Sean O’Brien of Overline VC on Seed Funding and Portfolio Construction
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Sean O’Brien, managing director of Overline VC. Sean saw a gap in seed funding in the southeast. Being one of the most well connected early stage financiers he has had some spectacular success in sourcing and funding some great companies out of Atlanta. You can watch/listen to […]
Neal Bloom of Interlock Capital on the Importance of Community and Raising Fund I
If you live in San Diego you know or have heard of the legendary Neal Bloom. He is the managing director Interlock Capital, an early stage seed fund, as well as a media tycoon with all things Startup in San Diego. You can watch/listen to the podcast on YouTube, iTunes, and Spotify. Neal Bloom is […]
Jacob Findlay of Fullbay on Building And Scaling SaaS for SMB Customers
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Jacob Findlay, founder and Executive Chairman of Fullbay (vertical SMB SaaS). He is a master of precision, lean process, and vertical SaaS. He scaled his startup to $5M of ARR before taking a massive growth round by Mainsail to expand. You can listen to the podcast on […]
John Francis of Stout Street Capital on Identifying Great Founders and Pre-Seed/Seed Companies
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with John Francis who is the managing director of Stout Street Capital. John is a Pre-Seed/Seed investor in the midwest who is currently raising his third fund. He has incredible insights on co-investing, VC bias, and diversity. I hope you like the show. You can watch it […]
Cory Berg of Salad n’ Go on Early Stage Product Development and Tech Leadership.
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing a great friend and colleague Cory Berg. Cory has been a technology leader for three decades both in startup and enterprise environments. We talked about early stage product development, founder biases, and the deficit in tech leadership. You can listen to the podcast on iTunes and Spotify. […]
Jesse Randall of Sweater on Breaking the Venture Capital Model
I had the pleasure of interviewing Jesse Randall the founder and CEO of Sweater. Jesse is sick of how unaccredited investors cannot get allocations to venture capital investments. He put on his cape, raised some capital, and is now on the path of creating an investment vehicle to give access to the millions of people […]
Jack Freeman of Peakspan Capital on Thematic Investing within Growth Equity
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Jack Freeman who is a partner at PeakSpan Capital. Jack and I spent some time together on the board of PetDesk. He is an exceptional growth equity investor and he specializes in supply-chain, e-commerce logistics, and payments. You can listen to the podcast on iTunes or Spotify. […]
John Mizzi of Vero Technologies on Launching a Fintech Lending Business and Underwriting Credit
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing John Mizzi of Vero Technology and Lever. John just raised a $4M Seed Round for his fintech company that offers credit options for equipment dealers. We talk about what it is like starting a Fintech company, milestones needed to obtain both equity and credit funding, and managing […]
Ryan Edwards of Prospeq on Becoming an Emerging Manager and Funding Underrepresented Founders
Last week I got to interview my good friend Ryan Edwards who is taking the leap into entrepreneurship by raising a venture debt fund called Prospeq. Ryan is stepping into the world that I am in which is called being an “emerging manager.” Definitions for an emerging managers is someone that manages <$50M AUM. Congratulations […]
Gabe Cooper of Virtuous on Finding Product Market Fit and Scaling a Vertical SaaS Company.
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Gabe Cooper. Gabe built and scaled a vertical SaaS company to $10M+ ARR in the nonprofit sector. We talk about managing remote teams, finding product-market-fit, and selling software to technology laggards. You can listen to the interview on Apple or Spotify. Today, David is speaking with Gabe […]
