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On this week's episode, we welcome Bek Muslimov & Nikolay Tretiyakov, Co-Founders of Leafy Tunnel - early stage VC firm investing in psychedelics and cannabis to combat mental health and pain disorders.We examine the European investment landscape within the psychedelic and cannabis sector, looking into the types of investors and funds operational within this space, alongside how they have changed as the market begins to build momentum.→ View full show notes, summary, and access resources here: https://www.canverse.global/shownotes/e138About Nikolay TretiyakovNikolay is a Co-Founding Partner at Leafy Tunnel. Nikolay is an investor in ATAI Life Sciences (a biotech platform curing mental health disorders) and Iuvo Therapeutics (a European cannabis company).Prior to Leafy Tunnel, in 2013 Nikolay founded Blue Wire Capital, a multi-strategy investment firm investing in European venture funds, technology and life science companies.Nikolay holds a BA degree from the University of Wolverhampton and an MBA from the Russian Academy of National Economy.About Bek MuslimovBek is a Co-Founding Partner at Leafy Tunnel. For the past 7 years, he has been investing in European technology and life science companies. His recent investments include ATAI Life Sciences and Iuvo Therapeutics.Prior to Leafy Tunnel, Bek was the Investment Director at Blue Wire where he led investments in Monzo, Superawesome, Homehero, Ocean Harvest, and IhateironingBek is an MBA graduate of London Business School, has completed a medical neuroscience course at Duke University and holds a medical cannabis specialisation from the University of Colorado Boulder.ResourcesLeafy Tunnel's Website: https://www.leafytunnel.com/Join Bek on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekmuslimov/Join Nikolay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolaytretyakov/Follow Leafy Tunnel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leafy-tunnel/

There isn't a part of the startup ecosystem that Mike Townsend hasn't touched. As well as being an investor and mentor in the startup space, he's an experienced founder, dipping his toe in a range of industries. Since founding ZingCheckout in 2012, he's gone on to grow HomeHero, a marketplace for families to hire in-home care for seniors, Redeem, a crypto trading marketplace and, his most recent endeavour, Otter Labs, which matches software developers with startup founders.  He is also father to Leonardo, who he says in quite the handful in comparison! A lot of ground is covered in this week's chat; the future of work, why you should stop hedging, and soft vs hard pivots. Mike and Amrit also candidly discuss why the role of men in child rearing needs a serious upgrade.  Check out Mike's fintech podcast, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amrit-santhirasenan-founder-and-ceo-of-hyperexponential/id805021615?i=1000519258589 (Around the Coin), which Amrit has also been a guest on. Keep up to date with everything Startup Dads related on Twitter: https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/ (https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/) This week's Startup Shout Outs: Rhythm 360 - https://www.rhythm360.io/ (https://www.rhythm360.io/) Mighty - https://www.mightyapp.com/ (https://www.mightyapp.com/) A https://fascinateproductions.co.uk/ (Fascinate) Production. 

Will the Black Lives Matter movement bring change to an industry accused of being too white? Nick Kelly, a black entrepreneur who runs Axela Ltd, says venture capital funds would only consider a certain kind of business idea from black entrepreneurs. He didn't raise any money from them when he went asking yet his business is now worth around $10 million. Kenny Alegbe of HomeHero, another black entrepreneur says he only got investment from VC funds when he looked outside of the usual set of funds. Plus Manuela Saragosa speaks to Tracy Gray who runs the 22 Fund. She is a rarity in the VC community. She is female and a black investor, and says there has been no change in the VC world for the 20 years that she's worked in it. (Picture: Black businesswoman looking at male colleagues whispering; Credit: XiXinXing/Getty Images)

Quinntin Ruiz Since Quinntin Ruiz was seven years old, he had the ambition to become a doctor and find a cure for Downs syndrome (DS). He worked hard enough to earn his way into Pomona College, the #1 ranked college in the U.S. according to Forbes, and to do research at the University of California, Irvine, one of only two colleges in the U.S. that specialize in DS research. However, after over eight hundred hours of research, he was disappointed with the inefficiencies and the slow progress of academic research.  He thought there had to be a better way and chose to pursue the startup path. After running major marketing campaigns for HomeHero, a venture-backed startup dedicated to helping families find affordable in-home care for their loved ones, he was hooked. He fell in love with the fast-paced nature of startups and looked to accelerate the difference he made in the world and donate a large portion of his earning to aid in DS research and towards effective altruism charities.  He created his first startup called Cartpool when he was nineteen years old, an on-demand food delivery startup for college students. This was at the time when PostMates and UberEats were just starting to enter the market. He raised over 6-figures from an angel investor and expanded the startup to eight colleges in southern California. After realizing the business was a “race-to-the-bottom” economic model, he decided to shut it down three years later. For a year, he worked as the COO of Rasur Foundation International, a nonprofit dedicated to helping parents overcome adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) so parents don’t pass that pain on to their children. There, he helped create a product niche, grow the team, and automate sales and marketing systems.  Currently, he is a co-founder of Hero International, an education startup dedicated to helping empower a thousand purpose-driven entrepreneurs to build sustainable companies in the next five years. His startup was considered one of the top 10% of companies that applied to YC Startup School and 1% of company profits are donated to Kiva, a non-profit focused on empowering low-income entrepreneurs from around the world to grow their businesses.    George Lantay A lifelong student of the human experience, George began his journey in meditation at the age of 7 and started facilitating transformational work professionally at the age of 15. After spending 6 years working in 5 psychology research labs studying optimized work culture, working in numerous positions facilitating teambuilding and leadership development, and teaching martial arts, meditation, and dance all in and around the #1 ranked US psychology school UNC Chapel Hill, George spent 2 years traveling learning from personal development masters around the world and realized that what he had found was 10x more effective than anything he had seen in psychology and organizational development work in the US. Upon this realization, George founded Hero University with the vision of creating a place where people could have everything they need to become purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Through the use of advanced emotional intelligence training alongside inner storytelling, the course he teaches personally empowers entrepreneurs to create the emotional reality of what they want to build to drive business results and impact for the people they serve.   You can find out more about Quinntin Ruiz and George Lantay in the links below: Website - https://www.herouniversity.life/hero-university-fellowship-page-universal35870336 Social Media Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/herouniversitylife/   References 80,000 Hours - https://80000hours.org/ The 4-Hour Workweek - https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357 This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life by David Foster Wallace -  https://www.amazon.com/This-Water-Delivered-Significant-Compassionate/dp/0316068225   Listen as we talk about: Finding purpose outside the traditional college system. Why we must surround ourselves with the people we want to become. Their personal takes on entrepreneurship and how we are all entrepreneurs at some level. Their curriculum for young entrepreneurs on Hero University: Getting past our adverse childhood experiences through storytelling and emotional intelligence. How the best leaders make decisions through intuition and the available tools to develop this consciousness.   Join or follow our purpose seeking podcast community at the following social media channels: Facebook Instagram YouTube Channel Facebook Group - Purpose Seekers   Sign up for the Bi-Weekly Newsletter by clicking the link: https://mailchi.mp/35a0bfec9762/peopleofpurpose   Rate and Review the People of Purpose Podcast channels: We will greatly appreciate it if you can leave a rating and a short review of how your People of Purpose experience has been. Feedbacks and reviews from awesome people like you will help us know what People of Purpose has been doing great. 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The Home Building Hero is excited to announce a new partnership with Hero Soap Company as a new sponsor! We interviewed one of the owners, Lucas and heard his amazing story. Hero soap is owned and operated by Veterans that struggled to find their place when they returned home. Hero soap company will donate proceeds from their sales to help Operation Finally Home for any of our listeners. They will also donate a bar of soap overseas to deployed veterans if you get a subscription. Hero Soap Company hand makes amazing soaps that are all natural, chemical free, and holistic. Best of all all Home Building Hero listeners get a special deal. 15% off your order. Just go to www.herosoapcompany.com/discount/Homehero to place your order. Discount Code: HOMEHERO Stay connected with us!! ▶️ www.homebuildinghero.com ▶️ Twitter: @building_hero ▶️ Instagram: @homebuildinghero ▶️ Facebook: facebook.com/homebuildinghero

Today Kyle Hill with Redeeem joins us to discuss how to turn your giftcards into cryptocurrency. Kyle is a tech entrepreneur, web developer, and former financial advisor. He served as founder/CEO of HomeHero, one of the largest non-medical home care providers in California. HomeHero raised $23 million and provided care to thousands of families before being acquired in 2018. After HomeHero, Kyle and his co-founder Mike Townsend launched a peer-to-peer crypto gift card exchange called Redeeem to make it faster, safer and easier for the unbanked to buy bitcoin. He's a design snob with a passion for crypto and marketplaces, and enjoys clean minimalist design. https://www.redeeem.com https://twitter.com/redeeem https://twitter.com/kaleazy View this episode on our website here. *Disclaimer. None of this information is financial advice. ~ Want to learn more about cryptocurrency? Check out our blog today! ~ Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Discord, Minds.com, Steemit, and Uptrennd today! ~ Stay up to date with the latest news in cryptocurrency by opting-in to our newsletter! You will receive daily emails (M-S) that are personalized and curated content specific to you and your interests, powered by artificial intelligence.  ~ We host various events around the New Orleans area. If you are in town come out and join us! ~ Are you an accredited investor looking to invest in cryptocurrency? Check out Crescent City Capital. ~ Want to take educational courses on cryptocurrency? Sign up for Unchained University today! ~ Want access to a hand-researched database of over 7,000 companies & people in crypto? CryptoList has what you're looking for! ~ We hope you are enjoying our cryptocurrency and blockchain educational content! We greatly appreciate donations, which all go directly towards creating even better educational content. Thank you for your generosity! BTC: 3BpSmgS8h1sNtbk6VMiVWxoftcwBxAfGxR  ETH: 0x743c0426CE838A659F56aFC4d3c10872d758EC79  LTC: MKCpf3qEVfT6yprhDhkJJcdNpqh5PZXSbx

In this interview Mike Townsend talks to Kyle Hill, which is a special episode because Kyle and Mike are co-founders of Redeeem (trusted peer-to-peer crypto gift card exchange), and have started 3 startups over the last 8 years together. Previous to Redeeem, they raised $23M for HomeHero, a tech-enabled home care marketplace. They talk about how to work successfully together as a team, the mission and story of Redeeem, as well as a variety of topics related to bitcoin, government regulation, and upcoming exciting blockchain projects.

On today's episode of Gritty Founder, Kreig Kent talks with Mike Townsend about his journey as an entrepreneur and how he built Redeeem. Mike shares valuable advice on finding cofounders, hiring, and building long term relationships. Mike is a serial entrepreneur, and host of Around the Coin fintech podcast. He raised $23 Million with his last startup HomeHero, and is now bootstrapping a crypto gift card exchange called Redeeem. Some Questions Kreig asks Mike: - What influenced you to become an entrepreneur? (5:55) - Walk us through all the companies you’ve started? (9:13) - How have you been able to find success building a team? (27:42) - What do you think is the most important ingredient for a founder? (33:24) - If you could go back in time, what advice would you give yourself? (35:56) In This Episode, You Will Learn: - About Mike’s background and how he became an entrepreneur (4:20) - How Mike started Redeeem (20:27) - Advice for finding cofounders (32:01) - You need an eagerness to put ideas into reality as a founder (33:38) - Invest in long term relationships (36:13) - About Mike’s podcast, “Around the Coin” (38:48) - Mike’s thoughts on public funding for education (41:08) - Why we shouldn’t have government programs to put solar panels on top of houses (43:05) Connect with Mike Townsend: LinkedIn Redeeem Also Mentioned on This Show... Mike’s favorite quote: “When you consider that man is a little germ that lives on an unimportant rock ball that revolves about an insignificant star on the outer edges of one of the smaller galaxies — what a put-down that [is]. But, on the other hand, if [I] think about that for a few minutes, I am absolutely amazed to discover myself on this rock ball rotating around a spherical fire. It’s a very odd situation.” —Alan Watts Mike’s book recommendation: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

You’ve probably heard of HomeHero before, the startup once labeled a home care “disruptor” that was eventually forced to close up shop. But have you ever heard of Family Directed? That’s the relatively new technology-enabled home care company that’s trying to breathe new life into HomeHero while also attempting to give consumers more transparency on the home care services they sign up for. Unlike some of its predecessors that vowed to disrupt home-based care, Family Directed isn’t trying to “throw the baby out with the bathwater,” President Kiel Dowlin recently told Home Health Care News. In fact, apart from its consumer-facing offerings, it actually has an enterprise platform for potential agency partners. Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn: - How Family Directed is growing its business with the help of a long-time home care veteran - What the tech company hopes to accomplish by partnering with existing home health and home care agencies - Why Family Directed believes it will succeed where other home care "disruptors" have failed - … and much more!

Visit EOFire.com for complete show notes of every Podcast episode. Mike is the Co-founder and COO of HomeHero, a trusted senior home care marketplace with the fastest, most-affordable way for families to find quality in-home care for seniors. HomeHero has become the #1 source for caregivers in California and has recently expanded to San Diego and San Francisco.

When HomeHero broke onto the home care scene in 2013, their revolutionary approach and enormous venture capital backing took the healthcare world by storm.  However, less than four years later in an article titled “There’s No Magic in Venture-Backed Home Care”, Kyle announced that HomeHero would be leaving home care for good.  In this fascinating (if we do say so ourselves) conversation with PopHealth Podcast, Kyle talks about HomeHero’s meteoric rise and how it all ended almost as quickly as it began.  We also discuss his thoughts on venture-backed home care and what is next for his team as they work to reimagine another segment of the healthcare market.  *contains some brief, strong language*

Kyle Hill is the Co-Founder & CEO @ HomeHero, one of the largest providers of non-medical home care in California. HomeHero has provided over 1 million hours of care to thousands of families and won "Best Employment Website of 2014". Due to this immense success Kyle has been on CNN, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and many more. HomeHero has raised funds from some of the world's best investors including Chamath & Mamoon @ Social Capital, Jason Calacanis @ TWIST and Peter & Michael @ Science Inc. Click To Play UPVOTE ON PRODUCTHUNT In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Kyle came to found HomeHero? What was the a-ha moment for him? 2.) Question from Mamoon @ Social Capital: Considering that this is not your typical software business; being largely people centric, how does Kyle think about the profitability of such a business? 3.) How much of a role does unit economics lay in the mind of Kyle? How does Kyle look to balance growth with profitability? 4.) How was the fundraising process for Kyle with Chamath & Mamoon @ Social Capital? What did Kyle do to prepare for the pitch? What did Kyle do well? What would Kyle look to improve upon? How would Kyle like VCs to treat him as a Founder? 5.) ? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Kyle's’s Fave Book: Black Swan Kyle’s Fave Blog: The Best Designs.com As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Kyle on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Snapchat here!   This episode was brought to you by DesignCrowd, the online marketplace for custom graphic, logo and web design that helps startups, entrepreneurs, web developers and agencies outsource design projects to designers from around the world.   How Does It Work? Once you have launched your brief, designers will begin submitting quality designs for you to review. With some constructive feedback, you can quickly generate a large gallery of designs that really do fit your needs. You can have exactly what you need within just three days. Once you have selected your favourite design, you will be sent all the files you require to update your branding. If you don’t like any of the submitted designs, then DesignCrowd offers a money back guarantee. So checkout designcrowd.com/VC and enter the promo code VC100 to get an astonishing $100 off your next project.

This week the three payment nerds Brian, Faisal and Mike are back at it again. Faisal discusses the recent Money2020 Europe Conference that was held in Copenhagen for the very first time. Brian discusses his coverage of the TRANSACT show by ETA (Electronic Transaction Association) and Mike tells us all about how HomeHero is enrolled in TechStars with Cedars Sinai Hospital.

Mike Townsend and Steven Richmond of HomeHero speak with Roni Zeiger, Co-Founder of Smart Patients and former Chief Health Strategist at Google, about how technology and patient input will change how we approach healthcare.

Mike is the Co-founder and COO of HomeHero, a trusted senior home care marketplace with the fastest, most-affordable way for families to find quality in-home care for seniors. HomeHero has become the #1 source for caregivers in California and has recently expanded to San Diego and San Francisco.

Kyle started HomeHero after observing the devastating process his father went through finding caregivers for his grandmother, and dedicated his life to making it better. He's an avid soccer player, triathlete, cyclist, scuba diver and bona fide design snob.

Kyle started HomeHero after observing the devastating process his father went through finding caregivers for his grandmother, and dedicated his life to making it better. He's an avid soccer player, triathlete, cyclist, scuba diver and bona fide design snob.

This week we discuss Mike Townsend (our co-host), who raised US$ 20+ Million in venture capital funding for his Senior Care Startup called HomeHero. Congrats Mike! Brian gives his perspective on the separation of Ebay and Paypal. PayPal's acquisition of Xoom and how we would be seeing the new roaring PayPal and more Brian's prediction that more acquisitions would be coming PayPal's way. We also discuss Facebook's Messenger which went live nationwide in the US. We discuss the possibility of Cisco entering into the payments business and towards the end we briefly discuss Ebay and what it would be doing in the days to come.

July 1, 2015 HomeHero Founder Mike Townsend & Social Diva Peg Samuel

Mike and Jenna discuss HomeHero's Series A, reliable growth strategies for marketplace startups, and why transparency is the foundation of their culture. 

This week Brian, with his inside connections at Apple, described what it was like to wear the Apple Watch for a full day and naturally we all made predictions about future impact of the watch and other wearables. We then touched on Google acquiring Softcard, and lastly we talked about how Marketplace companies (Uber, HomeHero, Instacart etc) handle payments to workers and some of the recent legal changes to 1099 workers that have had a huge effect.

This week Brian and Mike dig into some deep topics this week, particularly how to find your path in life and other general topics. - How Brian relaunched onTwitter - Why Social profile is mandatory - HomeHero retreat brings people together, it’s all about people - How Flowtab and ZingCheckout became an obsession - How to connect life with expertise - Why having 2 roller coasters going is important - Generation gap between WW2, dreams - Sharel Sandberg married David Goldberg, the current CEO of SurveyMonkey - Decisions are not better or worse, they’re just different (Ted) - Steve Jobs cancer / Tim Cook going publicly gay

Chase and Jenna have a conversation with HomeHero's Kyle and Mike about how they became the best home care services in Los Angeles.