Brett Beveridge, Founder & CEO of T-ROC, joins the show to share his journey from bouncer and bartender to building one of the largest retail operators in the U.S.

We dive into:

• How he started selling cell phones out of a van and took Let's Talk Cellular public before selling to Nextel
• What’s fueled his 20+ year run building T-ROC
• His take on when to expand product lines — and when to stay focused
• How to think about funding: bootstrapping vs. venture capital

Tessa Brown, Co-Founder and CEO of Germ Network, joins the show to talk about,

- Tessa's journey from Stanford writing professor to startup founder, the dangers of social platforms designed to maximize exposure, and why privacy should be the default, not the exception.

- How Germ lets users create multiple, compartmentalized identities

- The flaws of phone number–based messaging and the case for link-based connection, and her philosophy on building with integrity in a surveillance-based tech world

- Tessa’s experience fundraising from K5 Global and Mozilla Ventures

Jared Robin, Co founder of RevGenius and Audience Haus, joins the show to talk about

• Jared's first sales job, cold calling office managers at FedEx to building a fashion blog with 10K monthly subscribers.
• The art of audience building, and how a LinkedIn group chat turned into an engaged 50,000 community
• What does it take for a B2B company to successfully build an audience
• Reflecting back on the presidential election and lessons learned in audience building.
• The trends of B2B SaaS companies purchasing media businesses and the future of enterprise content.

Chris Andrew, Co founder and CEO of Scrunch AI, joins the show to talk about

• The evolution of search and consumer shift toward finding answers with AI.
• Building a marketing platform for an AI first customer journey.
• The opportunity for AI and Scrunch to audit search and help brands manage their identities in the era of AI.
• Reflecting on Chris leaving Intuit to work for Clara Shih at Hearsay, and what Chris learned from Clara as employee #3 at Hearsay that made him a better entrepreneur.
• A wild car ride with Gary Vee when Gary first launched Wine Library TV, and pitching Gary Vee a cooking show.

Tatiana Fofanova, CEO and Co Founder of Koda Health, joins the show to talk about

• From pediatrics to entrepreneurship, and Tatiana's experience as a founder in residence at Texas Medical Center (TMC)
• The intersection of the law and health, and building an advanced care planning tool that is patient centric.
• Becoming "patient zero" for Koda Health after being hit by a car and getting diagnosed with kidney cancer, all in the same afternoon.
• Designing Koda's go-to-market strategy in health care, and how Tatiana has thought about building out her team in a healthcare startup.

Conor McCarter, Co founder of Prequel, joins the show to talk about:

• The founding story behind Prequel, the YC experience, and pivoting during the program.
• Market overview on the state of data management and positioning of Prequel.
• The fundraising process for Prequel and importance of not beating yourself up as a founder and staying creative amidst the grind.

Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson, CEO and Co founder of Soof Solutions, joins the show to talk about

• The intersection of neuroscience at Stanford and entrepreneurship, and path to founding Soof.
• Building Soof to help her father speak again after experiencing a stroke in 2007.
• The importance of timing and how Apple's advancements in hardware openned up the market for Soof.
• How Dr. Adamson worked with Stanford and the biodesign program to apply research and real patient interacton insights to build their venture.
• How to leverage your investors and advisors to complement your team's strengths.

Megs Shah, CEO and Co founder of Parasol Cooperative, joins the show to talk about:

• Surviving abuse and founding Parasol Cooperative to battle a growing, global, shadow pandemic
• Keeping our kids safe online, and the insights that led Megs to building her two products, SafeConnect and Ruth solutions overview
• Diddy's downfall, the shift toward disconnecting and digital minimalism, and the responsibility of developers to consider safety of your end users up front.