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Scale by Numbers Podcast
by Vanreusel Ventures
James Vanreusel, CEO and Founder of Vanreusel Ventures is joined by some of the best and brightest minds in the Startup Stack: Service providers, software vendors, and financiers he’s come to know over the past decade. This podcast is all about leveling up and preparing to raise money. We will talk to accelerator programs, investors, venture capital firms, and studios to prepare you for that next step. •Get James' free book here •Explore Ask a CFO
Episodes
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Decoding Digital Assets: Navigating Crypto, Blockchain, and the Future of Finance with David Doss
In this episode of Scale By Numbers, host James Vanreusel speaks with David Doss, the founder and managing director of CKC Management, about the evolving fintech landscape and the future of blockchain in the global financial system. Doss shares his insights on asset and program management in the...
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Rethinking Scale, AI, and the Future of Work with Rishad Tobaccowala
In this episode of Scale By Numbers, host James Vanreusel speaks with Rishad Tobaccowala, a seasoned business strategist, speaker, and author, about the changing nature of scale, the impact of AI, and the future of work. Tobaccowala shares his insights on how businesses and individuals can thrive...
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Navigating Mergers and Acquisitions: Insights from Jan Robertson of Sival Advisors
In this episode of Scale by Numbers, we delve into the world of mergers and acquisitions with Jan Robertson, the managing partner and co-founder of Sival Advisors, a boutique M&A investment banking firm based in Silicon Valley. With extensive experience in both sell-side and buy-side…
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The Legal Side of Scaling with Corporate Attorney Rich McDerby
In this episode of Scale By Numbers, host James Vanreusel sits down with Rich McDerby, a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, to discuss the legal landscape for startups and businesses seeking to scale up. McDerby, an expert in corporate law, especially in the VC and emerging company space…
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Commercial Real Estate: Seizing Opportunities in a Changing Market with Jay Shaffer
In this episode of Scale By Numbers, we discussed commercial real estate with Jay Shaffer, an expert in the San Francisco Bay Area. With over 15 years of experience, Jay has successfully navigated the market's complexities, helping businesses and nonprofits find suitable spaces to thrive. His...
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Unlock R&D Tax Credits with Tyler Kem
R&D For You and Me – The R&D Tax Credit and Why You Should Care About it. Guest: Tyler Kem Co-Founder & Vice President of Strike R&D Tax Advisory, tax consultant, and entrepreneur
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Profit and Purpose: Relevance Ventures' Strategy with Cameron Newton
In this episode, James Vanreusel interviews Cameron Newton, an investment manager and founding member of Relevance Ventures. Cameron shares his background, starting as an investment banker before transitioning into venture capital. Read More Here...
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Pro Rata Rights: The VC's superpower with Steve Brotman
In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Steve Brotman, a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and fund manager with an impressive track record in the world of venture capital and startups. Steve is the founder and Managing Partner at Alpha Partners and a Strategic Advisor to the Pritzker...
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Drawing Back the Curtain on Jasmine Social Investments with Owen Woodhouse
Owen is an investment manager at Jasmine Social Investments. Jasmine model is supporting and funding non-profits that focus on social impact issues surrounding health, education, and livelihood. Read More Here...
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AI Realities for CEOs- A Conversation with Glenn Gow
This episode of the Scale by Numbers podcast welcomes Glenn Gow, a seasoned C.E.O. coach and board member focusing on AI, to share insights into his journey. Glenn discusses his transition from a 25-year CEO role to venture capital, where he recognized AI-related patterns, leading to a deep...
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Vibes and Growth: The Unique Approach of Hustle Fund with Eric Bahn
In this episode, James Vanreusel interviews Eric Bahn, the Co-founder, General partner and hustler at Hustle Fund. Read More Here...
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Revolutionizing Banking with AI: Insights from Marshall Hawks
In this episode, James Vanreusel joins Marshall Hawks, who leads the Northern California technology relationship management team at SV, in a discussion that revolves around the role of venture debt providers, particularly Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), in supporting companies at various stages of…
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10 Tips to Understand Venture Debt with Trinity Capital Inc.
In this episode of Scale by Numbers, James Vanreusel, CEO and Founder of Vanreusel Ventures, sits down with Kevin Zeidan, managing director of Trinity Capital, to demystify venture debt and its role in the startup ecosystem. Read More Here
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When and How to Raise Capital with Brett Sharenow
Brett is a trusted advisor in the world of strategy and raising capital from Venture Capitalists, Angels, and Private Equity Investors, making him a true fundraising specialist. He focuses on strategy and capital raising for startups and high-growth companies. With three decades of experience…
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Venture Debt: The New VC Alternative with David Spreng
Today, we welcome David Spreng, the founder of Runway Growth Capital, a Silicon Valley-based investment firm that provides venture debt financing to growth-stage companies. David has over 30 years of experience as a VC and growth debt lender and has been actively involved in the formation and...
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Venture Philanthropy with Robin Bruce of Dovetail Impact Foundation
How to find investment opportunities? How to prepare for an investment? What are the barriers to growth and how do you scale? In this episode of Scale By Numbers, we are excited to talk with Robin Bruce, president of the Dovetail Impact Foundation, where the team invests their time, treasure, and...
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Values-Driven Marketing: Thrive in Today’s Economy
In this episode of Scale By Numbers, we spoke with David Allison. David has been described as a human values expert, a global researcher and a best-selling author. His company, Valuegraphics, focuses on mapping the core human values of everyone on earth and has spent decades doing research on...
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Strategies for M&A Success in Today’s Challenging Market
In this episode, we're joined by Tony Quintong, the Founder of The Securieon Group, a business consulting and M&A advisory firm. With extensive experience in pre-and post-M&A advisory roles, Tony shares his expertise in navigating the challenging M&A landscape. We delve into Tony's innovative...
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Advanced VC Funding Strategies with Brett Sharenow – Part 2
Brett is back for a second episode as we kick off season two of the Scale By Numbers podcast. With his expertise in fundraising, he’s the perfect guest to share smart strategies to raise capital for your business. This is part two of Brett’s value-packed interview, so be sure to listen to the...
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Investing in Space Connectivity: The Future
Have you ever wondered how private businesses operate in space? It’s difficult to comprehend the technological advancements and innovations in commercial space industries that can truly benefit humans on Earth! In this episode of Scale by Numbers, we speak with Katherine Monson, the Chief…
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Running a Non-Profit in the Tech Space
Discover the fundamentals of growing a nonprofit in the tech space, and explore the differences between for-profit and nonprofit organizations. How do you set yourself up for success with a nonprofit? In this episode of Scale by Numbers, we talk with co-founder Kevin Barenblat of Fast Forward, a...
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How Impact and Sustainable Employment Help to Combat Human Trafficking
In this episode of scale by numbers, we talk with the co-founder and CEO of Nomi Network, Diana Mao. Diana and two other women passionate about human rights founded Nomi Network to provide economic opportunities for survivors of human trafficking and women at risk of human trafficking. Diana...
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How Board Members Support the Success of the Start-Up CEO
In this episode of Scale By Numbers, we have an exciting conversation with Heidi Roizen of Threshold Ventures, who has worked as a venture capitalist for over 20 years. She shares experiences as a board member, giving her incredible insight into the value that a board of directors brings to...
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Global Hiring Insights with Near
In this episode of Scale By Numbers, we talk to Hayden Cohen, a New York based entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Near. Near helps fast growing companies and enterprises scale remote teams with the best talent in Latin America. Hayden started Near in 2020 after hiring remote teammates from Latin...
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Master Market Psychology with Jared Dillian
Running a company is just about the most difficult thing you can do. So when we get a hold of someone who has done the work and knows what it takes, we listen. Jared Dillian is an author, the creator of the Daily Dirtnap, and the host of The Jared Dillian Show and 'Be Smart" Podcast. He is here…
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Strengthening Fundraising Relationships: Before and After the Gift
Rhea is a fundraising consultant, author, and she also has a course called Fundraising Accelerator for non-profits. She uses her 15+ years of fundraising experience to help nonprofits tweak their message, clarify their ideal donor, engage their board, streamline their processes, and make an...
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Balancing Fundraising, Wellness, and Marketing with Kate Bradley Chernis
Lots of talk in this industry sounds like people just yelling “GO GO GO!”. As CEOs and business owners, we would work ourselves to death if we could. Our James VanReusel sat down with Lately CEO Kate Bradley Chernis to talk about how the world of marketing and fundraising intersects with the...
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From Fundraising to Exit: Unlocking Valuation Secrets
In this episode, we talk to Bharat Kanodi who helps startup founders and VCs know how much their companies are worth. He has valued over 4000 businesses and signed off on assets worth $2.6 trillion in value. He has appraised unique assets like the Golden Gate Bridge, Atlanta Airport, Uber…
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Building Teams at Techstars: Nicole Glaros’ Approach
Nicole Glaros was the first non-founder at TechStars. She joined when the company was at about ten companies in the portfolio, 250,000 under management. Now, TechStars has over 2,500 companies in the portfolio (growing 500 companies per year), and ¾ of a billion dollars under management. She has...
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Navigating Series A Funding Challenges with Ben Quazzo from ACCEL Ventures
Ben Quazzo is a growth specialist at Accel, at the intersection of tech and finance. Accel is a venture capital firm based in silicon valley, boasting 16 million under management! We got the opportunity to pick his brain about what his work life is like, and what we can do as marketers and...
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GTM Hacks from Growth University’s Craig Zingerline
Craig Zingerline | Founder of Growth University Growth University was developed to offer founders the strategy and the playbook needed to make it through the startup stage and eventually scale. This is a live cohort-based program that teaches founders to " go after customers holistically." Growth...
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How Developing FounderSuite Led me to Understand the Right Way to Fundraise with FounderSuite’s Nathan Beckford
Nathan Beckford | CEO and Founder | FounderSuite ABOUT OUR GUEST: This week's guest is an exciting addition to the Vanreusel Ventures Startup Stack; We had the pleasure of chatting with Nathan Beckford, the founder and CEO of Foundersuite. Their mission is straightforward but extremely important-...
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Do I Have the Right Insurance Policies for my Company? with CAL’s Joe DeLucchi
Joe DeLucchi | President and CEO of CAL Insurance Cal puts together structured insurance programs for businesses, schools, nonprofits, real estate investment groups, and successful individuals and successful families across the United States. They are business insurance advisors. They will help...
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All You Need to Know about Audits from BakerTilly’s Allen Goh
Allen Goh | BakerTilly Allen offers clients more than 20 years of public accounting and audit experience. He leads several audit, review, and other attestation engagements for publicly traded and privately held corporations. Notably, Allen offers significant expertise working with clients…
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Carta with Francesca Puccinelli
Francesca Puccinelli | Partnerships | Carta Read More Here
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Optimizing Non-Profit Accounting with Jitasa’s Jon Osterburg
Jon Osterburg | VP of Sales and Marketing | Jitasa | Non-Profit Accounting Firm Read More Here
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Creating Social Impact using Forest Nation with Andrew Frankland
WHO WAS OUR GUEST: Andrew Frankland | Director of Operations | ForestNation Read More Here
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Diving into the Employee Tax Credit (ERC): What Is It and Could You Be Eligible?
R&D For You and Me - The R&D Tax Credit and Why You Should Care About it. Guest: Tyler Kem Co-Founder & Vice President of Strike R&D Tax Advisory, tax consultant, and entrepreneur Read More Here
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Non-Profit Retail Fundraising with Tim Kachuriak
Guest: Tim Kachuriak| Chief Innovation Officer | NextAfter Topic: What moves and inspires people to donate Read More Here
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Legal Insights for Corporates with David Goldenberg
David discusses common founder issues and the legal complexities of becoming a scaling and successful business founder. He tells the story of how he has grown as a corporate attorney in San Francisco and why he loves going to bat for his clients. VLP Law Group specializes in helping businesses...
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Simplify HR Complexities with Jonna Mooney
Guest: Jonna Mooney| Founder | Affogato HR Consulting Topic: HR is never black and white; it "always" depends. Read More Here
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Protect Your Business: Preventing Bad Actors with Candice Tal
Candice Tal is the CEO of Infortal Worldwide, a global risk management, and investigations firm. Infortal Worldwide works in 160 countries, has done over 2 million investigations and works with companies from Start-Ups all the way up to Fortune 100 companies. Their goal is to "prevent bad actors...
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Use the Double-Win System to Boost Productivity and Achieve Goals
In this episode of Scale by Numbers, we talk with Blake Stratton, a business consultant at Full Focus, a performance coaching company that has worked with nearly 1000 businesses. Full Focus helps businesses build strategies for their companies to succeed and aims to help its clients find peace...
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Cybersecurity Mastery: Managing Threats and Hygiene
In this episode, we talk to Justin Daniels. Justin is a shareholder, M&A and transactional lawyer at the AmLaw 100 firm Baker Donelson. He works on global clients in cutting edge industries like fintech, Saas, blockchain, drones and autonomous vehicles. Read More Here
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Be Brave and Network: Insights from Alex Low-Lately
Lately is a social media management platform that creates content for you using A.I. Lately's A.I. takes your long-form content and turns it into dozens of social posts that drive engagement and use keywords that are proven to work well with your audience. Using Lately you can also schedule out...
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Secure Your Start-Up’s Future: Building Bank Relationships
In today's discussion, we take a deep dive into banking with Kelly Caviglia, who focuses on supporting startups and creating relationships with early-stage founders at Bridge Bank, a division of Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC. Read More Here
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8 Health Tips for Business Owners with Nutrition Coach Kassandra Hobart
In this episode of Scale By Numbers, we are going to take a deep dive into how YOU can set yourself up for success by focusing on nutrition and lifestyle. We will dig into how investors look at a startup business and CEO mindset, and what it takes to keep your body strong and mind sharp even…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
James Vanreusel, CEO and Founder of Vanreusel Ventures is joined by some of the best and brightest minds in the Startup Stack: Service providers, software vendors, and financiers he’s come to know over the past decade. This podcast is all about leveling up and preparing to raise money. We will talk to accelerator programs, investors, venture capital firms, and studios to prepare you for that next step.
•Get James' free book here •Explore Ask a CFO
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