The VentureFizz Podcast

Welcome to Episode 85 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed David Chang, CEO at Gradifi. If you’re a member of the Boston tech community, there’s a good chance you know who David Chang is. As an operator, he’s been part of some amazing teams at companies that have all scale...

Welcome to Episode 84 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Shannon McLay, Founder and CEO of The Financial Gym. We’re always thinking about our mental and physical health, but how often do we stay on top of our financial health? If you do, that’s awesome, but if you think...

Welcome to Episode 83 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Ash Ashutosh, Founder and CEO at Actifio. Ash is someone who fully embodies what it means to be a serial entrepreneur. In addition to Actifio, he also founded Serano Systems as well as AppIQ, a data storage company...

Welcome to Episode 82 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Elizabeth Galbut, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at SoGal Ventures. Elizabeth has founded two venture capital firms. While attending business school, she founded A-Level Capital, the first student-led VC firm powe...

Welcome to Episode 81 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Richard Dulude, Co-Founder and Partner at Underscore VC. Richard has a really interesting background with a multi-faceted career. He was a professional skier competing for a spot on the US Olympic team, turned prog...

Welcome to Episode 80 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Alex Song, Founder and CEO at Innovation Department. Simply put, the Innovation Department is a company that builds companies. In their SoHo studio, their team of brand strategists, builders, marketers, and operato...

Welcome to Episode 79 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Jennifer Lum, Co-Founder and COO at Forge. AI. Jennifer is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and startup advisor. Her track record really speaks for itself. She was part of some legendary teams in the Boston t...

Welcome to Episode 77 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed David Cancel, CEO & Founder of Drift. David is a product minded founder with a proven track record of success at building companies. His last four companies - that being Compete, Lookery, Ghostery, and Performable...

Welcome to Episode 76 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Stephanie Manning, Director of Platform at Lerer Hippeau, which is the most active seed investment firm in the New York tech scene. Let’s face it, jobs in venture capital are very scarce, yet they are highly desira...

Welcome to Episode 75 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Rebecca Liebman, Co-Founder and CEO at LearnLux. If you are like most people, figuring out your own financial plan and making financial decisions at any age is not easy. It’s actually intimidating. There are all th...

Welcome to Episode 78 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Spencer Lazar, Partner at General Catalyst in New York City. Spencer has several years of experience as a Venture Capitalist. He previously held investment roles at Accel and Insight Venture Partners. At General Ca...

Welcome to Episode 74 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Les Yetton and Tom Hazel, Co-Founders at CHAOSSEARCH. If there’s one thing to say about today’s guests, it’s that you’d be hard-pressed to find two more qualified people to run a startup like CHAOSSEARCH than these...

Welcome to Episode 73 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Jared Hecht, Co-Founder and CEO at Fundera. Jared is a serial entrepreneur who credits his success to the combination of a lot of hard work and yes, a bit of luck. He was a co-founder of GroupMe, a group messaging...

Welcome to Episode 72 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Tom Eisenmann, Professor at Harvard Business School. What do the companies Rent the Runway, Birchbox, ThredUp, Cloudflare, Evertrue, and InsightSquared all have in common? Well, they are all companies that you may...

Welcome to Episode 71 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Steve Sarracino, Founder and Partner at Activant Capital. Steve has several years of experience as an investor in disruptive technology companies. He launched Activant Capital in 2012 to focus on growth stage busin...

Welcome to Episode 70 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer for Pluralsight. Nate is widely known as a pioneer in technology product development and his Directed Discovery methodology. He is a master in the craft of building and de...

Welcome to Episode 69 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Caroline Klatt, CEO and Co-Founder at Headliner Labs. Besides eating, breathing, and sleeping, there is no activity that American adults do more than mobile messaging. That is a staggering statistic, and it is no s...

Welcome to Episode 68 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Pat Kinsel, Founder and CEO of Notarize. You know, some of the most successful tech companies have triumphed not only because they have a great technical solution, but also because they had to totally disrupt an an...

Welcome to Episode 67 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Dan Sommer, Founder and CEO at Trilogy Education, a workforce accelerator that has raised $80M in funding. Trilogy partners with some of the world's leading universities to help companies bridge the digital skills...

Welcome to Episode 66 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Andy Cook, Co-Founder & CEO of Tettra, a knowledge management system for high-performance teams. This could be my most transparent interview ever. When you ask most startup founders how things are going, the majori...

Welcome to Episode 65 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Hadley Harris, Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures, a seed stage investment firm. Hadley has an engineering degree from Penn and an MBA from Wharton. He has a proven track record as an operator holding execu...

Welcome to Episode 64 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Chris Jones, the CTO of iRobot. It’s likely that you are familiar with iRobot and the Roomba, which is the product they are best known for. I actually recently made my first Roomba purchase, that being the i7, and...

Welcome to Episode 63 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Rick Braddock, a highly accomplished executive and investor. Although most people are familiar with William Shatner of Star Trek fame, there are certainly lots and lots of people who also remember him as the pitchm...

Welcome to Episode 62 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Aaron Feuer, Co-Founder and CEO of Panorama Education. Education has always been a passion for Aaron and what ended up being the inspiration behind Panorama actually began when he was in high school. As a student o...

Welcome to Episode 61 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Dennis Mortensen, CEO and Founder of x.ai in New York City. Dennis is a serial entrepreneur who has helped start a number of companies over the course of his career with multiple exits. We talk in detail abo...