Stories by the Bay, listen the founders and investors of San Francisco about how they founded their ventures and get unique insights about fundraising and scaling. In 2nd season, we decided to extend podcast's focus and now covering a variety of topics including philosophy, education, psychology, and many more.
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S2E3 - Justin Kan on gaming NFTs, Web 3, hedonic treadmill, negative visualization, life lessons, and more
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Justin Kan's NFT Marketplace, Fractal is changing the dynamics in Web 3.0 world. We sat down with Justin to talk about things everything from Metaverse, NTFs, Hedonic Treadmill, Negative Visualization, Justin's lessons learned along his journey and some of his book & practice recommendations. Tune in! Visit Fractal: https://fractal.is Follow on Twi…
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S2E2 - Digging deeper on NFTs with Danny Povolotski (co-founder of Crypto Caveman Club)
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You've probably heard of the Caveman as an NFT enthusiast. We sat down with the co-founder of the project, Danny (aka OogaMan), and talked about everything from misconceptions about NFTs to the future of the Crypto Caveman Club. Follow us on Twitter: 415 Stories: twitter.com/415stories Caveman Club: twitter.com/thecavemanclub Danny: twitter.com/eto…
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S2E1 - Is college worth it? A conversation around education, risks, self-taught careers, opportunities and more.
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Welcome back everyone! We're back with the second season. Now, Tarkan joins the podcast as the co-host! In this episode, Ata Onat (senior associate @ Bravia Capital) joined us to talk everything about college, education, risks, opportunities and many more. And we're giving away 10 of a favorite book. Keep an eye on Twitter :) Some contents we menti…
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E26 - Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on building a tech ecosystem in Miami
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If you’re in tech and on Twitter, you’ve probably seen something trending in the past couple of weeks, which is people moving from Silicon Valley. And one of the most popular destinations for people in tech, is Miami. In this episode, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez told me about why people are moving out of Silicon Valley, why they're preferring Miami,…
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E25 - Operators on 415 Stories - Sarah Wood of Upstream on building communities and creating meaningful connections
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Sarah is the Head of Growth and Community at Upstream. Upstream helps people to grow their professional networks via communities and events. Prior to Upstream, Sarah was at Goldman Sachs for more than 2 years, along with that she founded a community called Joy Soldier. In this episode, Sarah told me about her story, why she's excited about Upstream…
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E24 - Operators on 415 Stories - Jose Martins of Hubspot for Startups on helping startups and building a company in 2020
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In this episode, Jose Martins from Hubspot joined me to talk about his story, how Hubspot helping startups, his advice to the founders creating a company in 2020, and more! Enjoy this episode! Jose on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/growbetter Apply to Hubspot for Startups: hubspot.com/startups
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E23 - Dennis Crowley (co-founder of Foursquare) on Marsbot for Airpods, creating the future of virtual assistance and more
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In this episode of the podcast, Dennis Crowley (Co-founder & Executive Chairman of Foursquare) joined me for a fun chat. Dennis, previously founded Dodgeball, one of the first location-based mobile social services, which is acquired by Google in 2005. He founded the Kingston Stockade Football Club, a semi-professional soccer team. We cover a few to…
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E20 - Sahin Boydas on remote working, creating startups and more
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In this episode of the podcast, I sat down with Sahin Boydas (Founder & CEO of RemoteTeam.com). He is a serial entrepreneur with three exits from his previous ventures. Sahin told me about his startup story which started in Istanbul, Turkey. Shortly after he founded few companies in Turkey, he came to the Bay Area to find his new pursuit, where all…
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E19 - Robby Stein of Instagram on releasing Reels, creating the future of social media and maintaining a healthy user-platform relationship
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If the topic is Instagram, almost everything is exciting. In this episode, I'm joined by Robby Stein, the Product Director of Instagram. He told me about what makes Instagram so engaging, how Instagram releases new features, creators and influencers on the platform, and many more! Enjoy the episode!
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E18 - Vedika Jain (Weekend Fund) on investing at remote working, audio technologies and tools for creators
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Vedika Jain is the Chief of Staff of Weekend Fund. Vedika and Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt are investing in early-stage startups with check sizes ranging from $75K to $200K. They also run experiments like Fundraise From Home, Weekend Pitch, and Weekend Build. In this episode, Vedika told me about her story, their investment process, her remote worki…
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E17 - Leyla Seka of Operator Collective on Bringing a New Perspective to Venture Capital Scene
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Leyla has an impressive background in tech. With several hats in different organizations, now, she is the partner of Operator Collective. They brought together as limited partners 100+ of tech’s most sought-after operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds to invest in and accelerate the next generation of b2b tech. Enjoy the episod…
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E16 - Hugo Tilmouth on building a massive network of charging stations, COVID-19 response, fundraising and more
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This week in 415, Hugo Tilmouth told me about their amazing product ChargedUp. What if there would be a power bank station network all around the city and you can grab one in a cafe and drop it to somewhere else close to you when you're done? That's exactly what ChargedUp does. Hugo and I talked about the problem and their solution, their COVID-19 …
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E15 - Jessica Li (Soma Capital) on evaluating startups, dealflows and startup shadowing program
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This week I'm joined by Jessica Li, investor at Soma Capital. We talked about their funding evaluation process, sourcing dealflows from YC, and the startup shadowing program they've launched lately. Enjoy the episode!
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E14 - Backing Sci-Fi Founders - Adam Draper (Managing Director of Boost VC)
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Adam told me about their investment focuses, Boost VC, ocean-tech, and more. Enjoy the episode! Apply to Boost VC! boost.vc/apply Adam on Twitter - twitter.com/adamdraper 415 Stories on Twitter - twitter.com/415stories
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E13 - Yigit Ihlamur on creating a VenTech (venture technology) firm and finding amazing companies all over the World
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Yigit (Co-founder & General Partner of Vela Partners) has started a venture technology firm. After 5 years at Google, he gave himself 6 months as a - he calls- problem explorer and he came up with Vela Partners, a VenTech firm. He told me about what VenTech does, how they're finding amazing companies all over the world and their funding mentality. …
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E12 - Charles Hudson on pre-seed investments, fundraising during COVID and more
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We had a chance to chat with Charles Hudson, the Managing Partner of Precursor VC. We talked about their funding mentality, his advice to startups on fundraising, and staying alive during the outbreak. Enjoy the episode!
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E11 - Oguzhan Atay (CEO of BillionToOne) on enabling 1M COVID-19 Tests Per Day, YC experiences, fundraising, and more
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Oguzhan Atay, the CEO of BillionToOne, explained how they're enabling one million COVID-19 tests per day in the US alone. We also talked about their experience through YC, fundraising and more. Enjoy the episode! Visit BillionToOne: billiontoone.com Oguzhan Atay - LinkedIn Follow 415 Stories on Twitter…
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E10 - Zehra Cataltepe on dealing COVID-19 related issues with Automated Machine Learning and Explainable AI
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This week in 415, Zehra Cataltepe (CEO of Tazi AI) joined me to explain how we can deal with COVID-19 relating issues with Automated Machine Learning and Explainable AI. Enjoy the episode!
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E9 - Marina Mogilko on growing YouTube channels from zero to 3M subscribers and language education..
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Marina Mogilko (co-founder of LinguaTrip) has various businesses including a language education company, online courses, YouTube channels. We sat down with her to talk about how did she grow these YouTube channels to over three million subscribers and the future of language education. Enjoy the episode!…
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E8 - Emre Fadillioglu of App Samurai on fundraising, company story and more
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On this week in 415 Stories, we had a chat with Emre Fadillioglu (Co-founder & CEO of App Samurai) on their company's Series A round raised from 212, Collective Spark and 500 Startups. Emre told me about his story, fundraising process, company culture, and App Samurai's mission. Enjoy the episode!
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E7 - Joshua Browder of DoNotPay on a new perspective to consumer rights and building a multi-horizontal app
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Joshua from DoNotPay has a different perspective about consumer rights with creating a multi-horizontal consumer app, the World's first robot lawyer, DoNotPay. Enjoy the episode!
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E6 - Tim Draper on next big thing, four decades of tech investing, and more.
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I'm hosting a legendary venture capitalist of Silicon Valley, Tim Draper. He invested in companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Hotmail, Skype, and many more game-changing companies. We talked about his predictions about the next big thing through his experiences as a venture capitalist for more than three decades. Enjoy this amazing episode!…
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E5 - Aykut Karaalioglu (Mobile Action) on an Unlikely Silicon Valley Story, Scaling a SaaS Company
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In this episode, Aykut Karaalioglu (Founder & CEO of Mobile Action) joined me for probably one of the best stories I've ever captured. He told me about his incredible story which started right after college, here in San Francisco. We talked about scaling a SaaS company in 2020, founder mistakes, his reading & writing habits and many more. Enjoy the…
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E4 - Leah Culver of Breaker: Fixing up an iconic San Francisco Landmark, Pink Painted Lady
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Leah Culver, the co-founder & CTO of Breaker told me about her new house Pink Painted Lady. Find out how did she come up with the idea and what's her plan with a San Francisco landmark, Pink Painted Lady. Enjoy the episode!
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E3 - Jason Calacanis: investing in 20s, becoming the greatest investor, founder skills
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Last week we had the chance to chat with Jason Calacanis, angel investor (Uber, Calm, Robinhood), serial entrepreneur and a podcast legend. We talked about the 20s venture capital scene, his goal of becoming the greatest investor of all time, founder skills, his new book in progress and at the end of the show I gave away his email :)…
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E2 - Eric Bahn: General Partner at Hustle Fund
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In this episode, we talked with Eric Bahn about Hustle Fund, changing trends for the new decade, his minivan enthusiasm and many other interesting topics. Enjoy the episode!
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E1 - Chris Messina: Inventor of the Hashtag
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We had a great chat with Chris, he is a founder, technologist, speaker, product designer and beyond all the titles, he is famously known as the "Inventor of the Hashtag". We talked about how did he came up with the hashtag, technology trends, recently announced Tesla's Cybertruck and many other great topics. Enjoy the episode! Follow us at @415Stor…
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