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 24, 2020 • 14min
480 - Adam Jones (FanFest) On Enjoying Sports With Other Fellow Fans
Adam Jones is the founder of FanFest. Fanfest is building the Shopify for virtual sporting events and beyond!
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Dec 18, 2020 • 26min
479 - Caroline Kassie, GP at Metrodora Ventures
Caroline is a GP at Metrodora Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the health and education sector. Previously, Caroline was a Partner at Blockchange Ventures and the Executive Director of Beanstalk Labs, an innovation lab concentrated on the development of new business ideas for a New York-based venture fund that invests in early-stage retail technology companies. Caroline was also an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom LLP where she practiced corporate law focusing on mergers & acquisitions and investment management. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received her J.D. from Columbia Law School where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar. She is a passionate mental health advocate and a producer of documentary films focused on social justice and human rights issues.
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Dec 16, 2020 • 16min
478 - Rebekah Bastian (Owntrail) On Owning and Sharing Trails We Take In Life
Rebekah Bastian is the founder of OwnTrail. OwnTrail is a platform that advances women individually and systemically through the scalable owning and sharing of the trails we blaze through life.
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Dec 16, 2020 • 14min
477 - Erin Quick (PairTree) On Modernizing the Approach to Adoption
Erin Quick is the founder of PairTee. PairTree is the modern approach to adoption. By shedding the age-old constraints of the conventional adoption process, PairTree uses future-forward technology to connect adoptive parents with birth moms – creating happier families, faster, for much less money.
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Dec 15, 2020 • 16min
476 - Liz Giorgi (Soona) On Pioneering Fast Casual Content For The Internet Age
Liz is the cofounder and CEO of Soona. Soona provides pro photo and video shoots in 3 easy steps for Ecommerce brands.
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Dec 15, 2020 • 13min
475 - Minh Nguyen (Potfolio) On Investing Capital Like a Portfolio Manager
Minh is the founder of Potfolio. Potfolio allows regular people to invest intelligently, with all the bells and whistles of a portfolio manager.
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Dec 15, 2020 • 24min
474 - Jeff Morris Jr., Founder and Managing Partner at Chapter One
Jeff Morris is the founder and Managing Partner of Chapter One. He was previously the VP of Product, Revenue at Tinder. In the role, Tinder became the #1 top grossing app in the App Store and one of the top grossing products in mobile history.As a product leader, Morris is passionate about building high performing teams and creating profitable products that delight customers.At Tinder, Morris built the revenue team and led the creation of multiple blockbuster hits including Tinder Gold and Boost. These products broke industry records and helped increase the Match Group market cap by $8B+.
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Dec 15, 2020 • 16min
473 - Ish Baid (Virtually) On Building Shopify for Schools
Ish Baid is the founder of Virtually. Virtually is an online school builder that brings together live conferencing, payment-processing, and student management in one place.
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Dec 15, 2020 • 16min
472 - Megha Agarwal (Neon Financial) On Simplifying Bill Payments
Megha Agarwal is the founder of Neon. Neon is a one-stop bill pay solution for essential household or business bills such as rent, utilities and insurance.
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Dec 15, 2020 • 13min
471 - Rachel Lo (Struck) On Building an Astrology Based Matchmaking App
Rachel Lo is the cofounder of Struck. Struck is a dating app that looks back at the entire solar system the minute you were born, then pairs you with romantically compatible users accordingly.
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