Ep41: Maven: When Top Level Creators Turn Educators
Timestamps: Why you need skin in the game: 03:25 Entertainment as education: 07:06 Inspiration versus bad tech: 15:09 Being your own brand: 19:29 Replacing the gatekeepers: 20:47 Getting hyper tactical: 25:52 Flipping the norms: 27:33 The Maven business model: 32:04 Fitting into the education sphere: 36:59 The future: 37:55 When Education Meets Internet Creators “It’s…
Read MoreEp40: Mystery: The Science of Happy Employees
Remote Work! Brennan Keough is building the world’s best virtual events and making employees everywhere a little bit happier. In March 2020 when COVID first hit the US, Mystery was a thriving live events business, weeks away from raising millions in a Series A. Seven days later it was virtually illegal. Now a few years…
Read MoreEp39: Vouch: How to Build Insurance Products in a Fragmented Market
Insurtech! In 2021 insurance-tech racked up over $15 billion in VC investment. So what is it? And how is it different from the legacy insurance industry? Vouch Cofounder Travis Hedge joins the show to break it down. We dive into pricing black swan events – like Covid or earthquakes – the origins of insurance in…
Read MoreEp38: Bessemer Venture Partners: Why The Answer is Always Software
Why Tess Hatch Has a Front Row Seat in Tech Innovation Timestamps: Teenage Space Dream: 1:24 How Boom is Creating Supersonic Commuters: 6:24 Why Two-Way Diligence is Essential: 12:43 Private And Public-backed Rocket Launches: 16:27 Space Tourism For All: 18:08 Even Space Needs a Business Model: 23:21 Making the Jump to Investor: 27:34 The Future…
Read MoreEp37: Pietra: From Content to Product Through Cloud Tech
How Pietra is Creating The Next Best Seller Timestamps: Unique creators, unique products: 2:57 How to create your own bestselling range: 5:23 Meet the suppliers working with Kim Kardashian: 10:51 Why production lines are ripe for disruption: 13:13 Solving messy problems: 17:30 Pull the data, create the brand: 20:50 Why authenticity is your best marketing…
Read MoreEp36: Popchew: How The Internet Got Hungry
Timestamps: All the audience, none of the know-how: 1:16 From YouTuber to Feeder: 2:46 Popchew’s unique offer: 5:07 Creator fans: Your greatest asset: 7:04 Factoring in loyalty: 10:02 Food trends in real time: 12:57 Win-win-win model: 17:35 And Bitcoin pizza was born: 23:49 Dynamic pricing: 30:07 The future is food: 34:44 Popchew: The Coolest Foodcourt…
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