Tony shares with Jess how his personal experience allowed him to found Chipper as a way to provide transparency, and help those who applied for student loans take action and make progress. They also discuss the importance of iteration and finding patterns in fundraising, and how vital it is to…
Dingus and Zazzy is an unlimited marketing subscription that clients subscribe to, month-to-month and contract-free, for less than the cost of a full-time employee. Becca shares with Jess how the business grew 1800% in the first year and also how they started as 4 people in a basement in Canada,…
In this episode, Retired Tier One Special Operations veteran Kyle Lamb is interviewed by Jess and Special Co-Host, Al Buford, who is also a retired Tier One Operator. They talk about leadership, business, charities, and life in Special Operations. Check out https://www.vikingtactics.com/Non-Profit-s/1904.htm for more information on Stay in the Fight…
The word “orphan” probably doesn’t mean what you think it does. Social Impact Consultant Lindsay Hadley addresses how this misconception has turned well-intentioned charity into part of the problem. Everyone has an instinctual need for belonging. Perhaps that’s why “the orphan crisis” so easily tugs heartstrings and draws in billions…
ROC Investments CEO Dan Cooper reflects on his recent conversation with Jim
Chris shares lessons learned during 17 years in venture capital, how partnering with portfolio companies accelerated innovation and how he looks at 1500 deals a year and chooses the top 15. Chris and Jess also discuss 3D-printed rocket engines, nanodiamond particles, and how they track every part of the F35…
Mel Torrie Founder & CEO of Automated Solutions (ASI) began his career at NASA, but if that's not impressive enough he went on to found ASI which has built $200 million worth of robots that drive millions of miles a year, haul millions of tons of ore, and farm thousands…
Retired Army Colonel and former director of the Army's Rapid Equipping Force, Pete is a nationally recognized innovation expert and CEO of BMNT. He shares with Jess his process in credibility marketing, mapping out problems, and doing the kind of thought leadership that gets you the top 1%. They also…
Douglas London and Jess Larsen talk about how he recruited spies, how important it is to establish a good partnership and the trust that there must be between CIA agents since their lives depend on each other. They discuss how blackmailing and coercion don’t work and why being your best…
Navid Alipour is Co-founder and managing partner at Analytics Ventures, a global venture studio providing end to end infrastructure to ideate, plan, form, launch, fund and validate brand new ventures in Artificial Intelligence. To learn more about Analytics Ventures go to https://www.analyticsventures.com/ or message @NavidAlipour
Shane Snow joins Jess Larsen and gives the backstory history of his film technology company ShowRunner and how it started his relationship with Scott Greenberg. Scott talks about Smash Virtual Studios & also his award winning hotels Like EMC2 and how he includes entertainment to innovate and provide an immersive…
Ali Tamaseb is a partner at DCVC, a Silicon Valley VC fund with over $3 billion under management. The investments Tamaseb led on behalf of DCVC generated an enterprise value of over $6 billion and the companies he sits on as a board director employ over 3,000 people. Ali reflects…
Sankaet is the CEO of Synapse, a fin tech company that reached a $1 billion valuation last year. In this episode he and Jess discuss appetite for risk and tech in its renaissance, product market fit, the importance of becoming an expert in your industry and building great teams early,…
Gaurav has built 2 companies from 0 to $500 million and invested as an early stage venture capitalist in 20 businesses that went public for over a billion each and 2 others who were acquired privately for over a billion each. He has appeared on the Midas list for his…
George shares his experience managing a Fund from Chicago that has a portfolio of companies across multiple continents ranging from Artificial Intelligence, Software, Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Engineering Services, Investment Banking, and HR Solutions.
After originally co-founding and growing to $100m in annual recurring revenue, Kaz has now rejoined Treasure Data as CEO, together with Hironobu Yoshikawa (Chairman) and Dan Weirich (COO/CFO). On the journey to scale the company to $1b ARR, as a Softbank Vision Fund portfolio company.
Brendan authored the best selling books One Million Followers: How I Built a Massive Social Audience in 30 Days and Hook Point: How to Stand out in a 3-Second World He most recently developed The Hook Point Guide to Going Viral and talks to Jess about how to cut through…
Chip’s entrepreneurial and apparel career began on the West Coast in 1979 as Founder & CEO of Westbeach Snowboarding Ltd. After selling Westbeach in 1997, he founded Lululemon Athletica inc. in 2018, creating an entirely new category of technical apparel now called “athleisure” - a $400 billion global industry. Lululemon…
Starting her career as an Oakland Raiderette, professional NFL Cheerleader, Anjelah Johnson pursued her dream of acting and became an internet sensation with over 100 million views of her viral video, “Nail Salon” which led to many stand up, television and film opportunities. Anjelah signed a record deal with Warner…
Jason Turbow is the bestselling author of four books. His most recent, Still Alright, released in June, is a collaborative autobiography of Kenny Loggins. His other three are They Bled Blue about the LA Dodgers; Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic about the Oakland A’s; and The Baseball Codes He has written for…
Charlie O'Donnell is one of only a dozen individuals to be named to Business Insider's 100 Most Influential People in NY Tech 5x or more. He has been an active member of the NYC startup community for nearly 20 years, with a reputation of being the most accessible early stage…
Dan Clark shares with Jess the difference between success and significance, how having a midlife crisis at 23 impacted on creating a legacy and living a life with significance and he reflects on the importance of scheduling "me time" and focusing on the present.
Jay Chandrasekhar is still annoyed after directing 9 movies and 150 episodes of major television shows about how Rotten Tomatoes did unnecessary harm to his first major movie “Super Troopers” and so he and his team made Vouch Vault, an app that is taking on the popular website to instead…
Pat Flynn told us how learning to delegate and working with experts helped him to achieve a smoother success during the publishing of his book “Let go”. He insists on the importance of picking the right team when you struggle with the execution of your plans.
