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

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

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. We'll also tal

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.Subscribe to Zypsy

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 r

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 u

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

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 bu

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 li

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-driv