The Unsexy Startup

“Testing and Reiterating” with founder and CEO of Unacast, Thomas Walle

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The balance of Ego and Humility as an entrepreneur w/ Founder & CEO of Electric.ai, Ryan Denehy

This was a very special episode as we brought on 3x founder, Ryan Denehy to talk about all his challenges, mistakes, and successes of starting his first company to his third. Stay tuned for an amazing ride, as Ryan takes you through some of his worst times as a founder and some of his best. We focus on the topic of humility and how the ego can tear a company and its founder down. Ryan's current company is backed by the likes of, Primary Ventures, Bowery Capital, BVP, and many more. A huge thank you to our sponsors, BREX. BREX is the worlds first corporate credit card for startups. For any listeners that have raised up to 100k, please click this link and use the code "unsexy" to receive a discount on your startup credit card. Follow The Unsexy Startup: * Twitter * Instagram * Spotify * iTunes * www.theunsexystartup.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Cracking into Unsexy industries w/ Co Founder & CEO of Fabric Technologies, Adam Erlebacher

On this episode of The Unsexy Startup, we interview Adam Erlebacher, Co Founder & CEO of Fabric Technologies. Unfortunately, the current system of agents and brokers can make what should be a straightforward process complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Fabric was built to make life insurance for new parents easy by automating this process and simplifying the steps. Backed by the likes of BVP, Box group and many more, Fabric continues to help more new parents. We dive into Adam's journey cracking into Unsexy Industries such as Insurtech. Tune into this episode if you are building a company that is focus on innovating an old and stodgy industries. A huge thank you to our sponsors, BREX. BREX is the worlds first corporate credit card for startups. For any listeners that have raised up to 100k, please click this link and use the code "unsexy" to receive a discount on your startup credit card. Follow The Unsexy Startup: * Twitter * Instagram * Spotify * iTunes * www.theunsexystartup.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

VC and Founder fires w / GP of UpSlope Ventures, Kate Shillo Beardsley

On this episode of The Unsexy Startup, we interviewed the General Partner of UpSlope Ventures, Kate Shillo. Kate talks about her transition as the Chief of Staff at Huff Post to going into a scrappy environment building out Lerer Hippeau. LH is one of the biggest VCs based out of NY with investments such as Venmo, Buzzfeed, Casper, and the list goes on. After seeing many deals and working with many founders, Kate goes over some of the most common fires she sees founders make from an investor viewpoint. A huge thank you to our sponsors, BREX. BREX is the worlds first corporate credit card for startups. For any listeners that have raised up to 100k, please click this link and use the code "unsexy" to receive a discount on your startup credit card. Follow The Unsexy Startup: * Twitter * Instagram * Spotify * iTunes * www.theunsexystartup.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Mistakes Young Founders Make w/ Brex Co Founder & CEO, Henrique Dubugras

After taking a few months off we are back with another season! We wanted to make sure we had our branding down and strategy together to create the best show possible. In our first episode back, we have Co-Founder & CEO of Brex, Henrique Dubugras. Henrique sits down with us to talk about common mistakes young founders make when scaling a company. Here are a few of the points he went over: * PR doesn't really mean you've gotten anywhere, the work still has to be done. * Don't discount the boring stuff like HR, Admin, or Accounting. Focusing on these tasks early on will be a huge pay off down the road. * Just because you raise funding doesn't mean you are anywhere. If the business isn't break even or profitable, you still have a way to go. Brex is the world's first corporate credit card for startups, backed by the likes of Y Combinator, Peter Thiel, and many more. For any founders interested in signing up for Brex, please click here [https://dashboard.brex.com/signup/], and use the discount code "unsexy"! To keep up with The Unsexy Startup, follow us on social media @TheUnsexyStartup ! * Instagram * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.