VentureForth gives you a glimpse into the cutting edge world of venture capital and startups, and follows the journeys, trials, and tribulations of some of the most exciting entrepreneurs and investors. Learn about how our guests got their start, what led them to where they are today, and the exciting products and services they're investing in or building for the future.
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Michael Berolzheimer (Bee Partners) - Integrity Investing: It's Never Too Early to Bee Partners
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Michael Berolzheimer is the founder & managing partner at Bee Partners, a fund specializing in partnering with startups at the earliest stages of their business. Some of their notable pre-seed and seed investments include TubeMogul, IndieGogo, Tradesy, tbh, and even Bear Naked Granola. On this episode, we’ll explore the pre-seed investing space, di…
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Alan R Milligan (White Rabbit) - Pay-Per-Popcorn Time: Putting the Power Back Into The Hands of The People
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Alan R. Milligan is the founder & CEO of White Rabbit. White Rabbit is a browser plug-in that recognizes the content you watch, allowing you to reward the films and series you stream, ensuring artists receive their fair share. In this episode, we learn all about the movie business, why it's so messed up, and how cutting out the middle man might jus…
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Fred Krueger (WorkCoin & TroopMarket) - ICO, ICO, It's Home From Work We Go!
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Fred Krueger is the co-founder and CEO of TroopMarket and WorkCoin, a token and marketplace powering the future of freelance work. Fred has been a TEN time founder with multiple exits in the social networking, advertising, and casual gaming space, and is maintaining an extremely pragmatic, fundamental approach to his latest project. In this episode…
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Mark Jeffrey (Guardium & Guardian Circle) - Guardium of the People
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Mark Jeffrey is the co-founder & CEO of Guardium and Guardian Circle, products tackling an extremely critical industry that most of us take for granted…emergency response. He's also a 5-time entrepreneur with multiple exits, eight time author, and worked closely with some of the biggest names in tech including Jason Calacanis and Travis Kalanick. I…
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Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital) - The Cryptonomics of Building the Most Successful Venture Fund Ever
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Paul Veradittakit is a partner at Pantera Capital, the world's most successful venture fund. Pantera Capital recently announced returns of over 25,000% to early investors in its short 4-year life, largely driven by the meteoric rise in the price of Bitcoin. Paul's accomplishments with Pantera include closing over 30 venture investments, 20 token pr…
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Roger Ver (Bitcoin.com) - Cash vs Core: The Fight for the Future of Bitcoin
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Roger Ver is the founder and CEO of Bitcoin.com, one of the earliest evangelists of Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Cash, and the first investor in Bitcoin-startups including Bitinstant, Ripple, Bitpay, and Kraken. He's one of the most well-known and controversial figures in the bitcoin and crypto ecosystem, and even ran for California State Assembly as a…
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Jon Chou & Tony Tran (Bee Token) - Show Me The Honey!
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Jon Chou and Tony Tran are the co-founders of the Bee Token, a decentralized home sharing network where hosts and guests can connect with one another without going through a middleman like Airbnb or VRBO. That means cheaper stays for guests, and more money for hosts, democratizing access for just about anybody. In this episode, we follow the Bee To…
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Peter Tang (GoldLok Vodka) - Golden Opportunity: Drinking to the American Dream
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Peter Tang is a managing partner of GoldLok Vodka, one of America’s newest craft vodka brands. He’s also got one of my favorite Instagram accounts because he’s always surrounded by beautiful cars, famous people, and an amazing lifestyle. In this episode, we learn about Peter's hustle coming up in the luxury car game to breaking GoldLok Vodka into o…
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Mike Jones (Science Inc) - Strike While the ICOs Are Hot
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Mike Jones is the co-founder and CEO of Science Inc, a disruptive media company, incubator, and fund that invests in, and scales early stages startups like MeUndies, Mammoth Media, Flutter, and Earny. They're also one of America’s most successful incubators with exits including Delicious, DogVacay, and Dollar Shave Club, which was acquired by Unile…
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Kara Goldin (Hint Water) - Bottling Success
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Kara Goldin is the Founder & CEO of Hint Water, the leading all natural, sugar free, and zero-calorie flavored water brand. Kara created Hint as a healthy alternative to soda, and also thought that plain water was simply too boring. In this episode we learn about how Kara's personal struggles inspired her to set out on this venture, how Hint is exp…
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Siqi Chen (Hey) - Up and To The Right: Lessons in Building Products That Went Viral A.F.
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Siqi Chen is the VP of Growth at Postmates, the leading on-demand logistics provider. He was previously the co-founder and CEO of Hey (acquired by Postmates), maker of Heyday, an automated journal app, Stolen (the short-lived, but incredibly viral Twitter hit), and Famous.af (Stolen’s less controversial successor). Siqi previously served as the GM …
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Tony Conrad (True Ventures) - Salt of the Earth: How Cultural Immersion Contributed To Success as Both a Founder and a VC
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Tony Conrad is a partner at True Ventures and co-founder of 2 companies acquired by AOL, about.me and Sphere. He's invested in some of today’s most well-known and well-loved brands like Wordpress, Fitbit, and Blue Bottle Coffee, and Jeff Clavier says that Tony is one of the few guys who figured out how to be both a great entrepreneur and a great VC…
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Jeff Clavier (SoftTech VC) - From Super Angel to Super VC
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Jeff Clavier is the founder and managing partner at SoftTech VC, one of the most well-known venture firms in the industry. As one of the original so-called super angels or micro VC’s, Jeff is a legend in the valley and has seen it all. He knows how to pick winners, and some of his most notable investments include Mint.com, Fitbit, Eventbrite, Hired…
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Bill Clark (MicroVentures) - Wisdom of the Crowdfunding
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Bill Clark is the founder and CEO of MicroVentures, an online equity crowdfunding platform that enables accredited investors to connect with startups, businesses and services to raise capital or participate in secondary market opportunities. MicroVentures has raised millions for startups, backing several multi-billion dollar companies including Sna…
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Eileen Carey (Glassbreakers) - Breaking Glass and Kicking Ass: Why A Diverse & Inclusive Culture Matters for Business
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Eileen Carey is the founder and CEO of Glassbreakers, an enterprise SaaS company focused on supporting diversity and inclusion as a core business function. Glassbreakers connects employees with resources, mentoring, and a community of peers, making a difference to their enterprise customers’ bottom line today. In this episode, we learn about Glassb…
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Jake Gibson (NerdWallet) - Paying It Forward: How NerdWallet Bootstrapped To Profitability By Not Being Evil
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Jake Gibson is the co-founder & former COO of NerdWallet, a website that gives consumers and small businesses clarity around all of life’s financial decisions. Since departing in 2014, Jake has become an active angel investor in companies like Earnest, The Hustle, Captain401, DataFox, InDinero, Meadow, and many more. He is currently an EIR at 500 S…
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Ian McHenry (Beyond Pricing) - Around The World & Beyond!
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Ian McHenry is the co-founder and CEO of Beyond Pricing, an essential revenue management and dynamic pricing tool for vacation rental owners who list on sites like Airbnb and VRBO. He's a Renaissance man whose background includes investment banking, consulting, solving rural poverty in Africa, sailing throughout Southeast Asia, and even a bit of wi…
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Michael Sacca (Crew.co) - How Side Projects Saved My Startup
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Michael Sacca is the newly minted President of Crew.co, a platform for hiring trusted creative professionals. The Montreal-based company was formerly known as “Oomph”, and has raised about $14M to date. In this episode, we learn about how Michael got the top job at Crew and how pursuing side projects saved the company from obscurity to becoming the…
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Dori Yona (Earny) - Building The Bot That Finds Your Money
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Dori Yona is co-founder and COO of Earny, an app that makes it super simple to automatically get money back on almost every purchase you make. Earny has raised $1.2M and has processed over $1B in receipts to date. In this episode, we learn about how Dori's experience as a Commander in the Israel Defense Forces prepared him to guide the Earny team a…
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Husayn Kassai (Onfido) - Trust & Confidence: Building A Business with 140 Co-Founders
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Husayn Kassai is the co-founder and CEO of Onfido, a service making background check screening and identity verification easy and cost effective. In this episode, Husayn shares how his own job hunting struggles led him to founding an indispensable service used by startups, governments, and banks worldwide. Integrate Onfido's identity & document ver…
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Lisa Qiu Fetterman (Nomiku) - Under Pressure: Sous Vide In the Shark Tank
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Lisa Qiu Fetterman is the co-founder and CEO of Nomiku, a smart sous vide machine that makes delicious home cooking accessible and affordable to everybody. In this episode, Lisa shares how she leveraged her experiences with Kickstarter, Y Combinator, and Shark Tank to build a big business out of a small kitchen appliance, and why your next meal sho…
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Sam Parr (The Hustle) - Everyday I'm Hustlin'
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Sam Parr is the co-founder and CEO of Hustle Con Media, one of America’s fastest growing media companies. In this episode, Sam shares his eclectic history of hustling and his mission to build a media conglomerate for the ages. Subscribe to The Hustle daily email. Follow Sam on Twitter @thesamparr and experience his cross-country motorcycle trip in …
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Howard Lindzon (Social Leverage) - From Funny Man to Money Man
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Howard Lindzon is the co-founder and general partner at Social Leverage - an early stage venture fund, and co-founder and chairman of StockTwits – a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. In this episode, Howard shares his beginnings as a Toronto comic and how he combined humor with social media to become…
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Vincent Cardillo (Bento) - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
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Vincent Cardillo was the co-founder & former CTO of Bento, a startup delivering delicious Asian food on demand. Bento was featured on Season 3 Episode 6 of Gimlet Media's Startup podcast, following the entrepreneurial journey faced by Vincent and his co-founder Jason Demant. In this inaugural episode of the VentureForth podcast, we catch up with Vi…
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