First Pitches with Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -First Pitches is a series where famous founders share the first version of their pitch. No founder starts their journey with the perfect pitch; the beginning of every journey is filled with self-doubt and lack of support.
In each episode, we demonstrate that every founder (even the most well known today) had to go through the humbling experience of getting started with an imperfect pitch.
We’ll travel back in time to when our guests made their first pitch, listen to their actual pitch, and discuss the experience. In the process of exploring the first pitch, we’ll draw out vulnerable moments and practical advice that founders can use to improve their pitches.
Guests on First Pitches have included founders and CEO's of Box, Cloudflare, Backstage Capital, Drift, Truepill, Make Love Not Porn, and more.
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Episodes
12. Sid Viswanathan, co-founder of Truepill, Episode Debrief
March 25, 2021 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBIn this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Sid Viswanathan, co-founder of Truepill, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
11. Building a Billion Dollar Startup One Prescription at a Time with Sid Viswanathan of Truepill
March 18, 2021 00:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBComing up with a viable business idea is hard. Coming up with the right type of business that aligns with your personality and vision such that you can’t sleep at night is even harder. We call that “founder-market fit” and when you find it, you increase your chances of building a truly transformative company. That’s because having founder-market fit keeps you 100% focused on the problem with an obsessive, almost maniacal commitment. So much so that it may make your product best-in-cla...
10. Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, Episode Debrief
March 11, 2021 01:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
9. Making Money by Changing How the World Has Sex with Cindy Gallop of MakeLoveNotPorn
March 04, 2021 01:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBFounders are a rare breed and that’s because It takes a certain kind of person to create a startup. Not everyone can stomach the financial risk that comes with being a founder, the responsibility of managing employees with an uncertain future, and the constant self-doubt when nothing is going right. But when you believe you have a truly world-changing startup, it becomes a calling that you can’t ignore. Our guest this week on First Pitches, Cindy Gallop, has just that. Cindy is the foun...
8. Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, Episode Debrief
February 25, 2021 01:42 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBIn this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
7. Building a New Kind of VC Through Hustle and Grit with Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital
February 17, 2021 20:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBAccording to author Angela Ducksworth, the secret to success is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” In short, it’s the ability to persist in the face of hardship to achieve your goals no matter how long it takes. When you have this type of grit you become a force to be reckoned with, much like our guest on this week’s episode of First Pitches. We’re talking about Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital. You may have seen Arlan before as she’s ...
6. Elias Torres, CTO and co-founder of Drift, Episode Debrief
February 11, 2021 03:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Elias Torres, CTO and co-founder of Drift, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
5. Beating the Odds to the Tune of 360M Dollars w/Elias Torres of Drift
February 04, 2021 01:02 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBHow do you define the American dream? For most, it’s the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone. But for others, it’s a pipe dream, a fairy tale, a false hope. Because no matter how hard they work or how much time and effort they put into something, it is virtually impossible for them to achieve success. And that’s due to the country and ...
4. Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, Episode Debrief
January 28, 2021 02:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
3. Following Massive Tailwinds En Route to a Billion Dollar Business w/Aaron Levie of Box
January 21, 2021 03:14 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBThey say timing is everything but if that’s true, then what’s the value of being able to predict the future? Millions? Try billions because, on this episode of First Pitches, we talk with Aaron Levie, co-founder, and CEO of Box, an enterprise software company with a market cap of nearly 3 billion dollars. What started off as a college dorm room project, Aaron and his co-founders built Box into the company it is today by identifying key future trends and building a business on top of them. ...
2. Michelle Zatlyn, COO and co-founder of Cloudflare, Episode Debrief
January 13, 2021 08:05 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBIn this episode, show hosts Lolita Taub and Eric Bahn along with show producer Hung Pham break down last week's episode with guest Michelle Zatlyn, COO and co-founder of Cloudflare, and share their reactions, thoughts, and insights.
1. Turning Down a Seat on a Rocket Ship w/Michelle Zatlyn of Cloudflare
January 06, 2021 08:05 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBIn a Harvard Business School commencement speech, Sheryl Sandberg famously said, “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.” This was advice given to her by Google’s then-CEO Eric Schmidt when Sheryl was contemplating taking a job offer at Google. This advice would hold true 6 years later, when Sheryl left Google to become Facebook’s COO. While it sounds like a no brainer now, can you imagine being offered a seat on a rocketship and turning it down? That...
Coming Soon: First Pitches
November 18, 2020 09:13 - 1 minute - 1.89 MBFirst Pitches is a podcast series, where famous founders share the first version of their pitch. No founder starts his or her journey with the perfect pitch; the beginning of every journey is fraught with self-doubt and lack of support. This show was created to demonstrate that every founder, even the most well known today, had to go through the humbling experience of getting started with an imperfect pitch. In this show, we’ll travel back in time to when our guests made their first pit...