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The Unicorn Finders

The Unicorn Finders

By The Unicorn Finders

On the search to illuminate the elusive 'Unicorn Factor' in people, businesses, and relationships.
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Ryan Burgess Netflix Software Engineering Manager + Leadership & Culture at Netflix

The Unicorn FindersMar 03, 2021

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IceBrekr - Changing The Way We Meet and Connect
Mar 26, 202427:20
Jacob Klug + The Future of No-Code
Feb 20, 202416:15
Hot Tech Topics & What's Really Happening w/ the Economy
Feb 05, 202428:37
BLCK - A Members-Only Home Exchange Platform
Jan 30, 202430:24
Gadget - Platform for JS Devs to Build Fast and Maintain Less
Jan 23, 202427:51
Thoughts on the Economy
Jan 23, 202428:27
TUF 2023 Year in Review of Startups
Jan 16, 202439:47
First Rule - Granting Creators Control Over Their Art Using AI
Dec 28, 202329:15
ConnectCast - Platform to Unite Podcasters w/ Their Audiences
Dec 19, 202327:29
Venturous - Connecting the Dots Between Top Students into Startups and VCs
Dec 12, 202328:17
VetVerifi - Tech Company that Connects Veterinarians to their Partners
Dec 05, 202329:10
Xoolooloo - A Search Engine to find People by your Specific Interests
Nov 21, 202326:41
Farmgrub.com - Locally Grown Groceries, Same Day Delivery
Nov 14, 202326:27
Whisper Aero - Developing Quiet Electric Jet Engine Technology

Whisper Aero - Developing Quiet Electric Jet Engine Technology

We are joined this morning by COO & Chief Product Officer, Ian Villa. Ian is a recent 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 list and a graduate with his B.S. and M.S. from Stanford. We are diving into the future of Jet Engine Technology!

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Nov 07, 202318:17
Calendaristic - Understanding Where the Time Goes

Calendaristic - Understanding Where the Time Goes

We are joined this morning by Founder Brian Dailey talking about his new venture, Calendaristic. This piece of software is an organization-wide analytics tool for Google Workspace calendars to increase visibility and understand where the time goes.


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Oct 30, 202330:15
Talking Macroeconomics with the Boys

Talking Macroeconomics with the Boys

It's been a LONG time since we just hung out to chop it up. Come hang!

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Oct 26, 202327:15
WunderGraph - The Open-Source Apollo GraphOS Alternative

WunderGraph - The Open-Source Apollo GraphOS Alternative

We are hanging out with Co-Founder Sefan Avram today on the show to talk all things API and Wundergraph!

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Oct 17, 202330:07
KnoCommerce - Unlocking Insight That's Never Existed for Online Sellers

KnoCommerce - Unlocking Insight That's Never Existed for Online Sellers

We are joined by Jeremiah Prummer who is CEO of KnoCommerce to dive into this amazing piece of software!

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Sep 18, 202333:13
Tixologi - Changing The Landscape of Ticketing

Tixologi - Changing The Landscape of Ticketing

We are joined this morning by Co-Founder Asher Weiss talking about how he and Tixologi are trying to change the landscape of ticketing through technology!

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Sep 11, 202318:52
ComboCurve - Building Software To Make Energy Professionals Lives Easier

ComboCurve - Building Software To Make Energy Professionals Lives Easier

We are joined by ComboCurve's Cheif of Staff Ben Whaley to talk about this amazing piece of software!

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Sep 04, 202327:58
Elixir Kombucha + Award-winning kombucha company based in Louisville, Kentucky

Elixir Kombucha + Award-winning kombucha company based in Louisville, Kentucky

We are joined by Founder Corey Woods this morning to discuss this amazing product!

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Aug 28, 202333:13
Grazzy - Cashless Tipping and Instant Payouts

Grazzy - Cashless Tipping and Instant Payouts

We are joined by the crew at Grazzy today to talk about their platform to help hourly service workers get paid faster from tips!

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Aug 21, 202327:09
The Boys Talk Macro Economics & the Job Market

The Boys Talk Macro Economics & the Job Market

Hanging to talk macroeconomics and the job market today!

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Aug 14, 202328:08
Teaming - Build a Better Team with Teaming's Team Operating System

Teaming - Build a Better Team with Teaming's Team Operating System

We are joined this morning by CEO/Co Founder Kate O'Neil on the journey of Teaming and where they are going from here!

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Aug 07, 202330:54
Jinx Drinx - Prepackaged Adult Bevs for Safety

Jinx Drinx - Prepackaged Adult Bevs for Safety

We are joined by founder Colin Michael to talk about why he decided to start Jinx Drinx and where they are headed!

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Jul 31, 202331:22
Azra AI - SaaS Clinical Intelligence Solution To Help Navigate Cancer

Azra AI - SaaS Clinical Intelligence Solution To Help Navigate Cancer

We are joined today by CEO Chris Cashwell of Azra AI. We are going to talk about Azra in depth and what lies ahead for Chris and his company!

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May 15, 202330:43
Bounty - Partner with your favorite brands, instantly

Bounty - Partner with your favorite brands, instantly

We are joined today by Founder Aaron Decker to dive into his company, Bounty.

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May 08, 202328:21
Kent Dodds and EpicwebDev

Kent Dodds and EpicwebDev

We are joined by Kent Dodds this morning to go over what is next after his previous endeavor, Remix.

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May 01, 202331:32
Neural Payments - Connecting Financial Institutions to Payment Innovation

Neural Payments - Connecting Financial Institutions to Payment Innovation

We are joined by Neural Payments CEO Mick Oppy and their CTO Daniel Norton to go over their recent Series A and how they started to get cash positive!

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Apr 24, 202332:13
Sense Community - Redefining Nightlife

Sense Community - Redefining Nightlife

We are joined by founder Matthew Lee who started a company that helps connect users to nightlife in real-time. We provide line wait-times, crowd sizes, and gender ratios for bars/clubs in real-time.


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Apr 17, 202326:02
OpenSauced - The open-source intelligence platform for finding the best developers

OpenSauced - The open-source intelligence platform for finding the best developers

We are hanging out with Founder Brian Douglas, Founder/CEO of Opensauced!

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Mar 06, 202328:17
Strumn - A Platform to Connect Artists and to Venues

Strumn - A Platform to Connect Artists and to Venues

We are joined today by Founder/Cheif Product Officer Shane Sniteman. Shane is going to share his story on Strumn and what the future holds for this platform!

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Feb 27, 202332:24
Viro - Track the positive impact of your sustainable lifestyle

Viro - Track the positive impact of your sustainable lifestyle

The guys sit down with Founder Nick Arbuckle on why he started Viro and his vision for this company!

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Feb 27, 202329:37
Outlier - You Don’t Have to be an Expert to Make Expert Sports Bets

Outlier - You Don’t Have to be an Expert to Make Expert Sports Bets

We are joined by our friend and Founder Evan Kirkham from Outlier! Many of you may remember Evan when we brought him onto the show when he ran Colorcast! So we are going to talk about his new endeavor!

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Feb 20, 202327:22
Spot.AI - Video Intelligence for Better Decision Making

Spot.AI - Video Intelligence for Better Decision Making

We are joined by Edo Rivai who is a Software Engineer at Spot.AI. Spot.AI builds a modern AI camera system to create safer workplaces and more innovative operations for every business.

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Feb 13, 202326:54
Uprise - Adding an average of $1.5m in Net Worth in Your Back Pocket

Uprise - Adding an average of $1.5m in Net Worth in Your Back Pocket

We are joined by Co-Founder and CEO, Jessica Chen Riolfi to talk about Uprise. Uprise is building private wealth management for all, backed by founders and execs from Stripe, Robinhood, SoFi, Cash App, and more.  On average, each plan has found over $1.5M to add to each customer's lifetime net worth.

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Feb 06, 202330:13
Unicorn Finders - 2022 Year In Review

Unicorn Finders - 2022 Year In Review

Join us in talking about which companies we think you need to look out for in 2023 and why!

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Jan 09, 202328:25
Apothewell - Picking Up Where Your Pharmacist Leaves Off

Apothewell - Picking Up Where Your Pharmacist Leaves Off

We are hanging out with Daniel Sharp, CEO/Founder of Apothewell to talk about his company and his journey.

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Jan 02, 202332:01
Mississippi Coding Academies - Changing the Tech Landscape in Mississippi One Developer At a Time

Mississippi Coding Academies - Changing the Tech Landscape in Mississippi One Developer At a Time

We are joined by Herbert Brown, Lead Instructor/Developer, to talk about what Mississippi Coding Academy is doing to change the landscape of tech! If you want to learn more check out https://mscoding.org/. 

If you want to connect with Herbert https://www.linkedin.com/in/herbert-brown-592a96145/

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Nov 14, 202229:10
Swapt - Generating Personalized Landing Pages & Enhanced QR Codes

Swapt - Generating Personalized Landing Pages & Enhanced QR Codes

We are joined by Andrew Smith, CEO & Co-Founder and Trevor Brown, Co-Founder. Swapt generates QR codes to capture offline user data in less than 20 seconds. It enables simple offline 1st party data acquisition and allows businesses to make intelligent marketing decisions to engage, acquire, and nurture new and existing customers.

Check out https://swaptqr.com/ for more information and let them know Unicorn Finders sent you!

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Nov 07, 202236:57
Motivo Health - On a Mission to Increase the Number of Licensed Mental Health Providers in our World

Motivo Health - On a Mission to Increase the Number of Licensed Mental Health Providers in our World

We caught up with Rachel McCrickard CEO/Co-Founder and Mike Chen, CTO/Co-Founder of Motivo Health. If you want to learn more about Motivo Health check them out at https://motivohealth.com/about-motivo/. 

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Oct 31, 202224:45
TUF w/Veera Medical - When VR and Physical Therapy Collide

TUF w/Veera Medical - When VR and Physical Therapy Collide

We caught up with Paesol Veerakitti (Founder) and Soloman Northrop (Lead Engineer) of Veera Medical and how they are bringing VR into the Physical Therapy world.

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Oct 10, 202230:01
TUF Solo Show - Recapping Our Presentation from Vaco's Global Conference in Vegas

TUF Solo Show - Recapping Our Presentation from Vaco's Global Conference in Vegas

TUF had the awesome opportunity to be invited to speak at Vaco Global's yearly company-wide conference in Vegas on building brand and community. We can't wait to share the video footage but Jake, Dan, and Taylor sat down and caught up about their thoughts on why people struggle to get started.

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Oct 03, 202217:41
TUF w/Carrd - Simple, Free, Fully Responsive One-Page Sites For Pretty Much Anything

TUF w/Carrd - Simple, Free, Fully Responsive One-Page Sites For Pretty Much Anything

We had the chance to catch up with aj@carrd.co who is the founder of Carrd on how he came up with this idea and what makes Carrd different from other no code/low code sites. If you want to learn more about Carrd go to https://carrd.co/.

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Sep 26, 202222:55
TUF w/Karat - Unlocking Hiring and Flexibility with Cloud Interviewing Software

TUF w/Karat - Unlocking Hiring and Flexibility with Cloud Interviewing Software

We caught up with Musse Giday, Program Manager, at Karat. I you want to learn more about Karat check them out at Karat.com

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Sep 05, 202229:32
TUF x/Xata - Think data, Not Databases

TUF x/Xata - Think data, Not Databases

We caught up with Tejas Kumar, Director of Developer Relations, at Xata. If you want to learn more about Xata check them out at xata.io

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Aug 29, 202226:47
TUF w/Polygon - Allowing Web3 to be Accessible

TUF w/Polygon - Allowing Web3 to be Accessible

We caught up with Rahat Chowdhury, Developer Advocate at Polygon. If you want to learn more about Polygon check them out at https://polygon.technology/

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Aug 22, 202231:12
TUF w/MUX - API Tool Providing Video Infrastructure For The World Wide Web

TUF w/MUX - API Tool Providing Video Infrastructure For The World Wide Web

We caught up with Dave Kiss, Community Engineer, at Mux. If you want to learn more about Mux check them out at mux.com

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Aug 15, 202231:06
TUF w/Reach Metaverse - Wix of the Metaverse

TUF w/Reach Metaverse - Wix of the Metaverse

We caught up with Paesol Veerakitti, Founder/CEO of Reach Cloud & Soloman Northrop, Lead Engineer.

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Aug 08, 202236:30
TUF w/Fishbrains - The World's Largest Fishing Community

TUF w/Fishbrains - The World's Largest Fishing Community

We had the chance to catch up with Rick Blalock, Director of Growth at Fishbrains

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Aug 01, 202230:22