Third Bridge Podcast

Fresh off of a $780 million acquisition by Insight Partners, Recorded Future and its CEO Christopher Ahlberg are poised to continue leading the disruption of the cybersecurity sector through threat intelligence. Sit down with us as Christopher takes us on a journey, from Recorded Future's launch during the aftermath of the global financial crisis, to widespread adoption, to its latest transaction with Insight Partners. Along the way we learn about the human insights that informed the company's meteoric rise.

In 2015, Mike Bandar, the founding Partner at Turn Partners launched Hopper HQ. The Instagram scheduling tool became a profitable standalone business within 3 months and began servicing clients in 55 countries within 12 months. Sit down with us as he takes us through his thought process when identifying Instagram as an opportunity in 2014,  the significance of human insights in the form of good customer service and the importance for a business to add value to real problems.

In 2010, two brothers left their jobs at Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns to see their co-living business come to fruition. Since, Ollie Co-Living has launched locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Jersey City, Boston, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles. Sit down with us as Christopher Bledsoe talks us through finding the right investors after 400 meetings, how he tapped into the New York's singleton market and Ollie's mission to humanize the housing industry.

After meeting during their time in Silicon Valley, Tobias Peggs and Kimbal Musk chose to challenge an immediate crisis: the global food shortage. In 2016, they launched Square Roots, an urban farming business that is revolutionising the food industry and empowering Next-Gen leaders. Sit down with us as Tobias explains how he combined his AI expertise with Kimbal’s love for food to deliver fresh produce grown in indoor, vertical farms.