Topics:Developing the earliest types of games and turning a hobby into a job.VR is growing its share of the entertainment market and the future of it.The main mistake game founders make relating to marketingThe future of gaming platformsMain hu

#63: Joe Wolfel and Judson Kauffman - Co-CEOs and Co-Founders of Terradepth - Navy SEAL Experience Applied to Startups

Mar 8th, 2021 56m 36s

Topics:The best decision-making hack I have ever heard.The mindset required to get through Navy SEAL training.Applying military strategy and tactics to business.Why ocean exploration must be done and the challenges to overcomeA walk-through of

Futurama: Space Manufacturing w/ Twyman Clements - Co-Founder & CEO of Space Tango

Mar 5th, 2021 37m 13s

Topics:Starting a microgravity research companyHow microgravity is achievedVomit comets and drop towersDeveloping stem cells in space.Optimizing the space station supply chainThe next stage of space manufacturingTesting pills for long-duration

#62: Peter Bruce-Clark - Partner at Social Impact Capital - Impact Investing Done Right

Mar 1st, 2021 48m 18s

Topics:Defining impact investing.Going from being a natural pessimist to a willful optimist.The generational divide and how the two invest.Sucking carbon out of the atmosphere to create diamonds. investing in companies where Impact and financia

#61: Claude Ritter - Co-Founder of Delivery Hero & Cavalry Ventures - GTD, Growth, and Grit

Feb 23rd, 2021 45m 8s

Topics:Getting sued 20+ times by a single competitor.The once in a lifetime constellation of founders at Delivery HeroGrowing through acquisitions.Entrepreneurial partners at CavalryLinking your to-do to your calendarWhy aspiring entrepreneurs

#60: Ashley Brasier - Partner at Lightspeed - How To Truly Understand Your Customers

Feb 15th, 2021 41m 36s

Ashley is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and a member of the consumer investing team. Prior to joining Lightspeed, Ashley worked as a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain and as a Category Manager at Thumbtack. She is a graduate of Duk

Futurama: Space Manufacturing w/ Rob Hoyt - Chief Scientist & CEO of Tethers Unlimited

Feb 10th, 2021 48m 20s

Topics: Becoming a true space faring peopleRecycling things in spaceHow manufacturing in space differs from manufacturing on earth.The technology that need to come further to build more things in space.Learning from the spider to assemble thing

#59: Nimrod Cohen - Managing Partner at TAU Ventures - Winning Deals by Building the Ultimate Ecosystem

Feb 8th, 2021 47m 59s

Topics:Building Tel-Aviv university's investment vehicleValuation in the early stages.Making use of academic resources on campusAnd building a full ecosystem that entrepreneurs gravitate towards.Nimrod Cohen is the Managing Partner at TAU Ventu

#58: Alex Bean - Co-Founder & CBO of Divvy - $1.6Bn Valuation, 350 Employees, and 9000 Customers in 5 Years

Jan 31st, 2021 56m 49s

Topics: The problem with exchanging time for moneyHow Divvy was born from a frustration of expense reportsWhat 6 months of fleshing out an idea looks likeWhy pitching your friends is a bad idea.Building the first real-time expense management pl

Futurama: Psychedelics w/ Ronan Levy of Field Trip (CSE:FTRP)

Jan 27th, 2021 55m 50s

Topics:How you go from being a lawyer to pioneering the medical cannabis industry.The interplay of the drug and the therapy in psychedelicsWhat psychedelic-assisted therapies look in practice for maximum effectsThe black swan event for humanity

#57: Ari Popper - Founder & CEO of SciFutures - Inspiring Radical Innovation Through Sci-Fi Storytelling

Jan 25th, 2021 47m 20s

Today, we are talking about:Backcasting and bringing the future to life.Using storytelling to unify an organization.Working with NATO to imagine the future of warfare.Creating the Northstar and the dangers of dystopian sci-fiYour datasphere pro

#56: Tsune Shirota - Partner at World Innovation Lab - Investing in Asana, TransferWise, and Auth0

Jan 18th, 2021 42m 3s

Topics:Evernote and how Tsune got involved.The difference in mindset between Japanese entrepreneurs vs Americans.The investment in Asana - organizational alignmentHow WiL manages to get into the most competitive roundsPromoting and handling dis

Futurama: Psychedelics w/ Sher Ali Butt of CB Therapeutics

Jan 13th, 2021 49m 39s

Topics:Starting the first private company that could biosynthesize psilocybin in yeastIntroducing psychedelics and some of the science behind it.The challenges of raising funds for a cannabis company and what changed.How YC was able to add valu

#55: Thomas Erikson - Bestselling Author - Surrounded by Idiots

Jan 10th, 2021 58m 34s

Topics: The major behavioral problems within companies.How much weight to put on the behavioral fit in recruiting.How to deliver feedback to team members in the right way.How to pitch VCs given their behavioral profiles.And in general, how to b

#54: Emmet King - Partner & CIO at J12 - Process over Vision

Jan 3rd, 2021 1h 10m

Topics:Investing in startups straight out of college.Starting NOWO and how the FinTech field has evolved since.How to think about the initial phase of the startup journey and measure your progress.Group recognition to support.Get comfortable he

#53: Joachim Vandaele - Founding Partner at Wright Partners - Building Corporate Ventures at Scale

Dec 28th, 2020 43m 8s

Topics:How Venture Capital has strayed from its roots and what to do about it. Investing human capital and what that sort of investment would look like in practice. How to build new ventures for corporates. What true market validation looks lik

#52: Barak Rabinowitz - Managing Partner at F2 Capital - What Founders Care About: Chemistry and Speed

Dec 21st, 2020 36m 59s

Topics:Learnings from Genesis Partners and spinning out F2 CapitalSnapping out of a life of mindless decisions.What founders really want from VCs: chemistry and speedTaking expert advice with a grain of salt.Barak Rabinowitz is the managing par

#51: Vishal Vasishth - Co-Founder & MD at Obvious Ventures - Solving Fundamental Problems Through World Positive Investing

Dec 14th, 2020 47m 41s

Topics:Learnings from 10 years at Patagonia and the 5P framework.Chasing fundamental problems and purpose-driven businesses.Investing in breakthrough technologies at the cusp of commercialization.Screening for the authentically motivated entrep

#50: Theodore Bergqvist - CEO and Co-Founder of Turbotic - Autonomous Enterprises and Exponential Thinking

Dec 6th, 2020 46m 14s

Topics:Intro to autonomous enterprises.How Turbotic got $3M at the seed stage.A world in which 70% of the enterprise functions are automated.Enterprise singularity.Exponential vs. linear thinking and Singularity University.The importance of mix

#49: Brendan Wallace - Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Fifth Wall - Where Is Your Alpha?

Nov 30th, 2020 1h 1m

Topics: Acquiring expert skill in 3-6 months.Founding a tech company with zero experience.How a 34-year-old without any VC experience grew to $1.3Bn under management in 3 years.Starting the Uber of South America.The key insights behind Fifth Wa

#48: Ryan Sandler - Co-Founder and CEO of Truework - Finding the Whitespace

Nov 22nd, 2020 34m 11s

Ryan Sandler is the Co-Founder and CEO of Truework, the company that gives employees control over employment, income, and other identity data. To date, Ryan has raised over $44M for Truework from the likes of Sequoia, Khosla, Menlo and from the

#47: George Arison - Founder and Co-CEO of Shift (NASDAQ:SFT) - Innovation Through Iteration

Nov 16th, 2020 55m 5s

George is the founder and co-CEO of Shift, an e-commerce marketplace for buying and selling cars that recently went public in the U.S. through a SPAC.He is also the co-founder of Taxi Magic (now Curb), the first on-demand mobile transportation

#46: Ollie Purdue - Partner at Antler - Lessons From The Rise and Fall of Loot

Nov 9th, 2020 55m 7s

Ollie Purdue is a 27-year-old partner at Antler which is an atypical global early-stage VC. Antler takes in exceptional individuals, have them form teams, and build companies during a 3-month grueling process. Upon completion, Antler invests in

#45: Frank Chien - CEO and Co-Founder of PrizePool - Winning the Lottery While Saving Money

Nov 1st, 2020 45m 39s

Frank Chien is the CEO and co-founder of PrizePool, a new type of banking account where you can win one of the over 4,000 cash prizes totaling $50k every month simply by saving money. Frank graduated from the University of Washington and went o

#44: Frank Rotman - Founding Partner of QED Investors - The Search for Logic

Oct 26th, 2020 1h 7m

Today, Midas list's Frank Rotman, the founding partner of QED Investors joins us on the show. Frank spent 15 years in the banking world, learning the ins and outs of the industry before turning to the venture scene. He is one of sharpest thinke