Andrew Degenholtz joins the show to talk about his company eMags. eMags Newstand provides a seamless digital experience for magazine readers to consume their favorite subscriptions enjoyably from their phones. Scott catches up with Andrew to talk about the state of journalism, fixing broken media business models, how eMags can inject new life into the…
Scott talks to Alda Leu Dennis, general partner at Initialized Capital. Started by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanion and Garry Tan, Initialized was borne out of their early Y Combinator days and has become the “honeybadger” of venture with an emphasis on change making ideas with over 200 companies in their portfolio. Alda shares her journey…
Lisa Carmen Wang has learned a lot as an accomplished Olympic-gymnast, founder and investor. And after getting her first company SheWorx acquired by our friends at equity crowdfunding platform Republic, she’s on a mission to democratize investing and financial freedom to those typically kept outside of start up investing. Besides her current role as Head…
When gyms big and small closed down over the past year, most people are confined to continuing their exercise routines with body weight workouts and name-your-stationary-bike routines. But finding a place that resembled anything like the gym experience, gear and all? Almost impossible to find. This sparked and an idea for Jake Goldstein, a Chicago-local…
When David McFarland was got a job as an actuary out of college, he was working at an insurance firm where he first saw how data wasn’t being optimized. Later after working alongside Kyle Nakatsuji at auto insurtech company ClearCover, he saw how Kyle’s model could apply to all of small businesses and more importantly,…
It’s said these days that the pandemic moved the world forward five years in five minutes, and companies like CASHDROP are the ones leading the charge by rapidly adapting to people’s needs. CASHDROP helps you create custom, shareable store links that link to your store and can create “drops” by revealing new products, foods, courses…
Quevos co-founder Nick Hamburger has taken his company he started out of his college class and kitchen to the stage of Shark Tank in a few short years. And won! Nick comes back on the show to talk about what’s changed with Quevos, leadership lessons that no one prepares you for, how he got a…
Label Insight co-founder Dagan Xavier joins the show to talk with Scott about the how his company is providing better, clearer information to consumers to find products that match what they need (or eliminate what they can’t have). Simultaneously they empower brands with better data on their core consumers. A win-win, imagine that! Dagan shares…
Darren Rovell was always pushing into business when sports coverage was focused the other way. Now after a career working the sports business beat, he runs a passion project of his own: acquiring and selling collectibles. Game tickets, space ship parts, the largest Warren Buffet signature – anything goes for Darren as long as it…
Emergency podcast with CoinDesk’s managing editor Zack Seward back on the show to dig in on just what the heck a NFT is, why is it so popular all of a sudden and what’s the broader use case for them? These non-fungible tokens are a special token that is what Zack says makes a piece…