Next Unicorn: The Next Great Tech Startups & Founders
Searching for the next great tech startups, we interview startup founders, venture capital investors, growth hackers, product specialists, technologists, legal experts, and others. Website: https://www.nextunicornpodcast.com/
Episodes
10 episodes
Global Startups and the Japanese Market: Top Venture Capital Investor Explains How Startups Can Successfully Expand to Japan and the World | Phil Wickham, Sozo Ventures | E10
Phil Wickham is Executive Managing Director at Sozo Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that specializes in helping startups become global category leaders by expanding to Asia and the world via Japan. They have deep connections wit...
Secrets to Building Successful Enterprise Software Startups (& AI Startups) | Lars Leckie, Aspenwood Ventures | E9
Lars Leckie is a Managing Director at Aspenwood Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in early-stage enterprise software startups.Aspenwood Ventures was rebranded from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, the first ve...
AI, EdTech & the Future of Education | Ian Chiu, Owl Ventures | E8
Ian Chiu is a Managing Director at Owl Ventures, the largest EdTech (education technology) venture capital firm in the world, with over $2 billion under management. Owl Ventures is stage-flexible, investing in EdTech startups from seed through ...
Top Startup Accelerator Reveals How It Helps Startups Succeed | Ajay Kamat, PearX | E7
Ajay Kamat is a Partner at Pear VC, where he runs PearX, one of the top startup accelerators in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pear VC has been an early investor in many successful startup companies. In this episode, we talk about the PearX method...
The Future of Battery Technology | Nick Kateris, Stanford University | E6
Nick Kateris is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University, where his research is focused on new battery technology, and computer modeling to help develop new types of battery technology, as well as on detonation engines. (Recently, along...
Are Startup Accelerators Worth It For Founders? | Collin Wallace, Lobby Capital | E5
Collin Wallace is the Former Head of Techstars Silicon Valley (one of the top startup accelerators), co-teaches the Startup Garage accelerator class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), and is a partner at Lobby Capital (formerly ...
How Did Famous Successful Startups Get Their First 1,000 Customers? | Ali Abouelatta, First 1000 | E4
Ali Abouelatta is the author of the First 1000 newsletter on Substack (with over 85,000 subscribers at the time of publishing this episode), which is about just that! It also contains all kinds of tips, tricks, and hacks relating to getting you...
Can This AI Startup Cure Cancer? | Damir Vrabac, Valar Labs | E3
Damir Vrabac is the Co-Founder & COO of Valar Labs, an AI startup that analyzes cancer tissue samples and predicts which type of cancer treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, etc.) would be most successful for each individual cancer p...
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How a Top Seed-Stage Venture Capital Firm Picks Startups | Leeor Mushin, Floodgate Fund | E2
Leeor Mushin is a Principal at Floodgate, an early-stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Floodgate has been an early investor in such iconic companies as Lyft, Twitter, Okta, Twitch, Task Rabbit, and many others. Leeor attended the Univ...
Can This Clean Hydrogen Startup Disrupt the Energy Industry? | Caleb Boyd, Molten Industries | E1
Caleb Boyd is the Co-Founder & CEO of Molten Industries. Molten is commercializing breakthrough technology to produce the lowest-cost, cleanest hydrogen to decarbonize heavy industrial sectors such as steel, fertilizer, fuels, and plastics....
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