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Brian is the founder of Expert DOJO , one of the most active institutional investors in the world. With over 300 startup investments he is uniquely positioned to speak to how startups grow from that initial innovation to a world dominating brand. His expertise is in the area of emotional resonance and how relationships can be built and sustained between those startups and their customers. All his experience in Expert DOJO opened the door to both invest in and to become co-founder of Matchbook AI. Matchbook is an innovative SaaS solution that solves data quality problems by streamlining the process of matching and enriching data. Matchbook gives their clients the tools to unlock the value of their business with comprehensive data stewardship functionality and the world's premier source of commercial intelligence from Dun & Bradstreet and other data providers.

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.

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

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

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.

Pavel Cherkashin is the Managing Partner at GVA Capital and an investor in AI, blockchain and see-driven tech. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com.    

Pamela Day studied at The Harvard Business School. She is now an expert in ICO's and is now the Managing Partner at Venice Crypto Capital. Pamela shares her thoughts on how to invest in ICO's on a safer way. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com

Maryanne Morrow is an expert in FinTech and blockchain. She is the CEO at 9th Gear Technologies, Inc, which is a FinTech startup that enables same day trading and settlement using scalable technology on a private permissioned blockchain. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com  

Rayaan Arif is the Founder of Fundingtree.com which is a Marketplace Funding & Investments platform that is being built to facilitate Real Estate Transaction using Blockchain Hyper Ledger Technology & Smart Contracts. In this podcast episode you'll hear him talk about the ICO ecosystem and all about ICO startups. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com    

James DeCicco help companies and individuals discover solutions for their highest personal and business goals through training and consulting in technology, finance, and mindset psychology. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com

Cory Klippsten is a Venture Partner at DNA fund which is the world's premiere crypto venture fund. Listen to this episode and learn how investors think when startups are approaching them and potentially looking to launch an ICO. This podcast episode is a part of Expert Dojo's "The Art of Startup War". Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com

Scott Alderton is a corporate and technology lawyer focusing on middle-market, technology and emerging growth companies. Mr. Alderton has over twenty-eight years experience working with technology and emerging growth companies with particular expertise in venture capital, angel, private equity and more.  Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com

Howard Leonhardt is the founder, Executive Chairman, CEO at Leonhardt's Launchpads, Leonhardt Ventures, BioLeonhardt, Second Heart Assist, Inc.  Mr. Leonhardt is doing future research on how to extend life 30 years and reduce aging 30 years. He wants the 80-year-old people to be the new 50-year-old people. Which is incredible! You need to listen to this episode and learn more about his innovations.  Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com

Vince Thompson is a true expert in investing and mentoring early stage entertainment and media businesses. He has an eye for transformational opportunities as well as the ability to create business models and successfully lead the teams that scale them.  Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com

Drew Leahy is the Director of Equity Partnerships at Hawke Media. He is a data-driven, product focused entrepeneur and startup mentor. Mr. Leahy has extensive experience in consumer mobile & web, b2b, social media, video, apparel, and entertainment verticals. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com

Andreas is Managing Director and Founder of Penna & Company. The practice has a global footprint and specializes in M&A and Venture Capital advisory, international corporate expansion and targeted business development. Andreas has broad functional experience in business development and strategic partnerships, product management & planning and corporate strategy/M&A. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com    

Serj Dhami is a respected investor in Silicon Beach and is one of the top trademark investigators in the world. For this reason he is in such demand as an investor in the Silicon Beach startup scene. In this episode he shares with us what startup investments he loves. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com

Jonathan Wallace is the Head of Investment at Expert Dojo. Together with Brian Mac Mahon, they talk about how startups should prepare to get investment. How are investors thinking when they are viewing your product or service.  Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com  

Joe Jacobsen from UPS and Brian Mac Mahon from Expert Dojo are talking about how to make your startup scale.  Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com  

Brian Mac Mahon meets Len Lanzi who is one of the most experienced in startup investments in the US. This is an incredible podcast episode that you don't want to miss!  Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com  

Scott Holmes is the Co-Creator of IMMORDL and he is also a mentor for startups. Holmes is a true visionary with broad and deep experience in technology, entertainment and marketing with Fortune 500 clients and startups alike.   Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com

This week's podcast is one of our absolute favorites! Meet the marvelous crowdfunding expert; Alon Goren. Co-Founder of Crowd Invest Summit, which is the world's largest Crowdfunding conference and expo. Alon is also a Venture Partner at Wavemaker Partners; an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Los Angeles and Singapore. You don't want to miss this! Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit  www.expertdojo.com

This week Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Matt Olsen who has over fifteen years of experience in various disciplines in banking and finance including secondary marketing, mortgage trading and valuation technology, commercial lending, specialty deposits and cash management, treasury product and services. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit  www.expertdojo.com  

This week Brian speaks with Frank Ramond for more real life investor stories.   Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit  www.expertdojo.com  

This week Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Maxine Kozler Koven from LDR Ventures.  LDR Ventures is a Los Angeles based Venture Capital and Management Consulting Group. We focus on consumer lifestyle brands, products and services in: fashion, footwear, accessories, health, fitness and wellness, food, legal tech and marketplaces. We embrace gender equality, diversity, impact, inclusion and female founders.  Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit  www.expertdojo.com

Hany is an investment professional with strong operational experience in the UAE and US. Background and networks in venture capital in US. Focus sectors include education, healthcare, transportation/logistics and security/defense. C-level and Minister/DG level networks in GCC and US. Brian Mac Mahon is back to do what what he does best and that is getting the real stories from top investors.  Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit  www.expertdojo.com

Join us for the first podcast of season 2 with Expert Dojo! This week Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Janne Kyttanen, Digital Sculptor, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, 3D printing pioneer. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit  www.expertdojo.com