Podcast
Culture: Founders, Entrepreneurs & Innovators
Hosted by Charlie Stephens · EN
Conversations with Business Founders, Innovators & Entrepreneurs on how their Journey has Inspired, Created & Evolved CULTURE.
Hear the background of these leaders, pick up on tips for growth, lessons learned, raising capital, company culture and their words to live by.
Get Inspired.
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PrimeTime VC Ep33 @ TechDay
Jul 26, 202401:02:38Tap to summarizePrimeTimeVC is headlining TechDay 2024 highlighting 4 Venture Capitalists going head to head debating startup growth strategies, investment thesis and recent tech news.... while founders will vote them off the stage and crown one winning VC! Featuring Defending Champion Zehra Naqvi, Investor at Headline Ventures, along with former PrimeTime Champions Chris Cunningham GP at C2 Ventures, Erica Duignan Minnihan Co-Founder & General Partner at Reign Ventures and returning contestant Aubrie Pagano from Alpaca Ventures. Supported by Fidelity Private Shares | Equity Management Solutions cap table/data room platform helping startups with incorporation, 409a valuations, equity management, and modeling tools for future fund raises. Mention 'PrimeTimeVC' for 20% off!
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PrimeTime VC EP 32 @Betaworks NYC
Jul 26, 202400:59:49Tap to summarizeFeatured Venture Capitalists : Jesse Middelton is a GP at Flybridge Capital, Olivia O'Sullivan is a Partner at Forum Ventures, Zehra Naqvi is an Investor at Headline Ventures, Victoria Kennedy is a GP a Seed to Harvest an early stage fund investing in software companies. Supported by Fidelity Private Shares | Equity Management Solutions cap table/data room platform helping startups with incorporation, 409a valuations, equity management, and modeling tools for future fund raises. Mention 'PrimeTimeVC' for 20% off!
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PrimeTime VC ep31 - IBM Z Day
Jul 25, 202400:59:46Tap to summarizeElectric VC lineup: Erica Duignan Minnihan, Founder & General Partner at Reign Ventures, Adam Mastrelli, Partner at Woodstock Fund US, Carolina Rojas, Principal at Distributed Ventures, Austin Flon, Portfolio Development Leader at IBM Ventures. In this special edition for IBM Z Day, selected StartUp Investors will be answering questions on topics related to how a startup improves its investibility while solving for security and data privacy. Supported by Fidelity Private Shares | Equity Management Solutions cap table/data room platform helping startups with incorporation, 409a valuations, equity management, and modeling tools for future fund raises. Mention 'PrimeTimeVC' for 20% off!
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PrimeTime VC Ep30
Aug 16, 202301:02:14Tap to summarizeTop VCs MatchUp: Elliott Robinson Bessemer Ventures Partners, Ashley Aydin Vamos Ventures, Jason Scott ANIM Fund and Samantha Rodriguez Google for Startups. Venture Capitalists debate the state of venture funding, Ai wave, Cloud computing, tips for the best founder intro calls, moving the needle on driving more $$ to diverse founders & funders, habits of the best founders, unpopular investment verticals, and Elon Vs Zuck!! Fidelity Cap Table Management for Startups E2 Generations Join the Community! PrimeTimeVC.com
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PrimeTime VC Ep29
Aug 16, 202300:42:48Tap to summarizeTop VCs MatchUp: Nihal Mehta Partner at Eniac Ventures, Nia Johnson Investor, Olivia O'Sullivan Forum Ventures and Ollen Douglass VC & Board Advisor (Formerly Motley Fool Ventures) Investors debate: What should investors consider when making a bet on Ai during this frenzied environment? How should founders structure their fundraise? Will VCs start using ChatGPT or Google's BARD as an investment tool? How important is it for founders to understand exactly how they will build a defensibility moat around their product at the pre seed / seed stage? Cap table: What's the ideal number to allocate for an employee option pool, why is it important and do you require the pool to be implemented before your investment? bet a billion on anything, where you placing your chips? Fidelity Cap Table Management for Startups E2 Generations Join the PrimeTime Community! PrimeTimeVC.com
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PrimeTime VC Ep28
Apr 25, 202300:56:50Tap to summarizeTop Venture Capitalists Elana Dickman at Red Beard Ventures, Saka Nuru at Funnder, Megan Ananian at H/L Ventures & Pete Mathias at Alumni Venutes matched up April 13th to debate the following Topics: + Current VC Mindset w/ SVB Disrupting Market Conditions + Most Exciting Verticals to Invest In & New Unicorns to look out for + Advising Portfolio Companies on how to handle Competition + PreSeed to Seed, What are most important Hires? + How to Navigate your Cap Table + What Role did VCs play in SVB debacle & what are the Long term Effects? + What New Jobs will be Born from ChatGPT + What are the Best StartUp Analogies /Stories for Success Connect with Shoobx for Cap Table Management Software IBM HyperProtect Accelerator Building & scaling the next generation of fintech, healthtech & insurtech startups. PitchPages.io The first end-to-end solution for fundraising! Entre - The Professional Network for Entrepreneurs
Transcribe →Soraya Darabi, General Partner at Trail Mix Ventures
Jul 7, 202000:46:58Tap to summarizeSoraya Darabi, General Partner & Founder of Trail Mix Ventures an early stage investment firm focused on the future of living well. We talk through qualifying startup investments, the process of raising capital & traits of successful founders. As a 3x Mentor of the Year by Techstars, we discuss the secrets mentorship & finding a good mentor. Advice for female founders, tips for networking & the opportunities open for collaboration. https://www.trailmix.vc/ Past Interviews: https://www.charlienyc.com/leaderslive
Transcribe →Kai Bond, Courtside Ventures
Jun 8, 202000:45:38Tap to summarizeKai is a partner at Courtside Ventures is an early-stage fund focused on sports, fitness and gaming. Kai talks about his past work as 3x Founder, working at Comcast Ventures leading investments focused on investing underrepresented founders, Hear his process in qualifying startups, founders who stand out, building teams, hiring to motivate & align company culture. He explains thoughts on raising capital, building a network & metrics for performance. Learn the opportunities that Courtside is looking to collaborate on & his words to live by. http://www.courtsidevc.com/ www.CharlieNYC.com http://www.courtsidevc.com/ www.joinentre.com www.CharlieNYC.com
Transcribe →Leaders Live VC Investor Panel ( Angel -IPO)
May 21, 202001:06:31Tap to summarizeVenture Capital Investor Panel, from Angel to IPO w/ speakers Nikita Singareddy Investor @RRE Ventures | Kunal Mehta Principle @Hearst Ventures & Mario Gabriele @Charge Ventures Panel Presented by Entre CEO Michael Marra Talking Covid-19 Impact on investing, raising capital & how to best strategies approach investors. What Qualities they look for in successful founders, networking & build strong relationships. Technology, healthcare tech, transportation mobility, esports and religious tech? Yes its all here! Mario's Newsletter: https://readthegeneralist.com Kunal's Book https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Genius-Venture-Capital-Betting-ebook/dp/B07YCZH3NS www.CharlieNYC.com
Transcribe →Leaders Live: Laura Chau, Canaan Partners
Apr 16, 202000:47:44Tap to summarizeLaura Chau is a Principal at Canaan Partners who focuses on investing in early stage consumer technology companies that are changing the way we live, work, and think. Laura has partnered with category-defining startups in various roles, including Coterie, Kabam, Cuyana, Branch Metrics, Greenhouse, Kustomer, and KonMari Media. Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas. With $5B under management, a diversified fund and over 190 exits to date, Canaan has invested in some of the world's leading technology and healthcare companies over the past 30 years. Canaan's focus areas include fintech, enterprise/cloud, marketplaces, frontier tech, biopharma, digital health and medtech. http://www.canaan.com www.CharlieNYC.com
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