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How do you build a company from scratch? How do you take an idea and turn yourself into a founder? Find out from those who’ve already taken the plunge and are in the weeds of entrepreneurship.

Every Tuesday, hosts Becca Szuktak and Dominic-Madori Davis interview founders on their origins, product roadmaps, funding efforts — and how they grow from failures. Found is produced by Maggie Stamets

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Only AI can prevent forest fires with Allison Wolff from Vibrant Planet

March 26, 2024 14:09 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

Every wildfire season seems to be getting more intense than the last but today’s guest is here to tell us that wildfires actually have a good side. Today on Found, we’re joined by Allison Wolff, the co-founder and CEO of Vibrant Planet, a cloud-based planning and monitoring tool for adaptive land management. Wolff discusses why the wildfires we’re seeing today are hotter and spreading more quickly than we can contain and how proper land management can help create the environment needed for t...

Finding longevity in Fintech with Eric Glyman from Ramp

March 19, 2024 14:33 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB

Of all the work tasks you could automate with AI, submitting expenses would probably be high on the list. Today on Found, we’re talking to Eric Glyman, the CEO and cofounder of Ramp, a spend management platform that is building AI tools to make financial workflows easier for employees and employers. In this episode they talk about what Glyman and his co-founder learned from their first startup and how they see AI changing fintech forever. They also talked about: What Glyman and his co-foun...

Training AI-powered recycling robots with Rebecca Hu from Glacier

March 12, 2024 15:09 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

Recycling is one facet to solving the climate crisis, but most of us are doing it wrong. Today on Found, Becca and Dom are talking with Rebeca Hu, the CEO and cofounder of Glacier, an AI robotics company that is building robots to accurately sort recycling. They talk about how many of us are wish-cylers who hopefully throw non-recyclables into the bin and how Glacier’s robots are sorting the recycling and making sure all of our recycling mistakes are corrected. They also talked about: What...

AI could be the solution for bureaucracy with Emilie Poteat from Advocate

March 05, 2024 15:57 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

Applying for government benefits is a slow, tedious process that often leaves applicants in limbo for several months.  Advocate looks to help. Today on Found Becca and Dom are talking with Advocate’s founder Emilie Poteat, the company that helps Americans engage with federal benefits programs through its technology-enabled services platform. In this episode they discuss how the Advocate team is using AI to automate advocacy and get the wait time for people seeking aid to nearly nothing.They ...

Building in the DTC hayday with Ariel Kaye from Parachute

February 27, 2024 15:58 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

Do you know what brand your bedsheets are? Probably not. Today’s guest Ariel Kaye has been working to change that with Parachute, a DTC bedding and home goods company. Kaye started Parachute in 2013—the hayday of DTC brands. She joins Dom to talk about what it was like building as a solo founder while she’s established a well-known brand and expanded beyond bedding.  They also talked about: Why parachute hasn’t raised as much capital as you might think How Kaye’s branding expertise has dr...

Bringing the wedding industry into the 21st century with Shan-Lyn Ma of Zola

February 20, 2024 15:43 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MB

This episodes dives into the massive web of the wedding industry with Shan-Lyn Ma, the co-founder and CEO of Zola. Ma talked about why she decided to launch the business after trying to buy a gift for a friend and realizing that wedding registries were still living in the past. Ma spoke about how the company navigated changes in the digital and competitive landscapes over the last decade and how the company powered through the pandemic's impacts on the industry. (0:00) Introduction (3:33) ...

Closing the talent gap and mitigating bias in hiring with Tigran Sloyan from CodeSignal

February 13, 2024 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

Is it time for the resume’s reign to come to an end? Tigran Sloyan is the co-founder and CEO of CodeSignal, a skills assessment platform used by many tech companies to hire engineers based on their engineering chops rather than their keyword-packed resumes. In this episode, Becca, Dom, and Tigran talk about how traditional resume-based hiring perpetuates biases and limits opportunities for individuals without extensive networks or prestigious credentials and how skills assessment lead to mor...

Bootstrapping until the business finds a home with Beatrice Dixon from The Honey Pot

February 06, 2024 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

Not many businesses start with a seemingly incurable case of Bacterial Vaginosis but today’s guest, Beatrice Dixon, found a company and a cure all in one. The Honey Pot is a plant-based vaginal wellness brand that was co-founded by Beatrice after she launched by selling her products at hair shows. On today’s episode, she tells Becca and Dom how those hair shows lead to the Honey Pot hitting shelves in Target. They also talked about: How Beatrice knew it was time to stop bootstrapping The ...

Navigating media's ups and downs with theSkimm co-founders

January 30, 2024 14:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

It’s hard to remember a time when newsletters weren’t flooding every inbox but today’s guests were on the forefront of bringing easily digestible news directly to their audience. Today on Found, Becca is joined by Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm which is a digital media company, dedicated to succinctly giving women the information they need to make confident decisions. They talked about how they’ve navigated the digital media industry for over a decade,...

Where gut health meets hypergrowth with Ben Goodwin from Olipop

January 23, 2024 14:38 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB

Gut health might be having a moment on TikTok but Ben Goodwin the co-founder and CEO of Olipop knows first hand the monumental impact a healthy microbiome can have on your mental and physical health. Today on Found. Becca and Dom are joined by Ben to talk about how he led the gut-healthy soda brand to amass $200 million in gross sales just five years after their launch. They also talked about: How the team prioritizes access to the product in low-income areas and food deserts Fundraising ...

Taking a DTC brand to IRL stores with Gabi Lewis from Magic Spoon

January 16, 2024 16:35 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB

Grab your spoon and a carton of milk because today on Found we’re talking to Magic Spoon co-founder and CEO Gabi Lewis. Magic Spoon creates cereal flavors that play on our nostalgia for Fruit Loops and Cocoa Puffs with a grown-up high-protein twist. Dom and Becca talk with Gabi about how he and his co-founder prioritized product-market fit and found investors who didn’t think cereal was dead. They also talked about: What Gabi learned from his previous startup Exo which made cricket-protein ...

Lessons from 20 years in the language learning business with Markus Witte from Babbel

January 09, 2024 14:47 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB

On today’s episode of Found, Dom and Becca talk to Markus Witte, co-founder of Babbel, a language learning app that had been operating since 2007. Babbel has become one of the most prominent language-learning apps but their first product was essentially just a vocab game and they quickly discovered that a multi-modal way of learning will always be more effective. Markus also talked about why he decided to step down as CEO and take on the role of chairman and how all four co-founders have wor...

Scaling the freemium model with Alex Zaccaria from Linktree

January 02, 2024 15:42 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

This week Found is going down under. New Zealand-based TechCrunch reporter Rebecca Bellan talked with Alex Zaccaria the co-founder and CEO of Linktree about how they've scaled the freemium model to grow the social media reference landing page startup. Alex also talked about the challenges and benefits of fundraising internationally, the upside to raising in a more difficult climate, and how they see Linktree changing the way creators curate content for their audiences. Found posts every Tue...

What we learned form a year of talking to founders

December 26, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

Welcome to a very special host-only episode of Found. Dom and Becca are breaking down 2023 in startups by looking back on some of our favorite conversations and looking forward to predict some startup trends in 2024. They talked about innovative climate tech companies, AI ethics and fundraising, building good founder relationships, and what next year could look like for startups. Thanks to all our listeners for an amazing year, we’ll see you in 2024! Found posts every Tuesday. Subscribe on ...

Making justice more accessible with Charlie Hernandez from My Pocket Lawyer

December 19, 2023 14:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB

This week’s episode is focused on Charlie Hernandez and his journey of building My Pocket Lawyer, an online platform that is meant to democratize access to legal advice and guidance for those that might not be able to afford a lawyer. Hernandez talked about why he decided to put his law degree to use to tackle this problem. He also talked about: How My Pocket Lawyer uses AI to curate publicly available legal documents for its users Why a startup is a better approach to tackle this problem ...

Crowdfunding a cleaner mobile power solution with James Wagoner form Joule Case

December 12, 2023 14:51 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

This episode centers on James Wagoner, the co-founder and CEO of Joule Case, a startup that is creating a cleaner alternative to diesel generators. Wagoner talked about his journey to launching the company after the first company he, and his co-founder, started didn't survive the 2008 financial crisis. He also talked about:  Why they chose to raise money through equity crowdfunding and how that's worked out for them What it has been like building in this new environment for cleantech How ...

Why does MasterClass work? with David Rogier from MasterClass

December 05, 2023 14:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MB

Today on Found, we’re talking to David Rogier, the CEO and founder of Masterclass, a streaming platform where you can learn from the world’s experts on a variety of topics, from baking to screen writing to developing empathy. Before David launched MasterClass, he worked as a VC. Through his connections there received a $500,000 seed round before he even had an idea for a company. That was nearly a decade ago, and today Dom, Becca and David talk about how he’s built the company since. They a...

Building for Medicaid's regulatory moment with Neil Batlivala from Pair Team

November 28, 2023 16:09 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

Medicaid is in its regulatory moment. Today we’re joined by Neil Batlivala from Pair Team, which is building the infrastructure that will help the most vulnerable populations get the clinical and social care they need through the Medicaid expansion. Dom and Becca talked to Neil about how his previous health tech experience lead him to start a company solely focused on connecting care facilities like food pantries and shelters to clinical training and care through Medicaid funding. They also ...

Owning the earscape market with Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman from Studs

November 21, 2023 14:43 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MB

Studs co-founders and good friends Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman want to own your ear piercings. They are helping Gen Z people and millennials create their dream earscape with piercing studios that are opening across the country. They talk with Becca and Dom about building and fundraising for a VC-backed brick and mortar business.They also talked about: The importance branding has played in the success of Studs How they pivoted during the COVID lockdowns to include a robust e-commerce optio...

Can sustainable FashionTech save the world?

November 14, 2023 17:39 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MB

Today on Found, we have something a little different and extra special for you. We’re bringing you two bonus conversations all about sustainability in fashion from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. First up you’ll hear our very own Harri Weber sit down with three guests, Jim Ajioka from Colorifix, Beth Esponnette from unspun and Julie Willoughby from Circ. They are all powerhouses in sustainable fashion and they all happened to join Harri on the Sustainability Stage. Watch their full conversation her...

Building digital infrastructure for developing countries with Nasrat Khalid from Aseel

November 07, 2023 16:30 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB

On today’s episode, host Becca Szkutak is joined by our old friend Darrell Etherington to talk with Nasrat Khalid of Aseel. Aseel started as an ecommerce company making it possible for local artisans in Afghanistan to sell to customers across the world and has evolved into working in humanitarian aid delivering emergency food supplies to people in need in Afghanistan and Turkey. They talk about: How Aseel built a digital infrastructure that made it possible for artisans to sell to customer...

What not to do when getting your grocery startup off the ground with Abhi Ramesh from Misfits Market

October 31, 2023 14:23 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MB

Launching an e-commerce startup in the grocery space is no small task. On today’s episode Becca and Dom are joined by Abhi Ramesh, the CEO and founder of Misfits Market, a grocery startup that sells surplus and unwanted produce directly to consumers who don’t mind funny-looking foods. They talk about how he started the company in his apartment handling every aspect from personally buying the unwanted produce from the farms, to storing the food, to packaging and shipping, all while running th...

Adapting to the climate crisis with Jonas Torland from 7Analytics

October 24, 2023 14:28 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MB

Welcome back to Found, TechCrunch’s podcast that brings you the stories behind the startups. This week our hosts Becca Szkutak and Dom-Madori Davis talk with Jonas Torland from 7Analytics, a Norwegian company that has built a data platform that powers tools and products for sustainable risk management. Their models predict the water paths of floods which allow them to predict and map the damage. They got into: How to balance responsibilities between four founders The difference between mi...

AI-driven gaming with Hilary Mason from Hidden Door

October 17, 2023 16:32 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

This week we’re bringing you a conversation with Hilary Mason from Hidden Door, an AI-driven narrative game engine. This mini-episode recorded in person at TechCrunch Disrupt and Dom and Hilary get into how generative AI is changing online gaming, building a team of creatives, and fundraising in the gaming space.  Found posts every Friday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts to be alerted when new episodes drop. Check out the other TechCrunch podcasts: Equity, and...

Solar-powered everything with Giovanni Fili of Exeger

October 10, 2023 13:01 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

This week’s episode features a conversation with Giovanni Fili, the founder and CEO of Exeger, a startup that creates flexible solar cells that can create electric energy off of any light condition. Fili talked about what it has been like devoting the last 15 years of his career to a company based on tech that hadn’t previously been proven to work. He talked about running a deep tech company as a non-technical founder and how he’s built a capital-intensive startup off of relatively little fu...

Making wearable medical devices more patient-friendly with Professor Esther Rodriguez-Villegas from Acurable

October 04, 2023 13:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB

This week, our old friend Darrell Etherington joins Becca Szkutak to talk with Professor Esther Rodriguez-Villegas from Acurable. Acurable is a medical device company that makes patient-friendly wearable devices that accurately diagnose and manage respiratory conditions at home. As a career-long academic,  Rodriguez-Villegas never intended to be a founder until she learned about how the currently available medical devices made it extremely difficult to detect and treat diseases like sleep ap...

Live from TechCrunch Disrupt with cybersecurity trailblazer Window Snyder from Thistle Technologies

September 26, 2023 14:30 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

The Found team recorded this episode live from TechCrunch Disrupt. Dom and Becca sat down with Window Snyder, a trailblazer in the cybersecurity industry who has dedicated her decades-long career to ensuring the internet and our devices are secure.  Snyder talked about why after years of working at companies like Apple, Microsoft, Fastly, and Square now was the right time to launch her startup, Thistle, which looks to build the security infrastructure needed to keep internet-connected smart ...

Bootstrapping a space tech isn't easy with Bianca Cefalo from Space DOTS

September 19, 2023 13:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MB

On today’s episode of Found, Dom and Becca talk with Bianca Cefalo, CEO and co-founder of Space DOTS which is a space tech startup that makes testing materials in space cheaper and easier. This may sound a little far out but it is extremely difficult to validate new materials to be used in space. In this episode, Cefalo talks about how difficult it is to bootstrap a deep tech company, the challenges of testing materials in space, and how she leads their growing team. Found posts every Tue...

Taking learnings from working at Amazon to clean beauty with Jaleh Bisharat from NakedPoppy

September 12, 2023 14:28 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MB

https://nakedpoppy.com/ Found posts every Tuesday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts to be alerted when new episodes drop. Check out the other TechCrunch podcasts: Equity and Chain Reaction. Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each   Connect with us: On Twitter On Instagram Via email: [email protected]

Using AI to talk to trees with Graham Hine from ePlant

September 05, 2023 15:13 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB

This episode is centered on Graham Hine, the co-founder and CEO of ePlant, a startup that creates sensors that monitor the health of trees. Hine talked about what got him interested in the tree space to begin with and what it was like transitioning to being a founder after working for years at a startup founded by his brother. Hine also talked about why the company decided to launch both B2B and consumer strategies and the wide breadth of potential use cases for the tech. Found posts every ...

A social platform to map the way we think with Ida Josefiina from Sane

August 29, 2023 15:19 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

Have you ever thought about all of the experiences, shows, books, people, places, and other pieces of media that have all been mixed together to make your unique personality and interests? Do you think you could build a multi-media map to visually show all of these elements? On today’s episode of Found, the co-founder and CEO of Sane, Ida Josefiina is explains how they’re breaking social networking as we know it to find a solution for collective reasoning and even mitigate existential risk....

Enabling equitable cancer prevention with Feyi Ayodele from CancerIQ

August 22, 2023 14:50 - 45 minutes - 42 MB

This week’s episode is focused on Feyi Ayodele, the co-founder and CEO of CancerIQ, a precision health company designed for physicians to help their patients with monitoring cancer risk and prevention. Ayodele talked about she came up with the startup idea while hiking Mount Kilimanjaro with her mother. She also talked about how she approached fundraising as a former VC herself and what it was like selling CancerIQ to healthcare organizations and hospitals. Found posts every Friday. Subscri...

Fifteen years in and still early to the industry with Marco Zappacosta from Thumbtack

August 15, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB

This episode centers on Marco Zappacosta, the co-founder and CEO of Thumbtack, a startup that runs a marketplace for home services and beyond. Zappacosta talked about his unusual path to entrepreneurship which included almost getting a degree in neuroscience before deciding to start a company without having an existing idea. He also talked about growing Thumbtack through multiple market cycles and his mindset around leadership. Found posts every Friday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherev...

Bringing VR to IRL classrooms with Anurupa Ganguly Prisms

August 08, 2023 13:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MB

This week’s episode focuses on Anurupa Ganguly, the founder at CEO at Prisms, a startup designing VR math curriculum for middle and high school students. Ganguly talked about how her time as a teacher in the Boston and New York City public school systems were early inspirations for the company. She also talked about what it has been like selling to schools and her take on company culture in relation to remote and hybrid work. Found posts every Friday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever...

Educating VCs on your lived experience with Rebecca Rosenberg from ReBokeh

August 01, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

This episode focuses on ReBokeh, a startup that created an app that applies filters that allow people with low vision to see better. The founder and CEO Rebecca Rosenberg talked about how her own experience with having low vision inspired the product and what it was like building the startup as an undergrad when everything went remote in 2020. She also spoke about how the app will likely have multiple revenue streams and what it was like pitching the product to VCs who didn’t believe the dis...

Where data meets DEI with Mandy Price from Kanarys

July 25, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

This week’s episode features a conversation with Mandy Price, the co-founder and CEO at Kanarys, a SaaS startup that helps companies tackle their diversity and inclusion problems with data. Mandy talked about why she started the company after a decade-long career as a lawyer. She also talked about why she didn’t want Kanarys to just be focused on hiring metrics, as many other DEI platforms are, and when the company decided to start building out its sales team after years of inbound interest....

What to do when customers say yes but VCs say no with Catherine Tabor from Sparkly

July 18, 2023 13:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MB

This week’s episode features a conversation with Catherine Tabor, the founder and CEO of Sparkfly, a company that helps brands with marketing and customer engagement. Tabor talked about building a company fluid enough to adapt to changing technology trends over the last decade and how she was dismissed by venture capitalists despite landing notable customers. Plus, she talked about her leadership style and why she has a 1:1 meeting with every employee once a quarter. Found posts every Frida...

Growing a startup banking alternative while the banking sky is falling with Immad Akhund from Mercury (Equity Interview)

July 11, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

As a founder, you’ve got to be ready for anything, but nothing could have prepared Mercury CEO and founder Immad Akhund for the rapid growth his company experienced after the SVB bank crisis. We’re mixing it up this week and sharing an interview from our sister podcast, Equity. TechCrunch fintech reporter Mary Ann Azevedo talks with Akhund about how they onboarded a record number of startup customers and helped guide their current users through the SVB bank crash, how he thinks about fundrai...

Farmers use tech too with Charles Baron from Farmers Business Network

July 04, 2023 13:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MB

This week’s episode features Charles Baron, the co-founder and CMO at Farmers Business Network (FBN), a startup that offers a suite of online services to farmers. Baron talked about what led him — a former venture capitalist — to want to build in the agtech space. He talked about why the company chose to expand into multiple verticals quickly and how big of a need there was for what FBN offers. Found posts every Friday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts to be al...

Still, sparkling, or made from the air? with Reuben Vollmer and Tyler Breton from Spout

June 27, 2023 15:53 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB

On today’s episode, we hear from the founders of Spout, a startup that makes a device that can pull fresh drinking water out of the air. Co-founder Reuben Vollmer talked about trying and failing to get the company off the ground for years before meeting his co-founder Tyler Breton. Both talked about how important getting the design of the product right is and how big of a need there is for a product like Spout. Found posts every Friday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to ...

Building a map of the U.S. healthcare system with Web Sun from Komodo Health

June 20, 2023 17:55 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

This week’s episode features Web Sun, the co-founder and president of Komodo Health, a startup that uses data to create a comprehensive map of the U.S. healthcare system. Web talked about what drove him to entrepreneurship and how mutual friends introduced him to his co-founder thinking they’d get along — little did they know. He also talked about navigating fundraising during the bull market and layoffs. Plus, Becca and Dom talk about their remaining questions after the interview.  Found p...

Mitigating AI biases in healthcare with Amy Brown from Authenticx

June 13, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

This week we hear from Amy Brown, the co-founder and CEO of Authenticx, a Midwestern startup that helps insurance companies and medical organizations extract data from their call centers using AI. Amy told Becca and Dom about how her background working in the same call centers inspired her to foray into entrepreneurship. She also talked about the sacrifices and very human side of being an entrepreneur and how they were very intentional when building their AI model. Found posts every Friday....

Curing physician burnout with Eli Ben-Joseph from Regard

June 06, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MB

On this week's episode, Dom and Becca are joined by Eli Ben-Joseph, the co-founder and CEO of Regard, a startup that uses AI to streamline the clinical side of medicine that's hoping to reduce physician burnout. Eli talked about his journey from deciding to forgo attending medical school because of the very issue he then decided to build a company to fix years later. He also talked about why it was important for them to build an AI model that requires a human touch and what it is like to sel...

The academic to founder pipeline with Dr. Stacy Blain from Concarlo Therapeutics

May 30, 2023 15:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MB

On today’s episode, Becca and Dom chat with Dr. Stacy Blain, the co-founder and chief science officer at Concarlo Therapeutics. Blain talked about how she had been researching how to cure drug-resistant cancers before she accidentally found her way into entrepreneurship after her academic grants started getting denied. She also talked about why scientists make great founders and how the importance of the company’s mission is not lost on her Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from found...

Digital Nomads need insurance too with Sarah Sandnes from SafetyWing

May 23, 2023 15:59 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB

This week, Becca and Dom are joined by Sarah Sandnes, the co-founder and CTO of SafetyWing, which is creating a global safety net for remote workers. Sandnes is a digital nomad herself, so she understands the frustrations of frequently crossing borders and how difficult it can be to find affordable and high-quality health insurance as an employee. She also talked about how she and her co-founders have built a fully remote company that spans almost the entire globe -- because even digital nom...

Motherhood, mentorship, and management with Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan from Samooha

May 16, 2023 17:27 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

This week Becca and Dom are joined by Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, the co-founder and CEO at Samooha, a startup creating the infrastructure needed for data collaboration. Kamakshi talked about what it is like being a repeat founder in a male-dominated technical field. She talked about juggling being a parent and a company leader and how she thinks being a mother makes her a better entrepreneur. Plus, she talked about what may be the wildest startup acquisition story we’ve heard yet. Subscribe...

Boxed wine can be bougie with Allison Luvera and Lauren De Niro Pipher from Juliet

May 09, 2023 15:09 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

Exciting news this week! Dominic-Madori Davis is joining Becca Szkutak as Found’s newest co-host. Say hi to her in a review or tweet us @found. In this week’s episode, we are talking with the co-founders who are  reimagining boxed wine. Boxed wine hasn’t typically been thought of as aesthetically pleasing or particularly delicious, but Juliet co-founders Allison Luvera and Lauren De Niro Pipher, are on a mission to change that. According to the co-founders, glass bottles serve nothing but t...

Filling in the learning disability assessment gaps with Stefan Bauer from Marker Learning

May 02, 2023 14:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

Getting diagnosed with a learning disability or attention disorder is crucial to getting students the support they need to be successful in the classroom, however, the assessments are extremely cost and time prohibitive. This week on Found Darrell and Becca are talking with Stefan Bauer about how Marker Learning is cutting the cost of learning disability assessments by conducting them remotely, how they’ve successfully worked with school districts to help them test their required amount of s...

Found Live: Shifting from founder to VC with Russ Wilcox from E Ink and Pillar VC

April 25, 2023 15:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

We’re coming at you live from TechCrunch’s Early Stage in Boston. Darrell and Becca are joined onstage by Russ Wilcox who founded E Ink and is currently a partner at Pillar VC. They discussed how Russ navigated multiple economic downturns and eventually sold E Ink to Amazon, why he made the change from Founder to VC, and how he can usually tell within the first two minutes of a meeting if he will invest.  Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each week. Connect with us: On...

Curing disease with CRISPR with Trevor Martin from Mammoth Biosciences

April 18, 2023 12:59 - 44 minutes - 41 MB

Welcome back to Found, the TechCrunch podcast where you hear the stories behind the startups from the entrepreneurs themselves. In this week’s episode, Trevor Martin co-founder of Mammoth Biosciences comes on to discuss how the company is using CRISPR systems to detect and cure genetic diseases. He talks with Darrell and Becca about using the importance of transparency when creating innovative medical technology, using CRISPR to build therapies that will help patients in the real world, and ...

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