Giants & Crowns

John Saroff is CEO of Chartbeat, the leading content intelligence platform used by more than 50,000 of the world's top media properties in over 60 countries. Chartbeat believes that meaningful stories matter wherever they live, and that in an increasingly mobile, social world, Chartbeat is the only analytics solution newsrooms rely on to understand consumer attention and make the most of their quality content on site and offsite. Saroff has worked on the cutting-edge of media and technology for 17+ years, setting the daily operations and business development agendas of companies as diverse as Google, NBC-Universal and vente-privee. www.chartbeat.com — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride. — Sponsors — www.taskbullet.com?aff=tbgiantsandcrowns www.breather.com www.claralabs.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process.

Eric Kinariwala is the CEO and Founder of Capsule, a full-scale pharmacy and technology platform that is fundamentally rebuilding the healthcare experience. Prior to founding Capsule, Eric invested in global healthcare, technology, and retail companies as part of the investment teams at Bain Capital and Perry Capital. Eric is also an investor in and advisor to early stage businesses and entrepreneurs including Harry’s, Aviate, Funding Circle, and Maple. www.capsulecares.com — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride. — Sponsors — www.taskbullet.com www.breather.com www.claralabs.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process.

Agatha Kulaga and Erin Patinkin are co-founders of Ovenly, a two-woman-owned bakery based in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood. We explore their beginnings, their energized rise, and talk building with purpose. www.oven.ly www.instagram.com/ovenly — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride. — Sponsors — www.taskbullet.com?aff=tbgiantsandcrowns www.breather.com www.claralabs.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process.

Eric Friedman is Head of Expa Labs, an early stage accelerator program for companies to get the right start, help they need, and time to build. Prior to Expa, Eric was Global Senior Director of Sales and Revenue Operations at Foursquare. He joined as Foursquare first got started, focussed on growing the merchant community, and was responsible for the first scalable revenue, first sales teams, and the ad tech product Pinpoint. Eric has combined his entrepreneurial interests and experience in product management, finance, marketing, and account management in his work. Eric has a BBA from George Washington University. www.expa.com — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride. — Sponsors — www.taskbullet.com?aff=tbgiantsandcrowns www.breather.com www.claralabs.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process.

Dan Reich is CEO & Co-Founder of Troops. Dan has started and been involved with companies that have collectively raised over $100M in venture capital and have exited for close to $1B in M&A, including companies like Buddy Media, Spinback and Lotame. As a result, he has extensive experience in startups, technology, business operations, financing, management, and scaling large teams. In this episode we dive into recruiting his team, the processes they’ve built out to scale, his take on product. www.troops.ai — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride. — Sponsors — www.breather.com www.claralabs.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process.

Cindy Wu is the CEO & Co-Founder of Experiment, a platform for funding scientific discoveries. Cindy co-founded experiment right after school. We talk about her journey to launch, her time at Y-combinator, and discuss how she built her team, thinks about product, and her views on growth. www.experiment.com — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride. — Sponsors — www.breather.com www.claralabs.com www.taskbullet.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns/ The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process.

Mariya Nurislamova is the co-founder and CEO of Scentbird. Scentbird is a rapidly growing subscription for luxury fragrances. Each month members get a 30-day supply of a perfume of their choice (D&G, Gucci, Guerlain, etc). Prior to Scentbird, Mariya started a number of companies in and servicing the startup space. www.scentbird.com — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride. — Sponsors — Breather www.breather.com Clara Labs www.claralabs.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com Join the newsletter: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns/ The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process.

Adam Eskin is the founder and CEO of Dig Inn a chain of restaurants serving seasonal American food, mostly vegetables from local farmers and partners. Prior to Dig Inn, Eskin worked in finance at Merrill Lynch and Wexford Capital. www.diginn.com — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride. — Sponsors — Breather www.breather.com Clara Labs www.claralabs.com Taskbullet www.taskbullet.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com https://www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns/ The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process.

Shan-Lyn Ma is the CEO and Co-founder of Zola.com. Zola.com is the all-in-one wedding registry that is transforming how couples and guests share, buy, and ship wedding gifts. Before founding Zola, Shan-Lyn was a senior product marketing manager at Yahoo! After that, Shan-Lyn became the senior director of product management for Gilt Groupe and eventually became the Founder of Gilt Taste. After moving on from Gilt Groupe, she became the Chief Product Officer at Chloe and Isabel Inc. www.zola.com — Sponsors — www.taskbullet.com www.breather.com www.claralabs.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process. — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride.

Naomi Hirabayashi and Marah Lidey are the co-founders and co-CEOs of Shine. Shine is reinventing wellbeing for millennials through technology. Before co-founding Shine, both Naomi and Marah led teams at DoSomething.org. Naomi was the Chief Marketing Officer and Marah was the Director of Mobile Product and Messaging. www.shinetext.com — Sponsors — www.taskbullet.com www.breather.com www.claralabs.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process. — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride.