Forward Thinking Founders

About this episode: Arjun is the cofounder and CEO of WorkClout. WorkClout centralizes on-the-job training, knowledge building, and issue tracking to give your workers the tools they need to do their jobs at their full potential. Listen to this episode if you are interested in: - Industrial Tech - Knowing what to work on - Future of factories - Palmer Luckey - AR and VR - Future of work in general...

About this episode: Mishka is the founder of thiscodeWorks . thiscodeWorks is the Pinterest of code snippets. Listen to this episode if you are interested in: -  Code snippets - International startup scene - Pioneer and YC's signal - Mercenaries and missionaries - Credentials of the 21st century - And tons more! Cool Product to check out: Are you playing Pioneer yet? It's a remote accelerator star...

About this episode: John and Micheál are cofounders of Cropsafe ; Using satellite data to better inform the farmer's decision-making process. Listen to this episode if you are interested in:   AgTech Farming Vertical farming How farms make money How farming is just like venture capital Satellite imagery  Cool Product to check out: Are you playing Pioneer yet? It's a remote accelerator started by f...

About this episode: Matthew and  Aashay are cofounders of EnKoat. Enkoat is an energy-efficient coating that can be applied to the exterior and interior of existing building walls. A thin layer of EnKoat can replace thick fiberglass insulation in the wall Listen to this episode if you are interested in: -  Paint - Sustainability - ASU's startup resources  - Forbes 30 Under 30 - Seed Fundraising -...

About this episode: Joseph is the cofounder of Roboflow . Roboflow helps you organize your images, convert image annotation formats, preprocess, augment, and ship more.  Listen to this episode if you are interested in: -  Computer vision - VR and AR - How computer vision applies to our world - Pioneer - How to win Pioneer for 10+ weeks in a row - The vision for Roboflow - And tons more! ★ Support...

Today's Episode Today, I'm talking to Zak Slayback who is a Principal at 1517 Fund . This fund spun out of the Thiel Fellowship. We go deep into: Pro-rata and what it means for founders Raising from VCs at the right time in their fund Why Zak doesn't care too much for Harvard grads Portfolio construction and why it matters to founders And tons more! About Partner Mondays This partner monday, where...

About this episode: Ariel is the co-founder and CEO of H1 . H1 is building tools for medical affairs organizations to identify, analyze and apply the critical information surrounding opinion leaders to their engagements. Listen to this episode if you are interested in: -  HealthTech - Hiring after product-market fit - Work-life balance  - Knowing what to work on - Business strategy - And tons more...

About this episode: Ziyad is a founder of Safepay . Safepay allows vendors in Pakistan to accept payments on the internet. Listen to this episode if you are interested in: -  International opportunities  - FinTech - How governments and regulation affects innovation - Y Combinator Startup School - The vision for Safepay - And tons more! ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: David is the founder of Passbox . Passbox gives your loved ones access to your data if something happens to you. Listen to this episode if you are interested in: -  Data protection - Morbid, yet profitable opportunities  - Being an outsider - YC Startup School - How to recruit users - How to spend your time once going full time - And tons more ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Vidy is the cofounder of Phonogram , which is a tool to help listeners categorize and search snippets of podcasts they are listening to. This podcast covers: - Podcasting - Audio - Airpods - Future industries that are opening-up - How to run a beta program ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Matthieu is the cofounder of Tagai . Tagai enables you to tag and categorizes incoming customer support tickets, as well as manage the full customer support stack Listen to this episode if you are interested in: -  Customer support efficiency  - Pivoting - The New York tech scene - Pricing strategies - The future of Tagai - And tons more! ★ Support this podcast ★

 This is VC partner Monday, where I bring VCs onto the show to talk about the other side of the table. Turner Novak is a General Partner at Gelt VC . Listen to this episode if you're a founder who wants to understand how to think about raising money from VCs. Hope you enjoy! ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Andriy is the cofounder of Plai . Plai helps teams of all sizes manage their OKRs Listen to this episode if you are interested in: -  Being a good manager  - Learning OKRs - Knowing when its too early to implement OKRs - Freemium models  - The future of Plai - And tons more! ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Paran is the cofounder of DeWaste . Dewaste provides the easiest way to quickly and reliably reduce food waste. Listen to this episode if: - Are interested in sustainability  - Want to know how to create a technical solution to solving food waste  - Are curious to know what his sales process is like into colleges  - Want to know what its like to be a college student living in t...

About this episode: Landon is the cofounder of Wren . Live carbon neutral with Wren. Offset your carbon footprint through a monthly subscription. Listen to this episode if: - You are interested in saving the environment from climate change - Want to know how he came up the idea - Are curious how they can offset their carbon footprint - How do you spread the word about Wren? - Are wondering about t...

About this episode: Pranay is the CEO and cofounder of Windsor . Windsor indexes events across all your company's tools so you can easily find what a user did using just their name or email address. Listen to this episode if: - You are interested in user analytics  - You're in a product role at a company - You are interested in the power of Credentials  - Are curious to hear about how products get...

About this episode: Ben is the CEO and Founder of Makerpad . Makerpad teaches you to build tools & automate at work without code. Listen to this episode if: -  You're interested in in the potential of no code  - You want to know how Ben got started with Makerpad - Want to know what some of the top no code tools are - Are curious about why Ben doesn't like the term "no code" - Want to know why...

About this episode: Ben is the CEO of Beam . Beam provides a full-stack solution that lets you monitor transactions, detect suspicious activity, manage investigations, and file suspicious activity reports. Listen to this episode if: - You have a FinTech product - You're interested with patterns of data could be perceived as fraudulent  - Are curious about compliance once blockchain and cryptocurre...

About this episode: Farhan is the CEO of Grafiti . Grafiti enables you to search, discover & share charts from top publishers. Listen to this episode if you want to know: - How he got the idea for Graftii - How we thinks about journalism and how its changing  - How to know how much to listen to users.  - How they raised their seed round - Why they didn't raise $$$ from SF investors  - Wants to...

About this episode: Jason is the CEO of FreeWorld . FreeWorld will keep 26 million ex-felons prison free through living-wage employment. Listen to this episode if you: - Want to know the type of childhood that most felons go through - Are curious how felons hear about FreeWorld - Want to know what the FreeWorld program provides - Are curious why Jason went with the nonprofit route - Wonder how Jas...

Basic information: Steve is the cofounder and CEO of Tenzo Tea . Tenzo™ is ceremonial grade matcha green tea, a beverage that has been celebrated for centuries in Japanese culture. It’s the perfect coffee alternative because it heightens energy and focus for 4-6 hours without causing jitters & crashes and only contains 1/3 the caffeine per cup. Listen to this episode if you: - Want to know the...

Basic information: Rachel is the founder of Kanary . Kanary lets you find out who's using your info online and how to stop it. Scan 300+ sites with one click. Listen to this episode if you: - Have an interest where and how your data is being used - Want to know what a data broker is and how one works (in-depth) - Are curious to know the type of team it takes to create Kanary - Want to know how Kan...

P.S. - Become an angel investor in Forward Thinking Founders. Learn more by scrolling below or by clicking here . Basic information: Andrew is the Cofounder and CEO of Delphia . Delphia is an investment collective that turns personal data into personal wealth. Listen to this episode if you: - Are interested in the power of data - Want to earn money from your data through Delphia - Are interested i...

P.S. - Become an angel investor in Forward Thinking Founders. Learn more by scrolling below or by clicking here . Basic information: Jille is the cofounder of LuxBalance Lighting. Their latest innovation project is focused on creating better outcomes with lighting for tissue culture labs. Listen to this episode if you: - Are a plant owner  - Interested in the power of light - Want to learn about w...

P.S. - Become an angel investor in Forward Thinking Founders. Learn more by scrolling below or by clicking here . Basic information: Sean is the cofounder of Placement . Placement provides a new way to move forward. We are Everyone’s Talent Agent, enabling our customers to land opportunities in fast-growing and affordable cities. Listen to this episode if you: - Want to make more money (AKA all of...