Insights from some of the world’s best entrepreneurs

Guests:

Josh Abramson
Founder of TeePublic.com and CollegeHumor
Josh is also the co-founder of CollegeHumor.com, Vimeo and BustedTees.com, all three of which were acquired by IAC in 2006.

Ashley Albert
Founder of Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club and The Matzo Project
Ashley took her love of shuffleboard and created the world’s first shuffleboard nightclub, The Royal Palms. Most recently, she started The Matzo Project, introducing artisanal matzo to the masses. Ashley is also a 24-year veteran of New York City’s voice-over industry.

Noah Brier
Co-Founder and CTO of Percolate
Noah was a copywriter, strategist and creative director before co-founding Percolate, the world's leading content marketing platform. He was named one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company and sat on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Social Media.

Duriya M. Farooqui
Board Director at NYSE
and Intercontinental Exchange
Duriya has extensive experience in international policy, complex efficiency implementation and economic development. She is also executive director at the Atlanta Committee for Progress, a unique private-public partnership between leading CEOs and the Mayor of Atlanta.

Alex Godin
Founder of Lemontree
Alex's experiences building and selling venture-backed startups helped him create the unique business model for Lemontree—a new kind of non-profit that helps low-income families get access to healthier, more affordable dinners.

Aaron Harris
Partner at Y Combinator
Aaron works with early stage companies and runs the Series A Program at Y Combinator. Before joining YC, Aaron co-founded Tutorspree. He has an A.B. in history and literature from Harvard.

Amit Lubling
Co-Founder of Chompers Club and Edwin
A serial entrepreneur, Amit has founded eight companies across a variety of business sectors, from telecommunications and mobile banking to cybersecurity and consumer goods.

Philip Petersen
Partner at Prehype
At Prehype, Philip helps facilitate new ventures through corporate/entrepreneurial partnerships. He’s worked with a diverse group of companies, including Intel, Verizon, Lego and Unilever.

Saman Rahmanian
Co-Founder of Roman Health
and Managed by Q
At Roman Health, a direct-to-consumer men’s health company handling, Saman oversees brand, product, technology and operations. Prior to Roman, Saman co-founded Managed by Q, an office cleaning and management service company.

Jeffrey Raider
Co-Founder of Harry's
and Warby Parker
Jeff has built brands that positively impact people's everyday lives—from Harry’s personal care products for modern men to Warby Parker’s affordable designer eyewear. He also serves as the CEO of Harry’s Labs, which supports exceptional entrepreneurs in building and scaling the next great CPG brands.

Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez
Founder and CEO of Hot Bread Kitchen
Jessamyn is an entrepreneur, social innovator, and advocate for women’s and immigrants’ rights. All these interest are encapsulated in Hot Bread Kitchen, which has trained over 200 women bakers from 42 countries, created more than 75 permanent jobs and incubated 172 growing food businesses.

Edward Roussel
Chief Innovation Officer
Dow Jones
As head of digital product development, Edward has overseen projects including the redesign of The Wall Street Journal’s website and apps, as well as maintaining relationships with Silicon Valley. Before joining Dow Jones, Edward worked at the Telegraph Media Group and Bloomberg.

Stacey Seltzer
Partner at Prehype
At Prehype, Stacey helps established companies and VC’s facilitate spin-outs, incubation and venture partnerships. He previously worked on mergers and acquisitions at Citigroup and New Vantage Group, a venture capital fund. He’s also the co-founder of Hudson Lab School, a progressive K-5 project-based elementary school.

Carly Strife
Co-Founder of BarkBox
Carly has managed and scaled the complex operations behind each of BARK’s businesses. Prior to BARK, Carly was hired by Uber to help launch the company’s East Coast operations. She’s been featured on the “30 Under 30” lists of both Forbes and Inc. magazines.

Nicholas Thorne
Co-Founder of Basno, Crafty and Radicle
Nicholas created an e-commerce venture group (Crafty), a disruption research firm (Radicle) and an online certification platform (Basno). He is also a general partner at Prehype. Nicholas began his career at Goldman Sachs.

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
Author of "Innovation as Usual"
(Harvard Business Press)
Thomas has worked with managers in nearly all parts of the globe and his research has been featured in a variety of publications, including the Harvard Business Review and the Financial Times. He is also the author of “Are You Solving the Right Problems?”