Nick Arambula of Neighbor on Doing a "Lift Out" on a New Direct to Consumer E-Commerce Category
This week I am talking to my new friend Nick Arambula – founder and CEO of Neighbor. Nick is from the Tuft & Needle mafia and is now off doing his new thing bringing a new category of outdoor patio furniture to the market. Nick is incredibly intelligent and this is a great episode especially […]
Sebastian Gabor of Digitail on Building Platforms in Vertical Saas and Emerging Vet Tech
This week I am talking to Sebastian Gabor– founder and CEO of Digitail– a practice management platform for Veterinarians. Sebastian has done one of the hardest thing a founder can do which is building a product that replaces a mission critical solution already entrenched in their customers workflow. This is extremely difficult and we dive […]
Shawn Wilkie of Talkatoo on Transforming the Transcription and Scribing Industry with ChatGPT within Vertical Software
This week I talk to one of my favorite Canadians- Shawn Wilkie – Founder and CEO of Talkatoo– a virtual transcription and scribing company specifically tailored for the veterinary industry. Great episode on building products with LLMs and vertical software. You can watch the episode on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify. How do you bring new […]
Sergio Radovcic of Dyper on Building a $100M CPG Brand, Going into Retail, and Aligning Interests
This week on the Capital Stack I am talking to 7x founder Sergio Radovcic, founder and CEO of CPG company Dyper. Dyper is a sustainable diaper company that positions itself as a challenger brand against the eco-disaster which is the diaper industry. Sergio is a brilliant marketer, technologist and operator and I hope you enjoy […]
Ross Fubini of XYZ Ventures on Investing in Company Networks and Understanding Market Cycles
I reeled in a big timer this week on The Capital Stack Podcast with Ross Fubini at XYZ Venture Capital. Ross is a career technology operator and venture capitalist with incredible wins like Palantir, Anduril, and AngelList. We talk about market cycles, the power of company networks, and American Dynamism. They discuss various topics related […]
Aaron Charlesworth of DeskPass on What Founders Get Wrong about Product Marketing
Aaron Charlesworth is one of the best B2B Marketers I know- he has been a marketing and product executive for some incredible B2B companies including Vocalocity, Onsolve, Omnilink, and SpaceIQ. You can watch/listen to the podcast on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify. He has a wealth of knowledge about B2B marketing, strategy, and product management. It’s […]
Melissa Withers of RevUp on the Truth Why Some Companies Don't Get Funded and the Toxic Investing Culture
One of my favorite ball-busting New Englanders Melissa Withers of RevUp Capital joins me on the Capital Stack this week. Melissa is an incredibly god capital allocator with a breadth of experience investing in early stage companies. We talk all about the broken system of venture capital as well as some of the toxic culture […]
Will Drewery of Diagon on the Future of Advanced Manufacturing, Working For Elon, Launching Rockets, and De-Globalization
Join me on this special episode, cap stackers, as I interview Will Drewery, former VP of Supply Chain Director at Tesla and Astra, now building his own startup, Diagon. Building factories for some of the most innovative manufacturers in the world (rockets and EVs – you name it!), he’s an expert in advanced manufacturing. We […]
Caleb Avery of Tilled on Decoding Payments in Software – Yes You Are Getting Screwed
This week I am interviewing Caleb Avery, founder of Tilled, a Payfac-as-a-Service company for vertical SaaS companies. Caleb takes me deep into payments land where we can understand the players and value chain. You can watch/listen to the podcast on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify. How does your company facilitate online payments? As a merchant, online […]
Peter Morgan of Phylum on the Cybersecurity Stack and the Terrorists Behind Malware
This week I talk to Peter Morgan co-founder and CSO of Phylum– A malware cybersecurity company. Pete talks to me about malware like I am five years old as well as other applications within the cybersecurity technology stack. You can watch/listen to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple. How well do you understand cybersecurity, […]
