The Founder Hour

Steve O’Dell is the co-founder and CEO of Tenzo Tea, who sources ceremonial matcha green tea powder from Japan to create the healthiest drink on the planet. Before stumbling upon the idea for Tenzo Tea after a Google search for “what is the healthiest form of energy?”, Steve was a volleyball star at UCLA and ended up dropping out of school to pursue entrepreneurship. He co-founded Tenzo Tea with h...

Steve O’Dell is the co-founder and CEO of Tenzo Tea, who sources ceremonial matcha green tea powder from Japan to create the healthiest drink on the planet. Before stumbling upon the idea for Tenzo Tea after a Google search for “what is the healthiest form of energy?”, Steve was a volleyball star at UCLA and ended up dropping out of school to pursue entrepreneurship. He co-founded Tenzo Tea with h...

Steve O’Dell is the co-founder and CEO of Tenzo Tea, who sources ceremonial matcha green tea powder from Japan to create the healthiest drink on the planet. Before stumbling upon the idea for Tenzo Tea after a Google search for “what is the healthiest form of energy?”, Steve was a volleyball star at UCLA and ended up dropping out of school to pursue entrepreneurship. He co-founded Tenzo Tea with h...

Sebu Simonian is an Armenian-American singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer. He is one-half of the duo, Capital Cities, whose smash hit “Safe and Sound” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top 100 and was nominated for Best Music Video at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. On the last few episodes, we heard about Sebu’s upbringing and how he fell into the music scene, how he started his band...

Sebu Simonian is an Armenian-American singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer. He is one-half of the duo, Capital Cities, whose smash hit “Safe and Sound” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top 100 and was nominated for Best Music Video at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. On the last couple of episodes, Sebu shared his upbringing and how fell into music as well as the inception of Capital Ci...

Sebu Simonian is an Armenian-American singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer. He is one-half of the duo, Capital Cities, whose smash hit “Safe and Sound” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top 100 and was nominated for Best Music Video at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. On the last segment, Pat & Posh sit down with Sebu to hear about his upbringing and how we got into music. In this ep...

Sebu Simonian is an Armenian-American singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer. He is one-half of the duo, Capital Cities, whose smash hit “Safe and Sound” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top 100 and was nominated for Best Music Video at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Pat & Posh sit down with Sebu to hear about his upbringing growing up in the Middle East and moving to America, his p...

Dr. Renee Dua is the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Heal, a healthtech company focused on disrupting the healthcare industry by offering timely and convenient medical care from caring and qualified doctors in the privacy of your own home. On the last few segments, we heard about Dr. Dua’s upbringing to founding Heal, her thoughts on the future of healthcare in America, and what the bigges...

Dr. Renee Dua is the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Heal, a healthtech company focused on disrupting the healthcare industry by offering timely and convenient medical care from caring and qualified doctors in the privacy of your own home. On the last couple of episodes, we heard about Dr. Dua’s upbringing to starting Heal as well as the future of healthcare in America. On this segment, Dr...

Dr. Renee Dua is the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Heal, a healthtech company focused on disrupting the healthcare industry by offering timely and convenient medical care from caring and qualified doctors in the privacy of your own home. On the previous episode, we learned about Dr. Dua’s upbringing and how the idea for Heal came about. In this second segment, we chat about the current s...

Dr. Renee Dua is the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Heal, a healthtech company focused on disrupting the healthcare industry by offering timely and convenient medical care from caring and qualified doctors in the privacy of your own home. She started the company in 2014 with her husband Nick, but before that, ran her father’s private practice for several years. Pat & Posh sat down wit...

Jordan Harbinger, often referred to as “The Larry King of Podcasting” is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host, and communications and social dynamics expert. In the last couple segments with Jordan, we heard about his upbringing, how he got into podcasting, and his thoughts on the future of the space. In this segment, Jordan sheds light on what he thinks is the biggest problem in t...

Jordan Harbinger, often referred to as “The Larry King of Podcasting” is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host, and communications and social dynamics expert. In the previous segment, we heard Jordan's story of growing up in Michigan, going to law school, ultimately finding a passion for human interaction and starting his first podcast all the way to his current show, The Jordan Har...

Jordan Harbinger, often referred to as “The Larry King of Podcasting” is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host, and communications and social dynamics expert. He’s hosted a Top 50 iTunes podcast for over 12 years and receives 5+ million downloads per month, making The Jordan Harbinger Show one of the most popular podcasts in the world. On the show, Jordan deconstructs the playbooks...

Matthew O’Connor is the co-founder and CEO of AdQuick, a marketplace for buying and selling outdoor advertising. In this fourth and final segment, Matt shares what types of companies he would invest in if he had $10 million to start a fund. Tune in to find out! SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletter FOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/the...

Matthew O’Connor is the co-founder and CEO of AdQuick, a marketplace for buying and selling outdoor advertising. In the last couple of episodes, we heard about Matt's upbringing to how he started AdQuick, as well as his thoughts on the future of advertising. Tune in to this segment where Matt talks about the biggest problem he sees in the world today and what he would do to try and solve it. SUBSC...

Matthew O’Connor is the co-founder and CEO of AdQuick, a marketplace for buying and selling outdoor advertising. In the last episode, we learned about Matt's upbringing and what inspired the idea for AdQuick. In this episode, Matt sheds light on the future of advertising and what to look out for. Whether you're an advertiser, business owner, or anything in between, there's a ton of valuable insigh...

Matthew O’Connor is the co-founder and CEO of AdQuick, a marketplace for buying and selling outdoor advertising. Matt grew up in Washington D.C. and attended the University of Notre Dame to study political science. After realizing he had a passion for business, he decided to forgo going to law school to start a company called Footprint Free. To further his pursuit of business, Matt enrolled at the...

Lilit Caradanian is the founder and CEO of Elcie Cosmetics. She has been a makeup artist for over 10 years and has amassed a huge following on Instagram and Youtube for her work as well as her own product line, Elcie, which she launched in 2015. Tune in to this segment of Industry Insiders as Lilt gives us a behind-the-scenes look of what’s it’s really like being a makeup artist and beauty entrepr...

Lilit Caradanian is the founder and CEO of Elcie Cosmetics. On this segment, Pat & Posh ask Lilit who she would want to switch places with for one day and why. Tune in to find out! SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletter FOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhour FOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhour...

Lilit Caradanian is the founder and CEO of Elcie Cosmetics. Throughout her career, she has leveraged the power of social media to build her own brand as a make-up artist and eventually her own product line, Elcie, and has amassed over 1 million followers on Instagram. Tune in to hear Lilit’s thoughts on the power of social media and influencer marketing, the current state of the industry, and what...

Lilit Caradanian is the founder and CEO of Elcie Cosmetics. Before launching her own brand, she was a makeup artist and worked in finance prior to that after receiving her MBA. Upon realizing that working in the corporate world wasn’t for her, Lilit left her job at Disney and took on being a MUA full-time. She had been doing makeup on the side for 10 years at the time, so she had already built a s...

For Episode 49, Pat and Posh sit down with David Greenfeld, CEO & Co-Founder of Dream Pops. Dream Pops sells vegan ice cream popsicles that are packed with superfoods and are free of dairy, gluten, soy, and artificial additives. David discusses his upbringing, how he came up with the idea for Dream Pops while in Columbia, meeting his co-founders, and the challenges they’ve faced while scaling...

For Episode 48, Pat and Posh are joined by Tyler Wilson, founder of Wurstküche. Wurstküche is a restaurant in Downtown LA and Venice Beach that provides exotic German sausages, delicious Belgian fries, and imported beers. With lines always out the door, it has become a Los Angeles staple for dining over the last 10 years. Tyler shares the story of growing up in Santa Barbara and coming up with the...

For Episode 47, Pat and Posh sat down with Erik Huberman, Founder and CEO of Hawke Media. Founded in 2014, Hawke Media is a full-service digital marketing agency who has helped launch and grow countless startups and businesses in the last few years. Their clients include Verizon, Alibaba, eHarmony, Beautycon, and many more. Erik talks about his childhood, the various jobs he had after college, sta...