Casual Pour

Casual Pour

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Casual Pour episodes

  • Who Is Making Money Because of Coronavirus

    Majd Maksad, CEO of Status Money, sits down with us for a drink to talk about the future of banking and how we spend money in general. Status money is the first social finance app that helps you make financial decisions using people in your peer group, giving you more data than any bank has access to.

    First, we’ll talk about how companies are being affected by Coronavirus and which companies stand to gain the most from it. After our drink with Majd, we’ll talk about Outdoor Voices, a Direct-to-Consumer brand that’s in trouble, and whether or not Direct-to-Consumer businesses are or ever have been viable.

    1 hr 3 min
  • The Music Industry Deconstructed by an Industry Veteran

    Andy Blacker, Co-Founder and CEO of Songclip, sits down with us to unpack the entire music industry and share his thoughts on where music is going. Songclip is a new kind of streaming service that lives in other apps - think adding music to your photos, custom singing emojis, and so much more.

    First, we’ll talk about Jack Welch - CEO of GE - passing away and some of our favorite CEOs right now. After our interview with Andy, we’ll talk about Kia and Hyundai’s $110,000,000 investment in Arrival and what the future of the electric vehicle market looks like.

    1 hr 18 min
  • How Small Companies Sell to Major Retailers
    Kara La Forgia has a drink with Sol and Robert to about how retail works under the hood, the nightmare that is starting a company, and what brands she’s super excited about right now. Kara is the founder of Kaz Consulting and an angel investor from New York. Kara built her career on getting startups and new brands into major retail stores. You name the retail store, she’s built a relationship with them.
    First. we'll talk about HQ Trivia shutting down after a failed acquisition and what's in store for the viral social trivia app. After our drink with Kara, we'll talk about Virgin Galactic and how it stacks up next to all of the other private space programs.
    46 min
  • LGBTQ+ Representation in Tech
    Lorenzo Thione, Broadway producer (Hadestown, Allegiance, Mrs. Doubtfire, American Idiot, and more) and Managing Director of Gaingels, sits down for a drink with Robert and Sol to deconstruct the Broadway industry and talk about LGBTQ+ representation in tech.
    First, we’ll talk about Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger, stepping down after 15 years at the helm and why over 1,300 CEOs have stepped down this year alone. After our drink with Lorenzo, we’ll talk about Coronavirus.
    55 min
  • Young People Are Doing Some Incredible Sh*t

    This week, the guys have a drink with Justin Lafazan -- Cofounder and Co-CEO of NextGen HQ, a global community of over 20,000 entrepreneurs and investors under 25 -- to talk about how the global culture around entrepreneurship has changed for our generation (Millennials, Gen Z, etc.) and some young entrepreneurs he knows today that are launching some incredible businesses. 

    First, we'll talk about Macy's closing 125 stores while laying off 2,000 employees and what that means for department stores in general. After our drink with Justin, Sol is going to catch us up on Twitter's stock. 

    50 min
  • The Companies That Will Define The Decade

    The guys sit down with Gregg Smith, Founder of Evolution VC Partners and an early investor in 100+ startups including Juul, Via, Sweetgreen, Beyond Meat, and many more to talk about which companies are going to play a major impact on the decade ahead of us.

    The guys also talk about Coronavirus's impact on global business and WeWork's new CEO, Sandeep Mathrani.

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    53 min
  • The Companies That Will Define the Decade
    Gregg Smith, Founder and CEO of Evolution VC Partners, sits down with Robert and Sol for a roundtable discussion about which companies we'll interact with every single day over the course of the next decade. Gregg is an early investor in 100+ portfolio companies including Juul, SweetGreen, Beyond Meat, and much more. 
    First, we talk about TikTok's explosive growth over the course of 2019. After Gregg, we'll catch up on Peacock - NBC's newest streaming service.
    49 min

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