All Episodes

Adam Ross (Heyday) - Why he found a facial retail chain, franchise models vs. corporate stores, and producing products

Ryan Woodbury (Needed) - How she's building a bundled DTC subscription business with prenatal products, why it took 3 years of R&D research before launching and her fundraising philosophy

Lydia Jett (SoftBank) - How she invests in eCommerce at a global scale, How to evaluate emerging markets, and Learnings from 2022

Aimy Steadman (BeatBox) - How she created a drink for music festivals, fundraising on SharkTank and how a change in product packaging was an unlock to scale

Wyatt Taubman (Vive Organic) - How he discovered immunity shots, the learning curves building a CPG brand and why they sold to Suja Juice

Yanni Hufnagel (Lemon Perfect) - Why He Left Basketball To Founding a Lemon Water Company, Getting Beyoncé to Invest, and How He Scaled Distribution Nationally

Elly Truesdell (New Fare Partners) - How she started a cat food brand with Bobby Flay, Going from Whole Foods to launching VC fund, When brands should vertically integrate

Annie Kadavy (RedPoint Ventures) – How she invested in Patreon, Classpass and DoorDash, What Are Investible business models, and Lessons Learned as a Founder

Chris Ashenden (Athletic Greens) - How he founded a billion dollar nutrition brand, why he waited until $150m in sales to raise capital, and creating a new consumer habit

Davis Smith (Cotopaxi) - Why he started a mission-led outdoor apparel brand, the difference between Cotopaxi and Patagonia, and lessons learned from his first two businesses

Matt Higgins (RSE Ventures) - How he became a Shark on SharkTank, Why he invested in Gary Vee, and the future of Direct to Consumer

Josh Cliffords (FreeWater) - How He Found a New Business Model for Bottled Water

Sean Riley (DUDE Wipes) - How he went from $0 to $90 million in sales selling flushable wipes, Getting Mark Cuban to Invest on SharkTank and Why he chose bootstrapping

Holiday Highlights: Ty Haney (Outdoor Voices, Joggy, TYB)

Holiday Highlights: Chuck Newhall (NEA)

Holiday Highlights: Steve Case (AOL.com, Revolution, Rise of the Rest)

Holiday Highlights: Jessica Peltz-Zatulove (Hannah Grey

Holiday Highlights: Joe Kudla (Vouri)

Holiday Highlights: Mike Ghaffary (Canvas VC)

Holiday Highlights: Greer Tessler & Cara Kaufman (Simple Food Ventures)

Holiday Highlights: Jason Karp (HumanCo)

Holiday Highlights: Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Investment Advisors)

Sarah Foley (SWAT Equity Partners) – Investing in Consumer vs. Tech

Brigette Wolf (Mondelēz) - Inside Mondelēz's Innovation Hub

Ashley Hartman (Bluestein Ventures) - Investing in The Future of Food

Vijen Patel (The 81 Collection & Pressbox) - Why building & investing in hardware is overlooked

Ty Haney (Outdoor Voices, Joggy, TYB) - Why she left Outdoor Voices, how brands can leverage crypto, and creating a CBD line

Jesse Pujji (Gateway X) - How Brands Should Approach Performance Marketing Today, When To Raise Equity vs. Boostrapping & How He Incubates Companies

Marcos Gonzalez (VamosVentures) - Why he left PE to start a VC fund that invests in minority-led businesses

Steve Case (AOL, Revolution & Rise of the Rest) - Why He's Optimistic About Innovation in Secondary and Tertiary American Cities

Joe Welch (In Good Taste) – How you can make money in wine and why he left tech to found a beverage company

Wayne Hu and Josh Constine (SignalFire) - The Current State of NFTs & Which Web2 media Platform is Best Positioned for Web3?

Ben Jones (Haus Labs by Lady Gaga) - Inside Lady Gaga's Beauty Brand

Katlin Smith (Simple Mills) - How She's Building a Next Generation Food Company

Eze Vidra (Remagine Ventures) - Investing in Israel, Media, and the Metaverse

Abraham Shafi (IRL) - Building a community rather than an audience

Ashleigh Hinde (Waldo) - Building a brand with a product you can't see - contact lenses

Mike Hirshland (Resolute Ventures) - The state of pre-seed & seed investing

Mike Senackerib (Dewey's Bakery) - How a 90-year old bake shop turned into a CPG powerhouse

Mike Mayer (Windmill) - Building the smart AC Unit that's eye candy for your window

Matt Gibson (New Culture) - Creating Cheese Without the Cow

Noah Gray (Onda) - How he's Scaling Shay Mitchell's Tequila Seltzer Brand

Brent Vartan (Bullish) - How desires lead to opportunities & Bullish on Consumer Report

Cristina Nuñez (True Beauty Ventures) - How to invest in beauty and personal care brands

Alison Cayne (Haven's Kitchen) - From founding a cooking school to creating a sauce brand

Chuck Newhall (NEA) - How he founded one of the most successful venture capital firms in history

Nick Moran (New Stack Ventures) - Going from podcast to syndicate to fund, how he’s investing in founders outside major markets and the state of the current VC market

Sita Chantramonklasri (Siam Capital) - How to raise a VC fund as a first-time manager, what investing in sustainability really means and her due diligence process

Clément Pointillart (Verlinvest) - How do you examine brand equity, Why rummaging through the trash made him interested in consumer and Does product innovation matter in CPG

Jonathan Wolfson (Brainiac Foods) - What nutrients have been missing for kids and how he’s changing it

Susan Lin (Felix) - What consumer-driven means, what are real competitive advantages for companies, and why Felix raised $600 million

Ollie Forsyth (Antler) - The New Creator Economy, Web3 and what social platforms are most vulnerable right now

Mike Asem (M25) - Why the midwest the perfect place to launch and invest in consumer startups, diversity report insights and creating a VC board game

Jeff Nobbs (Zero Acre Farms) - How he's changing cooking oil for the better

Mark Achler (MATH Venture Partners) - How to Exit Right

Justine Palefsky (Kindred) - How she created a travel community that led to a house swapping platform, how to construct a marketplace where your supply equals your demand, and approach to monetization

Juan Pablo Cappello (Nue Life) - Ketamine and psychedelic therapy, what’s wrong with current healthcare incentives, and picking the right investment partners

Luke Vernon (Ridgeline Ventures) - Why family offices are great investment partners for brands, investment timelines and do brands need product innovation to succeed?

Joe Spector (Dutch) - How he’s changing the pet industry and how his approach to fundraising has evolved

Brian O’Malley (Forerunner Ventures) - How he’s investing in the empowerment economy, the evolution of consumer venture capital and raising $1 billion fund

John Timar (Kill Cliff) - Why they doubled down on their core audience in times of doubt, How the Navy SEALs inspired the creation of the brand, and His approach to partnerships for growth

Patrick Chun (Juxtapose) - What is an inception stage investment firm, why it’s less risky than modern venture capital, how he recruits CEOs to lead each business he incubates

Patrick Schwarzenegger (MOSH) - Why he's creating the tools for a "mindstyle" lifestyle, why he co-founded a brain bar brand and how he got into angel investing in health and wellness brands

Ariana Thacker (Conscience VC) - What it means to invest in deep tech x consumer, How she raised her first VC fund, and Her definition of a moat

Paul Voge (Aura Bora) - Why he decided to found a sparkling water company with weird flavors, How he entered retail during COVID, and What perception he would change when founding a CPG business

Joe Marchese (Human Ventures) - What marketing channels brands overlook, how to partner with founders and build investment firms

Matt Nichols (Commerce Ventures) - How Brands Can Leverage Web.3 to Build Community, The Future of Retail From a Crypto Lens, and Use Cases Where Web.3 Might Not Be Impactful

Seth Goldman & Chef Spike Mendelsohn (Eat The Change & PLNT Burger) - Why they decided to found two companies together, and their approach to making the world a better place

Amy Lacey (Cali’flour Foods) - How she created a cauliflower pizza dough that exploded online and the changes she had to make for retail

Melissa Urban (Whole30) - How she founded Whole30 and created her own health & wellness content empire

Jordan Gaspar (AF Ventures) - How she transitioned from law to investor, when brands are going omnichannel, and her approach to portfolio construction

Marc Hostovsky (Minoan) - How he's creating 'native retail', connecting ecommerce and in real life experiences to try out products

Natalie Gordon (Babylist) - How she combined content and commerce to better serve expecting parents, her approach to raising capital and creative product partnerships

Nick Saltarelli (Mid-Day Squares) - How he built a passionate audience, why his family decided to found a chocolate company, and their approach to content

Michael Duda (Bullish) - How to invest in brands that can appeal to the early majority, the two ways to win as a brand, and why all consumers are liars

Sumi Das (CapitalG) - How to invest in consumer tech in both U.S. and emerging markets, when does the growth stage start, and the advantages of having a single LP structure

Nuno Gonçalves Pedro (Chamaeleon) - What consumer technology will make its way to the west, do companies create new markets, what’s after the iPhone?

Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital) - Why investing in technological innovation is overlooked by most VCs, how to invest in at the intersection of deep tech x consumer

Jeff Cantalupo and Brentos Fernandez (Listen Ventures) - How to build compelling brands through the power of storytelling

Michele Romanow (Clearco) - The Three Critical Marketing Metrics for DTC Brands, When VC Money Makes Sense and When It doesn't and The Insight That Led to Founding Clearco

Mac the VC (Rarebreed Ventures) - How He Leveraged Twitter To Raise a Fund, Why He Decided To Start RareBreed, How He Evaluates Customer Acquisition Strategy, and The Current State of Venture Capital

Michael Ronen (Branded) - Why He's Building a Portfolio of Amazon Brands, The Aggregation Opportunity within eCommerce and Why He Left SoftBank Investment Partners

Jason Karp (HumanCo) - How he started Hu Kitchen & Hu Chocolate, The Rebranding of Coconut Bliss to Cosmic Bliss, His Value System within Food and His Mission with HumanCo

Jackie Fast (Sandbox Studios) - How to Build a Talent-Led Brand, The Intersection of Celebrity x Entrepreneurship and What Makes A Great Partnership

Greer Tessler and Cara Kaufman (Simple Food Ventures) - Why they only invest in CPG products that work on-shelf, the difference between better for the planet and better for you, and analyzing product differentiation

Ksenia Yudina (UNest) - How she's Helping Parents Invest in Their Kids

Eric Kinariwala (Capsule) - How one visit to pick up his prescription led him to create a new type of pharmacy

Mike Smerklo (Next Coast Ventures) - What it was like working for Ben Horowitz, How he set up a search fund and bought a company, Why he invests in consumer when he comes from enterprise

Walker Drewett (NuBrakes) - How He Started a Mobile Brake Repair Company with No Automative Experience

Joe Kudla (Vuori) - What Was Missing From Active Apparel, How He Scaled His Brand Profitably, and How He Pivoted To Find Customer-Fit

John Foraker (Once Upon a Farm) - How To Craft A Story For Retail, Why Jennifer Garner Came On Board as Chief of Brand, and Their Approach To Scale

Brandon Yahn (Convivialité Ventures) - Why the Second Largest Wine & Spirit Company is Investing in Consumer Tech

Avrum Elmakis (CLMBR) - How He's Bringing Vertical Climbing To Your Home, The Future of Fitness and How He Fundraised From Top Athletes

Abigail Cook Stone (Otherland) - How She Turned Her Love of Scents into a Leading Candle Brand

Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Vision Fund) - His Three Consumer Investment Themes, How Fund 2 is Different From Fund 1, and How He Invests in Tech and Non-Tech Businesses

Jessica Peltz-Zatulove (Hannah Grey) - How Brands Are Engaging with Web3, Why Identity Driven Brands Will Win and The Metaverse

Mike Ghaffary (Canvas) - What’s next after the iPhone, Unpacking Web3, Metaverse and Remote First Products, and Is this the time to be investing in B2C or B2B

Tushar Garg (Flyhomes) - How He’s Helping Families Buy Their First Home, and Why Real Estate Still Hasn’t Seen Much Innovation

Stephen Hughes (Sunrise Strategic Partners) - What Makes a Great Market, When Should a DNVB Hit Retail and the History of the Natural Foods Movement

Nisha Dua (BBG Ventures) - Opportunities within health and wellness, Investing in climate friendly consumption and solving problems for the 99%