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14 episodes from The Peel · all channels

  1. Why Pre-Seed Investing Has Never Been Harder | Charles Hudson, Precursor

    Charles Hudson started Precursor Ventures in 2015, and helped create pre-seed as a category. Ten years and hundreds of Day 0 checks...

  2. Elbow Grease: Inside NYC's Scrappiest Accelerator | Dan Teran, Gutter Capital

    Dan Teran is the co-founder Gutter Capital, a concentrated seed fund in NYC, and Elbow Grease, the accelerator that puts 15 startups in...

  3. The AI-Native GTM Playbook | Sam Blond, Monaco

    Sam Blond is the Co-founder and CEO of Monaco, the revenue engine for startups. Sam is one of the best sales operators in tech. He spent...

  4. This Quant Fund Broke the Power Law

    Nuno Goncalves Pedro is the Founder and Managing Partner at Chamaeleon. He won't describe it this way, but I'd call Chamaeleon something...

  5. I Asked 15 VCs to Give Me Their Spiciest Take

    I just attended Allocate’s Beyond Summit in Deer Valley, Utah. The 3-day, closed door event felt like a peek into what the top VC's and...

  6. Building Got Easy. This Startup Solves What to Build | Alfred Wahlforss, Listen Labs

    Alfred Wallforss is the Co-founder of Listen Labs, the AI customer research company. Companies like Microsoft use Listen to run...

  7. Inside the AI Sprint | Tomasz Tunguz, Theory Ventures

    Tomasz Tunguz is the Founder and General Partner of Theory Ventures. We talk about today’s “all out sprint” in AI, Anthropic’s strategy,...

  8. How to Spot Outlier Talent | Ali Partovi, Neo

    Ali Partovi is the Co-founder and CEO of Neo. Neo started in 2017 as a network for the top college students. Neo is a “people-first”...

  9. How to Build a Manufacturing Company in America | Jim Belosic, SendCutSend

    Jim Belosic is the Co-founder and CEO of SendCutSend, a sheet metal manufacturing business he bootstrapped to a $140 million revenue run...

  10. Inside the $5B Venture Growth Buyout Playbook | Alex Israel, Metropolis

    Alex Israel is the Co-founder and CEO of Metropolis. He unpacks the unique strategy they used as a tech startup to rollup parking lots...

  11. AI, Science, and the Future of Learning | Karthik Duraisamy, University of Michigan

    Karthik Duraisamy is a professor at the University of Michigan. He is co-leading U of M's newly created Institute of Agentic Computing,...

  12. How US Healthcare Actually Works + How AI is Changing It | Nikhil Krishnan, Out of Pocket

    Nikhil Krishnan is the Founder of Out of Pocket, a media company that makes understanding healthcare more entertaining and...

  13. Sophia Amoruso | Building Nasty Gal, Turning Down $400M, and Losing it All

    Sophia Amoruso is the Founder of Nasty Gal and Trust Fund, an early stage venture capital firm. We talk through her journey of starting...

  14. Footwork’s Secret Sauce | Mike Smith, Nikhil Basu Trivedi

    Nikhil Basu Trivedi and Mike Smith are the Co-founders of Footwork where they invest up to $15 million in Seed and Series A rounds. We...

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