Startup Science Podcast with Gregory Shepard
The Startup Science Podcast, hosted by Gregory Shepard, and produced by ForbesBooks, focuses on conversations in the cross-section of foundership and investing and features best-selling authors like Oren Klaff (Pitch Anything & Flip the Script), David Allen (Getting Things Done), and David Covey COO of FranklinCovey and author of Trap Tales: Outsmarting the 7 Hidden Obstacles to Success. Investing giants like Tim Draper, Leaders like NBA Coach Phill Weber, and newly exited founders like you. With a focus on the common mistakes founders make, perspectives from investors, and founder’s tools, tips, and tactics. Conversations are real, honest, and unfiltered to expose the realities of early-stage while encouraging entrepreneurship with motivational stories and optimistic viewpoints.
Latest episodes
Jul 17, 2020 • 21min
Episode 04 | Part Two: The Pitch Master
Greg concludes his conversation with Oren Klaff, the best-selling author of Pitch Anything and Flip the Script, and unlock the secrets to "sales inception."
Jul 10, 2020 • 20min
Episode 04 | Part One: The Pitch Master
One of the keys to investing and starting up a company is NEGOTIATING, and joining Greg this week is Oren Klaff, the best-selling author of Pitch Anything and Flip the Script. Greg and Oren talk about the science of frame selling, how to correctly speak the language of money, and why neediness kills deals.
Jun 26, 2020 • 19min
Episode 03 | Part Two: Investing During a Global Pandemic
Greg wraps up his chat with Peter Mallouk, the President of Creative Planning. In part two, Greg and Peter discuss how long the pandemic could effect mergers and acquisitions, advice for entrepreneurs in the ideation stage, and what it's like being a private investor during uncertain times.
Jun 19, 2020 • 19min
Episode 03 | Part One: Investing During a Global Pandemic
There’s no playbook for investing during a pandemic. The best you can do is listen to pros that know what they’re doing, and hope for the best. This week, Greg is joined by Peter Mallouk, a financial rock star that runs one of the largest independent wealth management firms in America. Greg and Peter talk about how investors reacted to COVID-19, what effect the pandemic has on real estate investments and why Peter’s company has been called "the vanguard of a profound shift in finance”
May 29, 2020 • 14min
Episode 02 | Part Two: Bridging the Generational Gap
Greg concludes his conversation with Ben Crudo, the CEO of diff, an e-commerce company located in Montreal. In Part Two, Ben tells Greg how he started his company 10 years ago, their relationship with Shopify, and why brick and mortar businesses should embrace e-commerce during the pandemic.
May 22, 2020 • 19min
Episode 02 | Part One: Bridging the Generational Gap
This week, Greg talks to Ben Crudo, a millennial entrepreneur and CEO who is handling a staff made up of Generation Z employees. Ben runs diff, an e-commerce company from Montreal, and he tells Greg how he's managed a team of young people through their first crisis.
May 8, 2020 • 16min
Episode 01 | Part Two: Pivot Don't Panic
In part two of episode one, Greg & Randall continue their conversation with Scott Tait, UC San Diego's Executive Director of the National Security Innovation Catalyst. Scott tells us how to take advantage of opportunities during uncertain times and Greg talks about his recovery from the economic meltdown of 2008.
Apr 23, 2020 • 21min
Episode 01 | Part One: Pivot Don't Panic
In the first episode of The BOSS Podcast, Greg is joined by his partner at BOSS Capital Partners, Randall LaVeau, and their special guest, Scott Tait, UC San Diego's Executive Director of the National Security Innovation Catalyst.Scott tells Greg how his military background prepared him for the world of business, how his Catalyst network came together in the face of global pandemic, and his four phased approach to crisis management.
