Second Time Founders

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Discussing weekly tech news w/ second time venture founders. No investors.@julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse) @berman66 (Nanit, Vowel)@JoeFernandez (Klout, Joymode, newco)

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E 11 w/ Siqi Chen built Runway because of how much building the operating model @ Sandbox VR sucked, is 5 years of runway insane? operating models are different for today's AI, ML 04.01.2023 49:40

Discussing weekly tech news w/ experienced venture founders. No investors. Guest - @blader (Runway, Sandbox VR, Postmates, Hey) @julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse) @berman66 (Nanit, Vowel) Fred Wilsons post discussed - https://avc.com/2023/01/what-will-happen-in-2023/  Tomasz Tunguz post discussed - https://tomtunguz.com/sizing-web3-b2b-market/

E 10 w/ William Hockey, Plaid getting their series A term sheet pulled from a tier 1 VC, William buys a bank to build the financial system from the bottom up, founders share everything 28.12.2022 48:42

Discussing weekly tech news w/ experienced venture founders. No investors. Guest - @williamhockey (plaid, column) @julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse)

E 9 w/ Adam Nash, growing up in SV and going through 4 tech cycles, building in the bay vs other cities vs remote, working in fintech before it was fintech 21.12.2022 56:42

Discussing weekly tech news w/ experienced venture founders. No investors. Guest - @adamnash (Apple, eBay, Linkedin, EIR at Greylock, Wealthfront, Dropbox, Founder Daffy) @julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse) @berman66 (Nanit, Vowel) @JoeFernandez (Klout, Joymode, newco)

Ep 8 - Our first guest Sara Mauskopf of Winnie, raising VC as a woman, all 5 of us are first borns and need to be CEOs, board dynamics, independent board members, Sara’s windy road building Winnie 14.12.2022 50:05

Discussing weekly tech news w/ second time venture founders. No investors. Guest - @sm (Google, Twitter, Postmates, Winnie) @julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse) @berman66 (Nanit, Vowel) @JoeFernandez (Klout, Joymode, newco)

Ep 7 - Taking John Doerr through finding PMF again, AI company raises 500x, Joe shares fake metrics, revenge of the VCs, are investor updates worth it, faustian agreement w/ VC 07.12.2022 57:35

Discussing weekly tech news w/ second time venture founders. No investors. @julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse) @JoeFernandez (Klout, Joymode, newco)

Ep 6 - Julien is bff’s with Andrew Mason, Pipe & other grifters, not making payroll, pushing lawyers to close financings, google employees aren’t special. 30.11.2022 56:32

Discussing weekly tech news w/ second time venture founders. No investors. @julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse) @berman66 (Nanit, Vowel) @JoeFernandez (Klout, Joymode, newco)

Ep 5 - topping Finland podcast rankings already, younger billionaires than ever before, launching under pseudonyms, navigating the idea maze, Joe is richer than Julien? 23.11.2022 51:06

Ep 5 - topping Finland podcast ranking already, younger billionaires than ever before, launching under pseudonyms, navigating the idea maze, Joe is richer than Julien? Discussing weekly tech news w/ second time venture founders. No investors. @julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse) @berman66 (Nanit, Vowel) @JoeFernandez (Klout, Joymode, newco)

Ep 4 - twitter haters already, FTX, more confident founders raise more venture capital, Klout was a rocketship, our origin stories, raising at too high valuations, @Suhail founder of Mighty pivots 15.11.2022 1:02:14

SPF Podcast Episode 4: twitter haters already, FTX, more confident founders raise more venture capital, Klout was a rocketship, our origin stories, raising at too high valuations, @Suhail founder of Mighty pivots Description: Discussing weekly tech news w/ second time venture founders. No investors. @julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse) @berman66 (Nanit, Vowel) @JoeFernandez (...

Ep 3 - tech layoffs, opendoor problems, asset heavy businesses, first hires 11.11.2022 1:01:07

Discussing weekly tech news w/ second time venture founders. No investors. @julien (Breather, Practice) @kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse) @berman66 (Nanit, Vowel) @JoeFernandez (Klout, Joymode, newco) 00:00 - 01:18 Introductions 01:18 - 13:57 Layoffs in tech 13:58 - 19:35 Opendoor problems 19:36 - 27:41 A negative cash flow cycle business model 27:42 - 32:39 Are repeat founders immune to the cycle? 32...

Ep 2 - Product launches, marketing your business, & Elon Musk and Twitter 03.11.2022 58:01

In this episode Andy Berman, Kevin Gibbons and Julien Smith discuss the influencer business model, product launches and marketing to scale a business in addition to drawing on their own personal experiences with launching their respective companies. 

Ep 1 - intro to our new podcast where we provide a unique and missing perspective from Second Time Founders of venture backed companies. 28.10.2022 1:07:41

This episode is an introduction to our new podcast where we provide a unique and missing perspective from Second Time Founders of venture backed companies. 