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Nov. 17, 2022

Selling Divvy for $2.6B and founding Tandem Ventures with Alex Bean and Mckay Dunn

Zero to billion lessons from Alex Bean learning while growing Divvy, the company he co-founded and selling it for $2.6B Lessons from Mckay Dunn from his time at $30B Portfolio Advisors, LLC. Why and how the two of them have started Tandem Ventures today and other lessons for building teams and selecting investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov. 16, 2022

Growing Simon-Kucher to $522 Million a Year and New Book "True Profit" with Hermann Simon

Jess and Hermann talk about his new book “True Profit” and growing his business from zero to $522 Million a year. Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy firm with more than 2,000 employees in 27 countries focused on delivering measurable revenue and profit growth for their clients. They do this by optimizing their pricing, sales, and marketing strategies better and more sustainably than anyone else. You can get a copy of Hermann’s book at amazon.com/True-Profit-Company-Broke-Turning/dp/30307670...
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Nov. 15, 2022

Lessons from recruiting for the CIA with James Lawler

James Lawler talks to Jess about his recruitment tactics at the CIA, including building trust, finding a common ground, looking for redeeming features in people and using it to build relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov. 8, 2022

Growing a $60 million/yr fashion company and other companies with Stephen Sacks

Stephen Sacks worked 30 years in the fashion industry and created a brand that was being sold in over 30 countries generating £30 million a year in revenue before being acquired. His furniture business racked up millions of pounds of debt and he had no idea how to dig his way out. Wanting to save others from experiencing what he went through he founded Funding Nav that helps business owners who have more ambition than cash. To date they have provided funding in excess of £100 million for hund...
Nov. 7, 2022

Partnering with Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, Gotham Chopra and raising $66M with Ameeth Sankaran

Jess talks with Ameeth Sankaran, CEO of Religion of Sports. Religion of Sports is an award-winning media company founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra with the goal of thoughtful, elevated stories that uncover why sports matter, and distill the spirituality, science and humanity that unite elite performers and people of all kinds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov. 1, 2022

Growing $5B in 5 years learning from failures and successes with Coalition's Co-founder & CEO, Joshua Motta

Josh talks to Jess about the importance of mid Western values such as humility, about growing $5 billion in 5 years as a combination of vision, problem and purpose and also about how important culture in the workplace is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct. 18, 2022

The healthcare app you never knew you needed with Dr. Renee Dua

Healthcare innovator Renee Dua reflects on how being very honest has served her well, the importance of reading people, lessons learned, having patients always at the center, and what software and technology can do in the healthcare industry. In healthcare, outcomes and building a trustworthy product are important but overlooked and effort is always a must. Since 2014, Dr. Dua has served as the Chief Medical Officer of Heal – building the entire clinical team and leading numerous innovations i...
Oct. 12, 2022

Real life flying cars in Florida? We ask Doron Merdinger, CEO of Doroni Aerospace.

Doron and Jess discuss where the future is pushing us: a mixture of so many technologies, materials and the need for passionate and talented like-minded people that love working on this project. Doron also mentions how important it is to pay attention to the goal and not lose focus on the target. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct. 6, 2022

$15 billion peak valuation at Digital Ocean and lessons for the rest of us with M13 Managing Partner Karl Alomar

Karl Alomar shares lessons learned, fixing mistakes and growing an amazing internal culture as well as advice for entrepreneurs today, considering his journey and experience at Digital Ocean and M13.
Oct. 5, 2022

Gives away 50% of the Company's profits and has for 30 years

John Montgomery of Bridgeway sat down with Dan Cooper and Jess Larsen to discuss how he builds character within his investment firm. Their discussion is an illuminating look at this often overlooked part of investing.
Sept. 29, 2022

Samara Cohen on investing at BlackRock

Join us in this interview with BlackRock’s Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer of ETF and Index Investment Samara Cohen, where we discuss the start of her career, the ETF market, the challenges she saw as a woman in the investing world and more.
Sept. 28, 2022

Danny Glover is still at it, what motivates him to keep going?

Jess Larsen had the opportunity to sit down and take with Hollywood action star Danny Glover. He reflects on his career and his meaningful work outside of Hollywood. From the education space, all the way to helping his local Oakland community, Danny keeps going. And we wanted to know what still motivates him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sept. 16, 2022

Royal Caribbean's Chief Product Innovation Officer Jay Schneider

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Sept. 13, 2022

Growing Simon-Kucher to $522 Million a Year and New Book "True Profit" with Hermann Simon

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Sept. 6, 2022

34 Years as a CIA Case Officer Douglas London, The Recruiter

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Sept. 1, 2022

Driving More than $2 Billion in Value Creation with Matt Hulett

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Aug. 31, 2022

Stanford University's Gordian Knot Center Director Joe Felter

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Aug. 25, 2022

Special Mission Unit, Business and Giving Back with Kyle Lamb and Co Host Al Buford

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Aug. 19, 2022

Innovation for National Security with BMNT CEO Peter Newell

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Aug. 16, 2022

The Future of How Movies are Finding Funding with Slated CEO Tim Wesley

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Aug. 11, 2022

Financing A-List Actors to Indie Films with Slated CEO Tim Wesley

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Aug. 9, 2022

Leading Close to $2 billion in Revenue with 6700 Employees Tony Bates

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Aug. 4, 2022

Empathy in Action: How to Deliver Great Customer Experiences at Scale with Tony Bates

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