For Starters with Alexa von Tobel

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For Starters brings you the stories of the entrepreneurs building our future. Hosted by Alexa von Tobel (Founder/CEO of LearnVest and now Founder + Managing Partner of Inspired Capital), listen to the tales of guts, inspiration, and drive behind the people and companies at the forefront of technology. Each weekly conversation digs into each founder's professional playbook — and starts to uncover what makes them tick as people.

Episode Date
How to Innovate Without Compromise with Jon Perl of QA Wolf
Dec 23, 2024
How to Innovate at the Speed of Light with Nick Harris of Lightmatter
Dec 18, 2024
How to Pinpoint What Powers Your Growth with Avishai Abrahami of Wix
Dec 11, 2024
How to Rewrite the Rules of Media with Chris Best of Substack
Dec 04, 2024
How to Bend the Solar Cost Curve with Chris Hopper of Aurora Solar
Nov 27, 2024
How to Create Community with Sarah Harrelson of CULTURED
Nov 20, 2024
How to Build A Competitive Edge with Ryan Petersen of Flexport
Nov 13, 2024
How to Grow from Idea to IPO with Eliot Horowitz of MongoDB & Viam
Nov 06, 2024
Flashback: How to create engaging content with Emmett Shear of Twitch
Oct 30, 2024
Flashback: How to Unlock Innovation with Emma Grede of Good American
Oct 23, 2024
FlashBack: How to Ask the Big Questions with Mateo Jaramillo of Form Energy
Oct 16, 2024
How to Unlock Healthcare Access for Millions with Brian Whorley of Paytient
Oct 09, 2024
How to Stand Firm in Your Integrity with Annie Lamont of Oak HC/FT
Oct 02, 2024
How to Attract Top Talent with Daniel Chait of Greenhouse
Sep 25, 2024
How to Test a Hypothesis with Bill Smith of Shipt
Sep 18, 2024
How to Shift Consumer Sentiments with Ethan Brown of Beyond Meat
Sep 11, 2024
How to Build with Service at the Core with Edward Norton of Zeck
Sep 04, 2024
How to Take Calculated Risks with Jenny Just of Peak6
Aug 28, 2024
How to Use Constraints to Your Advantage with Peter Beck of Rocket Lab
Aug 21, 2024
Flashback: Why Data is the New Code with Alexandr Wang of Scale AI
Aug 14, 2024
Flashback: Why Failure is a Path to Progress, with Will Ahmed of WHOOP
Aug 07, 2024
How to Question Everything with Ara Katz of Seed Health
Jul 31, 2024
How to Achieve Hospitality at Scale with Noah Glass of Olo
Jul 24, 2024
How to Strengthen your Mental Armor with Lindsey Vonn
Jul 17, 2024
How to Capitalize on Information Asymmetry with Andrew Lacy of Prenuvo
Jul 10, 2024
Flashback: How to Lean Into the Impossible with David Rogier of MasterClass
Jul 03, 2024
Flashback: How to Adopt a Learner’s Mindset with Rachel Carlson of Guild Education
Jun 26, 2024
Flashback: How to Craft a Viral Product, with Ivan Zhao of Notion
Jun 19, 2024
Flashback: How to Put Kindness First with Sarah Friar of Nextdoor
Jun 12, 2024
How to Understand your Users with Shivani Siroya of Tala
Jun 05, 2024
How to Disrupt a Trillion-Dollar Industry with Paul Monasterio of Kalepa
May 29, 2024
How to Own the Problem with Hari Ravichandran of Aura
May 22, 2024
How to Harness the Power of Curiosity with Trevor Martin of Mammoth Biosciences
May 15, 2024
How to Prepare for the Future of AI-Workers with Nami Baral of Niural
May 08, 2024
How to Build Conviction with Jett McCandless of project44
May 01, 2024
How to Go Slow to Go Fast with Sami Inkinen of Virta Health
Apr 24, 2024
How to Raise Powerful Girls with Jes Wolfe of Rebel Girls
Apr 17, 2024
How to Balance Vision and Timing with Naveen Rao of MosaicML
Apr 10, 2024
How to Reimagine the Entrepreneur's Playbook with Melissa Bernstein of Lifelines
Apr 03, 2024
Introducing For Starters with Alexa Von Tobel
Apr 01, 2024
How to Build a Differentiated Product with Shiza Shahid of Our Place
Dec 20, 2023
How to Create a Beloved Consumer Brand with Andrew Dudum of Hims and Hers
Dec 13, 2023
How to Be Forward-Thinking with Greg Williams of Acrisure
Dec 06, 2023
How to Adapt Beyond Your Vision with Grant LaFontaine of Whatnot
Nov 29, 2023
How to Keep Moving Forward with Jim McCann of 1-800-Flowers.com
Nov 22, 2023
How to Follow Your Insatiable Curiosity with Nigel Morris of QED and Capital One
Nov 15, 2023
Flashback: How to build a 100-year company with Harley Finkelstein
Nov 08, 2023
How to Have a Customer-First Mindset with Chen Amit of Tipalti
Nov 01, 2023
How to Build a Lasting Brand with Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker
Oct 25, 2023
FROM INC STUDIOS AND SAP - Growth Agents: How Pink Lily went from a side hustle to a multimillion-dollar company
Oct 24, 2023
How to Identify Your Growth Factor with Daniel Yanisse of Checkr
Oct 18, 2023
FROM INC STUDIOS AND SAP - Growth Agents: Duolingo’s CFO on how the company took over the language learning space
Oct 17, 2023
How to Pave Your Own Way with Athena Calderone of EyeSwoon
Oct 11, 2023
FROM INC STUDIOS AND SAP - Growth Agents: The inside story of Sweetgreen’s rapid rise to the top
Oct 10, 2023
How to Stay Open-Minded with Girish Mathrubootham of Freshworks
Oct 04, 2023
Flashback: How to Build a Vertical Product with Andrew Bialecki of Klaviyo
Sep 27, 2023
How to Unlock Employee Ownership with Michael Brown of Teamshares
Sep 20, 2023
How to Evolve with Your Audience with Max Lytvyn of Grammarly
Sep 13, 2023
How to Keep Learning with Euan Blair of Multiverse
Sep 06, 2023
How to Be Industry-Oriented with Sajith Wickramasekara of Benchling
Aug 30, 2023
How to Build the Right Team with John Colgrove of Pure Storage
Aug 23, 2023
How to Channel Your Creative Spirit with Godard Abel of G2
Aug 16, 2023
How to Follow Your Curiosity with Virgilio Bento of Sword Health
Aug 09, 2023
How to Live Your Values with Melinda French Gates of Pivotal Ventures
Aug 02, 2023
How to Operate with No Regrets with Greg Jackson of Octopus Energy
Jul 26, 2023
How to Build a Global Company with Scott Farquhar of Atlassian
Jul 19, 2023
How to Run Toward Problems with Vikram Kapoor of Lacework
Jul 12, 2023
How to Solve Climate Change with Kurt House of KoBold
Jul 05, 2023
How to Cut Your Own Path with Julia Hartz of Eventbrite
Jun 28, 2023
How to Turn Your Users into Fans with Leif Abraham of Public
Jun 21, 2023
How to Put Kindness First with Sarah Friar of Nextdoor
Jun 14, 2023
How to Bring Creativity to Market with Jo Malone of Jo Loves
Jun 07, 2023
How to Follow Your Intuition with Sara Blakely of SPANX
May 31, 2023
How to Communicate Visually at Work with Joe Thomas of Loom
May 24, 2023
How to Build a Company around People with Julie Rice of Peoplehood
May 17, 2023
How to Operate with Speed with Dave Rogenmoser of Jasper
May 10, 2023
How to Treat Every Day Like Day One with Divya Gokulnath of BYJU'S
May 03, 2023
How to Build a Lasting Company with John Berkowitz of OJO
Apr 26, 2023
How to Engage Your User Community with Trina Spear of FIGS
Apr 19, 2023
How to Deliver Quality Results with AI with Jason Boehmig of Ironclad
Apr 12, 2023
How to Be Exuberantly Optimistic with Vlad Magdalin of Webflow
Apr 05, 2023
How to Deliver Value Through High Quality Products with Jeff Raider of Harry's
Mar 29, 2023
How to Walk with Purpose with Reese Witherspoon of Hello Sunshine
Mar 22, 2023
How to Measure Time by Impact with Jyoti Bansal of Harness and Traceable
Mar 15, 2023
How to Scale via Product-Led Growth with Eugenio Pace of Auth0 and Okta
Mar 08, 2023
How to Stay Emotionally Calibrated with Tim Chen of NerdWallet
Mar 01, 2023
How to Create a Design-Centric Platform with James Hirschfeld of Paperless Post
Feb 22, 2023
How to Build an Evidence-Based Business with George Fraser of Fivetran
Feb 15, 2023
Why Execution is More Powerful Than Ideas with Allon Bloch of K Health
Feb 08, 2023
How to Be the Customer with Anthony Casalena of Squarespace
Feb 01, 2023
How to Deliver Real Value with Ara Mahdessian of ServiceTitan
Dec 21, 2022
How to Operate with Velocity with Waseem Daher of Pilot
Dec 14, 2022
How to Build a Vertical Product with Andrew Bialecki of Klaviyo
Dec 07, 2022
Flashback Episode: How Constraints Create Opportunity with David Velez of Nubank
Nov 30, 2022
Flashback Episode: How to Build Your Executive Team with Ali Ghodsi of Databricks
Nov 23, 2022
How Naivete Can be a Strength with Sean Duffy of Omada Health
Nov 16, 2022
How to Persevere with Saeju Jeong of Noom
Nov 02, 2022
How to Build a 100-Year Company with Harley Finkelstein
Oct 26, 2022
Why Friction is Underestimated with Sebastian Siemiatkowski of Klarna
Oct 19, 2022
How to Define a Flexible CEO Role with Max Rhodes of Faire
Oct 05, 2022
How to Keep Growing with Noah Kerner of Acorns
Sep 28, 2022
How Impatience Fuels Innovation with Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe
Sep 21, 2022
How to Test Your Assumptions with Eynat Guez of Papaya Global
Sep 14, 2022
How to Make Better Decisions Remotely with Sid Sijbrandij of GitLab
Sep 07, 2022
How to Create Engaging Content with Emmett Shear of Twitch
Aug 31, 2022
How to Get Honest Feedback with Brian Long of Attentive
Aug 24, 2022
How to Make Speed a Feature with Dan Lewis of Convoy
Aug 17, 2022
How to Operate in a Regulated Industry with Ed Fenster of Sunrun
Aug 10, 2022
How to Build a Growth Flywheel with Adi Tatarko of Houzz
Aug 03, 2022
How Naysayers Can Fuel Your Success With Jason Gardner of Marqeta
Jul 27, 2022
How to Plan for Success with Amol Deshpande of Farmers Business Network
Jul 20, 2022
How to Make Good Moves with Jay Kreps of Confluent
Jul 13, 2022
How to Focus on the Work with Josh Tetrick of Eat Just
Jul 06, 2022
How to Be Execution-Focused with Alex Bouaziz of Deel
Jun 29, 2022
Flashback Episode: How to Build Community Through Ownership with Roham Gharegozlou of Dapper Labs
Jun 22, 2022
How to Make the World Better with Pat Brown of Impossible Foods
Jun 15, 2022
How to Create a Happiness Advantage with Henry Schuck of ZoomInfo
Jun 08, 2022
How to Create a Network Effect with Michael Shaulov of Fireblocks
Jun 01, 2022
How to Have a Founder's Mindset with Nikil Viswanathan of Alchemy
May 25, 2022
How to Give Employees a Voice with Didier Elzinga of Culture Amp
May 18, 2022
How to Nail the Post-Sale Customer Journey with Todd Olson of Pendo
May 11, 2022
How to Build an Entrepreneurial Company with Nik Storonsky of Revolut
May 04, 2022
How to Identify a Market Gap with Woody Levin of Extend
Apr 27, 2022
How to Adapt Your Plans with Ariel Cohen of TripActions
Apr 20, 2022
How to Scale Globally with Kate Ryder of Maven
Apr 13, 2022
How to Make a Difference with Glen Tullman of Transcarent
Apr 06, 2022
How AI Can Drive Customer Insights with Amit Bendov of Gong
Mar 30, 2022
How to Build a Personalized Product with Florian Otto of Cedar
Mar 23, 2022
How to Find a Better Way with Dave Ferguson of Nuro
Mar 16, 2022
How to be an Experimentalist with Arif Nathoo of Komodo Health
Mar 09, 2022
How to Build Community Through Ownership with Roham Gharegozlou of Dapper Labs
Mar 02, 2022
How to Lead with Intentionality with René Lacerte of Bill.com
Feb 23, 2022
How to Work Asynchronously with David Barrett of Expensify
Feb 16, 2022
How to Meet the Demand Shift with Abhi Ramesh of Misfits Market
Feb 09, 2022
How to Stretch Your Knowledge with Raghu Yarlagadda of FalconX
Feb 02, 2022
How to Build Good Tools with Lukas Biewald of Weights & Biases
Jan 26, 2022
How to Lead with Trust with Gene Berdichevsky of Sila
Jan 19, 2022
How to Build from the Ground Up with Eren Bali of Carbon Health
Jan 12, 2022
Flashback Episode: How to Think Long-Term, with Steve Fredette of Toast
Dec 29, 2021
Flashback Episode: Why Creators Matter, with Jack Conte of Patreon
Dec 22, 2021
Flashback Episode: How to Craft a Viral Product, with Ivan Zhao of Notion
Dec 15, 2021
Flashback Episode: Why Equity Matters, with Henry Ward of Carta
Dec 08, 2021
Flashback Episode: How to Build Community, with Jonathan Neman of Sweetgreen
Dec 01, 2021
Flashback Episode: How Process Helps You Build Faster with Vlad Tenev of Robinhood
Nov 03, 2021
How to Lean Into the Impossible with David Rogier of MasterClass
Sep 22, 2021
Why Utility Matters with Vishal Garg of Better
Sep 15, 2021
How to Approach a Complex Space with Andrew Hines of Canvas Medical
Sep 08, 2021
How to Build a Global Business with Kristo Käärmann of Wise
Sep 01, 2021
How to Create a Magical Experience with Joe Ariel of Goldbelly
Aug 25, 2021
How to Strive for Excellence with Iman Abuzeid of Incredible Health
Aug 18, 2021
How to Be Transparent with Mathilde Collin of Front
Jul 28, 2021
How to Stay the Course with Sid Viswanathan of Truepill
Jul 21, 2021
How to Get Comfortable with Negotiation with Kathy Hannun of Dandelion Energy
Jul 14, 2021
How to Adopt a Learner’s Mindset with Rachel Carlson of Guild Education
Jul 07, 2021
How Skepticism Can Fuel You with Irving Fain of Bowery Farming
Jun 30, 2021
How to Be Deliberate with Your Time with Sanjit Biswas of Samsara
Jun 23, 2021
How to Solve Your Customers’ Core Problem with Jack Morrison of Scythe Robotics
Jun 16, 2021
How Constraints Create Opportunity with David Velez of Nubank
Jun 09, 2021
How to Unlock Innovation with Emma Grede of Good American
Jun 02, 2021
Why Companies Should Think of Employees as Customers with Jack Altman of Lattice
May 26, 2021
How to Rebuild the System with Iyah Romm and Toyin Ajayi of Cityblock Health
May 19, 2021
How to Foster Curiosity with Augusto Marietti of Kong
May 12, 2021
How to Pace Yourself with Francois Kress of Feelmore Labs
May 05, 2021
How to Create a Sticky Product with Flori Marquez of BlockFi
Apr 28, 2021
How to Stay Present with Christy Turlington Burns of Every Mother Counts
Apr 21, 2021
How to Solve Hard Problems with Stephany Kirkpatrick of Orum
Apr 14, 2021
Why Data is the New Code with Alexandr Wang of Scale AI
Apr 07, 2021
How to Identify Your Customer with Armon Dadgar of HashiCorp
Mar 31, 2021
How to Stay True to Your Principles with Ken Lin of Credit Karma
Mar 24, 2021
How to Build Your Executive Team with Ali Ghodsi of Databricks
Mar 17, 2021
How to Work Smarter with Andrew Frame of Citizen
Mar 10, 2021
How to Create Cultural Change with Alyssa Ravasio of Hipcamp
Mar 03, 2021
How to Be Patient with Tristan Handy of Fishtown Analytics
Feb 24, 2021
How to Build a Competitive Moat with Kiran Bhatraju of Arcadia
Feb 17, 2021
How to Ignore the Noise with Isabelle Kenyon of Calibrate
Feb 10, 2021
How to Accelerate to Meet Demand with Johnny Boufarhat of Hopin
Feb 03, 2021
How Process Helps You Build Faster with Vlad Tenev of Robinhood
Jan 27, 2021
How to Ask the Big Questions with Mateo Jaramillo of Form Energy
Dec 16, 2020
How to Be a Constant Learner, with Deon Nicholas of Forethought
Dec 09, 2020
How to Build a Viral App, with Prerna Gupta of Hooked
Nov 11, 2020
How to Lead, with David Rubenstein of Carlyle
Nov 04, 2020
How to Be a Multiplier, with Cal Henderson of Slack
Oct 28, 2020
How to Maintain Extreme Focus, with Peter Colis of Ethos
Oct 21, 2020
How to Make a Positive Impact, with Jason Gross of Petal
Oct 14, 2020
How to Love the Journey, with Josh Reeves of Gusto
Oct 07, 2020
How to Build Something from Nothing, with Paul Judge of TechSquare Labs
Sep 30, 2020
How to Think Long-Term, with Steve Fredette of Toast
Sep 23, 2020
How to Build a Thriving Marketplace, with Chris Bennett of Wonderschool
Sep 16, 2020
How to Drive Retention, with Dylan Diamond and Max Baron of Saturn
Sep 09, 2020
How to Fix a Broken System, with Othman Laraki of Color
Sep 02, 2020
How to Build a Connected Team, with Brynne Rojas of Habi
Aug 26, 2020
How to Make a Difference, with Julia Cheek of Everlywell
Aug 19, 2020
How to Engage Your First Customers, with Olivier Pomel of Datadog
Aug 12, 2020
How to Learn What Motivates You, with Daniel Gross of Pioneer
Aug 05, 2020
How to Quantify Product Market Fit, with Rahul Vohra of Superhuman
Jul 29, 2020
Why Creators Matter, with Jack Conte of Patreon
Jul 22, 2020
How to be Tenacious, with Blake Hall of ID.me
Jul 15, 2020
How to Know You're Ready to Launch, with Julie Bornstein of The Yes
Jul 08, 2020
How to Build a Company Remotely, with Wade Foster of Zapier
Jul 01, 2020
How to Pursue Audacious Goals, with Marcelo Claure of SoftBank
Jun 24, 2020
How to Be Your Customer's First Call, with Zach Reitano of Ro
Jun 17, 2020
How to Be a Present Parent and a CEO, with Jessica Rolph of Lovevery
Jun 10, 2020
How to Trust Your Gut, with Adam Nathan of Almanac
Jun 03, 2020
Why Execution Is More Important Than Ideas, with Milind Mehere of YieldStreet
May 27, 2020
How to Build a Marketplace That Scales, with Steven Galanis of Cameo
May 20, 2020
How to Tap Into What Makes Your Business Special, with Bryan Murphy of Breather
May 13, 2020
How to Integrate Work and Childcare, with Chriselle Lim of Bumo
May 06, 2020
How to Chase Your Passion, With Shane Curran of Evervault
Apr 29, 2020
How to Turn Feedback into a Business Model, with Austen Allred of Lambda School
Apr 22, 2020
Why Failure is a Path to Progress, with Will Ahmed of WHOOP
Apr 16, 2020
How to Manage Risk, with Marla Beck of Bluemercury
Apr 08, 2020
How to Grow Your Business Organically, With Joel Flory of VSCO
Apr 01, 2020
Why Building a Company is a Team Sport, With Chris Urmson of Aurora
Mar 25, 2020
How to Take the Startup Leap, with Richie Serna of Finix
Feb 05, 2020
How to Nail Your Value Proposition, with Kevin Tan of Snackpass
Dec 19, 2019
How to Solve the Unsolvable, with Doug Hirsch of GoodRx
Dec 11, 2019
How to Grow from Founder to CEO, with Brian Halligan of Hubspot
Dec 04, 2019
How to Speak to a Niche Audience, with Samantha Fishbein of Betches
Nov 27, 2019
How to Craft a Viral Product, with Ivan Zhao of Notion
Nov 20, 2019
How to Be the Best at One Thing, with Alli Webb and Michael Landau of Drybar
Nov 13, 2019
How to Scale Rapidly, with Toby Sun of Lime
Nov 06, 2019
How to Build an Effective Company Culture, with Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz
Oct 30, 2019
How to Foster Collaboration, with Dr. Joseph DeSimone of Carbon
Oct 23, 2019
How to Build for the Future, with Everett Cook of Rho Business Banking
Oct 16, 2019
How to Be Authentic Storytellers, with Danielle Snyder and Jodie Snyder-Morel of Dannijo
Oct 09, 2019
Why Emotions Are Not a Liability, with Jason Brown of Tally
Oct 02, 2019
How to Create Change, with Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan of Chief
Sep 25, 2019
Why Equity Matters, with Henry Ward of Carta
Sep 18, 2019
How to Build a Transparent Business, with Max Levchin of Affirm
Sep 11, 2019
How to Be Scrappy, with Eric Senn of Storr
Jul 31, 2019
How to Make Customers Happy, with Daniel Schreiber of Lemonade
Jul 24, 2019
How to Turn a Pain Point into a Business, with Brian Chen of ROOM
Jul 17, 2019
How to Be Yourself at Work, with Bobbi Brown
Jul 10, 2019
How to Get Through the Tough Stuff, with Aaron Levie of Box
Jul 03, 2019
How to Be Vulnerable with Justin McLeod of Hinge
Jun 26, 2019
How to Know Your Customer, with Misha Nonoo of Misha Nonoo
Jun 19, 2019
How to Build Community, with Jonathan Neman of Sweetgreen
Jun 12, 2019
How to Achieve Your Goals, with Leandra Medine of Man Repeller
Jun 05, 2019
How to Maximize Every Minute, with Susan Tynan of Framebridge
May 29, 2019
How to Build Trust with Consumers, with Eddy Lu of GOAT
May 22, 2019
How to Achieve Product-Market Fit, with Shan-Lyn Ma of Zola
May 15, 2019
How to Stay Ahead of the Competition, with Philip Krim of Casper
May 08, 2019
How to Build a Subscription Business, with Jessica Lessin of The Information
May 01, 2019
How to Make it Work with a Cofounder, with Lindsay Ullman of Umbrella
Apr 24, 2019
Why Hospitality Matters, according to Danny Meyer of Union Square Hospitality Group
Apr 17, 2019
Brynn Putnam, MIRROR
Apr 03, 2019
Howie Liu, Airtable
Mar 27, 2019
Jimmy Chen, Propel
Mar 20, 2019
Jenny Fleiss, Jetblack
Mar 12, 2019