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440 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsScott Kitun is joined by a rotating cast of tech and internet celebrities to break down the latest in startups and venture capital.
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From Mechanical Engineering to Studio Head: Jeff Annison's Legion M Story
November 25, 2023 19:56 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBIn this episode of the Technori podcast, host Scott Kitun interviews Jeff Annison, the co-founder and president of Legion M. They discuss Annison's journey from mechanical engineering to entrepreneurship, highlighting his experiences in various startups, including a streaming mobile television venture and a music-related startup. Annison shares insights into his career transitions, the challenges he faced, and the evolution of his ventures. Key Highlights: Quibi chat: despite failures, a q...
Taylor Lorenz on Being Extremely Online in an Internet World
October 05, 2023 11:00 - 28 minutes - 26.9 MBScott Kitun sits down with acclaimed journalist and author Taylor Lorenz to set the record straight regarding internet history, the premise of her book, "Extremely Online," (available now). She discusses the evolving landscape of the tech world, the importance of strong social safety nets, the impact of AI on content creation, and Lorenz's thoughts on various social platforms. Key Highlights: The impact of social media on fame and celebrity. (2:51) The fundamental issues creators face in...
The Crowdfunding Revolution: A Conversation with StartEngine's Howard Marks
July 16, 2023 22:36 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBScott Kitun talks to StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks. The conversation starts with Kitun's curiosity about Marks' early involvement in crowdfunding, despite having been an entrepreneur (founder of Activision) for a long time. Marks recounts his journey from investing in entrepreneurs in Los Angeles to eventually building StartEngine. He reflects on entrepreneurs' difficulties when raising capital, especially those who don't fit the traditional "Stanford-educated, white male" profile. Mar...
Alts, investing and the promise of fine art with Masterworks CEO Scott Lynn
April 06, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBScott Lynn, founder and CEO of Masterworks, joins Scott Kitun on the show. As a long time art collector and enthusiast, Lynn saw a massive space in the market for fine art - which includes many pieces that are valued in the millions of dollars - to be invested in fractionally but art lovers and investors worldwide. In this episode, Scott Lynn shares his foray into entrepreneurship, developing the Masterworks platform and the promise of the art + internet to make incredible opportunities. The...
Bored Elon Musk on Elon, startups, crypto and pseudonym life
January 05, 2023 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBBored Elon Musk, a pseudonymous influencer, joins Scott Kitun on the pod. Bored has built his following over most of the past decade on Twitter. What started out as a joke account gradually - alongside the growing notoriety of Elon Musk - into an influencer account with over a million followers. Bored shares how he built his following and monetized his account, including his Bored Box. Scott and Bored talk about the idea of playing a character as a business, performing in good faith and best...
Harper Reed on making tech more accessible
December 08, 2022 17:30 - 39 minutes - 36 MBHarper Reed, founder and CEO of Galactic, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Reed, the former Head of Commerce at Braintree and President Obama's CTO during his re-election campaign, is a longtime tech entrepreneur (and Technori supporter) working to make technology work better for everyone. Like many founders experienced early on in the pandemic, Reed had to make a major pivot. He shares his latest entrepreneurial journey moving Galactic from health/medtech-centered company into one focused o...
Getting more out of your education minus the debt sentence
November 22, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBMilan Kordestani, founder and CEO of Audo, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Audo is a career building platform that combines e-learning and job opportunities that fit the skills you learn. Scott and Milan dig into the changes coming to education, the value of college and avoiding debt. They also touch on just how gamification could and should play into the ways we learn, and building curriculum around engagement. Milan dives into his own college experience and not finding value in curriculum...
Changing the culture around investing with StartupStarter co-founder Lorel Scott
November 03, 2022 19:48 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBLorel Scott, co-founder and COO of StartupStarter, joins the show with Scott Kitun. StartupStarter is launching the first ever in-person Equity Crowdfunding Week (ECW), a showcase and awards show for equity crowdfunding startups and investors to come together for a 3 day celebration of a growing crowdfunding community. Lorel shares how he and his co-founder came up with StartupStarter in the height of the pandemic and have been working the past two years to put together a showcase that shi...
Backstage Capital GPs on the present/future of VC and new partnership with KingsCrowd
October 27, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBBrittany Davis and Christie Pitts, general partners at Backstage Capital, join the show with Scott Kitun. Brittany and Christie talk about the present day investing landscape and why the future of VC will trend towards inclusiveness (or lose). The group shares their thoughts and experiences with the top VC firms, why so many are resistant to change and where the next generation of founders and investors is primed to shape who and what gets funded differently from their predecessors. We also ...
Creating futuristic vehicle concepts with VonMercier
October 19, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBMike Mercier, founder and CEO of VonMercier, joins the show with Scott Kitun. They talk about how changing what we can do with vehicles, starting with the idea of VonMercier's electric hovercraft Arosa. Mike dives into his 10-year founding journey with late nights and weekends dedicated to coming up with the concept, finding the right materials and creating something from just an idea to a full-fledged company. Scott and Mike also dig into the building a business model for small-scale vs mas...
Showplace is your one-stop shop for outfitting short-term rentals
September 21, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBJustin Miller, founder and CEO of Showplace, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Showplace aims to be a one-stop shop for people looking to rent out their properties with the supplies, design, furnishings and everything else you need to set up a short-term rental. Justin shares the company's hefty aim to be the modern infrastructure for short-term rentals, and filling a space opened up by the past decade's surge of companies like AirBnB and VRBO. As a three-time founder, Justin also dives into ...
Improving shift work everywhere with Deputy CEO Ashik Ahmed
August 31, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBAshik Ahmed, co-founder and CEO of Deputy, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Deputy is a company focused around simplifying work life for the shift worker. As an employee management platform, Deputy specializes in timesheets, scheduling, tasks and workplace communication. Ashik shares the founding story starting with his own childhood growing up around shift workers in the family to working on the initial concept with his cofounder who ran an aviation ground handling business at the time. Se...
S.I. Container Builds: Building ADUs with affordability and conservation in mind
August 03, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBRory Rubin, co-founder and CEO of S.I. Container Builds, joins Scott Kitun on the show. S.I. Container Builds offer customizable ADUs (accessory dwelling units) using shipping containers that are affordable, simple and environmentally conscious. Rory shares with Scott the origin story for starting S.I. Container Builds. According to Rory, there are more than 23 million shipping containers that can be recycled as potential ADUs that are low-cost to build and be built quickly. Rory talks missi...
Providing next-gen online safety through your router with Gryphon CEO John Wu
July 28, 2022 21:10 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBJohn Wu, CEO of Gryphon, joins the pod with Scott Kitun. Gryphon is a wireless router built around online safety, privacy and protecting the central point of your digital life at home. John first starting thinking about the idea for the router after watching his young daughter access the internet and come across NSFW (or children) content. Scott and John catch up about the essential role of data in our lives, why we should care where it goes and treating children's digital lives with equival...
Digital estate plans and catching up with Trust & Will CEO Cody Barbo
July 20, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBCody Barbo, founder and CEO of Trust & Will, comes back on the show with Scott Kitun. Cody catches up with Scott after three years of growing the Trust & Will business from a seed round CF raise on Republic to a $15 million Series B and recent venture round led by UBS. They talk about the journey Trust & Will has been on, how Cody first got the idea after trying to work through finances with his wife and identifying a very clear need for simple, easy to set up estate plans and wills. Scott...
Ivee: Improving the car passenger experience
June 29, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBAlex Giannikoulis, founder of Ivee, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Ivee is a "mobility as a service (MaaS)" platform that adds a suite of apps and experiences that elevate your time as a passenger in commute. The Ivee dashboard connects your phone to a 10" tablet in the backseat to access services like Netflix, Spotify, Calm as well as physical experiences like surround sound and in-chair massage functionality. Alex and Scott go into the state of the auto industry, improving the in-car exp...
Bringing back at-home care with Tomorrow Health
June 22, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBVijay Kedar, co-founder and CEO of Tomorrow Health, joins Scott Kitun on the show. Tomorrow Health is a health tech company that aims to restore at-home care as the primary & preferred destination for patients of all ages. Vijay dives into how Tomorrow Health streamlines healthcare processes and at-home service to enable patients to go home and spend less time at the hospital. He shares his founding story of taking time off from his job at Oscar Health to help his mom through her cancer trea...
Addition Wealth CEO Ana Mahony creating tangible financial wellness
June 01, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBAna Mahony, founder and CEO of Addition Wealth, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Addition Wealth is a fintech platform that offers a suite of tools, resources and financial advisors to help employees make better financial decisions. Ana shares how she decided to jump into entrepreneurship after struggling to help her mom figure out her finances and the complications she faced. Scott and Ana go back and forth over the lack of financial literacy employees have with their own contracts, how to...
Navigating the early fundraising stages with Foundersuite CEO Nathan Beckord
May 19, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBNathan Beckord, founder and CEO of Foundersuite, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Foundersuite offers a suite of software tools, templates and education to help founders and CEOs execute more efficiently. Nathan comes back on the pod to talk about the Foundersuite journey, lessons he's learned from working with thousands of founders and learning strategies to successfully get early stage projects off the ground. Scott and Nathan share investor stories, teaching founders the volume game when ...
Building affordable tiny homes with Boxabl founder Galiano Tiramani
May 09, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBGaliano Tiramani, CEO and founder of Boxabl, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Boxabl makes ADUs (accessory dwelling units) that can ship anywhere as a giant box that unfolds onto your plot of land. Galiano dives into his entrepreneurial journey with startups in the trendy spaces such as Bitcoin and cannabis, as well as his years long pursuit of getting Boxabl up and running. Scott and Galiano talk about the the logistics behind mass production and Galiano's plan to get several manufacturing...
Hadley Harris and the new era of VC
April 27, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBHadley Harris, cofounder of Eniac Ventures, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Hadley humors Scott on one of his favorite topics - dealing with venture capitalists. Scott and Hadley dig into the rise of VC competition and why VCs can't afford to be as dismissive or authoritative in the new environment with a growing list of funding options for founders. They also talk about the power of Twitter in the start up world, VC trends, ideal companies and finding the right fit between founders and the...
Invisible College: The making of a Web3 academy
March 31, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBNick deWilde, co-founder of Invisible College, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Nick comes on to talk about the colorful but often opaque world of Web3. Everyone seems to be talking about it but what is Web3 and how do you become a participant? These are just some of questions Nick set out to answer when he created Invisible College, an education platform to understand the basics of Web3 that includes purchasing a reasonably priced NFT you'll use to understand ownership and participate in th...
Behind Genius with Paige Finn Doherty
March 09, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBPaige Finn Doherty joins the show with Scott Kitun. Paige is a founding partner of Behind Genius Ventures and author of a children's book - for adults! - about investing called Seed to Harvest. Paige talks about her journey into venture and her realization that you don't need to come from generational wealth to invest as her founding thesis. Scott and Paige talk about how much the pandemic has shifted identities and made it easier to form investing communities. They talk about how the stor...
Going BigTime with CEO Brian Saunders
March 04, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBBrian Saunders, founder and CEO of BigTime Software, joins the show with Scott Kitun. BigTime provides turnkey billing software solutions for professional service firms and consulting services that makes it easy to capture billable hours, allocate and manage project resources and consolidate key metrics. Earlier this year, BigTime took a $100 million strategic investment from Vista Equity Partners for new product development and expanding customer-facing teams. Brian shares his journey in IT...
Meet Pincho: The Athleisure of Restaurants
February 25, 2022 12:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBOtto Othman, founder and CEO of Pincho, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Pincho is a street-food inspired burger and kebab shop based in Miami, Florida. Otto, a former UX designer, talks about the origin story of how he and his cousin originally came up with a plan to sell his mom's pincho kebab recipe by opening up Pincho (formerly called Pincho Factory). Born and raised in Brazil, Otto says Pincho is basically a Latin twist on American classics like burgers, kebabs, chicken sandwiches (sa...
Saving startups cash with MainStreet's Doug Ludlow
February 10, 2022 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBDoug Ludlow, co-founder and CEO of MainStreet, joins the show with Scott Kitun. The greatest need for any startup is almost always a combination of time and money, often more money to buy more time. MainStreet aims to help solve the problem by working with startups to save on operating costs across the board. From tax credits to specialized discounts, MainStreet gathers all the opportunities a startup can take advantage of that can save possibly several hundred thousand dollars (or more) pe...
Selling in the "Age of the Hustle" with Stable.work's Clarence de Silva
February 02, 2022 12:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBClarence de Silva, CSO at Stable.work, joins the pod with host Scott Kitun. Sales is often considered one of the most crucial components of a business, but also the first to go when times are tough. In the era of the gig economy, remote, seasonal sales professionals are an increasingly appealing plug in for companies. Marketplaces like Stable.work exist to do just that: provide on-demand sales professionals to companies in times of need, and give sales people the ability to pick and choose t...
The truth about the return to office with Deskpass CEO Sammy Rosen
January 26, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBSam Rosen, co-founder and CEO of Deskpass, joins the pod with Scott Kitun. Every year, even every few months we start seeing the "when are we going back to the office?" trend on the timelines and wonder if this will be the time the legions of white collar workers return to an office-centered lifestyle. Do people want to be back in office full time or not? Turns out as the statistics, cultural desire and the Great Resignation have shown, the future is hybrid models. Sam and Scott have an exc...
Providing fintech for the masses
January 19, 2022 15:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBAnders Jones, co-founder and CEO of Facet Wealth, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Facet Wealth is a fintech company offering personalized financial advice and wealth management services. Today, Facet announced a $100 million Series C round led by Durable Capital Partners LP to fuel its growth with users, team and tech suite. Through a combination of proprietary tech and access to CFP (Certified Financial Planner) professionals, Facet wants to serve an underserved market of 40 million Amer...
Facet Wealth secures $100 million to make financial planning more accessible
January 19, 2022 15:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBAnders Jones, co-founder and CEO of Facet Wealth, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Facet Wealth is a fintech company offering personalized financial advice and wealth management services. Today, Facet announced a $100 million Series C round led by Durable Capital Partners LP to fuel its growth with users, team and tech suite. Through a combination of proprietary tech and access to CFP (Certified Financial Planner) professionals, Facet wants to serve an underserved market of 40 million Amer...
How to recruit top talent with Hirewell CEO Matt Massucci
January 13, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBMatt Massucci, co-founder and CEO of Hirewell, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Hirewell is a recruiting platform that connects employers with prospective talent nationwide. The company just received a $21 million strategic investment from global investment firm Pyrtek. Matt shares some of the details and how Hirewell is focusing on tech, growth, and acquiring an Israeli software startup ICV. Scott and Matt talk about the state of recruiting two years into the pandemic, the hot, Hot HOT jo...
Automate your financial planning with FitBUX
January 06, 2022 12:00 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBJoe Reinke, founder and CEO of FitBUX, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Joe gives the the pitch on FitBUX, an automated software solution to financial planning. From student loans to stocks, FitBUX measures your financial data and provides easy-to -understand analysis for you to make money decisions. Scott and Joe talk about the future of investing, the growth of retail investing and why financial planning is due for sizable disruption. Joe shares how FitBUX combines automation with a human ...
Harlem Capital's Gabby Cazeau
December 30, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBGabby Cazeau, Principal at Harlem Capital, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Harlem Capital is a venture capital firm with a core mission to invest in a thousand diverse founders (including Chicago's very own CASHDROP) over 20 years and change the faces of entrepreneurship. Gabby shares her journey from intern to Principal at Harlem Capital and how she's been supported to follow her interests finding solutions to inequalities and strengthening communities. Scott and Gabby dig into the stat...
Defining the future of alternative assets with Alt founder Leore Avidar
December 21, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBLeore Avidar, founder and CEO of Alt, joins the show with Scott Kitun. As cryptocurrencies have exploded in popularity so has the rise of other forms of alternative assets like NFTs, wine and sports cards. Alt is one of the platforms leading the charge in making trading cards an investable commodity, with the idea of making everything investable a liquid asset. Leore talks about the origin story for Alt when he tried to get a bank loan against his cards (spoiler: the bank didn't accept) and...
Pek Pongpaet on technology + design
December 08, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBPek Pongpaet, founder of impekable and longtime Technori alum, joins the show with Scott Kitun. impekable provides UX design services to tech companies, including work with Adobe and Twilio among many others. Pek talks about his journey from Chicago to the Bay Area (and back again), how design has been mainstreamed into tech, comparing the talent landscapes between Chicago and Silicon Valley and how much the vibe in Chicago is changing.
Pandora to Grabango - Will Glaser's blueprint to business success
December 02, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBWill Glaser, founder and CEO of Grabango, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Prior to founding Grabango, a check-out free technology for grocery stores and convenience stores, was the co-founder of Pandora, one of the pioneers in digital music streaming. As the son of a college professor and a psychoanalyst, Will has had a lifelong tug of war between the left and right side of his brain. He attributes this tug of war to his main interest starting companies at the intersection of technology, co...
Turn your purpose into elite business performance with Pete Wilkins
November 23, 2021 17:44 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBPete Wilkins, Managing Director at Hyde Park Angels and author of Purpose + First Entrepreneur, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Over the course of his career, Pete has worked with all kinds of business leaders, young founders and everyone in between. One of the main drivers of success (and failures) he's observed in his own life and others is working each day with the idea of purpose. The goal for Pete is simple: help more people love who they are and what they do. With the framework of pu...
Make wine a part of your portfolio with Vinovest
November 18, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBAnthony Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Vinovest, a wine investing platform, joins the show with Scott Kitun. The age of retail investing and collecting is upon us and never before have so many people been able to invest in everything from baseball cards to NFTs. Why not fine wines? Anthony answers resoundingly how a long-time collector's item - wine - is a natural fit as an alternate asset in anyone's portfolio. In a thoughtful conversation, Anthony and Scott walk through the appeal for wine...
Defining the role of the investor with DCM's David Cheng
November 12, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBDavid Cheng, Principal at DCM Ventures, joins the pod with Scott Kitun. The role of VC isn't the same as your father's, or even your grandfather's VC anymore. No longer is venture capital only about getting a check once and being hands off otherwise. As we've started to see with a16z and rolling funds, DCM's methodology is to play a hands on role with founders in clear, specific niches to grow an idea into a full grown business. David and Scott talk about the changes in VC and why there is a...
Card talk and employee retention strategies with HappyWork founder Tony Sheffler
November 03, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBTony Sheffler known for his trading expertise and founder of employee happiness and retention company HappyWork, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Tony and Scott kick off the pod with an all-encompassing conversation on #thehobby, what the differences are between PSA, SGC and why SGC is in such a good position to really shine in the market. They talk about Fanatics entry into the world of trading cards, why they aren't going anywhere and seeing what they have to do to get Alt or Fanatics to s...
Creator economy and entrepreneurship with Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia
October 27, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBSahil Lavingia, founder and CEO of Gumroad and author of the new book "The Minimalist Entrepreneur" joins the show with Scott Kitun. Scott and Sahil share their passion for the changes coming to investing such as equity crowdfunding and retail investor movement. Sahil earlier this year raised $5 million in one of the fastest filled rounds ever on Republic, and plans to open up future crowdfunding rounds when needed. Gumroad is a digital marketplace where users can sell memberships, courses, ...
Brian Morrissey and the rebooting of media
October 18, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBBrian Morrissey, former President/EIC of Digiday and current writer of the media business Substack The Rebooting, joins the show with Scott Kitun. They get into it all things media and the business of media, and how this period of upheaval with the pandemic is a chance to get things right and inspired The Rebooting name. Brian talks about changes that should happen - both in media companies and companies in general - and much of it has to do with accepting less control over employees (i.e....
John Pompliano on personal finance and digital growth
October 06, 2021 22:58 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBJohn Pompliano, co-host of the The Best Business Show on YouTube with his brothers Anthony and Joe, joins the pod with Scott Kitun. They dive into the new media landscape, finding the right balance between newsletters, video and social posting. John and Scott riff on the pros and cons of sponsorship, advertising and subscription models for digital media businesses, and how market appetites favor flexibility which smaller groups like the Pompliano brothers or individuals can muster better th...
irrvrntVC General Partner Andrew Gluck
September 23, 2021 03:36 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBAndrew Gluck, GP at irrvrntVC, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Andrew runs through his career from working with name brands, cofounding his own agency to getting into venture capital and how he fell in love with startups. Scott and Andrew trade stories and ideas about working with founders and other VCs, the pros/cons of rolling funds, why founders should know their numbers and be good at sales, how to come up with your investing thesis and more. irrvrntVC invests in startups from seed to s...
mmhmm app, distributed work and why timing is everything with founder Phil Libin
September 09, 2021 19:28 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBPhil Libin, founder of video communications app mmhmm, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Previously the founder of Evernote, Phil shares his thoughts on how timing is everything in entrepreneurship - it certainly was the case with Evernote (the iPhone changed the game for digital note-taking) and has taken hold with mmhmm. After mmhmm's $5 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital early on in the pandemic, investors realized emphasis on video communications wasn't a short-term fad, but an ev...
Catching Up With TechCrunch Reporter Alex Wilhelm
September 02, 2021 00:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBAlex Wilhelm, Senior Editor at TechCrunch and well-known as @alex on Twitter, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Scott and Alex share their feels being able to talk to so many founders and struggles keeping up on email. They run through Alex's Chicago roots and Technori nostalgia - Alex talks about how Technori events helped familiarize him with the tech scene during his college years and early professional years. Scott and Alex talk about the big changes in venture capital and the growing numb...
Skedulo CEO Matt Fairhurst on the digital transformation for the "deskless" workforce
August 25, 2021 23:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBMatt Fairhurst, co-founder and CEO of Skedulo, joins the show with host Scott Kitun. Skedulo is a project management and productivity platform that is geared towards the majority of the workforce (up to 80% globally according to Skedulo) that doesn't work behind a desk. Matt talks about how they started with four clients in four different industries that needed better management on their core physical tasks, and how that bloomed into whole business offering productivity solutions for companie...
Changes in the crowd with Indiegogo CEO Andy Yang
August 11, 2021 23:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBIndiegogo CEO Andy Yang joins the show to talk crowdfunding shop with Scott. They kick off with some banter about all things Indiegogo (having just had former Indiegogo CEO David Mandelbrot on now at Reverb) and how much things have changed since it launched in 2008. Andy also shares how the platform has grown through the pandemic and general upward trends in the crowdfunding space as a result. Scott and Andy share the belief that crowdfunding is becoming increasingly the simplest way to rais...
Rivalry creates the sportsbook for esports
August 04, 2021 22:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBSteven Salz, co-founder and CEO of Rivalry joins Scott to talk about the wide world of esports, video games and building the ability to bet on those games with the Rivalry platform (18:35). In the intro Scott talks about his experience at the National Sports Collector's Convention, how tech founders like Steven are finding ways to disrupt an old way of doing things in the collecting/betting business, how dealers look at cards and viewing cards and strategic bets is a trend that is here to sta...
Mike Doyle shares how to build a glamping business
July 28, 2021 14:19 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBMike Doyle, co-founder of new glamping resort Off Map, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Fresh off his previous business Rent Like A Champion, Mike took his expertise from the rental markets and got right to work on a new company focused on the outdoorsy, increasingly popular glamping experience. Mike shares his honest thoughts on what it takes to start a glamping business, why these glamping sights are more common abroad than in the US, finding the right locations and navigating permits. Mike...