The Founder Hour

Nancy Silverton is a world-renowned chef, baker, author, and co-owner of Mozza Restaurant Group which operates restaurants such as Pizzeria Mozza, Osteria Mozza, Chi Spacca, and Mozza2Go. Prior to founding Mozza, Nancy owned and operated La Brea Bakery and Campanile in Los Angeles after many years working under the likes of Wolfgang Puck, Michael McCarty, and other world-class chefs.

In 2014, she won the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Chef Award, one of the most prestigious accolades a chef can receive.

We sat down with Nancy at her home in Los Angeles to learn all about her inspiring and unconventional journey to becoming one of the premier chefs in all of the world.

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Dave Liniger is the visionary leader of the Denver-based global real estate franchise, RE/MAX, which he co-founded with his wife, Gail, in 1973. Today, the company has more than 140,000 agents in almost 9,000 offices and a presence in over 110 countries and territories.

Dave is well respected internationally for his vast knowledge of the real estate industry and influence on housing policy and is widely credited with improving conditions for real estate agents by creating a successful business model combining the maximum commission concept with a host of support services.

He spent much of 2012 recovering from a life-threatening infection, and after multiple surgeries, weeks in intensive care, and months in the hospital, he returned to RE/MAX World Headquarters and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. He chronicled his ordeal and recovery in an inspirational New York Times bestseller, “My Next Step: An Extraordinary Journey of Healing and Hope.”

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Rob Petrozzo is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Rally, a first-of-its-kind liquid financial marketplace for buying & selling equity shares in ultra-rare assets the same way you buy & sell stocks. From baseball cards and NFTs to cars and comics, Rally is making investing behind ideas, emotions, and communities safe, easy, and accessible.

Prior to Rally, Rob held several positions as a designer as well as an Art Director in the early days of Kanye West’s record label, G.O.O.D. Music.

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Rich Barton is the CEO and co-founder of Zillow Group, where he leads the company’s work to transform how people buy, sell, rent, and finance homes. Zillow is a real estate marketplace company that was founded in 2006 and has literally become a household name.

Prior to Zillow, Rich also founded the online travel company and Microsoft spinoff, Expedia, as well as job search engine and career community, Glassdoor.

Barton was also a venture partner at Benchmark and is on the Board of Directors of Netflix, Nextdoor, Artsy, and more.

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John Tabis is the co-founder and chairman of The Bouqs Company, which is reinventing the consumer experience and supply chain in the floral industry by connecting farmers directly to their customers. John and The Bouqs Co. have been featured on Shark Tank, 20/20, CNBC, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal Live, Oprah Magazine, and The New York Times.

John is also the Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners, a venture firm investing in non-obvious seed stage startups led by amazing founders in underserved markets, an adjunct professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, and a mentor at Techstars and Amplify. Prior to Bouqs, John held several positions at ShoeDazzle, Disney, and Bain & Company.

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David Rubenstein is back on the show for a second time to discuss his new book, “How To Invest,” where he provides a masterclass on investing featuring conversations with the biggest names in finance such as Sam Zell, Larry Fink, Mike Novogratz, and Marc Andreessen.

David is the co-founder and co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms with over $217 billion of assets under management.

During our conversation, we talk about why he wrote the book, his approach to writing, how he chooses his interview subjects, the qualities that make a good investor, some of his personal experiences in the investing world, what he would invest in today, his best and worst performing investments, and much more.

You can order the book at: https://www.amazon.com/How-Invest-David-M-Rubenstein/dp/1982190302

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Ben Clymer is the founder and executive chairman of Hodinkee, a luxury watch and lifestyle website. He is an authority and influencer in the world of watches and was dubbed “The High Priest of Horology” by the New York Times in 2013. He recently also launched the Fairgame Golf app, golf’s first digital clubhouse.

We sat down with Ben at The Beverly Hills Hotel to learn all about his upbringing, why he started Hodinkee, how he grew the brand, his vision for the future of the watch industry, his favorite timepieces, and much more.

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Miki Agrawal is the founder of several acclaimed social enterprises: TUSHY, THINX, & WILD. She is also the author of the #1 best-selling books DO COOL SH*T and DISRUPT-HER.

Miki was named "Fast Company's Most Creative People", “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, and INC's “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs”.

She passionately speaks about her 15 years of entrepreneurial adventures, from inventing products in taboo categories, to creatively launching them, to marketing and scaling them exponentially, to dealing with shocking setbacks - and she shares her colorful, authentic revelations along the way.

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Kevin Ryan is an investor and serial entrepreneur who has founded several businesses including Business Insider, Gilt Groupe, MongoDB, and Zola. He helped grow DoubleClick from 1996 to 2005, first as president and later as CEO. It was acquired by Google for $3.1 billion in March 2008. Kevin continues to found and invest in companies through AlleyCorp, a venture capital firm he founded in 2008.

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Noubar Afeyan is the founder and CEO of life sciences innovation firm Flagship Pioneering. He’s also the chairman and co-founder of Moderna, known for its Covid-19 vaccine. He has helped start more than 70 public and private healthcare and life sciences companies over the course of his career.

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Armenian parents, he and his family fled the Lebanese Civil War to move to Montreal in 1975. Prior to founding Flagship Pioneering, Noubar was the founder and CEO of PerSeptive Biosystems, a leader in bio-instrumentation that grew to $100 million in annual revenues. He has written numerous scientific publications and is the inventor of over 100 patents.

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