Founder Luis Medina Rivas travels across the world to pitch his big vision on how to solve one of the most important problems of our time - energy. His pitch is close to perfect. However, the VCs worry about the location of his company and come back to him with an easy solution, but it’s up to the founder to decide what’s right for his company. Today’s investors are Jillian Manus , Charles Hudson , Elizabeth Yin , Mac Conwell , and Neal Sáles-Griffin . If you are interested in investing in Tethe...
Feb 08, 2023•40 min•Season 9Ep. 2
The Pitch is back! And a whole lot has changed since buying the show from Gimlet, bringing host Josh Muccio and cofounder Lisa Muccio somewhere they never thought they’d be — pitching in front of the investors…on their own show. But is the host of The Pitch any good at pitching? Today’s investors are Jillian Manus , Phil Nadel , Mark Phillips , Victor Gutwein and Neal Sáles-Griffin . Learn more about the fund and apply to invest at thepitch.fund Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...
Nov 30, 2022•51 min•Season 9Ep. 1
Welcome back to The Pitch! This season, we head to Chicago to meet 14 founders with 12 business ideas big enough to change the world. Everything from a better ketchup to a potential solution to one of the biggest problems of our time - energy. The founders just need one thing... money. And on this season, investors commit over $900,000 to bring those ideas to life. Plus, for the first time, we’re letting listeners invest alongside the investors on our show. New episodes drop weekly starting Febr...
Nov 23, 2022•3 min
Host Josh Muccio picks up the mic once again... with some personal news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 27, 2022•4 min
This week, we've got a show like no other. Instead of startup founders asking for money to grow their business, we hear investors Jake Chapman and Howie Diamond pitch their new venture capital fund. And they learn right away that things on the other side of the table are a lot harder. Today's potential LPs are Jillian Manus , Daniel Gulati and Charles Hudson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 09, 2020•31 min•Season 8Ep. 9
In VC, before you pitch investors, you’re expected to get some initial cash from friends and family. Getting this money is a critical first step for a new startup. But what if your friends and family aren’t wealthy? Two founders tell us what that experience is like, and how it’s shaped the way VC investors view their companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 04, 2020•29 min•Season 8Ep. 8
We're now in a business climate transformed by Covid. And founders need help figuring out how to impress investors, find new customers, and connect with potential cofounders in this uncertain time. We wanted to help out. So we got investors Elizabeth Yin from Hustle Fund and Hunter Walk from Homebrew to hop on The Pitch hotline to take your calls. The Callers: Rebecca Colett, Calyxeum Graham Hawley, TRID Shwetha Maddur, Catalyst Bryan McGehee, GATR Coolers Jeff Walsh, Illuminent Learn more about...
Oct 14, 2020•34 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Today's founder had everything going for him: a huge market, loads of experience, and $70k in monthly revenue. But then, everything went wrong. Christopher Hussain's startup, RealKey, is supposed to make the complicated mortgage lending process simpler, but his pitch left our investors scratching their heads. Today's investors are Sarah Downey , Michael Hyatt , Jillian Manus , Phil Nadel and Charles Hudson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 30, 2020•26 min•Season 8Ep. 6
It was three years ago, when Claire Coder went in front of our investors to pitch Aunt Flow. At the time, her startup was a very risky bet. But now, in 2020, Claire’s business has stood the test of time. We find out just how far a business can go in three years. Today's investors are Jillian Manus , Phil Nadel , James Altucher and Daniel Gulati . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 16, 2020•33 min•Season 8Ep. 5
In the spring, founders desperate for ideas about how to keep their companies afloat called in to get advice from our investors. Several months later, the economy is still far from recovering, so we called the founders back to see if the investors’ advice was working. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 26, 2020•32 min•Season 8Ep. 4
When gyms closed at the start of the pandemic, Kevin Allen’s at-home fitness app, Row Vigor, went gangbusters. But there was a problem -- a few lines of code were preventing Kevin from cashing in. The investors present at Kevin's original pitch were Phil Nadel , Jillian Manus , Daniel Gulati and Charles Hudson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 05, 2020•33 min•Season 8Ep. 3
When Alon Shwartz started his parental control app, UnGlue, he thought Apple would be an ally. But then Apple decided to make their own competing product and Alon was forced to go toe-to-toe with the biggest tech company in the world. The investors present at Alon's original pitch were Phil Nadel , Jillian Manus , Daniel Gulati and Charles Hudson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jul 15, 2020•30 min•Season 8Ep. 2
We talk to three startup founders who got money from the Paycheck Protection Program and try to find out, what did the PPP money actually do? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 01, 2020•23 min•Season 8Ep. 1
In 2018, founder Cody Candee raised $150,000 on our show. He went on to raise over a million dollars in funding that led to extraordinary growth for his startup, Bounce. But then Cody found out the hard way that to keep growing fast you have to become the boss. The investors present at Cody's original pitch were Phil Nadel , Jillian Manus , Nicole Verkindt , Michael Hyatt and Charles Hudson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jun 10, 2020•26 min•Season 7Ep. 13
COVID-19 has pushed many founders to attempt risky pivots with their business. Other founders are hoarding cash. And many of them are seeing VC money dry up. On today’s show, investors Sarah Downey and Phil Nadel advise four worried founders on how to keep their businesses afloat. The callers: Shannon Malkin Daniels, Encaptiv Krystin Hargrove, CoTripper Dan Brown, Up-Rite Storage Rack Chris Murphy, Brewella's Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
May 13, 2020•30 min•Season 7Ep. 12
For years, Pierre Laguerre worked as a truck driver. During those years he saw one of the biggest inefficiencies in the industry up-close: getting available drivers matched with trucks ready to get on the road. Barely a year after launch, his business, Fleeting, is growing fast. But he’ll have to convince the investors he has the technical savvy to make the company grow even faster. And he’ll need to tackle another problem: how to adapt to an industry transformed by COVID-19. Today's investors a...
May 06, 2020•29 min•Season 7Ep. 11
Investors are giving founders everywhere an ultimatum: just find a way to survive the next few months. This had us concerned about the entrepreneurs who’ve been on this show. Debbie Wei Mullen pitched Copper Cow Coffee to our investors a few years ago, and in this episode Debbie tells the sequence of events that led to a few early, strategic decisions made in 2020 that set up her business to outlast the pandemic. Today's investors are Alexandra Stanton , Sheel Mohnot , Charles Hudson and Phil Na...
Apr 22, 2020•38 min
In the last few weeks, COVID-19 has changed just about every business in the country. Investors everywhere are scrambling to help their startups survive the pandemic. On today’s show, investors Elizabeth Yin and Charles Hudson take calls from listeners. They advise founders on how to pivot to a remote-friendly model, how to survive the losses in the hospitality industry, and how to navigate the new fundraising landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 15, 2020•30 min•Season 7Ep. 10
Last year, investors woke up to the fact that the biggest ridesharing companies still struggle to make money. But today’s founder, Aparna Srinivasan, thinks she can buck that trend by introducing pets into the equation. But our investors wonder if just being pet friendly is enough to bring in the big bones. And if it is, what’s to stop Uber from offering rides for pets too… putting SpotOn in a tight spot. Today's investors are Sarah Downey , Michael Hyatt , Jillian Manus , Phil Nadel and Charles...
Apr 01, 2020•34 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Founder Ray Li says he can make you a custom suit, out of a quiz. And his company, Sene, is already making a profit. Ray wants to pursue the technology AND build up a cool brand but the investors wonder if Ray would be better off choosing one or the other. Today's investors are Maia Bittner , Elizabeth Yin , David Goldberg , Sheel Mohnot and Charles Hudson . If you'd like to support Sene’s efforts to manufacture surgical masks, head to senestudio.com/pages/masks . Learn more about your ad choice...
Mar 25, 2020•31 min•Season 7Ep. 8
There’s a tried and true playbook in tech: get a ton of users, then figure out how to monetize them. Today’s founder, Ofo Ezeugwu, has plenty of users on his site, but the investors press Ofo about his plans to monetize. And then, complications arise when coronavirus enters the scene. Today's investors are Sarah Downey , Michael Hyatt , Jillian Manus , Phil Nadel and Charles Hudson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Mar 11, 2020•35 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Tiffany Walling McGarity called in to the show and you, our listeners, voted her on to pitch the investors. But from the moment she stepped in the room, it was clear that this pitch would play out differently from the rest. On this episode, what a pitch sounds like when all you have are a few scratches on the back of the metaphorical napkin. Today's investors are Maia Bittner , Elizabeth Yin , David Goldberg , Sheel Mohnot and Charles Hudson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...
Mar 04, 2020•32 min•Season 7Ep. 6
In VC, investors want to win big — that’s why they love highly scalable tech companies so much. But today’s founder, Jaclyn Fu, is selling actual things. Her startup, Pepper, makes real bras in a very real factory. There’s no tech except that you can buy her company’s stuff on the internet. So how do you convince investors that the opportunity is massive, when there’s nothing scalable about your startup? Today's investors are Maia Bittner , Elizabeth Yin , Sheel Mohnot and Charles Hudson . Here ...
Feb 19, 2020•30 min•Season 7Ep. 5
This is how much of a go-getter Bobbie Racette is: when she got laid off, she started a business to help thousands of other people who were out of work. Now, she has so many customers, she can’t keep up. And Michael Hyatt, our most ruthless investor, was like putty in her hands. Today's investors are Sarah Downey , Michael Hyatt , Charles Hudson and Phil Nadel . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Feb 12, 2020•31 min•Season 7Ep. 4
During our last call-in show, Thor Wood wowed us with his 30-second elevator pitch for SnapShyft, a company that matches workers with open shifts at restaurants. Now Thor will have to convince a much tougher crowd, the investors. Today's investors are Jillian Manus , Charles Hudson , Phil Nadel , Michael Hyatt and Sarah Downey . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 29, 2020•28 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Ben Trenda thinks he can stop the trolls on Twitter and other social spaces. He’s building Goodtalk, where famous people can have public one-on-one conversations without interruption. But if you strip away the bad, will you also lose the things that people really like about social? And if you don’t have enough people, your social network is worth nothing. Today's investors are Soraya Darabi , Sarah Downey , Michael Hyatt , Charles Hudson and Phil Nadel . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...
Jan 22, 2020•28 min•Season 7Ep. 2
“Move fast and break things” is a mantra for a lot of startup founders — but what if the federal government is slowing you down? That’s the situation that Josh Israel is in with his startup, Hava Health. Josh needs to wait for FDA approval before he can even think about making money on his new smoking cessation vape, a process that could take three years or more. But Josh has a plan to extinguish investor’s fears. Today's investors are Nimi Katragadda , Al Doan , Sheel Mohnot and Charles Hudson ...
Jan 08, 2020•29 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Tiffany Dufu has spent her career uplifting women and girls. Now, she’s turning a lifetime’s worth of expertise into a venture-backed business. Her startup, The Cru, is dedicated to helping women achieve their goals by connecting them to a network of other women. And while there’s no question that Tiffany has the right experience to pursue this mission, the question is whether the business can generate the returns investors are looking for. Today's investors are Jenny Fielding , Elizabeth Yin , ...
Nov 13, 2019•31 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Kate Flynn has a plan to make her healthy snack bites stand out: skip the grocery stores, and find potential customers when and where they need a snack. It’s a strategy that’s outside of the investors’ wheelhouse, but if she can get them to try something new, they might be in for a treat. Today's investors are Nimi Katragadda , Al Doan , Sheel Mohnot and Charles Hudson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Nov 06, 2019•29 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Back in September, we invited listeners to call in and give us their best elevator pitch for their startup. And the response was off the hook! In this episode we play our favorite calls — and choose one lucky winner to come pitch our investors. But there’s more ... we need your help to pick one more founder for the pitch room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 30, 2019•38 min•Season 6Ep. 9
