Send us a textToday, I'm joined by Max Echeverria, Founder & CEO of Eskuad, a field data platform built specifically for operations and compliance. Eskuad transforms the way you work in the field — whether you operate by yourself or with a team. Easily organize your work, collect data, and generate reports. In the office, gain instant real-time visibility into your field operations and communicate easily with field teams. Previously, Max worked as an Entrepreneur at Start-Up Chile and an Entrepreneur at Techstars. Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Max Echeverria5:12 getting the idea for Eskuad9:30 tackling a generational paint point12:25 what is the vision for Eskuad?16:03 day-to-day challenges20:15 how does Max filter customer feedback?24:04 working with BGVShow notes:Max Echeverria | https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxeche/Eskuad | https://home.eskuad.com/Chris Cunningham | https://twitter.com/c2cunningham?lang=enMatt Olivo | https://twitter.com/earlystagehand?lang=enSAP | https://www.sap.com/index.htmlSupport the show

Send us a textToday, I'm joined by Mar Hershenson, Managing Partner at Pear VC, where seed specialists partner with founders at the earliest stages to turn great ideas into category-defining companies. Pear VC founded 10+ companies and invested early in startups now worth over $50B. In just 9 years, Pear VC has seeded 7 companies currently valued at over $1B and 3 public companies. Previously, Mar worked as co-founder/VP for Product Development at Revel Touch and an Entrepreneur in Residence for Foundation Capital. Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Mar Hershenson01:28 what did Mar learn from attending her father’s lectures?03:25 how has the philosophy of simplicity contributed to Mar’s journey as an entrepreneur?06:08 raising Pear VC’s first fund10:56 explaining Pear VC’s ethos14:07 what is an example of a program that has gone really well?17:12 what is an example of a program that did not go as planned?21:43 what is the main mission of Pear VC?Show notes:Mar Hershenson | https://twitter.com/MarHershensonPear VC | https://pear.vc/Pejman Nozad | https://twitter.com/pejmannozadTony Xu | https://twitter.com/t_xu?lang=enPear Garage | https://pear.vc/garage/#:~:text=Pear%20Garage%20is%20a%20community,build%20products%20to%20solve%20them.Female Founder Circles | https://pear.vc/female-founder-circles/Vivien Ho | https://twitter.com/VivHoSupport the show

Send us a textIn today’s podcast, I talk about my focus on the Gen Z market, which is values-focused and seeks to connect with brands that align with their ideals. I provide three key strategies for SaaS founders to reach the Gen Z market: standing for something and promoting company values, leveraging storytelling and authenticity in customer communications, and creating a memorable product experience through customer empathy and feedback. I emphasize the importance of Gen Z's role in shaping the future of tech and offer advice to founders on how to connect with this influential demographic.Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Paige Doherty00:19 building an identity03:02 my 3 most important recommendations for businesses03:43 vital criteria that I look for when evaluating startups05:17 who has a strong nose for product?Show notes:Ben & Jerry's | https://www.benjerry.com/duolingo | https://www.duolingo.com/Morning Brew | https://www.morningbrew.com/dailyOpenView Blog Article | https://openviewpartners.com/blog/how-saas-founders-can-reach-the-gen-z-market/Support the show

Send us a textJoin me in today's podcast as I dive into 22 of my favorite off-script podcast questions and reminisce about previous inspiring guests.Highlighting Ashley Flucas, Halle Kaplan-Allen, Nik Sharma, Beezer Clarkson, Meagan Loyst, Judith Dada, Charles Hudson, Jamie Rhode, Emily Herrera, Elana Dickman, Jaclyn Hester, Gale Wilkinson, Julia Lipton, Monique Woodard, Kelli Fontaine, Erin Harkless Moore, Rachel Braun, Arkady Kulik, Ariana Thacker, Courtney Leimkuhler. Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnnSupport the show

Send us a textToday, I'm joined by Courtney Leimkuhler, Founding Partner at Springbank Collective, investing in the infrastructure serving the long-overlooked needs of women and working families. It’s a $1 trillion opportunity hiding in plain sight. Courtney spent 20 years in the financial services industry on both the capital formation and risk management sides of the business. After starting her career at Goldman Sachs, she joined the New York Stock Exchange at a critical moment in the history of equity capital markets. She also lead the finance and strategy functions for Marsh - the world’s leading insurance broker - at the dawn of the ‘insuretech’ trend. Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Courtney Leimkuhler01:47 Courtney's sparked interest in venture05:38 starting her own firm10:18  journey of raising SPVs16:51 building the Springbank Collective syndicate19:40 why a $35 million first fund22:06 interesting investment parallelsShow notes:Courtney Leimkuhler | https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-leimkuhler-32459b/Goldman Sachs | https://www.goldmansachs.com/NYSE | https://www.nyse.com/indexMarsh | https://www.marsh.com/us/home.htmlJen Lee Koss | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-lee-koss-771a10/Elana Berkowitz | https://twitter.com/elanabWellthy | https://wellthy.com/Lindsay Jurist-Rosner | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsayjuristrosner/Daivergent | https://daivergent.com/Mei Lin Ng | https://www.linkedin.com/in/meilinng/Support the show

Send us a textToday, I'm joined by Ariana Thacker, Founding Partner at Conscience VC, an early-stage investment firm investing in science empowering humanity. Conscience VC was founded with the mission to generate a positive and scalable impact on the world by partnering with technical founders. Early in Ariana’s career, she fell in love with early-stage startups and saw investing as the best way to drive impact and support entrepreneurs. She previously worked as a chemical engineer, Managing Partner at Predictive VC, and investor at Rhapsody Venture Partners. Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Ariana Thacker05:21 investing in science empowering humanity09:28 exciting parts about being a solo capitalist11:54  origin of epiphanies13:21 overcoming limiting beliefs17:22 the power of manifestation19:31  manifestation experience with foundersShow notes:Ariana Thacker | https://www.linkedin.com/in/arianadthacker/Conscience VC | https://www.conscience.vc/Shail Mehta | https://twitter.com/ShailMehta86The Last Gameboard | https://lastgameboard.com/The Artist's Way | https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-25th Anniversary/dp/0143129252Support the show

Send us a textToday, I'm joined by Itamar Novick, Managing Partner at Recursive Ventures, a San Francisco based Micro VC fund investing in US Pre-seed and Seed Tech Startups disrupting industries through use of Data and Artificial Intelligence. Itamar has been supporting entrepreneurs since 2010 (50+ investments). He is also a Business insider Top 100 Global seed investor 2021 & 2022. Previously, he worked as an Entrepreneur & Startup executive in companies such as Life360 and Gigya. Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Itamar Novick00:53 what is Itamar investing in?02:25 the initial spark that got Itamar into startups04:55  why invest early?12:14 personal insights that led to other investments14:27 thoughts on running an IPO17:56  Why would Itamar pass on a founder?20:21 investing differently with Gen ZShow notes:Itamar Novick | https://twitter.com/Itamar_NovickRecursive Ventures | https://www.recursiveventures.com/Morgenthaler | http://www.morgenthaler.com/UpWest vc | https://upwest.vc/Life360 | https://www.life360.com/Deel | https://www.deel.com/Alex Bouaziz | https://twitter.com/BouazizalexShuo Wang | https://twitter.com/shuoshuooshuoooSupport the show

Send us a textToday, I'm joined by Molly Mielke, Founding Partner at Moth Fund, an early-stage-focused venture capital firm that aims to increase the agency of exceptional individuals using both investment dollars and grants. Her fortes are: storytelling (ex-Stripe/Figma/Notion), early-career talent recruiting, and dot-connecting within the venture ecosystem (former Sequoia Scout). Molly’s goal is to establish a replicable funding model that aligns the economics to incentivize supporting individuals from exploration all the way through to world-shaping company.Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Molly Mielke01:13 the idea for Moth Fund03:57 the beauty of constraints06:17  overcoming imposter syndrome11:30 the most compelling trends14:11 applying for a grant16:56  finding exceptional individuals22:00 early stage reflections24:30 who impacted Molly's ideas?Show notes:Molly Mielke | https://twitter.com/mollyfmielke?lang=enMoth Fund | https://www.mothfund.com/Sequoia | https://www.sequoiacap.com/Emergent Ventures | https://www.mercatus.org/emergent-venturesTyler Cowen | https://twitter.com/tylercowenSchmidt Futures | https://www.schmidtfutures.com/Arc Institute | https://arcinstitute.org/Speculative Technologies | https://spec.tech/YC | https://www.ycombinator.com/Ways of Seeing | https://www.amazon.com/Ways-Seeing-Based-Television-Penguin/dp/0140135154Brie Wolfson | https://twitter.com/zebriez?lang=enSupport the show

Send us a textIn today’s podcast, I have an exciting announcement to make. I also wanted to share a bit of context on where I am at with building Behind Genius Ventures and the direction that I want to take Seed to Harvest in the future.Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Paige Doherty00:17 adjusting the schedule of Seed to Harvest00:52 new inspiration from Lightning in a Bottle01:59 working on my next book03:04 the main purpose of the annual summit05:15 the magic sauce of bgvShow notes:Lightning in a Bottle | https://www.libfestival.org/Northrop Grumman | https://www.northropgrumman.com/Hive | https://www.hive.org/Elizabeth Weil | https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-weil-66b9838/Daniel Duane | https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-duane-02126a34/Deepak Sekar | https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepaksekar/Prof Jim | https://www.profjim.com/Shail Mehta | https://twitter.com/ShailMehta86The Last Gameboard | https://lastgameboard.com/Kristen Wiley | https://twitter.com/TheKristenWileyStatusphere | https://joinstatus.com/Support the show

Send us a textToday, I'm joined by Arkady Kulik, Founding Partner at rpv, a DeepTech Venture fund focused on early stage, scientifically intensive ventures. Arkady believes the alliance between entrepreneurs and scientists is the key to unlocking humanity's transition to an advanced civilization. His mission is to help both parties succeed across multiple industries and myriad contexts. Arkady’s business track record mix of c-suite corporate and entrepreneurship achievement spans multiple diversities: many different countries, industries, business models, investment contexts and leadership roles. From managing artists to restructuring large corporations, he has seen every stage of venture growth and led his teams through change and ambiguity.Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.Connect with Paige 🌱💜Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Arkady Kulik04:55 the twofold problem of neuroscience10:05 what makes a technical founder?14:41  long-term view of rpv19:37 the melody of bgv23:09 the biggest challenge in fund 1Show notes:Arkady Kulik | https://www.linkedin.com/in/arkady-kulik/rpv | https://rpv.global/Support the show