Founder Journeys by Launch Ventures

Founder Journeys by Launch Ventures

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Founder Journeys by Launch Ventures episodes

  • Turgay Birand - CEO of Edition Guard
    Turgay Birand is the CEO and Co-founder of Edition Guard, a secure eBook sales platform. They are also a Launch Academy startup visa success story! Turgay is an international entrepreneur who now calls Canada home. In this episode we discuss the misconceptions and advantages of bootstrapping your business, and the culture of hustle porn and how it contradicts the goal of being your own boss as a founder.
    35 min
  • Henry Bee - CEO of CoPilot AI

    Henry Bee is the CEO and Co-founder of CoPilot AI. CoPilot AI makes it easy to find and engage with high value leads using LinkedIn. Henry discusses the struggles and frustrations when things just don't seem to be working out. He also discusses the opportunity to pivot and how to navigate that.

    32 min
  • Tea Nicola - CEO and Co-founder of CI Direct Investing (Wealthbar)
    Tea is the CEO and Co-founder of CI Direct Investing (previously Wealthbar) a company that makes it easy to build your financial future with convenient online savings, investing tools, and financial advice at your fingertips. Tea gets real and talks about obstacles in entrepreneurship, benefits of mentors, her personal experience of how stress affected her behaviour and what steps she took to help her function better as an entrepreneur. The challenges are a lot more common then you think and the best thing to do is talk about it!
    47 min
  • Boris Lau - Sr. Software Engineer of Khan Academy
    Boris Lau was previously the co-founder of Pathful, a 2013 Techstars company that allows retailers to understand how visitors interact with their content. Pathful was acquired by Mobify, which got acquired by Salesforce. Boris shares his experience working with his co-founder, how they make decisions together and the importance of trusting each other. He also discusses what drives and motivates him. What motivates you in your entrepreneurial journey?
    40 min
  • Bosko Milosavljevic - CEO and Founder of Keeprop

    Bosko is the Founder and CEO of Keeprop. Keeprop is software for companies that want to automate services and optimally manage workforce and assets. He was also a part of Launch Academy's Maple program! Originally from Serbia, Bosko talks about the sacrifices he has made as an entrepreneur, work life balance, and being prepared to fail. Get inspired by Bosko!

    21 min
  • Kenny Huang - CEO of Tiny Rex Games

    Kenny Huang is currently the CEO of Tiny Rex Games. From EA to Bluebat to Tiny Rex Games, Kenny shares his lessons learned leading up to the ultimate exit!

    Bluebat games were part of the Growlab cohort, where Launch Academy started! Kenny touches on the emotional rollercoaster of startup culture, starting a company for the second time and the differences he noticed from the first and more.

    44 min
  • Roger Patterson - CEO and Co-founder of Later Media

    Roger Patterson is the CEO of Later Media and Co-founder of Launch Academy! Later is an all in one social media marketing platform for the top social networks. Roger initially worked for large companies for 4 years but realized he wanted to make more of an impact, so he made the jump into the startup world. On the way he faced several challenges, like a founder fallout and the importance of having co-founders. Listen in to see how Ray's Launch Academy co-founder has navigated through the challenges he faced in his entrepreneurial journey!

    42 min
  • Dejan Pralica - CEO of SoleSavy
    Dejan Pralica is the CEO and co-founder of SoleSavy, a marketplace and tight knit community for sneakerheads! In this episode Dejan tells us how he managed to build SoleSavy without a technical cofounder, how members of the SoleSavy community are changing eachothers lives in more ways than just shoes, and how difficult fundraising was during the pandemic.
    0 min
  • Nicole Parmar - CEO of Gunkii

    Nicole is CEO of Gunkii, the worlds sexiest tongue scraper saving relationships one breath at a time!

    Nicole jumped into the tech industry full force. She moved to San Francisco and dove head first into growth hacking and marketing. Prior to that she has written several books that can be found at Indigo. Now she is CEO of Gunkii alongside her partner.

    In this episode we touch base on Nicole's journey, advice for entrepreneurs, what it's like working with your partner, and what it's like co-parenting a blended family! She is a wonder woman like no other.

    0 min

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Ray Walia, CEO of Launch.VC, interviews entrepreneurs in our network and dives deep into each founder's journey. Each interview is unique. They discuss topics that range from the hardships they've…