Forged in America

Still homemade, still a couple jerky cuts, but still going! Thanks to everyone who supported us to do another episode. This episode has a theme called GET THE BIG DECISIONS RIGHT - where we discuss the fact that grit and perseverence is table stakes...and Al and Ravin interview each other about their companies and the decisions which made success possible.Forged in America is a conversation between longtime friends and entrepreneurs Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein who have built and sold numerous businesses. Al founded fintech unicorn Avant, real estate firm Pangea, and Stoic Lane. Ravin founded GMM Nonstick Coatings, a $100M supplier to the USA housewares industry that serves 40M Americans each day. Al and Ravin are also experienced early stage investors, investing in deals such as Apptronik, KeyMe, Morning Consult, Kin Insurance, Hester Biosciences, Throne Labs, Natrion and Patient IQ that collectively have raised billions in funding.

This is an experiment to see how many of Al and Ravin's friends like this podcast and encourage the boys to do an Episode 2, which we promise would have a docket and more structure - and certainly some smart and fun guests.Forged in America is a conversation between longtime friends and entrepreneurs Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein who have built and sold numerous businesses. Al founded fintech unicorn Avant, real estate firm Pangea, and Stoic Lane. Ravin founded GMM Nonstick Coatings, a $100M supplier to the USA housewares industry that serves 40M Americans each day. Al and Ravin are also experienced early stage investors, investing in deals such as Apptronik, KeyMe, Morning Consult, Kin Insurance, Hester Biosciences, Throne Labs, Natrion and Patient IQ that collectively have raised billions in funding.