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

S2E2 - Digging deeper on NFTs with Danny Povolotski (co-founder of Crypto Caveman Club)

Jan 7th, 2022 1h

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 o

S2E1 - Is college worth it? A conversation around education, risks, self-taught careers, opportunities and more.

Dec 18th, 2021 1h

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 an

E26 - Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on building a tech ecosystem in Miami

Dec 16th, 2020 10m 9s

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 May

E25 - Operators on 415 Stories - Sarah Wood of Upstream on building communities and creating meaningful connections

Dec 15th, 2020 23m 9s

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 comm

E24 - Operators on 415 Stories - Jose Martins of Hubspot for Startups on helping startups and building a company in 2020

Nov 29th, 2020 30m 26s

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/growbetterApply

E23 - Dennis Crowley (co-founder of Foursquare) on Marsbot for Airpods, creating the future of virtual assistance and more

Oct 28th, 2020 27m 13s

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 i

E22 - #1 Roundtable with Ozgur Ozkan & Utku Boratach on the next big thing, competing with Apple, and more (Part 2)

Oct 26th, 2020 28m 36s

In this episode of the show, I'm joined by the co-founder of Reminis. Utku and Ozgur have been working on cameras and AI on consumer apps for a while now. They have some predictions about the next big thing and how we can see the technological

E21 - #1 Roundtable with Ozgur Ozkan & Utku Boratach on the next big thing, retail experience process, wearable cameras and more (Part 1)

Oct 20th, 2020 29m 27s

E20 - Sahin Boydas on remote working, creating startups and more

Oct 14th, 2020 1h 12m

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. Sh

E19 - Robby Stein of Instagram on releasing Reels, creating the future of social media and maintaining a healthy user-platform relationship

Sep 17th, 2020 18m 40s

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 influe

E18 - Vedika Jain (Weekend Fund) on investing at remote working, audio technologies and tools for creators

Aug 27th, 2020 28m 45s

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

E17 - Leyla Seka of Operator Collective on Bringing a New Perspective to Venture Capital Scene

Aug 3rd, 2020 35m 38s

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 found

E16 - Hugo Tilmouth on building a massive network of charging stations, COVID-19 response, fundraising and more

Jul 7th, 2020 20m 55s

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? T

E15 - Jessica Li (Soma Capital) on evaluating startups, dealflows and startup shadowing program

Jun 30th, 2020 26m 24s

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!

E14 - Backing Sci-Fi Founders - Adam Draper (Managing Director of Boost VC)

May 13th, 2020 25m 9s

Adam told me about their investment focuses, Boost VC, ocean-tech, and more. Enjoy the episode!Apply to Boost VC! boost.vc/applyAdam on Twitter - twitter.com/adamdraper415 Stories on Twitter - twitter.com/415stories

E13 - Yigit Ihlamur on creating a VenTech (venture technology) firm and finding amazing companies all over the World

May 5th, 2020 30m 19s

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

E12 - Charles Hudson on pre-seed investments, fundraising during COVID and more

Apr 28th, 2020 18m 18s

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!

E11 - Oguzhan Atay (CEO of BillionToOne) on enabling 1M COVID-19 Tests Per Day, YC experiences, fundraising, and more

Apr 20th, 2020 19m 44s

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: billiontoo

Bonus

Answering a few questions about 415!

Apr 17th, 2020 3m 34s

E10 - Zehra Cataltepe on dealing COVID-19 related issues with Automated Machine Learning and Explainable AI

Apr 14th, 2020 27m 53s

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!

E9 - Marina Mogilko on growing YouTube channels from zero to 3M subscribers and language education..

Apr 6th, 2020 7m 28s

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 subscrib

E8 - Emre Fadillioglu of App Samurai on fundraising, company story and more

Mar 30th, 2020 20m 48s

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

E7 - Joshua Browder of DoNotPay on a new perspective to consumer rights and building a multi-horizontal app

Mar 23rd, 2020 13m 24s

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!

E6 - Tim Draper on next big thing, four decades of tech investing, and more.

Mar 16th, 2020 20m 15s

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 e