Founder's Corner
2 Seasons
We talk to Startup Founder's about the high and lows of startup life and how to plot world domination.
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Mark Gilbreath - CEO of LiquidSpace - How to Raise Money from Reid Hoffman in one meeting.
Episode 1
Mark Gilbreath from LiquidSpace discusses how he pitched Reid Hoffman in their first meeting and was able to close the deal.
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Mark Gilbreath, CEO of LiquidSpace - How to learn from failure
Episode 2
Mark discusses how the seeds of LiquidSpace grew from a failed startup experience
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Michael Mandel - CEO of CompStak on how to hire great sales people
Episode 3
Michael discusses the techniques he uses to distinguish between great employees and pretenders
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Michael Mandel - CEO of CompStak discusses the Founder's Journey
Episode 4
Michael discusses how to persevere as a startup founder.
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Michael Mandel - CEO of CompStak - Transparency to the Real Estate Market Place
Episode 5
CompStak CEO Michael Mandel discusses the value his startup brings to the CRE Tech marketplace.
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Ofo Ezeugwu - CEO of WhoseYourLandlord - Challenges of a Young CEO.
Episode 6
Ofo discusses the ups and downs of being a Young CEO.
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Ofo Ezeugwu - CEO of WhoseYourLandlord - How to handle incumbent hostility
Episode 7
Ofo Ezeugwu discusses how WhoseYourLandlord handled negative feedback from landlords when they initially launched their company
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Jon Schultz - Managing Principal, Onyx Equities - Why Passion Drives Entrepreneurship.
Episode 8
Jon Schultz shares his views on what drives entrepreneurs.
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Don Peebles, Chairman of Peebles Corporation talks about how to pick business partners
Episode 9
Don Peebles discusses how he approaches selecting his business partners
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Ofo Ezeugwu - CEO of WhoseYourLandlord talks about success for his company
Episode 10
Ofo talks about what success looks like for WhoseYourLandlord.
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Don Peebles, Chairman of the Peebles Corporation - 1st Deal - No Money Down!
Episode 11
Don Peebles walk us through how he built his first office building in DC without putting any of his own capital
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Ofo Ezeugwu - CEO of WhoseYourLand - Why He Didn't Drop out of College
Episode 12
Ofo talks about why he didn't drop out of college and how staying in school helped him become a better entrepreneur
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Ofo Ezeugwu - CEO of WhoseYourLandlord - How to Make Noise in a Noisy City (NYC baby!)
Episode 13
Ofo talks about the challenges of building a brand in NYC
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Don Peebles, Chairman of the Peebles Corporation - What he would do as Mayor of NYC
Episode 14
Don Peebles discusses his agenda if elected Mayor of New York City
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Ofo Ezeugwu - CEO of WhoseYourLandlord - What keeps him up at night.
Episode 15
Ofo talks about the challenges he faces as a CEO
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Ofo Ezeugwu - CEO of WhoseYourLandlord - Physical Marketing vs Social Media Ads
Episode 16
Ofo Ezeugwu talks about the marketing campaign his company conducted in Philly on public buses and why it worked
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Don Peebles, Chairman of Peebles Corporation - Economic Apartheid in NYC.
Episode 17
Don Peebles discusses economic disparity in New York City.
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Don Peebles, Chairman of Peebles Corporation - Why he left the Real Estate Board of New York
Episode 18
Don Peebles discusses why he left REBNY and the issues surrounding the organizations membership.
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Rachel Cook, CEO of Seeds talk about her experience with TechStars
Episode 19
Barclays Accelerator powered by TechStars helps incubate FinTech related startups
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Rachel Cook, CEO of Seeds talks about life and death situations
Episode 20
Rachel talks about her near death experience in Kenya and what she learned from it
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Rachel Cook, CEO of Seeds talks about micro loans and video games
Episode 21
Rachel discusses how Seeds provides micro loans for women in Kenya through in-app purchases in video games
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Rachel Cook, CEO of Seeds discusses World of WarCraft
Episode 22
Rachel discusses how Seeds came about and why women spend more than men on virtual goods in video games including World of WarCraft
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Amanda Carroll from Gensler talks surviving a building fire
Episode 23
Amanda talks about being rescued by FDNY from a burning building and how that experience helped her prioritize what's important in life
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Brian and Justin Gerrard, Co-Founders of Bae talk about why they started Bae
Episode 24
Brian and Justin talk about dating while black and why they started Bae to help single African-Americans find love