Austin Wright fires me up. After spending 15+ years climbing the ranks at 24 Hr Fitness & Gold's Gym, he decided to make a big change and start his own gym. So over the past 8 years, he has built a portfolio of 11 gym franchises ranging from Southern California to Florida.

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I’m Shaun Sharabi, owner of Interlock Ventures — my personal holdco where I solve problems through critical thinking and strategic connections. I work with:

I built my first business in 2.5 years to 149M in Revenue, and over 500 Employees. I've gone through countless different phases of business including the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Albert Matheny is an all around impressive individual. He is a former University of Florida track athlete, and a registered dietitian with a masters in human performance. He is a husband, father, and the founder & CEO of Promix Nutrition.

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I’m Shaun Sharabi, owner of Interlock Ventures — my personal holdco where I solve problems through critical thinking and strategic connections. I work with:

I built my first business in 2.5 years to 149M in Revenue, and over 500 Employees. I've gone through countless different phases of business including the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Connect with me on…

Starting our first episode of this fireside chat series after a rather "thrilling" 1st 100 days of the year.

In this episode we're coming live from NYC to talk Q1 2025 performance, along with the start of Q2, tariffs, and more.

This was recorded 4/9/25.

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Rob Levin is impossible to put in a box. He is the founder of CIS Ventures, which is a strong attempt at bringing all of his skills together into one.

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I’m Shaun Sharabi, owner of Interlock Ventures — my personal holdco where I solve problems through critical thinking and strategic connections. I work with:

I built my first business in 2.5 years to 149M in Revenue, and over 500 Employees. I've gone through countless different phases of business including the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Arjun Mahadevan is the CEO & Founder of doola, a Business-in-a-Box™ for E-Commerce—built for Shopify and Amazon sellers to launch their U.S. business with an LLC and all required paperwork, then scale with bookkeeping, tax filings, and analytics—all in one platform.

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I’m Shaun Sharabi, owner of Interlock Ventures — my personal holdco where I solve problems through critical thinking and strategic connections. I work with:

I built my first business in 2.5 years to 149M in Revenue, and over 500 Employees. I've gone through countless different phases of business including the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Kyle Sorel is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Titn Development, a real estate development & construction company.

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I’m Shaun Sharabi, owner of Interlock Ventures — my personal holdco where I solve problems through critical thinking and strategic connections. I work with:

I built my first business in 2.5 years to 149M in Revenue, and over 500 Employees. I've gone through countless different phases of business including the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Kevin Henrikson is a seasoned entrepreneur, engineer, and investor with a track record of building and scaling high-impact technology businesses. He has led hundreds of engineers at Microsoft and Instacart, co-founded ventures at the intersection of AI and blockchain, and invested in 50+ startups over the past two decades.

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I’m Shaun Sharabi, owner of Interlock Ventures — my personal holdco where I solve problems through critical thinking and strategic connections. I work with:

I built my first business in 2.5 years to 149M in Revenue, and over 500 Employees. I've gone through countless different phases of business including the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Sunny Ilyas is the Founder & CEO of Vale, a healthy fast casual restaurant taking over Florida. In this conversation, Sunny discusses bootstrapping his business from solving a simple local problem, to 10 stores, 3 in the past year, multiple 8 figures, developing their own line of protein powder products, planning for his first raise in an effort to get to 100 stores, and the important role healthy fast casual restaurants play in our society today.

I’m Shaun Sharabi, owner of Interlock Ventures — my personal holdco where I solve problems through critical thinking and strategic connections. I work with:

For Davenport Fund Management launch week I bring on the Founder & Managing Partner John Davenport. John shares some about his background leading up to launching his fund and how that has shaped the value based investment philosophy he takes. He also shares a bit of his take on the current state of the market, traditional money management options, and why Davenport Fund Management is different.

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