All Episodes

Ben Sun (Primary Venture Partners) - Lessons Learned from Building The First Social Networking Site, The Rise of New York's Tech Scene, and Are Early-Stage Companies Overvalued in Today's Market?

Brett Thomas (CAVU Venture Partners) - How He Adds Billboard Value, His Approach to Brand Building, and When Consumer Companies Should Raise Capital

Holiday Recap: Sarah LaFleur, Founder & CEO of M.M. LaFleur

Holiday Recap: Madeline Haydon, CEO of nut pods

Holiday Recap: Jeremy Cai, Founder & CEO of Italic

Holiday Recap: Denise Woodard, Founder & CEO of Partake Foods

Holiday Recap: Mark Gainey, Founder of Strava

Holiday Recap: Andy Dunn, Founder of Bonobos

Holiday Highlights: Alex Fine, CEO of Dame Products

Denise Woodard (Partake Foods) - How Her Daughter Inspired Denise to Leave Her Well Paying Job and Create A Cookie Everyone Can Eat, How She Started in Retail from Day One, and Impact of COVID

Lori Coulter (Summersalt) - How She Built an Inclusive Swimwear & Apparel Brand

Sarah LaFleur (M.M.LaFleur) - Changing workwear for women and adapting through COVID

Michael Markesbery (OROS) - How he is Sciencing the S*** Out of Everything and Bringing Space Tech to Outdoor Apparel

Jeremy Cai (Italic) - How he created THE C2M Online Marketplace for Luxury Goods, What he learned from Amazon and Costco, and The Evolution of eCommerce

Tali Vogelstein (Avid Ventures) - Are Valuations High, How to invest globally, and What Verticalized Fintech means

Jon Sebastiani (Sonoma Brands + Krave) - Growing up as a winemaker, How he started, scaled, sold Krave and why he decided to buy back the brand, & What's next in consumer

Stuart Landesberg (Grove Collaborative) - How he built a brand devoted to eco-friendly products and why inve

Carter Reum (M13) - Why LA is the Place to Build a Consumer Company, His Approach to Fund Differentiation, and Starting a Venture Capital Fund with you Brother

Will Schmitt (Miroma Ventures) - Investing with a value add, considerations before heading to retail and pulling the right levers for growth

Doug Hudson (Tend) - The First Dentist You Look Forward To Visiting

Claire Díaz-Ortiz - Why solo female founders are underserved, investing early in LATAM, and getting the Pope on Twitter

Andy Dunn (Bonobos) - How he created Bonobos, why they sold to Walmart, the current state of DNVBs, and a sneak peek of what he's doing next

Rui Ma (Tech Buzz China) - Chinese Crossover Brands, C2M Supply Chains and Future of Livestreaming

Andrea Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau) - Investing in Pet Care, When a Digitally Native Brand Should Head Into Retail and Raising from Family Offices vs. VCs

Kevin Campos (Fifth Wall) - Why Landlords Should Love Tech Enabled Tenants, Omnichannel Strategy For DNVBs and Growing Up in Retail

Gabby Etrog Cohen & Tehmina Haider (Harry's) - Building Harry's Portfolio of Brands

Neil Sequeira (Defy) - When to invest before the Series A, the verticalization of social and the future of celebrity co-founded business

Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital) - The evolution of New York's startup ecosystem, staying price discipline and what it means to be a generalist

Andrew Gluck (irrvrntVC) - How to evaluate DTC brands with a growth marketers lens, starting a rolling fund and what's next for commerce

Rex Woodbury (Index Ventures) - Web 3.0, Culture and Investing in the Metaverse

Allon Bloch (K Health) - Founding two public companies, the future of health and how to approach which markets are ripe for disruption

Ali Hamed (CoVenture) - The Amazon Opportunity, Future of Social, and Credit at the Early Stages

Paul Hsiao (Canvas Ventures) - How the Data Economy Is Impacting Consumer and the State of the Series A

Sam Corcos (Levels) - Solving the metabolic health crisis with real time glucose monitoring

Ben Savage (Clocktower Technology Ventures) - Why the future is Fintech, Fractional Ownership and Lessons Learned from Ray Dalio

Katie Shea (Divergent Capital) - Why Consumer Brands Have Higher Benchmarks Than Ever

Henri Pierre-Jacques (Harlem Capital) - His mission to invest in 1,000 diverse founders over 20 years

Harpreet Singh Rai (Oura) - How to improve your sleep and why we should track it

Bri Kimmel (Worklife Ventures) - Having Fun is Serious Business

Haley Rosen (Just Women's Sports) - Starting a sports media company through the pandemic, the relationship between athlete and journalist, and why women's sports are overlooked

Jordan Nathan (Caraway) - Scaling one of the fastest growing brands during COVID

Ben West (Spark Grills) - The flavor of charcoal and the ease of gas combine to make the modern precision grill

Max Niederhofer (Heartcore) - Investing in happiness and the differences scaling in Europe vs. U.S.

Tige Savage (Revolution) - Investing in regulated industries and outside of SIlicon Valley

Ernesto Schmitt (The Craftory) - Why digitally native brands should wait to head into retail, and investing globally at the Series A

John Sherwin (Hydrant) - Are we in a dehydration crisis?

Heather Hartnett (Human Ventures) - The Human Needs Economy

Megan Bent (Harbinger Ventures) - Why milk alternatives is in a better position than cell based meat to win, the benefits of a concentrated portfolio, and sharing carried interest

Tyler Mincey (Bolt VC) - New business models for SaaS + Box, design vs. sustainability and what's next in tech enabled products

Rachel ten Brink - Founding Scentbird, investing in personal care, and how to grow online

Brian Reilly (Will Ventures) - The opportunities investing in sports, media and telehealth

Sandy Gibson (Better Place Forests) - New natural traditions for your final resting place

John Gannon (GoingVC) - How to break into venture capital and the power of cohort based learning

Ben Zises (SuperAngel.Fund) - Starting a rolling fund, what first check-in means, and lessons learned from founding

Justin Kolbeck (Wild Type) - Creating the most sustainable seafood, the state of the ocean, and developing fast feedback loops

Steve Sashen (Xero Shoes) - Building the ultimate minimalist shoe

Ariel Kaye (Parachute) - Creating the leading brand in bedding and home decor

Lindsay Kaplan (Chief) - Building the network for women leaders

Kate Shillo Beardsley (Hannah Grey) - The early days of venture capital in New York, learning from Martha Stewart, and the creator economy

Mark Gainey (Strava) - Building the social network for athletes

Matteo Franceschetti (Eight Sleep) - Why we should optimize our sleep

Amir Nathoo (Outschool) - Building a direct to family marketplace to help kids learn what they want to learn

Madeline Haydon (nutpods) - Developing creamers from scratch with no food and bev experience, using Amazon as a testing ground, and fundraising without a network

Elizabeth Galbut (SoGal Ventures) - The biggest arbitrage opportunity of her lifetime, managing a global investment fund, and leveraging her community to make decisions

Ryan Gnesin (Elevate Brands) - Investing and Scaling Amazon Brands

Dan Reich (Troops.ai + TULA) - From skincare to SaaS, building B2C and B2B businesses

Robin Li (GGV Capital) - What U.S. investors can learn from China's consumer internet, bringing small businesses online and opportunities in the creator economy

Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard (Slumberkins) - Creating stories to help teach children emotional learning, scaling organically and fundraising when you don't have a lead investor

Andrew Dudum (hims & hers) - The Future of Telehealth

Eric Doty (Loupe) - Building the world's largest community of sports card collectors

Monique Woodard (Cake Ventures) - The three layers of cake investment thesis, the future of work, and demographic changes that lead into opportunity

Sara Deshpande (Maven) - Investing in companies building on top of Zoom and opportunities in Telehealth

Morgan Hirsh (Public Goods) - Finding simplicity while focusing on selling sustainable essentials

Alexandra Fine (Dame Products) - Normalizing Sexual Wellness and Self Care Products

Aditi Dash and Joe Hovde (CircleUp) - Balancing data with founder-market fit when investing in consumer brands

Wendy Tsu & Susannah Shipton (AlleyCorp) - Going from idea to venture-scalable business

Leigh Radford (P&G Ventures) - What is Corporate Venture Capital, and the Advantages For Aspiring Brands

Carey Smith (Unorthodox) - Scaling Big Ass Fans to $250 million and What It Means to be a Contrarian Investor

Helaine Knapp (CITYROW) - How Running Injuries Led Her To Start Boutique Rowing Fitness Gyms and Transforming The Studio Experience to At-Home

Brandon Schwartz and Lawrence Cisneros (DRNXMYTH) - Creating World Class Cocktails, Partnering with Bartenders, and Creating a Marketplace Out of a Bottle

Kelsey Moreira (Doughp) - Leaving Tech to Start a Cookie Dough Company, Growth of Ecommerce During COVID, and Her Appearance on Shark Tank

Mercedes Bent (Lightspeed) - The State of Series A, Future of EdTech, and Evolution of Investment Products

Hugh Thomas (Ugly) - The Opportunity He Saw With Sparkling Water, Why He Started OmniChannel, and Approach to Overseas Expansion

Tyler Morgan (BFG Partners): How His Passion for Health & Wellness Led Him Into CPG, Changes During COVID, and The Evolution of BFG

Deborah Benton (Willow Growth Partners) - The Need to Focus on Profitability from Day One, Why Raising Lots of Money Doesn't Mean Success, and Her Investment Philosophy at Willow Growth

Brendan Rogers (Wag! and 2 a.m.) - Founding Wag!, Scaling by Doing Unscalable Things, and Investment Opportunities in India

Amanda Groves (PLUS Capital) - The Power of Celebrity, The Most Unlikely Partnership, and Managing an Advisory Practice with a VC Fund

Beatriz Acevedo (SUMA) - Why Personal Finance, How Content Can Build Community and Educate, and Creating Products Serving the Latinx Community

Rick Desai (Listen) - What Makes a Compelling Brand, Why He Loves Patagonia, and His Approach to Investing in Consumer Products

Steven Wolfe Pereira (Encantos) - Teaching Kids 21st Century Skills, Building a Direct to Learner EdTech Company, and Overlooked Opportunities That Make Real Impact

Jeff Housenbold (Softbank) - Approach to Risk with $100B AUM, Identifying Markets That Are Ripe for Disruption, and Assessing Value Chains

Michael Nogen (Overton VC) - Founding Theality Maternity Wear, Learnings Working at Gap and How He Thinks about Innovation

Andrew Goletka & Franklin Isacson (Coefficient Capital) - Behaviors that changed forever in 2020, Investing in CPG at the Series A, and when to go into retail

Lucy Deland (Inspired Capital) - Founding Paperless Post, How Design Became Critical To Software, and Why She's A Generalist Investor

Brian Requarth (Latitud + Viva Real) - Building an Online Real Estate Marketplace in Latin America, Raising Money Without a Network, and Solving Supply vs. Demand

Sapna Shah (Red Giraffe) - Future of Retail, Drop Shipping, and Small World, Long Life

Holiday Highlights: Ezra Galston, Founding Partner of Starting Line

Holiday Highlights: Natalie Dillon, Principal at Maveron

Holiday Highlights: Anna Whiteman, Vice President at Coefficient Capital

Holiday Highlights: Charles Hudson, Founding Partner Precursor Ventures