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415 Stories

by Taha Karsli

Stories by the Bay, listen the best VCs, angel investors and founders of San Francisco about how they founded their ventures and get unique insights about fundraising and scaling. 415.substack.com

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  1. E9 - Marina Mogilko on growing YouTube channels from zero to 3M subscribers and language education..

    Marina Mogilko (co-founder of LinguaTrip) has various businesses including a language education company, online courses, YouTube channels. We sat down with her to talk about how did she grow these YouTube channels to over three million subscribers and the future of language education. Enjoy the...

  2. E8 - Emre Fadillioglu of App Samurai on fundraising, company story and more

    On this week in 415 Stories, we had a chat with Emre Fadillioglu (Co-founder & CEO of App Samurai) on their company's Series A round raised from 212, Collective Spark and 500 Startups. Emre told me about his story, fundraising process, company culture, and App Samurai's mission. Enjoy the…

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  3. E7 - Joshua Browder of DoNotPay on a new perspective to consumer rights and building a multi-horizontal app

    Joshua from DoNotPay has a different perspective about consumer rights with creating a multi-horizontal consumer app, the World's first robot lawyer, DoNotPay. Enjoy the episode! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

  4. E6 - Tim Draper on next big thing, four decades of tech investing, and more.

    I'm hosting a legendary venture capitalist of Silicon Valley, Tim Draper. He invested in companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Hotmail, Skype, and many more game-changing companies. We talked about his predictions about the next big thing through his experiences as a venture capitalist for more than…

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  5. E5 - Aykut Karaalioglu (Mobile Action) on an Unlikely Silicon Valley Story, Scaling a SaaS Company

    In this episode, Aykut Karaalioglu (Founder & CEO of Mobile Action) joined me for probably one of the best stories I've ever captured. He told me about his incredible story which started right after college, here in San Francisco. We talked about scaling a SaaS company in 2020, founder mistakes,...

  6. E4 - Leah Culver of Breaker: Fixing up an iconic San Francisco Landmark, Pink Painted Lady

    Leah Culver, the co-founder & CTO of Breaker told me about her new house Pink Painted Lady. Find out how did she come up with the idea and what's her plan with a San Francisco landmark, Pink Painted Lady. Enjoy the episode! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...

  7. E3 - Jason Calacanis: investing in 20s, becoming the greatest investor, founder skills

    Last week we had the chance to chat with Jason Calacanis, angel investor (Uber, Calm, Robinhood), serial entrepreneur and a podcast legend. We talked about the 20s venture capital scene, his goal of becoming the greatest investor of all time, founder skills, his new book in progress and at the…

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  8. E2 - Eric Bahn: General Partner at Hustle Fund

    In this episode, we talked with Eric Bahn about Hustle Fund, changing trends for the new decade, his minivan enthusiasm and many other interesting topics. Enjoy the episode! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...

  9. E1 - Chris Messina: Inventor of the Hashtag

    We had a great chat with Chris, he is a founder, technologist, speaker, product designer and beyond all the titles, he is famously known as the "Inventor of the Hashtag". We talked about how did he came up with the hashtag, technology trends, recently announced Tesla's Cybertruck and many other...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Stories by the Bay, listen the best VCs, angel investors and founders of San Francisco about how they founded their ventures and get unique insights about fundraising and scaling.

415.substack.com

HOSTED BY

Taha Karsli

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Stories by the Bay, listen the best VCs, angel investors and founders of San Francisco about how they founded their ventures and get unique insights about fundraising and scaling. 415.substack.com

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