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From Angel to Grown-Up Ventures with Peter Mueller, Breakwater Ventures
In this episode of Sound Investments, host Ed Barker interviews Peter Muller, founding partner of Breakwater Ventures, to explore his unique journey from Merrill Lynch to the launch of his venture capital firm in Seattle. They discuss Peter's career transitions, the Seattle startup ecosystem, and dive into key areas of interest like AI, fintech, and marketplaces. The conversation covers the challenges and opportunities in Seattle's venture capital scene, the firm's investment philosophy, and promising sectors. Peter also shares insights into raising capital in a tough environment and the necessary characteristics of successful founders. 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Meet Peter Mueller 05:59…
#20 Mike Fridgen: Seattle based Startup Incubator Madrona Venture Labs
In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Mike Fridgen, Managing Director at Madrona Venture Labs a Seattle based tech startup incubator. Some of the companies incubated include Style Genome (Acq by Wayfair), Chatitive (Acq by MailChimp), Message Yes (Acq by Nordstrom) & more. Before joining Madrona Venture Labs Mike was part of founding teams at Farecast (Acq by Microsoft) & Decide (Acq by Ebay) where he led product and growth strategies. Full Conversation includes: Farecast.com (Predicting prices) - Acquired by Microsoft Decide.com (next gen consumer reports) - Acquired by Ebay Through line across being part of multiple acquisitions…
Dan Lewis
Dan Lewis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Convoy, a digital trucking network that is transforming the trillion-dollar global trucking industry in service of its mission, “To transport the world with endless capacity and zero waste”. Before Convoy, Dan served as General Manager of New Shopping Experiences at Amazon, after having product and data roles at Microsoft, Google, and various startups. Dan started his career in supply-chain and strategy consulting for Oliver Wyman, working in operations across Europe, Latin America, and the US, after graduating from Yale University with a Bachelor’s degree in cognitive science. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Worcester Man with Big Ambition - Dan Lewis
Dan Lewis is MD of Worcestershire based estate agents, FreeAgent247. Having followed his passion for property and marketing, he's combined these to form an innovative, customer-focused estate agency, using social media incredibly well take a substantial market share in a short time.In this episode, we talk about Dan's journey to running his own business, how he's followed his passions and worked hard to get to where he is today.https://freeagent247.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dansellshouseshttps://www.instagram.com/freeagent_247/dan@freeagent247.com<...
Episode 9: Taking Risks, Experiencing Culture, and Being Naked feat. Dan Lewis
Welcome to this installment of The Storytellers! This is a special episode for two reasons. 1. You get to hear an incredibly inspiring story from my older brother Dan on the biggest risk he ever took in life. 2. Since today is Giving Tuesday, during 5 minutes with the host, I give a special shoutout to some dear friends of mine doing incredible work around the world. This episode is chock full of laughs, good advice, and there is an opportunity to give to an incredible cause!
Seattle Startup Panel, Inside Intercom World Tour
At the Seattle stop of the Inside Intercom World Tour, Intercom content marketing manager Adam Risman hosts a panel of founders from local startups. They talk finding an underserved market, fighting feature bloat, competition, and more. Panelists include Andrew Kinzer, co-founder and CPO at Outreach; Amanda Osborne, co-founder and CMO at Meshfire; and Aseem Badshah, founder and CEO at Socedo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Andrew Kinzer Founder
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Dan Lewis Founder, CEO & Co-Founder
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Mike Fridgen Founder, Founder and CEO
