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Founders In LA — 90 episodes

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From Viral Songwriter to Founder: How Tamber.ai is Transforming Music Production

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From Prince of Persia to Founder & CEO: Andrey Kudievskiy on Scaling Distillery

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AI for Inclusion: The Future of Credit with DubPrime

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AI-Powered Fashion: Jessie Somekh on Rotate Your Closet

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Unlocking Home Sharing with Bo Abrams and kommu

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Unlocking Passive Income: The Brandy App’s Impact on Everyday Consumers

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Mastering Your Cap Table with Joshua Lee of Ardius

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From Basement Cold Calls to Beverage Bosses: The Tequio Story

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Transforming Podcast Discoverability with Lucas Dickey and Deepcast.fm

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Crafting Community Over Cuisine with Zack Oliver and Founder's Table

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From Concept to Combat: Scaling New Heights in AR Gaming with Jadu

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Feedback-Fueled Innovation: Prodhub.ai's Strategic Leap in Product Management

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Quantifying Healing: Calcu's Journey to Revolutionize Musculoskeletal Health

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The Bevz Effect: Jason Vego's Strategy to Disrupt the Convenience Retail Sector

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Julio Chaves + XrossWorld: Empowering the Middleman in a Digital Age

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Digital Twins: Urban Planning Reimagined with Hilario Canessa and Studio 4D

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The Future of Music in the AI Age: Insights from Matthew Adell and SOMMS.AI

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Simplifying Digital Life: The Technology of Tranquility with Classify

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Harnessing AI for Enterprise Efficiency: Joe Rogers on Automating Success

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Smart Steps: How Lubu is Changing the Game with Sensor-Embedded Orthotics

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Infusing Data into Retail: The Cohere Commerce Recipe

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DoorDash of Trash: Recent Progress on Lee Robinson's Eco-Vision with Dyrt

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Merging Storytelling with EdTech: The Creative Journey of Breakout Learning

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Tech Meets Real Estate: Dan Botero's Blueprint for inlike

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Small Banks, Big Impact: How Linker Finance Helps Community Banks

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Beyond the Clinic: Vital Audio's Telehealth Breakthrough with Calvin Mahinda

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From UCLA Labs to Space Exploration: Westwood Aerogel's Odyssey

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Building in Public: Capsule's Mission of Accessible Video Content Creation

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ParentCubby's Path to Meeting Customers Where They Are

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From Passion to Platform: Hamza Farooq's Traversaal.ai Journey

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A Fresh Take on Salads and Donuts: Alfalfa's Journey from Farmers' Market to Bi-Coastal Success

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The New Playbook: NIL, Branding, and Tech in Sports with Tuan Ma

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Reshaping Communication: Vast’s Response to a Digital Revolution

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Transparency in Healthcare: Handl Health's Mission to Inform

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200 Million Graduates by 2040: Class Hour's Answer to Higher Education's Dilemma

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Humanizing Healthcare: Rachael McCrary's Vision for Gather Labs

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Securing the Digital World: Eric Wengrowski and the Power of Steg AI

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Defending Truth in the Digital Age: Nick Loui and the Fight Against Misinformation

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Breaking Language Barriers and Building from Scratch: Umi's Innovative Approach to Language Learning and Startup Creation with Jason Sharp

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Impact, Community, and Entrepreneurship with Ego Alpay

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Rehab Reinvented: Kenko's Vision for the Future of Physical Therapy

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Bridging the Food Inequality Gap with Everytable

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Human Connection in a Tech-Driven World: The Dreamore Difference with Annemarie Penny

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Unlocking Contextual Customer Targeting: Vadi Efe's Vision for B2B Marketing with Businesswise

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Personalized Parenting: Inside Cubtale's Revolutionary Digital Platform for Today's Parents

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Physical Touchpoints in the Digital Age: Placement's Mission with CEO Alex Hejazi

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Igniting the Future of Product Launches: The AI-Driven Vision of Ignition's Derek Osgood

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Paying It Forward: Fast-Tracking Payments with Lunch's Mission to Transform Government Transactions

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Navigating Divorce via Technology: Tech-Enabled Platforms with Laila Aitken of Split.Fyi

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Shaking It Up: Ryan Morrissey on Revolutionizing Event Planning with Happiest Ours

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Redefining Safe Connections: TAPP's Mission in LA's Tech Scene

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Pouring Empowerment: The Inspiring Women Behind Jackson McCrea Whiskey

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Revolutionizing Waste Management: A Conversation with Lee Robinson of Dyrt

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A Special Note and Preview for Product in LA Listeners

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Creating the GitHub for Product Managers: Part 2 with Sumeet Rana

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Product Management Unveiled: Insights from Prodhub.ai's CEO, Sumeet Rana

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Branding and Building Two-Sided Marketplaces in Early Stage Startups: Insights and Challenges: Part 2 with Daniel Shaw

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From Loss to Empowerment: The Autumn Story with Daniel Shaw Part 1

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Under the Hood of Safa.ai: Co-Founder and CEO Aarik Gulaya on Bridging Software Complexity and Documentation

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The Focusing Founders One: A Bonus Track with Andrew Skotzko, 2am Calls from Mark Cuban, and Preventing Founder Burnout

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The DeathTech @ LA TechWeek One: Sarah Grifferty, Tech Challenges of Closing Estates, and the Future of Death Tech

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The HealthTech Founder One: Thor Clark, Leading a HealthTech Engineering Team During COVID and Coding at Age 12

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The Change Management in the AI Era One: Maulik Parikh, graduating during a recession and how to prepare for your place in an AI automated world

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The Make Things That Matter One: Andrew Skotzko, Growth Hacking, and Product As Value Creation

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The Winning the Silicon Valley Science Fair One: Adam Judelson & Aligning Product + Engineering

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The Early Days of the Internet One: Elizabeth Osder on navigating your career in new technologies

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The CTO-as-a-Service One: Reza Rassool, disrupting Hollywood, refreshing a pioneer of Internet streaming and feature requests from Quinten Tarantino

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The Two-Sided Marketplace One: Kaelin Burns, Balancing 2 Sets of Customers & Adverse Impact Testing

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The Bonus Track One: Chris Chenet, Tiers of Homelessness, Literal vs. Non-Literal Homelessness

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The Women-Led Software Agency One: Margarita Mangino and International Woman’s Day

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The "Most A/B Tests Perform Worse Than a Coin Flip" One: Travis Corrigan Part 2 of 2, busting blindspots, pragmatic vs statistical relevance and why personas don't work

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The Research as a Superpower One: Travis Corrigan Part 1 of 2, AI's impact on user research, conducting 1200+ user interviews & tips for creating your first project

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Chris Chenet: Homeless Tech, Diversity in Data and Pop-up Movie Theaters

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Derek Kwan: Poker’s parallels to Product, creating internal champions, and Probabilistic thinking.

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Josh Grayson: Edutainment in Kids & Family Tech, Intrapreneurship, and a Roadside Dinosaur Wedding Proposal

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Rhys Quirk: Grandpa’s Commodore 64, Early Days of Bluetooth & Finding Success After Being Laid Off

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David Subar: ChatGPT vs the early days of ML/AI, science vs technology, and outcomes vs outputs

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Miles Montes: Platform and Fintech PM, Founder, and Playing Halo + Getting Banned

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The Early Days of PM in SF One: Pam Yoon, Product in SF in the Dot-Com Era and the Industry of Product Management

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The Renewable Energy One: Alec Miller, Data and renewable energy, and a needs based approach to Product

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The Streaming TV One: Matt Goldade, the A/B Test that changed video streaming, and Thursday Innovation Sessions

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Rock Star to Rock Star PM: Eric Lodge, intentional leadership, and balancing Intuitive and Analytical Mindsets

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The Roadmap One: Chris Brereton, differences between roadmaps at large companies and startups, and the "Stop, Start, & Reset" communication technique

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The Supply Chain One: Natalia Contreras-Brown, the future relationship of Product, Supply Chains and Customers

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Pediatrics to Product Management: Shuo Song, shared roles between hospital MDs and PMs, and tips for breaking into Product

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The DevOps One: Mark Levy, the Future of DevOps and "If you don't innovate someone else will"

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The Mentorship One: Britney Russ, Mentorship, and a tip to keep your team from becoming a Feature Farm

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The Data One: David Coleman, Data Product Management and the Trick to Avoid Analysis Paralysis

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The First One: Kevin Sakamoto, A/B testing and the future of shopping

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