In this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Sid Viswanathan, co-founder of Truepill, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
Sid Viswanathan, co-founder, and president of Truepill, shares his journey building Truepill and how he found his co-founder through a LinkedIn cold message. He also touches on how he made his way into tech as a mechanical engineer and the process he used to achieve founder market fit.
In this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
Cindy Gallop, the self-proclaimed "Michael Bay" of business and founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, shares her journey on how MakeLoveNotPorn came to be and why she believes she's here to disrupt social media by socializing sex and improve our sex lives for the better.
In this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital shares her experience on building a new kind of VC and the lessons learned along the way. Through sheer hustle, grit, and determination, Arlan turned her obstacles into opportunities and is paving the way for the next generation of underestimated and underrepresented founders.
In this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Elias Torres, CTO and co-founder of Drift, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
Elias Torres, co-founder and CTO of Drift shares his journey of coming to America as a poor 17-year-old from Nicaragua and how that shaped him into the founder he is today. He also touches on why he left millions on the table to go build his enduring company that would later become Drift.
In this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box gives his first pitch and shares his insights and experience on how identifying future trends and following massive tailwinds led him to disrupt the cloud storage industry with Box.
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About First Pitches with Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn
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First Pitches is a series where famous founders share the first version of their pitch. No founder starts their journey with the perfect pitch; the beginning of every journey is filled with self-doubt and lack of support.
In each episode, we demonstrate that every founder (even the most well known today) had to go through the humbling experience of getting started with an imperfect pitch.
We’ll travel back in time to when our guests made their first pitch, listen to their actual pitch, and discuss the experience. In the process of exploring the first pitch, we’ll draw out vulnerable moments and practical advice that founders can use to improve their pitches.
Guests on First Pitches have included founders and CEO's of Box, Cloudflare, Backstage Capital, Drift, Truepill, Make Love Not Porn, and more.