Innovation with Mark Peter Davis

Here’s what we cover during this week’s Partner Meeting segments: The current state of Series A valuations Thrive Capital sells stake and the institutionalization of venture capital Current state of inflation Data is showing how households are finally starting to conserve capital by spending less and saving more as they plan for a downturn  What it means when labor participation goes up Stren...

With another year almost in the books, we take a look back at some of the notable events and lessons learned in 2022 + discuss our predictions for 2023 and suggest ways founders can navigate the near future. Show Links: Follow us on Twitter: @mpd , @interplay , @brettpalatiello , @Mikeyjrog Podcast Links: Website , YouTube , Twitter , LinkedIn *DISCLAIMER* Interplay Family Office LLC (“Interplay”)...

Here’s what we cover during this week’s Partner Meeting segments: Open AI’s ChatGPT and what it means for tech + society Startup Tip of the Week: Co-Founder relationship management US domestic economic data  China’s updated Covid policy Russian oil price cap and whether or not it will work Show Links: Follow us on Twitter: @mpd , @interplay , @brettpalatiello , @Mikeyjrog Podcast Links: Websi...

Here’s what we cover during this week’s Partner Meeting segments: VC deal flow has slowed, but there’s still a lot of action including an increase of insider rounds Apple’s in-app purchase policy and what it means for mobile blockchain adoption Dissecting November’s economic data China’s zero Covid policy protests Startup Tip of the Week: Community Building Show Links: Follow us on Twitter: @mpd ,...

This week’s pod ep is another Partner Meeting + guest interview combo. Here’s what we cover during the Partner Meeting segments: Twitter and some thoughts on the situation An update on the continued FTX fallout and how classic crypto principles like Proof-of-Reserves and self custody could help us avoid similar situations in the future G20 summit Domestic midterm elections and potential ways a gri...

On this week’s Partner Meeting episode we cover the following topics: Recent tech layoffs and whether or not it’s an indicator for what’s to come CPI data that suggests inflation is slowing The FTX debacle and what that means for crypto Business Lesson: building marketplaces Show Links: Podcast: The King of Marketplaces with Fabrice Grinda of FJ Labs Books: The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and...

On this week’s pod ep we’re combining our traditional guest interview style with the new partner meeting format. We start with the partner meeting and then I chat with a guest. Here’s what we cover during the partner meeting segments: The connective tissue between the amount of capital a startup raises and future valuations New domestic data that is actually good news, rather than good news maskin...

On this week’s guest episode I chat with Tensie Whelan, a Clinical Professor of Business and Society and the Director of NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business. Many people think that sustainability and profits don’t align, but Tensie takes us through how they can by connecting the financial sustainability of a business to the social and environmental sustainability of a business's core focus....

On this week’s Partner Meeting episode we cover the following topics: What founders should do when deals aren’t getting done Q3 earnings start to roll in China’s 20th National Congress and what it means for the global economy OFAC sanctions in crypto Business Lesson: should you have a co-founder? *DISCLAIMER* Interplay Family Office LLC (“Interplay”) is registered as an investment adviser with U.S...

On this week’s guest episode, I sit down with Mike Packer, Partner at QED Investors. QED is one of the big dogs in FinTech investing. They have roughly $5B of AUM and the firm was founded by one of the founders of Capital One. We obviously get into all things FinTech, but we also dive into the Latin American market, where Mike happens to focus. If you’re interested in either fintech or LATAM, or t...

On this week’s Partner Meeting episode we cover the following topics: Jobs report Economic historical norms The war in Ukraine Blockchain interoperability and Cosmos Work-life integration The importance of customer insights and how to use that data to help inform the direction of your business *DISCLAIMER* Interplay Family Office LLC (“Interplay”) is registered as an investment adviser with U.S. S...

On today’s episode I chat with Brian Levine, the Founder and CEO of Nodal. Nodal is a marketplace that matches surrogates with families that want to have children. Their mission is to significantly reduce the time and cost required to secure a surrogate by cutting out the middlemen who currently control the market. If they succeed, they will help more families have children.  There’s a lot of...

We’ve been at this podcast thing for a few years now. I’ve had some amazing conversations and have learned a TON, but we’ve decided that it’s time to try something new. I get some of my most trusted and valuable updates from the partners at Interplay, so we’ve decided to try to capture some of those convos and share them with you. Introducing, the Partner Meeting. I’m going to have a quick one on...

On this week's episode I chat with Gregory Galant, the Co-Founder and CEO of Muck Rack and the Co-Founder and CEO of The Shorty Awards. Muck Rack is a Public Relations management platform that helps organizations find the right journalists to pitch, report on media coverage and prove the value of their work. Greg has been in the NY startup game for a long time. He famously launched The Shorty Awar...

On this week's episode I chat with Freddie Huynh, a veteran data scientist in the credit risk space. Most notably, Freddie oversaw the development of the FICO Score from 1996 to 2015. It was really before analytics and data is what it is today. In a way, Freddie is one of the OG data scientists, one of the original guys out in that space. During our chat we discuss how the FICO Score works, we bre...

On today’s episode I chat with Jose Bonilla, Co-Founder and CEO of Chiper. Chiper is the leading B2B distributor of consumer goods to corner stores in Latin America. They’re moving hundreds of thousands of products every month across Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. Corner stores are prominent in some cities in the US, but in other places around the world they have a massive market share of grocery sa...

Hey everyone, It’s that time of year again - the pod’s second summer! Like last year, we’re not going to release any new episodes for July and August, so I just wanted to let you know that we’re not leaving you hanging. We’re going to focus on recording new interviews and ideate on some other content ideas. Though there won’t be new episodes, we’ll be releasing some snippets and highlights from pa...

On today’s episode I chat with Dan Porter, Co-Founder and CEO of Overtime. Overtime is the leading brand for the next generation of sports fans. Dan and his team at Overtime identified that the traditional sports media players were (and still are) heavily invested in the old infrastructure like cable deals. That left an opportunity to create an agile sports media brand that would cater to the youn...

On this week’s episode I sit down with the CEO of Grayscale Investments, Michael Sonnenshein. Grayscale is one of the biggest heavyweights in the world of crypto investing. They offer investors direct access to crypto. Their premier product, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, is a long-bitcoin offering that anyone can access like they would a normal stock. You can simply buy the ticker. This is big, esp...

On today’s pod I chat with Richard Harris, the Founder & CEO of Black Crow AI. Black Crow is a no-code, real-time machine-learning based predictive software that helps companies understand likely customer behavior. Richard’s a veteran entrepreneur and has been involved in tech since the 90s. He cut his teeth in the world of consulting, was involved with Travelocity during the dot com boom, the...

On this week’s episode I chat with Andrew Gazdecki, Founder & CEO of MicroAcquire. MicroAcquire is a marketplace that helps software companies match with interested buyers. Andrew is a serial founder with a clear passion for entrepreneurship - which I obviously love. After selling his last company, he embarked on his current mission to help founders sell their companies more easily. He’s makin...

On this week’s episode I chat with Ryan Eisenman, Co-Founder & CEO of Arch. Arch is a tech-enabled service that helps private investors organize all of the paperwork associated with their investments. Collecting statements, tax documents and legal docs from private markets has become a nightmare for investors, and Arch is providing a way to solve that. Ryan  interestingly compares the adm...

On this week’s episode I chat with Diana Heldfond, Founder & CEO of Parallel. Parallel is an edtech platform empowering students with learning differences by providing them with a lower cost, faster solution for getting the support they need. Parallel is tackling a big problem. According to Diana 1 in 5 students has a learning and thinking difference that her platform can help address. Their s...

On this week’s episode I chat with Jeremy Levine, a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Bessemer has been around for over 100 years and was originally founded by a family that partnered with Andrew Carnegie back in the day. Jeremy has been at the firm for 21 years and has seen a few cycles. He’s a hell of an investor and has quite the track record. He’s been on the Forbes Midas List and his inve...

On this week’s episode I chat with the Founder and CEO of MARGIN, Chas Sanders. MARGIN is a tech-enabled procurement solution that helps Ambulatory Medical Centers purchase the equipment they need to operate. Apparently, before MARGIN supplies were purchased via phone calls and fax machines. MARGIN has not only put that process on the Internet, but they have also helped doctors to reduce their spe...