The Unsexy Startup
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“Testing and Reiterating” with founder and CEO of Unacast, Thomas Walle
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The balance of Ego and Humility as an entrepreneur w/ Founder & CEO of Electric.ai, Ryan Denehy
This was a very special episode as we brought on 3x founder, Ryan Denehy to talk about all his challenges, mistakes, and successes of starting his first company to his third. Stay tuned for an amazing ride, as Ryan takes you through some of his worst time
Cracking into Unsexy industries w/ Co Founder & CEO of Fabric Technologies, Adam Erlebacher
On this episode of The Unsexy Startup, we interview Adam Erlebacher, Co Founder & CEO of Fabric Technologies.Unfortunately, the current system of agents and brokers can make what should be a straightforward process complex, time-consuming, and expensi
VC and Founder fires w / GP of UpSlope Ventures, Kate Shillo Beardsley
On this episode of The Unsexy Startup, we interviewed the General Partner of UpSlope Ventures, Kate Shillo. Kate talks about her transition as the Chief of Staff at Huff Post to going into a scrappy environment building out Lerer Hippeau. LH is one of the
Mistakes Young Founders Make w/ Brex Co Founder & CEO, Henrique Dubugras
After taking a few months off we are back with another season! We wanted to make sure we had our branding down and strategy together to create the best show possible.In our first episode back, we have Co-Founder & CEO of Brex, Henrique Dubugras.Henri
Episode 15: The challenges of being a founder from both sides of the table w/ Former VC @ GV, and CEO/ Founder of Modsy, Shanna Tellerman
Back for our second season! Shanna Tellerman sold her company, transitioned in VC when she was an investor @ GV. She quickly transitioned back into being a founder and scaled her second company, Modsy.Tune in to hear the challenges Shanna faced when...
Episode 14: What is feels like currently to be a seed stage founder and the challenges of rapidly growing W/ Co Founder of Abraxas, Joshua Lawton
Josh and Justin are the co founders of an amazing company called Abraxas. Abraxas is disrupting the $29b OOH market. Josh and Justin are one of Quakes investments, and through their time with Quake, we've seen tremendous month over month growth. B...
Episode 13: The Challenges of Sales and Marketing as a seed stage company w/ Founder & CEO of UpShow, Adam Hirsen
From Private Equity to Founder, Adam had to take a leap of faith to start UpShow. Tune in to hear some of the sales and marketing challenges Adam had a early stage, and what founders can take away from his experience in scaling a company from scratch....
Episode 12: Overcoming some challenges women face within business w/ CEO of Ellevate Network, Kristy Wallace
In this episode of The Unsexy Startup, Kristy gives us a deep dive on her transition as a CEO of women first company, and some of the challenges female founders may face as they take on their start up. Here are some key topics Kristy dives into - Ho...
Episode 11: The challenges of building out a product at seed stage, and what to focus on w/ Co Founder & CTO of Buildout, Jason Tillery
In this episode, Jason talks about being a CTO at a rapidly growing seed company. Although, this is an exciting phase to roll your product out, there are many challenges any product person will face. Jason goes over several points: - Relying onl...