Top Founders

Jon Ferrara . He's in CRM—a relationship management entrepreneur and noted speaker about social media's effects on sales marketing. He's reimagined the CRM by building a simply smarter social sales and marketing platform. His most recent venture is called Nimble.com . It's the first CRM that works for you by building the updated contact data for you and then works with you everywhere you work. He'...

Ben Cantey . He's a San Francisco entrepreneur and has a passion about solving problems and changing lives through technology. He teaches entrepreneurship and lean methodology at universities and high schools on his free time. He's launching some bad-ass technology with a handful of math geniuses in a parking space. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Rough Riders What CEO do you follow? –   Elon Mu...

Jim Sweeney . He's the CEO and one of the founders of Clarify Medical . He began his entrepreneurial journey at Sharp Hospital where he worked full-time delivering hospital supplies while still in high school. He then spent 3 years in the US Army Medical Corps where he ran a remote, medical service dispensary serving 2500 families in Germany. He received a degree in business from San Diego State U...

Bill Brice . He's currently the CEO of AlphaTrust Corporation which he launched in 1998, to capitalize on the sustained long-term shift from paper-based document businesses to fully electronic document processes. Bill is considered as one of the industry's pioneers and he's a leading authority of electronic signatures, especially around generating real economic impact and brand enhancement. He ser...

Tobyn Sowden . He's the CEO of Redbrick , the second fastest growing software company in Canada and the birthplace of a product called Shift . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – How to Win Friends and Influence People What CEO do you follow? –   N/A Favorite online tool? — InVision Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "I would tell...

Patrick McGinnis . He's the author of The 10% Entrepreneur which focuses on living your startup dream without leaving your day job, which was just published by Penguin Portfolio. He's also credited for coining up with the term "fear of missing out". He's a graduate of Harvard business school and is living in New York City. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Lean Startup What CEO do you follow? –  ...

Clate Mask and he has been educating and inspiring entrepreneurs for over a decade. He's recognized by the small business community as a truly visionary leader. His passion for small business success stems from his personal experience, taking Infusionsoft from a struggling startup to an 8-time Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 winner. As CEO, he's leading Infusionsoft on its mission to create and dominate th...

Amarpreet Kalkat . He's the CEO and co-founder of Frrole , an AI (artificial intelligence) startup that is redefining consumer intelligence. He loves building things, be it product, revenue streams, teams or organizations.  Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Hard Thing About Hard Things What CEO do you follow? – Travis Kalanick Favorite online tool? — Klout Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— 6 If you co...

Amit Shanbhag . He bootstrapped RocketReach from 0 to over 300K registered users in its first year. RocketReach and RocketReach API are trusted by some of the largest companies on the planet like Apple, Google, Chase and Morgan Stanley—just to name a few. He has more than a dozen patents and has started his professional life writing code for geostationary satellites. He's also a judge for the MIT...

David Tavor . He has more than 20 years of experience as a general manager and founder of Biotech Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Company. He served as a fighter pilot and a commander in the Israeli Air Force and retired with the rank of a colonel. Mr. Tavor holds an MA degree in political science and national defense studies and MBA studies. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Born to Life What CEO d...

Alessio Alionco . He's the founder and CEO of Pipefy , which is part of 500 Startups. He's a passionate product manager. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Lean Startup What CEO do you follow? – Jason Lemkin Favorite online tool? — Yesware and Salesforce Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Alessio would tell himself to be agg...

Christopher Gibson . He's the co-founder and CEO of Recursion Pharmaceuticals , a biotech company leveraging the latest automation, computation and biological tools to perform drug discovery at scale. Chris holds a BS in bioengineering, a BA in managerial studies, and a bioengineering PhD from the University of Utah. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Hard Thing About Hard Things What CEO do you fo...

Gregg Freishtat . He's a technology executive with over 20 years of experience leading innovative and transformative companies. He founded 4 venture-backed startups, all of which had successful exits and is now building a company called SalesWise . He's deeply rooted in venture capital and the management of internet technology companies having led several through acquisitions. He's also handled de...

Matthieu Vaxelaire . He's the CEO of Mention where he moves all Trello cards to the right and closes deals. He splits his time between Paris and New York City.  Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Hard Thing About Hard Things What CEO do you follow? –   Rand Fishkin Favorite online tool? — Hull Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— 6-7 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be...

In Episode #629, Nathan interviews Jennifer Reyna . She's got a lot of energy and more importantly, she studied business creation and development in Mexico. She's created 3 startups so far, Agri DeliCo which is a socio-company, Brain Fusion which is embedded in software development, and Gaszen or gas management. They've raised over $650K in Mexico and have developed their own working product. She'...

In Episode #628, Nathan interviews Iddo Gino . He's the CEO and co-founder of RapidAPI which he founded when he was 16 years old. He's listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list and previously, he was the co-organizer at Hacking Gen Y. Originally from Israel, Iddo, currently resides in San Francisco, California where he runs RapidAPI and runs JavaScript projects on the side. Famous Five: Favorite Book?...

In Episode #627, Nathan interviews Mark Mader . He's the CEO of Smartsheet . He's passionate about delivering superior, customer experiences. Mark strives to find innovative ways for customers to collaborate more intelligently using the Smartsheet platform and its partner ecosystem. Prior to Smartsheet, Mark served as SVP of Global Services for Onyx Software, leading the consulting and consumer op...

In Episode #626, Nathan interviews Derek Thompson . He's a Senior Editor at The Atlantic , one of the biggest media companies out there. His first book, Hit Makers , is about the science of hits, pop culture, and technology and why people like what they like. He currently resides in New York. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Homo Deus What CEO do you follow? –   Mark Zuckerberg Favorite online tool?...

In Episode #625, Nathan interviews Josh McCarter . He's the co-founder and CEO of Booker Software , a leading business management and marketing solution serving over 10,000 health and beauty businesses. Josh has served in a variety of senior executive board roles at various technology companies including Arbitech , Spafinder and Autobytel . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Make Big Happen What CEO do...

Dave Currie . He's an entrepreneur-leader in the sales intelligence space, specifically for advertising, media, and the tech industry. Since 2014, he's directed the company on a rapid innovation and growth trajectory. They are recognized by their customers and the industry as one of the largest, agile, fast-growing, private companies and the best place to work in America—the company, TheListInc.co...

In Episode #623, Nathan interviews Richard Brasser . He's the foremost expert in helping companies increase the effectiveness and influence of their Salesforce's strategic use of social communication. He does this through his company, rFactr . Richard pursues his focus in enabling salespeople to leverage social communication and build more meaningful relationship.  Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Cr...

In Episode #622, Nathan interviews Nektarios Liolios . He's the CEO and co-founder of Startup Bootcamp , Financial Technology, and Insurance Technology—the leading innovation program in the financial and insurance industry. They provide funding, mentorship, office space in the heart of London, Singapore, New York and Mumbai and access into their global network including investors and VCs, up to 10...

In Episode #621, Nathan interviews Nevin Shetty . He's the co-founder and CEO of Blueprint Registry , an innovative wedding registry platform where you can shop for products from a variety of retailers based on the layout of your home. The company has generated over $10M in their first 2 years of operation. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Smarter Faster Better What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Fa...

Peep Laja . He's the founder of CXL . He was voted as the most influential, conversion rate optimization expert in the world. He helps fast-growing companies grow faster through his services, coaching and CXL Institute's certification programs along with his world-favorite optimization blog. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Used to be Ready, Fire, Aim What CEO do you follow? –   No Favorite online to...

Paul Trappitt . He's currently the CEO and co-founder of Smartbeat . Before Smartbeat, he was the senior business analyst at National Australia Bank and a senior project lead at SignIQ . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Start with Why and The Startup Owner's Manual What CEO do you follow? –   Gary Vaynerchuk Favorite online tool? — HubSpot Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20-yea...