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Today we're continuing with our Operational Excellence series focused on the hiring journey. I'm once again joined by FUSE operating partner Satbir Khanuja to talk about hiring an early stage marketing leader. With learnings gathered throughout his time as an early marketing leader at Amazon as well as his own time as a startup founder and operator, he's going to have a lot of great insights to sh...

Today, we continue on with our Operational Excellence Series focused on the hiring journey. This is our third episode and I'm back with Fuse operating partner, John Connors, to talk about hiring an early-stage VP of Finance. This role is personally relevant to John as he served a significant finance leadership tenure during his time as CFO at Microsoft. He has seen and experienced firsthand what i...

This is the second episode in our new Executive Hiring Series. Join me as I sit down with Fuse operating partner, Satbir Khanuja to talk about hiring an early stage product leader. Satbir has decades of experience as an operator, founder and investor. He's seen and experienced firsthand what it takes to build the right team at the get go to take a company to the top. Today he's going to share some...

Today you'll hear from Ryan Soskin, Co-Founder and CEO of GoodShip. Join us to learn about how Ryan's decade of experience at companies such as Convoy and Coyote Logistics paved the way for starting GoodShip - and learn about how the business is transforming the way shippers and freight carriers operate. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the first episode in our new Executive Hiring Series. Building a high performing leadership team is critical to success. It is imperative to do the proper upfront work when exploring and screen candidates, but as a founder, knowing what to look for based on your company's stage and how to vet the right person can be a daunting task. In this interview series, we aim to help by providing ins...

Needl is solving the age old issue of internal search. In this episode I sit down with Max Keenan, Co-founder and CEO to discuss the recent advances allowing for better internal search, the best Pizza restaurant in Seattle, and how Needl is super charging the way we can find information and digital files across all of our internal systems and cloud tools. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Meet David Wexler, founder and CEO of PortX. Join us as we discuss the entrepreneurship journey and how this company is revolutionizing the way community financial institutions can deliver enhanced customer experiences through seamless integrations with their banking cores. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Rich Rogers and Akhila Tadinada, founders of Xemelgo. Join us as we discuss the evolution of manufacturing and the shift towards industry 4.0 and how Xemelgo is completely transforming factory operations and supply chains.   Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, you'll hear from a Emiliano Berenbaum. He's one of the founders and the CEO of Trustle. Join us as we fire through a few topics about the business, how it's been going and growing, and how he has assembled a killer team to build the next generation Okta. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Next is Joshua McKenty, Co-Founder and CEO of Delving. Join us as we discuss the discovery process and entrepreneurship journey - and how Delving is going to transform and supercharge the way we engage with Excel and every other spreadsheet tool. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aatish Mandelecha is the Founder and CEO of Strac. Aatish and his team collectively spent 30+ years at Amazon in Payments building various products, widgets, APIs & security. Most recently, they built their payment secure zone that stored & transacted billions of cards. Join us as we fire through a few topics about the business and entrepreneurial journey - and how Strac is changing the ga...

Today you'll hear from Aaron Bailey, co-founder and CEO of Builtfirst . Join us as we fire through a few topics about the business, how it's been going and growing and how Builtfirst is transforming partnership ecosystems, and the way SaaS subscriptions are discovered and purchased. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today you'll hear from Ryan Fuller, Co-founder and CEO of Round. Join us as we discuss Ryan’s entrepreneurship journey and leadership perspectives - and how Round is creating a community that will shape the Tech world and it’s leaders for the better. Let’s get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, you'll hear from Steve Davis, CEO of Operto. Join him and FUSE partner, Brendan Wales as they fire through a few topics about the business, how it's been going and growing, and how Operto is shifting the paradigm of short term rental check-in and guest experiences. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today you'll hear from Anand Subbaraj, Co-founder and CEO of  Zuper . Join us as we discuss how the business has been growing, what it means to be truly customer obsessed, and how Zuper is "uberizing" field service operations.  Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Serge Salager is the CEO of  Visualping , one of Fuse's first portfolio companies. We will quickly fire through a few topics about the business, how it's been going and growing, and how Visualping helps users leverage the internet as their own personal database.  Let's get started!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sean Merat is a repeat entrepreneur and current Co-founder and CEO of  Owl . Owl was Fuse's very first portfolio company and has been growing quickly since. Join us as we fire through a few topics about the business, how it's been going and growing, and how Owl is changing the game in insurance fraud detection.  Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Paul Mikesell is a seasoned entrepreneur and current Founder and CEO of  Carbon Robotics . Prior to Carbon, Paul was the Founder and Director of Engineering at Isilon Systems, which is one of the PNW region's biggest tech success stories. Join us as we discuss Paul's entrepreneurship journey, key learnings along the way, and of course, why killing weeds using computer vision and laser beams i...

Today you'll hear from Mike Bignold, Co-founder and CEO of  CostCertified . Join us as we discuss the business, how it's been going and growing, and how CostCertified is making buying residential construction services as easy as buying on Amazon.  Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Hocking is the Co-Founder and CEO of  WellSaid Labs . Join us as we discuss a few topics about the business, how it's been going and growing, and how their AI voice product is the future of voice content creation.  Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today you'll hear from Kevin Lin, Founder and CEO of  Dendron . Join us as we fire through a few topics about the business, the team's journey this far, and how Kevin - after having taken over 20,000 notes during his career as a developer - decided it was time to build a new method of knowledge management.  Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

JT Garwood is the Co-Founder and CEO of  bttn , a fast growing B2B medical supply marketplace. Today we'll discuss a few topics about the business, how it's been going and growing, and why the medical supply industry is ripe for disruption.  Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today you'll hear from Johannes Crepon, Co-founder and CEO of  PDM Automotive . Join us as we fire through a few topics about the business, how it's been going and growing, and how PDM is changing the game in the automotive aftermarket.  Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Johannes Ariens is the Founder and CEO of  Route Line . Prior to founding Route Line, Johannes started LOGE, a Pacific Northwest-based hotel and adventure business. Join us as he shares about the entrepreneurial journey, the discovery process that led him to starting Route Line and his vision to increase our accessibility to the great outdoors through RVs.  Let's get started! Hosted on A...

Today you'll be hearing from Bryce Bennett, Co-founder and CEO of  Solo . Join us as Bryce discusses his prior experience at Uber and Convoy, how it led to building Solo, and why their product will be key in empowering the future of the gig workforce. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.