Growth Capital Podcast
Welcome to the GCP Channel! Tune in to gain exclusive insights from leaders in private equity, CEOs of PE-backed companies, and startup entrepreneurs. Each episode dives into their unique career journeys, sharing valuable lessons on starting, investing in, and scaling successful businesses. And most importantly how the Right Talent drives business success. Listen on all major podcast platforms and of course, watch right here on YouTube!
Episodes
📦 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 86 📦
What if the biggest opportunity for AI isn't replacing people, but helping them make better decisions?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Chris Condon, Founder & CEO of Aircon, to explore how AI is transforming one of the world's most complex industries: freight forwarding.
After spending decades in logistics—from unloading shipping co...
🔓 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 85 🔓
What happens after building one of the world's most recognizable technology companies?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Paul Allen, Founder & CEO of SOAR.com, to discuss why he believes artificial intelligence represents an even greater opportunity than the internet revolution.
Rather than focusing on AI replacing people, Paul shares ...
🧱 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 84 🧱
Does every startup need to become a billion-dollar unicorn?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Ethan Mayers, Venture Partner at Fairbridge, to challenge one of the biggest assumptions in entrepreneurship—that venture capital is the only path to building a successful company.
Drawing on his experience as a founder, investor, and adviso...
🥩 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 83 🥩
What if the future of meat isn't replacing it, but making it better?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Paul Shapiro, Co-founder & CEO of The Better Meat Co., a food technology company pioneering the use of mycelium to create healthier, more sustainable, and more affordable meat products.
After spending years as a lobbyist for animal welfare...
⚕️ Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 82 ⚕️
What happens when you build a healthcare company with AI at its core from day one?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Samuel Searcy, Co-founder and CEO of ClinTrial Research, a rapidly growing network of clinical trial sites helping pharmaceutical companies bring new therapies to market.
Before building ClinTrial Research, Sam worked across the ...
✍️ Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 81 ✍️
What if the biggest revenue problem in your business isn't winning customers—it's getting paid?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Marty Ringlein, Co-founder & CEO of Agree.com and General Partner at Adventure Fund, to discuss how AI is transforming the entire contract-to-cash process.
Marty shares his journey from building and selling...
👮 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 80 👮
What happens when artificial intelligence, biometric data, and human performance come together to support the people who run toward danger?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Sean Bair, Co-founder & CEO of SWORN.ai, to discuss how technology is helping police officers, firefighters, and other first responders better manage stress, improve we...
♟️ Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 79 ♟️
What separates businesses that survive from businesses that scale?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with John Smalley, Founder & Managing Partner of J Smalley Group, a multi-company holding group built around a disciplined investment and operating framework focused on long-term growth.
From scaling businesses across wellness, recruiting, e...
🌱 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 78 🌱
What if the future of startup funding isn’t about chasing unicorns, but building stronger local economies?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Jeffrey Kaplan, Director of Venture Asheville and CEO of Optimist Ventures, to discuss how venture philanthropy is creating a new capital model for underserved founders and regional businesses.
After...
🐾 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 77 🐾
What happens when a founder combines marketplace thinking, AI, and a mission-driven problem worth solving?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Chloe Fabiani, Founder & CEO of Paaw, the platform building the operating system for modern pet ownership.
After launching Paaw in France and expanding into the U.S., Chloe is tackling one of...
🛠️ Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 76 🛠️
What if the best way to evaluate a founder isn’t a pitch deck, but working side by side with them?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Mike Ma, Founder & Managing Partner of Sidecut Ventures, to unpack a radically different approach to early-stage investing—one built on execution, coachability, and real-world performance.
Instea...
🩺 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 75 🩺
What if one of the biggest opportunities in healthcare isn’t innovation—but fixing what’s already broken?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Dean Margolis, Co-Founder & CEO of Red Sky Health, to unpack a massive inefficiency hiding in plain sight: healthcare claim denials.
With billions of dollars lost each year due to manu...
🎬 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 74 🎬
What happens after a successful exit?
For many founders, it’s not retirement—it’s reinvention.
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Jason Kiesel, Co-founder & CEO of Packed House Pictures, to explore what comes after building, scaling, and exiting a company—twice.
Jason shares how he went from GovTech entrepreneur to me...
🏠 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 73 🏠
What if the future of property management isn’t better software, but software that actually runs your business?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Shahar Goldboim, Co-Founder & CEO of Boom, to unpack how short-term rental businesses are evolving from fragmented, manual operations into fully integrated, AI-driven systems.
Drawing f...
🤝 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 72 🤝
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Joseph Dalton, Founder & Managing Partner of Arsenal Enterprise Capital, to unpack one of the most misunderstood dynamics in private equity: investing in relationship-driven businesses.
From navigating founder transitions to sourcing proprietary deal flow, Joseph shares how his operator-first mindset shapes...
🧠 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 71 🧠
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Erica Olsen, Co-founder & CEO of Madison AI, to unpack what it really takes to reinvent a business from consulting to SaaS at exactly the right moment.
Erica shares how a simple shift, listening to what customers actually wanted, led to a completely new company, a $1M ARR milestone, and a fast-growing GovTe...
⚠️ Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 70 ⚠️
What does it really take to scale a service business—without outside capital, without a “breakout moment,” and without shortcuts?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Cameron Magee, Founder & Owner of avad3 Event Production, to unpack the realities of building a national business from a college dorm room.
From surviving COVID...
🍽️ Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 69 🍽️
What happens when a personal health challenge exposes a massive market opportunity?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Dylan McDonnell, Founder & CEO of Foodini, a dietary intelligence platform helping restaurants communicate clearly with customers who have food allergies or dietary restrictions.
After living with celiac disease for m...
🚗 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 68 🚗
What happens when cars no longer sit idle in driveways, but instead operate like a software platform?
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Ezra Goldman, Co-Founder & CEO of Upshift, to explore how autonomous vehicles, AI-powered dispatch systems, and subscription-based access could reshape the entire mobility economy.
Instead of owning a ...
🤖 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 67 🤖
AI is moving fast. Most companies are moving faster — without governance.
In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Allen Martinez, Founder & Chief AI Architect of Noble Digital, to unpack what most operators are getting wrong about AI implementation.
While everyone is racing to add new AI tools, Allen makes a compelling case that the re...
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