

Startup Mindsets
Dan Gonzales
Welcome to Startup Mindsets! Dan Gonzales is your host! Each week, we'll dive into how founders across technology and innovation leaders think about running their business and why entrepreneurship is important in today's world. Subscribe & discover your Startup Mindset today!
Enjoy the show! :) -Dan
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Enjoy the show! :) -Dan
Instagram: @startupmindsetspod
Website: startupmindsets.com
Linkedin: Startup Mindsets
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May 1, 2023 • 1h 6min
Building Startup Network 🌍 Europe: Adam Fulham ☘️
Adam Fulham joins us from Dublin, Ireland to talk about creating one of Europe's largest startup networks and what entrepreneurship looks like in that side of the globe. We explore the Europe startup ecosystem and how events that Adam creates connects the continent.
Startup Network Europe makes conferences for European Startups, which gather thousands of founders, angel investors, and venture capitalists. SNE Conferences attract thousands of founders and investors from all across Europe. Through our events and our robust online communities, we facilitate startup ecosystem stakeholders to connect with each other, and create exciting new opportunities for all parties involved.
Adam and Startup Network Europe have hosted 20+ events in 15+ countries and cities.
Learn more about Startup Network Europe at https://startupnetwork.eu

Apr 27, 2023 • 53min
Annexus Health 🩺 on Innovating within the Patient Care Journey with Co-Founder/CEO Joe Baffone
Joe Baffone sits down with Dan to discuss how Annexus Health is revolutionizing the patient care access journey, how personal experience led him to start this company, and where the company is headed.
Annexus' goal is to generationally disrupt the way patient access is managed through our
innovative, technology-based solutions—so all patients can receive the
treatment they need without compromising their personal and financial
well-being.
💡Joe shares valuable lessons on optimizing for scale,
Significant milestones:
Exceeded $3 billion in patient financial assistance awards secured;
released data confirming our impact on patients, healthcare provider
organizations, and life science companies; and earned the Top Workplaces USA award
Closed a $33 million Series B funding round, surpassed $2.6 billion in
patient financial assistance awards processed, and attained SOC 2 Type 2 certification
Helpful links about Annexus Health
https://www.annexushealth.com/about/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/annexus-health-achieves-a-significant-milestone-by-surpassing-3-billion-in-awards-secured-for-patients-301794350.html

Mar 29, 2023 • 53min
⛏ Breaking the Boundaries to Real Estate with John Green, CEO/Founder of Nada
This week's episode featuring John Green introduces us to his innovative and eye opening company, Nada. Based in Dallas, Texas, his goal is to make access to real estate easier and make investing in cities as convenient and approachable as investing in stocks in hopes to help his users achieve financial freedom. John also shares his experience becoming an entrepreneur as we dive deep into the process of creating Nada. He shares inspirational advice to our viewers on the importance of pushing through self doubt and imposter syndrome in order to keep your business idea alive.
Tune in to hear John’s expert insights and learn how to navigate the real estate world in an unconventional and unprecedented way.
Go to nada.co to learn more and become an investor in Cityfunds and try out their new platform.

Mar 21, 2023 • 49min
Embracing Remote Work with Ali Greene, Co-Author of Remote Works 🏖
In this episode of Startup Mindsets, we sit down with Ali Greene, co-author of Remote Works, to discuss the future of work and the ubiquity of remote workforces.
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many companies to quickly adopt remote work, Ali shares her insights on how companies can adapt and thrive in this new environment. We dive into the benefits and challenges of remote work from both employer and employee perspectives, including how to maintain company culture and collaboration among remote teams, staying productive and setting boundaries while working remotely.
Tune in to hear Ali's expert insights and learn how to navigate the new world of remote work.
Purchase Remote Works Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Remote-Works-Managing-Freedom-Flexibility/dp/1523003316

Mar 1, 2023 • 59min
Blending the Real and Digital 🌍 with Daniil and David Liberman
This week on the Startup Mindsets, we'll meet Daniil and David Liberman, two brothers who share a passion for innovation. The Liberman brothers were born and raised in Russia, they moved to the United States in 2014 to pursue their business dreams. In this episode, we focus on their most recent venture creating a way to buy shares in people called Humanism and working on their own startup, Product Science.
We also touch on working at Snap. as product designers where they helped introduce avatars, bitmoji, and animation.
Watch the full episode to gain insight into some of their favorite features including filters and lenses as well as their contribution in pushing the boundaries of Augmented Reality by creating experiences that blend the real world with digital elements.
Time Stamps:
(1:26) Doing business with family
(5:10) Creating Kernel AR which was sold to Snap. Inc for 40M USD
(10:57) Working as Product Directors at Snap.
(24:07) Working with their family members on multiple companies
(26:09) Letting people buy shares in other people via Humanism
(36:58) Product Science

Feb 23, 2023 • 1h 4min
🔋 Energy is Everything with⚡️Simon Alexander Ong: Author of Energize
How can exerting energy make you feel more energized? This weeks exciting guest, Simon Alexander Ong, answers this question and discusses other interesting topics on the Startup Mindsets Pod.
Simon Alexander Ong is an award winning life coach and author of the book Energize published by Penguin UK.
Today, we spoke about why energy is everything, key points Simon made in his book, and fascinating ideas 💡 that have to do with our Energy. Some of the important topics we discussed were: How does working out give us more energy, when we are lazy to start working out in the first place? How do you recommend people get out of energetic blocks or manage their energy properly? Why people feel exhausted and what they can do to feel energized. The journey from heads to our hearts Selling yourself to yourself before you can sell to others
Grab your copy of the book Energize: https://www.amazon.com/Energize-Find-Spark-Achieve-Better-ebook/dp/B094F5D3BZ

Feb 16, 2023 • 42min
Co Own a Home 🏡 Using Cher: Eric Chebil CEO/Founder
I first met Eric in 2019 when I was a venture capitalist at VU Venture Partners at the Salesforce Tower in SF. I thought the concept of owning a home in the Bay Area was so farfetched that there had to be a way to innovate and create a solution. Eric displayed founder tenacity climbing up San Francisco hills just to pitch us and today we catch up and learn about how Cher is changing lives.
In this podcast, Eric talks about what led him to create this company and what drives him to continue. We also talk about taking out a credit card to fund your company and hear how Cher had helped someone living in a van become a homeowner in the town of Long Beach.
Find out more about Cher at cher.app
Everyone can be a homeowner. Shared homeownership now made affordable and simple.

Jan 23, 2023 • 36min
#90 How Ideaflow Fuels Problem Solving with Author Jeremy Utley (Director of Executive Education at Stanford's Design School)
What if I told you, every problem is an idea problem? Today's guest is the co author of Ideaflow alongside Perry Kleiban, former COO of Patagonia.
Jeremy has also spent over a decade at Stanford in Education as the Director of Executive Education at the Haaso Platner School of Design.
Jeremy Utley graduated the Stanford GSB the same year Earl did, 2009 and we are excited to have him on the podcast for a conversation about why "Ideaflow" is an important way of thinking in today's work environment.
I know kung fu moments (8:21)
Experience is a Liability
The Obsessive Pursuit that characterized the months before Bill Bowerman's waffle maker moment for Nike (13:55)
Keep a bug list (15:50 )
Experience is a liability (19:50)
Why Jeremy wrote a book (23:17)
Purchase your copy of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric that Matters on Amazon.
Want to meet a couple quintessential masters of ideaflow? Check out the free bonus chapter, How to Think Like Bezos and Jobs
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Jan 17, 2023 • 51min
Chat GPT Onfolio Yury Byalik on remote work, SEO, and adopting new technology in business
Chat GPT Onfolio’s Yury Byalik on remote work, SEO, and adopting new technology in business

Jan 6, 2023 • 51min
Dr. Ghaz Samandari
Happy New Year! 🎊 Ghaz aka Ghazaleh joins Startup Mindsets to discuss how her 2 decades in public health traveling the 🌍 left her burnt out and seeking a new career as a personal coach.
We talk best country chips, how one can get involved in humanitarian efforts, and what it’s like working in Paris.
As the Founder of 9 Paths Development, Dr. Ghaz Samandari, PhD is a Health Behavior Scientist, ICF-certified Integral Development coach and trauma-informed practitioner who has worked with communities of women, government leaders and a variety of organizations in over 30 different countries. With a PhD in Health Behavior Science and extensive experience in the Humanitarian field, Dr. Ghaz Samandari combines health science and evaluation methods with her training in leadership coaching to provide whole-system solutions for organizations seeking to make an impact. How the Humanitarian field can help tech companies build inclusive workplace cultures for everyone to thrive. (Dr. Ghaz Samandari has worked in 30 countries across the world as a Health Behaviour Scientist supporting teams on the ground helping rebuild communities after war, famine


