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Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey there, Our guest today is Henri Pierre-Jacques , co-founder and Managing Partner at Harlem Capital . Harlem Capital is a ventur...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. ✓ 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and ca...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts  and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can t...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can turn...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts  and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can t...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts  and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can t...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts  and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can t...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts  and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can t...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts  and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias  is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can t...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts and other podcast players. Today’s Consumer VC is brought to you by Gorgias. Gorgias is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can turn...

Hey There, Our guest today on The Consumer VC podcast is Rachel ten Brink , who is an investor, Founder, CMO, and Board member. She was one of the founders and the CMO of Scentbird , which is a beauty subscription services that let's you choose from over 700 top rated perfumes each month. In this episode you’ll learn * How working in big CPG helped shape her as a founder * Scaling a subscription p...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. Hey There, Our guest today on The Consumer VC is Brian Reilly , co-founder of Will Ventures . Will Ventures is a venture capital fund that focuses exclusively on leveraging the power of sport to shape the future. We don’t talk ab...

Hey There, Our guest today on The Consumer VC is Sandy Gibson , founder of Better Place Forests . Better Place Forests is America's first conservation memorial forests. Instead of graves and tombstones, families choose a private, protected family tree to return their ashes to the earth together. We don’t typically talk about death on the show, so by default this is one of the most unique conversat...

Hey there, My guest today on The Consumer VC podcast is  Ben Zises , founder of  SuperAngel. Fund . SuperAngel. Fund is an early stage rolling fund investing in Consumer, PropTech & Future of Work companies. Ben was one of the first investors in quip, Caraway and Arber. On this episode we dive into: * The differences between a rolling fund and a traditional venture capital fund * How he thinks abo...

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. My guest today is  John Gannon , founder of  GoingVC . GoingVC is a VC career accelerator. John designed the program to help folks break into venture capital by directly connecting motivated VC job seekers with VC firms. If you a...

Hey there, Our guest today on The Consumer VC is Justin Kolbeck , CEO of Wild Type . Wild Type is on a mission to create the cleanest most sustainable seafood on the planet, starting with salmon. After I watched Seaspiracy, I wanted to learn more about the current state of the ocean and sustainable seafood alternatives to traditional fishing. I reached out to Justin on LinkedIn and in this convers...

Hey there, Our guest on today’s episode of The Consumer VC is Steven Sashen , co-founder and CEO of Xero Shoes . Xero Shoes produces lightweight minimalist footwear designed for walking, running, and athletics. I first found out about Xero Shoes from one of Peter Attia ’s podcast episodes on the evolution of the foot. The next day, I purchased my first pair of Xeros. They have been my go-to shoe f...

Hey there, Our guest today on The Consumer VC is Ariel Kaye , founder of Parachute . Parachute is a high end bedding company that is designed in LA, manufactured in Italy and delivered directly to you. My favorite part of my time with Ariel was learning about the insight that led her to create a bedding brand. We also discuss: * Her approach to sourcing fabric at the very beginning * How she descr...

Hey There, Our guest today on The Consumer VC podcast is Lindsay Kaplan , co-founder of Chief . Chief is a private network focused on connecting and supporting women leaders. Previously, she was part of Casper’s founding team and led communications and brand engagement. In this episode you’ll learn: * What it was like scaling Casper * What led her to think about starting a professional network for...

Hey There! Our guest today on The Consumer VC is Kate Shillo Beardsley , Partner at Hannah Grey . Hannah Grey is a first check venture fund investing in founders reimagining everyday experiences to improve work and life. It was really fun chatting with Kate. We went down a lot of fun rabbit holes like - * What could we learn from Martha Stewart? * New York VC and startup scene in the late 2000s/ea...

Hey friends, Today’s Consumer VC podcast episode is with Mark Gainey , the founder of Strava . Strava is the #1 app for runners and bikers and is THE destination to record any activity. In this conversation we talk about - * How Mark's passion for sports compelled him to start Strava * Why he decided to first focus on bikers * How to get specific with your target demographic * His approach to buil...

Hey There! Our guest today on the podcast is Matteo Franceschetti , founder and CEO of Eight Sleep . Eight Sleep is the #1 Smart Mattress, designed to help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep. One of my favorite bits was learning about Matteo’s vision of the company, beyond sleep as well as how he overcame early supply chain issues. You can listen on Apple Podcasts Here , Spotify Here , and oth...

Hey Friends, Today’s episode of The Consumer VC is with Amir Nathoo , the founder of Outschool . Outschool is an education platform that offers a variety of engaging, small-group classes online that gives kids the unique opportunity to explore their interests in-depth. They were also one of the fastest growing tech companies during COVID. In this discussion, we chat about Amir’s origin story and h...