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Twelve Labs CEO Jae Lee on Video Search Innovation and Accelerating with Techstars

Give First - April 26, 2022 13:08 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Innovation 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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Ep 62: Twelve Labs CEO Jae Lee on Video Search Innovation and Accelerating with Techstars

Give First - April 26, 2022 13:08 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Innovation 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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Authors Mark Achler and Mert Iseri on Exit Strategy and Building Your Legacy

Give First - February 16, 2022 15:17 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
There are many business books out there for current and future entrepreneurs: How to start, how to raise money, how to market, and more. However, after selling his business SwipeSense to SC Johnson, Mert Iseri, with his mentor Mark Achler, realized there aren’t as many books imparting wisdom abo...

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Ep 61: Authors Mark Achler and Mert Iseri on Exit Strategy and Building Your Legacy

Give First - February 16, 2022 15:17 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
There are many business books out there for current and future entrepreneurs: How to start, how to raise money, how to market, and more. However, after selling his business SwipeSense to SC Johnson, Mert Iseri, with his mentor Mark Achler, realized there aren’t as many books imparting wisdom abo...

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Ep 60: Stream Founder Thierry Schellenbach on Listening to Customers and Following the Metrics

Give First - February 01, 2022 16:58 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Stream might be a small startup company, but by listening to its customers and their needs, the company decided to launch a second product that helped it scale.  “Focusing only on a single product, it was hard to go for larger channels that are not well-targeted, so we needed to have a broader ...

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Stream Founder Thierry Schellenbach on Listening to Customers and Following the Metrics

Give First - February 01, 2022 16:58 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Stream might be a small startup company, but by listening to its customers and their needs, the company decided to launch a second product that helped it scale.  “Focusing only on a single product, it was hard to go for larger channels that are not well-targeted, so we needed to have a broader ...

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Articulate Persuasion Founder Monique Maley on Delivering Ideas with Conviction

Give First - January 11, 2022 17:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Monique Maley actually began her career in acting, which has shaped how she became an entrepreneur and mentor. When she transitioned out of the acting industry, she used her skills of communication and body language to help other leaders get out of their own way.  “For years I've been saying th...

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Ep 59: Articulate Persuasion Founder Monique Maley on Delivering Ideas with Conviction

Give First - January 11, 2022 17:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Monique Maley actually began her career in acting, which has shaped how she became an entrepreneur and mentor. When she transitioned out of the acting industry, she used her skills of communication and body language to help other leaders get out of their own way.  “For years I've been saying th...

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Ep 58: Sketchfab Co-Founder on Building Relationships as the Key to Business Immortality

Give First - December 14, 2021 14:24 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Started in France, Alban Denoyel knew that the key to his product, Sketchfab, was its influence in the United States. Now a leading platform for 3D and AR models, Sketchfab got a boost while Alban was part of the Techstars Accelerator program. “I think having gone through Techstars really helped...

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Sketchfab Co-Founder on Building Relationships as the Key to Business Immortality

Give First - December 14, 2021 14:24 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Started in France, Alban Denoyel knew that the key to his product, Sketchfab, was its influence in the United States. Now a leading platform for 3D and AR models, Sketchfab got a boost while Alban was part of the Techstars Accelerator program. “I think having gone through Techstars really helped...

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Zipline co-founder on how robotics and automation have changed him and the world

Give First - November 30, 2021 20:21 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
When Keller Rinaudo started Remotive in 2011 while in a Techstars Accelerator program, he didn’t really know what entrepreneurship was until he read Tony Hsieh's book “Delivering Happiness.” At the time, he was at Harvard University working with DNA and the inner workings of humans, not robots. ...

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Ep 57: Zipline co-founder on how robotics and automation have changed him and the world

Give First - November 30, 2021 20:21 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
When Keller Rinaudo started Remotive in 2011 while in a Techstars Accelerator program, he didn’t really know what entrepreneurship was until he read Tony Hsieh's book “Delivering Happiness.” At the time, he was at Harvard University working with DNA and the inner workings of humans, not robots. ...

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Goodie Nation's Joey Womack on building community for entrepreneurs from all backgrounds

Give First - November 02, 2021 16:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Joey Womack is a builder, but he’s not in traditional construction. Through creating ecosystems and making connections, he is helping social entrepreneurs and diverse founders build relationships that close the gaps, all through his company Goodie Nation. A relationship gap is the distance betw...

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Ep 56: Goodie Nation's Joey Womack on building community for entrepreneurs from all backgrounds

Give First - November 02, 2021 16:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Joey Womack is a builder, but he’s not in traditional construction. Through creating ecosystems and making connections, he is helping social entrepreneurs and diverse founders build relationships that close the gaps, all through his company Goodie Nation. A relationship gap is the distance betw...

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Ep 55: MindMaven Founder and CEO Patrick Ewers on achieving true greatness through relationships

Give First - October 12, 2021 13:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Patrick Ewers describes his work as helping people achieve true greatness, or as our host David Cohen calls it, giving people superpowers. But there is a funny thing about the term “true greatness”. “When you look at the word true greatness, I think it's the most subjective term you will ever c...

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MindMaven Founder and CEO Patrick Ewers on achieving true greatness through relationships

Give First - October 12, 2021 13:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Patrick Ewers describes his work as helping people achieve true greatness, or as our host David Cohen calls it, giving people superpowers. But there is a funny thing about the term “true greatness”. “When you look at the word true greatness, I think it's the most subjective term you will ever c...

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Ep 54: Zane Access founder Shila Nieves Burney on accessing networks while building capital

Give First - October 07, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Shila Nieves Burney, General Partner at Zane Venture Fund, has spent 20-plus years addressing inequity with capital, first in human capital with institutions and education systems, and then sourcing investors. Along the way, Shila discovered a much-needed resource for entrepreneurs: networks and...

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Zane Access founder Shila Nieves Burney on accessing networks while building capital

Give First - October 07, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Shila Nieves Burney, General Partner at Zane Venture Fund, has spent 20-plus years addressing inequity with capital, first in human capital with institutions and education systems, and then sourcing investors. Along the way, Shila discovered a much-needed resource for entrepreneurs: networks and...

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Ep 53: DivInc’s Preston James on diversity and inclusion in the tech industry

Give First - September 28, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
After two decades in the corporate world, Preston James was blown away by the innovation of tech startups. Once he got involved as an angel investor, he realized this industry was just like corporate America, where diversity was severely lacking. After digging into the issue by talking to other...

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DivInc’s Preston James on diversity and inclusion in the tech industry

Give First - September 28, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
After two decades in the corporate world, Preston James was blown away by the innovation of tech startups. Once he got involved as an angel investor, he realized this industry was just like corporate America, where diversity was severely lacking. After digging into the issue by talking to other...

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Ep 52: Fraudmarc’s Keith Coleman on the Value of Give First as a Founder

Give First - September 21, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
If you’ve ever wondered just where Give First came from, or how it became such a central philosophy at Techstars, this episode is for you. Or if you’ve ever wanted to push back and say: does Give First really work? What’s in it for me? This is also the episode for you.  A few months ago, Keith ...

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Fraudmarc’s Keith Coleman on the Value of Give First as a Founder

Give First - September 21, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
If you’ve ever wondered just where Give First came from, or how it became such a central philosophy at Techstars, this episode is for you. Or if you’ve ever wanted to push back and say: does Give First really work? What’s in it for me? This is also the episode for you.  A few months ago, Keith ...

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Ep 51: Bain Capital Ventures’ Matt Harris on supporting entrepreneurs through 25+ years as an investor

Give First - September 14, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
There are some people whose lives are perfect expressions of the zeitgeist. Matt Harris is one of them.  In 1995, Matt’s college roommate at Williams started a company out of their dorm room. It was called Tripod, and it was one of the first dot com companies. By 1997, when Matt was 24, William...

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Bain Capital Ventures’ Matt Harris on supporting entrepreneurs through 25+ years as an investor

Give First - September 14, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
There are some people whose lives are perfect expressions of the zeitgeist. Matt Harris is one of them.  In 1995, Matt’s college roommate at Williams started a company out of their dorm room. It was called Tripod, and it was one of the first dot com companies. By 1997, when Matt was 24, William...

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Ep 50: Sustainability and economic opportunity with Cody Simms of Techstars Climate Tech Podcast

Give First - September 09, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
People want their capital to be used for good, and whether it’s clean energy or sustainable agriculture, there is ample economic opportunity in efforts to decarbonize the planet. In this special podcast crossover episode, Techstars’ own David Cohen and Cody Simms discuss how the entrepreneurial e...

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Sustainability and economic opportunity with Cody Simms of Techstars Climate Tech Podcast

Give First - September 09, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
People want their capital to be used for good, and whether it’s clean energy or sustainable agriculture, there is ample economic opportunity in efforts to decarbonize the planet. In this special podcast crossover episode, Techstars’ own David Cohen and Cody Simms discuss how the entrepreneurial e...

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Ep 49: The Community Fund’s Lolita Taub on investing in community-driven companies

Give First - September 07, 2021 12:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Lolita Taub has always been about community, from her upbringing in South Central LA to now at The Community Fund, which is a venture capital fund that invests in community-driven companies, “connecting people to people and resources to achieve results.”  By day, Lolita is the Corporate Develop...

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The Community Fund’s Lolita Taub on investing in community-driven companies

Give First - September 07, 2021 12:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Lolita Taub has always been about community, from her upbringing in South Central LA to now at The Community Fund, which is a venture capital fund that invests in community-driven companies, “connecting people to people and resources to achieve results.”  By day, Lolita is the Corporate Develop...

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Academy Investor Network’s Sherman Williams on going from military service to VC

Give First - August 31, 2021 13:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
From his service as a Naval Intelligence Officer to an MBA from the University of Chicago to becoming an investor in early-stage startups in healthcare tech, frontier tech, logistics, and marketplaces, Sherman Williams has had an interesting career.  Now he’s also helping other U.S. Service Aca...

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Ep 48: Academy Investor Network’s Sherman Williams on going from military service to VC

Give First - August 31, 2021 13:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
From his service as a Naval Intelligence Officer to an MBA from the University of Chicago to becoming an investor in early-stage startups in healthcare tech, frontier tech, logistics, and marketplaces, Sherman Williams has had an interesting career.  Now he’s also helping other U.S. Service Aca...

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