Latest David cohen Podcast Episodes
The Sky’s The Limit
Give First - February 13, 2024 16:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsKirill Bigai, Preply CEO and co-founder, launched the company’s first set of values back in 2015, while participating in the Techstars Berlin program. But as the team has changed, so have the values. “It’s an evolution,” said Bigai, who involves his 650+ staff members in their development and i...
The Perfect Storm with Elizabeth Kraus
Give First - October 31, 2023 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsFor 20 years, Elizabeth Kraus was busy being an entrepreneur. So busy and stressed, she wasn’t eating well, had wild energy swings and barely slept despite training for, and tackling long-distance triathlons. A host of other medical challenges led to a thyroid and hormone imbalance diagnosis and...
Using Your Dragonfly Eyes with Charles Conn
Give First - September 05, 2023 16:05 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsCharles Conn is a builder, a creator and an environmentalist. He’s managed to wed those three passions together by investing in the biotech space as the co-founder of Monograph Capital. “The most consistent thing you can do is work in this biology space because when humans have health security,...
Bottoms Up: A Conversation with Bevi CEO Sean Grundy
Give First - May 30, 2023 14:34 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsSean Grundy, co-founder and CEO of Bevi, wouldn’t budge despite calls from, ironically, David Cohen, the GiveFirst podcast host. Cohen wanted Bevi smart water coolers in more places than just Boston. Grundy wanted to prioritize quality control and customer retention. “We wanted our mechanica...
Startup Community Builder Chris Heivly and his Newest “Build the Fort” Book
Give First - April 25, 2023 14:46 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsDescribed as the foremost expert on how to build startup communities, Chris Heivly has written “Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder's Field Guide.” Listen in as Chris and David talk about what Heivly discovered while writing and practical steps to take for anyone who wants to launch ...
Leading Through Crisis: 96 hours after the fall of SVB
Give First - March 16, 2023 14:17 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsThe fall of SVB will go down in history as one of those ‘where were you when …’ moments. For David Cohen, he was sitting at a sporting event when his phone began buzzing incessantly. For Brad Feld, he was couch shopping with his wife. Feld is no stranger to crises and his instincts kicked in qu...
MeatoDoor Founders on Startups With Family— But Not A Family Business
Give First - January 31, 2023 16:27 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsThough many might shy away from working with their spouse, MeatoDoor Founders Ambreen Khan and Rashid Ahmed wouldn’t have it any other way. “We don't see that as a challenge in terms of running the company. We are both totally different individuals; we bring different skills to the table,” say...
Creator Science Founder on The Value of Creating Content
Give First - January 10, 2023 14:43 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsAs an entrepreneur, Jay Clouse loves to create. After spending time in the product world as both a founder and an employee of another company, he stumbled into the world of content creation, where he could build products on his own timeline. The Creative Science Founder has the #givefirst ment...
Arweave Co-Founder on Building an Archive of History Using Blockchain
Give First - December 20, 2022 14:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsDo you have a digital storage problem? As almost everything begins to be stored digitally, customers are often looking for sustainable but secure and permanent storage for their assets. What was once considered science fiction has been created by Arweave. One of the company’s goals is to create...
Techstars Director of ESG on Being a Responsible Founder and Investor
Give First - October 18, 2022 13:47 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWhen a thoughtful founder or investor is thinking about creating or sustaining long-term value and a company that adapts for the future, they are already inherently thinking about environmental, social, and governance issues (ESG). ESG is for ALL companies - not just the ones focused on the env...
QuickHire Co-Founder & CEO on Raising Capital as a Person of Color
Give First - October 04, 2022 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWhen we talk about a startup successfully raising money after being part of a Techstars accelerator, that’s not an unusual story. But did you know that only 0.3% of all venture capital funding goes to black women? For Deborah Gladney, co-founder and CEO of QuickHire, this was a reality every da...
Endel CEO and Co-Founder on the Future of Sound
Give First - September 27, 2022 14:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsImagine always having a soundscape that adapts to what you're doing and what you need to get done without the need to manually select a playlist. This is the future with Endel, an app that utilizes circadian rhythms and the neuroscience study of how sound influences the cognitive state. “It'...
David Cohen and Brad Feld Talk Mental Health for Entrepreneurs
Give First - September 07, 2022 15:48 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIt took decades for Brad Feld to understand his depression and mental health struggles. “There was a period of time, pretty deep into this depressive episode. … Work was fine. Business was fine, but I would describe it looking backward as the complete absence of joy. There was no joy in anythi...
Ep 70: Recast Capital Co-Founder on Working With Emerging Managers
Give First - August 16, 2022 13:11 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIf an entrepreneur takes a seed stage investment from a very large brand-name venture fund, they’re unlikely to get very much of the venture fund’s time. However, when it comes to emerging managers, this group often comes up with very specific ways that they believe they can help you, says Recas...
Recast Capital Co-Founder on Working With Emerging Managers
Give First - August 16, 2022 13:11 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIf an entrepreneur takes a seed stage investment from a very large brand-name venture fund, they’re unlikely to get very much of the venture fund’s time. However, when it comes to emerging managers, this group often comes up with very specific ways that they believe they can help you, says Recas...
Episode 69: ESG Takeover: B Lab Community Engagement Manager and Project Canary COO on What It Means to be a B Corp
Give First - July 27, 2022 15:44 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this final ESG takeover episode, Dr. Mairi-Jane Fox, who helps lead ESG at Techstars, talks with B Lab Senior Manager of Community Engagement and Network Strategy Becca Quirk and Project Canary Co-founder & COO Will Foiles about what it really means when a business gets its B Corp certificati...
ESG Takeover: B Lab Community Engagement Manager and Project Canary COO on What It Means to be a B Corp
Give First - July 27, 2022 15:44 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this final ESG takeover episode, Dr. Mairi-Jane Fox, who helps lead ESG at Techstars, talks with B Lab Senior Manager of Community Engagement and Network Strategy Becca Quirk and Project Canary Co-founder & COO Will Foiles about what it really means when a business gets its B Corp certificati...
Ep 68: ESG Takeover: Soona CEO and UN PRI Head of Private Equity on How to Engage with Investors
Give First - July 20, 2022 15:08 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this second ESG takeover episode, Dr. Mairi-Jane Fox, who helps lead ESG at Techstars, talks with Soona CEO and Co-Founder Liz Giorgi and UN-sponsored Principles for Responsible Investment Head of Private Equity Peter Dunbar about different aspects of engaging with investors, including invest...
ESG Takeover: Soona CEO and UN PRI Head of Private Equity on How to Engage with Investors
Give First - July 20, 2022 15:08 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this second ESG takeover episode, Dr. Mairi-Jane Fox, who helps lead ESG at Techstars, talks with Soona CEO and Co-Founder Liz Giorgi and UN-sponsored Principles for Responsible Investment Head of Private Equity Peter Dunbar about different aspects of engaging with investors, including invest...
Integrated Capital Strategies Founder Sharon Schneider on Value Integration and Social Entrepreneurship
Give First - July 19, 2022 13:29 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWe all have a set of principles for how we live our lives. How well are those principles aligned across every facet, though? You might be environmentally conscious but it’s important to ask yourself: Where do you do your banking? Who holds your mortgage? This is the driving point for author Sh...
Ep 67: Integrated Capital Strategies Founder Sharon Schneider on Value Integration and Social Entrepreneurship
Give First - July 19, 2022 13:29 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWe all have a set of principles for how we live our lives. How well are those principles aligned across every facet, though? You might be environmentally conscious but it’s important to ask yourself: Where do you do your banking? Who holds your mortgage? This is the driving point for author Sh...
ESG Takeover: Sustaio Founder and SVT Group CEO on Benefits of ESG Measurement for Your Company
Give First - July 13, 2022 15:22 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this first ESG takeover episode, Dr. Mairi-Jane Fox, who helps lead ESG at Techstars, talks with Sustaio founder and CEO Olivia Pedersen and SVT Group CEO Sara Olsen about the benefits and the how-to of measuring ESG impact for early-stage start-ups. “It's a responsible business practice to...
Ep 66: ESG Takeover: Sustaio Founder and SVT Group CEO on Benefits of ESG Measurement for Your Company
Give First - July 13, 2022 15:22 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this first ESG takeover episode, Dr. Mairi-Jane Fox, who helps lead ESG at Techstars, talks with Sustaio founder and CEO Olivia Pedersen and SVT Group CEO Sara Olsen about the benefits and the how-to of measuring ESG impact for early-stage start-ups. “It's a responsible business practice to...
Techstars Berlin Managing Director Martin Schilling on Guiding Global Tech Startup Builders
Give First - July 05, 2022 14:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsMartin Schilling said he would never work in finance. However, after two years of scaling N26 Group, a large European fintech company, he left with a wealth of knowledge that he needed to share. So he wrote “The Builder’s Guide to the Tech Galaxy” with several leading tech builders. “It is, in ...
Ep 65: Techstars Berlin Managing Director Martin Schilling on Guiding Global Tech Startup Builders
Give First - July 05, 2022 14:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsMartin Schilling said he would never work in finance. However, after two years of scaling N26 Group, a large European fintech company, he left with a wealth of knowledge that he needed to share. So he wrote “The Builder’s Guide to the Tech Galaxy” with several leading tech builders. “It is, in ...
Ep 64: Flikshop CEO Marcus Bullock on Reshaping the Criminal Justice System
Give First - June 21, 2022 15:31 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsAt 15 years old, Marcus Bullock’s life changed forever. He was locked in an adult maximum-security prison for 8 years after carjacking a man. Marcus began to feel hopeless, so his mother began to send photos and letters each day. A few years after his release, his friends in prison asked Marcus...
Flikshop CEO Marcus Bullock on Reshaping the Criminal Justice System
Give First - June 21, 2022 15:31 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsAt 15 years old, Marcus Bullock’s life changed forever. He was locked in an adult maximum-security prison for 8 years after carjacking a man. Marcus began to feel hopeless, so his mother began to send photos and letters each day. A few years after his release, his friends in prison asked Marcus...
HILOS Founder Elias Stahl on Creating A New Supply Chain
Give First - May 10, 2022 15:35 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsSupply chains are a big nut to crack, and Elias Stahl ran straight for them. He was empowered to start a whole new supply chain and have his company HILOS be at the forefront of creating a different way to manufacture shoes, where it is ground zero for inefficiency and waste. “We saw that oppor...
Ep 63: HILOS Founder Elias Stahl on Creating A New Supply Chain
Give First - May 10, 2022 15:35 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsSupply chains are a big nut to crack, and Elias Stahl ran straight for them. He was empowered to start a whole new supply chain and have his company HILOS be at the forefront of creating a different way to manufacture shoes, where it is ground zero for inefficiency and waste. “We saw that oppor...
Twelve Labs CEO Jae Lee on Video Search Innovation and Accelerating with Techstars
Give First - April 26, 2022 13:08 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsInnovation is just innovation if no one uses it. This is a lesson Jae Lee, co-founder and CEO of Twelve Labs, learned while building multimodal neural networks and video search AI. Through the Techstars Seattle Accelerator, mentors, and community, the company began to grow its customer base, tra...
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