The Founder's Predicament

The Founder's Predicament

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The Founder's Predicament episodes

  • StartUp Boost | Jason Malki | Ep. 9 Pt. 1

    Listen to Jason Malki's journey launching 'StartUp Boost' which empowers new start-ups to find the resources and funding they need to reach their next phase. His entrepreneurial journey began in college, helping with his family's business. Which gave him perspective on what a business requires to have a successful launch.

    StartUp Boost helps new businesses with fundraising, public relations, sales, marketing and design.

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    32 min
  • Sky VLS | Paul DiCesare | Ep. 8

    Listen to Paul DiCesare's journey launching 'Sky VLS' which combines blockchain and real-estate in the metaverse. His career through physical real-estate and early introduction to crypto, allowed him to move quickly when the metaverse started taking shape

    Sky VLS creates a digital representation of a property in the metaverse, allowing a property owner to own a virtual asset as well as the existing physical asset.

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    35 min
  • Backstabbers | Rick Goffe | Ep. 7

    Listen to Rick Goffe's journey launching 'Backstabbers' a mobile party game with a unique spin, it doesn't take away from the people you are with. He aims to solve the problem of digital addiction by creating a game that puts the technology in the background and people in the foreground.

    Backstabbers is a party game played on a mobile device, it is available on both the Play Store and the App Store.

    Check out Backstabbers

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    41 min
  • Artist Verified Inc | John Gaenzler | Ep. 6

    Listen to John Gaenzler's tackle constructing his first corporation and how it presented a unique set of challenges. After start-up he was the first hire at was acquired by Warner Brothers, he reflected on what he had learned. This sparked the desire to connect musicians and their fans with his current start-up - Artist Verified.

    Artist Verified directly connects music artists and music fans using advanced, scalable tech and full artist-ownership of fan relationship and data.

    Check out Artist Verified

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    29 min
  • Status Hero Inc | Henry Poydar | Ep. 5

    Follow Henry Poydar's journey through entrepreneurship. How after his first start-up was acquired, he reflected on the difficulties he faced. Which sparked the inspiration for his current company - Status Hero.

    Status Hero helps connect teams to their work and each other with smart check-ins, live goals & OKRs, and unifying dashboards.

    Check out Status Hero

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    26 min
  • Founder of 2 Startups I Sneh Ganjoo I Ep. 4

    Sneh was the founder of 2 startup companies, PnP Labs and Kloudi. She is currently a student getting her Master's degree but will jump back into being a startup founder very soon.

    Sneh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sneh-ganjoo/

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    23 min
  • Incentivize Green I Matthias de Haan I Ep. 3

    Matthias is the Founder of Incentivize Green, a startup on a mission to accelerate the adoption of greener, cleaner products such as EV's, EV chargers, home batteries and electric heat pumps and other technologies by eliminating the barriers that roadblock people from getting government and utility rebates and incentives.

    Matthias's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-de-haan/

    Checkout Incentivize Green: https://incentivize.us/

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    41 min
  • BeSparrow I Shahzad Ansari I Ep. 2

    Shahzad is the Founder of BeSparrow, a Creative Agency focusing on Brand Strategy, Identity Design, UX Design, and Digital Marketing.

    Shahzad's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisisshahzadansari/

    Checkout BeSparrow: https://besparrow.co/

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Startup Venture Studio I Kurt Vandebroek I Ep. 1

    Kurt is the founder and managing partner of c-f2, a start-up venture studio for Edtech and Fintech companies that invests in founders with deep domain expertise and great software ideas.

    Kurt's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-vandebroek-a32646/

    Checkout c-f2: https://www.c-f2.com/#/

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    Learn more about ThinkDesign: https://www.thinkdesign.com/

    Follow Ray Shah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayshah/

    Follow Kyle Manning on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksmanning16/

    Follow ThinkDesign on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/think-design-nyc/

    Follow ThinkDesign on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThinkDesignDigitalStrategy

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    15 min
  • What You Can Expect From This Podcast & What Is No Code?

    Welcome to The No Code Project For Startups podcast!

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    Follow Ray Shah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayshah/

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    5 min

About The Founder's Predicament

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Ray Shah and Kyle Manning of ThinkDesign interviews Startup Founders. You'll get to hear their unique stories of what building a startup company is really like.