What does it take to grow a company from zero to over $10 billion of value in just five years? In the case of Nikil Viswanathan's Alchemy, the answer comes down to speed and hustle. Nikil and his cofounder are both Stanford-educated serial entrepreneurs who set out to build a company that would change the world. They see web3 as a major paradigm shift and bu ... Show More
Nov 24
Axion Founder Daniel First on Solving the $4 Trillion Manufacturing Problem with AI
Axion founder Daniel First is building the command center for American manufacturing that detects product failures before they reach customers. His AI-powered observability platform links IoT data, technician reports, and customer feedback across aerospace, medical devices, and c ... Show More
45m 5s
Nov 12
Nate Berkus on What It Takes to Become the Best at Your Craft
Interior designer Nate Berkus is one of the most recognizable names in design. He started his firm at 24 with nothing but authenticity and hustle, building an empire spanning TV, books, product lines, and high-end interiors that's landed him on the AD100 list for a decade. His jo ... Show More
58m 37s
Oct 29
May Habib on Building Writer into a $2B+ Enterprise AI Platform
Writer CEO May Habib is building the future of enterprise AI. Born in Lebanon as the oldest of eight kids, May grew up navigating chaos, multiple languages, and cultures, skills that shaped her into a founder willing to challenge assumptions. After pivoting from Qordoba, she buil ... Show More
45m 22s
Sep 2020
E12: Sky Kurtz on spearheading technology, sustainability & food security with Pure Harvest
In an increasingly digital world, you have to appreciate people who work with their hands—artists, tailors, buildings, designers, cooks. I’m joined on this episode by Sky Kurtz, co-founder & CEO of Pure Harvest, a new breed of tech startups that has raised $50 million to build hi ... Show More
48m 51s
Sep 2023
20VC: Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds & AUM is a Vanity Metric | Why 99% of Investments in AI Startups Will Go To Zero | Being a "Traction First" VC & Investing Lessons from Investing in Canva and Missing Figma with Nikhil Basu-Trivedi
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Nikhil Basu Trivedi is Co-Founder & General Partner at <a href="https://www.footwork.vc/">Footwork</a>, an early-stage focused venture firm investing its first fund. In his venture career, he has invested in the early rounds of several companies th ... Show More
1 h
Feb 2017
20VC: Raising $24m From The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Why EdTech Is So Misunderstood & Why The Future Of Work Is Decentralised with Andela's Jeremy Johnson
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href= "https://twitter.com/jeremyj">Jeremy Johnson</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href="https://andela.com/">Andela</a>, the startup that aims to bring a scientific approach to building engineering teams. They have backing from some of the best inve ... Show More
23m 20s
Mar 2021
Ready for Take-Off: Why Moonbeam Believes it’s The Next Big Media Platform with Founder, Paul English
<p>They say one of the biggest attributes any entrepreneur needs to have is the ability to problem solve. To be able to identify challenges large and small and effectively produce a solution for them. It seems simple, but it’s not. A vast number of start-ups fail, and the reason ... Show More
43m 52s
Feb 2021
Y Combinator's Michael Seibel & Dalton Caldwell - Lessons from 5000 Entrepreneurs
Miguel Armaza is joined by Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell, Managing Directors and Group Partners at Y Combinator (YC).
YC is one of the most successful startup accelerators and venture capital funds, and since March 2005 has helped over 5,000 startup founders build and launch ... Show More
39m 1s