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E1007: DoNotPay CEO & Founder Josh Browder built an AI lawyer to fight corporations & governments, demos product features & how it helps consumers, shares insights on following in footsteps of his father Bill Browder, & future of consumer empowerment

Dec 6, 2019 · 01:04:38

✨ DoNotPay CEO Josh Browder demos his AI lawyer fighting corporations and governments.

01:04:38

E1006: Farmer’s Fridge CEO & Founder Luke Saunders is creating a connected network of vending machines offering fresh & healthy meals, shares insights on creating a restaurant-like experience, solving food-supply chain issues, capitalizing on grassroots marketing & real-world virality & using sales

Dec 3, 2019 · 01:07:47

✨ Farmer's Fridge CEO Luke Saunders discusses creating healthy meal vending machines.

01:07:47

E1005: Scale AI CEO & Co-founder Alexandr Wang creates training data for all AI applications to improve machine learning, shares insights on the future of autonomous vehicles, China’s AI advantages over US, importance of humans focusing on higher-value work & next major trends in AI

Nov 29, 2019 · 01:35:19

✨ Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang discusses training data for AI and machine learning.

01:35:19

E1004: Yousician CEO & Co-founder Chris Thür created an interactive platform to master musical instruments, shares insights on acquiring 1M+ users, increasing retention through gamification, using profitability as leverage while attracting investors as an international startup

Nov 26, 2019 · 00:56:15

✨ Yousician CEO Chris Thür built an interactive music learning platform.

00:56:15

E1003: The Athletic CEO & Co-founder Alex Mather is building a paid online sports media publication, shares insights on attracting investors in a seemingly dying industry, managing 500+ remote writers, creating interesting angles through unique coverage & more

Nov 22, 2019 · 01:33:16

✨ Alex Mather co-founded The Athletic, a paid sports media publication.

01:33:16

E1002: Wealthfront CEO & Co-founder Andy Rachleff on hitting escape velocity at Wealthfront, pioneering “self-driving money” for consumers, shares insights on product-building in 1980’s vs. today, best investor attributes, & the future of NextGen banking

Nov 19, 2019 · 01:25:20

✨ Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff pioneered 'self-driving money' for consumers.

01:25:20

E1001: Eight Sleep CEO & Co-founder Matteo Franceschetti pioneered “sleep-fitness” with smart heating & cooling technology; shares insights on product iteration, delighting customers, innovating in D2C, raising $40M from LAUNCH, Founders Fund, Craft & more

Nov 15, 2019 · 01:00:10

✨ Matteo Franceschetti created Eight Sleep's smart heating/cooling mattress.

01:00:10

E1000: 1000th Episode Retrospective! Jason & TWiST lifers Lon Harris, Brian Alvey, & Tyler Crowley re-live favorite moments & guests, highlighting innovations in podcasting & tech over the last decade, hitting global trends & what’s in store for the next 1000

Nov 12, 2019 · 02:14:53

✨ Retrospective on 1000 episodes with Lon Harris, Brian Alvey, Tyler Crowley.

02:14:53

E999: ROOM CEO & Co-founder Brian Chen is building phone booths for the modern office, shares insights on maximizing open floor plans, partnering with Calm to reduce stress at work, maintaining capital efficiency as a hardware startup

Nov 8, 2019 · 00:51:33

✨ Brian Chen co-founded ROOM, creating modern office phone booths.

00:51:33

E998: The Next Unicorns: Benchling CEO & Co-founder Sajith Wickramasekara is increasing efficiency for scientists with a cloud-based platform, gives insights on recent life-science innovations, ethics of gene therapy & defining the line between quackery & brilliance – E10 of 10-ep miniseries

Nov 6, 2019 · 00:54:30

✨ Sajith Wickramasekara's Benchling enhances scientist efficiency via cloud platform.

00:54:30

E997: HubSpot CEO & Co-founder Brian Halligan shares insights on the origin of inbound marketing, how The Grateful Dead inspired HubSpot, importance of customer experience, managing employees in the Glassdoor Era & more

Nov 5, 2019 · 01:05:39

✨ HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan discusses inbound marketing origins.

01:05:39

E996: Clearbit CEO & Co-founder Alex MacCaw is creating god-mode for marketers with Clearbit X, gives insights on dynamic customer targeting, prioritizing profitability over valuation, GDPR’s adverse effect on Facebook & Google, value of aggregated data & benefits of CEO coaching

Nov 1, 2019 · 01:01:53

✨ Alex MacCaw's Clearbit provides dynamic customer targeting for marketers.

01:01:53

E995: The Next Unicorns: NEXT Trucking CEO & Co-founder Lidia Yan brings trucking into the digital age with her two-sided marketplace, shares insights on finding & focusing on an untapped market, owning & innovating drayage, navigating the trucking industry as a woman & scaling the right team for su

Oct 30, 2019 · 01:01:04

✨ Lidia Yan's NEXT Trucking digitizes the trucking industry.

01:01:04

E994: All Turtles CEO Phil Libin shares his state machine that answers all growth questions; Future of Early-Stage VC w/Pete Flint (NFX), Rebecca Lynn (Canvas Ventures), Dave Samuel (Freestyle Capital); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Lever CTO Nate Smith

Oct 29, 2019 · 01:22:16

✨ Phil Libin shared his state machine for answering growth questions.

01:22:16

E993: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra shares the formula for his Product-Market Fit Engine; Future of Angel Investing w/Jeff Clavier (Uncork), Ben Ling (Bling), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Help Scout VP of Sales Tim Thyne

Oct 25, 2019 · 01:16:52

✨ Rahul Vohra presented his Product-Market Fit Engine formula.

01:16:52

E992: The Next Unicorns: Expanse CEO & Co-founder Tim Junio reduces exposure to online threats by providing “attack surface visibility”, shares insights into current threats from China & Russia, potential 2020 election tampering, reasons for cybersecurity optimism & more – E8 of 10-ep miniseries

Oct 23, 2019 · 01:37:28

✨ Expanse CEO Tim Junio discussed reducing online threats via attack surface visibility.

01:37:28

E991: #StartupTuneup with Urban-X: Waste-reducing marketplaces, traffic liability reduction, recreational sharing spaces, firefighter safety software & energy cost saving AI

Oct 22, 2019 · 01:27:17

✨ Urban-X startups pitched solutions for waste reduction and firefighter safety.

01:27:17

E990: SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie on driving growth by listening to customers & employees, importance of a strong & diverse board, direct listings v. IPOs, lessons learned from WeWork; plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk featuring Yosiat Gimbernard from Odoo

Oct 18, 2019 · 00:45:16

✨ SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie emphasized listening to customers and employees for growth.

00:45:16

E989: The Next Unicorns: Culture Amp CEO & Co-founder Didier Elzinga is building an employee analytics platform that keeps workers satisfied & motivated, shares insights on the changing role of culture, what modern employees value & maintaining culture while scaling – E7 of 10-ep miniseries

Oct 16, 2019 · 01:19:14

✨ Culture Amp CEO Didier Elzinga discussed building employee analytics platforms.

01:19:14

E988: Aileen Lee, Founder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures, pioneered actionable change to diversify tech & VC, shares early days innovating in e-commerce, insights on current funding landscape, dangers of prioritized growth over sustainability, & lessons learned from backing winners like Dolla

Oct 15, 2019 · 00:53:52

✨ Aileen Lee discussed diversifying tech and VC, and early e-commerce innovation.

00:53:52

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