The Unsexy Startup

By Sumay Parikh

The Unsexy Startup talks about what it truly takes to build a company, and not just the highlights. Every week, we interview Founders who have raised successful rounds, and / or have sold a company pr... more

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The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.

The Unsexy Startup episodes:

November 27, 2018 “Testing and Reiterating” with founder and CEO of Unacast, Thomas Walle
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October 15, 2018The balance of Ego and Humility as an entrepreneur w/ Founder & CEO of Electric.ai, Ryan Denehy
This was a very special episode as we brought on 3x founder, Ryan Denehy to talk about all his challenges, mistakes, and successes of starting his first company to his third.

Stay tuned for an amazing ride, as Ryan takes you through some of his worst times as a founder and some of his best. We focus on the topic of humility and how the ego can tear a company and its founder down.

Ryan's current company is backed by the likes of, Primary Ventures, Bowery Capital, BVP, and many more.

A huge thank you to our sponsors, BREX. BREX is the worlds first corporate credit card for startups. For any listeners that have raised up to 100k, please click this link and use the code "unsexy" to receive a discount on your startup credit card.

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44min
September 27, 2018Cracking into Unsexy industries w/ Co Founder & CEO of Fabric Technologies, Adam Erlebacher
On this episode of The Unsexy Startup, we interview Adam Erlebacher, Co Founder & CEO of Fabric Technologies.

Unfortunately, the current system of agents and brokers can make what should be a straightforward process complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Fabric was built to make life insurance for new parents easy by automating this process and simplifying the steps.

Backed by the likes of BVP, Box group and many more, Fabric continues to help more new parents.

We dive into Adam's journey cracking into Unsexy Industries such as Insurtech. Tune into this episode if you are building a company that is focus on innovating an old and stodgy industries.

A huge thank you to our sponsors, BREX. BREX is the worlds first corporate credit card for startups. For any listeners that have raised up to 100k, please click this link and use the code "unsexy" to receive a discount on your startup credit card.

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September 13, 2018VC and Founder fires w / GP of UpSlope Ventures, Kate Shillo Beardsley
On this episode of The Unsexy Startup, we interviewed the General Partner of UpSlope Ventures, Kate Shillo.

Kate talks about her transition as the Chief of Staff at Huff Post to going into a scrappy environment building out Lerer Hippeau. LH is one of the biggest VCs based out of NY with investments such as Venmo, Buzzfeed, Casper, and the list goes on.

After seeing many deals and working with many founders, Kate goes over some of the most common fires she sees founders make from an investor viewpoint.

A huge thank you to our sponsors, BREX. BREX is the worlds first corporate credit card for startups. For any listeners that have raised up to 100k, please click this link and use the code "unsexy" to receive a discount on your startup credit card.

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40min
September 05, 2018Mistakes Young Founders Make w/ Brex Co Founder & CEO, Henrique Dubugras
After taking a few months off we are back with another season! We wanted to make sure we had our branding down and strategy together to create the best show possible.

In our first episode back, we have Co-Founder & CEO of Brex, Henrique Dubugras.

Henrique sits down with us to talk about common mistakes young founders make when scaling a company.

Here are a few of the points he went over:
PR doesn't really mean you've gotten anywhere, the work still has to be done.
Don't discount the boring stuff like HR, Admin, or Accounting. Focusing on these tasks early on will be a huge pay off down the road.
Just because you raise funding doesn't mean you are anywhere. If the business isn't break even or profitable, you still have a way to go.

Brex is the world's first corporate credit card for startups, backed by the likes of Y Combinator, Peter Thiel, and many more.

For any founders interested in signing up for Brex, please click here, and use the discount code "unsexy"!

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May 17, 2018 Episode 15: The challenges of being a founder from both sides of the table w/ Former VC @ GV, and CEO/ Founder of Modsy, Shanna Tellerman
Shanna Tellerman sold her company, transitioned in VC when she was an investor @ GV. She quickly transitioned back into being a founder and scaled her second company, Modsy. Tune in to hear the challenges Shanna faced when transitioning from VC back to Founder! Would really appreciate the feedback so I can build a better podcast for our listeners. Shoot me an email here, I would love to hear what you have to say :) ([email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below). www.quakecapital.com/ www.gomoment.com/ www.strtupboost.com/ www.rothemedia.audio/ Subscribe and leave a review! Sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com/
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April 24, 2018 Episode 14: What is feels like currently to be a seed stage founder and the challenges of rapidly growing W/ Co Founder of Abraxas, Joshua Lawton
Josh and Justin are the co founders of an amazing company called Abraxas. Abraxas is disrupting the $29b OOH market. Josh and Justin are one of Quakes investments, and through their time with Quake, we've seen tremendous month over month growth. But with growth at such an early stage, challenges arise.Tune in to see how Josh handles demands at an early stage while bootstrapping and making sure there is enough cash flow to execute.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________A huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below).www.quakecapital.com/www.gomoment.com/www.strtupboost.com/www.rothemedia.audio/Please Subscribe and leave a review! We would love the feedback, so we can build a better podcast for Founders:)Please click here to sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com/ Thank you for your support!
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March 29, 2018 Episode 13: The Challenges of Sales and Marketing as a seed stage company w/ Founder & CEO of UpShow, Adam Hirsen
From Private Equity to Founder, Adam had to take a leap of faith to start UpShow. Tune in to hear some of the sales and marketing challenges Adam had a early stage, and what founders can take away from his experience in scaling a company from scratch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below).www.quakecapital.com/www.gomoment.com/www.strtupboost.com/www.rothemedia.audio/Please Subscribe and leave a review! We would love the feedback, so we can build a better podcast for Founders:)Please click here to sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com/ Thank you for your support!
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29min
March 14, 2018 Episode 12: Overcoming some challenges women face within business w/ CEO of Ellevate Network, Kristy Wallace
In this episode of The Unsexy Startup, Kristy gives us a deep dive on her transition as a CEO of women first company, and some of the challenges female founders may face as they take on their start up. Here are some key topics Kristy dives into - How can women rise to the top, even through the challenges the startup world can bring? - What are some current challenges female founders have? - The Unsexiest moment as a female founder that Kristy has faced, leading a large company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below).www.quakecapital.com/www.gomoment.com/www.strtupboost.com/www.rothemedia.audio/Please Subscribe and leave a review! We would love the feedback, so we can build a better podcast for Founders:)Please click here to sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com/Thank you for your support!
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21min
February 26, 2018 Episode 11: The challenges of building out a product at seed stage, and what to focus on w/ Co Founder & CTO of Buildout, Jason Tillery
In this episode, Jason talks about being a CTO at a rapidly growing seed company. Although, this is an exciting phase to roll your product out, there are many challenges any product person will face. Jason goes over several points: - Relying only on existing customer feedback, but having a hard time getting external feedback to build a better product. - Lack of good developers, as a founder and CTO, your job turns into recruiting for a good amount of time. - Learning a completely new market, and building a product around an area you are not familiar with. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below).www.quakecapital.com/www.gomoment.com/www.strtupboost.comPlease Subscribe and leave a review! We would love the feedback, so we can build a better podcast for Founders:)Please click here to sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com/Thank you for your support!
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23min

FAQs about The Unsexy Startup:

How many episodes does The Unsexy Startup have?

The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.