Podcast appearances and mentions of matt brezina

Matt Brezina, a 2003 Schreyer and College of Engineering grad, shares the stories behind starting software company Xobni and greeting card company Sincerely.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with David Hassell of 15Five.com, a cloud-based software platform that analyzes and improves employee performance. In this episode, David talks about why you should bootstrap as long as possible, tips for getting to cash flow breakeven, pitching onstage at Jason Calacanis' LAUNCH Festival, why he religiously sends a monthly investor update, the value of being both contrarian and disciplined, and more. The Company most recently raised a $30.7 million Series B venture round in a deal led by Next47. Chaifetz Group, Bling Capital, Point Nine Capital, Matrix Partners, New Ground Ventures, Origin Ventures and Launch fund also participated in the round. Previous investors include Structure Capital, Slow Ventures, Jumpstart Ventures, New Ground Ventures, Christoph Janz, Lord Rothschild, Dave Morin, Zac Zeitlin, Clark Landry, Michael Liou and Michael Walsh, 500 Startups, David Sacks, John Ham, Jason Calacanis, Ben Parr, Matt Brezina, Ben Ling and others. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite users have raised over $1.5 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com.

Matt Brezina's superpower of recognizing good ideas and amplifying them helped him see the potential of a “Hands Across America,” but for bike lanes, to highlight the need for better bike infrastructure and make advocacy more salient to more people.

Bike activist Matt Brezina joins the team to discuss street safety, bikeshare, and the politics of transportation in San Francisco. How can the City move away from its bias toward cars and make its infrastructure available for healthier, cheaper, and greener options? Mayor Breed's Vision Zero ambitions sound good, but what will it take to really eliminate traffic deaths by 2024?

In "Angel" episode 10, Jason talks with Matt Brezina, angel investor in over 65 startups, including Dropbox, Cruise & Ring, and also founder of Xobni & Sincerely. Matt shares how & why he got into investing, his critical formative time in YC, the lasting influence of Paul Graham, meeting Drew Houston (failing to hire him, but succeeding in investing in Dropbox down the road...), learning sales from his mom, mistakes letting ego interfere with business, why he loves Twitter, the future of transportation, his belief in the power of founder-builders and investing in their careers...and much more.

In Episode 10, Jason talks with Matt Brezina, angel investor in 65+ startups, including Dropbox, Cruise & Ring, and founder of Xobni & Sincerely. Matt shares how & why he got into investing, his critical formative time in YC, the lasting influence of Paul Graham, meeting Drew Houston (failing to hire him, but investing in Dropbox down the road), learning sales from his mom, letting ego interfere with business, why he loves Twitter, his belief in founder-builders and investing in their careers.