Startup Mindsets

Startup Mindsets

By Dan GonzalesBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Startup Mindsets episodes

  • Quitting Investment Banking to start a Data Driven Research Platform: James Giancotti, Founder of Oddup

    After years of working at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan in equity research, James Giancotti felt the desire to create a product that solved problems he experienced as a banker from a technology standpoint. Oddup is a data driven research platform that rates startups primarily in Asia. With headquarters in Hong Kong, we get to know more of the startup scene in China, ie what makes it so unique and according to James, the hardest working place for entrepreneurs.


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    43 min
  • Raising Capital from Zoom: Richard White CEO of Fathom YC'21
    Richard White has over a decade of entrepreneurship founding UserVoice and Fathom. He takes us through his journey from selling PlayStation cheat codes as a kid to being part of the first YCombinator batch in Cambridge in 2005 to the latest with Fathom in YC 2021. We talk fundraising from Zoom Apps Fund and what it’s like couch surfing while creating a tech company.
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    54 min
  • Hacking International Shipping w/ Shelvie Fernan
    Fly and Fetch is a startup changing the way people travel and send goods. Based out of Edmonton, Shelvie tells us how she created the company and how things are doing. We also hear about Draper University’s survival week and how coming to Silicon Valley has affected growth. Learn more about how you can get free flights at flyandfetch.com
    38 min
  • Welcome to Startup Mindsets
    With entrepreneurship going more and more mainstream it's important to know how to approach building a startup. Mentally speaking at least. 
    Dan shares what he's learned from his time in Silicon Valley and what new entrepreneurs can do to prepare themselves.  On this podcast, we’ll feature what mindset innovation leaders use toward adversity and growth when it isn’t easy.
    Stay tuned for our book, The Startup Mindsets, set to release in November 2020!
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    25 min
  • Uploading the first video on Instagram EVER & making Jay Leno’s TikTok’s with Rayson Esquejo
    Rayson Esquejo has ran social media marketing campaigns for multiple films including Jobs (2013) Side Effects (2013) and most recently for TFC and Wood Works. Taking a new technology and incorporating it into business strategy is easier said than done. We hear about Rayson's advice for keeping up with market trends and using social media for its advantages. 
    Most recently, Rayson worked with Jay Leno to create TikToks for an upcoming film. 
    This episode dives into over a decade of social media use to drive engagement in the entertainment industry.
    37 min
  • Changing the Aesthetics of Angel Investing
    Eli Velasquez is on a mission to create a more diverse pie chart of investors of color. We hear about over a decade of being an angel investor, lessons learned, advice to new angels.
    More about Investors of Color on investorsofcolor.com
    More about Angel Capital Association at angelcapitalassociation.org
    26 min
  • LastBit YC'20 CEO/Founder Prashanth B.
    Catalyzed from not being able to pay for tuition in Switzerland because he recently immigrated from India, Prashanth set out create a solution to
    Send/Receive Euros instantly via Bitcoin
    Send/Receive Bitcoin on-chain or on Lightning
    We also discuss the Berkeley Skydeck Accelerator and virtual Y Combinator experience. 
    Check them out at lastbit.io
    Sign up for our newsletter featuring new insights on startups/entrepreneurship at startupmindsets.com/blog
    28 min
  • Executive Coach and Author: Meredith Whipple Callahan

    Meredith Whipple Callahan joins us on this episode to discuss what catalyzed becoming a 2x author and her journey as a religious studies major at Yale to a career as a consultant for Bain & Co. and now an executive coach at Evolution. 

    We talk about how religion intersects with business and the power of saying "YES" to fear.  

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    42 min

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Welcome to Startup Mindsets! Dan Gonzales is your host! Each week, we'll dive into how founders across technology and innovation leaders think about running their business and why entrepreneurship is important in today's world. Subscribe & discover your Startup Mindset today!