Podcast Episodes featuring Tristan Walker
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Tristan Walker
From Scratch with Jessica Harris - January 12, 2024 16:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWalker & Company makes beauty and health products for people of color. Prior, Tristan was the first African American entrepreneur in residence at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is also the founder of Code2040, a program that connects Black and Latino coders with Silicon Valley s...
Live Episode! Walker & Company: Tristan Walker (2019)
How I Built This with Guy Raz - February 28, 2022 05:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsThe very first time Tristan Walker shaved, he woke up the next morning with razor bumps all over his face. "I was like, what is this?" he remembers saying. "I am never shaving again—ever." He soon discovered that like him, many men of color were frustrated by the lack of shaving products...
Live Episode! Walker & Company: Tristan Walker
How I Built This with Guy Raz - September 30, 2019 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsThe very first time Tristan Walker shaved, he woke up the next morning with razor bumps all over his face. "I was like, what is this?" he remembers saying. "I am never shaving again—ever." He soon discovered that like him, many men of color were frustrated by the lack of shaving products...
Learn From Every 'No' w/ Bevel Razor's Tristan Walker
Masters of Scale - November 29, 2017 03:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratings“If you’re laughed out of the room, it might actually be a good sign.” Entrepreneurs inevitably face a lot of rejection — as does anyone championing a big new idea. But the different ways that investors say “no” could reveal valuable clues about your idea’s potential. Sometimes, it's pr...
Beauty of A Bad Idea w/ Walker & Company's Tristan Walker
Masters of Scale - May 17, 2017 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsThe best business ideas often seem laughable at first glance. So if you’re hearing a chorus of “No’s” it may actually be a good sign… Google, Facebook, LInkedIn, Airbnb — they all sounded crazy before they scaled spectacularly. So don’t be discouraged by rejection. Instead, learn to hear...
Disrupting health and beauty (Tristan Walker, CEO, Walker & Company)
Decoder with Nilay Patel - August 22, 2016 04:01 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsWalker & Company Brands founder and CEO Tristan Walker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how technology can disrupt the health and beauty industry. Walker & Company's shaving brand, Bevel, is aimed at people of color who are underserved by the big cosmetics companies, and Walker says he plan...
Black Entrepreneur Blueprint: 84 - Tristan Walker - Top 10 Rules For Success
BLACK ENTREPRENEUR BLUEPRINT - February 22, 2016 10:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 663 ratings"Top 10 Rules For Success" Tristan Walker is the founder of Walker & Company which produces a shaving system for men of color. Tristan was raised in the projects of Queens, NY and later attended a boarding school in Connecticut that showed him how the other half lived. Tristan went on to get hi...
The Tristan Walker Episode
Tax Season - November 11, 2015 13:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratingsThe Bevel GAWD, Tristan Walker finally makes an appearance on his favorite podcast. Tax, Tristan and special co-host and comedian Danielle Mop talk being black in Silicon Valley, Nas investing in Walker & Co and why Queens dudes find love so young. The young OG Tristan is dropping so real jewels ...
Creating a Lasting Company with Tristan Walker, Walker & Co
Dorm Room Tycoon (DRT) - August 01, 2015 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsIn this interview, Tristan Walker explains the importance of solving problems that are authentic and unique to you. He also reveals what goes into building a company and why you should set company values.
Tristan Walker (Walker and Company) - Be an Authentic Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - April 09, 2014 00:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 703 ratingsTristan Walker, founder and CEO of Walker and Company Brands, describes living your authentic brand as an entrepreneur. Traveling from the housing projects of Queens, New York to working on Wall Street and experiences at Silicon Valley tech firms, Walker discusses creating context to see...