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EPISODE · Apr 30, 2025 · 56 MIN

Private Credit is the Next $1.7T Opportunity. Here’s How to Build for It

from The Catching Fire Podcast · host Bryan Karas

In this episode, Bryan sits down with serial entrepreneur Chris Tolles, co-founder of Transparency Analytics and advisor at Common Crawl, to talk about what really drives innovation, from the explosion of private credit to the invisible data powering AI.Chris shares wild stories from the trenches: selling a startup to Netscape in 6 weeks, building a $50M media company, and opening a sports bar before diving back into tech. He talks about the future of startups, offers advice on choosing co-founders, and reveals how a tiny nonprofit powers every major LLM today.If you're building in tech, finance, or AI, don’t miss this one.Connect with Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tolles/Connect with Bryan:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryankaras/ https://bryankaras.com/ Looking for quality digital marketing talent? Connect with Bryan's team at GrowTal. https://www.growtal.com/ Looking to solve your toughest marketing challenges? Connect with Bryan's team at Playbook Media. https://www.playbookmedia.com/ 

In this episode, Bryan sits down with serial entrepreneur Chris Tolles, co-founder of Transparency Analytics and advisor at Common Crawl, to talk about what really drives innovation, from the explosion of private credit to the invisible data powering AI. Chris shares wild stories from the trenches: selling a startup to Netscape in 6 weeks, building a $50M media company, and opening a sports bar before diving back into tech. He talks about the future of startups, offers advice on choosing co-f...

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