Tom Skerritt is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Triple Squirrels, a PNW lifestyle focused media content provider. Tom has led a successful acting career, being a two-time Golden Globe nominee and Emmy Award winner for Lead Actor in a Drama Series. In a 60-year acting career, Tom has appeared in more than 40 films and over 200 television episodes, including roles in classics, such as M*A*S*H, War Hunt, Alien, Steel Magnolias, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, and Picket Fences . Afte...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 15Ep. 1
Manoj Pinna is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seattle based Pebble Health. Pebble Health levels the playing field between small businesses & startups and Fortune-500 companies for employee benefits. Pebble Health is used by people in 20 states, making it available for small employers to offer generous benefits like fertility, $0 deductible health plans affordably, or save 30% on benefits spending. Over the past 17 years, Manoj has been driving change in staid and inefficient industries including ...
May 03, 2022•54 min•Season 14Ep. 12
Lisa Sun is the Founder & CEO of GRAVITAS, a company whose origin story dates back to Lisa’s first professional review: that she “lacked gravitas” and “should go buy a new dress, big jewelry, and great shoes.” Realizing the transformative power that clothing can have, Lisa secured the patent on building shapewear into dresses and launched Gravitas as a Confidence Company that offers innovative apparel and styling solutions designed to makeover women from the inside-out. Prior to founding Gra...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 14Ep. 11
Erin Quick is the Co-founder and CEO of PairTree. With more than 20 years of global brand marketing experience, and more importantly, as a two-time adoptive mother, Erin is a leader in the movement to modernize adoption in the U.S. Previously, Erin co-founded Stoke Strategy, a Seattle-based brand strategy firm, which she led for 12 years. She began her marketing career at Addison in San Francisco and New York, where she worked on global branding for Domino’s Pizza, Merrill Lynch and The Make-a-W...
Apr 19, 2022•54 min•Season 14Ep. 10
Omri Gazitt is the co-founder and CEO of Aserto, an authorization startup and his third entrepreneurial venture. He’s spent the majority of his 30-year career working on developer and infrastructure technology, most recently as the CPO of Puppet. Previously, he was the VP and GM of HP’s Cloud Native Platform, and General Manager at Microsoft with responsibilities for Azure, SQL Server, Application Server, and the .NET Framework. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 14Ep. 9
Derrick Morton is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seattle-based FlowPlay, and has been an entrepreneur, leader, and innovator in the digital entertainment industry for more than 25 years. At the helm of FlowPlay for the last 15 years, he has established the company as the creator of the industry’s most powerful immersive gaming platform, driving product innovation to build the engaging multiplayer social casino that captures the attention of 75 million users worldwide. Derrick has identified new oppor...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr•Season 14Ep. 8
Andy Heily is the third-generation family member to lead Seattle-based Continental Mills, makers of Krusteaz® pancake and bake mixes and WildRoots® snacks, among other high quality, tasty products. Andy lives and breathes Continental Mills, having touched nearly every aspect of the business throughout his 19 years with the company, including roles in Sales, Marketing, Research and Development and Operations. He served as the company President and Chief Growth Officer (CGO) since 2015 and was nam...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 14Ep. 7
Ryan Frazier is the Co-Founder & CEO of Arrived. Arrived makes it easy for anyone to invest in shares of single-family rental homes, and earn passive rental income + property appreciation right away. The company is backed by Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, Spencer Rascoff (the former CEO and founder of Zillow), and Core Innovation Capital. Previously, Ryan was the Co-Founder and CEO of DataRank, an alumni of Y Combinator, and GM at Sprout Social. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr•Season 14Ep. 6
Justin Hayashi is the CEO and Co-Founder of New Engen – a born digital, tech-fueled, people-powered, and growth-obsessed integrated marketing agency. Justin started New Engen in 2016 and has been fortunate enough to work alongside an exceptional team that has built the business to 230 employees and over 120 reputable brands, including General Mills, ViacomCBS, Google, FIGS and more. Prior to New Engen, Justin was at Zulily building attribution models to evaluate advertising effectiveness, design...
Mar 15, 2022•57 min•Season 14Ep. 5
Dan Lewis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Convoy, a digital trucking network that is transforming the trillion-dollar global trucking industry in service of its mission, “To transport the world with endless capacity and zero waste”. Before Convoy, Dan served as General Manager of New Shopping Experiences at Amazon, after having product and data roles at Microsoft, Google, and various startups. Dan started his career in supply-chain and strategy consulting for Oliver Wyman, working in operations acr...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr•Season 14Ep. 4
Lindsay Droz and Kristi Lord are the Co-Founders of L’Avant Collective, a female founded consumer product company based out of Seattle that creates high performing, plant-based cleaning products in countertop worthy packaging. L’AVANT Collective was born out of the near constant demand for cleaning up after our kids and pets but wanting the products we used to be non-toxic, highly effective, and conveniently located. Lindsay and Kristi formed an instant friendship sparked at a mutual friend’s we...
Mar 01, 2022•54 min•Season 14Ep. 3
Erin Papworth is the CEO and Co-Founder of Nav.it , the social and finance app that helps young earners find their personalized way to increased wealth. A two-time entrepreneur, she spent over a decade living and working overseas, managing multi-million dollar programs and working for organizations like Johns Hopkins University, Doctors without Borders, the United Nations, and the United States Government. During that time, Erin experienced firsthand the decline of societies when young people ha...
Feb 22, 2022•45 min•Season 14Ep. 2
Melissa Widner is the CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer and leader in revenue-based financing for tech startups and scales-ups. Prior to Lighter Capital, Melissa was the Managing Director of NAB Ventures, the VC arm of the National Australia Bank and a General Partner at Seattle based SeaPoint Ventures. She was also the founder and CEO of 7Software, and the CEO of Northwest Industrial Supply, where under her leadership, both companies generated over a 10X return to investors. Melissa is also t...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 14Ep. 1
Demetri Themelis is the Co-Founder and CEO at Knock, the leading performance management platform and CRM for multifamily property owners and managers. In his eight years at Knock, Demetri has led the company to win three start-up competitions and successfully raised $50M in funding – all while developing meaningful friendships along the way. Prior to co-founding Knock, he worked in equity sales at UBS. He is an avid skier and outdoorsman, and has competed in numerous competitions including the U...
Feb 08, 2022•39 min•Season 13Ep. 12
Cara Oppenheimer is the Co-Founder of GoodBuy, the easy button for conscious shopping. Goodbuy is a browser extension that intercepts all of your mega-retailer shopping and diverts you to thousands of small businesses that align with your values. Before pursuing life as an entrepreneur, Cara lived the “agency life” for 17 years as a Creative Director, managing, building, and directing the vision for creative teams and Fortune 100 brands. Over the years she spent in the agency world, Cara learned...
Feb 01, 2022•57 min•Season 13Ep. 11
Frank Mycroft is the co-founder and CEO of Booster, the leading mobile energy delivery platform that delivers fuels including renewables to fleets and consumers in the U.S. Prior to Booster, Mycroft worked as a rocket scientist for NASA and Boeing. He also served as the Vice President of Strategy for Planetary Resources, a robotics company that aspired to mine asteroids in space. Mycroft and colleagues Tyler Raugh and Diego Netto founded Booster Fuels in 2014. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
Jan 25, 2022•54 min•Season 13Ep. 10
Grant Feek is the Founder and CEO of TRED, the most trusted person-to-person online used car marketplace. He founded the company on a simple premise: it should be easy for consumers to buy and sell cars. Prior to Tred, Grant worked in private equity and automotives at Lehman Brothers, Lowe Enterprises and BMW. He studied at the University of Southern California and Harvard Business School, and was elected to the Young President's Organization in 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
Jan 18, 2022•36 min•Season 13Ep. 9
Alayne Sulkin is the publisher and editor-in-chief of ParentMap, a Seattle media company that provides daily digital access to essential parenting information, along with a monthly news magazine, targeted annual periodicals and a highly regarded lecture series. Alayne currently serves on the executive committees of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Brothers for Life, and StandWithUs boards. She is actively involved in amplifying other Jewish organizations in Seattle and beyond, such as ...
Jan 11, 2022•47 min•Season 13Ep. 8
Richard Galanti is the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Director of Costco. He joined Costco Wholesale Corporation in March 1984 as VP, Finance; and nine years later he became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, positions he continues to hold today. In 1995, he also became Director of the Company. Prior to Costco, Richard was in investment banking with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation in New York, where the last transaction he worked ...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 13Ep. 7
Yadhu Gopalan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Esper, the DevOps platform for intelligent edge devices. Esper is helping thousands of enterprise customers manage their device fleets, with the first DevOps enterprise-grade functionality with the ability to scale. Yadhu has over 25 years and 35 patents in embedded systems and security. Code he has built helps run over 100 million devices globally. He has held engineering leadership roles over the years, including owning systems engineering for Amazon,...
Nov 30, 2021•37 min•Season 13Ep. 6
Jeremy Fain is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cognitiv. With over 20 years of interactive experience across agency, publisher, and ad tech management, Jeremy led North American Accounts for Rubicon Project before founding Cognitiv. At Rubicon Project, Jeremy was responsible for global market success of over 400 media companies and 500 demand partners through Real-Time-Bidding, new product development, and other revenue strategies, ensuring interactive buyers and sellers could take full advantage of a...
Nov 23, 2021•51 min•Season 13Ep. 5
Rajeev Singh is CEO of Accolade, the Seattle-based company providing millions of people and their families with an exceptional healthcare experience that is personal, data driven and value-based, so that they can live their healthiest lives. Last month was Rajeev’s sixth anniversary at Accolade – congratulations! Prior to joining Accolade, he co-founded Concur, the global leader in travel and expense management, in 1993. Concur went public (Nasdaq: CNQR) in 1998, and grew to more than $800mm in ...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 13Ep. 4
Scott Jacobson is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, where he has spent over 14 years helping early-stage technology entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest build and scale their companies. Scott is on the boards of companies like Rover, Flexe, and CommerceIQ, and focuses much of his energy on consumer businesses or business technologies that have a significant consumer component. Prior to joining Madrona, Scott worked at Amazon, where he did two tours of duty, leading product manageme...
Nov 09, 2021•51 min•Season 13Ep. 3
Lo Friesen is the Founder and CEO of Heylo, a Seattle-based licensed cannabis processor. Upon obtaining a degree in Environmental Chemistry from Northwestern University, Lo followed a passion for medicine to work in a renowned gastroenterology lab in Chicago. The experience inspired her to explore cannabis as medicine and to enter the emerging industry. Lo joined Eden Labs, where she developed a strong foundation in botanical extraction. She later launched Heylo in 2017, with the mission to help...
Nov 02, 2021•47 min•Season 13Ep. 2
Shahar Plinner is the co-founder and CEO of Formations, and a Tax Guru and entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the field. He is an advocate to the self-employed and helps them stop the overpayment of taxes and keep their hard-earned money for better consumption, investment, and retirement. Shahar has managed thousands of clients, tax returns, business structures and S-Corps, and before he Founded Formations, he built a successful tax accounting practice in Seattle, serving over 3,50...
Oct 26, 2021•52 min•Season 13Ep. 1
Bella Sangar is the Founder and CEO of Sri Bella Foods, disrupting the $50 Billion dollar ready-to-eat CPG market by leaning into her Indian village roots. She’s built a table with partners like Amazon, Albertsons and Kroger. With Sri Bella, she is inviting the American consumer to enjoy the premium global flavors of her food and leading the emerging direct-to-kitchen category with her unique meals. Her unique journey and leadership style, relentless defense and approach, to building premium foo...
Oct 19, 2021•40 min•Season 12Ep. 12
Jayson DeMers is the Founder & CEO of EmailAnalytics, a sales productivity tool that visualizes your team's email activity, boosting email response time by 42.5% and sales by 16%. What he brought in business and marketing prowess, he lacked in technical development ability, so he teamed up with Scott, a long-time CTO and data visualization veteran, to build EmailAnalytics. He has now worked with thousands of clients, successfully improving their business’ email response time. Previously he r...
Oct 12, 2021•41 min•Season 12Ep. 11
Jesse Proudman is the co-founder and CEO of Makara, a new investment platform democratizing access to the cryptocurrency markets, and the co-founder of Strix Leviathan, a crypto investment manager powered by a sophisticated proprietary trading platform. Prior to Strix Leviathan and Makara, Jesse founded Blue Box, a cloud computing startup that he led to a successful acquisition by IBM. During his time at IBM as an IBM Distinguished Engineer, Jesse focused on blockchain technology and cryptocurre...
Oct 06, 2021•55 min•Season 12Ep. 10
Sean Hsieh is a serial entrepreneur and currently serves as the CEO of Concreit, building a simple way of saving & investing in commercial real estate for everyone. Previously, he was the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Flowroute, an award-winning business communications provider focusing on API-driven SMS, SIP trunking and telecommunication resources. Flowroute delivers cost savings, flexibility, and higher quality connections to thousands of businesses around the world. Sean thrive...
Sep 28, 2021•45 min•Season 12Ep. 9
Ed Petersen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wrench, Inc. The company was started with the mission to remove the hassle of vehicle ownership through trust, transparency, and convenience. Wrench operates throughout all 50 states and British Columbia and Ontario, Canada providing maintenance and repair to consumers and enterprises and vehicle inspection services. Ed is a serial entrepreneur, having founded multiple companies, including Intelius, Talentwise, Union-Street.com, LocalMobile, and Pantheon....
Sep 21, 2021•59 min•Season 12Ep. 8
