The Thread Podcast

Summary: - Ben shares how Octane thought about early traction channels and platform partners when launching their business.  Specifically their partnership with Shopify. - He discusses the process he went through in writing and authoring his book, "Captivology". - Ben provides suggestions on how entrepreneurs can tap into 7 different triggers to get above the noise and captivate audience...

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 FairPlay, the world's first Fairness-as-a-Service company, to unpack their $10M Series A round and analyzes the market opportunity to m...

Cody Candee, CEO of Bounce joins us to talk about: -  How global travel unlocked his insight to found Bounce, and how he convinced total strangers to hand over and store their things with him for cash.    - Cody's experience building a company that was dependent on travel in the midst of global travel lockdowns, and how his team persevered through that.   - The signals that gave Cody and his...

Jassim Latif, Cofounder of Zipper and formerly Slack's first Platform and BD hire, joins the pod to talk about. - Reflecting on the early days at Slack. - Building an early ecosystem and raising capital on someone else's platform.   -  Gathering insights to build Zipper and unlock cross functional teams. -  The boldest things founders have done to get on Jassim's radar and hacks to...

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 Aquabyte, an AI Aquaculture company, to unpack their $25M Series B round and analyzes the market opportunity that technology has in the comm...

Veronica Belmont, Product & Evangelism leader at Adobe (and Disco's first hire!)  joins the show  to share some insight into: How we convinced her to join as our first product hire. How values, culture, and company mission played into her selection criteria when joining our startup.   The value of onboarding employees through the lens of customer support to gain empathy Recommendations on...

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 StyleScan, a virtual dressing room, to unpack their $1M seed round and analyzes the market opportunity in fashion tech to decide whether or...

This episode features cofounder of strongDM, Schuyler Brown as he shares his story on how strongDM raised its first round of financing BEFORE building their product.  He also talks about turning down his offer to join YC, the time they almost gave away a car to build hype, and how to run a fundraising process that maximizes your startup value.

This episode features legendary 500 Startups pitch coach and founder of sexual wellness company, O.school, Andrea Barrica where we talk about - The psychology behind the founder's pitch - How timing and hype cycles influence pitch strategy. - The similarities behind selling money and sex