Latest Careertraining Podcast Episodes
#253: Ethan Austin, Chief Strategy Officer at Gig Wage and Former Managing Director at Techstars, on Fundraising, Joining an Accelerator, and His Experience as a Founder and Investor
Just Go Grind - December 18, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsEthan Austin is the Chief Strategy Officer at Gig Wage, former Managing Director at the Techstars Western Union Accelerator, and the Founder of GiveForward. Gig Wage, a company that's raised more than $10M in venture capital, is a platform designed for innovators who want a simplified way of m...
#252: Antony Arena, CEO at Unbnd Group, an Immersive Technology Creative Agency and the Creator of Aura, the Future of Interactive Mobile Entertainment
Just Go Grind - December 16, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsAfter studying Communications and Marketing, Antony worked in Advertising Agencies for many years as a Strategic Planner and later running his own agency. He noticed opportunities in the marketplace around a lack in tech-focused content distribution platforms for immersive experiences and sought...
#251: Steve Massey, Co-Founder & CEO of Prewitt Ridge, on Partnering with NASA JPL, His Experience at Techstars, Lessons from His Time at SpaceX and Slingshot Aerospace, and Building Collaboration Software for Deep Tech Teams
Just Go Grind - December 14, 2020 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsSteve Massey is co-founder and CEO of Prewitt Ridge, which was founded in 2019 to tackle the largest meta-problem in deep tech: systems engineering. They reduce friction in collaborative design efforts by connecting critical data elements between engineering teams and offering git-like tracking...
#250: Matteo Franceschetti, Co-Founder & CEO of Eight Sleep, an Innovative Sleep Fitness Startup That's Raised $60M+ from Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and Other Top Investors
Just Go Grind - December 11, 2020 12:19 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsMatteo Franceschetti has always been obsessed with performance. Athletic performance, business performance, and now sleep performance. An athlete from a young age—he was a competitive ski racer in his native Italy and played tennis and raced cars on the European stage—Matteo has always been fo...
#249: Deon Nicholas, Co-Founder & CEO of Forethought, on Raising $27M from Top VCs, the Importance of Self-Awareness as a Founder, and Building an Innovative Company Empowering Customer Support Teams with AI
Just Go Grind - December 09, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsDeon is the Founder of Forethought. Previously, Deon built products and infrastructure at Facebook, Palantir, Dropbox, and Pure Storage. He has ML publications and infrastructure patents, was a World Finalist at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, and was named to Forbes 30 und...
#248: Emily Best, Founder & CEO of Seed&Spark, a Platform that Makes Entertainment More Diverse, Inclusive, Connected, and Essential
Just Go Grind - December 07, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsEmily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a platform that makes entertainment more diverse, inclusive, connected, and essential. Seed&Spark’s platform and national education program have helped thousands of bold storytellers raise millions to bring to life entirely new stories, and Seed&...
#247: Andrew Kline, Founder & Managing Director at Park Lane, a Sports-Based Investment Bank, and Former NFL Athlete with the St. Louis Rams
Just Go Grind - December 04, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsAndrew Kline brings a broad background of professional sports experience, investment banking expertise, and industry knowledge to Park Lane. Kline has advised on M&A transactions in all of the major sports and also been fundamental in obtaining financing for many early-stage sports-based busine...
#246: Kalyan Varma, Co-Founder & CEO at Almabase, on Hitting $100K MRR, Value-Based Pricing, GTM Strategy, and Helping Universities & High Schools Build Relationships with Alumni and Increase Donations
Just Go Grind - December 02, 2020 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsKalyan Varma is a co-founder and CEO at Almabase, a company that helps universities and high schools build lifelong relationships with their alumni and drive higher donations. Educational institutions do a poor job of maintaining a good relationship with their alumni after they graduate. Typica...
#245: Melanie Stricklan, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Slingshot Aerospace, a Company Building Situational Awareness Technology to Bring Clarity to Complex Environments and Create a Safer World
Just Go Grind - November 30, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsMelanie Stricklan is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Slingshot Aerospace, which applies advanced analytics, computer vision, and collaborative tools to data from earth and space, providing customers with clarity in complex situations. Melanie is a retired US Air Force Officer and c...
#244: Charles Hudson, Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, on Raising a Fund, Investing at the Earliest Stages, the Role of Platform in VC, and the Importance of Storytelling for Founders
Just Go Grind - November 27, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsCharles Hudson is the Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, a classic seed-stage investment firm based out of San Francisco, CA. Precursor seeks to invest in a company's first round of institutional investment and focuses on investments in B2B software applications, B2C software and services, ...
#243: Lori Shao, Founder & CEO of Finli, on Building an Innovative Fintech Company Powering Neighborhood Businesses
Just Go Grind - November 25, 2020 12:37 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsLori Shao is a financial services veteran with deep expertise in payment technology and innovation. In April 2019, she walked away from her 17-year career in banking to build Finli, a vertical payment solution to power neighborhood schools and freelance instructors. Finli stands for financial li...
#242: Joshua Itano, Co-Founder & CEO at CareCar, a Company Creating Improved Access to Care for Hundreds of Thousands of People
Just Go Grind - November 23, 2020 10:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsJosh Itano is the CEO and Co-Founder of CareCar, a supplemental benefit manager and market network platform for home care and medical transport. From his early career working on US Defense contracts to his work with healthcare startups, he’s had one driving mantra: “Do well by doing good.” That ...
#241: Gregory Ugwi, Co-Founder of Thinknum, a Web Platform that Allows Investors and Large, Fast-Growing Tech Companies to Wield the Web as Data to Outsmart Competitors
Just Go Grind - November 21, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsGregory Ugwi is the cofounder & CEO of Thinknum, KGBase and the Business of Business. Thinknum Inc has raised $12.6 million to date. Prior to founding Thinknum, Greg graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics and worked at Goldman Sachs. Greg was born and raise...
#240: Gale Wilkinson, Founder and Managing Partner of Vitalize Venture Group, a Seed-Stage Fund and Angel Group
Just Go Grind - November 20, 2020 12:27 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsGale Wilkinson is the Founder & Managing Partner of Vitalize Venture Group, a seed-stage fund and angel group based in Chicago and San Francisco. Gale previously started two businesses, both of which failed, teaching her valuable lessons about what does not work at the early stage. She loves hel...
#239: Josh Clemente, Founder of Levels, an Innovative Andreessen Horowitz-Backed Startup with a 45,000 Person Waitlist Helping People Maximize Their Metabolic Health
Just Go Grind - November 19, 2020 13:26 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsJosh Clemente, Founder of Levels, is a mechanical engineer and CrossFit-L2 trainer. At SpaceX, he led a team to develop life support systems that sustained astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on their May 2020 trip to the International Space Station aboard Dragon Endeavor: the first new crew-...
#238: Ranbir Arora, Co-Founder & CEO of Dorm, a University for the Passion Economy
Just Go Grind - November 18, 2020 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsRanbir Arora is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dorm, a hypercasual learning app that aggregates and curates the world's audio content to provide a seamless learning experience that fits into your day and makes your downtime more gratifying. Previously, Ranbir was the Chief Growth Officer at Sweatco...
#237: Chris Bennett, Co-Founder & CEO of Wonderschool, a Company on a Mission to Ensure Every Child has Access to Early Education That Helps Them Realize Their Potential
Just Go Grind - November 17, 2020 10:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsChris Bennett is the Co-Founder & CEO of Wonderschool. Wonderschool’s mission is to ensure every child has access to early education that helps them realize their potential. Wonderschool programs are diverse in structure and approach, but they all combine engaged teachers, thoughtful education...
#236: Joel Milne, CEO of RepairSmith, the First and Only Full-Service Mobile Delivery Solution for Car Repair and Maintenance
Just Go Grind - November 16, 2020 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsJoel is a serial technology entrepreneur, with a love for building consumer-facing products. Joel previously co/founded four venture-backed technology startups and brings a lifetime of experience building and operating technology companies to RepairSmith. As a technical founder, Joel has served...
#235: Santi Bibiloni, Founder & CEO of COR, the Next-Generation Solution for Creative and Professional Teams that Intelligently Suggests How to Manage your Projects, Teams, and Finances
Just Go Grind - November 15, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsSanti Bibiloni is a Silicon Valley-based technology entrepreneur and co-founder & CEO at COR, an AI Management Software that serves Worldwide top Agencies and Consultants. Prior to COR he founded Balloon Group, one of Argentina’s fastest-growing digital agencies, among other businesses. Today he...
#234: The Journey to $200K MRR and Beyond with Amit Mishra, Co-Founder & CEO of iMocha
Just Go Grind - November 14, 2020 18:56 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsAmit Mishra is the Co-Founder and CEO of iMocha, a company providing AI-powered digital skills assessments. iMocha enables tech hiring managers and learning and development professionals with the ready-to-use, latest, and most comprehensive online skills assessment solution, offering 2000+ ski...
#233: Harsh Vathsangam, Co-Founder & CEO of Moving Analytics, on Building an Innovative Company Conquering Heart Disease Through Digital Prevention Programs
Just Go Grind - November 13, 2020 14:25 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsHarsh Vathsangam is the Co-Founder and CEO of Moving Analytics, Inc. ( https://www.movinganalytics.com/ ) He is driven by a passion for taking technological solutions and applying them to benefit people's lives. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California working at the inter...
#232: Myles Hunter, Co-Founder of TutorMe, an On-Demand Tutoring Platform
Just Go Grind - November 12, 2020 13:47 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsMyles Hunter is the Co-Founder & CEO of TutorMe. TutorMe ( https://tutorme.com/ ) is a revolutionary online education platform that provides on-demand tutoring and online courses. They believe there are more teachers in the world than are actually teaching so they want to empower more people to ...
#231: Magnus Hillestad, Co-Founder & CEO of Sanity, a Unique Developer-Focused Content Platform, on Choosing Co-Founders, Raising Millions in Venture Capital, and Building a Fast-Growing Startup
Just Go Grind - November 11, 2020 14:39 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsMagnus is CEO and co-founder of Sanity.io, the American-Norwegian Content Platform company that is reinventing the content space with its unique customizable and collaborative approach. Having worked in investment banking and private equity, Magnus started coding at age 35 and left his finance c...
#230: Eytan Bensoussan, Co-Founder & CEO of NorthOne, a Digital Business Bank Built for America and Trusted by Over 190,000 Businesses
Just Go Grind - November 10, 2020 13:09 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsEytan deeply believes that the success of the small business sector is one of the most important causes of our time. It has the potential to reduce income inequality, empower immigrants, and provide disproportionate leadership opportunities for female and minority businesspeople. Creating a ban...
#229: Jeff Annison and Paul Scanlan, Co-Founders of Legion M, the World's First Fan-Owned Entertainment Company
Just Go Grind - November 09, 2020 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsJeff Annison and Paul Scanlan are Co-Founders of Legion M. Founded by serial entrepreneurs with an Emmy Award for Innovation, Legion M is a first-of-its-kind entertainment company built from the ground up to be owned by fans. Legion M is uniting fans together to invest in and/or produce a div...
#228: Vivek Khandelwal, Founder of iZooto, a Company that Helps Media Publishers and Retailers to Own, Build, and Engage Their Audience Using Web Push Notifications
Just Go Grind - November 08, 2020 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsPassionate about mobile and technology, Vivek leads the Marketing and Customer Operations at Datability. At Datability, they are building iZooto - an owned audience marketing platform that helps publishers build, engage, and retain their owned audience using web push notifications. iZooto is t...
#227: Danny Shader, Founder & CEO of PayNearMe, on Building a Company Processing Billions of Dollars for Clients Annually, the Impact Bill Campbell Had on His Life, and His Advice to His Younger Self
Just Go Grind - November 07, 2020 13:59 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsDanny Shader founded PayNearMe, Inc. in 2009 and currently serves as CEO. PayNearMe processes billions of dollars annually for over 5,000 clients in lending, property management, and more. PayNearMe originated as a real-time electronic cash transaction network, and today supports every form of ...
#226: Chai Mishra, Founder & CEO of Move, the First Community-Owned National Retailer, on the Journey to Building the Largest Digitally Native Supermarket in the U.S.
Just Go Grind - November 06, 2020 13:57 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsChai Mishra is the Founder & CEO of Move, which is based on a simple idea — modern commerce is not as good as it can be. They work directly with award-winning producers to make their own brand of products. And they deliver these products straight to their members. By cutting out the middlemen,...
#225: Gary Skulnik, Founder & CEO of Neighborhood Sun, a Mission-Driven Company Using Community Solar to Fight Climate Change
Just Go Grind - November 05, 2020 12:42 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsGary Skulnik is a senior executive and strategic thinker who has been a leader in developing the clean energy market in Maryland and Washington, DC, through innovative marketing and sales, partnerships, community building, business management, and legislative advocacy. Founder of two entities fo...
#224: Zach Adamson, Founder at DIVERTbrands, on Pivoting During COVID-19, Raising $500K in 10 Days on Wefunder, and Creating Positive Change by Making Action Sports More Accessible to All
Just Go Grind - November 04, 2020 11:59 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsZach Adamson is the Founder of DIVERTbrands, the parent company of two subsidiary companies, both of them with one unified purpose, breakdown the barriers to Action Sports for at-risk inner-city youth as a platform for creativity, self-discovery and passion in order to help them "Achieve their ...
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