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#106 Rally, Forte, Kabam's founding CEO, SuperLayer (Venture Studio) Managing Partner Kevin Chou
July 12, 2022 22:26 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBKevin Chou is Managing Partner of SuperLayer, the leading web3 venture studio. He is also a co-founder of Rally, a crypto platform funded by a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, and others that allows creators and artists to launch their own digital currency and to build sustainable, independent economies with their fan communities. Kevin currently serves as the Chairman of Forte, a new blockchain whose mission is to build a more collaborative future in gaming by realigning the economic relations...
#105 Magic Eden's (Valued at $1.6B) Co-founders, CEO and COO, Jack Lu and Zhuoxun Yin
July 05, 2022 21:21 - 42 minutes - 35.3 MBJack Lu and Zhuoxun Yin are the Co-Founders of Magic Eden, a leading NFT platform on Solana. Magic Eden recently raised $130 Million in series B funding at a $1.6 Billion valuation, co-led by Electric Capital and Greylock and with new investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, also alongside previous investors Paradigm and Sequoia Capital. Prior to founding Magic Eden, Jack worked on partnerships & corp dev at FTX, product at Google, and consulting at BCG. Zhuoxun worked on the product team at Co...
#104 Partner at Decibel VC, investor in Databricks, Sumo Logic, Dan Nguyen-Huu
July 03, 2022 18:06 - 47 minutes - 39.4 MBDan Nguyen-Huu is a partner at Decibel VC where he invests in enterprise software companies (cloud & data infrastructure, machine learning / AI, cyber-security, DevOps, and open source) in seed and series A startups. Prior to that, he worked as a VC at Battery Ventures where he was featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 venture capital list. Some of his investments include Databricks, Sumo Logic, Matillion, Rumble.run, Cube.dev among others. (follow Dan @dannguyenhuu) You can learn more ab...
#103 VP of OpenSea, ex VP of Meta & Spotify, product at YouTube Shiva Rajaraman
June 16, 2022 01:34 - 1 hour - 89 MBShiva Rajaraman is the VP of Product at OpenSea, where he leads a team of designers and product managers to build the top NFT trading platform. Prior to OpenSea he worked as the VP of Commerce at Meta, VP of Product at Spotify, and CTO at WeWork, he also worked on products at many other iconic tech companies such as Google (YouTube). You can learn more about: 1. The commonality and differences to build successful products in top tech companies in Silicon Valley 2. How to build a suc...
#102 Sky Mavis (Axie Infinity)’s Co-Founder & Growth Lead Jiho Jeffrey Zirlin
May 17, 2022 22:56 - 58 minutes - 57.7 MBJeff Zirlin (Jiho) is the co-founder and growth lead at Sky Mavis. Sky Mavis is revolutionizing how people play, live, work and earn within virtual worlds through the use of blockchain technology. Sky Mavis’ first game, Axie Infinity, is one of the largest NFT gaming ecosystems and has amassed millions of players around the world. At Sky Mavis, Jeff spearheads the growth of products through messaging, community empowerment, and incentive design. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcas...
#101 LaurDIY (Lauren Riihimaki) 8.5M followers on YouTube, 21M+ followers over social media
May 10, 2022 21:22 - 54 minutes - 48.2 MBLauren Riihimaki is a YouTuber who has over 8.5Million followers on YouTube channel LaurDIY and 21M+ followers over social media. She is also the host and executive producer of an HBO Max competition series called Craftopia. Prior to that Lauren won the YouTube Streamy Award in the "Lifestyle" category, and a Shorty Award in the "House & Home" Category. Lauren started her YouTube career in her first year of University in Toronto, Canada. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! http...
#100 Notion's CRO, ex-COO of Dropbox, ex-VP at Google, ex-Partner at McKinsey, Olivia Nottebohm
April 27, 2022 06:26 - 50 minutes - 45.3 MB100 Olivia Nottebohm is the Chief Revenue of Notion where she leads the Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Customer Experience teams. Prior to Notion, she held multiple leadership positions at various well-known companies. Such as COO of Dropbox, VP at Google, and Partner at McKinsey & Company. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam...
#99 VidCon's ex-CEO & GM, Viacom's ex-SVP, Jim Louderback
April 19, 2022 23:55 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MB099 Jim Louderback worked as the CEO of VidCon, one of the leading conferences in the world of digital creators and innovators. Under his leadership, the company was sold to Viacom in 2018. He is also a Venture Partner at seed investment firm Social Starts. Prior to VidCon, Jim was the CEO of Revision3, where he helped drive a 20x increase in viewers and a 12x increase in revenue. He eventually sold Revision3 to Discovery Communications where he worked as General Manager and transformed the ...
#98 FTX.US President, Brett Harrison
April 17, 2022 15:54 - 52 minutes - 43.8 MB098 Brett Harrison is the President of FTX.US, which recently raised $400 million at $8 Billion Valuation. Its parent company FTX, currently valued at $32 Billion, is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. FTX US partnered with top athletes like Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, it holds the naming rights of the Miami Heat Stadium, worked with MLB (Major League Baseball), Golden State Warriors, Mercedes F1 among others. Prior to FTX, Brett was the Head of Semi-Systematic Technolog...
#97 eToro's founder & CEO, Yoni Assia
April 08, 2022 16:30 - 57 minutes - 49.4 MB097 Yoni Assia is the Co-founder and CEO of eToro, a leading social investment platform with over 27 million users who exchange investment strategies, connect and share thoughts about the market across the platform. Yoni was an early believer in Blockchain technology. Beyond founding eToro, he had worked on the Colored Coins project with Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum. He also established the GoodDollar foundation, a non-profit that helps the mass market to adopt crypto. Check o...
#96 Abra's founder & CEO, Bill Barhydt
April 01, 2022 03:45 - 55 minutes - 46.1 MB096 Bill Barhydt is the founder and CEO of Abra, a leading crypto wealth management service. Prior to founding Abra, Bill worked as a research engineer at NASA, the CIA, as well as a VP of Goldman Sachs. Bill also served as CEO at multiple companies such as Boom Financial and WebSentric. He gave the first-ever TED talk on bitcoin back in 2012 when bitcoin was trading at $5. He also created the world's first synthetic dollar/ stablecoin based on Bitcoin in 2015. Check out our brand new You...
#95 Alliance DAO’s founder, CEO (Core Contributor), Imran Khan
March 23, 2022 05:05 - 47 minutes - 38.4 MB095 Imran Khan is the founder and CEO/Core Contributor of Alliance DAO, a top accelerator for Web3 companies. He formerly served as the General Partner at Token Daily Capital. Prior to that Imran worked at Microsoft, where he helped launch One Note for Education, Surface, and HoloLens. He was also a Partner at zk Capital and led investments into Dharma and Namebase. Prior to that, he worked at Comcast leading strategy for its enterprise unit. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! ...
#94 Editor in Chief, VP of LinkedIn, Dan Roth
March 14, 2022 18:12 - 58 minutes - 46.8 MB094 Dan Roth is the Editor In Chief and VP at Linkedin, where he oversees a team of editors across the globe. He and his team curate breaking news and views on Linkedin and cultivate top contributors across the site. Under Dan's leadership, his team also built influencer programs to help leaders like Barack Obama, Richard Branson and other top CEOs, VCs and business leaders to share their thoughts and connect with their audiences. He also helped build and launched the 135-country- spanning D...
#93 Partner at #Hashed, investor in Terra Money, Axie Infinity, DYDX, ZKSync, Baek Kim
February 24, 2022 17:20 - 55 minutes - 45.7 MB093 Baek Kim is the General Partner at #Hashed, one of the leading crypto startup investing funds. Hashed has grown to $4B+ in AUM investing in Web3 and crypto companies. Their investment includes some of the top crypto companies such as Terra Money, Axie Infinity, The Sandbox, ZKSync, among others. Prior to crypto investing, Baek has worked at Amazon Web Services and founded a Robotics startup. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/...
#92 AB InBev's VP (Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Michelob Ultra, beer.eth, etc) Richard Oppy
February 04, 2022 18:07 - 48 minutes - 42.8 MB092 Richard Oppy is the VP of Global Brands at Anheuser Busch InBev, the largest consumer goods company in the world with leading beer brands in over 100 countries. He is responsible for the global marketing efforts of some of the world’s most iconic beer brands, including Corona, Stella Artois, Michelob Ultra, and the world’s most valuable beer brand – Budweiser. Under his leadership Budweiser purchased Beer.eth domain, updated the brand’s Twitter PFP to the rocket NFT as well as launched i...
#91 Tinder's ex - CPO, Co-Founder & CEO of Scale Higher Ravi Mehta
February 01, 2022 08:28 - 59 minutes - 47.4 MB091 Ravi Mehta is the Co-founder and CEO of Scale Higher, a company that helps professionals match with career coaches to accelerate their career growth. Prior to starting a company, Ravi was the Chief Product Officer at Tinder where he led the product strategy for the world's #1 monetizing app. He also led teams on Gen Z engagement and consumer products at Facebook and Tripadvisor. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG...
#90 ex-VP @Amazon, ex-TA (Chief of Staff) to Jeff Bezos, Co-Author of Working Backwards, Colin Bryar
January 17, 2022 07:10 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MB090 Colin Bryar is the former VP of Amazon, Technical Advisor to Jeff Bezos, COO at IMDb and COO at Singapore-based RedMart. He is also the co-author of the book Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon, which takes you in the room and show how the principles and practices were used to create four key Amazon business: Kindle, Amazon Prime, Prime Video and Amazon Web Services. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/...
#89 Sephora's SVP & General Manager of Sephora @Kohl's Amy Kelly Lauer
January 02, 2022 02:54 - 46 minutes - 38.3 MB089 Amy Kelly Lauer is the Senior Vice President of Sephora, General Manager at Sephora @Kohl's. Prior to leading Sephora @ Kohl’s, Amy was the VP, Head of Digital at Kendo Holdings, Inc., where she led and managed end-to-end eCommerce, paid digital & social marketing, and product management for Kendo Brands (including Fenty Beauty, Kat Von D Beauty, Marc Jacobs Beauty, etc.) Prior to that Amy spent over 20 years working at Gap, Inc., where she served as SVP, VP, and other leadership positio...
#89 Sephora's SVP & General Manager of Sephora @Kohl's Amy Kelly Lauer
January 02, 2022 02:54 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB089 Amy Kelly Lauer is the Senior Vice President of Sephora, General Manager at Sephora @Kohl's. Prior to leading Sephora @ Kohl’s, Amy was the VP, Head of Digital at Kendo Holdings, Inc., where she led and managed end-to-end eCommerce, paid digital & social marketing, and product management for Kendo Brands (including Fenty Beauty, Kat Von D Beauty, Marc Jacobs Beauty, etc.) Prior to that Amy spent over 20 years working at Gap, Inc., where she served as SVP, VP, and other leadership positio...
#88 Co-CEO & Founder of Bubble ($106.3M+ Raised) Emmanuel Straschnov
December 28, 2021 19:11 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MB088 Emmanuel Straschnov is the Co-CEO & Founder of Bubble, a no-code platform that helps non-technical founders build influential tech companies. Bubble has raised $100 million in series A. Prior to founding Bubble, Emmanuel worked as the special assistant to the CEO of Prada USA. He also received an MBA from Harvard Business School. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly...
#87 Dapper Labs' Dapper Collectives CEO Founder of Brud & Friends with Benefits DAO Trevor McFedries
December 20, 2021 18:11 - 54 minutes - 47.9 MB087 Trevor McFedries is the CEO of Dapper Labs’ Dapper Collectives. He is also the founder of Brud, a Sequoia-backed startup that created a popular robot transmedia influencer Lil Miquela with over 3 million followers on Instagram that had collaborated with top brands like Prada and supermodels like Bella Hadid. Trevor is also the founder of Friends with Benefits, one of the most influential DAO. Prior to working in tech, he was a DJ and music producer who worked with top talents like Katy P...
#86 AT&T Business’ Chief Product & Platform Officer Rasesh Patel
December 16, 2021 05:32 - 57 minutes - 51.7 MB086 Rasesh Patel is the Chief Product & Platform Officer at AT&T Business, where he has responsibility for AT&T Business’ portfolio-wide P&L with $36 Billion of annual revenue as well as its cutting-edge integrated platforms, products and solutions including Mobility, 5G, Edge Compute, Internet of Things, SD-WAN, Cybersecurity, Voice, Collaboration and Cloud Connectivity. Prior to AT&T, Rasesh was the Senior Vice President of DIRECTV where he was in charge of customer experiences. Check o...
#86 AT&T Business’ Chief Product & Platform Officer Rasesh Patel
December 16, 2021 05:32 - 58 minutes - 48.2 MB086 Rasesh Patel is the Chief Product & Platform Officer at AT&T Business, where he has responsibility for AT&T Business’ portfolio-wide P&L with $36 Billion of annual revenue as well as its cutting-edge integrated platforms, products and solutions including Mobility, 5G, Edge Compute, Internet of Things, SD-WAN, Cybersecurity, Voice, Collaboration and Cloud Connectivity. Prior to AT&T, Rasesh was the Senior Vice President of DIRECTV where he was in charge of customer experiences. Check o...
#85 Adidas's SVP of Data & Analytics, ex-SVP at Salesforce, ex- CTO of Disney, David Sobeski
December 03, 2021 22:50 - 1 hour - 79 MB085 David Sobeski is the SVP of Data and Analytics at Adidas. Prior to Adidas, he was the SVP of Philanthropy Cloud at Salesforce, the SVP of Innovation at Nordstrom, and CTO at The Walt Disney Company and Playdom. He also served as the SVP of Yahoo and an executive at Microsoft, where he worked on Windows, Internet Explorer, Mobile and many other high profile products. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedI...
#84 CSO & Co-Founder of Health-Ade Kombucha, Vanessa Dew
November 21, 2021 17:58 - 52 minutes - 42.5 MB084 Vanessa Dew is the Co-Founder and Chief Sales Officer of Health-Ade Kombucha, where she helped grow the product from a farmer’s market commodity to a nationwide brand with retail sales over $200M annually. Today, Health-Ade can be found in over 45,000 stores nationwide. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong....
#83 Partner @ IVP, investor in Attentive, Brex, Discord, Harness, Jason Kong
November 10, 2021 22:18 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB083 Jason Kong is a Partner at IVP, where he invests in Series B and later enterprise and consumer technology companies. Jason has invested in and works with companies like Attentive, Brex, Compass (COMP), Cribl, Datadog (DDOG), Discord, Figma, Harness, Niantic, Podium, Slack (WORK), and UiPath (PATH), among others. Prior to a career in venture capital, Jason was a tech investment banker at Morgan Stanley, where he worked on numerous IPO and M&A transactions for high-growth tech companies. H...
#83 Partner @ IVP, investor in Attentive, Brex, Discord, Harness, Jason Kong
November 10, 2021 22:18 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB083 Jason Kong is a Partner at IVP, where he invests in Series B and later enterprise and consumer technology companies. Jason has invested in and works with companies like Attentive, Brex, Compass (COMP), Cribl, Datadog (DDOG), Discord, Figma, Harness, Niantic, Podium, Slack (WORK), and UiPath (PATH), among others. Prior to a career in venture capital, Jason was a tech investment banker at Morgan Stanley, where he worked on numerous IPO and M&A transactions for high-growth tech companies. H...
#82 Kevin Rose Partner at True Ventures exGP at Google Ventures Founder of Digg Investor of Twitter
November 02, 2021 13:41 - 1 hour - 91 MB082 Kevin Rose is a partner at True Ventures, a VC firm that invests in early-stage tech startups. He focuses on blockchain, consumer internet, and health/ wellness. Prior to his career at True Ventures, he was a GP at Google Ventures and a serial entrepreneur. He founded Digg, Zero, Oak, and other tech companies. He also invested in Twitter, Facebook, Square, Solana, Ripple, Nextdoor, Medium, Blue Bottle Coffee, and many other iconic companies. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podca...
#81 Instagram COO Justin Osofsky
September 30, 2021 14:47 - 41 minutes - 34.4 MB081 Justin Osofsky is the Chief Operating Officer of Instagram, where he leads oversees Instagram's business functions and is responsible for helping the company scale globally. He is also VP, Global Operations at Facebook. Prior to these roles, Justin was Vice President at Facebook where he most recently led Global Operations and Corporate Development, working in close partnership with the product and policy organizations with the goal of creating a safe, inclusive community for people, b...
#80 OpenSea (NFT marketplace Valued at $1.5B) Co-founder & CEO, Devin Finzer
September 15, 2021 22:43 - 49 minutes - 41.1 MB080 Devin Finzer is the Co-founder and CEO at OpenSea, the first peer-to-peer marketplace for blockchain-based assets. OpenSea raised $100 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation led by A16Z to scale its open NFT marketplace. Prior to founding OpenSea, Devin co-founded Claimdog, which was acquired by Credit Karma. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutu...
#79 ex-SVP Creative Development at Conde Nast Entertainment, VOGUE 73 questions, Joe Sabia
September 03, 2021 04:19 - 1 hour - 52.7 MB079 Joe Sabia is the founder of Studio Sabia, a content strategy studio that serves companies like Amazon Audible, YouTube Originals, Spotify, Legendary Films and many others. Prior to founding the content studio, he served as the SVP of Creative Development at Conde Nast Entertainment, where he created Vogue’s 73 Questions. Joe helped grow Conde brand’s YouTube audience from 1.5M to 46M subscribers, reaching over 550M monthly organic views. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! ...
#78 Sam Bankman-Fried (Net worth $8.7 Billion at age 29) Founder & CEO at FTX & Alameda Research
August 17, 2021 02:36 - 55 minutes - 45.5 MB078 Sam Bankman-Fried is the founder of Alameda Research, the quantitative crypto trading firm where he manages $2.5 billion of assets. He also founded FTX, a crypto derivatives exchange. Prior to founding and serving as CEO of the companies, Sam was an ETF trader at Jane Street and a Physics student at MIT. According to Forbes, his net worth is $8.7 Billion at age 29. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:...
#77 CMO of Deloitte, Suzanne Kounkel
July 31, 2021 00:37 - 1 hour - 59 MB077 Suzanne Kounkel is a principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP and the Chief Marketing Officer of Deloitte. She also ran Deloitte’s US Consulting Tech sector industry practice, one of Deloitte’s largest and fastest growing businesses. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Ad Council and is a member of the Adweek Diversity and Inclusion Council as well as ANA’s Global CMO Growth Council. Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podcast! https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @G...
#76 3Blue1Brown (3.83M subscribers on YouTube) Grant Sanderson
July 28, 2021 19:20 - 1 hour - 53 MB076 Grant Sanderson is the creator behind 3Blue1Brown, a YouTube channel using artistic visuals to teach people math. Prior to 3b1b, Grant had worked at Khan Academy where he teaches multivariable calculus. Before that he was an undergrad at Stanford studying maths and CS. Grant’s YouTube channel has over 3.83 million subscribers and his videos received over 200 million views. Fun Fact: We were recently at a cocktail/dinner party and our friends referred to him as the “Taylor Swift of the...
#76 3Blue1Brown (4.11M subscribers on YouTube) Grant Sanderson
July 28, 2021 19:20 - 1 hour - 53 MB076 Grant Sanderson is the creator behind 3Blue1Brown, a YouTube channel using artistic visuals to teach people math. Prior to 3b1b, Grant had worked at Khan Academy where he teaches multivariable calculus. Before that he was an undergrad at Stanford studying maths and CS. Grant’s YouTube channel has over 4.11 million subscribers and his videos received over 200 million views. Fun Fact: We were recently at a cocktail/dinner party and our friends referred to him as the “Taylor Swift of the...
#75 CEO of The Atlantic, former Editor in Chief of Wired, Nicholas Thompson
July 24, 2021 05:29 - 1 hour - 51.3 MB075 Nick Thompson is the CEO at The Atlantic. Prior to The Atlantic, he was the former Editor in Chief of Wired. He is also a contributing editor at CBS, a frequent public speaker about technology, and a co-founder of The Atavist, a digital magazine and publishing platform acquired by WordPress. He was also a senior editor at The New Yorker and author of the book “The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War.” Check out our brand new YouTube Video Podca...
#74 ex-F.B.I. hostage negotiator, WSJ Bestselling Author of Never Split The Difference, Chris Voss
June 25, 2021 00:22 - 58 minutes - 48.1 MB074 Chris Voss is the author of Wall Street Journal Bestselling book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On it. He was a former international hostage negotiator for the F.B.I. and he also taught business negotiations in top business schools' MBA programs such as USC, Georgetown, Harvard, Northwestern and many others. He is currently the CEO and founder of The Black Swan Group Ltd. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGon...
#74 Chris Voss, ex-F.B.I. hostage negotiator, WSJ Bestselling Author of Never Split The Difference
June 25, 2021 00:22 - 58 minutes - 48.1 MB074 Chris Voss is the author of Wall Street Journal Bestselling book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On it. He was a former international hostage negotiator for the F.B.I. and he also taught business negotiations in top business schools' MBA programs such as USC, Georgetown, Harvard, Northwestern and many others. He is currently the CEO and founder of The Black Swan Group Ltd. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGon...
#73 Co-Founder & CEO of Clearco ($2+Billion invested), Andrew D'Souza
June 15, 2021 14:56 - 50 minutes - 42.1 MB073 [Fundraising Special Series] Andrew D’ Souza is the founder and CEO of Clearco. Clearco is a suite of performance financing products and services to help founders grow their companies. They use data to forecast companies’ growth, create tailored financing solutions and provide non-dilutive capital to the founders who need it. Clearco has invested more than $2 billion into over 5000 companies. The company has raised $520 million to date. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB ...
#72 VP & Chief Privacy Officer, Public Policy at Facebook Erin Egan
June 07, 2021 15:42 - 56 minutes - 47 MB072 Erin Egan is the VP and Chief Privacy Officer of Public Policy at Facebook. She leads Facebook’s global privacy and data policy team, where she collaborates with policymakers, regulators, advocates, academics and other experts on issues related to privacy and data protection, ensuring Facebook’s product and features reflect input from people around the world. Prior to Facebook, she was a partner and co-chair of Covington & Burling’s global data protection practice, where she represented ...
#71 Co-Founder & CEO of Republic, ex-General Counsel at AngelList, Kendrick Nguyen
May 31, 2021 22:47 - 57 minutes - 53.7 MB071 [Fundraising Special Series] Kendrick Nguyen is the founder of Republic, an investing platform that allows everyone to invest in private companies, including startups, real estate, video games and crypto. Prior to Republic, he was the general counsel at AngelList. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations wi...
#70 Co-founder & CTO of Loom (Valued at $1.53Billion), Vinay Hiremath
May 24, 2021 16:19 - 50 minutes - 41.8 MB070 [Fundraising Special Series] Vinay Hiremath is the co-founder and CTO at Loom, one of the fastest growing startups in Silicon Valley. Recently, Loom received a $130 million series C investment backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management, General Catalyst and Iconiq Capital, bringing the valuation to $1.53 Billion. Loom has been rated as one of the top 10 startups on Linkedin and Vinay was featured on Forbes 30 under 30 back in 2018. https://www.Sm...
#69 Chief Digital Officer at E.L.F. Beauty, Ekta Chopra
May 17, 2021 17:10 - 47 minutes - 39.5 MB069 Ekta Chopra is the Chief Digital Officer at E.L.F. BEAUTY, where she leverages cutting-edge technology to help the company maximize growth. In 2019 E.L.F. Beauty closed down all the physical stores and focused on online sales. Now E.L.F. is one of the top Gen Z favorite brands. Prior to E.L.F., she was the director of technology at The James Irvine Foundation and she led technology in companies in multiple different sectors such as retail and aerospace. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com ...
#68 CTO of Reddit Chris Slowe
May 10, 2021 18:06 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB068 Chris Slowe is the CTO and founding engineer at Reddit. He helped build Reddit, sold it, and has recently come back with the other co-founders to rebuild the platform. He is currently leading the engineering division and the architectures at Reddit. Prior to Reddit, he holds a PhD in Physics from Harvard University. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. I...
#67 VP of Coinbase ex-General Manager of Airbnb, ex- Product at Instagram & Facebook Sanchan Saxena
May 04, 2021 05:36 - 58 minutes - 47.8 MB067 Sanchan S Saxena is the VP of Product at Coinbase. Prior to Coinbase, he was the General Manager at Airbnb where he led a cross-functional team managing product management, engineering, design and other functions for Airbnb Plus. Prior to Airbnb, he spent time at Facebook and Instagram, where he founded and led the Instagram Shopping product, amongst other product areas. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracego...
#66 VP of SAP (SAP.iO Foundries North America), Vanessa Liu
April 27, 2021 00:30 - 51 minutes - 42.6 MB066 Vanessa Liu is a VP at SAP leading the SAP.iO Foundries North America team to invest in women and diverse-led B2B intelligent enterprise start-ups, including AI, Blockchain, data analytics, machine learning, and many others. Prior to that, Vanessa was the COO of Trigger Media Group, a venture studio based in New York City. She holds a JD from Harvard Law School and worked at McKinsey & Company for over 10 years. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@G...
#65 CEO of Skillshare, ex-VP of Upwork, ex-CEO of Visually Matt Cooper
April 19, 2021 21:08 - 56 minutes - 46.7 MB065 Matt Cooper is the CEO of Skillshare, where he leads a community-driven platform for online learning and professional development. Prior to that he was the CEO of Visually, a company he turned around and led to a successful acquisition. Before that, he was the VP of Enterprise Services at Upwork. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we a...
#64 Managing Partner at Uncork Capital, Investor of Postmates, Poshmark, Fitbit, Jeff Clavier
April 12, 2021 16:20 - 1 hour - 51 MB064 Jeff Clavier is the Founder and Managing Partner of Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC), one of the original seed VC firms in the Silicon Valley, and has closed 200+ investments since 2004. His portfolio includes Postmates, Poshmark, Fitbit, SendGrid, Mint and many others. He was also a board member of the National Venture Capital Association and was featured on the Forbes Midas List among top venture capitalists in the world. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGon...
#63 CMO at Matterport ex-CMO at WeWork ex- marketing leader @ LinkedIn Salesforce Box Robin Daniels
April 05, 2021 19:54 - 53 minutes - 44 MB063 Robin Daniels is the CMO at Matterport, a leading 3D technology company that enables professionals to edit and share 3D models of physical spaces. Prior to that he served as the CMO at WeWork and worked as a marketing executive at multiple tech companies like LinkedIn, Box, and Salesforce. He is also the founding member, advisor and investor at byFounders where he advises and invests in early stage tech companies. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:...
#62 Founder of Craigslist & Craig Newmark Foundation, Philanthropist Craig Newmark
March 29, 2021 15:27 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB062 Craig Newmark is the founder of Craigslist. Beyond founding Craigslist he also founded Craig Newmark Foundation where he funded and promoted investment in organizations to effectively serve the communities. His philanthropy work focuses on helping build trustworthy journalism. He is a founding funder and executive committee member of the News Integrity Initiative, administered by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He serves on the board of directors of a range of nonprofits includi...