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Taking Notes with NextGen
by NextGen Venture Partners
Introducing our new podcast, Taking Notes with NextGen! In this bi-monthly series, we sit down with someone from the NextGen network to learn more about their background, where they work today, and insights they have from the industries they lead. Whether a founder, a Venture Partner, or a friend of NextGen, we hope to tap into their expertise and share it with you.
Episodes
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Mike Hanlon, Founder & CEO of Abett (HR and Healthcare Fintech)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host Jon Bassett (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Abett empowers employers with the information they need to be more savvy consumers of healthcare....
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Ben Lewis & Jon Sockell, Co-Founders of Ensis.ai (AI for GovCon)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host Jon Bassett (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Ben Lewis and Jon Sockell, Co-Founders of Ensis.ai, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Ensis leverages Generative AI to assist government contractors in responding to Requests...
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Austin Walters, Founder and CEO of IP Copilot (Discover, Capture & Manage IP)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our new host and Managing Partner at NextGen Chris Keller interviews Austin Walters, Founder and CEO of IP Copilot. IP Copilot is on a mission to make it easier for companies to uncover the novel ideas within their organizations. Chris and Austin…
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Timothy Spong, Co-Founder and CEO of Vistapath (Modernizing Pathology Labs with AI)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our host Chris Keller (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Timothy Spong, Co-Founder and CEO of Vistapath Biosystems (Vistapath), where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Vistapath is a digital health company with a mission to modernize...
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Irfan Alam, Founder and CEO of Frontrow Health (Digital Health, Doctor Storefronts)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our new host and existing Partner at NextGen Jon Bassett interviews Irfan Alam. Irfan is the Founder and CEO of Frontrow Health, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Frontrow Health is a digital health company with a mission to increase...
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Jero Beccar, Co-Founder & CEO of Hyka (Collaborative Care Platform for Mental Health)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Jero Beccar, Co-Founder and CEO of Hyka.io, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Hyka offers a platform that helps healthcare providers connect their patients with vetted speciality...
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Marissa Pittard & Chris Olmanson, Co-Founders of Beaming Health (Autism Care Directory)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Marissa Pittard & Chris Olmanson, Co-Founders of Beaming Health, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Beaming Health helps families find appropriate, expert care for children with...
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2022 Interview with Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett (HR and Healthcare Tech)
Our guest for this podcast is Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett. Abett helps employers, who pay about a trillion dollars a year for healthcare on behalf of employees, to gain control over their healthcare data and become more savvy consumers of healthcare. Abett works with some of the biggest...
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David Lokshin, Co-Founder and CEO of Trace (Sports Video Tech)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews David Lokshin, Co-Founder and CEO of Trace, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Trace is in the business of memories. More specifically, Trace places cameras at youth sports games and…
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Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder and CEO of Anonybit (Biometric Security Tech)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder and CEO of Anonybit, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Anonybit keeps biometrics information secure. So that fingerprint that helps unlock your phone?…
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Michael Staton, Co-Founder and CEO of CoLearn (Virtual Charter School)
Michael Staton is an EdTech (education technology) entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO of CoLearn. As a former EdTech venture capitalist, Michael asked himself the question, “What should school school look like in an era of remote work for adults, and with an explosion of digital learning...
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Obi Omile, Co-Founder and CEO of theCut (Barber Booking App)
Join Taking Notes with NextGen host, and NextGen Managing Partner, Dan Mindus and Obi Omile, Co-Founder and CEO at theCut, for a illuminating conversation. theCut is a platform for people to find barbers, and for barbers to manage their business with bookings, payments, CRM and more. Obi and Dan...
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Andrew Platt, Founder and CEO of Statt (Automated Policy and Regulatory Intelligence)
Andrew Platt is a NextGen Venture Partner, and the Co-Founder and CEO of Statt. NextGen is an investor in Statt, which is a tool that automates the gathering and analysis of public policy information. In this episode, Andrew sits down with NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus to discuss his time…
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Ben Doherty, Co-Founder & CEO at Sunroom Rentals
Ben Doherty is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sunroom Rentals, which helps renters lease apartments without brokers and assist real estate owners and investors to better manage leasing their properties. NextGen Venture Partners is a recent investor in the company. Ben sits down with NextGen Managing...
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Itziar Diez-Canedo and Maite Diez-Canedo, Co-Founders of Via.work
In the latest episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus is joined by sisters Itziar Diez-Canedo and Maite Diez-Canedo who are the co-founders of Via.work. NextGen is a recent investor. Via helps remove the risk and complexity for employers setting up satellite...
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Satasuk “Joy” Bhosai, Founder, CEO of Pluto Health (Smart Health Assistant)
Join Taking Notes with NextGen host, and NextGen Managing Partner, Dan Mindus and Joy Bhosai for a conversation about Joy’s company, Pluto Health (smart health assistant). NextGen is a recent investor. Pluto has built a mobile app that seeks to help patients with tasks such as storing health...
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Prabhdeep Singh, EVP, Global Head of Marketplace at WeWork
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, managing partner Dan Mindus speaks with Venture Partner Prabhdeep (Prabh) Singh, who is the EVP, Global Head of Marketplace at WeWork. Prabh launched an on-demand offering that allows people to book WeWork space by the day or hour. Dan and Prabh…
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Mike Hanlon, Founder & CEO of Abett (HR and Healthcare Data)
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and managing partner Dan Mindus chats with Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett (HR and healthcare data). Abett empowers employers with the information they need to be more savvy consumers of healthcare. Employers are the largest payers for...
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Martin Babinec, Author of More Good Jobs
Martin Babinec is a Venture Partner with NextGen and the Founder of TriNet, a $4B outsourced Human Resources company based in the Bay Area. After building TriNet for 20 years, Martin returned to his hometown in upstate New York and focused his energy on revitalizing the regional innovation…
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Roman Pedan, Founder & CEO of Kasa Living
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and managing partner Dan Mindus chats with Roman Pedan, Founder and CEO of Kasa Living (Kasa). Kasa is similar to Airbnb in offering short-term accommodations but offers a layer of reliability by ensuring things like consistent cleaning…
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Kyle Garman, Author of The Entrepreneurial Mindset
Kyle Garman is a Venture Partner with NextGen, SVP, Global Business Development at SAP, and most recently the author of The Entrepreneurial Mindset. In this episode of Taking Notes, Kyle chats with Dan Mindus (Managing Partner, NextGen Venture Partners) about how to prepare today's kids for the...
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Blake Garrett, Founder and CEO at Aceable: Creating an inclusive culture in tech
NextGen portfolio company Aceable is working to help people with life’s certification challenges. The company’s first mobile app offers accredited driver’s education courses and it is now expanding into other verticals such as real estate continuing education. NextGen invested in Aceable in 2015,...
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Tom Griffiths, CEO and Co-Founder at Hone
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Tom Griffiths, CEO and Co-Founder of Hone. Hone was launched based on Tom's experience as a Co-Founder and executive of FanDuel. As the company grew, he needed to bring managers up to speed quickly, but...
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Nick Bonfiglio & Neelesh Shastry, Co-Founders of Syncari
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Nick Bonfiglio and Neelesh Shastry, Co-Founders of NextGen portfolio company Syncari. Syncari is building a distributed data management (DDM) software platform to help businesses solve data...
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Dan Abdinoor, Co-Founder and CEO of Fritz AI: Building Apps with Machine Learning
In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Dan Abdinoor, the Co-Founder and CEO of NextGen portfolio company Fritz AI (Fritz). Fritz has created a platform that makes it easy for mobile developers to create applications that leverage machine...
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Diane Strutner, Founder and CEO of Datazoom
In this episode of Taking Notes, NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Diane Strutner, Founder and CEO of one of NextGen's portfolio companies. When someone streaming a video on the internet experiences a failure, the provider of that video often doesn't know that the failure has...
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David Sullivan, Founder & CEO of Till
In this episode of Taking Notes, NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with David Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Till, one of NextGen's portfolio companies. To date, the home rental space has been poor in data, analytics and tools to help renters pay rent, stay in their homes and create value...
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Taylor Graff, Head of Asset Allocation Research at Brown Advisory
In this special episode of Taking Notes, NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Taylor Graff, Head of Asset Allocation Research at Brown Advisory. NextGen combined with Brown Advisory two years ago. Dan and Taylor discuss the impact of the novel coronavirus on economic trends and…
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Joe Saunders, Founder & CEO of RunSafe Security
In this episode of Taking Notes, NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Joe Saunders, Founder and CEO of RunSafe Security. NextGen recently invested in RunSafe, which sells a patented “cyberhardening” tool that is designed to help immunize software that runs on embedded systems and...
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Tessa Lau, CEO of Dusty Robotics: Vision for the Future of Robotics
In this episode of Taking Notes, NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Tessa Lau, Co-Founder and CEO of Dusty Robotics. NextGen recently invested in Dusty Robotics which is building robots to help bring digital transformation of the construction industry. The company's first product...
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Vinayak Ranade, CEO of Drafted: Network Recruiting
In this episode of Taking Notes, NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Vinayak Ranade, CEO of Drafted. NextGen recently invested in Drafted which offers software to human resources departments to help them fill open positions by empowering their employee base to find referrals via their...
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Immad Akhund, CEO of Mercury: Building a bank for startups from scratch
Dan Mindus (Managing Partner at NextGen) and Immad Akhund (Co-Founder and CEO of Mercury) discuss building a bank from scratch that is specifically built for tech startup entrepreneurs. Immad shares why he started Mercury, and how it is benefitting his large and growing client base.
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John Duncan, Principal at Meridian Research Group and Capital Point
In this episode of Taking Notes, Dan Mindus (co-founder and managing partner of NGVP) speaks with Venture Partner John Duncan (Principal at Meridian Research Group and Capital Point). Capital Point provides analysis to institutional investors and corporate executives with a heavy focus on the...
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Carter McJunkin, Founder of Autarki Ventures
In this episode of Taking Notes, NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Carter McJunkin. Carter is a Venture Partner with NextGen and was the COO at Grindr for nearly 8 years, from employee # 1 to exit. Grindr describes itself as the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans and...
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Jason Yeh, Tape: Mobile Video for Enterprise
In this episode, Dan Mindus (managing partner at Nextgen) chats with Jason Yeh (co-founder at Tape - video tool for sales/NextGen portfolio company) about pursuing the opportunity to productize innovations in mobile video for the enterprise. "Mobile video has given the consumer world a lot in…
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Ajay Kori, co-founder and chairman of UrbanStems: Disrupting Flower Delivery
In this episode of Taking notes, Dan Mindus (managing partner at NextGen) and Ajay Kori (co-founder and chairman at UrbanStems) discuss the broken flower industry and Ajay's motivations for entering the space, why Amazon is unlikely to compete here and why he handed off his position as…
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Andrew Yang, Founder of Venture for America & U.S. Candidate for President in 2020
In this episode of Taking Notes, NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Andrew Yang. Andrew founded Venture for America (VFA), a fellowship program for recent college graduates who want to become entrepreneurs. VFA trains its fellows then sends them to work at early-stage growth…
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Ben Foster, Chief Product Officer at GoCanvas: The Role of Product Management
In this episode, product guru Ben Foster shares the (sometimes counterintuitive) lessons he has learned. Ben was the vice president of marketing at Opower, now a publicly traded company. He has also advised over 50 startups on product over the years, including four currently. Today, Ben is the...
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Cherian Thomas: co-founder and CEO of Play Octopus
Cherian Thomas is the co-founder and CEO of NextGen portfolio company Play Octopus, the premiere rideshare entertainment platform. Cherian discusses the company's value proposition to its three key stakeholders, fostering team buy-in after a major pivot, and its traction to date.
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Ben Sardella, Scaling Your Sales Team
Ben Sardella is the co-founder & Chief Revenue Officer of OutboundWorks, which is an automated sales development platform that deliver customers ~1.5x the average output of the best performing sales development reps at ~65% of the cost. Ben shares how his experience as a sales leader as VP of…
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Investing in Customer Success with Angela Han + Jamey Jeff
In this week's episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, Managing Partner Dan Mindus speaks with Venture Partners Angela Han and Jamey Jeff in a conversation surrounding Customer Success. Both Angela and Jamey have deep customer success experience. Angela held customer success roles in a number of...
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Christy Wyskiel, Head of all Things Entrepreneurship at Johns Hopkins University
Christy Wyskiel discusses her efforts to drive the startup ecosystem at Johns Hopkins, from encouraging student education about entrepreneurship to getting funding for tech companies founded by academics.
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Max Wessel, GM of SAP.iO & Managing Director of SAP Silicon Valley: The Rise of the Startup Studio
Max Wessel, former VC at Sapphire Ventures, leads the effort to create new startups from within the ranks of SAP employees. Max discusses how SAP creates startups from scratch, and compares and contrasts the startup studio model to traditional venture capital.
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Fran Hauser, Investor and Author: Kindness in Startups
Fran Hauser, angel investor in 20 companies, and recent author of the book, The Myth of the Nice Girl, discusses what she sees as the false tradeoff between kindness and strength in the workplace, and how she incorporates her background from book keeper for her immigrant parents' businesses at…
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Ray Pawlikowski, CEO of OPTii Solutions: Solutions for the Hotel Industry
Ray Pawlikowski is the CEO of OPTii Solutions. In this podcast, Ray shares how OPTii Solutions is revolutionizing housekeeping functions across global hotels and resort, delivering greater profitability and enhanced guest experience. Ray explains how his experience founding and leading…
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Matt Alexander, Founder and CEO of Neighborhood Goods
Matt Alexander is the founder and CEO of Neighborhood Goods. In this podcast, Matt shares his vision for Neighborhood Goods, what he describes the "App Store for retail," which is creating a compelling offline shopping experience. Matt explains why digitally native brands are investing in offline...
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Randy Altschuler, Founder and CEO of Xometry: Founding and Growing Successful Companies
Randy Altschuler is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded three successful companies, including Office Tiger in 1999, CloudBlue in 2001, and mostly recently Xometry in 2013. Randy is currently CEO of Xometry, an advanced manufacturing company with investors including Highland Capital Partners....
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Christian Seale, Founder and GP of Startupbootcamp Miami: Improving Healthcare Through Technology
Christian Seale is the Founder and GP of Startupbootcamp Miami. In this episode, Christian discusses the opportunities presented by the US healthcare industry for startups leveraging emerging technology from other industries to shift the paradigm in how we deal with care. He also explores how...
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Ken Nguyen, Co-Founder and CEO of Republic: Startup Crowdfunding
Ken Nguyen is the co-Founder and CEO of Republic. In this podcast, Ken discusses how Republic is at the center of emerging trends around inclusive innovation and startup funding, and the company's vision for a more mission-driven and people-driven economy. Ken explains the benefits for an early...
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Michael B. Horn, CSO at Entangled Ventures & Distinguished Fellow - Clayton Christensen Institute
Michael B. Horn, a thought leader in education, discusses the future of the edtech space and how emerging trends and existing realities are shaping the potential impact that companies can have.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Introducing our new podcast, Taking Notes with NextGen! In this bi-monthly series, we sit down with someone from the NextGen network to learn more about their background, where they work today, and insights they have from the industries they lead. Whether a founder, a Venture Partner, or a friend of NextGen, we hope to tap into their expertise and share it with you.
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Introducing our new podcast, Taking Notes with NextGen! In this bi-monthly series, we sit down with someone from the NextGen network to learn more about their background, where they work today, and insights they have from the industries they lead. Whether a founder, a Venture Partner, or a friend...
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