Brett Beveridge, Founder & CEO of T-ROC, joins the show to share his journey from bouncer and bartender to building one of the largest retail operators in the U.S.

We dive into:

• How he started selling cell phones out of a van and took Let's Talk Cellular public before selling to Nextel
• What’s fueled his 20+ year run building T-ROC
• His take on when to expand product lines — and when to stay focused
• How to think about funding: bootstrapping vs. venture capital

Tessa Brown, Co-Founder and CEO of Germ Network, joins the show to talk about, 

- Tessa's journey from Stanford writing professor to startup founder, the dangers of social platforms designed to maximize exposure, and why privacy should be the default, not the exception.

- How Germ lets users create multiple, compartmentalized identities

- The flaws of phone number–based messaging and the case for link-based connection, and her philosophy on building with integrity in a surveillance-based tech world

- Tessa’s experience fundraising from K5 Global and Mozilla Ventures

Jared Robin, Co founder of RevGenius and Audience Haus, joins the show to talk about

• Jared's first sales job, cold calling office managers at FedEx to building a fashion blog with 10K monthly subscribers.
• The art of audience building, and how a LinkedIn group chat turned into an engaged 50,000 community
•  What does it take for a B2B company to successfully build an audience
• Reflecting back on the presidential election and lessons learned in audience building.
• The trends of B2B SaaS companies purchasing media businesses and the future of enterprise content.

Chris Andrew, Co founder and CEO of Scrunch AI, joins the show to talk about

• The evolution of search and consumer shift toward finding answers with AI.
• Building a marketing platform for an AI first customer journey.
• The opportunity for AI and Scrunch to audit search and help brands manage their identities in the era of AI.
• Reflecting on Chris leaving Intuit to work for Clara Shih at Hearsay, and what Chris learned from Clara as employee #3 at Hearsay that made him a better entrepreneur. 
• A wild car ride with Gary Vee when Gary first launched Wine Library TV, and pitching Gary Vee a cooking show.

Tatiana Fofanova, CEO and Co Founder of Koda Health, joins the show to talk about

• From pediatrics to entrepreneurship, and Tatiana's experience as a founder in residence at Texas Medical Center (TMC)
• The intersection of the law and health, and building an advanced care planning tool that is patient centric.
• Becoming "patient zero" for Koda Health after being hit by a car and getting diagnosed with kidney cancer, all in the same afternoon. 
• Designing Koda's go-to-market strategy in health care, and how Tatiana has thought about building out her team in a healthcare startup.

Conor McCarter, Co founder of Prequel, joins the show to talk about:

• The founding story behind Prequel, the YC experience, and pivoting during the program.
• Market overview on the state of data management and positioning of Prequel.
• The fundraising process for Prequel and importance of not beating yourself up as a founder and staying creative amidst the grind.

Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson, CEO and Co founder of Soof Solutions, joins the show to talk about

• The intersection of neuroscience at Stanford and entrepreneurship, and path to founding Soof.
• Building Soof to help her father speak again after experiencing a stroke in 2007.
• The importance of timing and how Apple's advancements in hardware openned up the market for Soof.
• How Dr. Adamson worked with Stanford and the biodesign program to apply research and real patient interacton insights to build their venture.
• How to leverage your investors and advisors to complement your team's strengths.

Megs Shah, CEO and Co founder of Parasol Cooperative, joins the show to talk about:

• Surviving abuse and founding Parasol Cooperative to battle a growing, global, shadow pandemic
• Keeping our kids safe online, and the insights that led Megs to building her two products, SafeConnect and Ruth solutions overview
• Diddy's downfall, the shift toward disconnecting and digital minimalism, and the responsibility of developers to consider safety of your end users up front. 

Dr. Jennifer Hintzsche, CEO and Founder of PherDal, joins the show to talk about:

- Dr. Hintzsche's personal story of being defined as "in-fertile", a $10,000 invoice for a solution to a problem that doctor's couldn't define, and how she used her PhD to prove those physician's wrong.

- The process of crowdfunding for PherDal and lessons learned by launching on their platform. 

- Market sizing the fertility market, dealing with the FDA, and going from 0 to 1 in biotech. 

Daniel Saks, Co founder and CEO of Landbase, joins the show to talk about

- Growing up in an entrepreneurial family in the business of furniture and the insight that led to founding Daniel's first business, AppDirect.

- The importance of establishing "go-to-market credibility" before engaging in sales outreach. 

- Daniel's experience fundraising for AppDirect, and most recently Landbase's $12.5M seed round.

- The importance of "founder-market" and "founder-product" fit.