In this episode of The Room Podcast, we sit down with Ann Crady Weiss, co-founder and CEO of Hatch, to trace the path from her Silicon Valley upbringing and early career in law and technology to building one of the most recognizable names in sleep. Ann shares how her family’s connection to Intel shaped her entrepreneurial ambition, what she learned at Wilson ... Show More
Oct 27
S15E6: Building an AI-Native HR System with Sergi Bastardas, Co-Founder and CEO of Orbio AI
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Sergi Bastardas, co-founder and CEO of Orbio AI, a platform using autonomous agents to coordinate the employee journey for frontline workforces. Sergi traces his path from a small town near Barcelona to joining Amazon Spain in it ... Show More
49m 26s
Oct 20
S15E5: Finding Product Market Fit with Fazeshift Co-Founder & CEO Caitlin Leksana
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Caitlin Leksana, co-founder and CEO of Fazeshift, a company building AI agents for accounts receivable. Caitlin traces her path from growing up outside Washington, D.C., and studying mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech to wate ... Show More
53m 22s
Oct 13
S15E4: From Starlink to AI Marketing Agents with Doug Tallmadge, Co-Founder and CEO of Gradial
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Doug Tallmadge, co-founder and CEO of Gradial, a company building AI agents to help enterprise marketing teams execute work across their tools and campaigns. Doug traces his path from growing up in Cincinnati and studying physics ... Show More
54m 23s
Jul 2021
How to weather the rollercoaster of entrepreneurship with Dana Baki, COO and Co-Founder of Munch:On
Today’s episode is with Dana Baki, co-founder and COO of Munch:On (formerly LUNCH:ON), a food delivery app and one of the region’s fastest growing tech companies. The company was selected as one of the Top 50 Hottest Tech Companies in the World by Techcrunch. Before starting MUNC ... Show More
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Sep 2025
The Future of E-Commerce: Trends, Tech, and Tactics
For today’s episode, we have a panel from this year’s Inc’s Founders House in Philadelphia. Social media director, Andrea Hardalo and her fellow panelists: Woodie Hillyard, co-founder and CEO of the men’s personal care brand W, Arthur Leopold, co-founder and CEO of the ad platfor ... Show More
35m 1s
Jul 2022
Jess Lee - Designing Investment Products - [Invest Like the Best, EP.284]
My guest today is Jess Lee. Jess is a partner at Sequoia Capital as well as their Chief Product Officer. Before becoming an investor, Jess co-founded fashion app, Polyvore, and was an early product manager for Google Maps. Most recently, she founded All Raise, a non-profit that i ... Show More
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