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📶 condensing stories into packages with Danny Chu (CEO @ Journey)

Oct 16, 2025

📶 condensing stories into packages with Danny Chu (CEO @ Journey)

The importance of story packaging, lessons from a PLG funnel, and why you should build for a smaller audience at first

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Building the Slack search and discovery co-pilot with Alex Boyd (Co-founder @ ViewExport)

Oct 3, 2025

Building the Slack search and discovery co-pilot with Alex Boyd (Co-founder @ ViewExport)

Taking a product from “vibecoded “ to “enterprise-grade”, building with a self-serve mindset, and why your GTM strategy should NOT ignore Reddit

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Building the internet's brand API with Yahia Bakour (Founder @ Brand.dev)

Sep 18, 2025

Building the internet's brand API with Yahia Bakour (Founder @ Brand.dev)

Talking lessons from a previous exit, B2C vs. B2B selling, technical challenges of building AI products, and turning customers into advocates with Yahia Bakour

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📶 How to use programmatic SEO to reach 200k monthly unique site visitors with Nico Cerdeira (Founder @ Failory)

Jan 5, 2023

📶 How to use programmatic SEO to reach 200k monthly unique site visitors with Nico Cerdeira (Founder @ Failory)

Fundamentals of programmatic SEO, ways to monetize content, and lessons on how companies have found product-market fit

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📶 Alternative ways for junior VCs to build track record with Mack Kolarich (VP @ Assure)

Nov 3, 2022

📶 Alternative ways for junior VCs to build track record with Mack Kolarich (VP @ Assure)

Perspectives on building track record, SPV trends, and takeaways on innovation within the VC tech stack

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📶 Portfolio construction and scenario planning with Anubhav Srivstava (Founder @ Tactyc)

Oct 6, 2022

📶 Portfolio construction and scenario planning with Anubhav Srivstava (Founder @ Tactyc)

Why fund managers should never be creating spreadsheets, the importance of portfolio construction and scenario planning, and what's going on behind the scenes in the venture services market

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📶 Online communities and the law of diminishing returns with David Kobrosky (CEO @ Intros AI)

Aug 11, 2022

📶 Online communities and the law of diminishing returns with David Kobrosky (CEO @ Intros AI)

What makes a great place to gather, differences between Web2 and Web3 communities, and similarities between choosing jobs and communities

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📶 Alexa Grabell (Co-Founder & CEO @ Pocus) on branding as a PLG company

Jul 7, 2022

📶 Alexa Grabell (Co-Founder & CEO @ Pocus) on branding as a PLG company

Branding as a product-led growth company, creating early demand for your product, and extracting value from investors after they write checks

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📶 Kirby Porter (Founder & CEO @ New Game Labs) on athletes and web3

May 12, 2022

📶 Kirby Porter (Founder & CEO @ New Game Labs) on athletes and web3

Figuring out your "why", NIL and its impact on college athletes, and layering on community to improve your offering

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📶 Corey Walters (CEO @ Here) on fractionalizing vacation rental income

May 5, 2022

📶 Corey Walters (CEO @ Here) on fractionalizing vacation rental income

Educating before selling, the process of fractionalizing hard assets, solving bottlenecks as you scale

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📶 Jared Fuller (Partnerships @ BuiltFirst) on ecosystem advantages

Apr 14, 2022

📶 Jared Fuller (Partnerships @ BuiltFirst) on ecosystem advantages

Using ecosystems to your advantage, modern partnerships 101, and how to make sure that your portfolio CEOs are making the right hires

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📶 Nik Talreja (Co-Founder & CEO @ Sydecar) on the future of SPVs

Apr 7, 2022

📶 Nik Talreja (Co-Founder & CEO @ Sydecar) on the future of SPVs

Why more junior investors are using SPVs to build their track record, the benefits of not building in public, and attracting top talent as an early-stage startup

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📶 Fed (Founder @ Hive Index) on qualities of elite online communities

Mar 17, 2022

📶 Fed (Founder @ Hive Index) on qualities of elite online communities

Things that great online communities do well, community-focused businesses, and the rise of the solopreneur

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📶 Dustin McCaffree (Founder @ Marvel) on winning the SEO game

Mar 10, 2022

📶 Dustin McCaffree (Founder @ Marvel) on winning the SEO game

Winning at SEO, why every company is becoming a media company, and overcoming bottlenecks

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📶 Tyler Denk (CEO @ beehiiv) on building tribalism around your product

Mar 3, 2022

📶 Tyler Denk (CEO @ beehiiv) on building tribalism around your product

Creating an "us vs. them" mentality, processes to ship product faster, and why free is not always better

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📶 Michael Quigley (Co-Founder @ SpinCar) on investing with an operator mindset

Feb 10, 2022

📶 Michael Quigley (Co-Founder @ SpinCar) on investing with an operator mindset

How to balance multiple responsibilities, partnerships and commitment in a world of abundance, and the most exciting trends in venture

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📶 Kenny Rose (Founder @ FranShares) on alternative ways to build passive income

Feb 3, 2022

📶 Kenny Rose (Founder @ FranShares) on alternative ways to build passive income

Cash flow compared to speculative bets, creating hype before a product launch, and unromantic parts of startup life

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📶 Jake Barry & Kai Han (Co-Founders @ Pallet) on building recruiting marketplaces

Jan 13, 2022

📶 Jake Barry & Kai Han (Co-Founders @ Pallet) on building recruiting marketplaces

The past, current, and future state of business recruiting, community-based marketing, and creating value through aggregation

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Justine Humenansky (Strategy @ RabbitHole) on ownership networks

Nov 11, 2021

Justine Humenansky (Strategy @ RabbitHole) on ownership networks

Ownership-based networks, onboarding late adopters, and staying compliant as a Web3 project

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Andrew Gazdecki (CEO @ MicroAcquire) on replacing traditional gatekeepers

Oct 14, 2021

Andrew Gazdecki (CEO @ MicroAcquire) on replacing traditional gatekeepers

Flaws with the old way of selling your business, the media portraying the wrong image of entrepreneurship, and replacing the old gatekeepers

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Jessica Li (Growth Marketing @ Zageno)

Oct 2, 2020

Jessica Li (Growth Marketing @ Zageno)

Jessica's thoughts on creating leverage as an investor through personal branding, why specialization is dying, and why she is leaving venture to join the operator side.

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