Kendrick Nguyen is the Co-Founder & CEO of Republic . During the episode, we break down: The origin story for building Republic and what makes it different from other crowdfunding platforms How the team thinks about building products for the next wave of Millennial and Gen Z investors The Republic platform product mix including access to private companies, crypto projects, real estate deals, video games and more Republic’s autopilot project which acts as a pseudo robo-advisor for private dea...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Kevin Lee is the Co-Founder of Immi . During the episode, we break down: Immi’s origin story Launching the #1 community for product managers (Product Manager HQ) and top 3 keys to community building The massive market opportunity for healthy ramen and other “better for you” Asian American food Using a data driven approach to unlock the core product attributes of Immi (low carb, high protein, plant based) Biggest food & beverage trends for the next 5 years “Sleepy” food categories (other than...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Lucie Fink is a lifestyle influencer and Founder of Lucie Fink Media . During the episode, we break down: Her journey to go from neuroscience major to lifestyle influencer Her experience working as the lead on-camera talent for Refinery29 How to think about leaving your corporate job and starting on your own Going beneath the hood and breaking down the most important revenue streams for a content creator The struggles in life as an influencer How to build a content team that supports brand deals...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Oliver Zak and Selom Agbitor are the Co-Founders of Mad Rabbit . What started as a side project during their senior year at Miami University, turned into a DTC juggernaut that’s taking over the tattoo industry. Mad Rabbit does $4M/year in sales and recently inked a deal with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank. During the episode, we break down the playbook to starting a company in college, the power of building community and go behind the curtain of what it’s really like to film an episode of Shark Tank. ...
Jun 15, 2021•58 min
Robbie Bent is the Co-Founder & CEO of Inward . Inward is a next generation mental health company, combining physical spaces (ice baths + saunas) and the largest library of breathwork content in the world. Prior to Inward, Robbie spent 4 years working on growth at the Ethereum Foundation, a $300 billion cryptocurrency. He also runs a Clubhouse Show on Psychedelic Medicines and loves resilience challenges. You can learn more about him here and follow him on twitter @robbiebent1. Tune in to he...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 21 min
Anne Mahlum is the Founder & CEO of solidcore . solidcore is an intense, full body workout that combines pilates and strength training. With over 70 corporate-owned studios nationwide, it's one of the biggest winners in the boutique fitness industry. And for good reason! Their workouts live up to their name as they generate a core burn unlike any other. Tune in to hear Anne’s incredible story! And remember, at the end of the episode, we ask Anne to brainstorm other business ideas that she’d ...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 13 min
David Roger is the Co-Founder & CEO of Felix Gray . Felix Gray is the pioneer of mainstream blue light blocking glasses and a dominant player in the digital wellness category. Their lenses are 15x more effective than competitors and 9/10 customers report a significant improvement in digital eye strain when wearing the product consistently. In the digital age, many of us are glued to screens 24/7. One of the best gifts you can give yourself is a pair of blue light blocking glasses to protect ...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Jeremy Cai is the Founder & CEO of Italic . Italic is positioned to disrupt the traditional retail value chain by giving consumers access to high-end products at cost. That means you only pay what it costs the manufacturer to make and deliver it to you – no markups for branding or retail middlemen. Imagine getting access to products from Burberry, Prada, Alexander Wang, Tumi and All Clad for 80% off the traditional retail price! [Italic has officially entered the chat] How do they do it? Ita...
Apr 20, 2021•59 min
Leo Wang is the Co-Founder & CEO of Buffy . Buffy is a breath of fresh air in the home goods space, optimizing their products for two things – comfort and sustainability. After iterating and testing various comforter concepts for months, Leo and Co-Founder Shoaib launched with a promise to use earth-friendly fabrics and manufacturing methods to redefine the definition of soft. Today their product suite includes comforters, pillows, bedding and sheets made from eucalyptus, hemp and recycled p...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Alex Lieberman is the Co-Founder & CEO of Morning Brew. Alex is a first time entrepreneur and started Morning Brew during his undergrad days at University of Michigan in 2015. Morning Brew is a media company focused on delivering business and tech news to 3M+ subscribers. Alex and Co-Founder Austin grew Morning Brew into a household name on the back of their free daily business email. The team supercharged subscriber growth by building robust ambassador and referral programs and launching se...
Mar 23, 2021•58 min
Bilal Zaidi is the Founder & CEO of Creator Lab . Bilal is a multi-time entrepreneur and creator, having previously built and scaled a successful ecommerce store as a teen and led partnership teams at Google and charity: water. Creator Lab is a podcast and digital marketing consultancy. On his weekly podcast, Bilal interviews world-class creators and entrepreneurs to break down the tactics behind how they built their businesses. Creator Lab has been listened to in over 100 countries and feat...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Marc Barros is the Co-Founder & CEO of Moment . Marc is a second-time founder, having previously launched Contour, a venture-backed action camera company that challenged GoPro in the early 2000s. Moment is building the largest marketplace for creators. Originally, Marc and his founding team launched the Moment Lens system on Kickstarter, a series of phone cases and external lenses aimed to level up your mobile photography. Since then, Moment has morphed into a marketplace that sells all the ...
Feb 23, 2021•58 min
Carly Bigi is the Founder & CEO of Laws of Motion . Carly is a first-time founder who launched Laws of Motion while studying for her MBA at Columbia University. Laws of Motion is flipping the apparel industry on its head by providing access to data-driven custom womenswear. Contrary to the standard sizing offered by most apparel brands, Laws of Motion uses your personalized measurements and a robust dataset of 10,000 other women to create perfect fitting clothes. Today, they go-to-market wit...
Feb 16, 2021•50 min
Rishi Mandal is the Co-Founder & CEO of Future . Rishi is a second-time founder, having previously launched Sosh, a recommendation engine that curated the must-do activities in a given city. Sosh was beloved by millions as a concierge on the cutting edge of culture and sold to Postmates in 2015. Future is revolutionizing fitness by enabling remote 1-on-1 personal training. New members are carefully matched with a world-class trainer who creates personalized workouts each week. While trainers...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Brian Chen is the Co-Founder & CEO of Room . Brian is a second-time founder, having previously launched Bluesmart, a smart luggage company built to supercharge your suitcase through advanced technology and connectivity solutions. Bluesmart was acquired by Travelpro in 2018. Room is on a mission to change the way offices are designed by creating modular, flexible solutions that transform the workplace. Today, they go to market with their flagship soundproof phone booth as well as newly launch...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Mike Russell is the Co-Founder & CEO of Monument . Mike is a serial entrepreneur, having previously launched several businesses including VenueTap (positioned as a digital platform for club promoters) and Paintzen (a marketplace for buying paint and choosing paint contractors that was acquired by PPG in 2018). Monument is an online alcohol treatment program designed for users with low to moderate consumption habits. Mike and his team launched Monument to help democratize access to personaliz...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 21 min
Jon Shooshani is the Founder & President of JOON . Jon is a first time founder, having previously started Avo, a wellness based consumer spending card that pivoted into JOON in 2019. JOON is a corporate wellness program that makes it easy for companies to offer flexible benefits around wellbeing. Employers get the freedom to choose wellness and lifestyle options that are meaningful to them and the JOON software automates the reimbursement process to eliminate the administrative burden. JOON ...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Dylan Beynon is the Founder & CEO of Mindbloom . Dylan is a third time founder with previous stints at Voter's Friend (acquired by Democracy.com) and Mighty . Mindbloom is a telemedicine company for clinician-prescribed psychedelic therapy. Their mission is to expand human potential and transform lives today to transform the world tomorrow. Mindbloom's primary offering today is guided ketamine therapy. As a special offer for our listeners, use code " kallaway " for $50 off your next treatmen...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Ashley Nickelsen is the Founder & CEO of B.T.R. Bar. Ashley got her start at NYU with a background in biochemistry and public health nutrition. About 5 years ago, both of her parents were diagnosed with rare forms of cancer. As their primary caretaker while juggling a full-time job, she found herself eating dinners out of vending machines and hospital cafeterias more and more often. For someone who dedicated her life to nutrition and food science, she knew that she was letting her own health...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Taylor Nieman is the Co-Founder & CEO of Toucan. Taylor was born in Los Angeles and spent a lot of her time growing up playing competitive volleyball on a track for the Olympics. She eventually wound up at Cornell for school and after trying her hand in a couple of different fields, identified tech as an area she wanted to spend more time. She went to night school at YouTube University and taught herself how to code so she could bring her own ideas to life. After graduating from Cornell and ...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Sib Mahapatra is the Co-Founder of Branch. Sib got his start studying philosophy at Yale during his undergrad, realizing a love for systems and technology at an early age. After school, he spent time at real estate tech startup Redfin and had a versatile role supporting several functions across the business including developing and launching new products. He quickly realized that he had an affinity for building and knew that for his next project, he wanted to try his hand at making something fro...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Stephen Kuhl is the Co-Founder & CEO of Burrow. Stephen grew up in upstate NY and spent the majority of his time in high school freestyle skiing - getting comfortable doing backflips at an early age. After graduating from Cornell for his undergrad, he bounced around at a few different jobs before landing in private equity and venture investing at Commonfund. He spent 2 years at Commonfund before leaving for business school at Wharton in 2015. When he got to school, he had a terrible experien...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Farryn Weiner is the Founder & CEO of Farrynheight. Farryn spent the last 15 years mastering her craft as a storyteller through a variety of creative fields. After graduating from NYU film school, she spent time at different magazines and tech companies before ultimately landing at jetsetter.com and formally entering the world of marketing. When she worked at Jetsetter, social media was emerging as a game-changing portal for two-way brand communication and she was fascinated by the power it ...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Kenny Haisfield is the Founder & CEO of Kenny Flowers. Kenny grew up in Florida with the sounds of Jimmy Buffet music ringing through the yard. After studying economics and international relations in college, he ended up working as a customer experience consultant at IBM, traveling across the northeast to serve his clients. One day, after wearing his dad’s vintage Hawaiian shirt for the millionth time, he wondered why no one had modernized it for the current day consumer. He realized that as...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Chris Roth is the Founder & CEO of Highline Wellness. Chris grew up in New York and went to Siena College on a lacrosse scholarship. Although sports were his main focus and he wasn’t a huge fan of school growing up, he eventually wound up as intern at an investment bank on Wall Street. He loved it. To him, the culture at the bank felt similar to his time playing sports – competitive, fast-paced and heavily reliant on a strong team. When he started full time on the sales side at the bank afte...
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Matteo Franceschetti is the Co-Founder & CEO of Eight Sleep. Matteo has always been an athlete and obsessed with recovery and performance. Growing up in Italy, he spent time as a competitive ski racer, tennis player and race car driver before jumping into the corporate world as a securities lawyer. After launching and exiting a couple of companies in the renewable energy space, his professional focus came full circle as he rediscovered his passion for optimizing performance. He explored the ...
Nov 10, 2020•56 min
Ray Smith is the Founder & CEO of BeApp. Ray grew up in West Philadelphia and always dreamed about traveling the world. After graduating high school and then USC for college, he found himself in Palo Alto, working in management consulting for the booming startup scene. One of the tech phenomenons at the time was peer-to-peer file sharing, birthing a new world of music discovery across sites like Limewire, Kazaa, and Napster, and opening Pandora’s box for those who had previously been constra...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 38 min
Brian Verne is the Co-Founder & CEO of Wave.tv. Brian grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and has been in and around sports his entire life. After playing baseball throughout college and looking for another opportunity to compete in the professional world, he discovered startups and has be working on various businesses over the past decade, all at the center of sports and media. As he consistently heard the traditional sports media companies talk about decreasing fandom for younger generations, he kn...
Oct 27, 2020•46 min
CJ MacDonald is the Founder & CEO of Step. CJ grew up in Bay area and always had the entrepreneurial itch. Whether it was his paper route or baseball card shop, he was always hustling and realized he loved building things, a characteristic that would serve him well throughout his career. After playing competitive hockey on the east coast during boarding school and college, he was ready to enter the business world and immediately gravitated towards startups. He spent time in the early stages ...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Giorgos Tsetis is the Co-Founder & CEO of Nutrafol. Giorgos is incredibly talented – studying mechanical engineering in the Netherlands but winding up in New York pursuing a career as a fashion model. After getting the opportunity to travel the world on the back of a successful modeling career, he returned to New York eager to start his next venture. Throughout his travels and early career, he always felt a deep calling to help people and wanted to find a way to make the world a better place...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 9 min
