Startup Jazz

Episode 4 of Startup Jazz. This week, George and Michelle dive into funding rounds, AI innovation, valuations, covering 6 compelling stories from the startup ecosystem. Stories featured in this episode: 1. I Asked 100 Founders, CEOs and VCs About Career Transitions — Here's What I Learned (1st Round) 2. Regulation As Alpha: Why The Smartest Startups Now Build Legal Strategy Into Their DNA (Crunchb...

Episode 3 of Startup Jazz. This week, George and Michelle dive into funding rounds, AI innovation, valuations, covering 12 compelling stories from the startup ecosystem. Stories featured in this episode: 1. The Non-Humanoid Robot Startups Are Rising Too (Crunchbase News) 2. Whatnot Lands $225M Series F, More Than Doubles Valuation to $11.5B Since January (Crunchbase News) 3. Regulation As Alpha: W...

In this 88-minute deep dive, George and Michelle tackle the question every founder struggles with but rarely admits: How do you level up as a leader when you're drowning in execution? We break down six game-changing frameworks from First Round Review's leadership playbook—from Chris Holmberg's "It/We/I" reflection practice to Adam Grant's techniques for embracing tough feedback. Then we follow Tim...

Looker turned SQL and a quirky language called LookML into a $2.6B outcome—and a cult following. In this kickoff to Startup Jazz, we reverse-engineer how a small team beat dashboard fatigue, won over data teams, and built a category by obsessing over speed, clarity, and customer love. You’ll hear the pivotal product bets, the GTM experiments that actually moved revenue, and the culture rituals tha...