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For Starters brings you the stories of the entrepreneurs building our future. Hosted by Alexa von Tobel (Founder/CEO of LearnVest and now Founder + Managing Partner of Inspired Capital), listen to the tales of guts, inspiration, and drive behind the people and companies at the forefront of technology. Each weekly conversation digs into each founder's professional playbook — and starts to uncover what makes them tick as people.
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Tobey Burden
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Sharing words I've written into spoken word, in hopes that you will listen throughout your day
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Máš někdy pocit, že jsi na vše sama? Tak už nejsi. Jsme v tom spolu. Jsem máma od dvou, která se učí milovat rozmanitost, kterou život přináší. Vytvořila jsem prostor pro myšlenkové pochody, ve kterých si každý najde své. Ráda bych otevřeně mluvila o všem, co mi pomáhá přijmout to jaká jsem ale i to, co dělám proto abych si plnila sny. Že někdy jsou to maličkosti, které mi změní den a pomáhají mi cítit se dobře. Tak nasaď sluchátka a pusť se se mnou na cestu :).
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Welcome to Erin Tobes, where amazing things happen.
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What if businesses were empowered to consistently attract and hire the best-possible candidates—every single time? In 2012, Daniel Chait set out on a mission to help every company become great at hiring. He launched Greenhouse and scaled the business into the leader in hiring software. Almost a decade later, private equity leader TPG acquired a maj…
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When serial entrepreneur Bill Smith relocated his family across the country to build his third startup, the seedling of an idea for his next startup was born. In 2019, Bill founded Landing, the first membership-based leasing model for flexible living. He has since scaled the business to cities around the country with a network of thousands of apart…
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In 2009, Ethan Brown, Founder & CEO of Beyond Meat, faced a dilemma at a rest stop on I-95. Struggling to find a healthy meal for his young children, he realized he had to make a change. That same year, he launched Beyond Meat, the world’s first plant-based meat company, with a mission to drive a global shift from animal-based to plant-based produc…
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Edward Norton is widely known as one of the most celebrated actors of our generation. He has starred in over 50 films, has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won the Golden Globe, an Emmy, and an Obie, to name a few. What many people don’t know is he has built a parallel career as a serial entrepreneur. Today, Edward Norton is the Co-F…
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What does it take to become one of the few self-made billionaires in the US? According to the visionary business leader Jenny Just, it starts with a comfortability with taking risks. After just giving birth to her first child, Jenny took a risk and founded her first business, Peak6, in 1997. Peak6 began as a proprietary options trading firm and has…
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How does an entrepreneur without a college degree manage to build a rocket company exploring life beyond earth? Just ask Peter Beck, the Founder, CEO and Chief Engineer of Rocket Lab, a Nasdaq-listed leading launch and space systems company. At an early age, Peter’s parents taught him that no ambition was too big. So he began building rockets, stea…
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As a freshman at MIT, Alexandr was struck by his classmates' interest in AI. But he realized that despite all that AI technology could solve, there was no solution for managing AI-related data. So, at 19, he dropped out of college and started Scale AI. Scale now helps customers like Pinterest and Toyota accelerate the progress of AI and has grown t…
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Můžeme být v dnešní době šťastní a necítit se provinile? ANO! Být šťastný, ale zároveň cítit negativní emoce se totiž nevylučuje. Můžeme být ve svém životě šťastný, ale zároveň nás mohou trápit určité věci. Pokud ale budeme v sobě pocit štěstí budovat a vytvářet, můžeme si do toho pomyslného šuplíku vždy sáhnout, když rovna budeme potřebovat.…
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As a D1 athlete, Will Ahmed became obsessed with the idea of recovery. How do you unlock human performance, and what data would you need to do so? This interest led to the creation of WHOOP, the next gen wearable technology. Will started WHOOP in 2012, immediately after graduating from Harvard College. Since then, he's raised over $100M in funding,…
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Ara Katz’s respect for the power of science began in high school when her mom was diagnosed with cancer. After founding her first business, Spring—the mobile commerce startup that helped launch Apple Pay on the iPhone—she set out on a new challenge: creating a consumer health company deeply rooted in science-backed research. Its mission? To lead th…
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What if restaurants were empowered to deliver a personalized experience each time a guest walks through the door? That’s the idea that underpins Olo, a leading open SaaS platform powering over 700 restaurant brands. Noah Glass founded Olo in 2005, drawing on his experience working from the ground up as a restaurant server, cashier, and delivery dri…
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Growing up, Lindsey Vonn’s parents instilled two important lessons: her mom taught her the importance of finding positivity in every situation, and her dad taught her that any ambition is achievable with a clear plan and dedication. So, at the age of 9, she confidently stated her goal to become the greatest ski racer of all time. Her dad helped her…
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Poslední týdny byly velmi hektické a upřímně, neměla jsem ani chvilku na sdílení. V tomhle díle vám ale povím o dvou důležitých událostech, které mě nedávno potkaly a díky kterým jsem si uvědomila spoustu věcí. Chci se s vámi podělit o svoje myšlenky a zážitky, které mi pomohly vidět svět zase trochu jinak. Tak si udělejte pohodlí a poslechněte si …
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Andrew Lacy first encountered whole-body imaging as a patient. In just one hour, he learned more about his health than the American healthcare system had taught him in his entire life. He wondered to himself: why isn’t this technology accessible for everyone everywhere? So he started Prenuvo, the company pioneering proactive whole-body imaging for …
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Growing up, David's grandmother instilled an important lesson: that the only thing someone can't take away from you is your education. So when a mentor of David's offered to back him as an entrepreneur, he decided to bring the joy back to education and build a school that everyone would want to attend. In 2015, he launched MasterClass, which now pr…
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What if workers could acquire new skills and training, without taking on debt? That’s the value Guild Education strives to provide. Guild Education unlocks opportunities for America’s workforce through education and upskilling and counts Fortune 500 companies (such as Chipotle, Disney, Walmart, and Taco Bell) among its partners. Since founding Guil…
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As we all strive to increase our productivity, it's no wonder that productivity startup Notion has taken off. Since co-founder and CEO Ivan Zhao launched a prototype a few years ago, Notion has gained a cult following of over one million users. With a team of less than 30 employees, the company has already achieved a sky-high valuation of $800M. Iv…
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Do you know your neighbors? When Nextdoor was founded in 2008, 50% of Americans knew one or none of their neighbors. Fast-forward and Nextdoor now connects 81 million neighbors across 11 countries, building both digital and real-world connections. Sarah Friar joined Nextdoor as CEO in 2018 and took the company public in 2021 under the ticker symbol…
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Shivani Siroya started Tala not because she wanted to build a company, but because one problem consumed her thoughts: 4 billion people were excluded from the traditional banking system and lacked access to essential financial tools to help them use, protect, and grow their money. After conducting over 3,500 interviews with micro-entrepreneurs globa…
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What does it take to disrupt a trillion-dollar industry? According to Paul Monasterio, Co-Founder and CEO of Kalepa, it starts with a fresh outsider’s perspective. In 2018, Paul launched Kalepa with its flagship product, an AI-powered copilot empowering commercial underwriters to write more profitable business, faster. And just a few years in, Kale…
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When serial entrepreneur Hari Ravichandran discovered that his credit score had taken a hit due to identity fraud, he realized that consumers were facing an increasing burden to protect their digital safety—and there wasn’t an existing product that provided a holistic solution. So, as an engineer by training and an entrepreneur by nature, he set ou…
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Inspirace vs přehlcenost. To bylo moje téma. Tedy, ještě je. Učím se dávkovat si inspiraci, abych neztrácela samu sebe a taky aby toho nebylo jednoduše moc. Sítě nás dokážou pohltit ani nevíme jak a kdy. A proto pracuji na tom abych na ně chodila vědomě a taky přemýšlela nad tím, co si z nich odnáším. Je to cesta :) ne vždy to jde lehce.…
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While Trevor Martin was an undergraduate at Princeton, he decided on a whim to take a class called Integrated Science, a course dedicated to encouraging students gifted in physics, math, or computer science to pursue an academic focus in biology. Unbeknownst to him, this class would end up being the catalyst that led him to his successful career as…
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V tomto díle jsem navázala na díl z podcastu 'Proč nemůžeme být neustále šťastní'. Poslední dobou se stále více věnuji mindfulnessu a jeho začleňování do každodenního života. Musím přiznat, že to není vůbec jednoduché. Původně jsem si myslela, že mám vše pod kontrolou, ale stále zjišťuji, že je tu spousta prostoru pro další růst a učení. Proto se r…
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As the world of work becomes increasingly global, how can technology fuel the transfer of funds around the world? In 2022, Nami Baral started Niural, on a mission to build a generational product that enables businesses to manage payroll, HR, benefits, payments and compliance in 150+ countries—all in one powerful system. Nami is no stranger to lever…
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Fenoménem dnešní doby je touha po neustálém štěstí. Na sociálních sítích vidíme návody, motivující videa a podobně. Nicméně pravda je taková, že mindfulness ani meditace nám nemohou zaručit trvalé štěstí. To totiž není přirozené. Ve svém podcastu jsem se zaměřila na to, proč je tomu tak, a také na účel technik jako je meditace a mindfulness.…
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From selling everything he owned to meet payroll to achieving a $2.7 billion valuation, Jett McCandless' journey with leading logistics company—project44—has been a story of grit and determination. Founded in 2014, project44 now operates the world's most trusted end-to-end visibility platform that tracks more than 1 billion shipments annually for o…
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Growing up on a farm in Finland and training as a physicist, the path to entrepreneurship might not have been an obvious one for Sami Inkinen. But to date, he has founded two companies: Trulia, the online real estate marketplace that IPOed and eventually sold to Zillow Group in 2015, and Virta Health, the modern healthcare solution on a mission to …
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