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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Sep 21, 2021 • 10min
743 - Abu Bakr Kamal (Let's Dunch) On Helping Professionals collaborate Over Food And Events
Abu Bakr Kamal is the founder of Let's Dunch. They helping like-minded professionals collaborate over food and events around the globe.
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Sep 20, 2021 • 25min
742 - Chris McCann, General Partner at Race Capital
About Chris McCannChris McCann is a general partner at Race Capital, entrepreneur, and community builder. Prior, Chris founded and led the community program at Greylock Partners, a San Francisco based venture capital firm with $3.5 billion under management which led investments in Facebook, LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Coinbase, among others. Chris has an angel portfolio of over twenty investments within the fintech and blockchain verticals including: Binance, Solana, Serum, among others.Before he joined the firm, he was the co-founder and CEO of StartupDigest – of the earliest technology focused publications – which he grew from zero to over one million subscribers before being acquired by Techstars. He was an early advisor for the Thiel Fellowship & StartX at Stanford University. He also writes a newsletter covering the fintech & tech sectors and reaches 15,000 entrepreneurs, engineers, and investors on a weekly basis.
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Sep 18, 2021 • 11min
741 - Matt Caplan (Biscuits n Groovy) On Creating a More Equitable Music Industry
Matt Caplan is the cofounder of Biscuits n Groovy. They partner with artists to debut exclusive music and album art to their most devoted fans.
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Sep 15, 2021 • 19min
740 - An Early Bet On Diana Chen
Diana Chen runs the Unstoppable Domains podcast and works on their content team to spread the word about their company, web3, and the greater blockchain ecosystem. This episode is an early bet on Diana.
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Sep 15, 2021 • 13min
739 - Daniel Lewis (Winnno) On Mastering Short Form News Consumption
Daniel Lewis is the cofounder of Winno. Winno helps people understand the world better. Want to learn more about Wino? Look them up on Seedscout.
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Aug 23, 2021 • 9min
738 - Rebecca Jones (Clutch) On Enabling More Women To Invest in Crypto
Rebecca Jones is the founder of Clutch. Clutch is a crypto wallet built by women, for women, to invest in digital currencies.
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Aug 13, 2021 • 12min
737 - Paul Gross (Remora) On Capturing Carbon Emissions From Semi-Trucks
Paul Gross is the cofounder of Remora. Their device captures the carbon emissions from a semi-truck. They sell the captured carbon dioxide to concrete producers and greenhouses, helping companies earn new revenue while meeting their climate commitments.
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Aug 9, 2021 • 25min
736 - Elizabeth Yin, Cofounder of Hustle Fund
I am very excited to be chatting with Elizabeth Yin, who is the co-founder of Hustle Fund. The following is a bio I pulled from her persona website:Elizabeth Yin is a co-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund for software entrepreneurs. Previously, Elizabeth was a partner at 500 Startups where she invested in seed stage companies and ran the Mountain View accelerator. In a prior life, Elizabeth co-founded and ran an adtech company called LaunchBit (acq 2014). Elizabeth has a BSEE from Stanford and an MBA from MIT Sloan.Elizabeth has reviewed over 20k startup pitches from around the world in the last few years and has helped numerous portfolio founders raise hundreds of millions of dollars. Her work and writing on startup fundraising has been featured in numerous publications including TechCrunch, Forbes, Huffington Post, BetaKit, and more.
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Aug 9, 2021 • 7min
735 - Hunter Wagenaar (idea) On Building A Better Health Education System
Hunter Wagenaar is the founder of Idea. Idea is creating interactive, comprehensive health education modules that are inclusive of all identities & medically accurate for parents, students, and organizations.
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Aug 9, 2021 • 9min
734 - Sergey Kulinkovich (Timestripe) On Building A Better Goal Manager
Sergey Kulinkovich is the cofounder of Timestripe. Get super focused on your goals every day! Boost your productivity with a beautiful calendar, shared to-do lists & powerful notes with Timestripe.
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