The Pitch

The Pitch


Latest Episodes

“I Want Bro Money Too” (#75, Lab141)
October 09, 2019

The 2.4 trillion dollar fashion industry is due for a makeover, according to Andrea Madho. She says her company, Lab141, will be the biggest change to the way clothes are made in over a century. But it’s a moonshot and she knows it, now the investors know

Stop Killing Your Plants (#74, Rooted)
October 02, 2019

Ryan Lee says he has a better way to buy plants, on his website, Rooted. To conquer the market, Ryan has a big, audacious plan, and this is his very first time pitching it to VCs. Find out if he can convince the investors that money really does grow on tr

Enough Sales Calls Already! (#73, Vetd)
September 25, 2019

For businesses, the process of buying software is brutal. Founder Andrew Hoagland launched his company to make it a breeze. In fact, he says that his startup Vetd has made it so easy that he can’t keep up with the demand he’s created … without the $2m he’

How Niche Is Too Niche? (#72, The Black Travel Box)
September 18, 2019

Orion Brown is very early in her journey as an entrepreneur. In fact, this is her first pitch to venture capitalists! At this early stage, the investors are listening for something a bit different. They just want to know, is this a good idea in a large, u

Raising Kids Is Hard. So Is Raising a Startup. (#71, Tot Squad)
September 11, 2019

When founder Jen Saxton landed a partnership with a big name retailer in the baby industry, she thought her startup, Tot Squad, was on the way to startup stardom. But five years into the deal, things just weren’t working out. In fact, they were a disaster

Introducing The Journal
September 09, 2019

From Gimlet and The Wall Street Journal comes The Journal. A podcast about money, business and power. 

What Is Michael Phelps Jamming to Right Now? (#70, EarBuds)
September 04, 2019

What if you could listen to the exact same music as your favorite celebrities, at exactly the same time? That’s the question that drove NFL lineman Jason Fox to build an app for that. An app called Earbuds. Now if Jason can just cash in enough star power

Prepare Your Elevator Pitch
August 28, 2019

We're opening up the phone lines to take your pitches on Wednesday, September 11. So if you're an entrepreneur who is raising money from venture capitalists, call-in and give us your pitch. You might even get a spot in front of our investors on the show!

After the Pitch: When You Grow Too Fast (Boundless)
August 21, 2019

A little over a year ago, Xiao Wang came on the show to pitch his startup, Boundless. He told investors that his company was going to help immigrants cut through all the bureaucracy and paperwork required to get legal status. Today, the stakes around immi

When Less Is Not More (#69, Hyde Closet)
August 14, 2019

Founder Rahul Jindal might be the king of bootstrapping. And when investors see similarities between his startup, Hyde Closet, and a billion dollar business known as Rent the Runway, they start dreaming of unicorns. Until a wrinkle in the plan, snaps them