Unvalley
173 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsUnvalley is the show for leaders who want to unlock their full potential and plug into the biggest opportunities in Tech and Startups beyond Silicon Valley. Unvalley is brought to you by Powderkeg — the only private member network focused on supporting tech companies and leaders in fast-growing communities beyond Silicon Valley.
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#23: Startup Strategies from a 5-Exit Founder and NYC Venture Partner
April 04, 2017 02:54 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBKnowledge comes with experience, and Jeff Leventhal has 25 years of experience in the tech startup world, including leading five companies from idea to exit and investing in many others. It’s an understatement to say he’s learned a few things on his entrepreneurial journey. Leventhal’s great professional passion has been using technology to facilitate the delivery of professional services. His current iteration on solving this problem is WorkRails, a SaaS solution that helps other software c...
#22: Powerful CEO Habits for Getting the Most Out of Networking Events
March 28, 2017 04:44 - 1 hour - 58 MBMeeting the right people at the right time can catapult your business to the next level. But it’s difficult to make connections that go deeper than a LinkedIn invite, and it's far too easy to play it safe at networking events, which makes forging authentic relationships that much harder. David Olk is the cofounder and CEO of Voray, a company that facilitates small-group networking dinners. A Voray event is hosted by a key influencer in an industry who invites a select group of their close fr...
#21: Proven Business Leadership Habits from the CEO of SendGrid
March 21, 2017 04:49 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBIt takes guts, grit, and an uncommon dose of wisdom to lead a business team. Sameer Dholakia has all three qualities, plus two decades of leadership experience in enterprise software. Dholakia is the CEO of SendGrid, one of the world’s premier email delivery services. SendGrid serves 50,000 customers and delivers 1.3 billion emails each day—more than double Twitter’s daily Tweet volume. In addition to its classic transactional email API, SendGrid more recently rolled out an email marketing p...
#20: Startup Accelerator Secrets Every Entrepreneur Should Know with NYC Angel Investor
March 14, 2017 04:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBErica Duignan Minnihan knows what investors like to see in startups, and she knows the difficulties founders face meeting those expectations. She has more than 10 years of experience in early-stage startup investing, and now she’s out to help both investors and entrepreneurs be better at their jobs. Minnihan is currently the Managing Partner at 1000 Angels, a digital venture investment platform launched by OneVest that helps independent investors around the world assess potential deals and b...
#19: How to Unleash Your Team’s True Power with Team Building, Team Learning, and Company Culture
March 07, 2017 11:56 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBMax Yoder is a lifelong learner and trailblazer who knows that clearly-defined processes empower employees to level-up their quality of work from average to exceptional. Yoder is the cofounder and CEO of Lessonly, a team learning software platform that lets companies capture internal knowledge, best practices, and team policies as searchable and assignable step-by-step lessons. Lessonly currently helps half a million users from hundreds of companies learn the processes they need to excel in ...
#18: Inside Innovation, Negotiation, and Virality with Emerson Spartz of Dose
February 28, 2017 04:38 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBEmerson Spartz has hunted down and capitalized on patterns in business since he was 12 years old. Fast-forward 18 years, and Spartz is the CEO of Dose, a digital media company that reaches 200 million Millennials every month with content designed to provide fresh ideas, knowledge and perspectives. Spartz is also one of the world’s leading experts on virality, having extensively studied its patterns and used what he learned to build his media company that was onced composed of more than 30 un...
#17: How to Clear Your Mind, Calm Your Nerves, and Pivot Like a Pro with Jenny Blake
February 21, 2017 12:33 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MB“Pivoting” might seem like a dirty word in business, but Jenny Blake has learned to embrace it. Not only that, but she’s built her career around it, becoming a business strategist, keynote speaker, and author who teaches others the positive value of pivoting. Blake is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, and the creator of the Pivot Method, which distills all the wisdom she’s gained throughout her career to teach you how to change your business direction without...
#16: Leading Remote Teams and Podcasting for Business Growth
February 14, 2017 03:42 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBMichael Sacca is a modern renaissance businessman who inspires tens of thousands of entrepreneurs each week with his podcast Rocketship.fm and has climbed the ranks to become the President of a multi-million dollar business that supports companies and creators across 30 countries. He’s leveraged his experience in a wide array of roles—like coder, podcaster, web design consultant, product developer and sales lead—to grow his skillset as an entrepreneur, leading to several successful business ...
#15: How Startup Grind Bootstrapped from Zero to One Million with Derek Andersen
February 07, 2017 12:20 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBDerek Andersen was a bit of a world traveller growing up, as his family split their time between several countries in Europe and their home in Tampa, Florida. He kept traveling as an adult, jetting all around the globe to build startup communities and connect with entrepreneurs, wherever they were. These communities are part of Startup Grind, an organization that nurtures startup ecosystems through events, media and partnerships with organizations like Google for Entrepreneurs. Andersen foun...
#14: Paul Singh on Growing Startups and Investing Outside of Silicon Valley
January 31, 2017 12:18 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBPaul Singh is embracing the changing nature of the venture capital—or VC—game. Formerly a partner at 500 Startups, an international VC seed fund and startup accelerator, Singh noticed that high-growth tech companies were starting to pop up all across the U.S. If he wanted to invest in the very best startups in the country, then waiting for founders to fly out to Silicon Valley and come to him wasn’t the best method anymore. Singh decided he had to go to them. He founded Results Junkies wit...
#13: Masterclass On Customer Service and Loving Your Haters with Jay Baer of Convince & Convert
January 24, 2017 12:32 - 50 minutes - 46 MBJay Baer is a social media expert, consultant, thought leader, keynote speaker, podcaster, startup investor, and NY Times bestselling author of five books. He’s the most retweeted person in the world among digital marketers, which makes him practically a celebrity in that industry. Baer is best known for founding Convince & Convert, a conversion rate optimization (or CRO) blog turned consulting firm focusing on social media marketing and customer service. He and his team work with some of th...
#12: MBA in Corporate Innovation and Startup Disruption with LISNR Founder Rodney Williams
January 17, 2017 14:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBRodney Williams is the Founder and CEO of LISNR, one of the most disruptive companies in the IoT space and the world of mobile connectivity. You can find Rodney on Twitter (@rodneybwilliams) on twitter and his company at LISNR.com. LISNR was launched in 2012 around the core premise that sound can do more. More specifically, using sound to connect more people and devices in ways that had never existed before. LISNR has grown into the world’s most advanced ultrasonic technology. Their team ha...
#11: Mike Dillard on Reinventing Yourself, Thinking Big, and Food Innovation
January 10, 2017 16:17 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBMike Dillard is a serial entrepreneur who is creating a new technology that you’ll be able to put in your house and will supply all of the organic produce that you would want on a monthly basis. In order to bring his idea to life, Dillard teamed up with some entrepreneurial heavy hitters including Peter Diamandis, who is the founder of X Prize and Singularity University. And Dillard’s entrepreneurial path prepared him to make a big impact with this audacious venture. Mike started first busin...
#10: The Magic of Immersion for Startups and VCs w/ Upfront Ventures Partner Kara Nortman
January 03, 2017 03:39 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBKara Nortman is the co-founder of Seedling and partner at Upfront Ventures. In this interview she recounts her evolution as a creative child from an adventurous family, to her role as a partner in the largest and most tenured venture capital fund in Los Angeles. Armed with an AB in Politics and an MBA from Stanford, Kara Nortman found herself the only person from business school attending a C++ class when she interned at Microsoft more than a decade ago. Before that, she delved deep into...
#9: How to Build Traction, Gain Customers, and Grow with DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg
December 27, 2016 13:46 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBGabriel Weinberg is the founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo, an Internet search engine that doesn’t track you or your personal data (https://duckduckgo.com/). And in an industry dominated by goliaths like Google and Yahoo, DuckDuckGo does more than 3 billion searches per year. Weinberg is the author of Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers, and it has become the field manual for tech entrepreneurs, growth hackers, and marketers around the world. This framework has been used by founde...
#8: Masterclass On Building Influence with Luis Garcia of Ambition Media and AgentSteven
December 20, 2016 18:40 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBLuis Garcia is one of the most influential people on Instagram. As of the publication of this podcast, Garcia’s three Instagram accounts alone (@AgentSteven, @MotivationMafia, and @PositiveVibesQuotes) have more than 6 million followers and get more than 30 million impressions a week. Garcia is the founder of Ambition Media (www.ambitionmedia.co), an influencer marketing agency that has built a network of Instagram brands with more than 100+ million followers. Ambition Media has landed clien...
#7: Build Wealth and Invest in Yourself with Jordan Wirsz at Savant Investments
December 13, 2016 18:19 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBJordan Wirsz manages $100 million in real estate investments as CEO of Savant Investment Partners. Jordan is a nationally recognized real estate expert who has been recognized by members of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Nevada state government, and has been featured on numerous national television networks including CNBC, NBC, and Fox News. But today, we go a little off-script and go deep on business philosophy. You can find Jordan at JordanWirsz.com and @JordanWirz on twitter, so give h...
#6: The Power of Corporate VC and Startup Philanthropy w John Somorjai at Salesforce Ventures
December 06, 2016 12:02 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBJohn Somorjai is Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and head of Salesforce Ventures. Salesforce has over 3,000 partners and 150+ enterprise cloud and SaaS companies in their current investment portfolio. They’ve also had 30+ exits and five IPOs (on top of the 150!) You can look up more about Salesforce, its acquisitions, and investments at Salesforce.com. They’re @Salesforce on twitter, but also have various other handles including @SalesforceVC, and @MarketingCloud. But you ...
#5: From Hollywood to Hackathons: Inside Startups w/ Cooper Harris, Founder at Klickly
November 28, 2016 00:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBOur guest today is Cooper Harris, who not only has an impressive background, but has an impressive background in two different fields! She started her career in New York, where she landed a part in the soap opera, As The World Turns. But she eventually moved to Los Angeles and stepped into the Hollywood scene. After appearing in several movies and other TV shows, Harris became interested in entrepreneurship and started attending hackathons. Harris won the AT&T Hackathon in Los Angeles, a...
#4: How to Fund Your Startup and Hire A Players w/ MapQuest Co-Founder Chris Heivly
November 22, 2016 12:29 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBOur guest today is Chris Heivly, who just might be the world’s first actual map geek. I say that because he co-founded one of the first online navigation tools, MapQuest. Some of you listeners may be too young to remember MapQuest and the wonderful experience of searching your route on your home computer so you could print your directions and take them with you.. But back in the day, MapQuest was like PURE MAGIC. This company was Heivly’s first and it blazed the trail for other navigation-p...
#3: The Key To Building Real Wealth and Confessions of a Master Connector w Cole Hatter
November 15, 2016 14:30 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBThis master connector has built a network that includes the likes of Robert Herjavec from Shark Tank, James Altucher creator of the James Altucher Show, Jack Canfield author of Chicken Noodle Soup for the Soul and Lewis Howes from The School of Greatness. In fact, he recently connected with all of them in person at his global conference Thrive. He's an author, investor, speaker, and entrepreneur who has built a mission-driven business and life that has impacted millions. Cole's power comes ...
#2: How To Scale A Software Business + SaaS Leadership w/ Jeremy Roche, CEO At FinancialForce
November 15, 2016 14:04 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBA SaaS innovation and leadership conversation with FinancialForce.com CEO and President, Jeremy Roche (@Jeremy_Roche). With more than 20 years of experience building and leading both public and private technology companies, Jeremy brings a wealth of executive leadership experience. He has led businesses through IPO, de-merger and acquisition (both as acquirer and acquiree). And his work with growing FinancialForce offers insight into how to play the game of business at a rapid pace and growi...
#1: How to Invest In Your Talents, Build Your Team, and Tell Your Story w/ Kristian Andersen
November 07, 2016 16:28 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBLearn from serial SaaS entrepreneur and investor Kristian Andersen (@KristianIndy). And while I had met a lot of people in school, I had never met anyone like him. Andersen is positive but direct, which I believe is the key to why he is able to accomplish so much in his companies, investments, and community. You can trace the start of his streak of successes back to 2003, when he founded Studio Science, a design and innovation agency where he still serves as CEO. He and his team have helped ...