inTheir20s

On this week’s episode of inTheir20s, we chatted with Workweek co-founder and CEO Adam Ryan. Adam and Workweek are building a new kind of media company that empowers creators to leverage their industry experience through engaging and insightful newsletters.

In this episode of inTheir20s, Adam spoke about the benefit of being a deep generalist throughout your 20s. Deep generalism is the process of having a wide net of experiences across multiple industries and verticals. Adam explained how deep generalism helped him find career success before discussing what he is building with Workweek.

In this week’s episode of inTheir20s, we spoke with Cana CEO Matt Mahar. Cana is the world’s first molecular beverage pinter. Its innovative technology brings an entire grocery store’s worth of beverages to your kitchen.

Matt was a terrific guest who gave a tone of actionable advice. Over the course of the episode we discussed:

During the episode, Matt recommended that listeners check out Play Bigger.

Kat Cole is an American businesswoman. She is the former Chief operating officer and president of North America for Focus Brands. She is a former president of Focus Brands' subsidiary Cinnabon, an American chain of retail bakeries specializing in cinnamon buns. She currently serves as the COO and President of Athletic Greens.

Chantel Jeffries is a Dj/Producer, Investor and Online personality with endeavors in the film and modeling industries. With presence in the online and traditional entertainment space for over 10 years she has worked with numerous brands, many from their early stages such as : Uber, Revolve, Samsung, Loreal, Fendi, Skims, Alo, Savage x Fenty and countless others. She has amassed over 10 million followers across her various social media platforms which she now uses to help find, collaborate and invest in companies that align with her thesis. Through her amassed network of entrepreneurs, influencers, celebrities, and brands and vast knowledge and interests across sectors she plans to make innovative and impactful investments for her limited partners as she has been personally.

Special shoutout to Jess The VC. Follow her on Twitter here.

In this week’s episode of inTheir20s, we spoke with the founders of INDX. This episode dives deep into a massive, yet overlooked, part of information commerce - the curation economy.

We live in a world where information is in infinite abundance yet time and attention have never been more restricted. The average twenty-something spends ~ 3 hours on their phones per day. Including work and sleep, there isn’t much time left to consume the knowledge necessary to level up as an entrepreneur, creative, or any other dream you may have. What do you do with so much to learn and so little time?

Enter the curation economy.

Jeremy Neilson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Assure. Assure is a fintech fund administration company that provides the most complete back-office services in the market for fund managers, equity crowdfunding platforms, angel groups and other private-transaction investors.  Jeremy has provided support and leadership for some of the most innovative and dynamic industry initiatives in the U.S.--including launching and managing the State of Utah’s $300 million Fund of Funds program, providing due diligence and advisory services for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s $1-billion early-stage venture capital initiative, and created the LLC syndicate (SPV) administration service used by AngelList, SeedInvest, EquityZen and more.

In this episode, we spoke with Spinach Records founder Brad Watson. Spinach is a record label and creative agency helping to establish a mental health foundation at the intersection of music, film, fashion, politics, and technology.

We cover an essential topic - prioritizing mental health in the creative industry.

We also dive into the origins of Spinach Records before learning about what’s currently wrong with the music industry and how entrepreneurs like Brad are looking to change it.

Elysian House is a collective of the best Gen Z builders in web3 x community based in SF. They’re curating a living space and IRL center of gravity that brings together individuals creating change in the world of web3.

Haley Bryant is a Venture Partner at Hustle Fund and the GM of Golden Wok, the holding company behind the b2b SaaS content marketing agency Animalz and the Superpath’s content career community. Haley spent the first 5 years of her career at Apple Retail. She spent the following 5 years in startup customer success, first at I Done This, then at DC based Brazen and most recently leading ops as the COO of Animalz. Haley joined Animalz as Director of Customer Ops in 2018 when the company was <$2m in ARR. They closed 2021 >$13m ARR. Haley began angel investing in 2020, writing her first check into a coworkers startup (Sacra) and joining Angel Squad as a member and then a team member in 2021. She has now made over 30 angel investments.