The Bell Curve

Aakash Shah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wyndly and is fixing allergies permanently. Listen to Aakash talk about how Wyndly is fixing allergies once and for all and his experience in the Y-Combinator W21 cohort.

Aakash's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mraakashshah/

Wyndly Website: https://www.wyndly.com/

Y-Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/

Meggie Williams is the Founder and CEO of Skiptown, the first-of-its-kind, tech-infused, dog park, bar, and dog care facility. Meggie and her team believe that the pet services industry is ready to be disrupted and are leading the charge expanding to multiple locations across major cities in the US following $27M raised in their latest round of funding.

Listen to Meggie as she tells her story founding Skiptown, the hidden opportunity in pet care, and how Skiptown is capitalizing on it right now!

Meggie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meggie-williams/

Skiptown website: https://skiptown.io/

Fundraising Article: https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2022/12/pet-services-startup-skiptown-raises-27m.html?page=all

Oliver Guerrero is the CoFounder and CEO of SCP Labs and is changing the way we get treated at the doctor's office.   

Oliver's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-guerrero/ 

SCP Labs Website: https://www.scplab.com/  

Oliver's Previous Startup (NASDAQ: FHLT)  https://exceleradce.com/

Crew Dragon Project SpaceX : https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/dragon/ 

Alex Piasecki is the co-founder & COO of Seal the Seasons, a frozen fruit brand putting a farmers market in your freezer. Alex & his cofounder, Patrick, started Seal the Seasons as college students at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and have grown the company to be the 5th largest frozen fruit brand doing over $10M+ in annual revenue. You can find Seal The Season's products in over 5,000 grocery stores across the country, like Wegmans, Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Costco, The Fresh Market, and others. 

Seal The Season's website: https://sealtheseasons.com/

Alex's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-alex-piasecki-a7690532/

Zach Boyette is the CoFounder and Managing Partner of Galactic Fed, an award winning growth marketing agency with 160 employees.

Before co-founding Galactic Fed in 2018, Zach worked as a Growth Manager & Head of Paid Media & Growth Labs at various companies like Google and Toptal.

To learn more about Zach's company, Galactic Fed, visit their website: https://www.galacticfed.com/

Tara Zedayko is the CEO & CoFounder of Dig Labs, which started with a mission to make our pets healthier.   

Tara is a scientist-turned-GM-turned-entrepreneur who uniquely made her company self-sufficient without any outside investment since Nov 2020.  

Listen to Tara discuss everything from networking through achievement to pivoting your business through difficult times.   

Dig Labs website: https://getdiglabs.com/

Tara's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zedayko/

Tara's Twitter: https://twitter.com/taracz

Marcus Viereckl is the CoFounder and CTO of Alias Intelligence, leading background investigations and due diligence company disrupting the background check industry using technology.

Before co-founding Alias, Marcus was an Assistant Vice President at Blackstone.

To learn more about Marcus' company Alias Intelligence visit their website: https://www.aliasintelligence.com/

Imran Ahmad tells us what it's like to go from successful investor to successful operator. His skill set is rare, and this episode is full of gems you can incorporate into your business.

Teddy is the CoFounder & CEO of StreetFair, the home services marketplace for neighborhoods.  Hear from Teddy as he breaks down how to build a marketplace and launch a startup without building any software.     

Check out StreetFair: https://www.streetfair.com/

Brian is the CoFounder of Wove, the company building the world's best engagement ring shopping experience.   

Hear from Brian as he breaks down how to raise millions of dollars and build a network using email and Airtable.   

This episode is sponsored by Wove.  Get your custom replica ring designed and shipped to you in 7 days.  

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Timestamps: 

:44 - Intro to Brian Elliot, CoFounder of Wove 

8:55 - Wild stories at West Point 

13:45 - How Brian handles stress in high-stress environments 

15:54 - Circle of influence 

20:28 - Gen Z  

21:05 - Army becoming a more progressive institution  

22:53 - How he started Wove 

27:47 - The Day to day going 0-1 

31:26 - Diversity at Wove 

33:43 - Being a contrarian and correct  

35:09 - Convincing VCs to give you money 

40:21 - Getting vetted & getting told no 100 times 

44:20 - The step-by-step process to raise VC 

48:11 - Leveraging networks & being a super connector 

54:26 - Operating with empathy 

58:07 - Being at the bottom of the Bell Curve 

1:01:46 - Brian’s advice to young entrepreneurs