Found In The Rockies

In today’s episode, we have Leah Pagozzi who is the founder and CEO of RugDoc. RugDoc is is a website and platform that focuses on providing information and analysis about cryptocurrency projects, particularly within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. The term "rug" in the name refers to a type of scam in the crypto world, often associated with "rug pulls," where a project's creators abandon the project after accumulating funds from investors. In these cases, investors are left with worthless or nearly worthless tokens.

Here’s a closer look at the episode:

• Leah’s early career in biomedical engineering
• Joining the military
• Micro mechanics of heart valve disease.
• The path to becoming a patent attorney.
• What home renovation taught Leah
• How Leah got into crypto.
• Teaching herself to understand the crypto code.
• Founding RugDoc.io
• The intersection between crypto and real estate, and how people are using crypto to diversify in the opposite direction.
• Leah’s advice for young professionals.

Resources:

Website: https://rugdoc.io/ 

Leah LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahpagnozzi/ 

RugDoc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rugdoc-io/ 

RugDoc Twitter: https://twitter.com/RugDocIO 

RugDoc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rugdocio/?hl=en 

In today’s episode, we have Caroline Lewis from Rogue Women’s Fund. Caroline is sharing with us what got her into investing, why she thinks investing in women is so important, and what is unique about a venture fund from the Pacific Northwest.

Here’s a closer look at the episode:

• Caroline’s early days teaching English in South Korea for a year and traveling around southeast asia for another year.
• How did you Caroline 
• Starting in Angel Investing
• Investing in women in healthcare.
• The importance of family and work balance. 
• The role of the Pacific Northwest
• Starting Rogue Women’s Fund
• How do you build an enduring firm?
• Venture firm culture and succession planning. 
• The importance of executive coaching and executive coaching. 
• How to find more diverse founders

Resources:

Website: https://roguewmn.com/ 

Caroline LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinejlewis/ 

Caroline Twitter: https://twitter.com/carolinejlewis?lang=en 

Rouge Women VC Twitter: https://twitter.com/roguewomenvc 

In today’s episode, we have a pioneer in change management. Kate DeGon is the founder and CEO of ChangeSync which is a platform working to enable companies to to make strategic decisions and improve change management practices. This practice will allow companies to see internally how they are dealing with changes, and help manage changes in th future.

Here’s a closer look at the episode:

• Kate shares her background and how she found her way to Phoenix from Madison, Wisconsin.
• What she learned from her time as a PI that she applied to being a founder.
• The importance of asking why five times to get to the root of a problem.
• What is change management.
• What is change fatigue.
• What Kate learned from working with American Family Insurance.
• The pandemic had a silver lining in the change industry, because everyone experienced a massive amount of change.
• The need for enterprise reporting capabilities. 
• AI’s impact on the change management industry. 
• The pandemic and how it helped focus the product.
• Bootstrapping to success. 
• Status of raising their first round of financing.
• How the Phoenix ecosystem is growing.
• The patience she has had in her journey to build something great over an entire career of experience.

Resources:

Website: https://changesync.com/ 

Kate LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-tripalin-degon-bbb64046/ 

ChangeSync LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/changesync/ 

ChangeSync Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/changesync 

In today’s episode, we have an incredible founder who is trying to change the way we think about meetings. And most importantly, how we make sure that everyone not only has a seat at the table, but a voice as well. Andres Sigcha, who is the CEO and founder of Tariy has build a way to tackle this problem.

Here’s a closer look at the episode:

• Andres growing up in Ecuador and leaving to come to the U.S.
• Working/growing/learning at Pepsi.
• The ceiling that Andres believes kept him in middle-level management at Pepsi.
• Working in industrial sales.
• Working for a German company in Connecticut.
• The pivotal decision to move to Phoenix.
• Attending Thunderbird School of Global Management
• Running a successful food truck business.
• Brainstorming a new venture with a friend from graduate school.
• Identifying meetings as the main cause of employee burnout. 
• Founding and naming Tariy.
• Only 15% of managers know how to run a meeting.
• How to train people to change what is inherently wrong.
• The four step approach to Tariy.
• Pivoting from meeting efficiency to meeting inclusion.
• Meetings as a solution to diversity and inclusion.
• How Andres maintains balance in his life.

Resources:

Website: https://www.tariy.ai/

Andres LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetingequity/

Tariy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trytariy/ 

Tariy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trytariy