Tech Therapy

Jill Koziol is the co-founder and CEO of Motherly a modern lifestyle brand redefining motherhood with its 30M+ monthly audience. She is also the co-author of "The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama: Redefining the Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Journey" and "This Is Motherhood: A Motherly Collection of Reflections and Practices".In this episode, Jill and Dave begin by discussing her professional and personal background and her recent move to Park City, Utah. Jill also deeply discusses her reasons for starting Motherly and the strong, complementary relationship she's been able to build with her Co-Founder, Elizabeth Tenety. Jill also explains changes needing to be made around the current state of motherhood in the United States such as shifting societal expectations, prioritizing affordable child care, paid family leaves, and better maternal health support.More about Jill Koziol at:Website: https://www.mother.ly/year-of-the-mother/Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jillkoziolMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: www.teleportgroup.comLinkedIn: dsingraham

Jonathan Matus is the mission-driven CEO of Zendrive. Founded in 2013, Zendrive is a company that is making roads safe through data and analytics. In this episode, Jonathan discusses with Dave his college experience and professional background. Jonathan talks about his mental journey as well realizing he wanted a more mission-driven career that made a real positive social impact. He also relays the hardships and challenges that arise at each stage of entrepreneurship and bringing a company to life.More about Jonathan Matus at:Website: https://zendrive.com/Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jmatusTwitter: zendriveMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: www.teleportgroup.comLinkedIn: dsingraham

Anu Nigam is an experienced entrepreneur, investor, and engineer. He is currently a Partner at Enjoy The Work. Anu and Dave discuss deeply the causes and possible solutions to the loneliness of entrepreneurship in each stage of success and/or failure. Anu also describes his professional background and his time working with startup founders.More about Anu Nigam at:Website: www.enjoythework.com Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/anigamTwitter: anigamMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: www.teleportgroup.comLinkedIn: dsingraham

John Vars is an experienced musician, software engineer, CPO, and is currently the CEO at Mixhalo. In this episode, John describes his professional journey as a college student, software engineer, founder, and business leader. John dives deeply into his philosophies and lessons learned as a CEO & leader, such as the lean management philosophy. He also speaks about the importance of continuous improvement within a company and through personal development. How do we do this on a daily level? John explains how he has incorporated this growth mindset into his company through the concept of visual management, prioritizing standards over a process, having regular Success Meetings, personal tracking, and urging for everyone in his company to continuously be self-reflecting. More about John Vars at:Website: mixhalo.comLinkedin: linkedin.com/in/johnvarsBook Recommendations: Lean Strategy and Learning to ScaleTwitter: johnvMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: www.teleportgroup.comLinkedIn: dsingraham

Katie & Jeremy Neilson are the Co-Founders of Assure. Assure is a company that provides professional, high-quality private transaction administrative services at volume. In this episode, Katie and Jeremy discuss how they met and how they've learned to balance their marriage with their business. They also discuss the unique aspects of running a business with your partner, such as, how they've found they compliment each other in a business environment and how they've adjusted managing Assure together over time.More about Jeremy & Katie Neilson at:Website: assure.coTwitter: @jtneilson More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: www.teleportgroup.comLinkedIn: dsingraham

Adam J. Simons experienced investor, advisor, and board member describes his professional experiences and his journey taking his business from side hustle status to his full-time job. Dave & Adam also discuss:-Adam's experience working with founders-How COVID has affected the way Adam does business & his personal life-The fundraising environment right now-Startup ecosystem differences based on geography-How to lead a company with empathy, decisiveness, and clear communicationMore about Adam Simons at:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adamjsimonsWebsite: https://www.adamjsimons.com/More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

When the majority of individuals think about the near future of artificial intelligence, it's often much more unrealistic then what it's applications will truly look like. In this episode, Bindu and Dave dive into topics like her life growing up in India, the culture shock she experienced moving to the United States, and how Bindu believes the future of AI will be incredibly transformational. Bindu Reddy has a very unique perspective of the tech world and how it has and will continue to transform. Bindu has worked with companies like Amazon & Google and has been witnessed first hand the 21st-century tech revolution. Bindu discusses with Dave the process of founding Abacus.AI, the beneficial uses of AI, why AI is still intimidating to most, the AI revolution that is close at hand, and AI's potential in its ability to forecast.More about Bindu Reddy at:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bindureddyWebsite: https://abacus.ai/More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Joe Kaiser is a senior investor with Mercato Partners, previously having nearly 20 years of experience as both an operator and investor. In this episode, Joe & Dave, discuss themes of:-Keys to success in investing.-Building honest business relationships.-Joe's personality and interests growing up and in college.-Primary communication styles based on geography. -The importance of well-balanced collaboration.-The effects of COVID-19 on business and lifestyle.More about Joe Kaiser at:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joe-kaiser-a88a142Twitter: josephjkaiserWebsite: https://mercatopartners.com/More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Cameron Steele is the Co-Founder/CEO of Leaseable, a data management platform exclusively for commercial real estate owners. In this episode, Cameron relays his professional background and experiences, such as living all over the world, how he got into the tech industry, and the creation of Leaseable. More about Cameron Steele at:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/csteele555/Twitter: cameronsteeleWebsite: leaseable.comMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

In this episode, we had the pleasure of hosting, Ev Kontsevoy, CoFounder, and CEO of Gravitational. Gravitational helps companies to securely deliver their applications into multiple clouds, on-premises, and even 3rd party infrastructure.Dave and Ev discussed Ev's journey of moving to the United States from Siberia to become an engineer. Specifically, discussed is the learning curve he experienced with language and culture. Along with this, Ev shares his career background leading up to the founding of Gravataional in 2015. Other themes discussed are companies struggle to adapt to fast-paced innovation and the debate between centralized vs decentralized computing.More about Ev Kontsevoy at:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kontsevoyTwitter: kontsevoyWebsite: https://gravitational.com/More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Finding the right business idea within your domain and finding the right co-founder is extremely difficult. Not only that, but then navigating that co-founder relationship, creating work-life balance, and learning to communicate with understanding, empathy, and self-awareness is often just as much an internal journey as the startup itself.CEO/Founder of StackHawk and company growth expert, Joni Klippert, speaks with Dave in this episode about her journey of becoming a CEO of her own company. She talks about the amazing people that have helped her get to where she is today, her family background of entrepreneurs, her love and ambition for research and learning, and how she has been learning to navigate her business and personal relationships along the way. More about Joni Klippert at:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joniklippert/ Twitter: joniklippert Website: https://www.stackhawk.com/ More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Two of the hardest challenges as CEOs and leaders- overcoming imposter syndrome and being able to create an empowering and high-quality company culture. Daniel Pupius, Founder of Range, former head of engineering at Medium, and Staff Software Engineer at Google, gives his insights on how to create and lead an effective and empowered team. He explains that good management and everything in business starts with finding and analyzing needs. Dave and Daniel also discuss topics like the necessity of having intent, creating workplace inclusivity, solving the issues that come with scaling a company and remote work, the importance of empathy, and Daniel's ideas about reevaluating the way companies are managed.Courtesy of Daniel and Range, using exclusive code "techtherapy" you have access to a Range three-month free subscription! Sign up now at: https://www.range.co/More about Daniel Pupius at:LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/danpupiusTwitter: dpupWebsite: pupius.co.uk/blog (Personal Site)endoflow.com (Experiments)https://www.range.co/ (Company)More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Larry Chu is one of the most accomplished tech M&A lawyers in Silicon Valley, where he has advised on over 200 transactions with a total value of over $125B. Along the way, Larry has cultivated one of the best technology networks of anyone I know. In this episode, he reveals how painfully shy he was as a child, but decided early in his career to be a good listener, and used that skill to develop lasting and valuable business relationships.Listen to Larry's stories about panicking on a large conference call while at Davis Polk, getting grilled by a legendary Sequoia Capital investor, and working with entrepreneurs like Ryan Smith at Qualtrics, Greg Duffy at Dropcam, Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman at LastMinute.com, and Trevor Healy. We also discuss Larry's angel investing career during which he recommends Jason Calacanis' book Angel.Currently head of the West Coast Technology M&A practice at Goodwin Proctor, Larry has worked on some of the most notable deals, including (deep breath) Zoox’s $1.3B sale to Amazon, Qualtrics’ $8B sale to SAP, The Climate Corp's $1.1B sale to Monsanto, Nest's $3.2B sale to Google, Maker Studios' $500M sale to Disney, and Oculus'​ $2B sale to Facebook, Dropcam's $555M sale to Nest, and Lynda.com's $1.5B sale to LinkedIn. His list of clients includes such investment firms such as Silver Lake, Accel, a16z and Kleiner Perkins. More about Larry Chu at: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lawrencechuattorneyEmail: lawchu8@gmail.comTwitter: lawchu2More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Covid-19 has been the cause for millions of employees to begin working remotely under circumstances most of us have never experienced before. Anthony is an expert at efficiently working remotely and his company has been doing it for years before it was a common practice. In this episode, Dave and Anthony, also discuss Anthony's time creating companies- SignalWire and FreeSWITCH. He just launched SignalWire's most recent service, SignalWire Work. SignalWork is a virtual office space that is more efficient, customizable, controllable, and looks to improve the way we broadcast, conference, work remotely, and more. This software is a place to come to work, not just enter meetings.More about Anthony Minessale at: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anthonyminessale Email: anthm@signalwire.com Websites: freeswitch.org (Company Website)cluecon.com (Company Website)signalwire.com (Company Website) Twitter: @SignalWire @freeswitchMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Edward Lerner has been part of the gaming industry for decades. He wrote the game that Electronic Arts based its IPO on in 1987. He is currently the CEO of Hearo.live. In this episode, Dave and Ned, not only talk about Ned's experience in the gaming industry but also about the effect creating a startup can have on the stability of your life, your marriage, your lifestyle, and your personal growth.More about Edward Lerner at:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nedlerner/Email: ned@venff.comWebsite: https://hearo.live/Twitter: nedlernMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Bebe Chueh is an experienced Co-Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. She is skilled in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Legal Writing, Corporate Law, and Intellectual Property. In this episode, Dave and Bebe talk through her journey moving from Shanghai to the United States, her experiences growing up and as a college student, her entrepreneurial journey, and the financial planning software for high growth companies that she's currently working on.More about Bebe Chueh at:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bebe-chueh-6968a216Email: bebe.chueh@gmail.comWebsite: attorneyfee.comMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

John Richards is an entrepreneur, educator, mentor, and angel investor. He has a publisher background in the Yellow Pages industry, was an entrepreneurship professor at Brigham Young University, and is now the Founder/CEO of Startup Ignition.In this episode, Dave & John discuss the differences and similarities between Silicon Valley and Silicon Slopes. As well as each region's pros, cons, and everything in between relating to business and entrepreneurship. More about John Richards at:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnrichardsTwitter: johnrichards_utCompany Website: startupignition.comMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Company Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

This is part two of last week's episode. Last week, Sung Hu and Dave discussed the negative side effects caused by the rapid accumulation of wealth. In this episode, Sung Hu and Dave dive deeper into this topic on a more personal level. They discuss how their personal backgrounds, parental relationships, and childhoods affected how they view wealth and their careers. More about Sung Hu Kim at:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunghukim/Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunghu?lang=enMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Although the title of this podcast episode is definitely a first world problem, the negative side effects caused by the rapid accumulation of wealth are very real and especially prevalent here in San Francisco. In this episode, Sung Hu and Dave dive into topics like imposter syndrome, tech culture, early retirement, socioeconomic issues, and the relativity of wealth and the unhappiness it can potentially cause.Sung Hu Kim has a very unique perspective of the tech world because of when and where he entered the industry. He began his professional career working for Google in 2006 and later Twitter in 2010. He now works as the Director of Product Management & Product Marketing at Affirm Inc.More about Sung Hu Kim at:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunghukim/Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunghu?lang=enMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Chase Little is SVP, Technology Banking at Bridge Bank, and oversees the Rocky Mountain Region from Denver, CO. He has worked 13 years in venture banking covering a variety of innovation sectors, markets, company life stages from pre-revenue to public companies.More about Chase Little at:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaselittle/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChaseLittleMore about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Stephen Blackwell is a talented Operator and Entrepreneur in the media and music industry. He is currently the President of Alpha Data at Penske Media Corporation.More about Stephen Blackwell at:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenxblackwell/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeathAndTaxesWebsite: https://pmc.com/https://alphadata.fm/More about the host, Dave Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/

Mike Porath has a long background of working as an editor, producer, and journalist. Six years ago he founded, The Mighty, after his daughter was diagnosed with a rare disease called Dup15q syndrome. The Mighty has since provided connection, clarity, and comfort for individuals and families worldwide.More about Mike Porath at:Website: https://themighty.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-porath-00347820/More about the host, David Ingraham, at:Website: https://www.teleportgroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsingraham/