Spotlight Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the journey from idea to launch.

Today, we’re excited to have Héctor Giner (Ector Hiner), co-founder of Z1, a digital product studio focused on driving ideas from inception to launch.

Héctor began his career as a researcher before transitioning to web development. He served as the CTO at Glamping Hub before co-founding Z1, where he now leads efforts in creating digital solutions.

In this episode, we dive into the billion dollar pool market.

Today, we’re excited to have Jeremy Yamaguchi, founder of Splash, a new venture that buys and operates pool service companies.

Jeremy’s journey started with building a marketing agency, followed by founding two home services companies, Golden Shine and Lawn Love. Now, his mission is to build the first national brand in pool cleaning.

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In this episode, we focus on building businesses that last.

Today, we're excited to have Andrew Dumont founder at curious, a long term holding company that buys and grows software companies with empathy.

Andrew's background include roles at Betaworks,  where he was involved with companies like Giphy and Bitly and at Tiny, where he managed and scaled several companies.

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In this episode, we discuss how branding and marketing work together.

Today, we’re excited to have Kevin Knight, CMO/Consultant.

Kevin has years of experience in consumer and enterprise marketing and has helped companies like Pinterest and Facebook become household names.

He'll share his perspective and offer practical tips you can use to make your own brand grow.

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In this episode, we talk to Kris Kaczmarek. He is an investor at 2xN, a quantum inspired early stage VC fund. The team at 2xN combines the resources you'd expect from big investors, with the personal dedicated support you get from angel investors.

Kris discusses the transition from academic research in quantum technologies to a business-focused role, emphasizing the challenges and rewards of this shift. He also shares...

In this episode, we talk to Brendan Alper. He is the co-founder of Everbloom, an investment platform that allows anyone to invest in creators. Since Everbloom was founded in 2020, they have helped some of the world's most talented creators grow their communities.

Brendan's journey from finance at Goldman Sachs to comedy writing, and eventually to entrepreneurship, positions him to understand the creative and busi...

In this episode, we talk to Dylan Reid. He is a partner at Zetta Venture Partners, the first VC firm exclusively focused on identifying and supporting AI-driven, B2B businesses in critical domains like biotechnology, climate technology, DevOps and cloud infrastructure, security, and more.

Dive into Dylan’s thoughts on the convergence of AI, biology, and business, understanding the evolution and future prospects of AI start...

In this episode, we talk to Healey Cypher. He is the chief operating officer and partner at Atomic,  an industry-leading venture studio behind a variety of fast-growing brands such as Hims and Hers, Bungalow, OpenStore, and BoomPop.

Tune in as Healy talks about Atomic's unique approach to startups - building rather than finding. With a firm belief that great startups are carefully built and not discovered, Atomic offe...

In this episode, we talk to Peter Pan. He is the co-summoner of Hydra Ventures, the first fund of funds for investment DAOs. Before starting Hydra, Peter co-founded MetaCartel Ventures, the first live investment DAO that invests in pre-seed and seed crypto projects.

Peter takes us through his journey as the co-summoner of Hydra Ventures, the pioneering fund of funds DAO. He sheds light on the transition from traditionally ...

In this episode, we talk to Jonathan Hsu. He is the co-founder of Tribe Capital, a venture capital firm that focuses on using data science to get an edge in venture. Prior to establishing Tribe Capital, Jonathan was the one of the first members of Facebook's data science department.

Jonathan describes his journey from becoming Facebook's first data analyst to co-founding a data-driven venture capital firm, what p...

In this episode, we talk to Amy Jung. She was the Head of Community at MakerDAO and currently DAO Operations and Strategy Consultant at Shared Realities, where she focuses on progressive decentralization execution.

Amy tells us her experience growing and managing DAOs, principles in designing in this space, how open source principles can shape the future of design, and her advice for open network builders looking to start ...

No more settling for typical VC experiences. Learn about this VC firm that helps supercharge web3 companies through innovative growth playbooks.

In this episode, we talk to Regan Bozman. He is the co-founder of Lattice, an early stage crypto VC. He also co-founded Dove Metrics, which was acquired by Messari this past summer.

Regan tells us the lessons he learned after transitioning from entrepreneur to investor. W...

Without having prior Twitter experience, Justin Vogel grew his follower count to over 1,000 in a short period of time. How? By summarizing web3 content that other people have already created. 

In this episode, we talk to Justin Vogel. He is the co-founder of Safary, a new powerful attribution system designed to bring web3 to the masses. Also, the number one destination for web3 growth leaders to exchange tactical insights....

It took him more than 100 investor pitches before he was able to raise funds for his web3 startup.

In this episode, we talk to Matt Kim. He is the co-founder of Smoothie, a discover-to-earn rewards platform for web3 projects. Smoothie is also known as the Product Hunt for web3.

Matt shares his experience building his web3 startup including unique opportunities that the web3 space presented at the beginning of his ...