Startup Gym

Alex Kehr and Connor Smith are the cofounders of Pop Inc. They are building a fun and engaging stickers marketplace to make your iMessage conversations more personal and expressive. Their marketplace also helps creators distribute and monetize their designs.

Matt Hartman is Partner at Betaworks Ventures, a product-focused, seed-stage venture capital fund based in New York City and San Francisco.

Blake Robbins is Partner at Ludlow Ventures. Jackson Dahl is Business Development and Founding Team at 100 Thieves. After a long week at E3, we had a chat about esports and how 100 Thieves started.

Ben Gilbert is Co-founder of Pioneer Square Labs, and host of Acquired.

Peter McCormack is the voice behind the What Bitcoin Did podcast and website, where he shares his trades, insights, and resources for people to learn about cryptocurrency.

Shivani Siroya is the Founder and CEO of Tala, a global leader in mobile-first financial services for underserved consumers.

Sophia Parsa is co-founder and CEO of Toot. Through their app Homework Helper, Toot connects knowledge with curiosity by empowering a community of learners.

Bryce and David are the co-founders of Unlocked, a mobile app that brings the anime & pop culture community together like never before.

Jesse Genet is co-founder and CEO of Lumi, a packaging partner for modern brands. Lumi uses data to help companies simplify their process and sell their product. This episode was fun for a couple of reasons: first, because Jesse is awesome! Second, because this is our first time oustide of our building. While Lumi isn't a part of Science, we consider them friends and part of the greater LA-tech family. You can expect more offsite interviews like this one!

Benoit Vatere is on a journey to redefine mobile entertainment, a few minutes at a time. As Founder and CEO of Mammoth Media, he leads his data-driven team in pioneering the future of media through new forms of content.

Tiffany Hakimianpour is Handstand's Founder and CEO. She's a leader with a passion for strategy, technology, execution, people, wellness and everything optimal. Handstand's vision is to be the world leader in revolutionizing the state of human health, healing, and happiness in each unique individual today, and for the generations to come.

Kartik Mandaville is the Founder and CEO of SpringRole, a protocol for attestations on blockchain. SpringRole is the first portfolio company from Science Blockchain, the blockchain-focused incubator from Science Inc.

For our inaugural episode, we sit down with Mike Jones, Co-founder and CEO of Science Inc. and Science Blockchain.