Welcome everyone to another episode of the Inevitable Podcast.
Welcome everyone to another episode of the Inevitable Podcast.
In this episode, I had the pleasure to host Lucas Abreu.
For those who don't know, Lucas is a venture investor at Astella Invest an early-stage venture capital firm focused on funding and supporting entrepreneurs in Brazil.
Lucas is also a Venture Capital Fellow at Blitzscaling Ventures, a firm that supports growth-stage companies attacking winner-take-most markets.
Here are some of the questions that I asked Lucas:
- How was your childhood?
- When did you realize you wanted to work with VC? How was it?
- How did you get your first job at a VC firm?
- How did you get started at Astella as a first employee?
- What do you think is necessary to be a successful investor?
- What is your advice to people that want to join VC?
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Welcome everyone to another episode of the Inevitable Podcast.
In this episode, I had the pleasure to host Iona Szkurnik.
For those who don't know, Iona is the founder & CEO of Education Journey, an education platform that offers education solutions to companies and their employees, helping them to become lifelong learners.
Iona is also the co-founder and Board Member of Brazil at Silicon Valley, a movement spearheaded by students from Stanford and Berkeley that aims at improving Brazil’s competitiveness through innovation and technology. Brazil at Silicon Valley also holds an annual conference where it brings together the most influential Brazilian executives, entrepreneurs, experts, and policy-makers to discuss topics that are relevant to the country's development.
Here are some of the questions that I asked Iona:
- What made you decide to leave the public sector and take a Master's of Education Technology at Stanford?
- When did you realize that you wanted to work with education? How was the feeling of finding your purpose in life?
- Were there any moments when you felt uncertain about leaving your job in Brazil to take a Master’s in the US?
- How did all the different experiences that you had help you better understand what you wanted to build?
-Can you tell us how Brazil at Silicon Valley was founded?
-In 2020 you founded Education Journey in order to offer education as a corporate benefit. Can you tell us a little more about the company and its purpose?
-What has been your biggest source of inspiration throughout your career?
-Eventually, when Education Journey becomes a major success and you feel like you accomplished what you were looking for at the beginning of your journey, what would you be doing?
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Welcome everyone to the Inevitable Podcast.
In this episode, I had the pleasure to chat with Paulo Martins.
For those who don't know, Paulo is the founder and CEO of Arena, a data platform for consumer enterprises to increase engagement, conversion and revenue. Arena has over 25,000 customers in 50 countries and just announced its Series A round led by CRV.
Before that, Paulo was part of the Ad Products team at Hulu, scaling the company from its early stage to $1.1B annual revenue and growing its user base from 100K+ to 7M paying subscribers in 2 years.
Paulo started his career as a software engineer at NASA Houston and has a master's degree in Data Mining and Machine Learning.
He had amazing personal and professional experiences as an entrepreneur and business leader and is here today to share some of these learnings with us.
Here are some of the questions that I asked Paulo:
In this episode I had the pleasure to host Donato Helbling.
For those who don't know, Donato is the founder of Miami Ice Club, a community dedicated to cultivating regular breath work and cold exposure practice, helping members to activate their ability to regulate their autonomic nervous system.
He is the only Certified Wim Hof Instructor in South Florida, and has trained directly under Wim Hof himself.
If you follow me on social media (@pedrosorren) on all accounts, you’ll see that I have been jumping on ice tanks for the last five months.
Regular breathing and ice baths have completely rewired my mind, body, and spirit—eradicating anxiety and depression.
If you want a protocol to be an Inevitable founder/investor, you’ll find that on the ice club. I have taken several friends, LPs and CEOs to this experience.
Donato is also a Budokon black belt and has over 15 years of experience in Miami and traveling worldwide, with Budokon University teaching Yoga, Martial Arts, Mobility, Meditation and Life Coaching. Additionally, he is the Director of Human Development Labs, a consulting firm that works with leaders in different industries.
He had amazing personal and professional experiences, and shared some of these learnings with us.
Here are some of the questions that I asked Donato:
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In this episode, I spoke with the brilliant Adam Burrows.
For those who don't know, Adam is a venture investor, a former C-level leader, and the co-founder and Managing Partner of Range Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on funding and supporting entrepreneurs in the Colorado area.
Before that, as a senior vice president and general manager at HomeAdvisor, Adam was part of the executive team that built the company from $100M to over $1B in revenue, taking the company public in 2017 – it was Colorado’s largest tech IPO. Later, Adam was the first C-level executive at Guild Education, helping the company to raise its Series C and sign their largest clients towards $1B valuation. Guild is backed by investors such as Bessemer, ICONIQ, and General Catalyst, having raised $378.5M in total funding.
He had amazing personal and professional experiences as an entrepreneur and business leader and is here today to share some of these learnings with us.
Here are some of the questions that I asked Adam:
This was a great chat, and I'm sure you will find it extremely insightful.
Welcome everyone to the Inevitable Podcast. In this episode I'm going to talk with Alessio Alionço.
Alessio was the first CEO I ever partnered with, back when I was an associate at FCVC when we invested in their seed round. At that time, Pipefy had $2,000 in MRR.
Furthermore, he is the only founder I have invested in every single Venture Capital chapter I had. I.E., aside from leading our investment in Pipefy when I was running ONEVC, Atman investors are also privileged to be a part of Pipefy's story.
Alessio is the founder and CEO of Pipefy, a no-code business process management platform that helps companies optimize sophisticated workflows for those who don't know. Today, Pipefy is present in over 150 countries and has raised over 200MM.
They started in Curitiba and expanded worldwide, mostly because of Alessio's relentlessness as CEO.
Over the past seven years, we had several opportunities to learn and grow as individuals, as he matured as a founder and I matured as an investor.
Before launching Pipefy, Alessio also founded Acessozero, an online social city guide where users could find deals in local businesses, which he sold in 2013. After the sale, he searched for his next business idea, traveling and meeting entrepreneurs in Israel.
He had amazing personal and professional experiences as an entrepreneur and business leader and is here today to share some of these learnings with us.
Unfortunately, I had a hard stop, and we had to cut the episode short. That being said, we'll certainly schedule other conversations.
Here are some of the questions that I asked Alessio:
Welcome everyone to the Inevitable Podcast. In this episode I talked with Anthony Eigier.
For those who don't know, Tony is the founder and CEO of NeuralMed, a healthtech startup which uses proprietary AI algorithms integrated into the workflow of health professionals, delivering accuracy and productivity gains.
Before launching NeuralMed, Tony cofounded TreeLabs, the second startup accelarator in Brazil. After that he founded Fanatee a casual gaming startup, which he left in order to take a leadership position into the family business but still remain as an investor. In 2018 Tony again took the entrepreneurial path and cofounded NeuralMed.
I am a proud angel investor at the first round of financing for NeuralMed.
He had amazing personal and professional experiences as an entrepreneur and business leader and is here today to share some of these learnings with us.
Here are some of the questions that I asked Tony:
Welcome everyone to the Inevitable Podcast. In this episode I'm going to talk with Paulo Silveira.
For those who don't know, Paulo co-founded, with his brother, Grupo Alura, the largest technology education platform in Brazil, which Paulo serves as the CEO. Grupo Alura started as on-person tech course called Caelum and since then has served over 500k people with over 1,350 courses in Portuguese, covering all areas in technology and digital business.
Before that, Paulo had the first experience in technology with a CP 400 computer, when he was 9 years old. Paulo has a Masters in Computer Science from USP, is an Angel Investor and also a Podcaster.
He had amazing personal and professional experiences as an entrepreneur and business leader and is here today to share some of these learnings with us.
Here are some of the questions that I asked Paulo
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Welcome to another episode of the Inevitable Podcast, today I have the honor of being here with Brian Requarth whom I have known for almost a decade. For those who don’t know, Brian runs a company called Latitud.
Latitud is a venture capital firm that helps the top doers and thinkers of Latin America build the next generation of world-class tech companies.
Before Latitud, Brian was the CEO and co-founder of VivaReal, a pioneer in the proptech market in Brazil. VivaReal eventually merged with Grupo Zap which was then acquired by OLX for $642 million.
Here are some of the questions I asked him:
• You were born in the Bay Area. How were your early days as a kid and where did you grow up? What made you realize that you wanted to come to South America?
• When was the time that you realized that you were wired differently than most people? What made you realize that you wanted to be a full-time founder?
• You dropped out of college and then joined back after a while. What provoked you to make that decision? Do you regret making that decision?
• How are you so much self-reliant? It has been so long since we met and, to this day you have the same energy. How do you channel your energy towards the goal?
• Who were your mentors growing up? Was there any specific person that you looked up to or did you have a role model?
• How was it to move from Colombia to Brazil? How did you make that decision?
• For how long were you running the business? How was the entire experience?
• What are your views on the venture market? The situation for founders today is phenomenal and it keeps getting better. What do you think the founders need now?
• Is there any specific advice that you would like to give for starting companies and their founders?
• Do you have an ideal morning routine you can share with us?
Welcome everyone to the Inevitable Podcast. In this episode I'm going to talk to Jerrod Engelberg. Thank you so much for joining us, Jerrod.
Jerrod is the CEO of Codecov, a platform that is scaling the world's leading code coverage solution. Codecov is used by over 1 million developers from leading open source projects to the Fortune 100.
Before being CEO at Codecov, Jerrod was the first venture hire at FundersClub. There he led the venture team. While in FundersClub, he was awarded the Forbes 30 under 30 in the venture capital category.
Jerrod is here today to share some of his amazing professional experiences with us. I'm sure you guys will like this episode.
In my conversation with Jerrod we discussed his childhood, his decision to go to Wharton, his experience working at FundersClub and being a CEO at Codecov.
Here are some of the questions I asked Jerrod during our conversation:
Jerrod, thank you for being here on this podcast. It's wonderful to see you and catch up with you.
In this episode I have an incredible chat with Michael Perry.
For those who don't know, Michael is, before anything else, father of two sons, Leander and Solomon. He is CEO of Maple, a family tech startup looking to help families free up time and spend more quality time together.
Before launching Maple, Michael was the founder of Kit, a fully automated virtual marketing assistant for small business owners. Before being acquired by Shopify, Kit was live in 30+ different countries and helped small businesses all over the world. After the acquisition, he then became a director in Shopify where he led product and marketing technology for 4 years.
Michael is also an angel investor, small business enthusiast, and considers himself to be a bit of a survivalist. He had amazing personal and professional experiences as an entrepreneur and business leader and is here today to share some of these learnings with us.
Here are some questions I asked Michael:
Michael, thanks for joining us. The conversation was great, and I'm sure listeners will find it extremely insightful.
Today I'll chat with Dr. Cameron Sepah. Cam is not an ordinary founder.
Cameron Sepah holds a B.A. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Harvard and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA. He's a Clinical Professor at UCSF, where he trains psychiatrists to treat patients with ACT, an evidence-based therapy. Also, he's an executive psychologist, and he coaches CEOs and VCs to change behaviors and optimize health and performance.
Besides, he popularized dopamine fasting, has helped start 3 startups and was a Venture Capital Investor at Trinity Venture and Magi Ventures. Today, Cameron is an Advisor to 8VC.
Recently, Cam founded Maximus, a consumer health company that provides men with content, community, and clinical support to optimize them in mind and body. Maximus has raised $5M from Silicon Valley goats such as Founders Fund and 8VC as well as leading angel investors and operators from Bulletproof, Tinder, Coinbase, Daily Stoic, and Shopify. I also led an investment in Maximus when I was at my previous firm.
In my conversation with Cameron we discussed his experience studying Cognitive Neuroscience at Harvard, his career before founding Maximus, his company and more.
Here are some questions I asked Cameron during our conversation:
Adhemar Milani Neto is the Founder and CEO of Kovi, a company that enables a more efficient, all-inclusive, and flexible car rental for on-demand drivers in LATAM. They have pioneered an asset-light model in the car rental industry that generates more value both to their partners and suppliers.
Kovi is backed by leading global investors such as Valor Capital Group, Monashees, GFC, ONEVC, Maya Capital, YCombinator, Shift and has raised more than $160M to date.
Previously, Adhemar was a general manager at 99 (acquired by Didi Chuxing), a strategy consultant at Bain & Company, and worked at International Paper and BOSCH.
He's passionate about purpose-driven entrepreneurship and serves as an advisor to several early-stage companies. Adhemar is also married to Natasha and together they have a dog called Simba.
In my conversation with Adhemar we discussed his childhood, his experience working at traditional companies, social media and more.
Here are some of the questions I asked Adhemar during our conversation:
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Michael has spent his career as a financial technology investor and operator focused on the financial services infrastructure, wealth management, and specialty finance sectors. Today, he's the Co-Founder and Partner at Broadhaven Ventures, where he focuses on sourcing, investing, and managing investments into early-stage FinTech companies globally.
Prior to Broadhaven Ventures, he was a pre-product employee and SVP at iCapital Network, where he helped build the family office and RIA networks of the online investment platform that has over $75 billion in assets and has received $200 million in funding from investors including BlackRock, Blackstone, Carlyle, Goldman Sachs, and WestCap.
In his spare time, Michael writes and talks about how and why alternative investments are going mainstream on Alt Goes Mainstream, a content platform he founded. Also, he's the co-founder of another content platform called Community x Capital, where he and Alexis Ohanian share conversations about the collision of community and capital.
Michael has an impressive track record, and I could go on introducing him for hours. But now we'll deep dive on his trajectory.
In my conversation with Michael we discussed his childhood, his experience as a soccer player, his career pivot to become an investor and more.
Today I'm here with my great friend Kevin Lee. We met at FundersClub, where we worked together. The determination and hustle Kevin Lee has is hard to find and inspires me.
Kevin's social mission is to help accelerate human progression through Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. He's currently focused on improving people's health by democratizing access to nutritious and delicious food through immi, a food brand he has been working on for the past 2 years.
immi is backed by investors and advisors including Collaborative Fund, Siddhi Capital, Pear Ventures, ONEVC, as weel as co-founders of companies such as Caviar, Thrive Market, Magic Spoon, Kettle & Fire The Hustle, Twitch, and Casper.
Welcome Kevin to the Inevitable Podcast!
Here are the main topics from this episode:
- The inception of Immi;
- Kevin's experience working @Kabam;
- His learnings from side projects like Quora Domination;
- Kevin's journey from FundersClub, to Pear, to Immi;
- How he organizes his calendar and balance calls with deep work sessions;
- The founder role of growing and outsourcing your role as fast as possible.
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Today my guest is Elizabeth Yin, co-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund for software entrepreneurs. Previously, Elizabeth was a partner at 500 Startups where she invested in seed-stage companies and ran the Mountain View acceleration program.
Prior to that, after leaving Google, Elizabeth co-founded and ran an ad tech company called LaunchBit, which was acquired in 2014 by BySellAds. Elizabeth has a BSEE from Stanford and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
Elizabeth has reviewed over 20k startup pitches from around the world in the last few years and has helped numerous portfolio founders raise hundreds of millions of dollars. Her work and writing on startup fundraising have been featured in numerous publications including TechCrunch, Forbes, Huffington Post, BetaKit, and more.
Welcome Elizabeth to the Inevitable Podcast!
Here are the main topics from today's conversation:
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