First Pitches is a series where famous founders share the first version of their pitch. No founder starts their journey with the perfect pitch; the beginning of every journey is filled with self-doubt and lack of support. In each episode, we demonstrate that every founder (even the most well known today) had to go through the humbling experience of getting started with an imperfect pitch. We’ll travel back in time to when our guests made their first pitch, listen to their actual pitch, and d ...
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12. Sid Viswanathan, co-founder of Truepill, Episode Debrief
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In this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Sid Viswanathan, co-founder of Truepill, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.Av hung pham, lolita taub, sid viswanathan, eric bahn
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11. Building a Billion Dollar Startup One Prescription at a Time with Sid Viswanathan of Truepill
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Coming up with a viable business idea is hard. Coming up with the right type of business that aligns with your personality and vision such that you can’t sleep at night is even harder. We call that “founder-market fit” and when you find it, you increase your chances of building a truly transformative company. That’s because having founder-market fi…
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10. Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, Episode Debrief
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In this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.Av hung pham, cindy gallop, lolita taub, eric bahn
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9. Making Money by Changing How the World Has Sex with Cindy Gallop of MakeLoveNotPorn
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Founders are a rare breed and that’s because It takes a certain kind of person to create a startup. Not everyone can stomach the financial risk that comes with being a founder, the responsibility of managing employees with an uncertain future, and the constant self-doubt when nothing is going right. But when you believe you have a truly world-chang…
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8. Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, Episode Debrief
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7. Building a New Kind of VC Through Hustle and Grit with Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital
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According to author Angela Ducksworth, the secret to success is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” In short, it’s the ability to persist in the face of hardship to achieve your goals no matter how long it takes. When you have this type of grit you become a force to be reckoned with, much like our guest on th…
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6. Elias Torres, CTO and co-founder of Drift, Episode Debrief
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In this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Elias Torres, CTO and co-founder of Drift, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.Av elias torres, hung pham, lolita taub, eric bahn
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5. Beating the Odds to the Tune of 360M Dollars w/Elias Torres of Drift
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How do you define the American dream? For most, it’s the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone. But for others, it’s a pipe dream, a fairy tale, a false hope. Because no matter how hard they work or…
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4. Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, Episode Debrief
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3. Following Massive Tailwinds En Route to a Billion Dollar Business w/Aaron Levie of Box
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They say timing is everything but if that’s true, then what’s the value of being able to predict the future? Millions? Try billions because, on this episode of First Pitches, we talk with Aaron Levie, co-founder, and CEO of Box, an enterprise software company with a market cap of nearly 3 billion dollars. What started off as a college dorm room pro…
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2. Michelle Zatlyn, COO and co-founder of Cloudflare, Episode Debrief
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1. Turning Down a Seat on a Rocket Ship w/Michelle Zatlyn of Cloudflare
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In a Harvard Business School commencement speech, Sheryl Sandberg famously said, “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.” This was advice given to her by Google’s then-CEO Eric Schmidt when Sheryl was contemplating taking a job offer at Google. This advice would hold true 6 years later, when Sheryl left Google …
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First Pitches is a podcast series, where famous founders share the first version of their pitch. No founder starts his or her journey with the perfect pitch; the beginning of every journey is fraught with self-doubt and lack of support. This show was created to demonstrate that every founder, even the most well known today, had to go through the hu…
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