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Founder & Funder Experience
by Format One
*Welcome to the Founder & Funder Experience.* Brought to you by Format One. This podcast brings to light the different journeys select founders and funders took to get where they are today. We hope their lives and their learnings continue to inspire both present and future innovators!
Episodes
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Founders Serving Founders: Hooman Radfar of Collective
“If you want to get a deal done as an entrepreneur, you can create the narrative that rationalizes your bias. And so when I call (references), I’ll give you some questions that I asked, I think the most salient piece of information is, okay, tell me a time when you were low, or that you had a...
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The Journey Into Venture and Back Again: Gautam Gupta of M13 Ventures
“I would just caveat that I don't believe that being an operator makes you a better investor. It's still an incredibly hard job of picking great companies. We’ve all seen great venture capital investors who've never been operators…” — Gautam Gupta Today’s guest is Gautam Gupta, Partner at M13...
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The Ascent from ‘Angel’ to ‘Institutional’: Sheel Mohnot of Better Tomorrow Ventures
“I'm looking for leaders that I think can lead a company of hundreds of people in the future. And sometimes, you just don't get that feel, there's no way to quantify it. It's like a gut feeling that you have, but we're only looking to invest in companies that will have massive outcomes.” — Sheel...
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Investing in the Many Dimensions of ‘Work’: Ashley Bittner of Firework Ventures
“I got interested in technology as a way of solving some of these major challenges I was seeing in my classroom. And that's not just education. There’s also all the other things that people need to actually have upward mobility in their lives.” — Ashley Bittner Today’s guest is Ashley Bittner,...
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What’s ‘Next’ in Sports, Health, and Wellness?
“I think the entrepreneurs that have the best shot at success are those who have done the work to understand who they are, to have tons of confidence and courage in what they're building, but to also just be very aware, and humble about what they aren't great at.” — Melanie Strong Today’s guest…
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Building Companies, Building Companies, and Building Companies: Hiten Shah of FYI
“Hunt for a problem worth solving, and then solve it better than anything else on the market.” — Hiten Shah (Co-Founder & CEO at FYI) Today’s guest is Hiten Shah, Co-Founder & CEO at FYI, long-time serial founder and investor (120+ investments to date). Hiten has been in the profession of…
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The Compound of Data & Emotional Intelligence: Jun Deng
Today’s guest is Jun Deng, Investment partner at Social Starts & Joyance Partners— investing in the emerging science of health and happiness. The funds have achieved great success, effectively investing in multiple unicorns and companies exceeding 100MM in valuation. Jun has a PhD in Biomedical...
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Powering the Future of Aviation: Alex Mans
Today's guest is Alex Mans, serial entrepreneur, founder and president at FLYR Labs. FLYR is a company radically transforming air travel through cutting edge technologies that are years ahead of what has been commercially available. Backed by notable tech figures such as Peter Thiel, FLYR solves...
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Patterns of Inevitability in Tech and Blockchain: Jack O’Holleran
"I got to see this machine learning AI space progress and now I'm working in blockchain. And I have to tell you— there's a pattern. I just see this pattern.” —Jack O’Holleran Today's guest is Jack O’Holleran, serial entrepreneur, and Co-founder and CEO at SKALE Labs. SKALE is a technology company...
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Redefining the Status Quo: Neha Tanna M.D.
Today's guest is Neha Tanna M.D., Investment Partner at Social Starts & Joyance Partners. Neha and the team are early-stage investors in the emerging science of health and happiness. The funds have achieved great success, effectively investing in multiple unicorns and companies exceeding 100MM in...
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Keeping it ‘True’ in Venture Capital: Puneet Agarwal
“I think the real definition (of empathy) for me is just having a full understanding of the whole person.” — Puneet Agarwal Keeping it ‘@True’... Today's guest is Puneet Agarwal, General Partner at True Ventures, a seed and Series A stage venture fund in San Francisco that is empowering...
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Progressing the Bottom-Up Economy: Satya Patel of Homebrew
“We are big believers that everybody in technology is standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Satya Patel Today's guest is Satya Patel, Founding Partner at Homebrew, a seed stage venture fund in San Francisco focused on helping entrepreneurs who are building within the Bottom-Up Economy.…
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Superhumans Behind Superhuman: Vivek Sodera
“That's how we're gonna level up mankind— by augmenting people's natural capabilities with the software and tools that we create. Give them superpowers and make them Superhuman—that's where the name of the company came from.” — Vivek Sodera Today's guest is Vivek Sodera, Co-Founder at Superhuman,...
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Playing a Positive Part for The 'Whole': Pejman Nozad of Pear VC
“ I think if I have one DNA very much in common with Silicon Valley is just this insane amount of optimism. For me everything is possible. That's why I went from rug salesman to venture capitalist.” — Pejman Nozad Today's guest is Pejman Nozad, Founding Managing Partner of Pear.VC, an early-stage...
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‘Being’ In The Business of Building: Tracy Lawrence
“I think the transition is learning that I am a whole center in and of myself. ” — Tracy Lawrence Today's guest is Tracy Lawrence, Co-Founder & Former CEO at Chewse (acquired) and an allround complete human being. Tracy founded Chewse, a corporate tech-enabled catering company, at about 19 years…
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All Eyes Ahead: Monique Woodard of Cake Ventures
“I think that if we start to think about the world in a much broader way, and sort of lift ourselves out of the immediacy of Silicon Valley— and this goes for both investors and founders— there are much, much bigger market opportunities for us to get excited about.” — Monique Woodard (Founder at...
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The Science of Being ‘Cool’ (or Hot): Sam Shames of Embr Labs
“There's this opportunity for well-designed technology to help us feel more in tune with our environments, more connected to our emotions, and more in touch with how our bodies feel on a physical level.” — Sam Shames (COO & Co-Founder of Embr Labs) This podcast interview is close to the heart for...
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Building The Future Through Venture: Nina Achadjian of Index Ventures
Today’s guest is Nina Achadjian, Partner at Index Ventures. Before joining Index, Nina was also the founder of HIVE Ventures, the first seed fund focusing on Armenian entrepreneurs. She was also a higher yield bond trader at Citigroup and the FP&A Lead for Google’s AdSense team. In this podcast...
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The Shoulders of FinTech Giants: Sandeep Kumar Sood of Kun.ai
“I had the luxury to help other people before myself... it grew me more into a mentor as a leader than it did as a hustler entrepreneur.” — Sandeep Kumar Sood Today’s guest is Sandeep Kumar Sood, Co-Founder & CEO of Kun.ai, a consulting company that has led innovation for large financial...
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The Business of Powerfully Caring.
“It was wonderful to understand that there was so much you can do when you can just figure out if you set your mind to it.” — Celine Ivari (Co-Founder & CEO, WholyMe) Today’s guest is Celine Ivari, Co-Founder & CEO of WholyMe, a company focused on delivering the healthiest, effective relief...
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The Timeless Principles of Human-Centric Design: Jean Anne Booth of UnaliWear
“The difference to me, between an engineer and a scientist, is that an engineer builds things for people— scientists investigate things because they're trying to answer questions.” — Jean Anne Booth Today’s guest is Jean Anne Booth, CEO at UnaliWear. UnaliWear is a tech company focused on…
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Moments-of-Inception: Going Where Investors Aren't...
You can't fight your way through extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds.” (on investing)— Mike Edelhart Today’s guest is Mike Edelhart, Managing Partner for Joyance Partners & Social Starts Venture Capital— investing in the emerging science of health and happiness. The funds…
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Democratizing Startup Fundraising & Investing: Kendrick Nguyen of Republic
“I could see the potential for a more democratized venture ecosystem.” — Kendrick Nguyen Today’s guest is Kendrick Nguyen, Co-founder @Republic, an investment platform where everyone can invest as little as $10 in cutting-edge startups. Kendrick is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded two...
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Enabling High-Octane Founders From Day 0 and Beyond: Manan Mehta of Unshackled Ventures
Today’s guest is Manan Mehta, co-founder and General Partner @Unshackled Ventures. Manan has experience as both an investor and a founder. In this post, he talks about identifying the need to unlock immigrant founder talent, and professionalizing a leading venture capital firm to deploy capital...
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Anatomical Insights On Early-Stage Venture Investing: Greg Sands of Costanoa Ventures
Today’s guest is Greg Sands, Founder and Managing Partner at Costanoa Ventures, a boutique, early-stage VC firm. Before starting Costanoa Ventures, Greg worked at Sutter Hill Ventures as their Managing Director. To date, Greg has over 20 years of experience in VC. Before becoming a professional...
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Placing Founders at the Center of Your Efforts: Miles Lasater of Purpose-Built Ventures
Today’s guest is Miles Lasater, serial founder turned investor and the founding partner at Purpose Built Ventures. As a founder, he helped Higher One scale to over $200MM in revenue and eventually, a public offering. Today, Miles’ VC fund is focused on investing very early (pre-seed or seed) in...
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Navigating the Waters of FinTech: Logan Allin of Fin Venture Capital
I wake up every morning excited to work with entrepreneurs, and that's where I get my energy from, even though I'm an introvert… So, I think from a social impact, from a legacy perspective— this is my last job. This is all I want to do the rest of my career.”— Logan Allin Today’s guest is Logan...
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The Founder's Journey of Personal Growth & Development: Rahim Fazal of SV Academy
“ When there is sort of instability in the market, and people are going one way— how can you intelligently go the other way?” — Rahim Fazal Today’s guest is Rahim Fazal, Co-founder and CEO @SV Academy, a tech company focused on democratizing access to the tech industry through their 4-week (or...
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Building a Contemporary, Incentives-Aligned Marketing Company: Elias Rubel of Matter Made
Today’s guest is Elias Rubel, a serial founder and currently the Founder & CEO @Matter Made. His company is a B2B growth firm, focused on helping clients accelerate their outcomes through marketing, especially at the Series A level (post product-market fit). Matter Made’s clients include…
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Founder Lessons on Identifying, Securing, and Scaling Excellence: Adam Lawrence
Today’s guest is Adam Lawrence, a serial founder and at the time of this recording, the COO at Bolt. In his early days, Adam was one of the first employees at Addepar, helping scale the company to over a hundred people. Adam is a growth-oriented startup leader with unique insights about...
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The Core Values & Traits of Successful Founders: Ullas Naik of Streamlined Ventures
Today’s guest is Ullas Naik, Founder and General Partner at Streamlined Ventures. His notable investments include; Addepar, DoorDash, Rappi, and FLYR, for example. Ullas has been an investor for over 23 years with 400 companies worth of investment experience. He has steadily weathered the ups and...
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The First User-Controlled Talent Network: Adam Jackson of BrainTrust
Today’s guest is Adam Jackson, a serial founder and currently the Founder & CEO at BrainTrust. Braintrust is the first user-controlled talent network that connects organizations with highly skilled tech talent. Throughout his career as a founder, Adam has started and grown multiple marketplace...
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Building a High-Performing Distributed Team by Choice (Not Necessity): Robert Fenton of Qualio
Today’s guest is Robert Fenton, Founder and CEO of Qualio. Qualio provides the tech-driven quality operating system for modern life sciences companies— no small undertaking! Robert grew up in Cork, Ireland, graduated as a pharmacist, then moved to the US to accelerate the growth of his enterprise...
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*Welcome to the Founder & Funder Experience.* Brought to you by Format One. This podcast brings to light the different journeys select founders and funders took to get where they are today. We hope their lives and their learnings continue to inspire both present and future innovators!
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