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By William Glass

As CEO and co-founder of a FinTech company, Ostrich, William Glass reveals the truth about entrepreneurship. In the Silicon Alley podcast, he talks to entrepreneurs, VCs and top performers about their journeys, keys to success, and personal finances.

You'll come away both inspired and with actionable advice you can apply to your own business and life. Silicon Alley is long-form both entertaining and packed with valuable insights for entrepreneurs. Episodes air every Friday.

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Finding Your Purpose and Live an Authentic Life | Austin Walker, Founder of RAW Coaching

Silicon AlleyJul 10, 2020

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122: The Consequences of the Startup Life, Rejuvenating Your Body, Mind, + Soul | Jon Carder, 4X founder

122: The Consequences of the Startup Life, Rejuvenating Your Body, Mind, + Soul | Jon Carder, 4X founder

122: In the Consequences of the Startup Life, Jon Carder, founder of Vessel Health, joins host William Glass to discuss his 23+ year entrepreneurial journey.  From bootstrapping early in his career to raising venture capital, Jon experienced all of the classic trials and tribulations of being a startup founder. Living on Ramen early in his career helped him through the bootstrapping phase, but ultimately took a toll on his health. After discovering functional medicine, Jon was able to revitalize his health and wellbeing. Vessel Health was born to help bring functional medicine to the masses.

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About Jon Carder:

Jon Carder is a serial entrepreneur. He built four start-ups over the last 23 years, including successful 3 exits. Jon has raised ~$100M in venture capital and hired hundreds of employees.

That entrepreneurial lifestyle eventually took its toll and he started having challenges with low energy, brain fog, and trouble sleeping. These problems prevented Jon from consistently showing up as his best self. After talking to friends, he realized that these issues were actually pretty common.

Jon learned that through lab work he could identify the root cause of some of the problems and improve them, but that wasn’t going to happen with his conventional doctor. After a lot of searching he eventually found a functional medicine doctor, who was able to identify, through expensive blood work, that Jon had nutrient deficiencies and high toxin levels.

So, Jon adjusted his supplements, nutrition and lifestyle accordingly. And, within a month, he was feeling the best he had felt in years. This inspired Jon to start Vessel and use new technology to empower people to track and improve their wellness from home.

www.vesselhealth.com

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Nov 06, 202244:09
121: A New Way for Content Creators to Engage with Fans | Derek Gorthy, Enshrine.io

121: A New Way for Content Creators to Engage with Fans | Derek Gorthy, Enshrine.io

121: In A New Way for Content Creators to Engage with Fans, Derek Gorthy, founder at Enshrine, joins host William Glass to discuss how web 3 can bring content creators closer to their fans. Derek shares his journey of founding Enshrine and how NFTs can be used to power a community. Enshrine was founded with creators in mind making it extremely simple to utilize NFTs without having to learn how to code or becoming an expert in web 3. 

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About Derek Gorthy:

Derek started his first business at the age of 15 after teaching himself how to repair Xbox 360 consoles and smartphones. Since then, he has started multiple companies that range from affiliate marketing sites to algorithmic stock trading.

After college, Derek started his career in consulting -- working in the tech, finance, energy, and health industries. He found his niche in understanding difficult concepts and complex systems, then distilling the value of those concepts and systems into a form that anyone could understand.

Derek is currently working on his latest company, Enshrine. Enshrine is a Web3 community engagement platform focused on giving content creators the ability to build unique, cross-platform experiences for their fans. Derek is passionate about the company's mission because he believes content creators should own their financial relationships with their fans, not large tech platforms.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekgorthy/ 

https://enshrine.io/

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Oct 30, 202241:34
120: Unlocking Profit for SaaS Marketplaces | Joe Keeley, founder of JustiFi

120: Unlocking Profit for SaaS Marketplaces | Joe Keeley, founder of JustiFi

120: In Unlocking Profit for SaaS Marketplaces, Joe Keeley, founder of JustiFi, joins host William Glass to discuss how processing payments can drive revenue. Previously, Joe built a successful business connecting college athletes and students to families seeking highly skilled nannies and tutors. As the business shifted to a SaaS model, Joe was frustrated with how much he was paying in payment processing fees. Which led Joe to found JustiFi which arbitrages payment processing options to ensure SaaS marketplaces can process transactions more efficiently. 

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About Joe Keeley:

Joe Keeley is a dynamic, yet thoughtful entrepreneur and conscious leader. As such, Keeley is the CEO and Co-founder of JustiFi Technologies, a venture-backed fintech business providing payments and fintech infrastructure and strategy for vertical SaaS platforms. JustiFi exists to accelerate the potential of vertical SaaS platforms by bringing optimized embedded payments and beyond payments fintech solutions to bear resulting in increased value for the platform of 3-5X with a remarkably lower cost of ownership.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joekeeley

https://www.justifi.ai/

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Oct 23, 202242:28
119: How to Run the Perfect Venture Capital Fundraise | Nathan Beckord, Foundersuite

119: How to Run the Perfect Venture Capital Fundraise | Nathan Beckord, Foundersuite

119: In How to Run the Perfect Venture Capital Fundraise, Nathan Beckord, founder of Foundersuite, joins host William Glass to discuss the secret to raising capital for your startup. Nathan walks through step-by-step the perfect startup fundraise and where many founders go wrong. You'll learn how to set yourself up for funding success and increase your likelihood of raising venture capital. Nathan also shares his entrepreneurial journey and how he came to start Foundersuite.

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About Nathan Beckord:

Nathan Beckord is the CEO of Foundersuite.com a venture-backed company that makes the leading “funding stack” (Investor Database, CRM, Pitch Deck Hosting, Bulk Email, Virtual Data Room and Investor Update tools) for startups raising capital. Since launching in 2016, users have raised over $3 Bln in seed and venture capital.

Prior to starting Foundersuite, Nathan spent ten years working with over 150 startups as interim CFO, Business Developer, and Advisor. Nathan has an MBA in Entrepreneurship, a BSC in Finance, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). In his free time, he enjoys sailing, traveling, and riding motorcycles.

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Oct 16, 202248:05
118: Hacking the Student Loan Repayment System | Bobby Matson, Payitoff

118: Hacking the Student Loan Repayment System | Bobby Matson, Payitoff

118: In Hacking the Student Loan Repayment System, Bobby Matson, founder of Payitoff, joins host William Glass to discuss his journey of becoming a founder. Bobby shares how his family's struggle to pay down student loans prevented him and his wife from starting a family. After hacking their way out of student loan debt, Bobby decided to commercialize his knowledge through Payitoff. Payitoff provides debt paydown software that supports fintech companies and banks repayment solutions.

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About Bobby Matson:

Bobby Matson is the CEO and founder of Payitoff, a venture-backed team automating every aspect of student loan repayment for fintechs and workplace providers.

A few years ago, Payitoff's founder, Bobby, and his wife were weighed down by crushing six-figure student debt, unsure if they’d ever be able to start a family or own a home.

Bobby spent nights and weekends codifying student loan regulations and building an algorithm to help his family navigate their personal student debt crisis. This technology, which in time became the core to Payitoff’s algorithm, helped him gain what every borrower seeks: a course of action for his student loan management that without a doubt would get the the best possible financial outcome for his family. Amidst the confusion and complexity of the student loan system, Bobby was able to turn chaos into certainty thanks to this algorithm. With that freedom, Bobby and his wife were empowered to start a family and move forward with their lives. (They currently have an adorable 3-year-old daughter!)

Of course, Bobby quickly realized his struggle wasn’t unique. 43 million other borrowers could benefit from the technology he developed in order to overcome the overwhelming complexity of student loan debt.

He founded Payitoff in 2018, and we’ve since built a suite of innovative tools to revolutionize student loan management, from the unique perspective of having experienced the struggle firsthand.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbymatson/

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Oct 09, 202238:13
117: A Contrarian View of Technological Innovation | Somi Arian, InPeak

117: A Contrarian View of Technological Innovation | Somi Arian, InPeak

117: In A Contrarian View of Technological Innovation, Somi Arian, founder of InPeak, joins host William Glass to discuss the future of human society. Somi describes herself as a tech philosopher and is passionate about the implications that technological innovation has on our society. Somi shares her views on the difficulties that technology will have on human society and how to rectify the challenges that technology will present on society. This episode is deep and a bit contrarian, enjoy!

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About Somi Arian:

Somi Arian began her journey with a passion for making science and technology more inclusive. In 2018 Somi released her multi-award-winning documentary, "The Millennial Disruption", featuring industry leaders from The Economist, Marie Claire, Bentley, JLR, and Gary Vaynerchuk, to name a few. The documentary was followed by Somi's book on the future of work, “Career Fear (and how to beat it), where she observed the severe lack of women in leadership in Business and Technology. So, she set out to do something about this.

Somi launched FemPeak as a Think Tank for Women in Business and Technology in August 2020. With her "I have a Dream" video on LinkedIn. The Think Tank consisted of four big virtual conferences with thousands of attendees and close to a hundred panellists including the Managing Director of Marie Claire, CEO of Bentley Motors, and thought leaders from Google, Microsoft and Morgan Stanley. We wanted to know why women were absent in the top tier of business and Technology.

https://www.somiarian.com/
https://inpeak.xyz/

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Oct 02, 202242:52
116: Venturing into Venture Capital | Ketul Patel, Investor

116: Venturing into Venture Capital | Ketul Patel, Investor

116: In Venturing into Venture Capital, Ketul Patel, investor at Headline, joins host William Glass to discuss his journey into the venture capital world. Ketul shares how he was drawn to technology and innovation at an early age. His curiosity led him deeper into the startup world where he joined a family member on the investing side. After finding some initial success, Ketul had to pivot his investment philosophy and joined a large global venture capital firm.

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About Ketul Patel:

Ketul started his career working in startups. He joined Jet.com after it was acquired by Walmart, and he joined Paxos before it became a unicorn. In 2019, he launched a tech services investment firm called Eximer Capital. Today, he's an early stage investor at a global venture capital firm, Headline.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ketulpatel1

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Sep 26, 202246:24
115: Marketing in the Metaverse | Andre Kay, founder of Metaiblock + Sociallybuzz

115: Marketing in the Metaverse | Andre Kay, founder of Metaiblock + Sociallybuzz

115: In Marketing in the Metaverse, Andre Kay, founder of Metaiblock + Sociallybuzz, joins host William Glass to discuss the future of marketing. As a social media marketing veteran, Andre Kay has been at the forefront of new marketing channels for multiple decades. Andre shares how he typically works with franchise clients and how business owners should be approaching marketing in web 3.

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About Andre Kay:

Andre Kay, is the CEO of Sociallybuzz. he founded Sociallybuzz in 2008, as one of the first Social Media Marketing Agency to exist in the world. 14 years later, and with over $19 million in sales, Andre gained a vast amount of knowledge and resources in what it takes to be successful in marketing, and as an Entrepreneur. Sociallybuzz specializes in franchise businesses working with franchisees and franchisors. Andre recently launched Metaiblock to focus on the opportunities in web 3 marketing.

https://twitter.com/MrAndreKay
https://www.instagram.com/sociallybuzz/
https://metaiblock.com/ (See an inside video of the Franchise Funverse on Horizon World)
https://www.sociallybuzz.com/

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Sep 18, 202244:37
114: Busting Outsourcing Myths | Daniel Ramsey, MyOutDesk

114: Busting Outsourcing Myths | Daniel Ramsey, MyOutDesk

114: In Busting Outsourcing Myths, Daniel Ramsey, founder of MyOutDesk, joins host William Glass to discuss how to find more time in your business through virtual assistants. Daniel shares the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make when hiring a virtual assistant and helps clarify what tasks and job roles best suit a virtual assistant. In addition, we discuss the key concerns around quality, security, and communication that many entrepreneurs struggle to understand when hiring a virtual assistant.

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About Daniel Ramsey:

Daniel Ramsey is the founder & CEO of MyOutDesk, rated #1 in Virtual Assistant services by TechRadar + Analytics Insight, and is one of the longest-running Virtual Assistant Services companies — serving 7500+ clients with more than 800 verified 5-star business reviews. MyOutDesk fortifies & scales growing companies with Virtual Professionals.

Daniel is a long-time entrepreneur having ran and sold several businesses in his career. Back in 2008, he was inspired by his own time-management struggles to find a better way to help businesses leverage their time & energy, and created MyOutDesk to provide a trusted, reliable solution to the office administration, marketing & prospecting tasks that every business has – but most lack the time to focus on.

Daniel has worked with some of the largest companies in some of the fastest-growing industries: sales organizations, tech startups, insurance, real estate, healthcare, and more.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/myoutdesk

Website: https://www.myoutdesk.com/

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Aug 16, 202238:40
113: The Psychology of Money and Why the Caring Class Gets Left Behind | Melissa Pancoast, the Beans

113: The Psychology of Money and Why the Caring Class Gets Left Behind | Melissa Pancoast, the Beans

113: In the Psychology of Money, Melissa Pancoast, founder of the Beans, joins host William Glass to discuss why our current approach to finances leaves millions of people behind. Melissa has spent years studying behavioral tech that can reduce financial stress and shares her learnings that she's applying at the Beans. We discuss how our current approaches to financial improvement are not aligned with our psychology which directly impacts financial stress levels.

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About Melissa Pancoast:

Melissa Pancoast is the founder and CEO of The Beans, a financial care company that is building financial products, experiences, and community for America’s “Caring Class”- those who choose careers of mission over money. She started her career as a teacher, where she saw the impact of financial stress firsthand in her community.

After completing post-graduate work, she served as a researcher in the University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Interventions, where she saw the potential to massively and cheaply scale effective behavioral tech and developed the first program proven to reduce financial stress. Since then, she has run operations for Big Health, launched Seacliff Sales, and co-founded Comet Labs, a venture capital fund focused on early-stage machine intelligence companies.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgpancoast/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-beans/

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Aug 09, 202230:17
112: Build a PR Machine for Your Startup | Donna Loughlin, Founder & Public Relations Veteran

112: Build a PR Machine for Your Startup | Donna Loughlin, Founder & Public Relations Veteran

112: In Build a PR Machine for Your Startup, Donna Loughlin, founder of LMGPR, joins host William Glass to discuss how to make a big splash with your company and keep the media coverage coming. Donna shares her own journey and examples of how startups can generate big buzz and sustain it long-term through strong storytelling. Towards the end Donna does a little workshopping to show you how to get started with your own company.

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About Donna Loughlin:

Donna Loughlin is the Founder of LMGPR known for her work with futurists and innovators. She has launched more than 500 companies taking them from stealth to market leaders since forming her agency in 2002.

With LMGPR, Donna has secured more than a dozen personal and agency awards from global organizations. Prior to establishing LMGPR, Donna spent more than 10 years leading creative PR programs for several high-profile consumer and business services and IPOs in Silicon Valley for global market leaders in the consumer and business tech sectors.

She is also the host of BeforeItHappened, a leading narrative podcast featuring visionaries and the moments, events, and realizations that inspired them to change our lives for the better.

Website: https://www.lmgpr.com/

Podcast: https://www.beforeithappened.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnal2/

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Aug 02, 202250:45
111: Debunking the MVP & Thriving in a Downturn | Bo Davis, MarginEdge

111: Debunking the MVP & Thriving in a Downturn | Bo Davis, MarginEdge

111: In Debunking the MVP & Thriving in a Downturn, Bo Davis, founder of MarginEdge, joins host William Glass to discuss how he approached building MarginEdge counter to the traditional MVP model. Bo shares how his experience as a restauranteur gave him a competitive edge that allowed him to skip the traditional minimum viable product step. You'll also hear how Bo focused on putting customers at the forefront in 2020 when essentially their customer's business stopped and how the decisions made in those few weeks allowed MarginEdge to thrive.

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About Bo Davis:

Bo Davis is the co-founder and CEO of MarginEdge, the restaurant solution combining paperless invoice processing with POS and accounting integration.

After the acquisition of his first technology company, and subsequent service in the Peace Corps, Davis co-founded his restaurant venture, Wasabi. Growing Wasabi to 12 locations in seven states over eight years, highlighted the disjointed data and systems that plague the back office management of restaurants - and also inspired his development of a solution and what would become MarginEdge.

MarginEdge now provides powerful, real-time operational and financial data to over 3,000 restaurants nationwide and has over 300 employees under Davis’s leadership.

Davis holds a BA in Philosophy from George Washington University, a Masters in Finance from London Business School, and a second Masters in Data Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence from Northwestern University.

Website: https://www.marginedge.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davis-bo/

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Jul 27, 202228:41
110: Start with the Exit, How to Sell Your Startup for a Lot of Money | Mark Achler, Investor & Mert Iseri, Founder

110: Start with the Exit, How to Sell Your Startup for a Lot of Money | Mark Achler, Investor & Mert Iseri, Founder

110: In Start with the Exit, Mart Achler & Mert Iseri, partners at MATH Ventures, joins host William Glass to discuss how to sell your startup for a lot of money. Through Mert's recent exit of his startup he learned that by focusing on how you will exit the business from the start you can build relationships that will ultimately lead to a better exit. Mark & Mert dive into the FAIR Framework and other tools that founders can implement to ensure the best outcomes for all stakeholders involved. A fun and informative conversation that is great for startup founders, investors, and employees at venture-backed companies.

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About Mark Achler:

An early employee of Apple and Head of Innovation at Redbox, Mark Achler has been creating and investing in tech startups since 1986. Today, he is a founding partner of MATH Venture Partners, a technology venture capital fund, and an adjunct professor at the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markachler/

About Mert Iseri:

Mert Iseri is the founder of SwipeSense, a healthtech company acquired by SC Johnson in 2020. He also co-founded Design for America—using design thinking for social impact—which won the National Design Award in 2018. Together, they wrote Exit Right to be the definitive guide on exits, delivering the best possible results for you and your company.

Website: https://www.exitrightbook.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/merthiseri/

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Jul 08, 202258:55
109: A Consumer First Approach to Debt | Sean Hundtofte, Solve Finance

109: A Consumer First Approach to Debt | Sean Hundtofte, Solve Finance

109: In a Consumer First Approach to Debt, Sean Hundtofte, founder of Solve Finance, joins host William Glass to discuss how our current lending practices fail borrowers. Sean spent years in consumer finance at the NY Fed and Better Mortgage and became frustrated with how our current lending practices fail consumers. We discuss his experience in the industry and how Solve Finance is taking a consumer-centric approach and the keys to building a better system.

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About Sean Hundtofte:

Sean Hundtofte, CEO and Founder of Solve Finance, has dedicated his 20+ year career to consumer finance, most recently as a member of the exec team at Better Mortgage (where he halved CAC while growing D2C volumes 4x), and previously as a distressed investor, a PhD in household finance and as a research economist studying household credit at the NY Fed.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedIn.com/in/sean-hundtofte

Website: www.seanhundtofte.com

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Jul 01, 202249:10
108: WTF is Financial Independence Anyway? | Matt Ruttenberg, FI-er

108: WTF is Financial Independence Anyway? | Matt Ruttenberg, FI-er

108: In WTF is Financial Independence Anyway, Matt Ruttenberg, founder of SureLI Insurance, joins host William Glass to discuss financial independence and how to achieve this mythic state as an entrepreneur. Matt became frustrated after only spending 7-hours with his kid and realizing that his work was impeding his ability to be happy. Matt shares how he mapped out financial independence and a way for him to take his knowledge in the financial services industry and translate that into a business that would support a more flexible lifestyle.

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About Matt Ruttenberg:

Matt is a Financial Entrepreneur, founder of SureLI Insurance, CMO and shareholder of Life, Inc. Retirement Services and 401k expert.

He sold his financial planning practice of 15 years and now has dedicated his new ventures to the Financially Independent community helping entrepreneurs reach FIRE faster.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattruttenberg/

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Jun 24, 202251:26
107. Angel Investing in Startups for Dummies | Hall Martin, TEN Capital Network

107. Angel Investing in Startups for Dummies | Hall Martin, TEN Capital Network

107: In Angel Investing in Startups for Dummies, Hall Martin, founder of TEN Capital Network, joins host William Glass to discuss how to get started investing in startups. Hall covers a wide range of basics from what size checks to write, what types of companies to focus on, and how to do proper due diligence. You'll come away with a solid foundation to start your angel investing journey and source potential investments.

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About Hall Martin:

Hall T. Martin is the Founder and CEO of the TEN Capital Network and Host of the Investor Connect podcast program. He launched TEN as the Texas Entrepreneur Networks in 2009. Today, TEN Capital Network has over 15,000 investors, and has helped startups raise over $900M. 

Mr. Martin serves as the Vice-Chair of the Baylor Angel Network. He previously led the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) as its first Executive Director. Mr. Martin is also the Host, founder, and director of the Investor Connect podcast which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the education of startup investors. 

Mr. Martin is a Founder and initial Managing Director of SKU (Incubation Station), a consumer product goods accelerator based in Austin, Texas, and the former Managing Director of AccelerateNFC, an accelerator based in Dallas, Texas, focusing on Near Field Communication. Mr. Martin serves as an adjunct professor for the University of Texas leading the Idea to IP program which fosters startups from the engineering program.

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Jun 18, 202255:39
106: M&A Uncovered, How do Mergers & Acquisitions Actually Work? | Kison Patel, DealRoom & M&A Science

106: M&A Uncovered, How do Mergers & Acquisitions Actually Work? | Kison Patel, DealRoom & M&A Science

106: In M&A Uncovered, Kison Patel, founder of DealRoom & M&A Science, joins host William Glass to discuss how exactly mergers and acquisitions work. Kison shares what you need to know about M&A as a business owner, employee, and investor. Kison also goes into how he stumbled into an organic content strategy that has enabled DealRoom to grow without having to raise massive amounts of investor capital. 

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About Kison Patel:

Kison Patel is the Founder and CEO of M&A Science, with a passion to drive the M&A industry forward. He was an M&A advisor for ten years in which he sold larger companies such as commercial banks and hotel chains. In 2012, he noticed teams lacked efficient technology to manage deals and created DealRoom, an M&A lifecycle management platform. 

In 2016, he started the M&A Science podcast devoting his time to creating a platform where all the best practitioners could share their best practices and lessons learned from real-life deals. Kison then created The M&A Science Academy in 2020 to offer step-by-step training to those looking to master M&A featuring courses created by top-level practitioners. Through developing technology, educational content, and industry training, Kison aims to bring better practices to an industry with growing market pressures, transaction values, and competition.

Website: https://kisonpatel.com/

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May 13, 202255:36
105: Creating Ads that Convert, Which Half of Your Marketing Spend is Wasted? | Ben Marcoux, Bottomless Branding

105: Creating Ads that Convert, Which Half of Your Marketing Spend is Wasted? | Ben Marcoux, Bottomless Branding

105: In Creating Ads that Convert, Ben Marcoux, founder of Bottomless Branding, joins host William Glass to discuss the importance of creating ad copy that actually converts. Ben shares the steps to create really compelling ad copy that will increase your conversion rates. Additionally, Ben shares what led him to start his own agency and what it's like to be a solopreneur.

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About Ben Marcoux:

Hi, my name’s Ben, and I’m an ad-aholic. I’m a jazz saxophone player turned freelance media buyer, copywriter, and strategist.

I officially hung my shingle in 2015. And since then I’ve spent thousands of hours studying history’s (and today’s) most lucrative ads.

My copywriting’s grossed multiple 7-or 8 figures of revenue (who really knows). And I’ve profitably managed $10,000,000+ of ad spend for my own businesses and for clients, generating over 250,000 leads and hundreds of millions of dollars in sales across many verticals.

My “day job” is making business owners big bucks by creating simple scalable advertising systems, writing direct response sales copy, driving targeted traffic to high integrity offers, and using data, analytics, and relentless follow-up to maximize the ROI of these funnels.

Now I help other B2B experts effortlessly close premium clients by using “The FAME-WORK” to package their expertise into a Money Making Signature System and position themselves as the go-to authority in their market.

Website: www.bottomlessbranding.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-marcoux

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May 06, 202256:53
104: For the Love of Sport, How to Build a Sports Social Network | David Arnett, Founder of Chuck

104: For the Love of Sport, How to Build a Sports Social Network | David Arnett, Founder of Chuck

104: In for the love of sport, David Arnett (@ChuckSportsApp), founder of Chuck, joins host William Glass to discuss how his passion for sports led him to build a better way to engage as a fan. David an avid sports fan felt there was something missing. He struggled to track all of his favorite teams, keep up with his fellow sports buddies, and began to dream of a better fan experience. That led him to build Chuck the social network for sports fans. You'll hear his journey building as a non-technical founder and his vision for both the die-hard and casual sports fan.

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About David Arnett:

David Arnett is a first-time entrepreneur, having spent 20 years in Market Research before making the leap to launch Chuck, the Social Sports app.

Website: https://www.heychuck.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chuck-inc

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Apr 29, 202250:39
103: The Difference Between an Owner-Operator & an Owner, Buying Franchises | Todd Randall, Serial Entrepreneur

103: The Difference Between an Owner-Operator & an Owner, Buying Franchises | Todd Randall, Serial Entrepreneur

103: In the difference between an owner-operator & an owner, Todd Randall, serial entrepreneur, joins host William Glass to discuss the different types of entrepreneurs. Todd shares his own journey of being an entrepreneur without an idea and how he managed to build multiple businesses using the franchise model. In addition, Todd shares the keys to building both a business and the life you desire.

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About Todd Randall:

Todd Randall, the eight-time CEO and business coach from rural Florida, found that running a business can lead you to an early grave if you let it. He set out to build a business enterprise that worships freedom more than money and somehow ended up with both. This is the story of how a man set a crazy goal for himself, to learn to play polo and travel the world indulging that passion, and then worked persistently until he achieved it.  His businesses have included spas, gyms, operations consulting, business brokerage, construction, and wholesale companies. His latest and proudest venture is a thriving business coaching practice where he enthusiastically shares his experience with budding entrepreneurs.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/BeachviewCoaching 

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Apr 22, 202243:50
102: How Do You Measure Impact? | Mitch Stein, founder of Pond

102: How Do You Measure Impact? | Mitch Stein, founder of Pond

102: In How Do You Measure Impact, Mitch Stein, founder of Pond, joins host William Glass to discuss the importance of aligning your authentic self with your work. Mitch shares his own journey of coming out and how being his authentic self opened up a world of possibilities. Mitch became a leader in the LGBTQ community and noticed an interesting problem in the non-profit space. This is an inspiring and insightful conversation with lots of lessons to apply to your own business and life.

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About Mitch Stein:

Mitch is an impact fanatic obsessed with bringing more innovation to the nonprofit sector.

After graduating Summa Cum Laude from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, Mitch spent 7 years as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. After two years of developing Pond, it’s now clear to him that the business world has way more to learn from nonprofits than the other way around.

Mitch found his passion for nonprofits participating in The Northeast AIDS Ride with his dad in honor of his late uncle Marlin. That passion evolved into Pond, a reimagined marketplace for all the tools and services a nonprofit needs to thrive. 

Website: www.joinpond.com
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Apr 17, 202251:40
101: Designing a Killer User Experience, No Code Development | Prakash Chandran, Xano

101: Designing a Killer User Experience, No Code Development | Prakash Chandran, Xano

101: In Designing a Killer User Experience, Prakash Chandran (@prakawesome), founder of Xano, joins host William Glass to discuss no code development, productizing an internal tool, and the importance of user journeys. Prakash shares how he and his co-founders took an internal backend development tool and turned it into a commercial product. In addition, Prakash dives deep into user-centric design and how to map the customer journey in order to build a successful product.

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About Prakash Chandran:

Prakash is a product and customer experience consultant based in San Luis Obispo, CA. He currently is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Xano, the fastest way to build a scalable backend for any software application using no-code.

Previously, he led the UX design & research team for Google's Enterprise solution (Workspaces) and was the Founder & CEO of a SaaS startup in the SMB referral space.

In his spare time, he's a podcast host for RadioMD.com where he interviews doctors around the country on how they help others.

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Mar 21, 202255:29
100. Architecting the Perfect Hybrid Work Environment | Craig James, DWELLOptimal

100. Architecting the Perfect Hybrid Work Environment | Craig James, DWELLOptimal

100. In Architecting the Perfect Hybrid Work Environment, Craig James, founder of DWELLOptimal, joins host William Glass to discuss how to best blend work and life in physical spaces. Craig shares how his experience working on Wall Street and in Hong Kong taught him the importance of beautiful, functional living spaces. Traveling all of the time and working out of hotels or corporate apartments didn't create the environment he needed to work effectively while on the road. Leaving Wall Street behind him, Craig set out to build a company that solves this challenge of functional and beautiful living spaces for companies and workers. The need for DWELLOptimal's solution has only grown in importance with the transition to hybrid work following COVID.  

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About Craig James:

Craig is the Founder and CEO of DWELLoptimal, a real estate technology company that provides companies with dedicated, secure work/live solutions, with the primary motivation of providing deeper connectivity to the remote worker.  In addition to providing actual work/live environments, DWELLoptimal’s utilization software allows companies to manage all aspects of their secure real-estate portfolios.

Prior to making real estate his focus, Craig James spent 20 years on Wall Street in equity derivative trading, and 8 years abroad in Hong Kong where he last served as the CIO and Founder of Expedition Advisors Ltd, a long-biased volatility hedge fund.

Craig received his MBA in Finance from the University of Texas-Austin and his BA in Liberal Arts and Economics from Wheaton College.  Craig is an avid fisherman and enjoys taking adventure trips into the wilderness, the more remote the better.

Website: https://www.dwelloptimal.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-james-b8ab304a/

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Mar 14, 202235:58
99. Nik Milanović: Building a Global FinTech Community & Venture Fund | This Week in FinTech

99. Nik Milanović: Building a Global FinTech Community & Venture Fund | This Week in FinTech

99. In Building a Global FinTech Community, Nik Milanović (@nikmilanovic), founder of This Week in FinTech & The FinTech Fund, joins host William Glass to discuss how to build community in the FinTech space using Twitter. Nik shares how he wound up in the FinTech space first at a startup and then at Google Pay which led him to begin the This Week in FinTech newsletter. The newsletter has grown into a global community with regular networking events across the globe. His time building This Week in FinTech led to investment opportunities into promising startups and eventually to his newly launched FinTech fund aptly name The FinTech Fund. A fun conversation for those interested in building community, fintech, and venture capital.

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About Nik Milanović:

Nik Milanović has worked in fintech for over a decade. He got his start as the first hire at Funding Circle, before moving on to the early team at Petal and then head of BD at Google Pay. He launched his newsletter, This Week in Fintech, in 2019, and just launched The Fintech Fund, an early-stage investment fund built by fintech people, for fintech people.

Website: https://thefintechfund.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nikmilanovic

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Feb 15, 202247:51
What is Debt? | Debt Basics 101 with the Founders of Ostrich
Feb 10, 202232:26
Personal Finance for Dummies | The Basics with the Founders of Ostrich
Feb 03, 202232:03
Using Airtable + AppGyver to Build your App | 10 Things to Know Before Using Airtable as a Backend

Using Airtable + AppGyver to Build your App | 10 Things to Know Before Using Airtable as a Backend

Learn the 10 things you must know before building with AppGyver and Airtable - introduction to the positives and negatives of building a mobile or web app with Airtable as a backend for your AppGyver app. I've built multiple apps with the no-code tool AppGyver + Airtable and learned there are some things that make combing them awesome but also some limitations you must be aware of before building with both.  


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Jan 29, 202212:28
Financial Goal Setting with the Ostrich Founders | Andrew Holliday & William Glass
Jan 27, 202239:24
98: Venturing into Entrepreneurship, Screening Out Skin Cancer | Elianna Goldstein, Get Mr.

98: Venturing into Entrepreneurship, Screening Out Skin Cancer | Elianna Goldstein, Get Mr.

98: In Venturing into Entrepreneurship, Elianna Goldstein, a NYC-based founder, joins host William Glass to discuss her journey of founding Men's health company Get Mr.. Elianna drew on inspiration from her Grandfather's entrepreneurial invention, the rubber band on braces to build a brand that addresses real health issues. After spending time in aerospace VC working at Boeing, Elianna set out to build a company that addressed a problem she was hyper-aware of, skin cancer. Elianna's mother is a dermatologist and had first-hand knowledge of the rise in skin cancer especially among men. Elianna shares key insights from the successes to the struggles on her entrepreneurial journey.

At checkout use the Get Mr. 18% off discount code: SAP

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About Elianna Goldstein:

Elianna is the co-founder of GET Mr. a men's skin healthcare startup focused on helping men have their healthiest skin, which has been featured on The Today Show, Menshealth, Katie Couric, and more.

Elianna has worked as an aerospace investor at Boeing's Corporate VC, is a certified yoga instructor, and is an alumnus of the Venture for America fellowship. She can also be found baking granola, cheating on the mini crossword, or tending to her newly potted plants.

Website: www.getmr.com at checkout use code: SAP for 18% off.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ekg919/

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Jan 23, 202254:08
97: 13 Second Public Sellout of the Illuminati NFTs | How to Sell Your NFT Project

97: 13 Second Public Sellout of the Illuminati NFTs | How to Sell Your NFT Project

97: The Illuminati NFT project sold out 13 seconds after the public launch. This episode is a deep dive into what led to a successful NFT project sellout and how you can apply the same principles to your own NFT project. The inspiration for this episode came from a viral Twitter thread recap of the Illuminati (@Truth) that I posted after the launch. As web3 and NFTs begin to proliferate through our society there will likely be more episodes like this one to keep you informed.

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Jan 17, 202211:09
96: 10 Things You Must Know Before Building with AppGyver | No Code Software Develoment
Jan 07, 202213:39
95: Ostrich 2021 Recap | CEO William Glass Shares the Alpha

95: Ostrich 2021 Recap | CEO William Glass Shares the Alpha

95: In the Ostrich 2021 Recap host William Glass shares a bit more about the journey of building Ostrich, the highlights & lowlights from the year, and 3 key takeaways. He also announces the upcoming NFT project the Ostrich team is launching called the Early Bird Ostriches. You can learn more on the website and join the discord for the NFT alpha. 

Early Bird Ostrich: https://getostrich.com/early-bird-ostrich/ 

Discord: https://discord.gg/GEamE9Y7WC

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About William Glass:

William Glass is the CEO & Co-Founder of Ostrich and host of Silicon Alley. Prior to starting Ostrich, Glass received a Fulbright Scholarship to Thailand, led sales teams at Gartner, and opened up a new vertical AI startup Remesh. In his free time, Glass enjoys running, playing soccer and tennis, and reading. 

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Jan 01, 202215:57
94: The Ultimate Fundraising Pitch Tool | Nic Mahaney, OpenScout & OnePager

94: The Ultimate Fundraising Pitch Tool | Nic Mahaney, OpenScout & OnePager

94: In The Ultimate Fundraising Pitch, Nic Mahaney (@nicmahaney), a NYC-based founder, joins host William Glass to discuss what it is VCs truly want to see in a pitch. Nic shares his entrepreneurial journey and how one business actually led him to discover a much-needed product in the Venture Capital space. A fun wide-ranging conversation that dives deep into entrepreneurship and fundraising.

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About Nic Mahaney:

After studying Finance at Georgetown, Nic started his career in Product at i-Comm Connect, a telecommunications startup, as employee #5. At i-Comm, Nic led the product team and headed global partnerships for EMEA before they were acquired in early-2020. Shortly after, Nic, Adam, & Jack built Open Scout as an open-sourced venture scout network on college campuses around the world, where they found a huge problem in how information about startups was shared with investors - so they built OnePager!

Website: https://onepager.vc
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Dec 25, 202149:59
93: The Keys to Fundraising in a Highly Regulated Industry | Tom Trevisani, Founder Vedas Labs

93: The Keys to Fundraising in a Highly Regulated Industry | Tom Trevisani, Founder Vedas Labs

93: In The Keys to Fundraising, Tom Trevisani (T: @tptcycles), a FinTech entrepreneur who built a crowdfunding platform, joins host William Glass to discuss the keys to raising funds from investors and preparing for a successful crowdfund. You'll hear Tom share how he navigated a highly regulated industry to launch Vedas Labs which is a crowdfunding platform that focuses on companies that support the UN Developmental goals. 

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About Tom Trevisani:

Tom Trevisani is a technology entrepreneur and the founder of VedasLabs Inc. which has a mission to provide open access to investments in early-stage companies that will accelerate how capital is raised and communities are built.

Prior to founding VedasLabs he a was key member behind the growth of Axioma, a global leader in quantitative risk analytics solutions for many of the world’s largest hedge funds and asset managers, recently acquired by Deutsche Boerse in April 2019. Tom is also an Investor in Knightscope, a leader in developing autonomous security capabilities that combines self-driving technology, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

Earlier in his career, Tom worked as Vice President, Finance & Business Intelligence for Recovco Mortgage Management LLC and Senior Financial Analyst at Digital Risk, the largest independent provider of risk, compliance & transaction management solutions for the mortgage and lending services market. Tom was a Paralegal at Kaufman, Englett and Lynd Attorneys and Congressional Intern at the US House of Representatives.

Tom is an active member of the New York City Ballet Young Patron Circle and volunteer for New York Cares, Habitat for Humanity, and Member of the Hudson River Sailing Community. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Stetson University and MBA from Rollins College. As a competitive athlete, he places high value on personal and professional development, as well as motivating others to success.

Vedas Labs:

Website: vedaslabs.io
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vedaslabs-inc/
Twitter: @VedasLabs_io

Connect with Tom:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ttrevisani/
Twitter: @tptcycles

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Dec 17, 202150:19
92: The Secret to Growth Marketing & Having Fun at Work | Wes Yee

92: The Secret to Growth Marketing & Having Fun at Work | Wes Yee

92: In The Secret to Growth Marketing & Having Fun at Work, Wes Yee (Twitter: @WesYee), experienced high-tech marketer, joins host William Glass to discuss how tech companies should approach growth marketing. Wes shares how he learned the hard way that there is no one size fits all growth marketing strategy that you can copy and paste. Instead, you'll learn how to identify what growth marketing strategy will work best for you business. You'll learn:

  • How to craft a growth marketing strategy
  • Identifying and implementing growth marketing tactics
  • Defining growth marketing, acquisition marketing, and performance marketing
  • How as a leader to make work more fun

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About Wes Yee:

Wes Yee is a marketer and investor with 10+ years of experience driving growth for technology startups. He's head of integrated marketing at Ramp and a Channel Co-Chair at Pavilion where he helps marketers solve problems. From 2018-2020 he led the growth marketing team at Guru, helping grow revenue over 400%. Prior to Guru he was the VP of Marketing at Sequoia Consulting group and has held key marketing roles at Piqora, Kony, ShareVault and Semphonic. He holds a BA in Mass Communications from CSU East Bay.

Learn more about Wes Yee: LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/wesyee & website - www.WesYee.com


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Nov 13, 202101:16:58
91: A 25 Year Journey to Published Author | Back to One | Antonia Gavrihel, Author

91: A 25 Year Journey to Published Author | Back to One | Antonia Gavrihel, Author

91: In a 25 Year Journey to Published Author, Antonia Gavrihel (Twitter: @AntoniaGavrihel), author of Back to One, joins host William Glass to discuss the starts and stops to get her breakout novel published. Antonia shares the failed publisher and producer pitches where she came inches from publishing her novel to her unique writing process. You'll learn how music plays an important role in Back to One both in the story and in crafting the story.

Antonia has released a unique NFT project in accordance with the novel's publishing. View the Back to One project on OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/back-to-one.

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About Antonia Gavrihel:

Born to an entertainment family — her father a comedian and actor, her mother a big band singer — Antonia was placed in front of a camera at an early age. She loved acting yet dreamed of being a writer. Words, along with the visuals and stories they form, became her passion.

Back to One was created when she was raising a young son, building a career, and managing the everyday hurdles of life. After settling her son to sleep after work, she would write into the late hours of the night--- for an entire year. Then began the twenty-five-year search for a publishing house to bring the novel to readers everywhere. The first summer of Covid-19 provided that serendipitous event.

Away from writing and occasionally acting, she is a law professor and an enrolled agent/master tax advisor.

Her second novel in the Back to One series continuing Cate and Kyle’s adventures will be released next October 2022.

Learn more about Back to One & Antonia Gavrihel: https://antoniagavrihel.com

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Nov 06, 202132:41
Creating Business Intelligence with Open Source Data Integration Tools | Michel Tricot, Founder of Airbyte

Creating Business Intelligence with Open Source Data Integration Tools | Michel Tricot, Founder of Airbyte

90: In Creating Business Intelligence, Michel Tricot (Twitter: @MichelTricot), founder of Airbyte, joins host William Glass to discuss how to utilize open-source data integration tools and build a business with an open-source business model. Michel shares his experience building the wrong product and being forced to pivot along with the keys to persisting through tough times. You'll learn:

  • Open sources as a business model
  • A failed initial product and quick pivot to "overnight" success
  • How to get all of your company data in one place
  • Why connectors and data integration is crucial to business


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About Michel Tricot:

Michel Tricot is the CEO and Co-Founder of Airbyte, the new open-source ELT standard for replicating data from applications, APIs & databases.

Michel has been working in data engineering for the past 15 years. As head of integrations and engineering director at Liveramp (NYSE: RAMP), he grew the team responsible for building and scaling the data ingestion and data distribution connectors, syncing 100s TB every day.

After only five months, Airbyte raised $5.2m in seed funding from Accel, YCombinator, 8VC, and some high-profile business angels, including the co-founder of Segment, the former GM Cloudera, and the co-founder of Liveramp and Safegraph. 600+ companies have synced data using Airbyte in the first 6 months.

Learn more about Michel Tricot & Airbyte: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheltricot/ & Airbyte https://airbyte.io

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Sep 17, 202149:19
The Jobs to Be Done Theory, Why Your Customers Don't Buy Your Products | Jay Haynes, Founder of Thrv

The Jobs to Be Done Theory, Why Your Customers Don't Buy Your Products | Jay Haynes, Founder of Thrv

89: In The Jobs to Be Done Theory, Jay Haynes (Twitter: @jayhaynes), founder of Thrv, joins host William Glass to discuss why customers don't buy your products. Jay shares the key lessons from the Job to Be Done Theory and how to systemize innovation in your business. You'll learn:

  • Why your customers aren't buying your products
  • What is jobs theory
  • How to implement the jobs to be done methodology
  • Repeatable innovation

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About Jay Haynes:

Jay Haynes is the Founder & CEO of thrv.com, the first and only Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) software for product, marketing, and sales teams. Jobs-to-be-done product management helps CEOs align their product teams with customers to dramatically increase their effectiveness by reducing roadmap risk, accelerating revenue growth, and generating superior equity value.

As an Award-winning executive with three decades of innovation and investing experience, Jay’s customers include Microsoft, Dropbox, eBay, Twitter, American Express, Oracle, Target, and Viacom among others.

While at the Harvard Business School, Jay studied with Clay Christensen, who pioneered the concept of disruption and popularized the jobs-to-be-done innovation method. Jay graduated Phi Beta Kappa with the highest honors from Brown University, and he received his MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Learn more about Jay Haynes: https://www.thrv.com

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Sep 10, 202156:54
Understanding GenZ and Why Popular Culture Will Make or Break Your Business | AnneMarie Hayek, Founder of Global Mosiac & ZSpeak

Understanding GenZ and Why Popular Culture Will Make or Break Your Business | AnneMarie Hayek, Founder of Global Mosiac & ZSpeak

88: In Understanding GenZ, AnneMarie Hayek (Twitter: @annemariehayek), founder of Global Mosiac & ZSpeak, joins host William Glass to discuss why popular culture will make or break your business. AnneMarie shares the key lessons from her book called Generation We: The Power and Promise of Gen Z. You'll learn:

  • The key characteristics of GenZ
  • How GenZ is changing the cultural & political landscape
  • Why culture matters?

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About AnneMarie Hayek:

AnneMarie Hayek is a cultural thought-leader, generational expert and social agitator who deeply understands society's evolutions.  She founded and leads two companies: Global Mosaic and ZSpeak, with a passion for navigating the cultural movements shaping our world.

AnneMarie and her team of experts have advised the world's largest companies, organizations, governments and presidential candidates for more than twenty-five years.

She is the author of the upcoming book, "Generation We: The Power and Promise of Gen Z", the seminal expose on the largest and most powerful generation now coming of age in America.

AnneMarie has a graduate degree from the University of Chicago and previously served as SVP and VP of Global Strategy at BBDO and Leo Burnett.

Learn more about AnneMarie Hayek: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemarieevans/ & http://www.annemariehayek.com

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Sep 03, 202101:00:47
5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail | Henry Daas, Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, & Coach

5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail | Henry Daas, Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, & Coach

87: In 5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail, Henry Daas (Twitter: @daasknowledge), serial entrepreneur, joins host William Glass to discuss the pitfalls small business owners must avoid. Henry shares how to live a well-rounded life and manage both business and pleasure. You'll learn:

  • 5 Reasons Why Businesses Fail
  • Defining Financial Intelligence
  • Finding Infinite Leisure Time

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About Henry Daas:

Henry Daas started his first biz in 1991 selling, installing, servicing and financing computers to large corporations. Since then Henry founded a succession of firms in the e-commerce, finance, real estate and consumer products spaces. For much of the past decade, Henry has taken his experience as an entrepreneur and used it as a platform to coach other business owners and founders.

In addition, in 2019, Henry self-published a 432-page book on everything you need to know about how to grow and manage your money.g

In his infinite leisure, he writes screenplays (for fun), plays golf, travels (when not on lockdown), and plays Settlers of Catan with his three boys.

Learn more about Henry Daas: https://henrydaas.com/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrydaas/

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Aug 27, 202159:07
Building a Remote First Company & Unlocking Unstructured Data in Your Business | Kirk Marple, Founder of Unstruk Data

Building a Remote First Company & Unlocking Unstructured Data in Your Business | Kirk Marple, Founder of Unstruk Data

86: In Building a Remote First Company, Kirk Marple (Twitter: @KirkMarple), founder of Unstruk Data, joins host William Glass to discuss how to he has built a company with a remote workforce and the power of unstructured data in your business. Whether your team is fully remote or hybrid Kirk shares some of the keys to building a strong remote culture and how Unstruk Data raised money through Zoom. You'll learn:


  • How to unlock unstructured data in your business
  • The keys to building a remote-first company
  • How to raise money over Zoom


William is a big fan of remote work where possible having utilized the approach to build Ostrich and tap into talent spread across geographies.

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About Kirk Marple:

Kirk Marple is a customer-focused technology leader with over 25 years of experience.

He is the CEO and Founder of Unstruk Data, a new company that is building the industry’s leading Unstructured Data Warehouse for automating data preparation via metadata enrichment, integrated compute, and graph-based search. Unstruk Data has raised $3.5m in seed funding and will fully launch in July ‘21.

Former Microsoft, General Motors, and STATS leader - Kirk has extensive expertise in architecting and managing teams developing APIs and scalable services, leveraging on-premise and cloud infrastructure, generating significant cost savings, and supporting revenue growth for startups through Fortune 25 companies. He holds multiple patents and industry awards and has truly established himself as an industry trailblazer.

Learn more about Kirk Marple: https://www.unstruk.com & https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkmarple

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Aug 20, 202150:16
No Code, No Problem: How to Use No Code & Low Code Software Development Tools | Mike Williams, Founder of BuildLab

No Code, No Problem: How to Use No Code & Low Code Software Development Tools | Mike Williams, Founder of BuildLab

85: In No Code, No Problem, Mike Williams, founder of BuildLab, joins host William Glass to discuss how to use no code & low code software development tools. Whether you are building a product from the ground up, testing an idea, or automating current business processes, no code and low code tools offer a fast and cheap way to build. You'll learn:

  • how to use no code & low code to build software
  • The best no code & low code tools for your business
  • Why no code and low code development is the future

William is a big fan of no code low code tools having used them to build the first version of Ostrich and prove out the concept before spending 10s of thousands of development on the product. 

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About the Guest:

Mike Williams is the Founder of BuildLab, a digital development and automation studio. Mike has founded two event ticketing companies, MJ Seats and SharpSeat. MJ Seats was listed in the Inc. 5000list of fastest-growing US companies in 2017 and 2018, finding itself in the top 1000 both years.

His success with MJ Seats was due in part to automating processes and developing custom technology that created a competitive edge in an otherwise commoditized industry. Upon realizing the powerful leverage that technology can provide a growing business, he became focused on his latest company, BuildLab, a company dedicated to delivering automation, application, and web development services with or without code. 

After graduating from James Madison University with a degree in Finance and Computer Information Systems, Mike landed a solid job but always felt the urge to have more skin in the game. He founded his first company with two college friends.

Currently, at BuildLab, Mike uses tools like Integromat, Zapier, Airtable, HubSpot, Firebase, and many more to help automate and scale companies. His clients range from local businesses to billion dollar companies.

Mike is a productivity snob and is constantly looking for ways to improve efficiency for both internal and client processes. He considers time the ultimate resource.

Learn more about Mike Williams: https://buildlab.co

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Aug 13, 202140:08
How Insurance Works for Small Businesses & Self Employed | Eric Geier, Puresurance

How Insurance Works for Small Businesses & Self Employed | Eric Geier, Puresurance

84: In Understanding How Insurance Works for small businesses & the self employed, Eric Geier, founder of Puresurance, joins host William Glass to discuss insurance and business. You'll learn:

  • Understanding Health Insurance for Small Businesses and the self-employed
  • Biggest misconceptions around insurance for small businesses
  • Relationships are more important than ever in business
  • Having a servant mentality and the importance of word of mouth marketing

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About the Guest:

Eric Geier is the CEO of Puresurance, advising business owners and entrepreneurs on the implementation of life insurance as a retirement vehicle and custom-designed health coverage solutions. With over 25 years of experience on Wall Street, Eric is a financial professional with a lifelong goal of helping people with their personal finances and retirement plans.

Learn more about Eric Geier: https://puresurance.com/

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Aug 06, 202145:01
From Bourbon to Finance, How to Find a Financial Advisor You Can Trust | James Vermillion

From Bourbon to Finance, How to Find a Financial Advisor You Can Trust | James Vermillion

83: In From Bourbon to Finance How to Find a Financial Advisor You Can Trust, James Vermillion, founder of Vermillion Private Wealth, joins host William Glass to discuss what to look for in a financial advisor. You'll learn:

  • Preparation is the key to success
  • How to pick a financial advisor
  • Finding peak performance in your career

James has built multiple businesses including a real estate flipping business, bespoke candle company, and his own financial advisory practice. This episode is jam-packed with value. In addition, I had the pleasure of sitting down on James's podcast called Bulls, Bears and Bourbon. Check it out wherever you listen to Silicon Alley.

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About the Guest:

James is the Founder of Vermillion Private Wealth and Wixology Candle Company. His curiosity about entrepreneurship led him to start his first company while serving as an officer in the US Air Force. Since then, James has continued to grow as an entrepreneur. As the owner of Vermillion Private Wealth, James serves as a fee-only financial advisor and investment management, overseeing investment portfolios that focus on innovative and disruptive technologies. With Wixology, James works alongside his co-founders to continue to grow the brand, emphasizing sustainability.

Learn more about James Vermillion: https://vermillionprivatewealth.com/

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Jul 30, 202158:11
How to Successfully Crowdfund, The Keys to Building a Marketplace | Ed Vincent, Founder of festivalPass

How to Successfully Crowdfund, The Keys to Building a Marketplace | Ed Vincent, Founder of festivalPass

82: In How to Successfully Crowdfund & The Keys to Building a Marketplace, Ed Vincent, founder of festivalPass, joins host William Glass to discuss the keys to raising money from your customers and creating loyal fans. You'll learn:

  • "Always on" crowdfunding
  • How to build a marketplace one geography at a time
  • How to develop an innovative business model

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About the Guest:

Entrepreneur with over 25 years business, technology and management experience including 6 years banking and valuation experience. Founded an e-commerce business in 1999 which was sold to a competitor in 2001. Repeat Founder including SimplyEngage, myProducer, & Predict Ventures. Currently Founder & CEO of festivalPass.

Learn more about Ed Vincent and festivalPass: https://www.festivalpass.com/

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Jul 23, 202151:02
Side Hustles: How to Start a Podcast with $100 | The Frugalpreneur, Sarah St John

Side Hustles: How to Start a Podcast with $100 | The Frugalpreneur, Sarah St John

81: In How to Start a Podcast with $100, Sarah St John A.K.A. the Frugalpreneur, joins host William Glass to discuss the keys to starting a podcast and building a lucrative side hustle. You'll learn:

  • How to take your show from idea to reality
  • How to avoid podfading (when podcasters quit after the first 10 episodes)
  • Key tools to run your show for less than $50 a month

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About the Guest:

Sarah St John is an entrepreneur, podcaster, online course creator, and author. She has created several startups throughout her entrepreneurial career of over a decade. She currently owns a podcast production agency called PodSeam. She is also the podcast host of “Frugalpreneur: Building a Business on a Bootstrapped Budget” which aims to show people how to launch and manage an online business on a budget.

Learn more about The Frugalpreneur, Sarah St John: https://www.thesarahstjohn.com/

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Jul 02, 202150:07
3 Questions Every Business Owner Must Ask & How to Make Data Driven Decisions | Amos Schwartzfarb & Trevor Boehm, Co-Authors of Levers

3 Questions Every Business Owner Must Ask & How to Make Data Driven Decisions | Amos Schwartzfarb & Trevor Boehm, Co-Authors of Levers

80. In 3 Questions Every Business Owner Must Ask & How to Make Data Driven Decisions, Amos Schwartzfarb & Trevor Boehm, Co-Authors of Levers: The Framework for Building Repeatability in Your Business, joins host William Glass to discuss scaling your startup. You'll learn:

  • The W3, which are the three questions every business owner must ask themselves about their customers
  • How to move from metric aware to metric driven in your decision making
  • Why you should be focusing on repeatability and NOT scalability in your business

This episode is jam-packed with value and will have you understanding how to make data driven decisions to grow your business.

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About the Guests:

Amos Schwartzfarb is the Managing Director of Techstars Austin and author of the best-selling books for startup sales, Sell More Faster - The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Startups and LEVERS – The Framework For Building Repeatability Into Your Business.  Amos began his career as an entrepreneur in the mid 90’s in the Bay Area at Shoreline Mountain Products and HotJobs.com. In 2004 after moving to Los Angeles, Amos founded Work.com which was eventually merged with Business.com where he was VP of Sales. Business.com sold in 2008 and in 2009 Amos moved to Austin and founded mySpoonful with Stacy Horne. mySpoonful was sold in 2012 and Amos joined Blacklocus shortly after. A year later Blacklocus was sold to Homedepot. In his spare time, Amos loves to hang out with his family, mountain bike and play in the mountains.

Trevor Boehm was a writer before finding his way into building companies. A serial founder, he has also invested in more than forty startups, many of those through Techstars’ first Impact accelerator and as Managing Director of Alexa Next Stage, a program run with the Amazon Alexa Fund. He is currently at the venture fund Saturn Five.

Learn more about Levers: The Framework for Building Repeatability in Your Business: https://leversbook.com

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Jun 25, 202155:51
What is Fintech and Understanding the Fintech Landscape | Tristan Pelloux, Founder of the Fintech Review

What is Fintech and Understanding the Fintech Landscape | Tristan Pelloux, Founder of the Fintech Review

79. In What is Fintech and Understanding the Fintech Landscape, Tristan Pelloux, the Founder of The Fintech Review, joins host William Glass to fintech. You'll learn what Fintech is and the evolution of the fintech industry. Tristan shares from his own experience and research what makes a successful Fintech partnership and how traditional financial services companies should work with startups. Lastly, we discuss Tristan's personal affinity towards Fintech and how Tristan handles his own finances.

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Theme music is Million Voices by Brett Miller - www.brettmillerofficial.com

Ostrich is a personal finance app that uses the power of positive social accountability to help you define, set, & achieve your financial goals.

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About the Guest:

Tristan Pelloux has founded and runs a couple of ventures: he is the Chief Pencil Officer at Fintech Review, online media on the Fintech industry, and the Director of Strategwhy, an independent management consulting firm.

Tristan is truly passionate about innovation in financial services, after over 5 years in Corporate Strategy at Virgin Money in London.

Learn more about the Fintech Review at https://fintechreview.net/

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Jun 04, 202159:31
The Entrepreneur's Relationship to Risk | Will D'Arrigo, Founder of Zublease

The Entrepreneur's Relationship to Risk | Will D'Arrigo, Founder of Zublease

78: In the Entrepreneur's Relationship to Risk, Will D'Arrigo, the Founder of Zublease, joins host William Glass to discuss risk in business. You'll learn how to weigh, manage, and deal with risk as an early-stage startup founder. The insight that you can fall down and no one will notice. We also talk about how skateboarding as a kid translated into how Will approach's risk today. 

Top quotes:

“As a startup, if you fall down, no one is even going to see you. Get back up and keep going.”

“Go talk to your users. Then build something.”

"You can launch 100 times and people won't even know."

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About the Guest:

Growing up, Will D'Arrigo lived in an entrepreneurial household. His parents were both entrepreneurs
which influenced who he is today. In high school, to make some extra cash, Will sold stickers, guitars, furniture,
and even a few motorcycles. Will attended the University of South Florida and graduated with a degree
in chemical engineering. Will is a proud first-generation Latin American graduate. During his senior year of
college, Will founded Zublease which is an online platform to help college students sublet apartments. It's now
been two years and Will is excited to launch the new app.

Learn more about Zublease at https://zublease.com/

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May 07, 202153:27
The Smartest Person in the Room and the Secure Methodology | Christian Espinosa, CEO of Alpine Security & Author

The Smartest Person in the Room and the Secure Methodology | Christian Espinosa, CEO of Alpine Security & Author

77: In the Smartest Person in the Room, Christian Espinosa, the Founder of Alpine Security, joins host William Glass to discuss the secure methodology. You’ll hear the 7 steps to becoming a more effective leader directly from his new book The Smartest Person in the Room. Christian shares how he's applied the secure methodology in his own life and the journey he's embarked on transitioning from seeing himself as the smartest person in the room to becoming a happy and fulfilled business owner. Lastly, Christian gets into how you can improve security in your business and the basic security steps every business owner should take.

Top quotes:

“Part of leadership is leading yourself.”

“How we talk to ourselves shapes our world.”

“To attract more we have to become more.”

Key Takeaways:

  • Focusing solely on achievement is ineffective
  • If a customer "doesn't get it" you need to improve your communication
  • You are responsible for the narrative of your life and business

Bio:

Christian Espinosa is the Founder and CEO of Alpine Security, a cybersecurity engineer, certified high-performance coach, professor, and lover of heavy metal music and spicy food. Christian's company, Alpine Security, was acquired by Cerberus Sentinel in December 2020. Christian is also an Air Force veteran and Ironman triathlete. He used to value being the “smartest guy in the room,” only to realize that his greatest contribution to the fight against cybercrime is his ability to bring awareness to the issue through effective communication. Christian is a speaker, coach, and trainer in the Secure methodology, helping to make the smartest people in the room the best leaders in the field. For more information, visit www.christianespinosa.com and get the book The Smartest Person in the Room now.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for information only. Always seek professional investing and legal advice.

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Apr 30, 202156:23