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257: How I Got To Techstars on a Flywheel | Hesus Inoma Interviews Pete Townsend | Venture With Hesus
This week, I’m sharing an episode of the ‘Venture with Hesus’ podcast that I recorded recently with the unstoppable Hesus Inoma, as he interviews me on lessons learned from being part of the startup ecosystem the last 8 years, the power of networks, 2022
256: Common Misconceptions About Web3 | Julia Kemp | Daniel Uribe | Tiago Ferreira | Tom Daniel
Ive brought together 4 of the founders from the Techstars Web3 class of 2024 to help me dispel some of the common misconceptions about web3 with the general public, including Julia Kemp, founder and CEO of Pawpass, Daniel Uribe, founder and CEO of GenoB
255: SBF Gets 25 Years | BlackRock’s Tokenized Fund | Copper’s Sushi Party | Fintech Funding vs. Crypto Bulls | Guest Co-Host Paul Smyth
In this Money Talks segment, Paul Smyth and I kick things off with a look at Sam Bankman-Frieds 25-year sentence before jumping to the brighter side of things with BlackRocks new tokenized money market fund. We then time travel back to 2017 with Copper
254: Psychology of the Hacked | Niall Mackey from Topsec Cloud Solutions
Niall Mackey, the Commercial Director at Topsec Cloud Solutions, joins the show this week as we take an inside look at how businesses cope in the aftermath of a hack.Niall is a tech industry veteran with over 35 years of experience with Topsec, Nokia,
253: CBDC Adoption | Who's Ahead of the Game? | Joaquim Matinero Tor
Joaquim Matinero Tor joins the show this week as guest co-host as we look at the likely paths to the adoption of CBDCs (or Central Bank Digital Currencies) in the different countries around the world making progress with these digital versions of fiat cur
252: Meet the Techstars Web3 Class of 2024
This episode features an introduction to the 12 founding teams that form the Techstars Web3 accelerator class of 2024, with each of their founder/CEOs giving you a quick look inside what they're building. Meet the companies! Artizen - Match-fundin
251: Money Talks with Laura Walsh | Farcaster, Digital Identity and Decentralized Social Media
Laura Walsh joins the show again this week as guest co-host as we explore the potential link between digital identity and decentralized social media through the lens of the Forecaster protocol, its challenges, user growth, and the future potential of a de
250: The World is Yours | Brian Zwerner, W3 Studio & Beyond the Game Network | Investing in Diverse Founders, Sports and Web3
Brian Zwerner is the President and Founder of W3 Studio, and a VC and Founder of Beyond the Game Network. As the President and Founder of W3 Studio, a 501c3 non-profit venture studio, Brian and his team help diverse founders in Atlanta build startups in
249: Bridging the Gap | Connor Murphy | One Problem, Two Ventures and Bridging Networks
This weeks guest is Connor Murphy, the CEO of Bridge. I met Connor at a Techstars event in Dublin in 2019 as he was just getting his latest venture off the ground in Bridge, and I started using the Bridge app within seconds of meeting him to help me brid
248: Venture Investing and Connecting the Dots [Double Episode Replay]
We've remastered and packaged up two of our most popular episodes from 2023 that were originally going to be one episode looking at the venture capital mantra of investing in lines and not dots. Both of these episodes were recorded in March 2023, a