Podcasts about venture captial

Many pots and pans on the market are coated in teflon, a poisonous chemical that can be harmful when it gets too hot. Luckily, there is an answer on the market — Caraway, a home goods brand that touts itself as being non-toxic but still high quality. Jordan Nathan founded the company after his own experience with Teflon poisoning that left him searching for a better — and healthier option. On this week's episode of Found, Dom and Becca are joined by Nathan to discuss how he built a brand around aesthetically pleasing non-toxic home goods as we continue to dive into DTC companies. In this conversation they discussed:Why being the last brand to fundraise can be a benefit to the companySticking to the plan to bring Caraway to retailThe product launch failure that almost killed the company before it started(0:00) Introduction(3:36) Creating non-toxic cookware(7:31) Launching the brand(13:05) Caraway Brand Strategy(16:44) Expanding to new categories(20:49) Influencer marketing(25:25) Product launch failures(29:20) Host discussion Found posts every Tuesday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts to be alerted when new episodes drop. Check out the other TechCrunch podcast: Equity . Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each Connect with us:On TwitterOn InstagramVia email: found@techcrunch.com

Highlights from this week's conversation include:The journey in institutional investments (2:04)Perspectives on Venture Captial (3:50)Becoming a coach for emerging managers (5:50)The Manager Accelerator Program (9:18)Functions of a VC Firm (12:42)Insider Insight: Tim Flannery on the need for Electronic Subscription Documents (13:27)Finding investors (16:45)The Evolution of Venture Capital (19:37)Supporting Emerging Managers (22:24)The rise of fund formation (24:38)Shift in market dynamics (26:36)The selection process for managers (33:00)Trends and shifts in the industry (35:19)The mismanagement of portfolio construction and reserves (40:43)The need for increased specialization in fund formation (41:35)The potential rise of specialized venture funds (42:36)Final thoughts and takeaways (45:45)Coolwater Capital focuses on emerging managers and technology investments. The firm has worked with over 240 emerging managers in the last four years by focusing on a model to build, launch and scale emerging fund managers.Passthrough turns investor onboarding into a solved problem – it seamlessly manages subscription document distribution, execution, and compliance in minutes. As a leader in fund workflow automation for investors, fund managers, and other fintechs, Passthrough provides an integrated platform solution that makes the subscription document process turnkey for investors with replicable and verifiable identity information built in for future use. In addition to subscription documents, Passthrough also offers a full service KYC/AML product that streamlines collecting information from investors and screening them against sanctions lists so fund managers can remain compliant.Swimming with Allocators is a podcast that dives into the intriguing world of Venture Capital from an LP (Limited Partner) perspective. Hosts Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat are seasoned professionals who have donned various hats in the VC ecosystem. Each episode, we explore where the future opportunities lie in the VC landscape with insights from top LPs on their investment strategies and industry experts shedding light on emerging trends and technologies. Follow along and subscribe at swimmingwithallocators.com. 

En este episodio platicamos con Andrés Salcedo, el actual Head of Crypto de Bitso. Tiene experiencia en Venture Captial, finanzas corporativas para empresas como Pepsico y mucho más. Andrés es venezolano y su perspectiva de crypto es muy diferente y única, pues entiende las dificultades económicas que presenta una moneda fiat que ya no funciona como debería. Hablamos de eso, de la nueva integración con Arbitrum en Bitso, y mucho más. Fue un episodio muy emocionante e interesante. ¡Acompáñanos! 00:00 Intro 05:03 Cuéntanos de ti, ¿cómo entraste a crypto? 10:54 ¿Cómo decidiste entrar a Bitso y cómo adoptaste la cultura crypto? 16:51 ¿Cuál es tu rol en Bitso? 23:09 ¿Qué significa la integración de Arbitrum en Bitso y abrir las puertas a las capas 2 en Bitso? 31:50 ¿Qué opinas de los diferentes abordajes entre las L2 y sus respectivos ecosistemas? 37:33 ¿Qué estrategias tiene Bitso para los on & off ramps a crypto? 43:53 ¿Qué casos de uso están estudiando para los inversionistas retail? 51:21 ¿Cuáles son las 3 cosas más interesantes que están pasando en cripto? 58:27 ¿Qué le dirías a Satoshi? Sigue a Andrés en X (Twitter): @AndyDefi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

En este episodio platicamos con Andrés Salcedo, el actual Head of Crypto de Bitso. Tiene experiencia en Venture Captial, finanzas corporativas para empresas como Pepsico y mucho más. Andrés es venezolano y su perspectiva de crypto es muy diferente y única, pues entiende las dificultades económicas que presenta una moneda fiat que ya no funciona como debería. Hablamos de eso, de la nueva integración con Arbitrum en Bitso, y mucho más. Fue un episodio muy emocionante e interesante. ¡Acompáñanos! 00:00 Intro 05:03 Cuéntanos de ti, ¿cómo entraste a crypto? 10:54 ¿Cómo decidiste entrar a Bitso y cómo adoptaste la cultura crypto? 16:51 ¿Cuál es tu rol en Bitso? 23:09 ¿Qué significa la integración de Arbitrum en Bitso y abrir las puertas a las capas 2 en Bitso? 31:50 ¿Qué opinas de los diferentes abordajes entre las L2 y sus respectivos ecosistemas? 37:33 ¿Qué estrategias tiene Bitso para los on & off ramps a crypto? 43:53 ¿Qué casos de uso están estudiando para los inversionistas retail? 51:21 ¿Cuáles son las 3 cosas más interesantes que están pasando en cripto? 58:27 ¿Qué le dirías a Satoshi? Sigue a Andrés en X (Twitter): @AndyDefi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding PROOF is now on video! We are so thrilled to kick off this next phase of our podcast with none other than Bobby Franklin, the President and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).  In this episode, Jenny and Thanasis speak with Bobby about NVCA's recent SEC Lawsuit, what life is like as a lobbyist for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and what he thinks the future holds for VCs.Watch on YouTube  

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This week's episode features Michelle Fang, Head of Social at Safara, a Sequoia-backed startup. In addition to Michelle's role as Head of Social at Safara and she is also a community builder based in San Francisco. She focuses on content, growth and community at Safara, a Sequoia-backed hotel cashback app. She was previously CMO at a consumer social startup, consulted Fortune 500 companies on marketing & digital strategy, and co-founded community group houses for founders & investors in LA/SF On this episode, we talk all things startups and social media!

This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by MCJ partner, Jason Jacobs. This series will explore a diverse range of capital sources and the individuals who drive them. From family offices and institutional LPs to private equity, government funding, and more, we'll take a deep dive into the world of capital and its critical role in driving innovation and progress. Rick Zullo is co-founder and general partner at Equal Ventures, a firm that is purpose-built to deploy technology across society and industry. And as they say on their website, they back the non-obvious founders before it's obvious. There are a few categories where they spend most of their time in: retail, insurance, supply chain, care, and climate. Rick and Jason have a great discussion in this episode about the origin story of the firm, what makes them different, their strategy, their approach, what it was like to raise Fund I, where they're at today, what criteria they use when they make their investments, what their process is, and how their firm fits into the broader investment landscape in climate and beyond. In this episode, we cover: [00:00]: Intro[02:46]: Overview of Equal Ventures[04:23]: What sectors and stages Equal invests in[06:09]: Origins of Equal Ventures[08:35]: Rick's thoughts on the "conviction gap"[11:02]: Three big questions he asks for every opportunity[17:40]: Overview of Equal's Fund I[18:13]: Rick's thoughts on reserves[24:16]: Equal Venture's differentiators[28:07]: Their views on disciplined pricing and founder alignment[32:33]: Domain expertise, portfolio balancing, and power law dynamics[39:52]: Bandwidth constraints and scaling[44:44]: How the climate playbook differs from other sectors[51:01]: What Rick's most excited about in climate[54:13]: Who Rick wants to hear fromGet connected: Jason JacobsRick ZulloMCJ Podcast / Collective*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded on Apr 20, 2023

Ben Lamm is no stranger to starting an interesting company but Colossal Biosciences, the world's first de-extinction company is definitely the most sci-fi startup we've seen yet. This week on Found he talks with Darrell and Becca about what bringing back the infamous Wholly Mammoth means for conservation, how they secured VC funding despite being a long way away from profitability, and why they structure the company like a typical SaaS startup. Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each week.Connect with us:On TwitterOn InstagramVia email: found@techcrunch.com

In this episode, Jenny and Thanasis spend time with Yanev Swissa, the founder and managing general partner of SineWave Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on connecting early-stage technology companies in the enterprise space with government clients.

We're so excited to be back with new episodes of Found and to introduce you to our brilliant new co-host Becca Szkutak! In this episode, we talk with Valentina Milanova, the founder and CEO of Daye, a gynecological health company that's working to close the gender pain gap and raise industry standards when it comes to women's health products.While researching menstrual pain relief and tampon manufacturing, Valentina found there was a shocking lack of innovation, research, and health and safety standards in gynecological products. So she started Daye and created the most absorbent organic tampon on the market and the only one that uses CBD to relieve menstrual pain that was designed with women in mind. Within the company,  Valentina is infusing her values into every aspect of the business from implementing a 4-day work week to improve mental health to hiring survivors of human trafficking to work in their manufacturing centers. In this episode, we  also touch on the challenges of fundraising when your product requires you to say “vaginal canal” at least once in your pitch, why Valentina will not be a serial entrepreneur, and why they don't keep any tampon trade secrets.Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each week.Connect with us:On TwitterOn InstagramVia email: found@techcrunch.com

How do you get started in Venture Capital? Super Bowl champion, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Next Play Capital, Ryan Nece joins Lauryn Williams on the show today to tell his money memoir and VC journey.  Ryan shares why relationships are the key to unlocking doors in the VC world, the one money-saving hack he regrets from his college days, where to find investors, and the steps anyone can take to get started in the world of Venture Captial.  You can learn more about Next Play Capital at nextplaycapital.com. For more young money-maker financial tips, subscribe to Worth Listening on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts and visit worth-winning.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextplaycapital

This week, Thanasis and Jenny reconnect with Gabe Turner, now a Partner at Sway Ventures, to discuss the future of retail, how Covid has affected the way we shop, and the future of remote work.

Have you ever wondered what Venture Capitalists think of Y Combinator companies/investments?In 2022 the program has significantly changed. It went from accepting 10 startups with each class to 400 in a recent cohort. Learn about the Pro's and Con's of the program from a venture capitalist that has funded YC companies.

Walker Drewett founded NuBrakes in May 2019. According to Mike Ghaffary, GP at Canvas Ventures, Drewett is building a high-growth business powered by a marketplace model, which is why Ghaffary led the company's Series A. The product is simple: On-demand vehicle brake repair services. Join this episode to hear how Drewett raised capital and built NuBrakes on the learnings from his previous startup, NuWash (it's on-demand car washes, of course).TechCrunch Live records weekly on Wednesdays at 12:00pm PST.

JOIN us on September 22nd for our FREE event!https://www.eventbrite.com/e/product-in-healthtech-2022-tickets-344304673547?aff=Podcastpromo Welcome back to Product in Healthtech, a community for healthtech product leaders by product leaders.  Today's guest is Jack Boren, managing director at EPIC Ventures out of Salt Lake City, Utah. EPIC invests in a range of verticals, including biotech, digital health, enterprise software, and cybersecurity.   We recently sat down with Jack to kick off our series of talks with healthtech investors. Jack takes us behind the scenes at how they perform technology diligence at product-led companies. He also chats with us about remote patient monitoring, design thinking, customer experience, and more. This series is hosted by Ian Harris, President and CEO at Vynyl, a software development and design firm.   Want to be a guest or request a topic discussion: info@productinhealthtech.comGet in touch with Jack: jack@epicvc.comIan Harris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianandrewharris/Jack Boren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackboren/www.productinhealthtech.com   Product in Healthtech is community for healthtech product leaders, by product leaders. For more information, and to sign up for our free webinars, visit www.productinhealthtech.com.

In this episode, I cover the basics of the technology that powers the "blockchain," its applications, and some ways that we can invest in its future. To offer expert insight into the market I brought in Dr. Paul Lopez, the co-founder of 11-11 Ventures a Venture Captial firm focused on investing in emergent tech companies, specifically those involved with the blockchain.Applications for blockchain are wide-reaching, from voting systems to supply chains. I discuss many of these applications, giving examples and uses for them as well as potential drawbacks. Dr. Lopez mentions a few companies that we can invest in, which are pouring resources into the technology and offers safe ways to invest in the market. Volatility is a large concern within the blockchain and cryptocurrency market.  To address this concern moving forward, Dr. Lopez gives insight into the future of the market and adds key industries that will aid in the wider acceptance of the technology.

Jasmin Güngör besitzt 8 Jahre Erfahrung in den Bereichen Start-ups, Venture Captial und Impact Investing. Ihre Expertise erstreckt sich über die Themengebieten Blockchain, Crowdfunding und FinTech. Nachdem sie von 2014 bis 2016 für die Projektleitung und den Verkauf von Impact-Anleihen als Private Placement in Kooperation mit der Erste Bank Group AG verantwortlich war, fungiert sie heute als Prokuristin bei der Hermann Hauser Investment GmbH und ist Geschäftsführerin von Onsight Ventures, ein Unternehmen, dass den Wirtschaftsstandort Tirol stärken und für technologiebasierte Start-ups attraktiver machen sollte. Im Podcast-Interview spricht Jasmin über die Entstehung von Onsight Ventures, den Fokus von OV, ab welcher Phase sie investieren, wie Investment-Entscheidungen getroffen werden und was sie mit einem niedrigen Millionenbetrag tun würde. ⬇️ **Jasmin Güngör** Geschäftsführerin bei Onsight Ventures © Bild, Arnd Ötting

In this episode, Fran discusses how to achieve your career goals and love the career you are in.   BACKGROUND Fran Hauser is a former media executive, startup angel investor and has put money into 20 different companies; of which 18 of 20 have female founders. Fran spent 15 years in Media where was able to rise through the ranks at Time Inc to become president of digital. She has held senior positions at well-known digital media businesses such as PEOPLE, Instyle, Entertainment Weekly, and AOL. Fran largely invests in companies with female founders and has been named as one of "Business Insider's 30 Women in Venture Captial to watch. She frequently gives talks on women's leadership and writes career column advice for Refinery 29. She is the author of the best-selling book "The Myth of the Nice Girl and has another coming out in March called "Embrace the Work, Love Your Career".   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:     How Fran became one of the most powerful women in NYC's Tech Scene The best way to work towards the career you love without being a people pleaser How to build a successful mentorship and find the most value  Tips from Fran's new book "Embrace the Work, Love Your Career".     RESOURCES: Show Notes: bit.ly/FranHauser1 Connect with Fran on IG: instagram.com/fran_hauser/ Connect with Cielo on IG: instagram.com/cielojsolis Check out Fran's website: franhauser.com/ Pre-order Fran's new book HERE   CREDITS: Host & Producer: Cielo Producer: Shanae Simmons     SERVICES: Are you an entrepreneur ready to take your brand to the next level? Want to increase your digital presence online so you can skyrocket your number of clients & sales? We can help YOU!   Visit BLENDtw Media to learn more about our digital marketing services and send us an email to team@blendtw.com to BOOK a F-R-E-E consultation TODAY.  For more resources to help you live your BEST life, join our community on: Facebook  Instagram Find more inspiring stories & higher wisdom at myvoiceourstory.com                  

Für das Interview der Woche haben wir mit Hendrik Brandis gesprochen. Er ist der Partner und Gründer des Venture Capital Fonds Earlybird und einer der dienstältesten Wagniskapitalgeber Deutschlands. Der neueste Earlybird Fonds richtet sich direkt an Universitäten und Forschende. Brandis setzt sich zum Ziel, Gründertalente über die Schwelle in ihr eigenes Startup zu tragen:„Wir sehen die Vielzahl an Innovation überhaupt nicht, die in Deutschland geboren werden. Sie finden aus den Universitäten nicht heraus.”Mit UNI-X will Earlybird Ausgründungen aus Universitäten fördern und somit aus dem gewaltigen Pool an Innovationen und Entwicklungen schöpfen, den Forschende an den akademischen Einrichtungen des Landes produzieren.„Wir finden durch einen Crawler, den wir programmiert haben, pro Jahr 50000 potenziell relevante Technologien.”Die Universitäten haben das Know-how, die Innovationen zu schaffen, aber es fehlt an unternehmerischen Esprit. Hier soll UNI-X Abhilfe schaffen.Außerdem sprechen wir über Venture Captial in Europa, warum junge Unternehmen nach wie vor in die USA abwandern und wie wir die Wirtschaftskraft in Deutschland erhalten können. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tushar Kansal, Founder of Kansaltancy, talks about his journey which started from helping entrepreneurs to becoming one himself. With his expertise, Tushar, helps entrepreneurs to meet the right investor across continents. Apart from being an arduous entrepreneur, Tushar is a widely acknowledged speaker, who has shared his insights about business and life on a score of platforms. Apart from being an entrepreneur, Tushar believes in balancing work and life for a successful and long-spanning career. Listen to know about Tushar's business mindset and add it to your Dhandho Ni Soch.

Good news, everyone: Mary Ann is back! Yes, after a short absence we have our third Friday host back where she belongs. Namely right in front of a microphone, talking to us.And it was good to have her back, as we had a small mountain of news to talk through:OpenSea could be worth $10 billion: Right before we recorded, news broke that OpenSea could raise new capital at a far-greater valuation than it did earlier this year. While we had some jokes, we also did a little math on why OpenSea could really be worth so much money.Other rapid-fire funding rounds: If OpenSea does raise again, it will join good company in putting together several rounds in under a year. Facily has done the same, as has Justt. In short, the old 18-month cycle for raising capital is so dated it might as well get delivered by telegram.Lambda School rebrands:Casper goes private: After a tough time as a public concern, DTC mattress company Casper is going private. Notably its issues have not dampened market interest in taking other DTC companies public.What makes a founder, a founder:We're entering the holiday period, so expect the usual disruptions to Equity's production calendar. We'll be taking short breaks as per usual, but will be recharging some ahead of what should prove to be a very, very busy 2022.

Today we talk to Marco Marinucci, Co-Founder and Partner of HELLA Ventures. Marco explains the function of Corporate Venture Captial and the value that CVC's bring to the industry and company growth. How do you find start ups? How do you know what the right move is? Will this company fit company metrics? Will this make a positive difference in your products? What is the place of SPACs in the market?

RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed fund that invests in exceptional founders outside of large tech ecosystems, earlier than everyone else. Unlike other pre-seed funds, RareBreed takes a concentrated portfolio approach by writing checks of up to $250K as the first or one of the first investors. McKeever "Mac" Conwell II is the founder and managing partner of RareBreed Ventures.  We speak with Mac about the path that led him from founder to Venture Captial. Mac is a former software engineer and a two-time founder. One of Mac's companies failed, the other went on to a successful exit.What you will learn Why it's important to lead from conviction in business 00:17:49 Why many VCS miss profitable opportunities with founders from nontraditional backgrounds 00:15:17 Why the culture of Venture must change 00:23:41

https://make-your-pitch.com The Co-Sponsor for this Episode is B.E.T. A business platform that gives you all the information and tools you need to advance your business as well as the understanding of how to run your business most effectively and profitably. To learn more check out the: Video: https://bit.ly/368rSKk Website: www.yvrbet.com The Co-Sponsor for this episode is CRM Engine. A Customer Relation Management system that provides a 4 Module Solution, Standard Customization by the CRM Engine Team, Unlimited Users, Unlimited Data, Unlimited Records, Cloud Hosting, Security Updates, and Daily Backups as well as On-Going support (Usually Same Day) Go Here to Learn More: Website: CRMEngine.co.uk/makeyourpitch https://make-your-pitch.com The Co-Sponsor for this Episode is B.E.T. A business platform that gives you all the information and tools you need to advance your business as well as the understanding of how to run your business most effectively and profitably. To learn more check out the: Video: https://bit.ly/368rSKk Website: www.yvrbet.com The Co-Sponsor for this episode is CRM Engine. A Customer Relation Management system that provides a 4 Module Solution, Standard Customization by the CRM Engine Team, Unlimited Users, Unlimited Data, Unlimited Records, Cloud Hosting, Security Updates, and Daily Backups as well as On-Going support (Usually Same Day) Go Here to Learn More: Website: CRMEngine.co.uk/makeyourpitch https://make-your-pitch.com The Co-Sponsor for this Episode is B.E.T. A business platform that gives you all the information and tools you need to advance your business as well as the understanding of how to run your business most effectively and profitably. To learn more check out the: Video: https://bit.ly/368rSKk Website: www.yvrbet.com The Co-Sponsor for this episode is CRM Engine. A Customer Relation Management system that provides a 4 Module Solution, Standard Customization by the CRM Engine Team, Unlimited Users, Unlimited Data, Unlimited Records, Cloud Hosting, Security Updates, and Daily Backups as well as On-Going support (Usually Same Day) Go Here to Learn More: Website: CRMEngine.co.uk/makeyourpitch Today's guest is Claudia post, an award-winning and seasoned leader business owner, nonprofit executive, and experienced problem solver with the ability to steer change and transform. Organizations post founded are diamond Courier service Inc. a same-day, time-critical bicycle, and car delivery service. Post recently founded Claudia Post Advisors, a marketing sales logistics and management consulting company. Having recognized cannabis as the next frontier Post founded smoking hot solutions which focuses on digital marketing communications for the industry. thank you I'm so happy to be here because I looked really do so just jump in somewhere and do my thing pause call diamond Courier which was the same day time critical delivery service here in the Philadelphia region. Welcome Claudia! Thank you so much. I started with four people and one office in a basement and then I morphed into 12 warehouses with a lot more people. I worked with a variety of companies that could be in Sony, Sanyo, Duke University here in Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania hospital so it was time critical deliveries I would say that was very challenging when I opened up. There were many companies already doing it. I got the most challenges for my license of anybody ever in the state Pennsylvania from the public utility Commission that's because I had been on the street selling for a while. Anyway, I digress. So time critical delivery, warehousing, logistics, supply chain, chain of custody; remember those words because they will come into play a little bit later in my story. Here then my son said to me mom you gotta get into the industry 'cause it's blowing up and so I went to shows I did a lot of exploration and I started smoking hot solutions which was the name I gave it originally which was smoking hot solutions we create the buzz and I flipped rock'n'roll E for the beginning of the industry and that's about 12 years ago. Then a few years ago we changed our name to Most Consulting Group and why did I change our name? I brought on I had a wonderful intern I'm always surrounded by and blessed to have wonderful interns and where that insurance was John monk and when he was graduating his I sent him oh Oh my goodness where you going what are you doing I'm staying right here I'm staying with you. OK I said stay. We're the oldest marketing company in the industry. We're not on training wheels we know what we do. We don't waste people's money. I would like to speak with you today about green bar, first green bar first of fine cannabis products for the kitchen and the bar originally our original premise was to sell to bars and restaurants of course then came along the COVID dilemma and so we had change directions and we are marketing now too. I am very happy to say that we are now doing things like pop-ups and CBD stores bars and restaurants etc these ingredients can be translated into a spa. Whether it's hot or cold so you could put it in your salad you could put it in your oatmeal and it's another way for you to enjoy your healthy dose of CBD. Why did I choose food and beverage? Because according to statistics the CBD infused beverage market will explode beyond crazy 2.8 million projected I'm sorry 2.8 billion by the year 2024. 2.8 billion that's a lot of billions and the same thing on the THC side we will be able to do this with THC as well in states where we can sell THC obviously so everybody and their mother is selling CBD; CBD creams, CBD picture patches a million different CBD crowded space. I own a marketing agency. We don't have to go outside and find somebody else to do it we're gonna do it ourselves so that's digital it's every place. Where we can advertise we will do that and I am working with some wonderful people at the moment as well. Like I said I've been in this business for 12 years so I think I know what I'm doing so that's it. I could go out and ask for $1,000,000 aggregate but really what do I need to get started what do I need to get started I need to get started I would say 150 to $200,000 that would be wonderful for me and it could come and trashes could come in $25,000 trash is 50,000 whatever that's me that's what I'm asking for I would use it for infrastructure I would use it for marketing and advertising for sure a lot of marketing a lot of advertising a lot of outreach and that otherwise this is a product which is a retail product and it has to be marketed but however that would be and of course like I say I'm lucky because I own a marketing company. KEYWORDS THC CBD Marketing Advertising Outreach Claudia Post Advisors Delivery Warehousing Logistics Supply chain Chain of custody

This week, Christie's CEO Guillaume Cerutti, joined to talk about their spring auction, which included a group of nine Cryptopunks NFTs and the future of digital art. Mike Novogratz, the founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital, reacted to Monday's volatility in bitcoin and explained why he thinks the cryptocurrency is likely to remain under pressure for weeks. Soona Amhaz, general partner at Venture Captial firm Volt Capital, which invests in the crypto space, came on to talk about Wednesday's wild ride for crypto and said a thirty percent dip is just another Wednesday in the space. Then Gregory Di Prisco, CEO of RWA Company and community member of the MakerDAO ecosystem, joined to discuss whether decentralized systems like crypto can buckle under extreme volatility.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 16 of "How to Start a Tech Company" while they discuss how to find startup investors.  Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Gusto: https://gusto.com/startuphustle Get three months free when you run your first payroll. Learn more about Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Netreo: https://www.netreo.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deji Jimoh is a software development specialist, the CTO, and co-founder of WealthBlock AI- a comprehensive end-to-end capital raising platform that targets three demographics of capital raisers: traditional broker, Venture Captial, and PE firms, and the crowdfunding space. Deji was born in Nigeria and migrated to Boston, Massachusetts when he was about one year old up until high school. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri and studied at the Washington University, and graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering. In 2016, Deji was a finalist of ITA Citylight's “Technologist of the Year” award, and today, he has developed 47 independent platforms in the SaaS-B2B market. In this episode, we talked about: ⦁ About WealthBlock AI ⦁ Start-up of WealthBlock AI ⦁ What is blockchain technology? ⦁ Did blockchain enable platform vs. digitalizing private capital markets? ⦁ Great funding advice to kick-start a business ⦁ The difficulties when starting up a business ⦁ Business during COVID ⦁ Our story of trial and error ⦁ Avail 50% off WealthBlock AI

Austin Guyette, Foster MBA 2019, and investor with Voyager Capital talks about his career journey and how he successfully landed his dream job in venture capital. We also discuss the seattle startup and venture ecosystem, and even one of Austin's biggest regrets from his time at Foster.

You'll learn from an entrepreneur who focused on the fundamentals to grew his social enterprise that creates equitable global supply chains by working directly with farmers to cut out intermediaries and deliver exceptionally flavorful spices. For more on Burlap & Barrel and show notes:  http://www.shopify.com/blog/burlap-and-barrel-social-impact  Tune in to learn The benefits of a low volume BUT high margin business What are the most important fundamentals you need to establish for your ecommerce business Why you should price your products in a way that allows you to be generous to your customers 

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week wound being incredibly busy. What else would a week that included both the Airbnb and Affirm IPO filings, a host of mega-rounds for new unicorns, some fascinating smaller funding events, and some new funds?So we had a lot to get through, but with Chris and Danny and Natasha and your humble servant, we dove in headfirst:Affirm has filed to go public! The fintech unicorn is big, growing, and losing less money over time. We were pretty impressed in our first look. Then, with a bit more time, we dug deeper and found a weakness or two. Still, Affirm is heading public and not in poor shape.Airbnb filed, and we jumped into an Equity Shot as fast as we could on Tuesday to get our minds around the news. Since then, Danny dug through the venture capital winners circle -- a surprisingly small subset of firms! -- and we also got into some questions that I had about the company's finances.Robinhood is said to have an IPO in the books, so we talked a bit about what we know concerning its Q3 growth.And then there was edtech, as always. This week we talked about Tencent backing Udemy, Duolingo raising again, and Transfr picking up a Series A that we thought was super interesting.Danny wanted to talk about the Trust & Will Series A. We tried to not make that many jokes.ZenBusiness raised $55 million as well, in an outsized Series B.Financial Venture Studio put together a new fund to cut small checks into Seed-stage fintech startups. We think that's great. Especially given what we know about what is going on in the fintech venture world.And Natasha walked us through her latest deep-dive, a look into the world of virtual headquarters. This led to the worst joke of the show.What a week! Three episodes, some new records, and a very tired us after all the action. More on Monday!

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week wound being incredibly busy. What else would a week that included both the Airbnb and Affirm IPO filings, a host of mega-rounds for new unicorns, some fascinating smaller funding events, and some new funds?So we had a lot to get through, but with Chris and Danny and Natasha and your humble servant, we dove in headfirst:Affirm has filed to go public! The fintech unicorn is big, growing, and losing less money over time. We were pretty impressed in our first look. Then, with a bit more time, we dug deeper and found a weakness or two. Still, Affirm is heading public and not in poor shape.Airbnb filed, and we jumped into an Equity Shot as fast as we could on Tuesday to get our minds around the news. Since then, Danny dug through the venture capital winners circle -- a surprisingly small subset of firms! -- and we also got into some questions that I had about the company's finances.Robinhood is said to have an IPO in the books, so we talked a bit about what we know concerning its Q3 growth.And then there was edtech, as always. This week we talked about Tencent backing Udemy, Duolingo raising again, and Transfr picking up a Series A that we thought was super interesting.Danny wanted to talk about the Trust & Will Series A. We tried to not make that many jokes.ZenBusiness raised $55 million as well, in an outsized Series B.Financial Venture Studio put together a new fund to cut small checks into Seed-stage fintech startups. We think that's great. Especially given what we know about what is going on in the fintech venture world.And Natasha walked us through her latest deep-dive, a look into the world of virtual headquarters. This led to the worst joke of the show.What a week! Three episodes, some new records, and a very tired us after all the action. More on Monday!

After a career in banking, Kate co-founded Scale Venture Partners that went on to back high growth companies such as Hubspot, Box, and DocuSign. She attended hundreds of Board meetings for more than a dozen private and public tech companies.In this episode, Kate, Justine and I reflected on the difference between public and private boards and discussed the difference between diversity and inclusion. On diversity, we also discussed the mission, vision, and purpose of the Venture Forward initiative that Kate co-founded. Finally, we reflected on the pipeline issue that some argue is the main reason for the lack of diversity at board level. Kate shared creative ways to  bring diversity at the Board level and we can only conclude that the pipeline issue is not a good excuse!If you want to know what Kate is up to, you should follow her on Twitter @KateDMitchell. For more information about her firm, follow @ScaleVP on Twitter or visit their website  https://www.scalevp.com/. For more podcasts on how to build better Boards, join us at www.boardsnetwork.com and follow us on Twitter @boardsnetwork. 

Diversity is a huge problem in silicon valley, only 1% of tech jobs are made up of African Americans, less than 1% of tech startup founders are African American and even less than that percentage of Venture Captial money goes to black start-ups. Kwame Anku has spent a large portion of his life trying to change that. After graduating from the prestigious Stanford University, he Co-Founded Black angel tech fund which was a groundbreaking black owned venture capital fund, he is the CEO of the Black Star Fund which is a V.C. firm that focuses on investing in black start up companies. He was hand-selected by the iconic Prince to build the legend’s online presence and app before he passed away. His family is from Ghana and he has maintained strong ties with Africa. He has several real estate developments in Ghana and he serves as the Ambassador to the Ghana tech summit. In episode 73, we covered the world of silicon valley, we talked about the journey of a successful startup, we covered the mindset that any entrepreneur needs to develop to become successful and we spoke about the opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors in Africa and the business and tech boom that is happening in Ghana. #Afrotech #coding Guest IG: @KwameyaoAnku Book Tip: The One Thing EYL Website: https://www.earnyourleisure.com/ Brand Resumes: https://brandresumes.com/eyl/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app · Trainual: Trainual is a software that helps you document what you do, so you can easily delegate and train others. https://trainual.com/freemonth/ Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/earnyourleisure/support

Ari Lewis is a recognized expert and thought leader on frontier tech and generational marketing. He is frequently invited to speak at conferences and has been quoted in VentureBeat, Crain's Cleveland, Financial Times, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Hedge Fund Alert, Business Insider, American Banker, Cheddar, Bitcoin Magazine and The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mr. Lewis is a co-founder and managing director at Green Block Group, a strategic communications, and innovation consultancy firm. While at Green Block Group, he was hired as a cryptocurrency advisor to the State of Ohio's Treasurer's office. Ari is also the co-founder of Grasshopper Capital, a venture capital firm investing in blockchain focused companies. Ari sold a majority stake in Grasshopper Capital Capital to Token Capital Management in December 2018 and is currently a partner with the fund. In that role, he helped Ohio become the first state in the country to accept cryptocurrency for taxes. He previously was a technical consultant at Bell Falls Search & Consulting. Before that, he founded Koalah, a betting website using bitcoin. More on Ari: https://www.greenblockgroup.com/ https://www.arilewis.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more on FYD: ► Website: www.FortifyYourData.com ► Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ► Book (on amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Fortify-Your-Data --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also look out for us on Social Media! https://www.facebook.com/Fortifyyourdata https://twitter.com/fortifyyourdata https://www.instagram.com/fortifyyour... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opening song clipped from Red Skies by Windows 96 - https://windows96.bandcamp.com/

Join us as we discuss solving problems like a polymath, building goodwill and network, importance of beta testing ideas, avoiding me-too trap, cultivating a hunger for knowledge and MORE! **Links for The Galata Podcast and Puneeth's Blog ** About Abdul G Sait He is the Group CEO and Venture Catalyst of Basket Options Pvt Ltd.He leads by example. Dynamic and achievement oriented.Kick-started his first entrepreneurial initiative- a risk and wealth management company, Basket Option Pvt Ltd. during his 2nd year MBA in 2004. A serial entrepreneur since then, he has to his credit over 20 plus successful ventures, each speeding towards category leadership position in their respective domains. A strategist with a great positive outlook, his strength lies in getting together the best team. ideation and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs. With his "go-getter" drive he creates a contagious work ethos that is upbeat, bullish and goal driven. Highly respected in industry circles for his innovative initiatives, business acumen and trailblazing success, Abdul prefers to attribute his achievements to his fundamental belief- 'Success against all odds, IS real success.' Contact; Abdulgsait@basketoption.com Link to Basket Option

You are listening to the audio track of a video interview conducted via Google Hangouts. Again the screw-up fairy was visiting us with CASHLINK, the last few minutes of the interviews did not get recorded by the server. This interview is in media cooperation with Frankfurt Forward (https://www.frankfurtforward.com/startups/cashlink). In this interview, we are talking with Michael Duttlinger, who is Co-Founder and CEO of CASHLINK. CASHLINK is a tokenization platform for startups, where they can tokenize phantom shares. You can learn more about the technical aspects and what CASHLINK does in our audio-only podcast here: https://www.startuprad.io/interviews/cashlink-wants-to-digitalize-venture-capital/ They are one of the rare startups working on digitizing Venture Captial. This appears to be a new trend, sometimes called VentureTech Due to the recent interview with CASHLINK, we focus more a bit on the German VC scene, rather than the startup itself. You can learn a lot about the functioning of the German VC market during this interview. During the interview we are talking about: • Rhine-Main-Area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Rhine-Main • RhineMain.vc: https://rheinmain.vc/ or go directly to the Medium Blog: https://medium.com/@RhineMainVC • Handelsregister (Germany’s company register): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_register In a startup with three founders, one is only focused on raising venture capital. We want to reduce the time a founder spends on raising venture capital. We thought: Venture capital can be more flexible and easier.You can find some impressions from Michael, from the interview on our Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/p/BypfdviA5D_/

If you're of the modern luxury business set, chances are you're reading LeanLuxe. Launched in July 2016, LeanLuxe is an online newsletter of noteworthy developments and big picture happenings in retail. On this episode, Editor-in-Chief, Paul Munford and Stephan Ango roundup the latest news and trends driving modern commerce. VCs poured a record $138 billion into U.S. startups last year, but were unicorn valuations and expectations realistic to begin with? Now that the dust has settled, Paul discusses the adjustments VCs are making (3:20). Stephan and Paul question if it’s getting harder to become a global brand despite greenfield opportunities in consumer products (9:07). They chew on the consumer-centric shift in commerce, arguing a more fragmented marketplace will emerge (24:14). He talks about the new problem with shopping (27:40) and the return of physical retail (37:55). They discuss brands’ challenges of creating a physical gathering place (39:01) and community-building as a distribution tool. Finally, Paul talks about the future of connecting online (45:52) and the big opportunity around niche platforms (51:44). Follow LeanLuxe on Twitter and subscribe to the newsletter. Also mentioned on the show: 2PM Newsletter Hims Procter & Gamble has acquired the startup aiming to build the Procter & Gamble for people of color Well Made Episode 56 with Max Temkin: Disregarding Rules The Trust Battery: My Interview with Shopify Founder Tobi Lütke Well Made Episode 54 with Studio Neat: Making Whatever You Want Well Made Episode 32 with Ken Tomita: Failing Without Fear "E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2018 accounted for 9.8 percent of total sales." Well Made Episode 4 with Matt Alexander: Permission to Think Smaller Neighborhood Goods SHOWFIELDS Function of Beauty Innovation Lab thingtesting Angela Ahrendts: The life and rise of Apple's highest-paid executive Rapha Clubhouses Well Made Episode 53 with Eliza Blank: Cultivating a Modern Relationship with Plants The Sill Forum Winnie The Wing Girlboss Is Launching a LinkedIn-Like Platform That’s Exclusively for Women CrossFit and SoulCycle are becoming “churches” for millennials The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster Links and images can be found on the Lumi blog.

After two failed business, Jake Kassan started MVMT. MVMT’s minimal, sleek take on watches and accessories in addition to their focused marketing gained them millions of followers. In 2013, Jake bootstrapped MVMT through Indiegogo, and this August, the five-year-old brand was acquired by the Movado Group. Through those early ventures, Jake learned the importance of brand. For MVMT, brand informs, motivates, and guides every part of their business, especially their influencer marketing. On the podcast, we sit down with Jake to talk about the pillars of the MVMT lifestyle (2:15) and creating aspirational content with influencers (3:53). He talks about leveraging Shopify to scale (8:59) and the tools that are important they build in-house (10:15). He shares the most valuable lessons he learned from his failed t-shirt company (31:39) and finding the backbone of a successful business (33:31). Jake talks about not pursuing outside investment (33:55), hacking the crowdfunding system (34:57), and being financially disciplined early on (39:11). Finally, he shares how MVMT will grow their offline footprint with Movado (43:01) and how he’s all in for the foreseeable future (50:08). Links and images from this post are on the Lumi Blog.

We're back after an early Christmas break, thanks for sticking with us! As you know we talk to interesting people doing amazing things, and this couldn't be more true for our guest, Dr Elaine Stead. Elaine is Head of Venture Capital at Blue Sky Investments, which includes overseeing South Australia's $50 million VC fund. More broadly Blue Sky manages $3 billion worth of investments across infrastructure, real estate and private equity. A lot of people think of VCs as khaki wearing white men with a God-like ability to 'giveth and taketh away', but Elaine breaks the VC mould with complete authenticity. She's unafraid to share not only her insights and opinions but also her vulnerabilities on social media and blogs. Elaine is open about her story, mental health challenges and taboo issues, which she admits may be confronting for investors and her stakeholders. But little by little, she's changing the culture of her industry. While the world of venture capital is seemingly driven by numbers, we have an in depth conversation about the humanistic side of founders, startups and business, and the human cost of entrepreneurship. We talk about the the inner workings and processes of a venture capital firm, why Elaine has pitched more than "300 times in the last year" and her brutal travel regime. We also chat about Elaine's pathway, before entering venture capital she was a stem-cell biologist and also a startup founder. Enjoy our fascinating chat with Dr Elaine Stead. Blue Sky: https://blueskyfunds.com.au Rooster Radio is hosted by Andrew Montesi and James Begley. We talk to interesting people doing amazing things. If you like what we're doing, you can now support the show with a few dollars (we really appreciate it) https://www.patreon.com/roosterradio Also please subscribe and review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player. Connect with Rooster Radio - sign up to our mailing list and join our Facebook community: http://roosterradio.biz http://facebook.com/roosterradioHQ For podcasting strategy, production and commercial services, visit: http://apiropodcasts.com For other content and marketing services, visit: http://www.apiroconsulting.com (Andrew Montesi) For leadership and and high performance services, visit: http://www.jamesbegley.com.au (James Begley)