

Forward Thinking Founders
Mat Sherman
Forward Thinking Founders is a founder podcast where we interview high potential founders from networks like Y Combinator, The Thiel Fellowship, Product Hunt, Twitter, etc. and brings to light what they're building for the world. Think of it like the opposite of How I Built This, where we interview founders before they are successful, then if they are, we have a moment in time we can look back on in the early days. Does the model work? Look at our early interviews and you'll have your answer.
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Dec 20, 2021 • 38min
778 - Dave Goldblatt, GP at Vibe Capital
 Dave Goldblatt is the founding GP at Vibe Capital. Dave was employee 180 at Facebook in 2007, was there until 2017. Afterward, he started a company + started angel investing which led to Vibe Capital.
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Dec 17, 2021 • 18min
777 - DeWayne Roy Jr. On All Things Business Development in Early Stage Startups
 In this episode, we interview an operator and early startup sales leader, DeWayne Roy. DeWayne has had stints at Truebill, Lambda School, Panther, and now Pesto. In this episode, we walks us through all things business development for early stage startups. Enjoy!
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Dec 16, 2021 • 12min
776 - David Levine (Scoby) On Leverging Web3 For The Creator Economy
 David Levine  is the founder of Scoby. Scoby is a Web3 Creator Ecosystem on a live, audio-video centered app where you can share the experience of health, wealth, wisdom and love.
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Dec 15, 2021 • 11min
775 - Isabelle Gough (Cercula) On Designing The Carbon Out Of Construction.
  Isabelle Gough is the cofounder of Cercula.  Cercula is the UK's leading life cycle assessment software for building projects.
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Dec 15, 2021 • 11min
774 - Meddy Daryadel (myViTrend) On Building a Creator-Generated Fitness App
 Meddy Daryadel is the founder of de. myViTrend is the online hub for fitness videos.
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Dec 13, 2021 • 10min
773 - Saket Kumar (Vitt) On Growing Your Startup On Your Terms W/ Non-Dilutive Financing
 Saket Kumar is the cofounder of Vitt. With Vitt, get upfront, non-dilutive financing against your monthly recurring revenues. Never trade growth off against dilution again.
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Dec 10, 2021 • 11min
772 - Tela Andrews (BearTax) On Building Cryptocurrency Tax Software
 Tela Andrews is the cofounder of BearTax. BearTax helps you to fetch trades from everywhere, identify transfers across exchanges and auto generates tax documents.
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Dec 9, 2021 • 10min
771 - Michael Houston (ElevateU) On Replacing Textbooks With Digital Learning Experiences
 Michael Houston is the founder of ElevateU. Elevate makes it easy to replace textbooks with digital learning experiences that instructors can customize and track student progress.
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Dec 7, 2021 • 15min
770 - Oscar Pedroso (Thimble) On Educational STEM Kits
 Oscar Pedroso is the founder of Thimble. Thimble teaches kids STEM skills through weekly 1-hr classes taught by tech professionals. Kits are shipped every 3 months. Invest in Thimble here.
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Dec 6, 2021 • 13min
769 - Neel Ganu (Finch) On Enabling The Powers of Investing and Flexibility of Checking
 Neel Ganu is the founder of Finch. Finch is an all-in-one account that seamlessly integrates the benefits of investing and the flexibility of checking.
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