The Yaro Podcast

The Yaro Podcast

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  • The Yaro Podcast Is Back!
    https://www.yaro.blog I'm concluding Vested Capital as a podcast series and reverting this show back to its previous name, The Yaro Podcast.
    13 min
  • (EP37): Matheus Riolfi Co-founder & CEO of Tint, AI Powered Embedded Insurance, Raises $25 Million Series A

    Matheus Riolfi Co-founder & CEO of Tint.ai, an AI powered insurance solution for companies to embed insurance as part of their product offering.

    A good example is Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing service, which requires custom insurance for each part of the world it enters. Matheus previously worked as the head of international expansion at Turo, which gave him an insight (and the eventual idea for Tint) because he spent so much time figuring out the insurance challenge.

    In this interview with Matheus, we hear the origin story behind Tint, innovation in the insurance industry and how Matheus left Brazil and crafted a very specific path to entrepreneurship.

    Enjoy the episode, and please leave a review on Apple and Spotify.

    Yaro

    53 min
  • (EP36): Krish Ramineni, Co-founder & CEO of Fireflies.ai, AI Powered Meeting Assistant, Raises $19 Million

    Krish Ramineni is the co-founder & CEO of Fireflies.ai, a meeting assistant and voice intelligence platform. 

    In this interview Krish shares the story behind his two previous startup ideas -- a drone delivery company and an AI chatbot, which he built along with his co-founder. These companies are directly connected to what Fireflies is today, but not always in obvious ways.

    Krish also shares with us how Fireflies has grown, how they built the early version of the tool (the MVP) and why it doesn't work the same way today. 

    Enjoy the interview!

    Yaro


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    Yaro is an entrepreneur, investor and creator, based in Canada but often found living the laptop lifestyle as a digital nomad traveling the world.

    56 min
  • (EP35): Yoav Vilner, CEO & Co-founder of Walnut.io, No-Code Product Demo SAAS, Raises $35 Million Series B

    Yoav Vilner is the co-founder and CEO of Walnut.io, a SAAS platform creating an entire new category of no-code, cloud-based, product demonstration technology.  

    Walnut gives sales and marketing teams the ability to create stable interactive product demos and collect insights on their usage. They are growing very fast, as you will hear in this interview with Yoav, as he explains how the idea for Walnut came to be and how they first launched the company.

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    Yaro is an entrepreneur, investor and creator, based in Canada but often found living the laptop lifestyle as a digital nomad traveling the world.

    46 min
  • (EP34): Yahya Mokhtarzada, Co-Founder Truebill, Sold To Rocket Companies For $1.275 Billion

    Yahya Mokhtarzada, along with two of his brothers, founded Truebill, which was acquired by Rocket Companies for $1.275 billion.

    In this interview you will hear the origin story for the Truebill app, how they tested the MVP idea of cancelling credit card subscriptions, how they acquired their first 30,000 users, switched on premium services, scaled to $100,000,000 ARR and then sold for $1.275 billion dollars.

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    Yaro is an entrepreneur, investor and creator, based in Canada but often found living the laptop lifestyle as a digital nomad traveling the world.

    57 min
  • (EP33): Michelle Tascoe, Makes $1.2 Million In Three Years With One-On-One Financial Coaching

    Michelle Tascoe is based in LA and has one of the longest running private one-on-one financial advice coaching practices.

    She's now earning over half a million a year, but it wasn't always like this. It's been a long and steady journey to become a seven figure coach. You will hear that story in today's podcast interview.

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    Yaro is an entrepreneur, investor and creator, based in Canada but often found living the laptop lifestyle as a digital nomad traveling the world.

    1 hr 16 min
  • (EP32): Thomas Smale, Over A Billion Dollars In Company Sales, What Business Models Lead To The Biggest Exit

    This is Vested Capital episode 32, featuring Thomas Smale, the founder of FE International, a leading M&A firm.  

    I first interviewed Thomas 9 years ago (https://yaro.blog/11850/thomas-smale/). 

    At the time his company had helped to facilitate over $5 Million in deals. Now that number is over a billion dollars in business acquisitions.  

    I asked Thomas what led to the growth and how his team has expanded. We also talked about what business models leads to the biggest exit prices, what types of businesses are popular with buyers and more.

    Enjoy the podcast.

    Yaro

    Podcast: https://www.yaro.blog/pod/

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    56 min
  • (EP30): Mikkel Thorup, World Traveling Expat, How To Move Offshore And Eliminate Taxes

    Mikkel Thorup hosts The Expat Money Show podcast (I was on episode 155) and has spent over 21 years in continual travel around the world, visiting more than 100 countries including Colombia, North Korea, Zimbabwe, and Iran. 

    Mikkel runs a consultancy to help high net worth individuals move overseas, providing guidance on tax structure, visas, residencies, passports, raising your family (education, lifestyle), company structure and banking.

    I asked Mikkel on to Vested Capital, first to learn about his background and how he left Canada and became a world traveler, and then how he was able to learn such a unique and dynamic skillset -- staying up to date with everything an expat needs to consider when moving overseas.

    During the second half of the interview I asked Mikkel all the big questions, including which countries should we consider moving to, how to avoid paying tax and where to setup your company and bank accounts. 

    Enjoy the podcast.

    Yaro

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    1 hr 11 min
  • (EP29): Arthur Menard, CEO And Founder Of Lambs, Radiation Protection Clothing DTC Brand And 8-Figure Business

    Arthur Menard is the CEO and co-founder of Lambs, a clothing brand that blocks 99% of EMFs (cellphone, 4G, 5G, Wifi, Bluetooth radiation) as well as 10x the amount of UVs compared to traditional clothing.

    His company is doing 8-figures in sales, having got their start selling men's underwear online -- which I actually purchased several years ago.

    Arthur has an interesting backstory, having first got started as an entrepreneur selling online training, then later co-founding a local marketing app supporting French bakeries. 

    The story behind Lambs however, is the most interesting, given he was blazing a trail with a new form of clothing.

    If you're selling anything DTC (direct to consumer) or looking to invent a new category, this podcast will be insightful.

    Enjoy the interview.

    Yaro

    Podcast: https://www.yaro.blog/pod/

    Blog: https://www.yaro.blog/

    59 min

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