As a reporter at TechCrunch, Natasha Mascarenhas writes about early stage startups. She joined us to talk the future of media and higher education, asking more thoughtful questions, and telling better stories.It's always fun to talk to people

#22 → Charlie Feng: What's the Next Bicycle?

May 20th, 2020 26m 47s

Charlie Feng is the Co-Founder of Clearbanc, the fastest, most affordable way for founders to fund their business and the biggest investor of eCommerce businesses in the world.Previously, he spent time founding companies in the chatbot and mar

#21 → Stephanie Bowker: Start With Why

Apr 25th, 2020 20m 13s

Stephanie Bowker is the Head of Marketing at Spendesk, one of the fastest growing Fintech startups in all of Europe.Previously, she was the first Product Marketer at Gusto and during her time at Intuit, had the opportunity to work closely with

#20 → Erika Hairston & Arnelle Ansong: 1 Million New CS Grads

Apr 19th, 2020 29m 37s

Erika Hairston and Arnelle Ansong are the co-founders of Edlyft (YC W20). While they pieced together their own support systems as CS majors, they're building Edlyft to provide structured mentorship for aspiring engineers, at scale.On who gets

#19 → Tim Harsch: Owler

Apr 15th, 2020 19m 37s

Tim Harsch is the CEO and Co-Founder of Owler, a business insights company bringing transparency to private businesses around the world.After joining the company as an Associate Product Manager out of college, Tim's relentless work ethic and t

#18 → Allison Barr Allen: Running Fast

Apr 13th, 2020 27m 19s

Allison Barr Allen is the Co-Founder and COO of Fast, a startup working to bring 1-click, passwordless checkout services to the five billion users of the Internet.Previously, she served as the Head of Global Product Operations at Uber as the c

#17 → Blake Robbins: The Twitter Episode

Apr 5th, 2020 26m 57s

Blake Robbins is a partner at Ludlow Ventures. His unique combination of sincerity and grit is embodied by the early-stage firm itself.We did an entire episode based off Blake's old Tweets. On influencers, creators, building a career with cold

#16 → Alberto Arenaza: Accents and Unfair Advantages

Apr 2nd, 2020 27m 20s

Alberto Arenaza is the co-founder of Transcend Network, a global fellowship for entrepreneurs focused on the future of learning and work.He was also a member of the Minerva Schools' first graduating class — a journey which took him from Buenos

#15 → Mike Raab: Investing in Authenticity

Mar 29th, 2020 19m 6s

Mike Raab is the Director of "The Garage" in San Francisco, a coworking space that provides community and resources for Northwestern alumni, operators, and investors.Previously, Mike was an investor at Sinai Ventures where he invested in early

#14 → DeWayne Johnson: Grail

Mar 22nd, 2020 29m 14s

DeWayne Johnson explains streetwear, overlap between the worlds of art and venture capital, cold outreach and his newsletter on marketplaces — Double Sided.His job at Lambda School is to help other people get jobs. Hear DeWayne's uniquely insp

#14 → DeWayne Johnson: Grail

Mar 22nd, 2020 29m 14s

#14 → DeWayne Roy: Grail

Mar 22nd, 2020 29m 14s

DeWayne Roy explains streetwear, overlap between the worlds of art and venture capital, cold outreach and his newsletter on marketplaces — Double Sided.His job at Lambda School is to help other people get jobs. Hear DeWayne's uniquely inspirin

#13 → Helena Merk & Brian Li: The Future of Friendship

Mar 15th, 2020 25m 31s

Helena Merk and Brian Li started Glimpse (YC W20) with an ambitious goal: to combat loneliness and create the rare social product which actually makes us happier.Its arrival couldn't be more timely. Hear their story and why early users are add

#12 → Varadh Jain: Many-Sidedness

Mar 9th, 2020 14m 1s

Varadh Jain is an angel investor and digital nomad currently doing one-off projects in different parts of the world.Most recently, he spent three years as an early employee at Opendoor, helping to scale the company from 200 employees to nearly

#11 → Wes Wagner: Learn From Anywhere

Mar 4th, 2020 35m 15s

Wes Wagner is a remote worker and former Head of Growth at Microverse (YC S19), a coding bootcamp with a unique model.On this episode, he shares with Ethan what it's like to split time between Medellin and Indianapolis, why we should optimize

#10 → Eric Jorgenson: Playing the Long Game

Feb 29th, 2020 28m 25s

Eric Jorgenson is a product strategist, writer and (rarely) an Angel investor. He is on the founding team of Zaarly, and has been publishing online since 2014. His business blog, Evergreen, has educated and entertained over a million readers.H

#9 → Justin Potts: A Marketplace for Human Potential

Feb 24th, 2020 34m 1s

Justin Potts, co-founder and CEO of Avenify, joins Ethan to discuss their innovative lending platform for income share agreements. The marketplace allows top college students to finance their education debt-free, backed by investors who earn a

#8 → Cameron Porter: Why Greatness Can't Be Planned

Feb 18th, 2020 37m 34s

Cameron Porter is an investor at AlleyCorp, a New York City based venture studio that's incubated the likes of Business Insider, Mongo DB, and more.After leading all of college soccer in scoring his senior year at Princeton, Cam dropped out to

#7 → Vedika Jain: What Makes a Problem Worth Solving

Feb 10th, 2020 41m 20s

In the latest episode of Worth, Asher sits down with Vedika Jain, ex-Stripe and True Layer, and currently the Chief of Staff at Weekend Fund.Among other things, we discuss advice she received from Harry Stebbings on breaking into venture, ways

#6 → Shawn Xu: Globetrotting and Gaining Perspective (part 2)

Feb 4th, 2020 22m 14s

Among other topics, in the second part of this conversation we touch on mentors, college entrepreneurship and getting a foothold in venture.If you're building something (especially if it's in the elder care space), check out Mike Maples Jr.'s

#5 → Shawn Xu: Globetrotting and Gaining Perspective (part 1)

Feb 3rd, 2020 26m 4s

Ethan sits down with Shawn Xu of Floodgate, recently named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in venture.Shawn shares how his passion for different cultures has guided him from launching international markets at Square, to investing in brilliant student fo

#4 → Mehak Vohra: Dropping Into Something Better

Jan 24th, 2020 32m 31s

Mehak Vohra knew that dropping out at 19 was a huge risk. Since taking the leap in 2016, she's been featured by Forbes, ABC, Adweek, Huffington Post and a slew of other publications while growing her agency, Jamocha Media, into a six-figure bus

#3 → Prateek Swain: Building Robinhood for India

Jan 8th, 2020 43m 2s

In this episode, Asher speaks with Prateek Swain: recent Princeton graduate, and the 23 year old co-founder of GreenTiger, an app that allows people in India to trade U.S. stocks commission free.After being accepted into Y Combinator's Summer

#2 → Jess Li: Avoiding the Trap of De-Risking Yourself

Dec 14th, 2019 47m 24s

In this episode, Asher is joined by Jess Li, 23 year old VC at Soma Capital and former Partner at Rough Draft Ventures.We talk through Jess' decision to not return to Morgan Stanley after her junior summer, her experience working for multiple

#1 → James Gallagher: Income Share Agreements and Not Breaking the Chain

Dec 5th, 2019 32m 8s

In this episode, Ethan speaks with James Gallagher: income share agreement expert, EIR at On Deck and a member of Pioneer's first ever cohort.We dive deep into ISAs, James' experience as a publicly-traded person and why he believes in Jerry Se

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