Tag: Venture Capital
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Ryan Baird’s Investment Banking Revolution: Why Relationships Beat Transactions in Silicon Valley | Venture Capital Series
In this fascinating episode, Ryan Baird, Managing Partner at Baird Augustine, shares his journey from Sand Hill Road hedge fund trader to building a neo-investment bank that’s revolutionizing how companies raise $100+ million.
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Building Community at Scale: Jennifer Jeronimo’s 5,000-Member Investment Revolution at Gaingels
In this inspiring episode, Jennifer Jeronimo, CEO of Gangels, shares her remarkable journey from 19 years as a “fixer and builder” at JP Morgan Chase to leading a venture capital group that’s revolutionizing access to startup investments.
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How Greg Geehan Creates Healthcare AI Startups Through Scale Up Labs Venture Studio
In this fascinating episode, Greg Geehan, co-founder and managing partner at Scale Up Labs, reveals how his venture studio is using “Blueprint AI” to rapidly prototype and launch AI-driven companies in healthcare and advanced manufacturing.
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Putting Education First: How Peter Harris Created the Nation’s Largest Student-Run Fund
In this fascinating episode, Peter Harris, founding partner of University Growth Fund, shares his remarkable journey from international micro-franchising consultant to building the country’s largest education-based private equity fund.
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How Chris Chambers Built Einstein Bridge After Surviving Business Challenges
In this compelling episode, Chris Chambers, founder and CEO of Einstein Bridge, shares his remarkable journey from 16 years in corporate America to building a revolutionary research and innovation data-as-a-service platform.
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Founder-First Philosophy Disrupts Asia: Why Adil Nurgozhin’s Big Sky Capital Approach Works
In this gripping episode, Adil Nurgozhin, founding partner at Big Sky Capital, shares his extraordinary journey from surviving 1000% inflation and street fights in post-Soviet Kazakhstan to building a venture capital firm across three continents.
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Cultural Bridge Creates Venture Gold: Eyal Bino’s Israel-NYC Startup Connection Strategy | Venture Capital Series
In this compelling episode, Eyal Bino, founding partner at 97212 Ventures, shares his remarkable journey from blue-collar family roots to becoming a leading venture capitalist connecting Israeli startups with the New York tech ecosystem.
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Force of Will Creates Success: John Frankel’s Path to Venture Capital Mastery | Venture Capital Series
In this compelling episode, John Frankel, founding partner at FF Venture Capital, shares his remarkable journey from being bottom of his class to Oxford mathematics and philosophy, then conquering Goldman Sachs’ trading floor for 21 years before founding one of the best-performing seed-stage venture firms.
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Asteroid Mining to Orbital Gas Stations: How Meagan Crawford Built Space Fund’s Infrastructure Empire
In this fascinating episode, Megan Crawford, co-founder and managing partner at Space Fund, shares her remarkable journey from a three-year-old throwing tantrums because her Barbie didn’t fit in her space shuttle to becoming a leading venture capitalist in the commercial space industry.