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Innovation with Mark Peter Davis — 150 episodes

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The Rise of Private Credit: How $1T in Capital Is Reshaping Finance

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Defying Gravity: A Lookback At 2025 & Deep Dive Into The Macro Forces Shaping 2026

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Saving Healthcare: How Meroka Is Empowering Doctors To Stay Independent

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The Power of Suggestion: Inside the Psychology of High-Stakes Selling

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The Gold Standard for Seed VC: Inside Primary

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2026 Predictions Episode

7

ROI Driven Philanthropy with Mark Gerson

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Building Ethical Businesses and Raising Conscious Leaders

9

David vs. Goliath: Winning When You're the Underdog

10

Scaling Smart: Unlocking Startup Growth with Outsourcing

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How to Know If Your Startup Idea Is Big Enough to Win

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Garry Tan of Y Combinator: How Innovation Is Changing

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The Legal Blueprint for Startups: What Founders Must Know Before Incorporating

14

China 2025: The Big Picture & On-the-Ground Insights

15

Art or Science? The Secrets & Methods Behind Seed-Stage Startup Valuations

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Shoveling $h!t: Startup Cheat Codes & New Book from Serial Founders Kass & Mike Lazerow

17

Tackling Taxes: What Every Startup Needs to Know

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2025 Predictions Episode

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How to Fund Your Startup: Navigating the Full Spectrum of Investor Options

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Reimagining Storytime: Wendy's Mission to Reinvent Reading for Kids

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How Much Equity Should You Give Early Employees? A Guide to Structuring Your Startup’s Cap Table to Fuel Growth and Attract Investors

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Future of Warfare: How Rapid Innovation is Affecting Military Strategy

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Decoding Startup Funding: The Art and Science Behind Determining Your Raise

24

Fighting Business Fraud: How BizDefender Protects Small Companies

25

Apple's Big AI Reveal + A Breakdown of Pay-to-Play

26

Global Market Recap: 2024 Mid-Year Analysis

27

Building Your B2C Customer Base: A Step-by-Step Guide

28

Diversification Demystified: Creating a Balanced Portfolio

29

The Human Factor: How Hiring Shapes Your Organization

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A Deep Dive Into Vertical Software

31

The Downstream Effect of Reddit's IPO, Implications of the Residential Realtor Settlement, and What Boeing's Struggles Means for American Industry.

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Impact of AI Across Real Estate and Various Sectors: A Discussion at The Annual Columbia Business School Real Estate Symposium

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Doing Things that Don't Scale: Unpacking An Important Concept for Startups

34

Are We Having a Soft Landing on a Minefield?

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How to Effectively Test Your MVP

36

The Impact of Conflict on Israel’s Startup Ecosystem

37

Using Space To Make Life Better On Earth with Dylan Taylor of Voyager Space

38

2024 Predictions Episode

39

Are Rate Cuts Coming? Breaking Down this Week's Big Fed Announcement.

40

Level Up Your Life: A List of Helpful Apple Features, Apps, Software and Must Reads

41

Entrepreneurial Essentials: The Pillars of Founder Success

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Unraveling Market Mysteries: A Deep Dive with Chris Zhang on Fed Influence and Global Turbulence

43

Mastering Pricing Strategy: Unveiling the Art of Business Positioning

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Creating Value for Real Estate Investors by Creating Value for People with Amy Rubenstein of Clear Investment Group LLC

45

The Boardroom Blueprint: Maximizing Investor Relationships for Entrepreneurs

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What a lackluster IPO market means for the venture ecosystem + insights on the changing VC landscape

47

Our 100th Episode! How to pivot your startup and why it’s important / shouldn’t get a bad rap.

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Navigating the Changing Financial Landscape: A Conversation on Interest Rates, Politics, and Market Outlook

49

Prepare Your Mind: Nutrition for Mental Wellbeing and Hygiene with Zak Williams of PYM

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Is a VC market upswing coming? Plus, how to hit the ground running after the summer slow down & how to craft a compelling value proposition.

51

Summer Survival Guide for Founders: How to Navigate the Lull, Fundraising Tactics and Useful Parenting Strategies

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The Secrets to Managing Distributed Teams with Adam Nathan of Almanac

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How to construct a team and make your first hires + has the initial AI hype bubble burst?

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The importance of KPIs and how to avoid analysis paralysis

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Effects of the recent debt ceiling resolution, the dichotomy of the stock market and bond market, and the butterknife problem

56

Approaching Venture Capital with Intention w/ Seth Levine of Foundry

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Ethics in the portfolio/VC relationship + a step by step guide for iterating your MVP

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Unlocking Capital: The Power of Venture Debt for Startups with Billy Libby of Upper90

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The ultimate guide to bootstrapping your startup + a conversation about the recalibration of Series C valuations

60

China Has Arrived: A Deep Dive Into China's Tech Surge and Increased Standard of Living with Chris Zhang, Partner & CIO of Interplay Family Office

61

The Secret to Building A Killer Minimum Viable Product + How to Bank Without the Panic: A Brainstorm on How to Stop Bank Runs

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How the AI horse race will impact the future of search, validating your MVP, is the dark cloud of the FTX scandal gone and an update on the inflation battle

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Solving the Multi-Generational Wealth Puzzle with Taylor Adams of Belief Partners

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How & when to build your startup’s sales team, a discussion about the open governance opportunities that come with crypto, and a deep dive into the modern tech-enabled restaurant industry with Vivian Wang of Landed

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The game theory of a bank run, navigating advisor relationships, and bond laddering explained

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Banking Madness: A before and after analysis of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, plus what really happened with Silvergate

67

Tax tips for startups, content checkin including our go to sources for news, and indexing against sandbagging

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How to Build & Develop a Venture Capital Firm with Peter Hebert of Lux Capital

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A breakdown of the tech innovation cycle, Tesla’s recall, the importance of customer support, Brett is back with a state of crypto and blockchain update, and spy balloon madness

70

VC pace is picking up, messy earnings results, and Startup Tip of the Week: How startups land partnerships Part 2

71

The power of partnerships for startups, Q1 tech earnings, surprise January jobs data + interview with Tomer Biger of Noble about embedded finance

72

The new Series A is the old Series A… again, the institutionalization of venture capital, B2B pricing strategies, the strength of USD, and households are starting conserve capital

73

2023 Predictions & How Founders Should Navigate The Near Future

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Is AI going to replace us, Co-Founder relationship management, China’s updated Covid policy, and Russian oil price cap

75

VC deal flow is down and insider rounds are up, Apple’s in-app purchase policy and what it mean for mobile blockchain adoption, China’s zero Covid policy protests, and community building startup advice

76

Twittertainment, social media strategies for startups, how to use crypto principles to avoid another FTX + interview with Jehan Luth of Banyan

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Partner Meeting: Are tech layoffs an indicator of what’s to come, CPI data that’s not bad news, FTX and the ensuing crypto mayhem, and how to build marketplaces

78

The danger of overcapitalizing a startup, Reddit releases NFTs, pricing strategies + interview with Alon Talmor of Ask-AI

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Doing Good Can Make You Money with Tensie Whelan, Director of NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business

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Partner Meeting: What founders should do when deals aren’t getting done, China’s 20th National Congress results and what it means for the global economy, Q3 earnings start to roll in, OFAC sanctions in crypto, and should you have a co-founder

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The Fintech VC Powerhouse & Penetrating the LATAM Market with Mike Packer of QED Investors

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Partner Meeting: Resetting the bones of the economy, work-life integration, interoperability and Cosmos, and the importance of customer insights

83

Reimagining Surrogacy with Dr. Brian Levine of Nodal

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Partner Meeting: VC’s current pace, corporations and NFT adoption, BOE's intervention attempt & Interplay’s Superman Analysis

85

Growth Hacking With PR with Gregory Galant of Muck Rack and The Shorty Awards

86

FICO Scores: A Complete Breakdown with Freddie Huynh

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LATAM Awakening as a Tech Hub | Jose Bonilla, Co-Founder & CEO of Chiper

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Summer Break 2022 Announcement

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Next Gen Sports Media with Dan Porter of Overtime

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Making Crypto Accessible to the Masses with Michael Sonnenshein of Grayscale Investments

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Democratizing Machine Learning to Predict the Future with Richard Harris of Black Crow AI

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How to Sell Your Startup with Andrew Gazdecki of MicroAcquire

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Solving The Admin Nightmare For Private Markets with Ryan Eisenman of Arch

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20% of Children Have Learning Differences, This Startup Is Here to Help | Diana Heldfond of Parallel

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The Contrarian VC with Jeremy Levine of Bessemer Venture Partners

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The Inside Scoop on the US Healthcare System with Chas Sanders of MARGIN

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The Secret to Raising Capital for Your Company or VC Fund with Jason Kirby of Thunder.vc

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NFT 2.0: Creating Real Value with Sterling Campbell of Minotaur

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The King of Marketplaces with Fabrice Grinda of FJ Labs

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Using Tech to Cure the Opioid Epidemic with Zack Gray of Ophelia

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How To Get A Job In VC with John Gannon of The VC Careers Blog and GoingVC

102

From ConnectU to SumZero, The Journey of Divya Narendra

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Tovala: Building a Subscription Unicorn with David Rabie, Co-Founder & CEO of Tovala

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Blitzscale or Die: A How to Guide For Startups & Founders with Chris Yeh of Blitzscaling Ventures

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Helping Homeowners Access Trapped Home Equity with Jarred Kessler of EasyKnock

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The Ultimate Personalized Journey For Customers with Vivek Sharma of Movable Ink

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Winter Break Announcement

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Emotional Learning Products for Kids… and Their Parents with the Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Slumberkins

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Reimagining The Furniture Industry with Stephen Kuhl of Burrow

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Helping Renters Get Into Homes with Michael Rudoy of Jetty

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Debt Financing & Venture Capital: An Unlikely Synergy with Ali Hamed of CoVenture

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How do we teach 2B children? Democratizing Access to Tutors With AI | Nhon Ma of Numerade

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Killing Debt With Tech To Save Americans w/ Jason Saltzman of Relief

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Operator Turned VC: How Eniac Ventures Acts Like A Startup Player-Coach w/ Nihal Mehta, Co-Founder of Eniac Ventures

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What WeWork Taught Us & The PR Playbook w/ Maureen Farrell of The New York Times and The Cult of We

116

The Next VC Frontier & Inside Silicon Valley w/ Sam Lessin, GP at Slow Ventures & Co-Founder of Fin

117

US-China: Tech, Politics and Avoiding War w/ Zheng Huang of Committee of 100

118

VC Lessons From A VC Founder and Professor at Columbia Business School | Angela Lee of 37 Angels

119

New Orleans: A Blossoming Tech & Innovation Hub w/ Hal Callais of Callais Capital

120

How New York State Is Becoming the CleanTech Capital with John Lochner of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

121

The Playbook for Starting A Food Company w/ Mike Tarullo of Banza

122

Summer Break Announcement!

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Meet My Mentor: Lessons From Veteran Venture Capitalist & Entrepreneur Jed Katz of Javelin VP

124

How to Profit from NFTs & Redefining Professional Networking w/ Alex Taub, Co-Founder & CEO of Upstream

125

What LPs Wish GPs Knew According To One Of The Best LPs In The Industry, Beezer Clarkson of Sapphire Partners

126

Online Ordering Software for Restaurants w/ Noah Glass of Olo

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Tech-Enabling Children's Healthcare w/ Darius Monsef, Founder & CEO of Brave Care

128

Digitizing the Lottery: How to Partner With The Government w/ Peter Sullivan, CEO of Jackpocket

129

VC School Is In Session! Valuable VC lessons from a Harvard Business School professor Jeff Bussgang

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The Real Estate Tech Revolution with David S. Rose, Founder & CEO of US Real Estate Market

131

Building A $30B AUM Unicorn with Jon Stein, Founder of Betterment

132

The Midwest Startup Boom w/ Nick Moran of New Stack of Ventures

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You Should Start Your Company In Atlanta | A convo with David Cummings of the Atlanta Tech Village, one of the country's largest innovation hubs

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Techstars: Behind the Scenes of their Global Venture Capital Operation with Founder & Chairman David Cohen

135

The Future of Healthcare: In-Home Medicine w/ Zeel Founder & CEO Samer Hamadeh

136

Innovation in Los Angeles & Using Social Media as a Business Professional w/ Upfront Ventures Managing Partner Mark Suster

137

The Empathic VC: Supporting Founders & Giving Startups Time To Develop w/ Josh Stein of Threshold

138

This is how to win in venture capital with Greycroft Co-Founder & Partner Ian Sigalow

139

How VCs Get Money: The Capital Behind Venture Capital

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Saving Earth by inventing new materials with Andras Forgacs, Co-Founder & CEO of Modern Meadow

141

Legal Cannabis in America with Ryan G. Smith, Co-Founder & CEO of LeafLink

142

The truth about wine with Philip James, Founder & CEO Penrose Hill / Firstleaf

143

Teaching the world how to code with Codecademy Co-Founder & CEO Zach Sims

144

Why Israel innovates faster & the role of community with Yaron Samid serial entrepreneur & Founder of TechAviv

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Inside a Mega VC & University Entrepreneurship with Partner Peter Boyce II Partner at General Catalyst

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Tech-enabled parenting, marketing wizardry and activating communities with Lisa Barnett Co-Founder, President, and CMO of Little Spoon

147

Winning in the enterprise space & the future of work with Jeff Wald Founder of WorkMarket

148

The truth about the space industry with Max Haot CEO of Launcher

149

Rebuilding the World Trade Center after 9/11, office space in a COVID shaped future, and the #1 investment to make in life with Tal Kerret of Silverstein Properties

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Innovation with Mark Peter Davis