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E21: Andy Sparks, Co-Founder & COO at Mattermark – Interview

May 03, 2016

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjsparks Andy Sparks is the co-Founder and COO of Mattermark. Mattermark provides detailed data on venture capital and private equity transactions and companies. They know everything about what's going-on in the world of fundraising. Mattermark itself has raised over $17 million from prominent VCs. In this interview, Andy talks about his past and how Mattermark came to be. It's quite interesting, especially how Mattermark and the founders developed and nurtured the idea into what is now Mattermark. Andy is a great guy, and I know...

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E20: Michael Barbouche, Founder/CEO at Forward Health Group – Interview

April 26, 2016

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbouche This interview with Michael Barbouche takes us deep into the rapidly changing world of health care. Health care is moving away from deeply embedded, outdated reimbursement structures to new approaches based on successful outcomes - a strategy known as value-based care. Michael is the Founder and CEO of Forward Health Group, which is a value-based population health management company based in Madison, WI. Michael, a mathematician married to a physician, has a long history in and around health care. In the interview we tal...

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E19: Ryan Caldbeck, Founder & CEO at CircleUp – Interview

April 22, 2016

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryancaldbeck This interview is all about CircleUp, the Marketplace Investing platform for emerging consumer companies. It's an awesome interview with our guest Ryan Caldbeck, the co-founder and CEO. Today, CircleUp has helped raise growth equity capital for over 160 companies. They have an amazing list of companies they're currently helping fundraise: https://circleup.com/companies/. The list actually makes you pretty hungry. Nut butters, ice cream, tea. Here are some other questions Ryan answered: -Which companies are more likely ...

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E18: Joel Fields, CFO at WTS Paradigm – Interview

April 19, 2016

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelfields This interview is all about the changing role of the CFO in technology companies. And we couldn't have asked for a better person than Joel Fields, CFO of WTS Paradigm, to talk about it. It's fascinating. The CFO role has evolved way beyond making sure the financials are accurate. And Joel provides a window into his mind and focus areas. Here are some questions Joel answers: -What skill set should a CFO have for a technology company? -How does Joel spend his time? -How does he decide to get involved with a project? -How d...

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E17: Fred Stevens-Smith, Co-Founder & CEO at Rainforest – Interview

April 14, 2016

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredstevenssmith Fred Stevens-Smith knows how to bring it to an interview. He tells you how it is, which makes it easy to learn and understand how Fred ticks. As CEO and co-Founder of Rainforest (a software quality assurance platform), he talks about starting Rainforest including the smart moves the mistakes made. Rainforest has raised over $16 million from some of the most well known SaaS investors. He talks about the fundraising process but also about what's critical early-on for a startup. Here are some other things we ...

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E16: Rock Mackie, Professor Emeritus, Investor, Entrepreneur – Interview

April 12, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rockwell_Mackie Rock Mackie is a legend in the Wisconsin business community. He's Professor Emeritus in medical physics at the University of Wisconsin and was the co-Founder of a number of companies including Geometrics Corporation (now owned by Philips Medical) and Tomotherapy (IPO, value went up to $1+ billion). Rock is also a very approachable researcher and businessman who is curious as anyone and always gives you ideas. This interview provides insight into...

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E15: Sean Ellis, Founder and CEO of GrowthHackers – Interview

April 07, 2016

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanellis Sean Ellis is a growth hacker legend. He coined the name Growth Hacker. But even more interesting is his thought process around growth, and how he's always wanting to learn more. It's inspiring. He helped companies very early-on like Dropbox, Eventbrite and logmein develop and implement their growth strategy. Those companies did OK I'd say. He's currently the CEO at

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E14: Ty Staviski, CFO at Milwaukee Tool – Interview

April 05, 2016

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ty-staviski-8a9b302 Ty Staviski, CFO of Milwaukee Tool, has helped lead Milwaukee Tool's growth from $475MM in annual revenue in 2008 to over $2B today. That's explosive. Here how Ty manages that growth from the CFO perspective. It's interesting. Here are some questions Ty answered: -Were there certain critical points in your career that helped you become CFO? -Ty was an engineer but interested in the financial side of things. Why? -For new products, how does your team help evaluate its potential? What do you look at...

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E13: Nick Lippman, Partner at Lippman Entertainment – Interview

March 31, 2016

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklippman Nick Lippman, partner at Lippman Entertainment based in Los Angeles, is in the middle of music and technology. He manages artists like Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas and George Michael and advises music tech startups through his technology incubator, Ava Jade. This a fascinating interview where Nick talks about growing up around famous musicians (and how nice they were) and how the music industry works and how tech will affect it. Here are some more thin...

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E12: Genevieve Theirs, Founder of Sittercity.com – Interview

March 29, 2016

https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevievethiers Genevieve Thiers created Sittercity.com (Chicago), which is a platform to find sitters, way back in 2001. She jumped into building a two sided platform that required recruiting sitters and parents. That's not easy. Genevieve is also a world class opera singer. She just performed in an opera at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She doesn't sing for us. My favorite part of the interview is when she likens opera singers to entrepreneurs. It makes you think of what's need to be an entrepreneur. The interview does have k...

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