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Last summer, something monumental happened. One of Uncuffed's founding producers, Greg Eskridge, came home after more than 30 years in prison. In this episode we’ll bring you back to that emotional day last summer when he walked out of the San Quentin gates, free at last. Our work in prisons is supported by the California Arts Council, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, independent foundations, and donations from listeners like you. Learn more, sign up for Uncuffed news, and support the program at www.weareuncuffed.org Follow us @WeAreUncuffed on Instagram and Facebook Transcripts are available within a week of the episode coming out at www.kalw.org/podcast/uncuffed…

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E53 Going from no app to a super app with Henry Shi, co-founder of super.com 26:42

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Henry Shi, co-founder of super.com an all-in-one savings super app for everyday Americans. Having recently raised a $85m Series C led by Inovia Capital, the company is trusted by over 5 million customers worldwide and has helped them save over $150M to date. Super.com is backed by Tier 1 investors including NBA superstar Steph Curry and has raised over $150M USD and surpassed $1B in sales. 00:00 Intro 01:37 From Chatbot to Super App 03:02 V1 of the product 04:55 Product Today 06:39 Going from appless app to super app 09:34 Going from travel-only to Walmart 12:47 Going from Seed to Series C 14:56 Fundraising in 2016 16:15 Surviving the pandemic 17:45 The Las Vegas offsite 19:34 Perfecting Distribution 21:29 Founder transition 25:04 Vision for Super.com…

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E52 Pricing strategies for generative AI with Orb co-founder and CTO Kshitij Grover 34:50

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Kshitij Grover, co-Founder and CTO of Orb (www.withorb.com), a billing platform provider that solves usage-based billing needs. The SF based startup has to date raised a total of c. $19.1 million across its Series A ($14 million led by Menlo) and seed ($5.1 million led by Greylock).…

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E51 Raising $1bn to bringing entrepreneurship to Japan with World Innovation Lab founder and CEO Gen Isayama 53:07

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Gen Isayama, co-founder and CEO of World Innovation Lab, a Palo Alto and Tokyo based venture firm investing in growth-stage companies and serving as a bridge between startups and Japanese corporations. 00:00 Intro 01:30 World Innovation Lab 04:10 From Japanese lawyer to Silicon Valley VC 09:10 From DCM to WIL 13:55 WIL investment thesis 19:40 Japanese entrepreneurial culture 26:57 Open innovation Models at WIL 31:57 Raising Fund I 37:00 Full spectrum of WIL Activities 42:16 Investment strategy and portfolio construction 48:06 Outlook for WIL III 51:23 Call to action…

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E50 Establishing a growth equity firm with Left Lane Capital founding partner Dan Ahrens 41:02

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Dan Ahrens, founding partner at Left Lane Capital, a New York based venture capital and early growth equity firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology businesses. 00:00 Intro 02:43 Consumer vs. enterprise tech 05:09 Getting into venture 07:54 Raising Left Lane I 10:35 Investing while fundraising 13:09 The Left Lane Capital playbook 17:09 Due diligence in a hot market 18:52 Scaling Left Lane Capital 21:36 Deployment pace 23:28 Focus area 26:04 Hard conversations 28:10 Arc 32:53 Exo Freight 35:28 Supply Chain Tech 37:04 Call to action…

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E49 Cooking up the future of digital food halls with Byte Kitchen founder Divyang Arora 35:36

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Divyang Arora, founder and CEO of Byte Kitchen about cooking up the future of digital food halls with Byte Kitchen founder Divyang Arora. 0:00 Intro 1:24 2 minute elevator pitch 4:27 Going all in 8:07 Business Model 14:52 The Byte Kitchen playbook 18:52 Optimal Partner Restaurant Profile 25:39 End customer benefits 27:25 Raising the Seed Round 30:14 Early traction 31:54 Byte Kitchen's Use of Tech 34:50 Call to Action…

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E48 Protecting passwords through open-source software with Bitwarden CEO Michael Crandell 39:21

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Michael Crandell, CEO Bitwarden about scaling open-source password manager Bitwarden. 00:00 Intro 00:50 What is Bitwarden 03:22 From side hustle to venture-backed 06:36 Joining a Bootstrapper at Series A 09:58 Open-source GTM 13:25 Open-source defensibility 15:35 Community vs. enterprise edition 17:37 Revenue traction 19:51 Competition 22:25 Fundraising journey 25:46 Use of funds 28:25 Go-to-market strategy 31:40 Building a remote-first company 35:11 Arbitrating talent 36:00 Next steps for Bitwarden 38:28 Not the first time at the rodeo…

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E47 Your fund size is your strategy with Kyle Harrison, GP at Contrary 47:35

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Kyle Harrison, general partner at Country about everything from the economics of whale hunting, the venture product offering to his recent joining of Contrary. 00:00 Intro 01:11 Way into venture 04:58 Time of reflection 07:24 The under-innovated venture model 10:46 Your fund size is your strategy 16:16 The nature of the general partnership 20:38 Rethinking the org chart 25:13 VC product vs. VC service 28:31 VC product industry practice 31:13 From monolithic brands to solo capitalist 37:18 The future of venture tribes 39:52 Joining Contrary…

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E46 Uncovering tax credits (aka free money) for startups with MainStreet founder and CEO Doug Ludlow 39:55

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Doug Ludlow, co-founder and CEO of MainStreet, which helps startups and small businesses uncover tax credits. 00:00 Intro 01:05 Hipster 05:09 Happy Home Company 07:10 Starting MainStreet 11:22 The nature of Tax credits 16:03 The Path Act 17:52 The MainStreet Product 19:14 Customer success stories 20:41 Customer profile 22:40 Audit protection / guarantee 24:13 Moats 25:37 Whitespace vs. Switching 26:30 MainStreet traction 27:47 Fundraising 28:17 Pre-empted Series A 30:22 MainStreet layoffs 32:42 Unit economics 33:42 Unit economics 34:50 Vision for MainStreet 37:42 Fast five 39:01 Call to action…

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E45 Building a nextgen, authentic professional social network with Candor founder Kelsey Bishop 27:49

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Kelsey Bishop founder and CEO of Candor, which is a nexgen, authentic social network. 00:00 Intro 01:02 What is Candor 03:25 Single player mode 03:56 Kelsey’s background 06:19 Employee-culture fit 08:31 Getting started 10:31 Migrating from bubble 11:38 Raising the Seed 12:42 Getting pre-empted 13:50 Raising from angels 15:23 Solo founder journey 16:58 Product + traction 21:47 Business model 23:03 Talking to users 24:51 Remote first company 26:25 Becoming a CEO 27:03 Call to action…

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E44 Shipping an open-source, low code enterprise tool builder with Appsmith founder Abhishek Nayak 45:53

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Abhishek Nayak the co-founder and CEO of Appsmith, which is an open-source, low code internal tool builder. 00:00 Intro 03:15 Entrepreneur in Residence at Accel 05:52 Third time at the Rodeo 09:55 Validating a startup idea at his wedding 11:38 Built for Internal facing apps 13:48 The Appsmith Customer Persona 15:06 From Dataset to app 15:42 What Appsmith is replacing 17:07 The Appsmith killer feature 18:29 Getting to the first 100 users 21:40 Customer love + product iteration 23:07 Competition 25:24 Open source vs. closed source 27:53 Open source applications vs. infrastructure 31:07 Open core model 34:12 Traction and metrics 36:43 Metrics tracked over time 37:43 Fundraising for 3rd time 39:27 Fundraising journey 43:50 Remote company discounts 45:27 Call to action…

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E43 Opening a global hub for tech entrepreneurs at UC Berkeley with SkyDeck founding GP Chon Tang 46:47

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Chon Tang, the founding GP of the Skydeck Fund. Chon is an experienced Silicon Valley engineer, entrepreneur and investor. He was formerly founding partner and Managing Director of Junzi Capital Engineering, a leading quantitative hedge fund investing in the commodity space. He has been actively investing in Silicon Valley startups for 12 years, and has personal investments in over 25 deals with multiple IPOs and exits. 00:00 Intro 03:40 Starting a tech company in 2000 09:27 Founder-investor transition 17:51 The art of talent arbitrage 22:09 Raising Fund II 27:00 Portfolio construction 30:40 Skydeck Fund entry point 32:50 Success stories 37:00 Skydeck Accelerator Program + Challenges 41:00 The accidental VC 45:00 Next Skydeck batch…

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E42 Taking Zoom meetings like a pro with Fathom (YC W21) founder Richard White 51:02

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Richard White, the serial entrepreneur behind Uservoice and Fathom.video. Richard is a design engineer and product visionary who has been in the first YC batch with Justin Khan and Emmett Shear for Kiko (YC S05) and most recently came back to the YC W21 to see how startup kids are doing the tricks today. 00:00 Intro 00:51 Who is Richard White 03:40 The power of cold emails 05:09 Kiko (YC S05) 08:53 The UserVoice journey 12:09 Traction and funding 16:09 UserVoice today $ 18:16 Starting Fathom 22:28 The Fathom product 27:35 Fathom customer profile 30:27 Fathom in remote orgs 32:03 Richard's own use of Fathom 33:57 Fathom integrations 36:14 Zoom Marketplace + platform risk $ 39:20 Going through YC (again) 42:57 Fathom seed round 46:11 The fun of fundraising 47:28 Vision for Fathom…

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E41 Replacing credit bureaus one API integration at a time with Argyle founder Shmulik Fishman 44:43

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Shmulik Fishman, founder and CEO of Argyle, about raising the Series A through an investment memo and the firm’s mission of making user-permissioned employment data ubiquitous and reinvent credit decisioning for lenders and consumers. 00:00 Intro 00:56 What does Argyle do? 03:17 Experiencing the pain point 06:48 Raising the Series A with an investment memo 11:41 Automated form population 14:05 Real-time income/employment verification 17:52 Status quo: credit bureaus 22:18 Technical/data moats 26:59 Standing on the shoulders of giants 28:40 API integrations 30:28 Screen scraping vs. API scanning 32:41 Traction and metrics 35:26 Pricing Strategy 38:36 Argyle Team 41:36 Remote-first valuation discount/premium…

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E40 The world is broken, let's fix it with 8VC founding partner Drew Oetting 54:30

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Drew Oetting, founding partner of 8VC, about building a multi-billion venture firm from the ground up with Joe Lonsdale. 00:00 Intro 01:05 Operation Mask 06:33 Resilience 12:54 Views on Venture 20:06 Building 8VC / Addepar 26:30 Raising the maiden fund 30:48 8VC Investment Thesis 40:01 Drew as a VC 50:53 Silicon Hills…

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E39 Trailblazing the silver tech category with Seth Sternberg co-founder of home-care unicorn Honor 37:51

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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Seth Sternberg the co-founder and CEO of Honor, which is a managed marketplace for in-home care that has recently announced a USD 370m Series E led by Baillie Gifford. 00:00 Intro 01:19 Elevator pitch 02:19 Original inspiration 05:28 The Meebo experience 08:06 Serial founder problems 09:06 Getting the founder team together 10:52 The Honor MVP and marketplace model 14:52 Marketplace supply side 19:44 Marketplace demand side 21:57 Fundraising journey 25:07 Growth capital rounds 27:07 Expansion strategy 28:56 Homestead acquisition 31:45 Competitive landscape 31:45 Competitive landscape 34:08 GTM and growth strategies…

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