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Is creating a successful startup more about the product or the connection with your customers? This intriguing question sets the stage for a highly informative episode where we unpack the complex relationship between startups, customer engagement, and the transformative impact of purpose-driven branding with guest expert Brian Mac Mahon.Brian, with a wealth of experience from nurturing nearly 300 startups at ExpertDojo, shares his foresight on overcoming the biases that plague the startup ecosystem. His global perspective and involvement in the early stages of startup development provide a unique lens through which we can examine the keys to building a sustainable and emotionally resonant business.This episode is a condensed guide for both budding and established entrepreneurs on the vitality of customer relationships, the strategic use of outreach tools, and the untapped potential of blockchain technology. Brian's wisdom is not just theoretical; it's backed by stories of real-world successes and failures, making it an essential listen for anyone looking to fine-tune their entrepreneurial approach and secure a competitive edge in the marketplace. To get the latest from Brian Mac Mahon, you can follow him below!LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmacmahon2/https://expertdojo.com/ Sign up for Marcia's newsletter to receive tips and the latest on Angel Investing!Website: www.marciadawood.com And don't forget to follow us wherever you are!Apple Podcasts: https://pod.link/1586445642.appleSpotify: https://pod.link/1586445642.spotifyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/angel-next-door-podcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theangelnextdoorpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marciadawood

On this episode of The Founder's Sandbox, Brenda speaks with Genevieve LeMarchal about Resilience: Journalist to Venture Capitalist. They speak about Genevieve's "Phoenix Manifesto", and what journalism and venture capitalism have in common.  Genevieve LeMarchal is the Managing Partner of Suncoast Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund specializing in healthcare impact and equity funding opportunities in medical AI, digital health, health tech, medtech and select therapeutics. She launched and ran Expert Dojo's healthcare program and ran 3 full cohorts of health tech and medtech companies, becoming one of the most prolific early stage vc investors in Southern California (Crunchbase, 2022) and winner of the 2022 Biocom Lifescience Catalyst Award. She loves to innovate financial models and find better ways to structure and fund companies and deals. She previously served as Partner at a science focused advisory and fund in formation, was a General Partner at Oregon-based FoundersPad VC Fund II and she is co-founder of the XXcelerate Fund. She is the host of the AdVentureous Podcast. Genevieve writes and delivers talks, keynotes and training programs to groups all over the world about venture capital and entrepreneurship, impact and equity investing and more. You can find out more about Genevieve and Suncoast Ventures at: https://www.suncoastvc.com/ adventureous podcast linked in   Transcript: 00:04 Welcome back to the Founder's Sandbox. The Founder's Sandbox is a podcast now in its second season. It's a monthly podcast that reaches entrepreneurs, business owners, and business owners.   00:30 who learn about building resilient, scalable, and sustainable businesses with great corporate governance. I am Brenda McCabe, your host on the Founder's Sandbox. And here my mission is very simple. I want to assist those entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in building those scalable, well-governed, and resilient businesses. Guests to this podcast are either founders, business owners, players in the VC,   00:59 private equity, ecosystem, professional service providers who like me want to use the power of the enterprise be that small, medium or large to create change for a better world. Through storytelling with each of my guests, we're gonna touch upon their own personal and professional journeys. And I always tease out topics around resilience, purpose-driven businesses and sustainable growth. My goal with this podcast is to really   01:29 create a fun sandbox environment where we can equip one founder at a time to build a better world through great corporate governance. Today my guest is Genevieve LeMarchal. It's an honor to have Genevieve today with me. Thank you Genevieve. Thank you. I'm excited to be here. You know Genevieve is the managing partner of Suncoast Ventures.   01:56 an early stage venture capital fund specializing in healthcare impact and equity funding opportunities. I'll go a bit more into your background in a moment. Genevieve and I go back probably two years when you were at Expert Dojo and their healthcare fund. And recently we met again at an investor summit and got to have dinner with Genevieve.   02:25 and discover kind of her journey to what she does today as managing partner of a venture fund. And in that dinner discussion, I discovered actually the theme of that. So very near and dear to my heart, which is around resilience and her own personal and professional journey is all about resilience. And the title for the episode today is resilience on journalist.   02:54 to venture capitalist. So thank you again Genevieve for joining me today in the Founder Sandbox. I'm gonna give a bit more color to your very deep expertise in healthcare. You're fun today, invest in digital health, health tech, med tech and select therapeutics. You also launched and ran   03:22 at Expert Dojo, a healthcare program running three cohorts of health tech and med tech companies. Shout out, quite a few of those companies are women owned. You become one of the most prolific early stage VC investors in Southern California as per Crunchbase 2022. You also were the winner of the 2022 Biocom Life-Size Catalyst.   03:50 Life Science Catalyst Award. You have a strength in developing innovative financial models, and you find better ways to structure and fund companies and deals. We all know that life sciences has a really long time to market. A lot of patient money has to sit behind that. You also previously served as partner at a science-focused advisory and fund information. You were a general partner at an Oregon-based   04:19 Founders Pad VC Fund 2, and you are co-founder of the Accelerate Fund. And you also have your own podcast. So this is not new to you. She is the host of Adventurous Podcast, and she writes and delivers talks, keynotes, and training programs to groups all over the world. You're a Pacific Northwest native, and you now reside in San Francisco Bay Area.   04:49 Genevieve, thank you. Thank you. After the dinner, where I had the honor to sit beside you, I came back and took a look at Suncoast Ventures website. And digging through it, I landed upon the Phoenix Manifesto, which is on your landing page.   05:15 And I want to read it here because I think it so encapsulates before you tell us what does journalism and BC investment have in common. I'm going to read this. Again, this is on the website of Suncoast Ventures. I am a phoenix. I am shakeable, not because I have never had setbacks. I am intimate with pain and failure. I stand tall.   05:43 and look it in the face and I have always pushed through. I always show up and I never give up. I believe anything is possible no matter the odds. I have faced the odds my entire life, fighting for my place in this world, for my right to walk the pathways to achieve greatness. What makes me resilient has nothing to do with what you see on my surface and everything to do with what lies.   06:13 within. Science and technology for betterment of society is how I choose to contribute to the world. I have dedicated my life. This is how I live and love. I'm willing to bend, but I'll never break. And the darkness can't get me because I burn on my very own. This is how I create my own light.   06:43 I have risen from the ashes many times. I am forged and fired full of grace. I am unshakable. So with that, tell us your story Genevieve. What does journalism and VC investment have in common? Yeah, well, so I started out my career for a short period of time as a journalist. Straight out of college, I went to school for journalism, all of that.   07:11 And journalism school is actually very difficult. You have to be very, they teach you to be very precise and they teach you to have extremely high standards for your work because if you mess up or if you have an incorrect fact or something that's inaccurate or whatever that might be, it can't run on paper. It does, you're gonna make the paper look really bad and you're probably gonna get fired. So.   07:40 So that's really ingrained. But then the next thing that's really ingrained into journalism students and eventual journalists is just this insatiable ability to tell a story and the desire to find one, to seek the truth, find out what's really going on. And so even though I had to report as the youngest and new reporter in the newsroom on the really boring story is things that no one could do.   08:08 talks about, no one wants to read. I had to write about the squirrel that was going rabid on somebody's roof and they called the police, just turned out it was a squirrel. It was a small town. News was limited, but things like that. And then, but I was always, I had this dream, I wanted to break a story, and I really idolized the great journalists like Edward R. Murrow.   08:35 of course, Anderson Cooper. I really thought that he was like a really revolutionary journalist of our time and all these different things. And so I was always looking to dig past what I was being told on the surface and get down to the truth. And that is something that you have to do every single day as a venture capital investor, because unlike investing in...   09:02 later stage deals or even like public markets or things like that, the information is not readily available. So you have to dig for it and you have to look for it. And you're also making bets on really nascent things that don't really exist yet. So you're always looking for information to piece together to try to determine whether or not an area of investment is viable.   09:31 Is it a gap we should be focusing on? Is it not a gap we shouldn't be focusing on? And that doesn't just come from one person's single observation of what they see on the surface. It comes from lots of information gathered and aggregated over time to create a story. And then we hope, as investors, that the story is true. So I would say those are the parallels. And that's a great segue to the next question.   10:00 around you hope as investors that the story that you've been able to weave together jointly with the company your funding does come true. There are parallels with running a fund, setting up a fund VC fund to that of being a founder, right? Yeah, not not all of them. Right. And so you know, what has you you?   10:30 have been through a couple funds. And the most recent is, is you are the fund manager. You know, what does staying true to your purpose, right? And your fun mean, you know, we've we've coming up for you raise this fund in June of 2022. Yeah, you bring in some of the companies from the cohorts coming up about expert dojo, you're really centered on the thesis of   10:59 of health care. You know, what is it that allows you to stay true to purpose?   11:06 That's such a big question. Like you can write a whole book about that. I need to talk about that. I think that the thing that allows me to stay true to purpose is the fact that I've been burnt out so many times and a lot of it has to do, had to do with the fact that I wasn't being true to myself. I wasn't being just, you know, I was hiding something. I was lying to myself. I was, you know, trying to be something that I really wasn't.   11:35 And it's not to say that you won't get tired and burnt out by being true to yourself. In fact, I feel very burnt out right now at this moment. But it's different because I think now I have the skills, the ability to be resilient. That whereas past I hadn't, but also because I'm still being true to myself, I just have a lot of my plate. But I think that when you kind of look at your   12:02 tendencies and it you know, one of the things we'd get as adults is the ability to look back at patterns of our own selves and patterns of our own life and say I always tend to do this and then I end up in these situations and It now it doesn't have anything to do with anyone aside from myself. I'm the common denominator How do I fix this, you know and and you start to call and you start to edit? And you over time you kind of realize like really?   12:32 The area that I always come back to is this core. And this might have been trendy at the time, and maybe I wanted to do it. Or this might have sounded interesting, and I was influenced by someone. Or this seemed opportunistic, and I went after it for a while. But at the end of the day, this is where I'm always ending up. And you have that kind of feedback as an adult if you're willing to listen and learn from it. You know, on your own. Yeah, that's very authentic.   13:01 Thank you for that. You also are a big follower, Warren Buffett. I think one of your, going back to your being true to yourself, your financial acumen and how you look at companies. Can you speak a little bit to the fundamentals that have informed your fund? Yeah.   13:26 Yeah, well, so the Warren Buffett thing is interesting because it's like Warren Buffett's investing mindset and his fundamentals. He would probably never be a venture capital investor. You know what I mean? But at the end of the day, Warren Buffett is who Warren Buffett is. And he has been very successful because he has stayed very true to his core principles. He has always made the main thing the main thing.   13:53 And I think in venture capital, we tend to get so pulled into all these different areas that are hot or new or that people seem to be doing or whatever. And you don't see a lot of steadfastness in venture capital like you might see in funds like what Warren Buffett has. And we can benefit from that because the legendary fund managers, the Warren Buffetts of the world, the Ray Dalios of the world.   14:22 They all focus very, very strongly on just core fundamentals of investing. And in venture capital, like you mentioned earlier about the time and patient capital, that's one of the things that people get so swept away in is trying to make venture capital all things. And it's like, oh yeah, we're going to get these quicker returns. They're going to be high in this unicorn.   14:46 And then you watch these things fall apart. You watch the bottom fall out. And you're like, it was never real. It was always alive. And maybe some people made money. They got lucky. They got out or whatever at the right time. I don't know. But the point being, we're always trying to manufacture some sort of crazy situation when in reality, and one of the ways we manufacture it is by doing round upon round upon round of.   15:13 higher and higher valuations that are getting crazier and crazier. And then it all comes crashing down, and we wonder what happened. And we say, venture capital is massive class is bad. It's like, well, not really. The mindset that we might be approaching it as managers is sometimes not right, because we need to remember venture capital is patient capital. It's slow. Our investors and LPs, while they are my bosses, they know that this is not going to, you know,   15:41 turnover overnight and start to create returns. The pressure that I feel to produce returns is healthy to an extent, but we need to remember that we're investing the gaps. We're looking for opportunities to invest in underpriced assets. Yes. And that's the bet we're making is this asset is underpriced and it will be, and that doesn't mean this asset is underpriced per what the public market might say. That means this asset is underpriced   16:11 like now, you know? And I think that if I invest in this, it will generate a positive markup and eventually a positive return because it's creating real economic value and not just paper returns on paper returns. And so those, I mean, I could go on and on about what the fundamentals are, but I think it comes down to, we then vilify the asset class.   16:39 when the asset class is actually not the problem. The problem is the way that we try to finagle it to get to get it to be what we want it to be. And it's not like that. That's so elegant. And I also am a true believer in the patience that is required in life sciences, biotech, that anything that is any startup   17:06 it's any startup a particular life sciences or right that those there's no hockey stick, right? It is you, you have to introduce largely against the standard of care, right? That is incumbent within treating a certain therapeutic area. Let's let's kind of change the messages for my listeners here on the pad cat podcast. So at   17:36 the founder sandbox, I often end up being a mentor to CEOs and digging in when when times get tough, we know we are coming off particularly difficult two years with head winds, you know, we have high interest rates, there is a lot of dry powder out there. Yeah, but what and I and how I work with founders oftentimes is hey, have you written?   18:05 And will you show me a thank you letter that you've been, that you've sent out either to somebody within your personal or your professional network. I did this really early on with founders because to build resilience, I think being grateful and just recognizing those people because you are riding on the shoulder. Sometimes your team might not be following you along. The market's timing isn't the greatest. So you've had a recent change in your family.   18:34 and new addition. You're running a VC fund. You have you're raising money as well. How have you built resilience and how you do you continue to build resilience to naive within the new arrival to your family? Yeah, that's a really good question. And I don't know the answer to it. Oh, 100% yet. But last year, I'm decided to make my kind of word of the year.   19:04 Perfectly imperfect. Perfectly what? Perfectly imperfect. I love, okay. And the reason I chose that word was because, you know, I've always been a very high achieving person. And ultimately, I was always, as a high achiever, also very controlling. Okay. Not of other people, but of, of like, what was happening.   19:30 you know, I have very specific goals, very specific outcomes. And I would say, oh, I was being goal oriented, but no, I was being controlling. And I wanted things to go a very specific way. And when it didn't go like that, I would be, I would work harder, fight harder, try harder to get a certain outcome to occur. And then when things were going differently in my life, I made myself wrong for that.   19:54 And so it was like this perfectionism thing and trying to control the outcomes of my life so that it could look the way I thought it should look. And it was not healthy. And then when I realized that I'm not in control no matter how hard I try, I'm not in control no matter how much I might stress myself out and try to make myself in control. And if I let go a little bit and do more steering and allow,   20:22 things to occur, it's hard because it's going to require me to have faith. It's going to require me to face a lot of the fears I have about not achieving the thing I'm trying to get to of, you know, and all the things associated with that. But oftentimes the outcome that ends up occurring for me is better than what I wanted, had I... Figured that. You know, yeah. So I was like, well, this is interesting because I'm not in control anyway.   20:50 And this could very easily become very much a spiritual discussion. It could keep it not that, but like, you know, if I want to create this life of purpose and life of impact, I've got to just stay core to the values and core to that and move, but allow things to happen. And so with having a child recently, you're even more not in control.   21:19 this child is in control. So the word of the year continues to be perfectly imperfect because accepting that things may not necessarily look the way you want them to. I used to have these idyllic mornings where I'd wake up and rested, you know, and have my coffee and, you know, catch up on my email. And like, you know, everything in my life was very easy.   21:44 and very prescripted almost in a way. And this morning I got barfed on, you know? Yeah, that happened. Yeah, and so I was like, well, you know, but how, but it's different, but the only thing that makes it bad is that it's not my idea of what things should be. You know, things should be this way, should be that way. So when I let go of the shoulds, it's perfectly imperfect just the way it is.   22:10 I got you've heard it here on the founders sandbox with Genevieve LaMarchelle perfectly imperfect. I great I love that. I love it. Okay, up until now, you've shared and I've shared your background, many, many success stories, many awards. We all know that the road to success is often fraught with some stories of failure. Can you share some of these stories with my listeners here?   22:39 I have a lot of failures. In fact, it's interesting because I just think a lot of those successes were actually like kind of a failure but it worked out or something like that, you know, in a way. But I think I often tell people that I came into venture capital off of a failure and not off of a success. As a founder, I had a startup and a lot of things went very, very, very wrong.   23:08 in that startup and a lot of it was my fault. Some of it was not my fault. And some of it was just like perfect storm of crap that occurred and it was just like, well, this is, it taught me a lot after I finally was able to recover from a lot of that that happened about how   23:36 one thing like what is failure and what is success really? And how would I have, I have the outcome that I wanted in my head, but when things are going really bad, you kind of create a new outcome and that becomes success. And the definition of success started to change. And so I realized like, I don't actually think that in startups, there is a way to be successful. I just think you don't fail.   24:05 for long enough and you eventually get lucky. That's full. We were unlucky and I didn't have the experience or the resilience or the support in order to be able to navigate out of some of the situations, you know, and to your points about, you know, governance, we didn't have good governance. We didn't have any governance whatsoever. That probably would have helped us a lot, but we didn't have it. So, yeah, I think when...   24:34 at the end of the day after you've recovered from whatever the fallout of your failure is, you're left with wisdom. But you can only be wise and you can only turn that wisdom into like gold if you're willing to accept yourself as someone who failed. You're willing to, you're not trying to hide it. You're not trying to like shove it under the rug or pretend it didn't happen or pain.   25:00 paint a picture over it, lipstick on a pig, if you will. Right. To say, this was a garbage fire, and it was my garbage fire. And this is what I learned from it. And this is what I can help now to either not do it again, or in my case, as a VC and advisor to a lot of companies, help them not do these things. I made a lot of pretty common mistakes, pretty common stuff. Yeah. And thank you for sharing.   25:30 your, I guess, failure, a startup that eventually did not prevail in getting financed. I couldn't help but listen to and hear from you lack of governance, but also about you didn't have the operational help around you. That would have perhaps ushered you to   25:59 success and getting funded. What are you doing at Suncoast Ventures to operationalize those founders? To operationalize the founders or? Yeah, to help them. Yeah. Well, so I mean, there's not a lot I can do because the founder, like I'm not on their board. I don't have a board seat in the companies, nor do I really want one because of the operation Suncoast would have to   26:28 With those founders, oftentimes now I can see the signs of things that are going wrong. And not only do I see the signs of something going wrong currently, I can see a train coming. And that's something that I don't think a lot of other people have that foresight that I've gained over my years of failures. Is I can recognize a failure when I see one. Like I know a speeding train is not a, I don't know.   26:58 I'm making up something weird, but so I, you know, I can kind of talk with them about that. And I also, because I was a founder and I went head strong and I did think I knew the best and, and things like that. And truthfully, as we see, you want to back the best founders and the best founders are resourceful. Yes. They'll listen to you. They won't always implement what you said, but they will actually listen and they'll actually take it to heart and things like that.   27:27 And so the best founders are very, very communicative. They share with you what's going on, the good and the bad. But if you have to drag the bad out of them, because of course you wanna present the best light to your investors. I know, I certainly do. And so when they share, or when you ask, what are you struggling with right now? And they kind of dance around it. I can quickly kind of pull out what's happening and say,   27:57 I know that you don't have a lot of time to do this administrative activity over here with the cap table, or I know that you're feeling really stressed and stressed and you don't really have time to address this issue or that issue. But here's why I think we need to do it now. Here's why it's not going to be as hard or scary as you think. And here's what could happen if we don't do it. And those types of conversations.   28:27 Then you leave them. They'll usually set the ball in motion to make that right. And I often have my founders allow me to help them at that point, where I can say, I know it's challenging. We've got a cap table problem. It may not seem like a problem now, but it's going to be a problem at series A, and that's not that far away. So let's fix it now, because I don't want you to be in a position where you can't raise your A round because.   28:55 we've got this fixable thing, but it's just going to take time. So let's just solve it now. And they're like, Oh, I hadn't thought about that. And so, and then they'll let you solve, then they'll let you fix it with them. Excellent. But it can't just be like a, you got to fix your cap table is a mess, you know, or it's, um, as you said, you do have to have founders that are communicative and, um, you know, tell you the good, bad and the ugly, right.   29:24 Yeah, on a recurring basis so that you as the fund manager and the investor are able to provide your wisdom that you've acquired with your many, many experiences. And you can get a vibe early sometimes from founders. As I'm sure you've noticed, sometimes the conversation with the founders vary one way. They're just pitching at you and they're not really listening and they have their response. And you're like, this is like...   29:53 interesting company, you know, great founder, great team, but I get this weird feeling that I'm just being, this is very one way and it's not reciprocal. And in the seed stage, especially if you're going to be one of the first like VCs or professional investors in that, it's really important that you get the vibe that there's going to be a reciprocal communication going on.   30:22 You know, your Suncoast Ventures Vintage One is from June 2022. So kudos to you raising a fund in a pretty tough market. You've been in the venture space for over 10 years, right? As an emerging fund solo manager, can you share some of the lessons learned? Maybe it's about aciclality, because life science is acyclico.   30:51 Talk to us about how it's how you weathered through raising a fund, particularly with the headwinds that we've had. Right? Yeah. Well, so I mean, all things all early stage venture is not tied to public markets. It's not it's not. So that's so as a person, whether you're thinking about being an angel or whether you're thinking about having a fund or whatever, if you have the ability to weather storms, which requires   31:19 patients and resilience and all this stuff like that, early stage is the great place to be, even with the companies that completely blow up. Early stage investors usually did kind of okay when you look at a lot of these as examples. That being said, in where we specialize in healthcare technology and medical AI type tech and things like that, we're also...   31:49 Health tends to be a laggard in terms of technology adoption. The stuff that is super bleeding edge that we're looking at like Nvidia is doing and things. Yes. Health care is not there. So I do sometimes have some of the benefit of being able to be with the pack that's a little bit more of a laggard in terms of technology because you can see how other industries adopted it or didn't adopt it and adjust. So there's some of the foresight there. But.   32:17 You know, in terms of the cyclicalness of this, I think that's where almost the journalism training comes in. You know, you don't get, actually, I love my quotes. So Warbuffet, love him. John Wooden, he had a quote that was like, you can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a fallacy to get caught up in either one. And I remember hearing that, or reading that, or something like that back in my 20s. And in my 20s, I was just chasing   32:47 validation and praise, like we all were, you know, and, you know, come from a military family, they were very much like, um, focused on high achievement. And, and so I was really looking for that, looking for that and all the places, both right and wrong. And, um, and so the idea that it was a fallacy to get caught up in praise, I was like, huh, why would that be the case? You know? And, but   33:14 So over time, you can liken John Wooden's quotes to the craze that happens around anything. Right now, it's AI. Before, it was about there's crypto, and then there was a bunch of Web3 stuff going on. And it's sort of like, don't get caught up in any one thing. It's always a cycle. The market's great. Awesome. The market's not great. Fine.   33:39 Like, you know, I'm sticking around. And so last year as the market cycled, it was a little scary to watch my watch managers, um, not that dissimilar to me, just old everywhere, just fall apart and, you know, and be afraid of for myself. But I just thought, you know, we're, we're going to hunker down and we're not going to go anywhere and then, you know, and that keep doing what we do. And.   34:08 Maybe we'll slow down a little because we have to. Maybe we will make slight adjustments to course because we have to. But we're not going to respond with these big swings to whatever the market is doing. And so last year, I started thinking a lot about market cycles. And I went back and looked at some of these really, really old investment analyst documents that I found. OK.   34:36 from like the 1960s. And I can't remember who had produced this, but it was like a photograph of like a brown paper, sketches. And I was looking at this and I was like reading recessionary trends and just being a nerd. And I was like, this guy in 1942 to 1965 or whatever that he was doing this, the curves are the same.   35:06 they're just maybe slightly closer together now because things happen much quicker. The velocity. We're still doing this. So, you know, let's not act like right now as a unique situation because it's not, we've seen it before and we know what we would have done or should have done back then. So let's just do that now, you know, which is not lose your head and- And stick to your knitting. Yeah, just keep going. Yeah. Excellent.   35:36 I would like to give you the opportunity Genevieve to tell us how to reach you, my listeners. Please, is that on LinkedIn? Yeah, LinkedIn is great. Please don't pitch there. My inbox is involved with pitches. And most of them aren't even like in thesis for what we do. So you know, if a company does, if someone's a founder and they want to submit Suncoast on our website, you can submit on the website. Okay.   36:07 So that, and we do look at those, like those things come in and we do look at those. So that's the best way to reach me as a founder. If you wanna not pitch, if you just wanna like connect and, you know, read posts, you know, and interact on LinkedIn, LinkedIn is great. But just don't pitch on LinkedIn. And then if you have an Instagram. Okay. Yeah. Is it Sankos Ventures? No, no, it's just my name. It's at Genevieve. Genevieve LeMarchal, yeah. Okay.   36:35 that. And then of course, you know, there's adventurous podcast, which is on all major podcasting channels, there's links to it, you can get to from Instagram and things like that. And also, I have a website for it. I don't use it much, but it's adventurous podcasts.com. Thank you. All of these ways to connect and what to do and what not to do will be in the show notes. Yeah, just don't pitch on LinkedIn. Yes.   37:05 Very sound advice. I always asked my guests to kind of come back to the founder sandbox with me. I work on themes of resilience, purpose driven enterprises, and sustainable growth with the founders I serve. And I do not one guest has the same description of the the meaning of this word. So resilience, what does it mean to you? I mean, your man, your Phoenix manifesto is for me.   37:35 the an amazing show of resilience. But what does resilience mean to you? Resilience, I think it just means that like.   37:51 you're going to give yourself grace, but you're, and you're going to stay the course, you know. And so, you know, there's times when it's hard to be resilient when, you know, we need, we need to give ourselves grace. We need other people to give us grace. You know, we need that. It doesn't make you any less resilient because you need that. First and foremost, you give it to yourself.   38:21 some grace doesn't mean you're not going, you're not continuing forward. You're not pushing forward and you're not staying in course. So, um, I guess while moving forward, I don't know. Yeah. Yes. And I loved within the manifesto I'm willing to bend, but I'll never break. So that, that ability to, to have grace, give yourself grace, purpose-driven enterprise. What does that mean to you? So, um,   38:49 What purpose-driven means to me is that it is really aligned with what we've defined as purpose and impact and health. Purpose-driven means that it has a greater, it's a bigger outcome than simply just large returns. It doesn't not mean large return. It should mean that in fact, because if you want more and more.   39:15 assets and allocations to be put into impact or purpose driven enterprises, you need to produce returns. But that's what it means to me is more than just the financial outcome. And also I'll go back to your Phoenix manifesto, science and technology for betterment of society is how I choose to contribute to the world.   39:43 Sustainable growth. What's that mean to you? Sustainable growth. I'm sexy growth. Don't chase the latest, right? Yeah. Thank you. And your last, the last question. Did you have fun in the sandbox today? Yeah, absolutely. Thank you for sharing. It's time with me.   40:13 And my listeners will be better off after listening to Genevieve. Is it Lamar call? Is it? It's lay Marshall. And they marshaled. Genevieve, they marshal. So if you've liked this episode, sign up for my monthly release of a podcast where you're going to be listening to entrepreneurs, business owners, VCs, professionals, and risk providers.   40:42 on how to build strong governance in a resilient, scalable and purpose driven company to make profits for good. This podcast is available on any major streaming platform and I look forward to dropping again in on a monthly basis this podcast. Signing off until next month. Thank you.  

Expert Dojo is using the "DAO" method to fuel its global expansion. In this episode, Adam Torres and Ashutosh Kumar, Head of Strategy and Global Expansion at Expert Dojo, explore Expert DOJO and how it's creating a thriving community of entrepreneurs. Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.Apply to be a guest on our podcast:https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/Visit our website:https://missionmatters.com/Support the showMore FREE content from Mission Matters here: https://linktr.ee/missionmattersmedia

Expert Dojo is using the "DAO" method to fuel its global expansion. In this episode, Adam Torres and Ashutosh Kumar, Head of Strategy and Global Expansion at Expert Dojo, explore Expert DOJO and how it's creating a thriving community of entrepreneurs.Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to be a guest on our podcast: https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/ Visit our website: https://missionmatters.com/ More FREE content from Mission Matters here: https://linktr.ee/missionmattersmedia

Introduction Welcome to this week's podcast episode, where we engage in a fascinating conversation with Henry Ukoha, a venture partner at Expert Dojo. Our discussion delves into the realm of startup investing and the unique challenges and opportunities within the African startup ecosystem. Henry's Journey to Startup Investing: Learn how Henry's unconventional path led him to the world of startup investing, as he shares insights from his academic background in Biochemistry to his journey as a Venture Scout, and eventually reaching the position of Venture Partner at Expert Dojo. Insights into African Startup Ecosystem: Explore the intricacies of investing in African startups as Henry Ukoha offers valuable insights into the distinct characteristics of the African startup landscape. Discover how cultural and economic factors influence the way startups are nurtured and funded in this vibrant ecosystem.

Nadayar Enegesi has gone from building companies out of Canada, back to the entrepreneurial hotbed of Nigeria for his biggest startup venture yet. His new company, Eden Life, has acquired funding from top-tier investors like EXPERT DOJO, Goodwater Capital, Village Global, and Google for Startups.

Money Has A Heart And A Soul! Meet my guest Genevieve LeMarchal, Managing Partner of Suncoast Ventures. She launched and ran Expert Dojo's healthcare program and ran 3 full cohorts of health tech and MedTech companies, becoming one of the most prolific early stage VC investors in Southern California (Crunchbase, 2022) and winner of the 2022 Biocom Lifescience Catalyst Award. She previously served as Partner at a science focused advisory and fund in formation, was a General Partner at Oregon-based FoundersPad VC Fund II and she is co-founder of the XXcelerate Fund. She is the host of the AdVentureous Podcast. Genevieve writes and delivers talks, keynotes and training programs to groups all over the world about venture capital and entrepreneurship, impact and equity investing and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Founder's Sandbox, Brenda McCabe speaks to Brian MacMahon of Expert DOJO. Brian specializes in helping entrepreneurs become more successful in their business by using all the tools available as owner of the largest peer to peer peak performance academy in the world. Expert DOJO improves the success rate of early-stage entrepreneurs with investment, foundation, showcasing, influence, and community.   You can reach Brian at : brian@expertdojo.com https://expertdojo.com/

Hello everyone and welcome to another incredible episode of the Talk2Rami "Founder's Series" Podcast, where I interview movers and shakers, as to why they do what it is exactly they do! In today's episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeannie Edmunds, also known as, The Startup Jeannie. Jeannie Edmunds is an advisor to founders and investors in tech, CPG, travel, cannabis/CBD, and other industries. Advisory services include business development, branding/marketing, and preparation for investment. Affiliated with Capital Factory and SKU in Austin, and Expert Dojo in Los Angeles. Learn more and check out her Book "Start Me Up". Its a great read and you can get a ton of knowledge from it. https://www.amazon.com/Start-Me-Up-Truths-Starting-ebook/dp/B095KYGJKV

Unicorn Venture Partners Jonathan Hung, Unicorn Venture Partners   – The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 848 Jonathan Hung Jonathan Hung is a transformative Los Angeles angel investor and venture capital partner who believes in a bright future for businesses seeking to broaden their horizons in North America and Asia. One of the most active angel investors in Southern California, his mission is to drive value creation within each portfolio company. In support of this mission, he serves as Co-Managing Partner at Unicorn Venture Partners and Senior Venture Partner and Head of Due Diligence at Expert Dojo providing a hands-on approach to supporting companies by offering strategic expertise in operations management, finance, business development, multinational business strategy, entrepreneurship, networking, data analysis, and leadership. Jonathan and his team target investments in US companies that have global market potential with a focus on long-term growth expansion to East Asian markets Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Jonathan Hung about Unicorn Venture Partners. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: - Why Unicorn Venture Partners was created and how it all came together. - How being a founder means raising money and trying to go from zero to one. - Why you don't even know what you have until you've raised and spent a million dollars growing a business. - How you must get to a certain velocity if you want to exit your company successfully. - Why founders should remember they are going to get many noes before someone says yes.   Connect with Jonathan: Guest Contact Info Twitter @JonathanhungVC LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/jonathanhung Links Mentioned: jonathanhung.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital.  I am your host, Bill Griesinger; Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world.  It is your podcast for Fintech, Decentralized Finance, Blockchain and Smart Contracts, Digital Banking and all the frontier technologies that are changing the financial landscape globally.  Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone.  We have a fantastic program for you today.  I am excited about today´s conversation because I have the pleasure of welcoming to the podcast Jonathan Hung; Jonathan is a successful and accomplished angel investor based in Los Angeles.  He is considered one of the most active angel investors in Southern California.  In addition, he serves as Co-Managing Partner at Unicorn Venture Partners and Senior Venture Partner and Head of Due Diligence at Expert Dojo.  We´ll get into that and a lot more.  Jonathan, thank you for making the time to be on the podcast today;   So, before we dig into the meat of your work as an angel investor and venture partner, we typically begin by having you provide your background and details about your journey, more broadly, that led you into technology and angel investing…   In addition to providing venture capital funding and advisory support, Jonathan also provides business mentorship based on his experience running U.S. and China offices as the President of United Overseas Textile Corporation.  Jonathan was also a Managing Member for his family office fund, J Heart Ventures, which made investments in start-up companies such as Gyft, ChowNow, Miso Robotics, Clover Health, Bitmain, etc.     He also leverages various degrees from the University of Southern California, London School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Topic Areas Covered with Jonathan Your investing history in So. Cal and types of sectors, companies you look for; Jonathan and his team target investments in US companies that have global market potential with a focus on long-term growth expansion to East Asian markets. I´d like to highlight some of the Blog topics you cover on your website with respect to: Covered liquidity runway (cash) and monthly cash burn rate Gross Margins Monthly Recurring Revenue Operating Income/Net Income Web 3.0 and its role in future of startups; touching on blockchain, smart contracts, DeFi etc.  10 key metrics you look for in evaluating prospective investment Alternative funding strategies SPACs and SPVs;  Distinguish between the two.  Also, particularly since SPACs were all the rage in 2020-2021 but as a sector haven´t done well as public companies Your views on Leadership and Successful team building Other areas you would like to cover;   Closing Remarks: Jonathan, thank you very much for joining me today on the program…   Jonathan, how can those who are interested in learning more about you and your practice in So. California get in touch?   Contact Information Website:  jonathanhung.com Social Media (if applicable):   Or, Linkedin: Jonathan Hung   Thank you for joining me for this edition of DVC.  I hope you found today's discussion with Jonathan Hung interesting and it gave you some additional insights into the state of angel investing in So. California and beyond.     Stay tuned for my next Episode of DVC…thank you.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Lorraine D'Alessio about starting and building a world-class business in a male-dominated field. See the video here: https://youtu.be/SrXViOutfd8. CEO and Founder of D'Alessio Law Group, Lorraine D'Alessio, was named the 2017 Leader in Law by the Los Angeles Business Journal and recipient the 2018 Enterprising Woman Award. Lorraine is a former Ford model turned legal powerhouse, an award-winning immigration expert. Lorraine serves on the board for Artists for Change. Lorraine has provided counsel to hundreds of prominent entertainment agencies, unions, private companies, academic institutions, tech startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, including Next Models, Food Network, SubPac, Pepperdine University, ACTRA, New York Film Academy, Plug and Play, Expert Dojo, and 500 Startups. In addition to these clients, Lorraine has worked on highly successful refugee and deportation cases earning awards for her work with immigrant communities across Los Angeles.  Lorraine earned her law degree from Southwestern Law School. She is originally from Toronto. Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! Please consider supporting the HCI Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69688020. Check out the Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Academy: Courses, Micro-Credentials, and Certificates to Upskill and Reskill for the Future of Work! https://hciacademy.talentlms.com/. Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/. Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine. Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Jonathan Hung is a transformative Los Angeles angel investor and venture capital partner who believes in a bright future for businesses seeking to broaden their horizons in North America and Asia. In support of this mission, he serves as Co-Managing Partner at Unicorn Venture Partners and Senior Venture Partner and Head of Due Diligence at Expert Dojo providing a hands-on approach to supporting companies by offering his strategic expertise and operations management.   During the show we discuss: ● What an angel investor is and how can they help your startup business ● The difference between angel investors and venture capitalists ● What investors look for in founders to want to invest ● What ideas attract potential investors  ● Why some businesses should not take venture capital funding ● How to become an angel investor ● Why should you work with an angel investor ● Why your business still needs a business plan ● The startup funding stages ● The perfect startup pitch deck look like in an angel perspective ● Top tips for an elevator pitch ● What investors consider before investing in startups ● How to tap into the expertise of your angel investor ● How to negotiate with an angel investor ● Where to find angel investors for my startup ● What do angel investors look for in a startup ● Top questions to ask your investor before accepting the check   Show resources: https://jonathanhung.com/

Ep #055 - Avana is the first of its kind, USDA-Certified organic sparkling canned cocktail. They use real ingredients for real people - bringing new meaning to mindful drinking. At large, Avana raises the standard for health-consciousness within the hard seltzer and canned cocktail industries and donates a portion of profits to communities in need of support.   On this episode we are joined by the Founder of Avana, Brad Ledford, as well Isabelle Persson, Partner at Expert Dojo. Avana spent countless hours perfecting an honest, high-quality, and refreshing drinking experience that celebrates the moment with every sip. Pack Avana for your afternoon picnic, a day at the beach, backyard BBQ, sunset bonfire, or wherever life takes you. Order your pack now at drinkavana.com.   Expert Dojo is the most active international early-stage startup accelerator in Southern California. They invest $100,000 in each of their startups and help them get traction and scale faster than they could ever do by themselves. Learn more at expertdojo.com.   You can visit our website here, and follow Katie and Daniel on LinkedIN. Find Pitch Please on Twitter! You can also follow DSH Accelerator on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIN and TikTok.

Jayne Amelia talks with Daron Bennett---a foster care alumnus who grew up on the hard rough and tumble streets of Los Angeles. Violence, abuse, and neglect were ever present in his young life but he was determined to break free from the devastating cycle of trauma. At age 11, he taught himself how to read by going to the library and copying down words in the dictionary over and over and over until he understood them, learned how they were used, and how they were pronounced. He got into boxing and kickboxing as a youth and eventually traveled to Thailand to train and fight in Asia professionally. In his travels to Asia he developed a passion to learn new cultures and began visiting countries that had two things: a fight culture and good food. As a young man, he joined the Army and worked on Signals System and became a Signals Specialist. Daron has always had an entrpreneurail spirit and has a background in building frameworks and systems for venture backed startups. He was previously a Growth Engineer and Strategist at Postmates, MusclePharm, and TMT. He entered the crypto space in 2015, and his passion for block chain technology and building eco systems led him to advocate its utilization for teaching financial literacy, and he is now dedicated to ending generational poverty. He is a mentor at Expert Dojo and Backstage Capital, and the CEO and  co-founder of fantomGO*.

There is a Global Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic. Ischemic Heart Disease is the leading cause for early death as per the Global Burden of Disease, 2017. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) worldwide has increased since 2007 , is another finding in this report. Multimodality Imaging is important for the diagnosis, the prognostic assessment and for guiding therapy. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of all the issues related to multiple cardiovascular diseases. Increased use of diagnostic imaging has increased the pressure on Cardiac Imagers and Cardiovascular Radiology workflows. There is also a shortage of Cardiac Imagers to visually read and interpret the patient studies. The OneCardio© AI-driven Cardiac Imaging Analyses platform provides the essential tools for segmentation, quantification and radiomics to Cardiac Imagers and prescribing Clinicians to drive workflow improvements for improving productivity, treatment and patient outcomes. For more information, visit https://hearthealthtech.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

VPD is a financial service app brought to you by part of the team that delivered VoguePay (a leading payment solutions provider that was founded in 2012 and is now operating across 5 continents).   Our Vision To be the financial service of choice for anyone thinking borderless, as well as being the number one choice for digital banking experience.   Our Mission VPD Money is a financial technology firm whose purpose is to be the leader in developing and providing financial services that empower individuals, drive intra-trade by African and international SMEs as well as serve the diaspora community. For more information, visit vpd.money If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

Gamma Diagnostics specializes in developing novel diagnostics that are better quantitative indicators of the inflammatory response in infectious and chronic diseases (such as SARS-CoV-2, Dengue fever, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and others) to determine the right course of treatment, improve efficacy of care and thereby save more patient lives. For more information, visit https://www.gammadiagnostics.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

CEO and Founder of D'Alessio Law Group, Lorraine D'Alessio was named the 2017 Leader in Law by the Los Angeles Business Journal and is the recipient of the 2018 Enterprising Woman Award. A former Ford model turned legal powerhouse, Lorraine is a multi-award-winning, immigration expert that regularly contributes to the Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, LA Business Journal, Playback and other leading outlets in the U.S. Lorraine serves on the board for Artists for Change and is the author of “Going Global: Investing in U.S. Immigration,” a highly anticipated guide to U.S. immigration expected to be published later this year. Lorraine has provided counsel to hundreds of prominent and award-winning entertainment agencies, unions, private companies, academic institutions, tech startups, entrepreneurs and enterprises including: Next Models, Food Network, SubPac, Pepperdine University, ACTRA, New York Film Academy, Plug and Play, Expert Dojo, and 500 Startups. In addition to these clients,Lorraine has worked on highly successful refugee and deportation cases earning awards for her work with immigrant communities across Los Angeles.Lorraine D'Alessio earned her law degree from Southwestern Law School. She earned her Masters degree in Public Administration from The Senate of Queen's University at Kingston and also attended the University of Toronto, Canada to earn her undergraduate degree with a Bachelor of Arts.https://dlgimmigration.comwww.livelifedriven.com

Instoried helps companies drive content engagement to get more clicks. Higher engagement leads to higher ROI and optimized marketing spends. With  Instoried's proprietary tool, customers have witnessed up to 3X increase in incoming leads per post and 2X rise in ROI in less than 6 months.  Instoried uses NLP to create magic with data that helps determine the emotion and tone of marketing content, irrespective of the content's size. Instoried AI engine dynamically determines the emotional engagement quotient of the content and also gives smart recommendations to enhance audience engagement.  For more information, visit http://instoried.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Founder and CEO Dr. John Alderete! Tune in to hear the latest and greatest in med tech! Biomirror is committed to developing and commercializing unique solutions to diagnose prevalent diseases for which the current standards are inadequate. Biomirror aims to be the latest in lab testing and giving the appropriate diagnosis for female reproductive and sexual health. Biomirror's focus is in the field of sexual and reproductive health, leveraging infectious disease expertise to develop a low-cost rapid test solution for vaginitis, the number one reason women visit their primary care physician. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

Shift is defining the future of education and training through the use of cutting edge virtual reality. Shift provides VR and AI-based training to allow people to recognize their own biases and gain tools to address it and track lasting change and progress.   A women-founded technology company, Shift draws on 35+ years of research and experience in equity and immersive technology to deliver highly effective training and learning outcomes at scale. Shift brings together the software, hardware, and support needed to deliver their safe, and innovative proprietary training methodology. For more information, visit http://shiftbias.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

RediCare is a digital therapeutics firm, founded in Ireland in 2014 by an experienced multi-disciplined team with backgrounds in Medicine, Nutritional scientists, Software Engineering and Operations. Their core product RediCare Control has evolved over 6 years from real world deployment and studies in corporate and primary care settings with clinical input from passionate Cardiologists, Endocrinologists, General Practitioners, Nutritional Scientists, Prescribing Pharmacists, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and world experts in the field of Artificial Intelligence. With RediCare ControlDTx patients are transforming their health across the spectrum of metabolic health. They are experiencing clinically significant reductions in Weight, HbA1c, Blood Pressure and Improved Lipid profiles and PCOS remission. Many Type 2 Diabetic patients have reduced and eliminated their diabetes medications. RediCare ControlDTx is creating a new normal in prescription digital therapeutics for treating cardiometabolic diseases. RediCare envisions a new way to treat diseases like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease by targeting the root cause, not just the effects, using prescription digital therapeutics to deliver personalized clinically validated lifestyle therapy. RediCare partners with primary care practices in the UK and Ireland and serves over 140 corporate clients with chronic disease screening and management services. For more information, visit https://controldtx.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week Brian speaks with Ben Stein, CEO of Staple! Relying on humans to extract, enter and manage data is a valuable waste of resources. These activities can be slow, error-prone and expensive, and worse still, no employee enjoys this sort of mundane, repetitive work. Staple has developed an ML tool that reads, interprets and extracts structured data from documents faster, more accurately and more affordably than any human can, at scale. Our data extraction capabilities operate successfully regardless of layout or language. Although business documents like invoices and receipts are common use cases for AP automation, we can an also capture data from semi-structured and unstructured documents including medical claims, bills of lading, trade settlement documentation and many more. For more information, visit www.staple.io If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week Brian speaks with Chethan Athreyas, CEO of SynctacticAI SynctacticAI is a platform to power the future of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. With the proliferation in Data Science and its fraternity, the platform aims at providing a complete automated Data engineering and DevOps suit. SynctacticAI provides an end to end platform where anyone can come connect their data sources, define workflows, visualize insights and build ML/AI models. Teams can collaborate with each other while working on a single source of truth for all their data needs. The flexibility of Hybrid Multicloud provides data teams the power to optimize their workflows and bring in their data or store their data anywhere they please, right from On-Premise deployments to any of the cloud providers. For more information, visit https://synctactic.ai/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

Lyrid is a server-less cloud computing API management platform with dynamic load balancing among Google, AWS, Microsoft, Lyrid cloud, and private cloud. Machine learning is deployed to assure best measured trade off of cost versus performance for services in cloud computing. Most customers are seeing savings up to 90% when transitioning from the traditional virtual machine to a hybrid of virtual machine + Lyrid. Lyrid provides developers with an end-to-end experience from local code to global deployment of serverless functions. Lyrid's Function Delivery Networks lets the customer have the CDN-like experience for their code: push it once to our server and we will distribute them across all clouds. For more information, visit lyrid.io If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

Today we welcome Jonathan Hung, and to set the tone ladies and gentlemen I'm not sure that there's a place to graduate that Jonathan hasn't graduated from. He has several degrees from the University of Southern California, London School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the best schools. Jonathan Hung is a transformative Los Angeles angel investor and venture capital partner who believes in a bright future for businesses seeking to broaden their horizons in North America and Asia. In support of this mission, he serves as Co-Managing Partner at Unicorn Venture Partners and Senior Venture Partner and Head of Due Diligence at Expert Dojo providing a hands-on approach to supporting companies by offering his strategic expertise and operations management. Find complete show notes and more information at therichergeek.com/podcast

Artificial Intelligence & Industrial IoT solutions company increasing profitability of manufacturing companies globally. Lincode has developed a unique computer vision-based solution that detects QA issues at higher rates of accuracy and at lower costs than major competitors. The Secret? A proprietary model that incorporates AI to detect manufacturing defects of less than 2 microns at 120 FPS, incorporates ML to predict machine downtime, and incorporates AI and ML to predict the likelihood of future product defects. The solution is deployable with basic camera equipment in open environments and is operable within a single month of engagement. For more information, visit lincode.ai If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

Varty is the newest social network focused on generating new meaningful connections. No text. No statuses. Varty lets you enter virtual spaces where you have friends or where you have been invited. Within a room, you move your photo to join video calls with groups or individuals. Varty launched last December 2020 and has been growing ever since! For more information, visit https://varty.io/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

Today's guest is a serial entrepreneur and investor who has owned companies in over 35 countries. He is the owner of Expert DOJO, the largest International startup accelerator in Southern California. His company focuses on international companies who want a direct link to the American market and investor base. Their patented 12 step accelerator is unlike any other program available. It gives direct access to specialists in branding, design, business planning, product fit, strategic planning, web development, growth hacking, and so much more. Check out today's guest's TEDx talk. Please give a warm welcome to Brian Mac Mahon! Top 3 Amplifiers: 1. Biggest lessons learned from startups in 35 countries. 2. The 12 step accelerator program to kick start your business 3. Why do most startups fail To listen, find other episodes, access the show notes, and find out more go to www.amplifyto7figures.com. Enter the giveaway here: https://amplifyto7figures.com/giveaway Connect with today's guest: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/expertdojo/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/expert-dojo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExpertDOJO Twitter: https://twitter.com/Expert_Dojo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCG-rpcNV7yEItIii2Uz2DA?view_as=subscriber SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/artofstartupwar

This week Brian speaks with Courtney Brand, CEO of thelighthouse. thelighthouse is building the Waze for everyone's career, starting with a career growth platform built for the fast changing world of work. thelighthouse empowers rising mid-career professionals with the network, insights, and support to reach their career goals and maximize their potential via one-on-one matching with relevant professionals, curated resources, and member-driven events. thelighthouse partners with people-first companies looking to invest in their top Millennial talent, thereby increasing performance and loyalty. For more information, visit www.thelighthouse.us If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Veroniek Vermeulen, Founder of Silatha Silatha is a habit forming meditation app, liberating women in a male dominated society. We believe that women are a powerful force for change in the world and we need women to be able to tap into their inherent powers.  We encourage her with confidence and inner strength, so she can stand up to the pressure of today's world. Supporting her through life's challenges like pregnancy, female leadership, menopause, being a new mom, etc. We use anchor meditation to prolong the effect of the meditation and have 5 times higher retention rate vs competition. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Asad Faizi, Founder and CEO of CloudPlex.  In this episode, Brian and Asad talk about cloud technology, what it is and how it is fundamental to today's technology. They discuss what CloudPlex is, how it came about and what problems it aims to solve especially for developers. Lastly, Asad explains how they plan to increase their revenue in the years to come - investors, CloudPlex is one of the companies to watch out for! About CloudPlex: CloudPlex platform is the next generation, low-code, visual drag n drop SaaS platform for developers, making Kubernetes application development easy, painless and fast. We are changing the way developers create, test, debug and deploy Kubernetes applications. Just like smart IDEs have become a standard developer's tool, we envision smart visual tools becoming standard for developers to build Kubernetes applications. CloudPlex presents a smart visual drag-n-drop interface that hides all the complexity of the underlying technologies, and fully automates the development lifecycle – from designing, to building, to debugging, to deployment and management of Kubernetes applications. With CloudPlex, developers never have to manually create YAML or Helm - the platform automatically generates all required artifacts. CloudPlex enables remote development from IDEs to dev clusters. There is n​o need to repeatedly push, build, and deploy code​ to a Kubernetes cluster. CloudPlex makes collaborative integration testing easy and painless by providing a set of ​diagnostic, debug and troubleshooting dashboards. The CloudPlex K​ubernetes-ready Service Hub enables r​eusability of services to speed up application delivery​. Developers can choose from 1300+ services and add them in seconds, through a visual interface CloudPlex platform cuts down the development and debugging time by 50%, and reduces errors by half. It reduces the level of Kubernetes skill set required to build cloud native applications, and allows existing developers without Kubernetes expertise to become productive without extensive training. CloudPlex reduces enterprise's dependence on deep expertise in Kubernetes to win in the marketplace. For more information, visit www.cloudplex.io If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Aayush Khandpur, CEO and Co-Founder of Fudr   A few about Fudr:   Fudr is a web app that provides you with a seamless outing experience wherever you go. All you need are a few taps on your smartphone. Be it the eatery down the lane or your favorite coffee bar, just scan the QR code on your table and the application takes you directly to the menu. Select and confirm your order and pay from the comfort of your chair through your cell phone. Worried who gets that cheque? Have Fudr's split feature assist you to just pay your bill without the need to download anything   Fudr makes your life super easy as it extracts the waiting period, gives you the comfort of your personal always available menu and helps you merge the bill with the rest of the dinner party, all without the need to download the app. While a restaurant benefits with a dynamic menu, data analytics, easy induction on those customer loyalty programs they have thought about, enclosed in the envelope of staff rightsizing. More about Fudr please visit: https://www.business.fudr.in/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Nick Lynch, Co-Founder & CEO of Collidescope, and Dan Thorman their Operations and Strategy Executive! In this episode, Brian, Nick and Dan talk about the genesis of Collidescope, their vision and goal, who are the types of companies or organizations that they help out. They also talk about their amazing team, and their plan to scale the company to great heights and how you, as an investor, help them reach this goal. About Collidescope.io:  Companies are seeing an opportunity to add corporate social responsibility (CSR) to their operations by pivoting towards activities that have social and environmental impact (doing good) while generating financial returns (creating value). In 2020, companies spent over $20B on their CSR initiatives. However, they are seeking better value for their money and returns on investment in terms of business and social outcomes, and expecting nonprofits to be more accountable and transparent than ever. For context, there are an estimated 10 million nonprofit organizations (or non-governmental organizations) worldwide and if they were a country, they would have the 5th largest economy in the world. Collidescope.io helps bring transparency and measurement to nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies looking to be more involved in corporate social responsibility initiatives. Collidescope.io is a social media analytics and measurement SaaS platform that allows global causes, influencers, and corporations to better partner, promote, and measure their collective impact. Collidescope.io, a MVP-validated, post-revenue company with amazing clients like American Lung Association, Make A Wish Foundation, Didi Hirsch Mental Services, and many more! For more info about Collidescope please visit https://collidescope.io/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Josh Jackson, CEO and Cofounder of Promptous, and Philip McKnight their COO! In this episode, Brian Justin and Philip discuss how Promptus started and the idea behind it, how dental insurance works and how they make this easy for companies. They also discuss the amazing team behind the company, their growth plan and how they plan to scale their revenue from $10,000 monthly to $100,000 a month. Lastly, they share why Promptous is one of the companies that you should invest in. A few words about Promptous: Promptous is a new dental benefit that enables employers to create high-value dental plans at a fraction of the cost. It's offered with a cutting edge app experience that makes finding a great dentist and getting coverage easy and transparent. For more info about Promtous, please visit: https://promptous.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Gaetano Volpe, Founder and CEO of Latitudo 40. In this episode, Brian and Gaetano talk about how Latitudo 40's technology helps shape the future of almost every place in the world and improve their quality of life. They also talk about the amazing team of experts behind the company, how they see the company growing in the next 5-10 years, and of course, why you should invest in them as we did! About Latitudo 40: Founded in 2017 by 4 space industry experts and image analysis gurus, Latitudo 40 has combined the 20 years of experience of the “aged” founders to the multidisciplinary and young team which has grown to over 10 people. The team has now artificial intelligence, machine learning, image processing experts, UIX specialists, and business development professionals. Their vision is to give easy access to satellite images for everyone. Latitudo 40 brings together data and algorithms from multiple sources and provides straightforward information to understand our planet from above. Their motto is “Earth Analytics made Simple“. Every day, Latitudo 40 puts passion into creating new tools that allow people to monitor the Earth, with the skills and knowledge needed to read an email or post pictures on social networks. With all this information at our fingertips, we can make better and faster decisions to support your activities and have a positive impact on our daily processes. From infrastructure monitoring to precision agriculture and emergency response, Latitudo 40 believes that understanding the pace of world changes will help to change it in the right direction. For more information, please visit https://www.latitudo40.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Sriram Subramanian, Founder of ShoppinPal about how ShoppinPal started and what inspired Sriram to create ShoppinPal. They also talk about how they managed to onboard 2,500 clients in just 5 months and their plan to get more clients by the end of the year. Sriram also tells Brian the roadblocks they faced and how they managed to overcome those. Lastly, Sriram tells us their plan to scale up in the future and become the next unicorn, and of course, how your investment will greatly help them!  About ShoppinPal: ShoppinPal is a rapidly growing Global first mover in B2B, Cloud-based SaaS Integration Tech, focused on the Retail/ Restaurant/Payments POS and Ghost/Cloud/Dark Kitchen verticals.  Their unique proprietary iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) Product enables leading Point of Sale (POS) Software Providers to speedily and seamlessly integrate their POS Software with *ANY* System/App(Internal or External) available, at scale. This enables any imaginable integration between POS Software Providers and their SMB end customers' diverse set of branded-or-legacy Internal Software Systems (such as Accounting /e-Comm/ ERP/ Inventory Management/HR/Loyalty systems/CRM), at scale. Fully customizable and ready to use with a simple, single point, plug-and-play access, and deployment. Leading to huge Cost Savings via workflow automation. For more information, please visit https://www.shoppinpal.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Bar Barda, CEO of 360 Vetch.tv This week, Brian and Bar talk about how Vetch.tv started and the wonderful eureka idea behind it, their diverse team of professionals who help make the company to where it is today, the amazing system of converting consumers to content creators. They also discuss how Vetch plans to reach the 100k monthly revenue, the amount they need to raise to help them develop their platform better, and of course, why you should invest in them. About Vetch.tv Vetch.tv's technology selects, highlights, and moderates user-generated content from leading social media platforms in order to maximize the user's time on the brand's website, increase satisfaction and optimize conversion. Their AI model recommends personalized videos to each user in order to maximize the probability of engagement. Vetch.tv solution increases engagement between the content creators and the brand, creating a win-win situation where the brand enjoys high-quality, personalized content for website visitors, while the content creators enjoy exposure and recognition. For more information, please visit https://www.vetch.tv/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com

Have you ever wondered how an accelerator works? Or what an accelerator looks for? Then this episode is for you.  I sit down with Brian MacMahon, Founder of Expert Dojo, an accelerator for early-stage high-growth potential startups. Brian shares how he came to found Expert Dojo; and shares his insights on what it takes to […] The post Ep 14: Startup Accelerators 101 and Success Tips with Brian MacMahon appeared first on Philip Topham Personal Site.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Brian Mac Mahon join as my guest speaker. Brian Mac Mahon is the founder of Expert DOJO, a Southern California-based business accelerator providing small and start-up businesses with access to thousands of mentors. Not only adding expertise, but the company also invests in seed and very early-stage funding with its portfolio assets. With a growing international presence, Expert DOJO and Brian bring a global perspective to starting and growing a small business. His investments are global: from Brazil to Egypt, from Spain to India, from China to Korea, and from Finland to Ghana (as well as in other parts of the world.)

This week, my guest is Founder and Head Honcho at Expert DOJO - Brian Mac Mahon. Now, I'm going to be honest with you - I'm trying not to have as many business-related guests on the show, mainly because I'm trying to talk to people who tie in more with my own interests... and making money is not a skill I've ever shown much of a proficiency for… However, what Brian is a very interest guy - what he's gone on to create is a business that pushes young, vivacious business minds to be more successful in a way that goes against the grain of the Venture Capital market. His tagline, which was what got me interested in having him on, was, “Being a startup business is a lonely and difficult path to navigate… Why do it alone?” So in this chat, we run through Brian's life to find out how he got to where he is today and at times he really puts me through my paces! expertdojo.com -- This episode is sponsored by Northern Powerhouse Media. To find out more about Northern Powerhouse Media's extensive range of products, go to npmedia.co.uk. Use promo code SODSPOD for a 50% introductory discount on your first order. If you'd like to support Sod's Law you can become a Sod's Law patron at patreon.com/sodspod from as little as £1 /$1 a month - there are different tiers including ad-free episodes, giveaways and more!

Recorded: Friday, April 10th, 2020 More than 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the past four weeks, pushing many people to embrace an entrepreneurial side of themselves they haven't before.  this poses the question: is coronavirus actually a good thing for the American Spirit? In this episode, we have Brian MacMahon, who runs a startup accelerator called Expert Dojo in Santa Monica. We ask him the question: Can a small startup put a dent into a big pandemic? Learn more about our guest Brian MacMahon and the Expert Dojo: https://expertdojo.com/ Listen to Brian's Podcast "Art of Startup War": https://expertdojo.com/podcasts/ Check out our website: THELATEST.com Send us feedback: podcast@thelatest.com  

We talk about how Brian has evolved Expert Dojo into a really interesting international accelerator ($100k checks), how lean startup can be misapplied, and how women are better than men :)  Totally worth checking out--both the Dojo and this episode!

Get Ready and Expert DOJO on The Tony DUrso Show with Tony Steuer and Brian Mac Mahon. This show is dedicated to helping You, make your Vision become a reality. Tony Steuer loves helping others makes sense of the financial world in way that is easy to understand. A recognized authority on financial literacy, he is on a mission to establish a path to financial preparedness and has created roadmaps for this in his many award winning books. Brian Mac Mahon is a serial entrepreneur/investor and has owned companies in over 35 countries. He is also the owner of Expert DOJO, which is the fastest growing startup accelerator in Southern California. At Expert DOJO early stage startups receive investment, success coaching, advice and specialist help in all areas of their business growth. Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts.

Get Ready and Expert DOJO on The Tony DUrso Show with Tony Steuer and Brian Mac Mahon. This show is dedicated to helping You, make your Vision become a reality. Tony Steuer loves helping others makes sense of the financial world in way that is easy to understand. A recognized authority on financial literacy, he is on a mission to establish a path to financial preparedness and has created roadmaps for this in his many award winning books. Brian Mac Mahon is a serial entrepreneur/investor and has owned companies in over 35 countries. He is also the owner of Expert DOJO, which is the fastest growing startup accelerator in Southern California. At Expert DOJO early stage startups receive investment, success coaching, advice and specialist help in all areas of their business growth. Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts.

Get Ready and Expert DOJO on The Tony DUrso Show with Tony Steuer and Brian Mac Mahon. This show is dedicated to helping You, make your Vision become a reality. Tony Steuer loves helping others makes sense of the financial world in way that is easy to understand. A recognized authority on financial literacy, he is on a mission to establish a path to financial preparedness and has created roadmaps for this in his many award winning books. Brian Mac Mahon is a serial entrepreneur/investor and has owned companies in over 35 countries. He is also the owner of Expert DOJO, which is the fastest growing startup accelerator in Southern California. At Expert DOJO early stage startups receive investment, success coaching, advice and specialist help in all areas of their business growth. Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts.

Get Ready and Expert DOJO on The Tony DUrso Show with Tony Steuer and Brian Mac Mahon. This show is dedicated to helping You, make your Vision become a reality. Tony Steuer loves helping others makes sense of the financial world in way that is easy to understand. A recognized authority on financial literacy, he is on a mission to establish a path to financial preparedness and has created roadmaps for this in his many award winning books. Brian Mac Mahon is a serial entrepreneur/investor and has owned companies in over 35 countries. He is also the owner of Expert DOJO, which is the fastest growing startup accelerator in Southern California. At Expert DOJO early stage startups receive investment, success coaching, advice and specialist help in all areas of their business growth. Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts.

Get Ready and Expert DOJO on The Tony DUrso Show with Tony Steuer and Brian Mac Mahon. This show is dedicated to helping You, make your Vision become a reality. Tony Steuer loves helping others makes sense of the financial world in way that is easy to understand. A recognized authority on financial literacy, he is on a mission to establish a path to financial preparedness and has created roadmaps for this in his many award winning books. Brian Mac Mahon is a serial entrepreneur/investor and has owned companies in over 35 countries. He is also the owner of Expert DOJO, which is the fastest growing startup accelerator in Southern California. At Expert DOJO early stage startups receive investment, success coaching, advice and specialist help in all areas of their business growth. Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts.