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Amanda Richardson is the CEO of CoderPad, which is a platform for conducting technical interviews. Most of the engineers that get hired in Silicon Valley use CoderPad. In the past, Amanda was the Head of Product at Prezi, VP of Product at HotelTonight (AQR by AirBnB), and the CEO of Rabbit.

Benjamin Grubbs and Jonathan Shambroom are the co-founders of Creator+, which is a studio and distribution platform that produces feature-length films in partnership with digital creators and monetizes through their existing audience and beyond across mobile, web and connected-TV. In addition to streaming feature films, the Creator+ platform provides a new user experience for engaging with content, commerce, Creators and community in one place. They recently raised $12M.

Benjamin formed Next 10 Ventures in March 2018 to pursue incubating and investing in startups focused on working with content creators. He’s worked in media for a while at companies like Google, Yahoo, and YouTube.

Jonathan is a veteran operator and serial entrepreneur. Eight of his nine previous tech companies were acquired.

Sean Mendy is a co-founding Partner of Concrete Rose. He is a Bay Area native who has spent his career working to close opportunity gaps in Silicon Valley. Prior to Concrete Rose he was an executive at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula and an Advisor to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. As Venture Partner at Next Play Ventures and Entrepreneur in Residence at Sixth Street, Sean has experience building meaningful connections across the venture ecosystem. Sean earned his BA from Cornell University, where he played soccer, then advanced degrees in business and policy from Stanford and USC.

Former Concrete Rose student intern, Jahleesa Phelps, joins this episode as a special guest to share her experiences working with Sean.

Brett Goldstein is the Co-Founder of Launch House, which is a community built to connect and support the world's most ambitious entrepreneurs and creators. Launch House brings together emerging leaders in the startup and entertainment worlds to live in illustrious mansions around the world. Through in-person and online programs, individuals refine their skills, form lifelong relationships, and build category-defining startups as a cohesive community.

Sign up to join the Launch House community at www.launchhouse.co

Will Allen is a former NFL safety turned prominent venture capitalist. He was drafted to the NFL in 2004 and played for the Cowboys, Buccaneers, and Steelers, where he served as the team co-captain. In total, he had a 12 year playing career. He’s now the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Magarac Ventures Partners, an early stage VC firm based in Pittsburgh that invests in the Mid-West’s best companies.

Today's episode is sponsored by Launch House and Collectable.

If you’re a founder you should be part of Launch House. Launch House is an exclusive community of 300+ founders that offers fundraising support, partnerships with top creators, and thousands of dollars in SaaS discounts to help members build their companies. Founding a company can be a lonely endeavor. Launch House gives access to community and capital that can make going from 0-1 easier than ever before. Apply for an upcoming cohort at www.launchhouse.co

Collectable is #1 fractional investment platform for sports. They make the top end of the market accessible to all by creating affordable opportunities for buying and trading shares of iconic blue chip trading cards and sports memorabilia. Purchase shares in people like Michael Jordan and Tom Brady at www.Collectable.com

Khaled Naim, is the co-founder and CEO of Onfleet, a last mile delivery platform. Khaled and his co-founders started working together during grad school at Stanford University where they initially came together solve a problem that plagues delivery businesses in emerging markets: lack of functional street addresses. They went through Stanford’s accelerator program, StartX, before realizing they needed to pivot their business to a more crucial problem facing online retailers and delivery services: lack of technology. Most companies were using archaic systems, primarily pen and paper, spreadsheets, phone calls, and text messages. From there, they decided to build a smartphone-based delivery logistics platform to help these businesses run more efficiently. Enter Onfleet.

Corey Kossack is an expert in his field having gone from eBay entrepreneur out of college to serial entrepreneur with his latest edtech and SaaS sales reskilling business, Aspireship, dedicated to helping people land new jobs in the emerging field of tech sales. Corey has 15 years of sales and leadership experience specific to technology sales, education technology, and recruiting. In his experience, Corey witnessed firsthand how the skills gap was creating a hiring crisis. Inspired to make a greater difference and help overlooked candidates get into software sales, Corey launched Aspireship. Corey and his team have helped thousands of workers, from all backgrounds and experience levels, land high paying jobs in SaaS sales. Corey is a passionate advocate for the future of work specifically around disrupting antiquated hiring processes and open access, hands on training ensuring equal opportunity for all to learn and demonstrate their capability based on job simulation and soft skills, not past experience.

Kean is the Founder & CEO of MonetizeMore. He started MonetizeMore in 2010 with the goal to build a bootstrap business that would dramatically increase ad revenues for publishers. Over the years, Kean has perfected the proprietary MonetizeMore ad optimization model and now increases ad revenues for hundreds of publisher networks in over 40 countries.

He is a pioneer in ad optimization covering areas like Adsense/AdX, GAM, header bidding and ad network optimization. Kean has always believed in empowering publishers to increase their ad revenues more efficiently and effectively via articles, videos and technology.

Jason Arasheben, aka Jason of Beverly Hills, is the go-to creative genius for spectacular custom designed jewels for high-profile individuals. He's most known in the luxury market for his outrageous and over the top diamond pieces. A few of his notable clients include Drake, Michael Jackson, LeBron James, Matthew McConaughey, A$AP Rocky, and NBA teams like the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks. 

Special thank you to this interview's official sponsors: Glewee and Collectable.

Glewee is the first exclusive marketplace that bridges the gap between Brands and Creators like yourself to connect, collaborate, and execute campaigns all in one platform. Learn more at www.glew.ee

Collectable is the #1 fractional investing platform for sports. They make the top end of the market accessible to all. Learn more at www.collectable.com