Startup Steroid - Founders Podcast

Phil Stover is CEO of PvP.com, the first true gamer social community. In 2016, Phil co-founded Blue Skies Ventures to build, advise, and invest in early-stage startups.

The firm actively invests and its portfolio companies and network of resources were built from scratch on the simple idea to help entrepreneurs incubate ideas and accelerate. Phil is an active member of the Los Angeles community, currently supporting Pledge LA, and previously The Action Group Network and young professional’s group 310YP as a board member. Prior to his crazy life in startups, his 11-year corporate management career in banking and insurance included oversight of multi-million dollar sales initiatives and product launches and $2.3B in P&L responsibilities. He has an undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Check out the company profile, video interview, and pitch deck at - https://www.startupsteroid.com/founder?cid=135

Zycara is a receivables management, credit insight, and liquidity solutions SaaS platform that leverages online and industry reputation to help businesses collect a higher percentage of delinquent invoices, reduce losses from bad debt write-offs, and evaluate customer creditworthiness in real-time. We are building the first ecosystem that marries the power of accountability through publication with proprietary real-time creditworthiness data to provide SMBs with the tools and resources to manage b2b financial relationships and liquidity solutions.

Zycara's proposition: more efficient invoice resolution cycles and real-time customer creditworthiness data compared to traditional solutions (collections, legal services, credit reporting agencies).

Check out the company profile, video interview, and pitch deck at - https://www.startupsteroid.com/founder?cid=136

Spectrum CannaLabs provides pharma-grade testing solutions for cannabis products so that consumers looking to better their quality of life don't end up making it worse.

• Carlos has 9+ years as an experienced bench scientist in the biotechnology industry in both start-up and big pharma environments with strong research skills

Specialties: Nucleic acid technologies, assay development including qualification and validation, GLP/cGMP, establishing high throughput screening, incorporating lab automation

Check out the company profile, video interview, and pitch deck at https://www.startupsteroid.com/founder?cid=177

KEY is a curated marketplace offering vetted vacation rentals, quality in-home services, and local experiences to make life easier and moments special. Launched in 2015, KEY is where hospitality meets technology. KEY has spent the past six years building a curated marketplace for customers who are traveling or at home. Its proprietary technology allows users to search and book curated vacation homes, in-home services, and local experiences, making life easier and moments unforgettable. KEY's customer-facing technology platform provides users with a seamless, digital experience where they can browse and book. Its machine-learning recommendation engine matches customer needs to curated homes, services and experiences, while its back-end system enables the company to scale by supporting each transaction through vendor on-boarding, inventory management, order fulfillment, and payments processing.

Check out the company profile, video interview, and pitch deck at https://www.startupsteroid.com/founder?cid=202

Yael works to make property investing accessible, transparent, and streamlined with SolidBlock, where she is the Co-CEO and Co-founder.

Laurie founded and grew Olita to create sun care products that are ethically manufactured with premium, non-toxic ingredients that are safe on the skin, as well as safe on the environment. Olita is on a mission to make skin happy with superior environmentally safe sun care solutions.