Unlimited Partners

This week's Unlimited Partner is Alexander Campbell of Rose.AI a "cloud data platform designed to help users find, engage, visualize and share data". Alex got his start at Lehman Brothers just before they collapsed. He learned a lot during that time about what not to do, and having a longer term data set to backtest trades. He then moved Bridgewater Associates where he became the Head of Commodities group. He then launched Black Snow, a global macro hedge fund until 2022 when he dove into AI technology with all his learnings to date. Seeing AI as the way of the future, he has built a tool that can quickly clean and analyze data to share insights. WE GOT A YOUTUBE!...check out the video version of this pod! Alex's song is This Time Tomorrow by The Kinks Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

This week's Unlimited Partner is Semil Shah the GP for Haystack Ventures, one of the best performing seed-stage funds around. see: DoorDash, Instacart, Figma, Opendoor, HashiCorp, Carta, People.ai among others. Semil gives great insight into how he is as a leader, investor, parent. He's calm, structured, thoughtful and measured in his responses. Also, check out our Youtube page for some new video clips of Thomas and Semil! Haystack site Semil's LinkedIn Semil's Twitter Topics Include: -Fear as a motivator -HashiCorp -Infrastructure as software -Time horizons, decision making as a leader -Family Semil's song is Jose Gonzalez Heartbeats Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

This week's Unlimited Partners are Rafael Lopez and JC Glancy of Zenbusiness, a platform that helps SMB users automate their business needs. They've been known to be a LegalZoom killer. Today's episode is a bit of a pivot from us at Unlimited Partners. We recorded a 2 hour long convo and cut out the fluff to bring you a 25 min excerp, narrated by Thomas McGannon. At some point we plan to upload the full interview. Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

This week's Unlimited Partners are Lucy Wang and Katie Shea of Divergent Capital. They are both Co-Founders and General Partners. Divergent is a "first check investor backing teams taking deeply technical and scientific innovations to market with unique insights on business models and GTM beyond just enterprise and SaaS." Topics Include: Lucy's background, growing up in Wuhan, China and emigrated to the US when she was 12, learning English in 7th grade Starting at Bridgewater and not liking finance, going to grad school and getting her Masters in Machine Learning Learning about AI in 2012, and moving to venture Katie's brother Tom Shea was on the podcast with Adgile Media previously Growing up in an entrepreneurial family Why they started Divergent? What does a funnel look like as a pre-seed investor Tags: Packy McCormick, Tom Shea, Lucy's song is Stuntin' Like My Daddy by Birdman and Lil Wayne Katie's song is anything off of the Encanto soundtrack Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

This week's Unlimited Partners are Matt Gialich and Joe Wilson, Co-Founder at AstroForge and MP at Undeterred Capital respectively. Matt had been working on a submarine project and decided to pivot to freaking astro mining! How cool is that? Joe and Undeterred stepped into become the first investors on the cap table. This is an amazing conversation. How did they get funding? How does Matt know this can work? Oh man we think this is one of our favorite convos we've had to date. If this company is successful it would easily be one of the wealthiest on the planet. Oh yeah, let's just fly some rockets to asteroids and mine the metals, then refine them, then fly them back to earth, easy right!? Well, do not miss this episode. Thanks again for listening. Topics Include: Matt's path to AstroForge via Bird scooters, submarines Focusing on de-risking the business side Having to tell investors of his submarine project he was working on that he wasn't passionate about it and wanted to pivot to mine asteroids Coming up with a plan Attracting new investors Learning he didn't know a lot about the business side of things so they got help Finding 776 to help with valuations, etc. How it will work, a 2 year autonomous journey (Bruce Willis will not be involved) Joe's song is Yes, Sir, I Can Boogie Matt's song is Dinosaurs Will Die by NOFX Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

This week's Unlimited Partner is Ben Dahl , an early-stage investor based in Salt Lake City. He is a Managing Director at Signal Peak Ventures, a $500M fund which specializes in relatively underserved geographies around the United States. He was also the Co-Founder at Unspam, which was the predecessor company that led to Cloudflare. He held a board seat there for over 8 years, and now at SPV is participating in a $1.25B fund launched by Cloudflare to support companies who are building on their workers platform. Topics Include: Growing up in Utah and being told to pursue medical school by his parents Meeting Matthew Prince (CEO Cloudflare) at a young age Co-Founding Unspam Technologies w/ Matthew Prince Tech culture in SLC Unspam's Project Honeypot as a predecessor to Cloudflare, creating an http blacklist from an IP reputation score Getting 2nd at Techcrunch and being motivated How Cloudflare got partners to try them out in the beginning "I am a better advisor than an entrepreneur...and learning that earlier than later is a blessing" Working with Co-Founders, Lee Holloway and Michelle Zatlyn at Cloudflare Joining Signal Peak, and the importance of relationships with Founders Datadog, Snowflake Ben's song is The Streets of Laredo by Marty Robbins Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

This week's Unlimited Partner is Heather Loomis Tighe a Venture Capital Advisor and Partner and Strategic Advisor to Family Offices. She has made quite the name for herself in the fixed income world over the past 20 years. From Blackrock (Head of West coast institutional family offices), JP Morgan Chase (fixed income manager overseeing a portfolio of $13B), she has a plethora of knowledge which she was willing to share with us. Topics Include: Being an Environmentalist and thinking about the future Her career arc from being an English major at Duke University to trading Equity Securities to Fixed Income Traveling and attending the London School of Economics, living in Asia Almost taking a job at the CIA "The bond market is the smarter market" "Can you think? Can you work hard? Do you have what it takes to learn something and execute upon it?" Managing risk Heather's song is Bob Dylan's Tangled Up in Blue Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

This is the episode where we go back and hear some gems from some of our favorite guests so far. Kind of like when your favorite tv show of the 90s put out a recap of best-ofs and passed it off as a new episode. We've had an incredible amount of soundbites and we welcome you to go back and listen to our growing catalog of guests. Here's a brief compilation of some of our favorites. We'd also like to thank our newest member of the team Rami Adi for helping us out the past few months. He heard our podcast and asked if he could help out. He's designed a new website for us, transcribed episodes, given feedback, and so much more. We're lucky to have him. As always, continue to listen, like and subscribe, tell a friend. We can't thank you enough for the support. We have a lot of cool stuff in the works. Stay tuned. Kyle Harrison's Ep 119 Link Tripp Jones's Ep 107 Link Amanda Grove's Ep 104 Link Brent Beshore's Ep 103 Link Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

Today's Unlimited Partner is Paul Santos Founder and Managing Partner at Wavemaker Partners, a VC fund based in Singapore. He's built one of the best performing VC funds by finding a great niche in SE Asia. Wavemaker is based in Singapore. His leadership skills and wisdom are very apparent while listening to this discussion, it's no wonder his reputation is so high. Thomas recently visited SE Asia and almost everyone he met said he needed to talk with Paul. "Wavemaker Group is a multi-faceted cross border venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and has raised over $580M across multiple funds. We currently have a team of 70 people across both sides of our practice. Wavemaker is one of the most active early-stage investors in Southern California and Southeast Asia and has invested in over 360 companies in the last 17 years. US-based investments include MindBody (NASDAQ: MB), DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) and StyleHaul (acquired by RTL). Singapore-based investments include Luxola (acquired by LVMH), ArtofClick (acquired by Xurpas), and Pie (acquired by Google). In Southeast Asia, Wavemaker focuses on enterprise and deep technology companies." Topics Include: Building Wavemaker into one of the best funds in the world "If you want to fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together" (African Proverb) Finding a niche in Singapore The Man in the Arena Theodore Roosevelt speech is required reading for people at his firm Having Jesuit influences P&G experience yet wanting to build something on his own EFishery, a tech driven fishery company focused on helping farmers increase productivity through tech, 'while at the same time creating a more sustainable, safe, and fair environment for them' Life Lessons and hacks from Paul are abound Paul's song is What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

Today is a first for UP. We share our favorite use case for Tegus - connecting our partners with industry legends! We sit down with Jenny Bloom (former CFO of MailChimp and Zapier) and Akash Khanolkar (Co-Founder of Octane). We get a great deep dive into how MailChimp and Zapier became successful. We get into how Jenny was able to lead and make pivotal decisions along the way. For any SaaS business leader, this is a great podcast to listen to. IOHO! (In our honest opinion!) Topics Include: Jenny Bloom's intro - Starting as a fractional CFO, spending 14 years at MailChimp as CFO (but also many other roles) and Zapier Akash's background (Octane) MailChimp started as a web design company's side project in 2000 Zapier was a startup at the University of Missouri and got into Y Combinator Building a long-lasting company with no exit in mind, no startup funding People are your biggest asset and cost Teaching your employees financial terms so they spend wisely for the company Integrating their platform when automation was a standard in the industry Going through Covid Financial learnings from a SaaS business It's always about your plan Jenny's songs are...Earth, Wind & Fire - September & Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Akash's song is Billy Joel - Piano Man Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today is a special episode of UP with our first returning guest David Rosenthal from the Acquired Podcast (Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal)! David also started a venture fund called Kindergarten Ventures with his friend (from kindergarten) Nat Manning (Kettle). Thomas and David discuss their investment in Vanta, an automated compliance company which "helps companies scale security practices and automate compliance for the industry's most sought after standards - SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, and CCPA." Topics Include: -David and Thomas' investing thought processes -Software eating the world -Why Vanta? -What is Vanta? -Why you still need the Auditors and why that was smart for Vanta to pursue -Christina Cacioppo, CEO & Founder, at Vanta "Christina Cacioppo is the CEO and co-founder of Vanta, a leading security and compliance platform backed by Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator. Previously, she led product management for Dropbox Paper. She is based in San Francisco and enjoys running and reading in her spare time." -Kindergarten Fund -Terms of the Vanta deal -Vanta deal dynamics -Goals and Future hopes for Vanta -Rule of 40 Company (Recurring revenue growth + cash flow margin) a SaaS company's growth rate when added to its free cash flow rate should equal 40 percent or higher -Liquidation Preference (Benefits and Downside?) Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Jake Beebe, CEO of AllRec Awards, a manufacturing provider of letterman jackets and Scholastic awards and apparel based in Waco, TX servicing the southern United States. Topics include: Morgan Housel The Psychology of Money Key quotes from Jake's grandfather "People don't decide their futures, they decide their habits, and their habits decide their futures" and "Just work hard. If you don't work harder than everyone that's on you because you can control that." Celebrating youth sports Jory Caulkins founder of Enduring Companies What it takes to build a company How to build and sustain culture How to balance intensity and patience as a leader Celebrating successes "If your why doesn't make you cry it's probably not your why" Jake's song is Miles Davis Quintet's Solar Thomas was confident one time that Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) was John Coltrane and his wife knew it was Miles Davis. But it's a great album so here is a link to that too! Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Jake's email is jb@allrecawards.com enduring.co Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Tegus Acquires Canalyst Link Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Steve Ressler, Co-Founder of The Brydon Group, an ETA fund focused on "partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs to acquire small businesses. We invest in significant stakes in traditional searches and through our Brydon Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) program. We bring our experience and expertise from CEO roles, large cap private equity, and bulge bracket banking to search. Our founders have made over 70 investments in supporting searchers across a range of industries and geographies." Their fund has the board member retired Army General Stanley McChrystal Topics include: Growing up as an IRS "brat" moving around the country as his dad moved about the IRS Wanting to be a teacher Working for the government (Homeland Security, Dept of Education, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GovDelivery, Granicus...) Co-Founding The Brydon Group Search Funds His time working as a Producer for World Cafe in Philly He thinks he's named after Steve Miller Band but his dad says it's just his friend Steve Steve's song is Griffin House - The Guy Who Sings Goodbye to You Is Out of His Mind Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Tegus Acquires Canalyst Link Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Kyle Harrison, General Partner at Contrary, a venture fund that "identifies and invests in the world's top talent. Backed by iconic founders from Tesla, Airbnb, Facebook, and more" in early stage rounds. Kyle joined to lead their Breakout Fund. He's also a writer with his blog Investing 101 2.0 where he tackles investing from different angles. Topics include: Time as a resource, measuring your performance (The Natural Selection of Time) by Kyle Harrison Rome Research note taking app Kyle's career as an Investor at TCV, Coatue, Index, Contrary His videographer's background in college The West Wing clip ("I want to be the guy. You want to be the guy, 'the guy' counts on...") Contrary's Talent Vortex - Fred Wilson's quote, "Talent is the only thing that matters" The Founder's Book Ramp How Contrary works, Kyle's role in the later phase startups Investing in Pave, "How do you sign up to provide value besides just writing that cheque?" Marc Andreessen quote, "You commoditise one layer to create value at the next." The latest technology landscape, growth rates slowing in the near term "What's In a Valuation?" article (Investing 101 2.0) by Kyle Harrison "A genius is the man who can do the average thing when everyone else around him is losing his mind." by Napoleon Farewell Transmission by Magnolia Electric, "The real truth about it is no one gets it right, the real truth about it is we're all supposed to try" Optimism is better than pessimism Kyle's song is Farther Along by Josh Garrels "So cheer up my brothers, live in the sunshine, we'll understand this, all by and by" Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Tegus Acquires Canalyst Link Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Jake Hoffberg the Publisher for Equifund, which helps "retail investors diversify their portfolio, increase passive income, and grow their net worth using private market investments. Companies can use Equifund's technology to raise money under multiple US exemptions: Reg D, Reg A+, Reg CF and Reg S." After learning that The Jobs Act of 2012 would ease methods of capital raising, Jake dove in headfirst and learned the ins and outs of the new laws. He saw first hand how to navigate, what to do, what not to do. Eventually he joined Equifund where he has become the Publisher, helping to provide private funding rounds for investors into vehicles they also take part in. This better aligns the interests of all parties involved. Equifund also helps prepare companies to go public, helping them get used to the new reporting they will be required to submit. Topics include: Attending Indiana University as a jazz musician and figuring out he wanted a different experience Learning about promotions and events while at college Getting into publishing and selling in the world of children's books Investing in his self by buying copyrighting courses Getting hired at Agora Equifund (started by Jordan Gillissie) and how crowdfunding became legal due to The Jobs Act of 2012 Lowe v. SEC, 472 U.S. 181 (1985) and here's the link for the SCOTUS audio which I love to listen to sometimes Trying to protect investors by vetting incoming deals, avoiding snake oil salesmen Helping companies go public the right way Company curation in a crowdfunding world, having skin in the game Jake's song is Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop) - Got To Knock a Little Harder Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Katelin Holloway Co-Founder of Seven Seven Six, a venture capital firm with Alexis Ohanian."Founded by builders, built with software, in order to be the very best at supporting founders that are changing the world". Katelin has dedicated her career to building teams and advancing the HR function at some of the internet's most influential startups, including Pixar, Klout and Reddit. As Founding Partner at the firm, she contributes as both an investing and operating partner, supporting entrepreneurs with all things People & Culture. She is passionate about funding the companies that will shape the future of work, life, sustainability, and the delicate balance that enables us to thrive. At home, she plays the role of mom to two wily little boys – Luca and Juno." She also hosts the podcast All Hands with Katelin Holloway Topics include: Making her first investment in Poppyseed Health with her Mom Seven Seven Six with Alexis Ohanian Working at Pixar Discovering her superpowers at Klout Joining Reddit after having a great experience which saved her child's life Reddit becoming her favorite job Shooting your shot Katelin's songs are Rocky Raccoon by The Beatles and Heatwaves by Glass Animals Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

"Investing in Outsiders", From Danaher to New Stack Ventures to The Full Ratchet Podcast, Nick Moran Joins Us Today's Unlimited Partner is Nick Moran from New Stack Ventures and The Full Ratchet Podcast. New Stack was founded in 2015 with a mission to invest in the Outsiders. Nick launched the first VC podcast, one of the first AngelList Syndicates, and subsequently raised their first VC fund. New Stack now manages $75M+, and leads rounds at the early seed stage with an emphasis on B2B SaaS, Fintech, Supply Chain, Proptech, Healthcare, and eCommerce. The Full Ratchet was the 1st Venture Capital Podcast launched in May 2014 and dedicated to demystifying VC. TFR is one of the top 0.5% most popular shows out of 2,875,332 podcasts globally: Topics include: Getting experience at Danaher, the Danaher Business System, developing a nano-technology that grew the company's top and bottom line against many odds, and then getting customers to pay a subscription model for it at 6x the price Leaving Corporate and getting into investing with New Stack Ventures The Full Ratchet Podcast Growing by use of blogs prior to Twitter What is gratitude actually, in the day of buzz words? The 4 Pillars of Investing at New Stack Ventures "Investing in Outsiders" Where would you like your managers to be spending their time? Nick's song Crucify Your Mind by Rodriguez (Searching For Sugarman (2012 Documentary) Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Rick Rubins Lex Fridman podcast Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Jason Corsello from Acadian Ventures. Jason is the Founder & CEO for The Acadian Company and General Partner for Acadian Ventures, an early stage venture fund. Previously, Corsello was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for Cornerstone OnDemand [NASDAQ: CSOD]. Corsello joined Cornerstone in 2011, bringing more than 15 years of experience in enterprise software, market research, and management consulting. In this role, Corsello was responsible for driving innovation, go-to-market strategies and new corporate initiatives including guiding M&A, leading the company's corporate venture investments and accelerator program and overseeing new product initiatives including platform, content, analytics and mobile. Acadian Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in the USA and Germany. They invest in companies at their earliest days of formation that are leading the work revolution and reimagining how people work in the future. Topics include: Working with Adam Miller at Cornerstone OnDemand Nomi Health Did we mention he beat f***ing cancer? Using Domo to help with Covid 19 testing in the state of Utah John Boyd (military strategist) OODA DPI Adding a partner based in Germany What Jason thinks of today's climate, and why "I don't know" isn't a bad answer Sharing conversations with other founders Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Tony Perez from Peregrine Capital Group. He's been in the United States Air Force for 16 years, and has started projects like Spark for AFWERX which helps tie together many moving parts of the AF. He's a proven leader with experience leading cross-functional teams in dynamic and complex environments. Able to bridge an organization's strategic objectives with tactical-level execution. Rapidly analyzes information, prioritizes competing interest, and makes decisive decisions. Recognized leader who provides mentorship to subordinates and honest feedback to superiors. Builds disruptive organizations by leveraging proven mythologies. Communicates complex information succinctly to small and large groups. Topics include: History in the Air Force as a KC10 pilot Being the best John Stockton in the world (Getting the assists) AFWERX Spark Starting Peregrine Capital Dual-use technology (a solution that can generate revenue in commercial and national security markets) Collaborating with commercial enterprises Types of contracts within the military How Peregrine Capital is setup to win Sponsors: Tegus Research My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partners are Joanna Lee Shevelenko and Kelly Graziadei from f7 Ventures. f7 Ventures is comprised of 7 female operators and leaders with over 20 years of experience in the fastest growing technology companies in Silicon Valley. During their tenures at Facebook, Google, Yahoo and beyond, they managed and developed thousands of people across dozens of teams around the world. They grew and managed revenue from $0 to > $15B. They scaled user growth to over a billion, launched over 30 new products globally and led teams across almost every organizational discipline. Topics include: Taking a $17/hr job at Facebook instead of an investment bank Lessons learned at Facebook as one of the first 100 employees Building teams and growing revenue Deciding to leave and build their own venture The reason for building f7 What to look for in a leader or founder Strategies for growing executives Not being afraid to let people fail Links LinkedIn Kelly Graziadei LinkedIn Joanna Lee Shevelenko Thomas McGannon LinkedIn f7 Ventures Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com

Today's Unlimited Partner is Tom Shea, Co-Founder & COO of Adgile Media Group. Adgile boasts itself as the leading data-driven truck-side media company. Tom is a detail-oriented tech wiz with experience as a full stack developer and operations manager. He graduated from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Tom holds a degree in Finance, Computer Science, & Chinese from Boston College's Carroll School of Management. We get to hear about how Tom came up with the idea while at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The original idea involved digital screens that displayed ads on the sides of the trucks. And they could display ads specific to businesses geotagged to mile markers along the highway. However, the feedback was that this was too expensive. Listen to the episode to see how Tom and his team solved this problem... Topics include: Tom's ideation of Adgile Media Group while at UofC Booth School of Business Getting people onboard who knew more about marketing and advertising Progress 15 months into their newest iteration Using statistics and geotagging to isolate what type of traffic they were driving for clients Diagramming who their customers are Pricing your product & services Shea family values from Tom & Jerri Shea (sister is Katie Shea of Divergent Capital) Guest: Tom Shea, Co-Founder and CRO of Adgile Media Group Host: Thomas McGannon, CFA Links Linked In Tom Shea @tomshea Twitter Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Creator Ventures Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com

Hey it's our 10th episode! Thanks for listening. Today's Unlimited Partner is Sasha Kaletsky, Co-Founder of Creator Ventures along with his cousin Caspar Lee, a YouTube sensation. Sasha's unconventional story on how he got into venture capital involves passing out club fliers to Oxford students, choosing to launch Uber in Birmingham, England instead of London, getting his masters at Harvard Business School, to working with his cousin Caspar Lee who after many years of trial and error, emerged as a social media star. They then decide to build companies together. Their latest is Creator Ventures, which invests in early-stage consumer-internet companies. It closed its first fund, at $20M. We do a deep dive into lessons they've learned along the way. Topics include: Sasha's background Caspar starts influencer.com How they were able to build a marketplace for influencers and brands Bringing investment opportunities to creators Launching Creator Ventures with $20M initial fund Their 4 themes for investing Tips for posting on social media Sasha's favorite song (New pod question) Guest: Sasha Kaletsky, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Creator Ventures (Caspar Lee) Host: Thomas McGannon, CFA Links LinkedIn Sasha Kaletsky Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Creator Ventures Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com

Oh wow where to start with this one! Get your tissues ready. We get to hear the amazing story of best friends, Tamara Hills and Jessica Lyons. How they met working at Brooks Running, became best friends and running partners. But it turns out that was just the beginning. Tamara then shares the story of her son Benton (16). He was born with a rare condition called Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome, a rare genetic condition affecting a range of issues including Intellectual disability, Autism spectrum disorder or autistic like behavior, feeding difficulties as a baby and in early childhood, developmental delay, speech and language difficulties or absent speech, breathing. He's a great kid with a funny personality according to Jess. His younger brother Iron is his advocate and protector. Oh and did we mention Benton runs marathons! Tamara and Jess and a team push him 26.2 miles and then Benton walks across the finish line. He's now done 8! We also hit on turning negatives into positives. And we end on a great revelation by Tamara that Tamara and Jess never know who is pushing whom when they run and that maybe that's a microcosm of their friendship. My gosh this one really gets you feeling thankful for all the things you have in life. Tamara and Jess live life on the motto "just be water" and "run happy", a Brooks motto. Please enjoy and let us know how we're doing with all of this. Guests: Tamara Hills, Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO at Brooks Running Jessica Lyons, Senior Marketing and Project Manager at Brooks Running Host: Thomas McGannon, CFA Links Tamara Hills Linked In Jessica Lyons Linked In Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome wiki Running With a Purpose by Jim Weber, CEO Brooks Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com

Today's Unlimited Partner is Julian Posada, CEO at LiftUp Enterprises. Julian has over 19 years of experience in building, transforming and leading a variety of organizations in media, professional sports, digital start-ups and professional services in addition to extensive community involvement. He has a heavy focus on generating revenue and creating culture for success with specific expertise of the Hispanic market. LiftUp Enterprises is a for-profit social enterprise based in Chicago, that creates, grows, and scales profitable entities. Julian discusses how they're making an impact in the local community. They are very committed to creating a liveable job that offers: basic benefits, career building opportunities and a fair & engaging workplace. They also leverage their partners including social services agencies to provide wraparound services to support the overall well-being of their employees. Links https://liftupchicago.org/ Julian Posada LinkedIn Thomas McGannon LinkedIn For more info on our project visit up-pod.com. There, you can find out more about new initiatives we're working on, sign up for our UP Feed to get access to special content, lengthened episodes, and become an Unlimited Partner. Email us at show@up-pod.com to get in touch regarding bookings, sponsorship and all things Unlimited Partners up-pod.com @uppodpod

This week's episode is with Gerard Ramos, CEO at Revelry. Revelry is a digital innovation lab based in New Orleans with satellite offices in Chicago and Dallas. Revelry's Innovation Stack is a suite of cloud-native intelligent automation tools enabling businesses to rapidly deliver innovative products to market. Specialties: Product Delivery, Agile, Cloud, IoT, SaaS, PaaS, Marketplace, Blockchain, E-Commerce, Idea Acceleration, Design Thinking, Angel Investing, Ecosystem Building. We join Gerard in Western North Carolina, as he's onsite helping to build one of Revelry's newest ventures, Roam. Roam is an eco-conscious, tech-enabled campgrounds platform for remote workers and families on the road. As Thomas has recently agreed to join its board of directors, they really dive into hearing about what it takes to get a campsite online. This is the merging of tech and nature that truly encapsulates what he and Thomas are trying to build, bringing the future forward. But Gerard took many years to get to this point. We get into his coding/engineering past, how he was told he couldn't build a VC company in New Orleans, and the struggles it took him to prove them all wrong. This is a very cool guest. And we are excited to share it! Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardramos/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-mcgannon-cfa-4a56034/ https://roamcampgrounds.com/ https://revelry.co/ up-pod.com @uppodpod

Thomas is delighted to have Tripp Jones of Uncork Capital on the Unlimited Partners pod today. He discusses his investing philosophies, and Uncork's ability to make a name for itself in the VC marketplace. Most of his investments are a focus on digital transformation. They also discuss Uncork's Founder, Jeff Clavier (formerly SoftTech VC) who is a legend in the VC world. He shares his passion for "investing against his phone" which Thomas dives into a little deeper. This brings up companies like Hipcamp.com and Roamadventureco.com. Tripp knew he wanted to be a VC even as a young kid. He enjoys being an enabler, to help companies reach fantastic outcomes. He believes the team behind the company is the number one criterium for investing, but that even more importantly is getting behind macro trends. They also go into risk and how Tripp loves knowing he can take bigger swings knowing his firm has a great core B2B portfolio. He also shares that he learned early to assess trends in the American woman, who statistically do a lot more of the buying in US households. Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm with over $500 million under management.  Links: https://uncorkcapital.com/ Tripp Jones LinkedIn Jeff Clavier Bio Susan Liu LinkedIn Roamadventureco.com Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Showlinks: up-pod.com @uppodpod  Email: show@up-pod.com Sponsors: https://www.tegus.com/ https://mymarketplacebuilder.com/

In this episode, Thomas McGannon joins Andy Trattner on his podcast as his guest. We are reposting in our feed. Andy is a great dude and recent friend of Thomas. He's an MIT grad, living in Ecuador, building a Venmo-type company. Please enjoy!   Topics: -Thomas attending Creighton University -His views on religion -The Three-Body Problem (book) and how it shaped his thoughts on religion -His move into software investing -Capitalism -Relationship building -Waldorf method -Stop Stealing Dreams -Tegus Expert Network Links: https://andytrattner.com/ https://theandypod.com/ up-pod.com Twitter: @uppodpod Instagram: @uppodpod Email us: show@up-pod.com

Episode 105 of Unlimited Partners features Bruce Felt, CFO of Domo, a data refinement SaaS company. Bruce brings more than 25 years of financial operations and management excellence to Domo. For almost six years, he was CFO of SuccessFactors, guiding the company through a public offering, six acquisitions, and its $3.4 billion sale to SAP. Bruce has served as CFO for LANDesk Software, Auction.com, and Qualix Group. While at Qualix Group, he led its public offering and merger into Legato Systems, a company that was later acquired by EMC. An entrepreneur in his own right, Bruce founded Renaissance Software, serving as its CFO and head of sales. He serves as the audit committee chair of various private and public companies. Being Domo's CFO gives him an added perk of getting to spend more time with his family at their Park City ski home. Thomas dives into how Bruce turned Domo around, helping to lead the company through the pandemic using war time leadership.  Topics Include: Bruce's background as a Navy brat, living in 18 places in 18 years Starting a software company in Silicon Valley SuccessFactors Why he took the job at Domo Difficulties with marketing their product, realizing they needed to educate IT departments How to stop their cash burn Their mid-March 2020 earthquake during their Analyst Day Domo's capabilities and moat Bruce hates quitting Leading through tough times Links: up-pod.com Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Bruce Felt LinkedIn Email show@up-pod.com Twitter @uppodpod Instagram @uppodpod

Amanda Groves is a General Partner at PLUS Capital, leading the due diligence team and spending a majority of her time on structuring, sourcing, investor and client relations, and portfolio management. Amanda was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for venture capital in 2019. Amanda joined PLUS from J.P. Morgan, where she worked most recently on the LA-based investment desk. Amanda completed her bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley in the Haas Undergraduate Business program, where she was also a D1 athlete with the Bear's women's soccer team. Outside of the office, she's a member of national non-profit Jumpstart's Southern California Advisory Board and serves as secretary and board member for the axeALS Foundation, a California-based nonprofit focused on encouraging research and raising funding and awareness for patient-centric treatment and cure of ALS. PLUS Capital is a full-service venture advisory firm for celebrities. They work with top-tier celebrities and their teams across entertainment, sports, and more to facilitate investments and equity-based partnerships in transformative businesses. By placing their celebrities with top entrepreneurs and venture-backed companies, they can help accelerate growth through financial and/or sweat equity - turning celebrities'​ influence into financial returns. Our conversation with Amanda discussed the following: Growing up in the Bay area, playing soccer for UC Berkeley "How did you become a hustler?" Finding a "badass chick" for a mentor at JP Morgan Meeting Adam Lilling and taking the job at PLUS How harnessing celebrity can be an efficient tool to try and create outsized returns Finding the overlap of interests, passions, and causes of their clients and celebrities  BetterUp and Prince Harry, Shaun White Shaun White's discussion with BetterUp CEO, Alexi Robichaux  SmartSweets Pachama How their deals work and co-investing The future of PLUS and scaling Links: Amanda Groves Linked In Thomas McGannon Linked In Betterup.com Smartsweets Pachama Shaun White's discussion with BetterUp CEO, Alexi Robichaux  UP Pod Twitter UP Instagram UP Youtube

My guest today is Brent Beshore, Founder & CEO of Permanent Equity.  Permanent Equity invests - with no intention of selling - in family-held companies headquartered in North America. With 9 portfolio companies and a current capital base in excess of $300 million, the firm seeks opportunities to invest in and partner in companies with $2.5 million to $15 million in annual owner earnings and durable value propositions. The firm's current portfolio includes companies in aerospace, niche construction, manufacturing & distribution, consumer products, recruitment, and niche professional services. Brent and I discuss the unique qualities of Permanent Equity – it is a private equity firm in the sense that they buy equity in private companies, but the reality is they operate completely differently from a traditional firm.  Permanent Equity's investments value the following:  Long-Term Hold: Investing out of 27-year committed funds Debt: Typically fund transactions without debt Legacy: Maintain independence, the brand, and rarely publicize our investments Growth: Help companies get bigger by augmenting the skills and resources of the existing leadership team  Cultural Continuity: Uphold strong cultural values and maintain a strict no assholes policy Permanent Equity invests in good businesses and works to make them better.  They optimize for sturdy success, not exit. Their sellers care what happens after close, valuing organizational stability and long-standing relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, and their community. They want a fair deal with people they can trust, and for their people to be taken care of. My conversation with Brent takes an unexpectedly deep turn as we discuss family, messy lives, pain, and tragedy.  But the overall message is to live life well and find joy and happiness in the moment. The Unlimited Partners podcast is hosted by me, Thomas McGannon. I'm an investor with a genuine interest in how others are thriving and succeeding in whatever partnerships they are fostering. Join me for future episodes that will feature movers and shakers in the financial world and other industries, with a focus on how and why they have been successful, life lessons, and shared wisdom that you will no doubt find inspiring.  You'll find our archives and a way to get notified of future episodes at up-pod.com.   Discussion Points: Cal Ripken and career loyalty How did you discover your superpower and your path to Permanent Equity? Don't put an expiration date on relationships The team at Permanent Equity - women, and diversity The role of PE in the community, esp. Columbia MO, its home How do you decide which problems to run toward, or to avoid?

Welcome to the second episode of Unlimited Partners. My guest today is Rahat Ahmed from Anchorless. He's the Founding Partner & CEO of Anchorless Bangladesh. He's an investor, advisor and strategist in technology and emerging markets with a focus on long-term value creation. Passionate about emerging technologies and how consumer behaviour will evolve over the next 25 years.At Anchorless Bangladesh, they are very excited to work with brilliant founders with incredible ideas, globally-experienced investors, the startup community and other local stakeholders to strengthen the Bangladeshi ecosystem. Join me for a discussion with Rahat as we dive into his background and what it means to build in a part of the world is growing at 10% GDP year over year. Taking on risk when you're looking for 100x returns. What a good founder looks like, as well as many other great tidbits of info. I am your host, Thomas McGannon.   Discussion Points: Rahat's Bangladesh upbringing Moving to Texas Building ecosystems in an emerging market Risk What makes a good partner Good founder qualities Mobile phone growth Tech infrastructure USA/Bangladesh relations Resources:   Rahat Ahmed LinkedIn Thomas McGannon LinkedIn

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Unlimited Partners.  My guest today is a good friend and one of the people who encouraged me to start this podcast, David Rosenthal, the host of the wildly popular podcast “Acquired.”  Acquired tells the stories of great companies. David and his partner Ben Gilbert began the show in 2015 to explore what made great acquisitions successful. It quickly outgrew its name, expanding beyond corporate transactions to chronicle and analyze the entire journey of enduring institutions. Each episode of Acquired is now downloaded by over 100,000 unique listeners in the first 90 days, and has an estimated 250,000+ subscribers across all podcast players. It has been ranked the #1 Technology show on Apple Podcasts and has built a passionate audience with a 5-star rating across thousands of reviews. Episodes occasionally feature guests, such as the founders/CEOs of Twitter, Atari, Electronic Arts, Sequoia Capital, Eventbrite, Venmo, Recode, Superhuman, Mozilla, Digg, Solana, FTX, and CAA. Join me for a discussion with David about his family life and fatherhood, his thoughts on how Acquired became the juggernaut that it is today, and his ideas on how and why some of the greatest partnerships he has observed through his career and through the podcast are so successful. I am your host, Thomas McGannon.   Discussion Points: David and Tom discuss parenthood, their wives, kids, and all they did and did not expect Were there any foundational partnerships you observed growing up, that inspired you? David and Ben are eternal optimists The “arena show” that Acquired is preparing to put on What is Acquired all about? What does an ideal LP (Limited Partnership) look like to you? Angel investments, internet business, venture capital, and the reward of helping others David describes some of the most amazing partnerships he's seen  The strong foundation that partners need to share to be successful Nvidia and TSMC's partnership David's venture capital startup Kindergarten Ventures Nat Manning and Kettle Would you ever have predicted this path for yourself? David's surprising past as a dance troupe member in college Stanford Business School, Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Lex Fridman, Rick Rubin, Luke Burgis, Dave Chappelle, and more Resources: David Rosenthal LinkedIn   Ben Gilbert LinkedIn   Acquired Podcast   Thomas McGannon LinkedIn   Luke Burgis Book, Wanting   Lex Fridman Interview w Rick Rubin