The Thread Podcast

Nate and Dave Evans, brothers and co founders of Fictiv join Jeremy and me on the show to talk about - How Nate and Dave combined their unique interests and strengths as kids to build Fictiv.  Dave's ability to break things and Nate's ability to think strategically. - The process that Nate and Dave work through to make critical business decisions, and avoiding the 'Mom and Dad Syndr...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Puttshack , an upscale, tech-infused, mini golf experience.  He analyzes their $150M growth round from BlackRock to takeover the indoor ente...

Federico Baradello, CEO and Co founder of Finalis , joins the show to talk about  - The evolution of the investment banking space and the opportunities to innovate in the back office of the financial services space. - Finalis' 'five year overnight success story' and finding product go-to-market fit through 200 failed sales calls. - Key insights and recommendations for first time fou...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Tumble , a smart laundry technology platform for property managers and renters. He unfolds their $7M Series A and the opportunity that Tumbl...

Legendary educator and the Godmother of Silicon Valley, Esther Wojcicki , and her co Founder and CEO of Tract , Ari Memar , join the show to talk about: - Esther's approach to empowering kids to be successful and how to raise successful kids. - How Ari and Esther are disrupting early stage education with collaborative, peer to peer learning. - Esther's experience working with her daughte...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Artly Coffee, an AI-powered machine that makes a perfect cup of coffee every time. He unpacks their $8M Series A and the opportunity that Ar...

Kristen Berman , Co founder of Irrational Labs joins the show to talk about: - When companies should look to behavioral science to help answer critical questions about their businesses. - Practical examples and applications of behavioral science that founders can use to drive better outcomes for their startups. - The three B model of behavioral change and the irony and importance of adding frictio...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Pano AI, a hardware and software platform that helps fire professionals detect threats and respond to fire emergencies faster.   He unpacks...

Laura McGee, CEO and Co founder of Diversio joins the show to talk about - Laura's experience raising capital for Diversio . - How she bootstrapped the company to profitability before raising capital. - The current state of the technology industry as it pertains to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our hosts Justin Vandehey and Chris Yeh break down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin and Chris play 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Verkada, an enterprise building security company, and Tract, a community and content marketplace for student-directed...

Christine Tao, CEO and Cofounder of SoundingBoard joins the aSaaSins Podcast to discuss: - The future of leadership coaching and disrupting a category that has traditionally been limited to the highest earners in society. - The challenges she faced when raising her seed round and additional challenges that female founders face when raising venture capital. - The differences between raising Soundin...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Muck Rack, a Public Relations Management platform.   He unpacks their $180M growth equity round and analyzes the opportunity in the media in...

Dan Reich, Co founder and CEO of Troops.ai joins the show to talk about: The story behind founding Troops and the sale of Troops to Slack. The story behind founding TULA , an industry leader in the skincare business, and the sale of TULA to P&G . The biggest differences and surprising similarities of running an enterprise SaaS business and D2C skincare company (and how to apply best practices...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Yesler, a lumber and building materials marketplace.   He unpacks their $5M round and analyzes the opportunity in the lumber management spac...

Marvin Liao, Founder and Partner of Diaspora Ventures and formerly a General Partner at 500 Startups joins the aSaaSins podcast to talk about.  - What are Marvin's assessment criteria for investing in pre-seed and seed stage companies. - How long after a company joined 500 Startups did he know if a company was going to make it or not, and what differentiated those that made it from those that...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with CurbWaste, a waste management and business operations platform for physical waste haulers.   He unpacks their $6M seed round and analyzes th...

Jon Fasoli, Chief Product Officer of Mailchimp, joins the aSaaSins podcast to talk about. - How he assesses the professional opportunities and projects that he invests his time and energy into. - His experience running the product strategy for Intuit's $12B acquisition of Mailchimp. - Future growth drivers and industries of interest for Intuit. - Intuit's framework of 'horizon plann...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Incredible Health, a medical and health platform that connects health systems with nurses.   He unpacks their $80M Series B round and analyz...

Daniel James, CEO of Zen, joins the aSaaSins podcast to discuss: - How Daniel's experience transitioning from being a Division 1 collegiate athlete to a working professional led to the opportunity around improving posture at work. - How Daniel and his team have navigated questions and concerns around privacy while building a solution that's providing real customer value. - Daniel's...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our hosts Justin Vandehey and special guest host Chris Yeh break down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin and Chris play 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Boulevard, a platform that helps appointment based businesses (like Spas and Salons) streamline th...

BJ Schaknowski, CEO of symplr joins the aSaaSins pod to talk about: - How BJ helped me "flip the switch" from being a disengaged poor performer to becoming a top performer at Intuit. - BJ's guidance on effective leadership and the importance of balancing the "what" (work output) with the "how" (how we accomplish those objectives). - The importance of being direct...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Arena, a platform that helps large enterprises make high frequency decisions (like pricing and inventory) fully autonomously.   He unpacks t...

Ram Jambunathan, SVP and GM of SAP.io (SAP's strategic investment and incubation arm) joins the aSaaSins Podcast to discuss: - Ram's experience as a founder, advisor and investor, and how those experiences have  shaped his approach to supporting early stage founders. - What founders should think about when raising capital from strategic or corporate investors. - The real incentives behin...

On the aSaaSins 'Money Morning Quarterback' segment, our host Justin Vandehey breaks down the companies that raised their Seed, Series A, or Series B round of funding the prior week. This week, Justin plays 'Money Morning Quarterback' with Sage, a platform that helps improve care with better caregiver tools that ensures older adults receive individual care.  He unpacks their $9...

Jay Srinivasan, CEO of Spoke, joins the aSaaSins podcast to talk about. - Going after large incumbents like ServiceNow, SAP, and Salesforce, and how he landed on the problem space for Spoke. - The differences between being a second time aSaaSin vs. a first time aSaaSin, and what has been easier and harder about each venture. - Advice he WOULDN'T offer to first time founders and when is the ri...