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Feb 9, 2024 • 34min

[Raised $40million] Ep.129 - The First 100 with Julio Martínez, the co-founder & CEO of Abacum | Power of Y-Combinator |

Julio Martínez is the co-founder & CEO of Abacum is the leading FP&A automation platform that empowers Finance teams to:👉Drive efficient growth with faster revenue forecasts, scenarios, and headcount planning.👉Free up time by automating Board decks and monthly performance and forecasting reports.👉Increase your time for analysis with all your operational and financial KPIs in one place, in real time.👉Drive budget owner accountability with structured workflows.Abacum has raised $40 million from notable investors such as Atomico.Where to find Julio Martínez:• Website: Abacum – FP&A Platform to Drive Efficient Business Growth• LinkedIn (1) Julio Martínez | LinkedInWhere to find Hadi Radwan:• Newsletter: Principles Friday | Hadi Radwan | Substack• LinkedIn: Hadi Radwan | LinkedInIf you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).
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Feb 4, 2024 • 29min

[Raised $1.2million] Ep.128 - The First 100 with Robert Korzinek, the co-founder of Zingcover | B2B2C Insurtech

Robert Korzinek, the co-founder of Zingcover, which delivers truly specialist, tailored insurance cover for end-consumers through embedded partnerships in retail markets. ZingCover has now raised a total of $1.2 million since its 2021 inception.Where to find Robert Korzinek:• Website: Zing Cover – Embedded insurance powered by Brands, Data & Expertise• LinkedIn (1) Robert Korzinek | LinkedInWhere to find Hadi Radwan:• Newsletter: Principles Friday | Hadi Radwan | Substack• LinkedIn: Hadi Radwan | LinkedInIf you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).
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Feb 2, 2024 • 28min

[Raised $72million] Ep.127 - The First 100 with Matt Watson, the founder and CEO of Origin

Matt Watson is the founder and CEO of Origin, a comprehensive employee financial wellness platform. Its integrated solution helps employees simultaneously manage compensation, benefits, and personal finances with financial professionals. Origin is the first platform that combines human financial planners with cutting-edge financial technology that educates employees and allows them to create, execute, and track their personalized financial plans. Origin has now raised $72 million since its inception and is backed by leading VC firms and investors like 01A, Founders Fund, Felicis Ventures, General Catalyst and Lachy Groom.Where to find Matt Watson:• Website: Origin - Let's Talk Money (useorigin.com)• LinkedIn (1) Matt Watson | LinkedInWhere to find Hadi Radwan:• Newsletter: Principles Friday | Hadi Radwan | Substack• LinkedIn: Hadi Radwan | LinkedInIf you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).
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Jan 29, 2024 • 38min

[Raised $148 million] Ep.126 - The First 100 with Steven Bartel, co-founder of Gem | Customer Interviews | Founder-led Sales

Steven Bartel is the co-founder of Gem, which is helping talent acquisition teams hire with remarkable speed and efficiency. With Gem, teams can automate and personalize candidate communication, unify all recruiting touchpoints into a single system, and get usable data across the entire hiring process. Gem has raised a total of $148 million from notable investors such as ICONIQ, Greylock, Accel, Sapphire Ventures, and Meritech Capital.Where to find Steven Bartel:• Website: Recruiting CRM | All-in-One Hiring Software | Gem• LinkedIn Steve Bartel | LinkedInWhere to find Hadi Radwan:• Newsletter: Principles Friday | Hadi Radwan | Substack• LinkedIn: Hadi Radwan | LinkedInIf you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).
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Jan 24, 2024 • 19min

[Bootstrapped] Ep.125 - The First 100 with Matthew Grant, a partner at Instech | Community Building | Podcast Marketing | Insurance Trends

Matthew Grant is a partner at Instech which is the world’s largest insurance technology community. They offer unprecedented connections to the most comprehensive and global gathering of tech entrepreneurs, investors, and insurance industry incumbents. They host conferences, webinars, roundtables, and insurtech rankings. They have hosted over 25,000 executives, entrepreneurs, and investors.Where to find Matthew Grant:• Website: (5) Matthew Grant | LinkedIn • LinkedIn instech.co |Where to find Hadi Radwan:• Newsletter: Principles Friday | Hadi Radwan | Substack• LinkedIn: Hadi Radwan | LinkedInIf you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).
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Jan 20, 2024 • 26min

[Raised $97.5 million] Ep.124 - The First 100 with Jeff Seibert, the co-founder of Digits | Accounting Tech | Conference Marketing |

Jeff Seibert is co-founder of Digits, a beautifully designed accounting and reporting platform that essentially sits on top of Intuit’s QuickBooks. It then uses that data, plus API-based integrations on incoming and outgoing money in its business, to create a massive information database. Digits then begins to organize and read that data to create more intelligence around it, such as providing automatic answers to the kinds of “how” or “why” questions that an accountant or other finance pro might have around a basic financial report, the kinds of answers that previously would have only been possible through human queries, and being able to read and understand the stories behind paper trails and siloed sources of data. Digits Reports will sit alongside and is based around a search feature that Digits launched last year to help users find transactions that tap into a similar idea: answers are not found just through keywords but in results. Digits has raised $97.5 million from SoftBank’s Vision Fund, U.K. investor Harry Stebbings’ 20VC Growth, GV, and Benchmark.Where to find Jeff Seibert:• Website: Digits - Accounting, • LinkedIn (13) Jeff Seibert | LinkedInWhere to find Hadi Radwan:• Newsletter: Principles Friday | Hadi Radwan | Substack• LinkedIn: Hadi Radwan | LinkedInIf you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).
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Jan 15, 2024 • 24min

[Raised $40 million] Ep.123 - The First 100 with Hedda Båverud Olsson, the co-founder and CEO of Lassie | Insurtech | Pet Insurance | SEM | SEO | Referral Program

Hedda Båverud Olsson is the co-founder and CEO of Lassie, a pet health app and insurance provider. Lassie has now raised €36.5 million from Balderton Capital, Felix Capital, Inventure, Passion Capital, and Philian. Since Lassie's successful launch in Sweden, over 2.5 years ago, and 60,000 customers later, the company recently launched in Germany. Where to find Hedda Båverud Olsson:• Website: Djurförsäkring – Din digitala djurförsäkring | Lassie• LinkedIn (6) Hedda Båverud Olsson | LinkedInWhere to find Hadi Radwan:• Newsletter: Principles Friday | Hadi Radwan | Substack• LinkedIn: Hadi Radwan | LinkedInIf you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).
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Jan 12, 2024 • 14min

[Raised $2.4 million] Ep.122 - The First 100 with Nozomi Ito, the co-founder and CEO of MagicPod | AI | No-code Platforms

Nozomi Ito is the co-founder and CEO of MagicPod, an AI no-code test automation platform supporting the development of high-speed, high-quality software. Using MagicPod, developers can easily automate most of their UI testing one step at a time, all without having to write any code. They can use the built-in device emulator for mobile app testing, or test on real-world devices they either own themselves or through integrations with SauceLabs, BrowserStack and HeadSpin. MagicPod raised a $2.4 million funding round from STRIVE and Angel Bridge.If you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).
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Jan 8, 2024 • 18min

[Bootstrapped] Ep.121 - The First 100 with Harish Consul, the founder of Ocgrow Group

Harish Consul is the founder of Ocgrow Group of Companies, which includes Ocgrow’s venture capital group, Ocgrow Ventures, focused on several early stage high growth verticals which include the technology sector, including a major focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, Saas software, fintech & other related sectors.Where to find Harish Consul:• Website: Ocgrow Group of Companies - Real estate development & venture capital• LinkedIn (7) Harish Consul | LinkedInWhere to find Hadi Radwan:• Newsletter: Principles Friday | Hadi Radwan | Substack• LinkedIn: Hadi Radwan | LinkedInIf you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).
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Dec 24, 2023 • 25min

[Bootstrapped] Ep.120 - The First 100 with Bradley Flowers | The Art of Podcasting

Bradley Flowers is the founder of Portal Insurance based in Mobile, Alabama, a scratch-independent agency he founded and is building on the back of social media, personal branding, content, and technology. In 2019, Portal Insurance was named the "Agency for the Future'' by Safeco Insurance for the Southeast United States. Bradley is an acclaimed speaker in the insurance and real estate sector and is the co-host of the “Insurance Guys Podcast,” the most downloaded podcast in the insurance industry, which is featured on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud, and iHeart Radio. If you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).

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