The Yaro Podcast

Sonya Petcavich is the founder and CEO of Meowtel.com , an 'Uber for cat sitting' service where a vetted cat sitter will come to your house and look after your kitties for as long as you need them to. Full disclosure: I am an angel investor in Meowtel and Sonya via the Jason Calacanis syndicate .   When I first had the opportunity to invest in Meowtel I was immediately a yes because I lo...

Paul Biggar got started as a computer engineer early in life. He became a specialist in the field of compilers (software engineers use compilers to test code to see if it works or not). He liked compilers so much he completed a PhD on the topic. Paul had a few false starts as an entrepreneur, including a stint in the Y-Combinator program, but nothing really took off. Eventually in his late twentie...

In episode 8 of Vested Capital I featured an interview with VC and entrepreneur Elizabeth Yin . During that interview Elizabeth shared the story of how she founded LaunchBit and later sold the business to Todd Garland , the founder of BuySellAds.com . This happened in 2013. In 2012, I had Todd Garland on my podcast, where he explained how he came up with the idea and launched BuySellAds.com as a s...

In the second episode of the Vested Capital Mastermind , featuring Yaro and his three friends - Nick, Mani and Gideon - we answer a listener question about how to get started as an entrepreneur, Nick talks about his latest property investment, Yaro reveals he had an opportunity to invest ConvertKit and Mani and Gideon share updates from their companies.

Dan Young is the son of Chinese immigrant parents who fled China to escape communnism. He then went on to live the American dream, building several companies in the computer hardware space, becoming a multi-millionaire. Dan's first big success came in the early 1990s, when with his wife they launched a computer hardware business called PC Laptops .  By offering an unlimited service warranty,...

Marcel Herz is co-founder and CEO of Tiliter , a company that is accelerating the democratization of computer vision. Presently they are focused on the grocery store industry, offering a device used at checkout to scan and identify fruits, vegetables, baked goods - anything that is loose without a barcode. This is just the tip of the iceberg however, as you can imagine being able to scan and ident...

Bryan M Clayton is the co-founder of Green Pal , an 'Uber for lawncare' technology platform, connecting lawn mowing providers to customers all over the United States. Bryan got his start as a teenager when his father forced him to cut a neighbours lawn to earn some money. Bryan liked being in charge of his income and over the next decade went on to build one of the largest lawncare companies in hi...

Pili and Jason Yarusi are real estate investors who today focus on multi-family properties -- buildings that can house for example 90 apartments. They didn't start out focusing on this type of property. Like many, they began with renovation flips, buying single family homes, upgrading them, then selling for a profit. During this podcast Pili and Jason take us back through some of their pre-propert...

Nathan Barry is the founder and CEO of ConvertKit.com , an email newsletter platform for creators to send newsletters and run email marketing campaigns. Nathan is well known for transparency, sharing the behind the scenes growth in revenue of his company from day one. At the time of this interview, ConvertKit is generating over $28 Million a year in sales. During this podcast we first cover all th...

Jonathan Little is a professional poker player with over $7 Million in career earnings from tournaments (both online and in person) and is one of the most popular poker coaches/personalities in the industry. He's also co-founder of PokerCoaching.com , a membership site and training community with over 5500 paying members, making it a multiple seven-figure business. I met Jonathan via Jason Calacan...

Elizabeth Yin is the co-founder and General Partner of a venture capital firm that, and I quote from their website, invests in "hilariously early startups". Hustle Fund typically invests $25,000 as a starting point into startups that have yet to show any revenues. Instead, they look for traction in other ways, which Elizabeth explains in this interview. We also go back in time looking at Elizabeth...

Introducing a new experiment on the Vested Capital podcast - a group show with some of my best friends. Meet Nick, Mani and Gideon . Three guys I've known for years who I speak to on a regular basis.  Through our friendship we discuss all the topics that I cover here on Vested Capital, so I thought why not start a group show we can drop on the feed here once a month - or on whatever schedule...

Jennifer Beck is currently the founder of Jihi.com , a CBD skin and body care producer that aims to help high performing people sleep better and recover faster. Before this, Jennifer was co-founder of Cannabase , a wholesale exchange platform for the legal cannabis industry, which was acquired for over seven figures by Helix TCS . I knew the cannabis industry was heavily regulated, but I didn't re...

I am resurfacing my interview with Greg Smith , founder of Thinkific.com , a Vancouver based SAAS servicing course creators, because this year (2021) Thinkific did an IPO on the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) raising $160 Million. As I type this, Thinkific has a market cap of $1.36 billion dollars, making it one of the rare Canadian tech unicorns. Greg and his brother launched the company initially...

Chris Bakke is currently founder of Laskie.com , a startup focused on becoming the Upwork for enterprise hiring. Previously he was co-founder of Interviewed, which was acquired by Indeed for 'mid 8 figures' after just two and a half years. Prior to this he worked as COO for 42Floors ( acquired by Knotel ) and RentJuice, which was acquired by Zillow , where Chris also worked for several years. Chri...

The world of music rights is a lot more confusing than I thought.  There are many stakeholders who are all supposed to get a share of the revenue from music used online - from labels, publishers, platforms, song writers and of course the artist who created the music. Jeff Ponchick worked in the world of digital music and knew well all the paper work required to make music rights work.  H...

In the previous episode of Vested Capital ( EP2 ), we talked with David Horne and Marty Balkema, founders of Calm Capital . They had recently acquired the company Wavve . On this episode, Baird Hall , one of the co-founders of Wavve, shares the other side of that acquisition, as the seller of Wavve. Baird takes us back in time to the origin story of Wavve, how it was a spinoff company from their f...

David Horne and Marty Balkema are founders of Calm Capital , a holding company with at the time of this recording, 10 companies under management with $8 Million in total annual revenue.  The holding company model, popularized by Warren Buffet and Charlie Monger with Berkshire Hathaway, is becoming more and more common in the world of online business. David and Marty help demystify what exactl...

Mark Asquith , otherwise known as the 'British Podcast Guy' is the founder of several podcast related companies, including Captivate.fm, a web hosting, analytics and distribution SAAS for podcasters. Mark, like many entrepreneurs, got his start with an agency doing general web and media development services. Eventually this led to a spinoff podcast specific web design company, which Mark and his C...

Welcome to episode zero of Vested Capital . Although the title may be new, the show is still hosted by me (Yaro) and will continue in a very similar style to what you are used to from The Yaro Podcast and before that, the Entrepreneurs Journey Podcast . Why Vested Capital? Vested Capital is about how to make money and then put that money to work to make more money -- in other words, how to vest yo...

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Brendan Hill got his start online using a simple formula. He traveled overseas to Europe, purchased signed football jerseys, then returned to Australia to sell them at a profit. With Australia being so far from Europe, it was difficult for Aussies...

[ Download MP3 | iTunes | Soundcloud | Stitcher | Spotify | Raw RSS ] Aurelien Amacker is a French internet marketer, who prior to his current success with a software as a service (SAAS) company, Systeme.io, made a solid income as a launch-focused internet marketer. Aurelien began teaching internet marketing to a French audience […]

Dr. John Demartini is somewhat of a legend in the world of personal development. In this podcast, he walks through his entire journey and shares his personal strategy to achieve financial independence, particularly with his mindset around times of crisis.

I first connected with Danielle Lewis when she started BrisbaneThreads.com – a side project where she featured and fostered the local fashion scene. After 5 pivots, she's finally arrived at Scrunch.com – an influencer marketing agency. Listen to her story