The Dock with Omar Waseem

Omar Waseem ⁠⁠(⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠ and Vishal Kolar ⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠ sit down with Lauren Self ⁠(⁠⁠⁠ @laurenlself )⁠, founder of Roots Homes, to talk about building in the real estate industry, dropping out of college twice, joining a startup and moving to LA alone at 17, proposing to her cofounder, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠...

Omar Waseem ⁠(⁠ ⁠@omarwasm)⁠ and Vishal Kolar ⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠ sit down with Avi Schiffmann ⁠( ⁠⁠@AviSchiffmann )⁠, founder of Internet Activism, to talk about how he created the most used coronavirus tracker during the height of the pandemic, his mission to build the largest humanitarian nonprofit in the digital space, the meaning of life, dropping out of Harvard, lego sets, Dune, and more... The...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ali Alobaidi ( @alialobai1 ) , founder of Kanopy Labs and Napolean, to talk about growing up in Iraq, dropping out of college to start an engineering firm, buying a penthouse, and more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Ali's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intr...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Edward Saatchi ( @theculturedao ) , founder of Oculus Story Studios, Fable, and The CultureDAO, to talk about VR movies, AI generated gaming, the future of VR, winning an Emmy, the safety implications of AI, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · TheCulture...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with James Sun ( @JamesZmSun ) , co-founder and CEO of Paper, to talk about WeWork horror stories, NFT utilities, the future of crypto, working for Twitch, lessons as a founder, his gaming passion, and much more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · James's Twitter · Paper's...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Tariq Ahmed ( @TariqAfaqAhmed ) , employee #5 at Applovin, to talk about going from poverty to riches, a day in the life post-IPO, the importance of family, his luxury watch collection, raising a daughter with wealth, the top of the world (in Fremont), and much more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Siraj Raval ( @SirajRaval ) , AI and machine learning YouTuber, to talk about his YouTube journey, dropping out of Columbia University, reversing his age, dealing with bipolar disorder, cancel culture, getting recognized in public, how a future with AI will look, and much more...  The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn mo...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ryanne Fadel, founder of Halo Cars, to talk about selling his company to Lyft, growing up in the hood, imposter syndrome at UPenn, attracting high value people, and much more... Links: · Ryanne's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Founding Story of Halo Cars  17:29 - Lyft Acquisition Details  24:08 - Gr...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Poya Osgouei, Head of Sponsorships for SaaStr, to talk about his background in SaaS, creating the largest B2B event community, advising high-growth startups on their go-to-market strategy, his philosophy on client management, and much more... Links: · Poya's Linkedin · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 7:55 - GTM Scenarios&...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with AJ Keller ( @andrewjaykeller ) , CEO of Neurosity, to talk about his background building airplanes, inspiration for launching a hardware startup, uncovering the complexity of the human brain, creating the future of productivity, writing freestyle raps for his investors, and more... Links: · AJ's Twitter · Neurosity · The Dock Ti...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Faraz Jaka ( @FarazJaka ) , professional poker player and coach, to talk about how he traveled the world playing tournaments, went on silent meditation retreats, survived border patrol detainment, was part of the largest poker controversy, and more... Links: · Faraz's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Business/E...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ben Huh (@benhuh) , founder of Origami and OrangeDAO, to talk about how he invented internet memes, starred on a reality TV show, designed walkable cities, started the YC founders' DAO, built Origami, reviewed dog toys, and more... Links: · Ben's Twitter · Origami · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - TedX Talks On Immigrat...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Jonathan Chang (@thechangj) , investor and XIR at Brex, to discuss how he throws over 100 Brex events a year, breaking into venture capital, studying film at UCLA, athletes investing in tech, running a VC fund, and more... Links: · Jonathan's Twitter · Jonathan's Tiktok · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:43 - Brex Supper Club...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Karan Dalal ( @karansdalal ) to discuss raising $1.6M, receiving resumes at cafes, recruiting top talent from colleges, dropping out after 1 semester, and more... Links: · Karan's Twitter · Otto · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 1:38 - Otto Merch 3:10 - Attending UC Berkeley  6:00 - Standing Out In The Recruiting Process...

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Adam Majmudar (@MajmudarAdam) , 19 y/o founding engineer at Thirdweb, to discuss DeFi, founding vs joining a startup, the importance of college, the meaning of life, and more... Links: · Adam's Twitter · Thirdweb · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro  0:42 - PayPal Scandal  4:33 - Everything DeFi  18:45 - Joining Thi...

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Erik Dunteman (@erikdoingthings) , founder of banana.dev, to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the world, moving to Mexico City, his ML infra startup Banana, dealing with rejection, how he trained for an Iron Man, his Citi Bike conspiracy theory, and more... Try Highlight for your team today! Links: · Erik's Tw...

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Abhishek Bhargava (@abhargava20) and talk about how his startup Covalent uses AI to start meaningful relationships, building a cloud gaming platform, and the wonderful world of Greek Yogurt and clean energy. Links: · Abishek's Twitter · Covalent · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - The Social Dilemma 3:28 - Mirror Expos...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm ) and Vishal Kolar ( @vishalkolr ) sit down with Johnny Dallas ( @_johnnydallas_ ) and discuss how he started working in startups at 14, became the youngest engineer at Amazon, and built his DevOps startup Zeet. Links: · Johnny's Twitter · Zeet · thedock.fm Show Notes: 1:30 - Johnny’s Startup background 4:15 - Not going back to High School 8:52 - Youngest Engineer at Amazon...

Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm ) and Vishal Kolar ( @vishalkolr ) sit down with Labib Yasir ( @labibyasir ) to talk about going from YouTuber to reinventing social fitness with MMA and his startup, Kayyo. Links: · Labib's Twitter · REACT YouTube Channel · Kayyo · thedock.fm Show Notes: 6:13 - What is Kayyo 13:26 - 41k waitlist sign-ups pre-launch 17:00 - Getting rejected from Google 28:15 - Losing 120lbs...