his aspiration of being a professional skateboarder, Chris “Drama” Pfaff made the move from Ohio to LA. 18 with a dream, he landed a gig as his cousin Rob Dyrdek’s personal assistant, which provided him with the platform to star on the hit MTV shows Rob & Big and Fantasy Factory. Wanting to carve his own path in business and beyond, he launched Young & Reckless, a streetwear-inspired lifestyle brand that embodies the principles that Drama...
May 14, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 19
Who doesn’t love saving money? If you’ve ever found yourself searching for promo codes and coupons while shopping online, you probably should download Honey. The idea came about when Ryan Hudson, co-founder of Honey, was curious if he could save just $1 while ordering pizza. The same day, he built and launched Honey, a Chrome extension that has been downloaded well over 5 million times from the Chrome Web Store. Tune in to hear Ryan’s story of tinkering with countless products as a kid, to becom...
May 07, 2018•51 min•Ep. 18
For Episode 17, Pat & Posh sit down with Brett Crosby, Co-Founder and COO of PeerStreet, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed platform for investing in real estate debt with the goal of transforming mortgage finance. Prior to his current role, Brett built and sold Urchin Software Corporation to Google, which eventually became known as Google Analytics. He also spent over 10 years at Google and was responsible for the growth of some of the company’s most prominent products such as Google+, Chrome, G...
Apr 30, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 17
Growing up in Los Angeles, John Terzian and Brian Toll met in high school while they were both throwing parties for their friends and eventually found themselves in the nightlife business. They both promoted for local LA nightclubs until their passion for hospitality led to them eventually partnering and launching their own restaurant concept which was out of business in 3 months, losing $2 million. In Episode 16, hear the story of how the impresario duo overcame multiple failed venues, launched...
Apr 23, 2018•50 min•Ep. 16
On this episode of After Hours, Pat & Posh tell the story of how a spontaneous, last-minute trip to Coachella ended up with the two getting themselves into one of the weekend’s most exclusive events with A-List guests including Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Blake Griffin, and Post Malone. They also provide a recap of the show’s most recent guests with key takeaways and learnings, answer questions from listeners, and announce which founders will be featured on the next episode! Kick back, rela...
Apr 18, 2018•59 min•Ep. 15
Ever wondered what it’s like to be an influencer? Hint: it’s not what you think! For Episode 14, Pat & Posh sit down with Teni Panosian, beauty and lifestyle influencer/blogger, to learn her story of immigrating to the United States at a young age and the hard work she put into creating a beauty blog, eventually becoming a YouTube sensation and launching her newest project, Remarques. You won’t want to miss this one! SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsl...
Apr 06, 2018•47 min•Ep. 14
It all started in a college apartment with his roommate, hosting a weekly dinner party for friends and eventually becoming so in demand that it became an almost nightly ordeal. Robert Kronfli continued his journey in the hospitality space and was a leading force in the creation of Bacaro and Bacari, along with a few other ventures. You can find these hotspots in DTLA, Glendale, Playa del Rey and more to come. Tune in as Pat & Posh sit down with Robert and hear his founder story! SUBSCRIBE TO...
Mar 27, 2018•53 min•Ep. 13
For Episode 12, Pat & Posh sat down with husband and wife super team, John and Rana Lustyan, co-founders of Edoughble, to talk about how they met and how Rana turned her passion for raw cookie dough into a company. Edoughble is a Los-Angeles-based business that crafts 100% safe to eat, eggless cookie dough with flavors like Candy Crush, Peanut Butta Cup, Birthday Bash and so much more deliciousness. Exclusive offer for TFH listeners: use code Founder20 for 20% off your next order at www.edou...
Mar 22, 2018•41 min•Ep. 12
Chances are you or someone you know has shopped on HauteLook before. But, did you know that the company was sold to Nordstrom for almost $300 million…3 years after it started? Tune in as Pat & Posh sit down with founder, Adam Bernhard, to hear his incredible story of growing up in LA, working various jobs, and eventually launching HauteLook after stumbling upon an opportunity to create a business “flash-selling” designer brands’ excess inventory at discounted rates. SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETT...
Mar 16, 2018•58 min•Ep. 11
For Episode 10, Pat & Posh sit down and reflect on the stories of the first 9 guests of The Founder Hour and discuss updates on some of the founders’ projects. While sippin' on rum, Pat and Posh share the story about why they started the podcast and answer questions submitted by listeners. Don’t miss this very first segment of The Founder Hour: After Hours! SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletter FOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/t...
Mar 12, 2018•40 min•Ep. 10
