Shaun Clark is the Co-Founder and CEO of GoHighLevel (HighLevel), a SaaS platform built to help marketing agencies and businesses manage leads, automations, CRM, funnels, messaging, and more. With a background in software, Shaun previously founded InvoiceSherpa, a tool for automating invoice collections. He attended Oregon State University for computer science and also took part in Stanford’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship program. [00:00] Intro[00:50] How GoHighLevel Started[02:24] Scaling & Market Impact[05:06] Landing the First Customers[07:29] Why Human Connection Beats Tech[10:07] Building a Referral Flywheel[11:44] Bootstrapping vs. Raising Capital[13:28] Inspiring Customer Success Stories[15:25] Transition: From Agency Tool to SaaS Platform[18:05] Integrating AI Into the Product[20:14] The Future of GoHighLevel[22:59] Agencies as Outcome-Driven Businesses[30:32] AI’s Impact on Jobs[34:02] Advice for Entrepreneurs[36:29] Closing ThoughtsMy socials:Instagram: / manavgolecha Tiktok: / manav.golecha Twitter: / manavgx Linkedin: / manavgolecha Website: https://www.manavgolecha.com/All my links: linktr.ee/manavgx
John Rush is a bootstrapped multipreneur and maker. He’s the force behind Unicorn Platform, a no-code website builder tailored specifically for busy founders. Acquired in 2022, Unicorn has since grown into a six-figure, high-traction platform serving over 300,000 users through SEO-driven growth and creator-led distribution.
John builds on his vision with MarsX, a holding company comprised of over two dozen bootstrapped startups—and counting. He emphasizes productivity, autonomy, and user‑centric design, steering clear of VC constraints. John believes deeply in building on his own terms and has transformed this ethos into an ultra‑efficient startup engine.
Kent Yoshimura is the co-founder and CEO of LA-based Neuro (also known as NeuroGum), a health-and-wellness brand delivering functional gum and mints that help people feel more focused, energized, and calm—anytime, anywhere. A neuroscientist by training (UC San Diego), Kent brings a diverse creative background as a muralist, illustrator, filmmaker, and multimedia artist, having collaborated with global brands like McDonald’s, Lego, AT&T, Benjamin Moore, Ford, and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
An accomplished martial artist, Kent has competed internationally in Muay Thai and trained in Judo with Olympic medalists and members of the Japanese imperial guards. He channels that discipline and artistic vision into both his brand and public murals—creating work “in the public to be enjoyed by everyone,” as he shared in a podcast on creative purpose.
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Ishita Agrawal is the visionary founder and CEO of Tapp, a platform on a mission to transform post‑purchase customer engagement into something magical.
Recognizing that the sales funnel ends too early, she reimagined it—at the moment of unboxing or first use, when emotions are highest—by creating dynamic, AI‑driven experiences that spark connection and loyalty.
With Tapp, brands can engage customers via a simple tap on a smart sticker—no downloads needed—delivering tailored content, rewards, community interactions, and brand stories.
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About Dr. Alan Goldhamer
Dr. Alan Goldhamer, DC, is co-founder of TrueNorth Health Center (est. 1984) in Sonoma County, CA—the world’s largest facility specializing in medically supervised water-only fasting and SOS-free (no added salt, oil, sugar) whole-food nutrition. (TrueNorth Health Center) He has supervised more than 25,000 therapeutic fasts and leads clinician training and research through the TrueNorth Health Foundation.
Goldhamer is co-author of The Pleasure Trap with psychologist Douglas J. Lisle, PhD, a widely read guide to escaping modern dietary pitfalls. His team has published peer-reviewed studies showing significant blood-pressure reductions with medically supervised water-only fasting, including work in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics on stage-2/3 and borderline hypertension.
Today, he continues to advocate evidence-informed fasting protocols paired with long-term plant-based nutrition to help patients restore and maintain health.
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In this episode of the Pursuit of Knowledge podcast, we sit down with Paul Rice, the visionary founder of Fair Trade USA. Since 1998, Paul has revolutionized global trade by collaborating with iconic brands like Whole Foods, Costco, Patagonia, and Walmart. Through Fair Trade USA, Paul has expanded ethical certification across coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, apparel, home goods, and personal care products, delivering substantial improvements to the lives of over 1.6 million farmers and workers across more than 72 countries. By 2024, the Fair Trade movement had generated over $1.2 billion in financial impact. Join us as Paul shares insights on how emerging brands can leverage Fair Trade certification to thrive, inspire consumer trust, and make a lasting positive impact.
https://www.fairtradecertified.org/
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Ben Mones – CEO & Founder of Fama
Ben Mones is the CEO and Founder of Fama Technologies, a pioneering AI company that helps organizations identify and manage risk in the hiring process. With a background in entrepreneurship and digital risk management, Ben is widely recognized for advancing ethical AI in employment screening. Under his leadership, Fama has become a trusted platform for thousands of recruiters worldwide.
https://fama.io/
About Fama
Fama is an award-winning AI platform that screens publicly available online content—including social media and other digital sources—to help employers make more informed hiring decisions. The platform analyzes signals of workplace misconduct, such as harassment, fraud, or threats, and highlights positive attributes like creativity, leadership, and problem-solving.
Fama operates in strict compliance with regulatory standards, including the FCRA, EEOC, GDPR, and SOC 2. By filtering out protected class information, the platform ensures fair and job-relevant insights are delivered to employers.
To date, Fama has raised over $30 million in venture capital and earned recognition from some of the world’s leading investors for its innovative and responsible approach to online screening.
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Romain Torres is the Co-Founder of Arcads AI, a platform revolutionizing video advertising through the use of AI-generated actors and automated video production. Since launching in September 2023, Arcads AI has enabled brands and marketers to create high-performing ad content at scale, entirely from text input.
At Arcads, Torres is building a solution that removes the traditional bottlenecks of video production. The platform empowers users to generate dozens, even hundreds, of customized video ads in minutes, eliminating the need for costly shoots, back-and-forth with creators, or extended timelines. With access to a diverse and expanding library of AI-generated actors, brands can quickly test and iterate on ad creatives with precision and speed.
The platform combines emotionally engaging, editable scripts with ultra-realistic AI avatars, giving users full creative control while significantly reducing costs. Arcads AI is designed for performance marketing at scale, enabling advertisers to transform their ideas into captivating, data-driven campaigns faster than ever before.
https://www.arcads.ai/
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David Tran is a financial strategist and founder of Prime Path Advisory, helping high-income earners stop overpaying taxes and start building lives of peace, freedom, and clarity. He’s also behind SaaS Tax Credits and co-founder of xFusion, with deep expertise in tax, startups, and scaling. Host of The Fuse Show and advisor at Golden Rule Ventures, David’s mission is simple: make wealth-building smarter, calmer, and more aligned.
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Clay Alexander is an American inventor and serial entrepreneur, best known as the founder and CEO of Ember Technologies. He holds over 250 patents worldwide and is recognized for creating the world’s first temperature-controlled mug, which debuted with Starbucks in 2016.
Alexander began his entrepreneurial journey in 1999 with Radiance Lightworks, a leading lighting design firm serving clients like Disney and Universal Studios. In 2005, he founded Journée Lighting, where he developed the GE Infusion LED light bulb, later commercialized by General Electric.
Under his leadership, Ember has expanded globally, with products available in over 7,600 retail locations across 27 countries, including Apple Stores and Best Buy. The company has also ventured into healthcare, partnering with Cardinal Health to develop the Ember Cube, a self-refrigerated, cloud-connected shipping box for temperature-sensitive medications.
https://ember.com/
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Sam Baig is a serial entrepreneur and former Goldman Sachs analyst, currently the Co-Founder of Printfits, a thriving print-on-demand company launched in 2020, focused on redefining how people create custom apparel online.
Before diving into the startup world, Sam spent over two years at Goldman Sachs, where he worked in the executive wealth management group and contributed to overseeing portfolios totaling nearly $35 billion in assets under management.
With a background in finance, digital marketing, and business operations, Sam blends analytical rigor with creative strategy, building companies at the intersection of commerce, technology, and culture.
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Ken Babcock is the co-founder and CEO of Tango, a software company that enables users to create step-by-step tutorials for digital processes. He and his co-founders, Brian Shultz and Dan Giovacchini, left Harvard Business School during the pandemic to start the company. Prior to founding Tango, Babcock held roles in analytics, data science, and product strategy at Uber. He began his career at Deloitte Consulting after graduating with honors from Cornell University.
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Adelle Archer is the CEO and co-founder of Eterneva, a company that transforms the ashes or hair of loved ones and pets into memorial diamonds.
The idea for Eterneva was inspired by the loss of her close friend and mentor to pancreatic cancer, leading Archer to seek a unique way to honor her memory.
Prior to founding Eterneva, Archer spent four years as a product marketing leader in the tech industry, collaborating with companies like Amazon, eBay, Square, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.
In 2019, Eterneva was named Consumer Startup of the Year by the Stevie Awards and was featured on "Shark Tank," securing an investment from Mark Cuban. Archer has been recognized on both Inc. and Forbes' '30 Under 30' lists for her entrepreneurial achievements.
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Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, engineer, and AI researcher known for coining the term artificial general intelligence (AGI).
He is the founder and CEO of Aigo.ai, a company developing advanced conversational AI assistants. Voss has been a pioneer in cognitive AI, advocating for AI systems that can learn, reason, and adapt more like humans.
With a background in software engineering and a passion for philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, he has contributed to the evolution of AI beyond traditional machine learning. His work focuses on creating AI that is more personalized, intelligent, and context-aware.
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Neville Medhora teaches copywriting, marketing, and persuasion techniques, focusing on writing that sells. He runs @kopywriting where he shares actionable advice on how to write compelling content that converts, whether for emails, sales pages, social media, or landing pages. His teaching style is casual, fun, and direct, using humor and real-world examples to simplify complex ideas.Key Lessons from Neville Medhora:
He also emphasizes testing and iterating—writing something, putting it out there, and refining it based on feedback.His methods are practical, no-BS, and highly effective for business owners, marketers, and content creators.My socials:Website: https://www.manavgolecha.com/All my links: linktr.ee/manavgx
Ryan Begelman is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and executive coach with a track record of building and scaling businesses to remarkable success.He helped grow Bisnow Media from $1M to $22M in revenue, ultimately selling it for $51M in 2016. As an early investor, his $46K investment in Bisnow generated an astounding $64M in cash distributions over 7.5 years. Today, Bisnow is the largest publisher of commercial real estate news and events, surpassing $40M in annual revenue.Beyond media, Ryan and his partners took on an ambitious project—buying an entire ski mountain, Powder Mountain, and transforming it into a thriving community before selling it to Netflix founder Reed Hastings.His entrepreneurial reach extends to angel investing, where he backed unicorns like Uber, Coinbase, and Warby Parker early on.From working at The Carlyle Group in private equity to co-leading Summit, and even exploring passions like Burning Man, cycling, and stand-up comedy, Ryan’s journey defies convention. In this conversation, he shares his insights on scaling businesses, building communities, and achieving a well-balanced life.
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Here is my interview with Alexis Marantelos.He is the Co-founder and CEO of Intryc, an AI-powered Quality Assurance platform designed for Customer Support. Outside of professional endeavors, Alexis enjoys staying active with calisthenics, reading literature on science and philosophy, and exploring remote parts of the world.
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Atif Siddiqi, the Founder and CEO of Branch app, a workforce payments platform that’s changing the way workers and businesses manage pay.
His journey to launching Branch began with his time as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Idealab, an accelerator based in Pasadena
he saw firsthand the challenges faced by workers using outdated payment systems.
That insight led him to create a platform to solve this problem.
They have raised more than 600 in funding.
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/branch-app/
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Brian Wong founded Kiip, a mobile advertising platform focusing on rewarding users during "achievement moments" in mobile apps.
At the age of 18 Brian graduated from college after skipping four grades.
While flying on an airplane, he came up with an idea for an ad tech platform for running more targeted ads on mobile apps that will be more relevant and valuable for the user.
He co-founded Kiip and raised over $40 million before its acquisition in 2020.
Kiip attracted major clients like Kellogg’s and McDonald’s, and Cocola.
Brian transitioned into being an investor Now leading BW Growth Ventures and Ascii.vc.
He also authored the book “The Cheat Code,” and also teaches public speaking through his initiative called The Next Stage, which offers virtual public speaking training, empowering today’s and tomorrow’s leaders.
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Shivani is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ember Robotics. Before starting Ember, she worked at Tesla Autopilot, where she focused on optimizing camera performance for autonomous systems. With over five years of experience working on camera systems for autonomous robots, Shivani co-founded Ember to address the challenges she's encountered with robot hardware and system reliability.
Ember Robotics, founded in 2024, is a dynamic and innovative startup headquartered in San Francisco. With a focused team of just two highly skilled founders, Shivani Mouleeswaran and Ritika Shrivastava, Ember Robotics is set to revolutionize the field of robotics with its cutting-edge camera diagnostics software. The company’s mission is to build software that monitors and resolves camera issues, enabling robotics companies to significantly reduce vision failures from their source. By analyzing real-time camera data, system logs, and field reports, Ember Robotics delivers actionable insights on camera performance. This allows robotics companies to concentrate on building great robots instead of being bogged down by hardware reliability challenges.
Ember Robotics is developing the hardware observability layer for autonomous robots, starting with advanced camera diagnostic tools. With experience in optimizing camera performance at Tesla Autopilot, the team is now building software that reduces the time to address camera failures from hours to just minutes.
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