

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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Oct 18, 2020 • 17min
390 - Abby Mercado (Best Shot) On Fertility Treatment
Abby Mercado is the founder of Best Shot. Best Shot is a patient’s companion in fertility treatments, providing medication management & education, streamlining the pharmaceutical ordering experience and enabling safe, supportive micro-communities led by experts.
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Oct 17, 2020 • 11min
389 - Bethany Stachenfeld (Sendspark) on Personalized Video Platforms
Bethany Stachenfeld is the cofounder of Sendspark. Sendspark is a video platform that helps people connect with customers with personalized video messages.
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Oct 17, 2020 • 11min
388 - Amelie-Sophie Vavrovsky (Formally) on Legal Tech and Immigration
Amelie-Sophie Vavrovsky is the founder of Formally. Formally is a legal tech company that simplifies immigration application.
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Oct 16, 2020 • 21min
387 - Jordan Plows (Light) On Building a Rocket For The Mind
Jordan Plows is the cofounder of Light. Light is building a computer designed for the 21st century.
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Oct 16, 2020 • 16min
386 - Jared Hsu (StreamWork) on Building Twitch for Studying
Jared Hsu is the founder of StreamWork. StreamWork is an academic platform where hundreds of students come together to live-stream their studies, tutor their friends, and learn from A+ classmates all for free.
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Oct 15, 2020 • 21min
385 - Josh Fabian (Metafy) On 1:1 Coaching For Gaming
Josh Fabian is the cofounder of Metafy. Metafy provides 1:1 coaching from the best players in the world in gaming.
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Oct 15, 2020 • 16min
384 - Kell Rakowski (Lex) On Building a Social Network For Queer Lovers and Friends
Kell Rakowski is the cofounder of Lex. Lex is the text-centered social app that connects queer lovers and friends.
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Oct 14, 2020 • 17min
383 - Alice Albrecht (NeuralCypher Labs) On Building Brain Machine Interfaces For Creativity
Alice Albrecht is the founder of NeuralCypher Labs. NeuralCypher Labs is building products that help humans tap into more creativity, with the help from brain-machine interfaces
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Oct 13, 2020 • 20min
382 - Brian Leonard (Grouparoo) On Open Source Customer Data Infrastructure
Brian Leonard is the cofounder of Grouparoo. Grouparoo is real-time data infrastructure that puts marketers and operators in control.
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Oct 13, 2020 • 37min
383 - Ariel Lopez (Knac) On Recruiting Software That Eliminates "Ghosting"
Airel is the founder of Knac. With Knac, companies can identify quality talent that would otherwise get overlooked.
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