The Manav Podcast

Omri Yoffe is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Vi, an enterprise AI company transforming healthcare, life sciences, and wellness. Under his leadership, Vi has evolved from an AI-powered personal fitness platform into a major enterprise health technology company that uses data and artificial intelligence to improve patient engagement, accelerate clinical trials, support drug commerc...

Today’s guest Ryan built an app studio with a portfolio of 40+ apps with 50M+ lifetime downloads and today he will share a playbook on how to grow mobile apps.  Ryan joined the AI-powered mindfulness journaling app Reflectly initially in a growth role (Aug 2020), then became Co-Founder/CMO/COO. Reflective Apps now  and a 4.6 average rating Reflectiveapps , including apps like Monefy and The Mindfu...

Anita Verma-Lallian is an American real estate developer, entrepreneur, and film producer known for her role shaping large-scale land deals and pioneering development in Arizona. She is the founder and CEO of Arizona Land Consulting, a firm that advises investors and developers on acquiring and developing strategic land assets across the state. Verma-Lallian comes from a family with deep roots in...

Shaun Clark is the Co-Founder and CEO of GoHighLevel (HighLevel), a SaaS platform built to help marketing agencies and businesses manage leads, automations, CRM, funnels, messaging, and more. With a background in software, Shaun previously founded InvoiceSherpa, a tool for automating invoice collections. He attended Oregon State University for computer science and also took part in Stanford’s Inno...

John Rush is a bootstrapped multipreneur and maker. He’s the force behind Unicorn Platform , a no-code website builder tailored specifically for busy founders. Acquired in 2022, Unicorn has since grown into a six-figure, high-traction platform serving over 300,000 users through SEO-driven growth and creator-led distribution. John builds on his vision with MarsX , a holding company comprised of ove...

Kent Yoshimura is the co-founder and CEO of LA-based Neuro (also known as NeuroGum), a health-and-wellness brand delivering functional gum and mints that help people feel more focused, energized, and calm—anytime, anywhere. A neuroscientist by training (UC San Diego), Kent brings a diverse creative background as a muralist, illustrator, filmmaker, and multimedia artist, having collaborated with gl...

Ishita Agrawal is the visionary founder and CEO of Tapp , a platform on a mission to transform post‑purchase customer engagement into something magical. Recognizing that the sales funnel ends too early, she reimagined it—at the moment of unboxing or first use, when emotions are highest—by creating dynamic, AI‑driven experiences that spark connection and loyalty. With Tapp, brands can engage custom...

About Dr. Alan Goldhamer Dr. Alan Goldhamer, DC, is co-founder of TrueNorth Health Center (est. 1984) in Sonoma County, CA—the world’s largest facility specializing in medically supervised water-only fasting and SOS-free (no added salt, oil, sugar) whole-food nutrition. ( TrueNorth Health Center ) He has supervised more than 25,000 therapeutic fasts and leads clinician training and research throug...

In this episode of the Pursuit of Knowledge podcast, we sit down with Paul Rice, the visionary founder of Fair Trade USA. Since 1998, Paul has revolutionized global trade by collaborating with iconic brands like Whole Foods, Costco, Patagonia, and Walmart. Through Fair Trade USA, Paul has expanded ethical certification across coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, apparel, home goods, and personal care produc...

Ben Mones – CEO & Founder of Fama Ben Mones is the CEO and Founder of Fama Technologies, a pioneering AI company that helps organizations identify and manage risk in the hiring process. With a background in entrepreneurship and digital risk management, Ben is widely recognized for advancing ethical AI in employment screening. Under his leadership, Fama has become a trusted platform for thousan...

Romain Torres is the Co-Founder of Arcads AI, a platform revolutionizing video advertising through the use of AI-generated actors and automated video production. Since launching in September 2023, Arcads AI has enabled brands and marketers to create high-performing ad content at scale, entirely from text input. At Arcads, Torres is building a solution that removes the traditional bottlenecks of vi...

David Tran is a financial strategist and founder of Prime Path Advisory, helping high-income earners stop overpaying taxes and start building lives of peace, freedom, and clarity. He’s also behind SaaS Tax Credits and co-founder of xFusion, with deep expertise in tax, startups, and scaling. Host of The Fuse Show and advisor at Golden Rule Ventures, David’s mission is simple: make wealth-building s...

​Clay Alexander is an American inventor and serial entrepreneur, best known as the founder and CEO of Ember Technologies. He holds over 250 patents worldwide and is recognized for creating the world’s first temperature-controlled mug, which debuted with Starbucks in 2016. ​ Alexander began his entrepreneurial journey in 1999 with Radiance Lightworks, a leading lighting design firm serving clients...

Sam Baig is a serial entrepreneur and former Goldman Sachs analyst, currently the Co-Founder of Printfits, a thriving print-on-demand company launched in 2020, focused on redefining how people create custom apparel online. Before diving into the startup world, Sam spent over two years at Goldman Sachs, where he worked in the executive wealth management group and contributed to overseeing portfolio...

Ken Babcock is the co-founder and CEO of Tango, a software company that enables users to create step-by-step tutorials for digital processes. He and his co-founders, Brian Shultz and Dan Giovacchini, left Harvard Business School during the pandemic to start the company. Prior to founding Tango, Babcock held roles in analytics, data science, and product strategy at Uber. He began his career at Delo...

​Adelle Archer is the CEO and co-founder of Eterneva, a company that transforms the ashes or hair of loved ones and pets into memorial diamonds. The idea for Eterneva was inspired by the loss of her close friend and mentor to pancreatic cancer, leading Archer to seek a unique way to honor her memory. Prior to founding Eterneva, Archer spent four years as a product marketing leader in the tech indu...

Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, engineer, and AI researcher known for coining the term artificial general intelligence (AGI). He is the founder and CEO of Aigo.ai, a company developing advanced conversational AI assistants. Voss has been a pioneer in cognitive AI, advocating for AI systems that can learn, reason, and adapt more like humans. With a background in software engineering and a passion fo...

Neville Medhora teaches copywriting, marketing, and persuasion techniques, focusing on writing that sells. He runs ‪@kopywriting‬ where he shares actionable advice on how to write compelling content that converts, whether for emails, sales pages, social media, or landing pages. His teaching style is casual, fun, and direct, using humor and real-world examples to simplify complex ideas. Key Lessons...

Ryan Begelman is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and executive coach with a track record of building and scaling businesses to remarkable success. He helped grow Bisnow Media from $1M to $22M in revenue, ultimately selling it for $51M in 2016. As an early investor, his $46K investment in Bisnow generated an astounding $64M in cash distributions over 7.5 years. Today, Bisnow is the largest publish...

Here is my interview with Alexis Marantelos. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Intryc, an AI-powered Quality Assurance platform designed for Customer Support. Outside of professional endeavors, Alexis enjoys staying active with calisthenics, reading literature on science and philosophy, and exploring remote parts of the world. Links: https://www.intryc.com/  My socials:Website: https://www.manavgole...

Atif Siddiqi, the Founder and CEO of Branch app, a  workforce payments platform that’s changing the way workers and businesses manage pay.   His journey to launching Branch began with his time as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Idealab, an accelerator based in Pasadena  he saw firsthand the challenges faced by workers using outdated payment systems.  That insight led him to create a platform  to s...

Brian Wong founded Kiip, a mobile advertising platform focusing on rewarding users during "achievement moments" in mobile apps.  At the age of 18 Brian graduated from college after skipping four grades. While flying on an airplane, he came up with an idea for an ad tech platform for running more targeted ads on mobile apps that will be more relevant and valuable for the user.  He co-foun...

Shivani is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ember Robotics. Before starting Ember, she worked at Tesla Autopilot, where she focused on optimizing camera performance for autonomous systems. With over five years of experience working on camera systems for autonomous robots, Shivani co-founded Ember to address the challenges she's encountered with robot hardware and system reliability. Ember Robotics, f...

Meet David Pang, the founder behind Dimely (YC S24) and SheetWhiz, with over 1.8M shortcuts triggered! Starting with a simple Chrome extension in 2022, David and Peter turned their part-time project into full-time innovation, building AI agents to revolutionize B2B billing. Learn how they’re automating complex billing tasks and reshaping workflows Find more cool stuff on my socials: Instagram: htt...

Elizabeth Yin is a co-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund focused on software entrepreneurs. Prior to this role, she was a partner at 500 Startups, where she invested in seed-stage companies and managed the Mountain View accelerator. Earlier in her career, Elizabeth co-founded and ran an adtech company called LaunchBit, which was acquired in 2014. She holds a BSEE from Stan...