FINANCE LESSONS FROM A VC, CEO, AND MOTHER w. MELISSA WIDNER EP. 118
Melissa Widner currently serves as the CEO of Lighter Capital. She has experience as an entrepreneur seeking funding and as an investor!
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$500 MILLION TO DECARBONIZE REAL ESTATE w. MICHAEL NEW EP. 110
Michael New, Principal at Fifth Wall joins us to talk about their recent close of a $500 million dollar real estate venture fund.
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RAISING REAL MONEY BY CROWDFUNDING W. JAKE HOFFBERG – EP. 82
As a self-proclaimed cynical optimist, Jake Hoffberg has gained a wealth of knowledge on raising capital through crowdfunding and on...
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START-UPS AND SPACS W. DOUGLAS ELLENOFF – EP. 80
Losing money is always going to be a part of the venture capital game. However, it’s how the money is lost that matters. Douglas Ellenoff...
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3-PART MINISERIES – KNOWING YOUR NUMBERS W. CODIE SANCHEZ – EP. 74, 75, 76
PART 1 In this three-part miniseries, you’ll hear from Codie Sanchez. She is a venture capitalist and a former investment banker and...
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IS GOING PUBLIC RIGHT FOR YOU? W. NICK FINDLER – EP. 72
Today’s guest is Nick Findler, CEO of GoPublic.AI. Nick and his team are building an automated platform to match companies looking at...
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THE FUTURE OF FINANCE W. CARLOS DOMINGO – EP. 71
Crypto and blockchain technologies have gone from being the wild west into creating and converting bonafide securities AKA digital assets...
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DAVID VS. GOLIATH WITH SKIP THE DISHES W. CHRIS SIMAIR – EP. 70
Chris Simair is the Managing Director of Harvest Builders and former co-founder of Skip the Dishes. Skip the Dishes is a true David...
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ADVOCATING FOR VENTURE CAPITAL IN CANADA WITH KIM FURLONG – EP. 67
Kim Furlong is the CEO of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. Venture capital and private equity are powerful...
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THE HUMAN SIDE OF RAISING $100 MILLION W. JASON TAN – 66
Raising capital and running a Silicon Valley business are high-pressure endeavors. Jason Tan and his team have raised over $100,000,000...
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THE UNIQUE WORLD OF PUBLIC VENTURE CAPITAL W. JUSTIN KATES – 63
The public venture markets in Canada are increasingly recognized as a unique ecosystem for supporting the ambitions of entrepreneurs and...
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HOW TO CAPITALIZE FOR EXPONENTIAL GROWTH W. JAMIE KEECH – EP. 60
Today’s guest is Jamie Keech, a Canadian mining engineer, and natural resource financier. Aside from being a well-respected part of the...
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HOW TO PROPERLY RAISE CAPITAL (BACKED BY DATA) W. RUSS HEDDLESTON – EP. 59
In today’s episode, we are joined by Russ Heddleston, Co-Founder and CEO of DocSend. Whether you are a new startup or a seasoned company...
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IBOGAINE AND THE REINVENTION OF ADDICTION RECOVERY W. SHAYNE NYQUVEST AND JEREMY WEATE – EP. 58
The opioid crisis has created a pressing need for successful addiction treatments, especially as the majority of people who seek...
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WHY ALL PUBLIC COMPANIES NEED TO BE MEDIA COMPANIES W. JAY MARTIN – EP. 57
In this episode, we talk to Jay Martin, the President and CEO of Cambridge House International. With his team, Jay Martin has produced...
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THE UNAPOLOGETIC MINDSET OF A PROFESSIONAL RESOURCE INVESTOR W. MARIN KATUSA – EP.55
Marin Katusa is a renowned professional resource investor, life long teacher, and a New York Times bestselling author. He presents an...
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THE BIOHACKING INVESTMENT BANKER W. WESLEY KING – EP. 53
Wesley King has come to be known as the Biohacking Investment Banker. Besides being an advocate and supporter of technologies that aim to...
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BILLION DOLLAR EXIT FROM BATTLING THE TITANS W. ANTHONY LACAVERA – EP. 52
Anthony Lacavera, an extremely accomplished Canadian entrepreneur, is the founder and chairman of Globalive. Anthony built and sold a...
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$750 MILLION GONE! W. OREN KLAFF – EP. 47
Oren Klaff is the best-selling author of Pitch Anything and Flip the Script, and a successful entrepreneur and financier. Oren has raised...
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RAISING A $100,000,000 SERIES B. WITH JASON VANDEBOOM – EP. 45
Jason VandeBoom has bucked the Silicon Valley trend of raising money wildly and living to “fail fast”. Jason is the founder and CEO of...
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