Investigating Pathways

By Investigating Pathways

Each week on Investigating Pathways, Arnav talks with Entrepreneurs and VCs to uncover the journey they've taken leading up to the launch of their companies or funds, highlighting major obstacles and ... more

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Investigating Pathways episodes:

March 30, 2023 Prof. Jim Schrager on predicting startup profitability, executing foreign IPOs and startup strategy
Professor Schrager is the Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and one of the foremost authorities on business behavior and strategy. Today, I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Schrager about his personal experiences executing the first US private company IPO in Japan, his course on New Venture Strategy at Booth, how to predict business success based on intricate models of startups and how he sees startup strategy changing in the future with the recent collapse of banks.

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September 07, 2022 Hooman Radfar on networking, angel investing in Uber and building for freelancers (CEO @ Collective)
Hooman is a co-founder of AddThis, Expa and most recently, Collective as well as an angel investor in multiple multi-billion dollar companies including Uber and SpaceX. Today, I had the pleasure of talking to Hooman about his origin story, how he developed his networks to achieve a 9 figure exit and angel investment philosophy that helped him land deals!

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August 24, 2022 Breaking into Venture Capital and the Future of DeFi w/ Kevin Zhang (Partner @ Bain Capital) | S2 E8
Kevin is a Partner at Bain Capital and a Venture Partner at Bain Capital Crypto. Today, I had the pleasure of talking to Kevin about his origin story, how he became the youngest partner in Bain Capital history and his takes on the future of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) as an investor involved in the space!

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August 10, 2022 This Startup is Pushing the Boundaries of Data Activation w/ Kashish Gupta (Hightouch co-founder) | S2 E7
Kashish is a co-founder of Hightouch, which syncs data from warehouses into something that business teams can use and rely on, through a unique process called Reverse ETL. They’ve raised over $50 million in funding and are growing faster than ever in the data activation space! Today, I talked to Kashish about his origin story, how the company pivoted 6 or 7 times before landing on data activation and where he sees the space moving in the future!
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July 13, 2022 Nihal Mehta on Building a VC Giant | S2 E6
Today, I’m joined by Nihal Mehta, who has founded a host of companies and VC firms, including Urbangroove Networks, ipsh!, India Internet Group and ENIAC Ventures. On today’s episode, we talk through Nihal's early childhood, how that led to him becoming an entrepreneur early on and how he applied lessons from being an entrepreneur to be a successful VC.
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June 01, 2022 Vasu Prathipati on Becoming An Entrepreneur Right After College | S2 E5
Today, I’m joined by Vasu Prathipati, who is the founder of MaestroQA, a platform that software that helps managers deliver better customer service. On today’s episode, we talk through Vasu’s early childhood, how that affected his decision to become an entrepreneur right out of college and how he improved as an entrepreneur by leveraging resources.

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May 18, 2022 Breaking into Venture Capital and the Creator Economy with Blake Robbins | S2 E4
Today, I’m joined by Blake Robbins, former partner at Ludlow Ventures and a current partner at Benchmark VC, which backs early stage startups. On today's episode, Blake and I talked about how he broke into venture capital right out of college and began to invest specifically in the creator economy, as well as where he sees the creator economy going in the future!

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May 11, 2022 Investing in Crypto and Web3 with Avichal Garg | S2 E3
Today, I’m joined by Avichal Garg, who is a two time founder, having founded companies including PrepMe and Spool, both of which had successful exits. Avichal now manages Electric Capital. On today's episode, we talk about Avichal's journey through founding and having exits with multiple companies, how that affected his entry to venture capital and his take on crypto and Web3!

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June 16, 2021 Slava Rubin on Building Indiegogo and Humbition.vc | S2 E2
This week on Investigating Pathways, I’m joined by Slaav Rubin. Slava is the co-founder of Indiegogo, one of the biggest crowdfunding platforms in the world. Slava has also founded Humbition.VC, an early stage venture capital firm as well as Vincent Alternative Investments. On today's episode we talk about Slava's entrepreneurial journey, and how he built and scaled each of his companies and how he has applied those learned skills to venture capital.
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June 09, 2021 Nick Raushenbush on Building and Scaling Shogun | S2 E1
This week on Investigating Pathways, I’m joined by Nick Raushenbush. Nick, the co-founder and COO of Shogun, which is a software company that at its core helps companies build ecommerce pages and websites. Previously, Nick founded Glass & Marker which was a creative agency for tech companies. On today's episode we talk about Nick's entrepreneurial journey, and how he built and scaled each of his companies.

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FAQs about Investigating Pathways:

How many episodes does Investigating Pathways have?

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