My Biggest Lesson

Hosts  Adam  and Chris  speak with  Michael Joseph who is the founder and CEO of Scratch Kitchen a a vertically integrated, on-demand restaurant platform built for customers that want everyday healthy meals. Michael is also a serial entrepreneur and angel investor based in Colorado for the last 20 years who previously founded and led Green Chef to a $120m run rate with 800 empl...

Kelly Schaefer is Product Director & Domain Lead at Google's Boulder office, where she builds new products in the productivity suite including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, and many more. Kelly has an entrepreneurial past and valuable experience from the Bay Area including leading a division at Stripe and with startup non-profit in South Africa. Kelly shares how and why she was very intent...

Our guest this week is Matthew Wetschler who as CEO of Plume, empowers teams to provide world-class trans-healthcare and create more equitable health experiences for everyone. Matthew shares stories from his unique career from Stanford-trained physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare innovator. Plus Chris and Adam learn what attracted Matthew to Denver and its tech community. Listen now on:  A...

On this episode, hosts Chris and Adam  talk with Rory San Miguel who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Propeller Aero, a Sydney-based 3D mapping and data analytics solutions company with a North American office in Denver. Rory shares his story on how he went from "drone guy" to co-founder overnight plus provides 3 tips on how to price your product(s). Listen now on: Amazon Music (Alexa) | Spotify...

Brian Egan is our guest this week. Brian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Evolve , a Denver-based hospitality company with a vision to become the most trusted brand in vacation rental. Before launching Evolve, Brian began his career as a VC/startup lawyer in the Bay Area which gave him unique exposure to the startup ecosystem. On this episode, hosts Chris  and  Adam learn how Brian's "l...

Hosts  Chris  and Adam speak with Scott Rupp , who is a Founding General Partner of BITKRAFT Ventures , a leading early-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media with over $800m under management. On this episode, Scott shares how his biggest lesson around combining strengths impacts what investments he funds and why he ultimately chose Denver's ecosystem....

Our guest this week is  Yancy Spruill, who is currently serving as the CEO of DigitalOcean and has the unique distinction of taking three Colorado tech companies public in recent years, Prior to DigitalOcean, Yancy has spent the last 15 years in senior executive roles at technology companies including DIgitalGlobe and SendGrid (NYSE:...

Gary Calega is our guest this week. Gary is the Founder and Co-CEO of  Revel One , a specialized marketing, recruiting and strategy firm based in Denver. Prior to starting Revel One, Gary has a wide range of experiences in e-commerce and marketi...

On this episode Adam  and  Chris speak with Lawrence Hester who was the founder and CEO of FareHarbor , the leading online booking platform for tours and activity providers. Under Lawrence leadership, FareHarbor grew from a small family run business to ultimately being acquired by Booking Holdings in 2018. Lawrence shares how his experience selling croutons has led to his biggest lesson....

This week's guest is Luke Beatty who is a partner at TCG and has been one of the fixtures of the Colorado tech ecosystem over the past 20 years. Her has a unique distinction that he successfully founded and sold two companies based in Colorado (Associated Content and BrandFolder.) and was also the managing director at Techstars Boulder. On this episode Luke shares with Adam  and  Chris w...

Hosts  Adam  and  Chris chat with Liz Giorgi, an Emmy-Award Winner and Founder/CEO of soona , a revolutionary virtual photoshoot platform providing the fastest and most affordable way to create professional content online. Range Ventures were early investors of soona, making this an extra special episode and lesson. Check out more about what we're up to at  Range.vc   Conn...

Lisa Neal-Graves is a recognized senior technical executive and legal thought leader with more than 25 years of experience. Before her work in government, Lisa was the head of the Cloud Strategic Product Group for Zayo Group, where she led the integration of multiple corporate acquisitions to build a global cloud business. Lisa has led companies through IPOs and major M&A transactions and thro...

On this episode, Josh Abdulla is the Head of Global Services for LiveRamp, Josh is responsible for leading the sales strategy, product development and services delivery functions supporting the LiveRamp Global Services business. Before joining LiveRamp, Josh held a number of leadership roles at Salesforce. Com -- most recently as Vice President and Global Head of Salesforce Marketing Cloud Service...

Rachel Romer Carlson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Guild Education , a company unlocking opportunity for America’s workforce through education and upskilling. Guild works with leading Fortune 1000 employers such as The Walt Disney Company, Walmart, Discover, Chipotle, Target and Macy’s to transform their education and upskilling programs through Guild's technology platform, payments system and lear...

On this episode, hosts  Adam  and  Chris speak with Ed Hallen, who is the co-founder of Klaviyo , a leading customer data and marketing automation platform. Klaviyo has raised over $670M in funding, and reached coveted unicorn status in 2020. Ed is also the co-founder of Team Engine, a text-first HR and Operations platform for industrial SMB's. Prior to Klaviyo and Team Engine,...

Katrina Benjamin currently is the CPO at Apartment List where she oversees Product Management, Design, Research and Analytics. Prior to Apartment List, Katrina spent 8 years at Upwork leading Operations, Marketing and Product teams. She was most recently VP of Product and GM of Talent Marketplace. She started her career in Operations and Strategy at Oportun Financial, a financial technology s...

On this episode, hosts Adam  and  Chris speak with Mark Frank, the CEO and co-founder of SonderMind, whose focus is to democratize behavioral healthcare for both patients and practitioners by matching patients with highly qualified providers. Prior to founding SonderMind in 2015, Mark founded three other successful ventures, including Next Oncology, TermScout and SafeImageMD. Mark shares...

Elle Navarro Bruno is the Managing Director of the Techstars & Western Union Accelerator. Elle has been a founder and startup operator for 19 years. In 2004 she started her first company, an eBay ancillary marketplace, and since then she has been involved in building three venture-backed startups, including Trunk Club. Her expertise is in consumer tech, specifically revenue and growth. Elle ha...

Loren Bendele has spent his career building, leading, and advising disruptor tech companies. He’s now the CEO of Arryved , an innovative fintech company going above and beyond standard point of sale systems. In this episode, hosts Adam and Chris  learn how investing in people has made an impact in Loren's life and career and why Loren finds the Colorado's ecosystem so appealing Check out more...

Host Adam and Chris  chat with Allison Lowrie who is a seasoned marketing leader that has spent the last 20 years growing consumer brands like Volkswagen, Celebrity Cruises, Cars.com, HomeAdvisor and Angie’s List. Allison helped take Angi Homeservices public while increasing revenue from $200M to $1.4B. She currently leads the marketing organization at Vacasa which is expected to make it...

On this episode, Chris and Adam speak with Erik Mitisek , who is the Founder and CEO of the first open data platform for commercial insurance, Highwing . Erik has over two decades of experience leading ventures in the public, private, non-profit, and education spaces. Also a Colorado native, Erik shares his unique perspective on the growth in the Colorado tech ecosystem as well as his biggest less...

Jaclyn Hester is a Partner at Foundry Group , a venture firm that invests in tech companies and early stage venture funds. She helped launch Foundry's partner fund strategy in 2016 and works closely with Foundry's portfolio while also leading new fund investments. Prior to Foundry, Jaclyn was a practicing attorney, advising startups and private equity firms as well as M&A transactions. She als...

Adam and Chris  speak with Devin Tivona, a Colorado native and CO graduate who now is the Head of Travel at Coupa Software . Devon was the founder and CEO of Pana, a travel software company that went through Techstars Boulder in 2015 and subsequently raised over $15 million on its way to being successfully acquired by Coupa earlier this year. On this episode Devon shares tips for founders on...

Hosts  Chris  and  Adam  speak with Jenn Knight - Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of AgentSync. Jenn leads the product and engineering teams as they develop a frictionless, modern solution to some of the biggest pain points associated with insurance producer management – broker onboarding, contracting, and compliance management. Jenn and her co-founder and husband, Niji...

Hosts  Chris  and  Adam  speak with Sean Roberts the COO at Orchard who is responsible for overseeing the company’s activities pertaining to real estate, risk management, data science, business intelligence and more. Sean began his career at Goldman Sachs and was an investor at TPG, a leading global private equity firm. On this episode Sean shares his fresh perspective on the e...