Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Back to Square One (On Purpose)
We built a durable marketplace. Now the industry needs infrastructure, and that starts with me returning to square one. It won’t be forever, but six …
8 months ago
Builders Wanted: Wiring the Future of Private Markets
I sit down with Marc Andrew, who's become a leading voice in private markets by putting the right people in the right room together. We cover the slo…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Volatility Laundering and the Moat Money Can’t Buy
Private credit funds often use “volatility laundering” to make returns look smoother than they are. In this episode, I talk about why Percent decided…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Unconventional PM: From Series 7 to Shipping Product
What happens when a capital markets pro pivots to product? In this episode, Kiley Lubeck and I discuss her journey from manually confirming allocatio…
9 months, 1 week ago
Building Infra in the Market Wall Street Doesn’t Want to Fix
I break down the absurdity of today’s private credit markets: no liquidity, no standards, no real price discovery. But I also talk about what comes n…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Matchmaker: Inside Private Credit Syndication with Paola Rios
In this episode, I sit down with Paola Rios, our VP of Investor Relations & Syndication and employee #7, who's been with us since the early days when…
10 months, 1 week ago
The $200K Bet That Built a Billion-Dollar Marketplace
In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on Percent’s chaotic origin story—from having investors lined up with zero borrowers to closing our fir…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Bouncer at the Door: How We Choose Which Deals to Fund
What does it take to be approved for a deal on Percent? This week, I chat with Bina Shetty, who leads our originations team and brings decades of inv…
11 months, 1 week ago
Singles & Doubles: Why the Grand Slam Startup Model is Dying
The traditional startup playbook—raise big, spend fast, swing for the fences—is fading. In this episode, I unpack why the VC model is under pressure,…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Business of Buying Businesses: Inside SMB Acquisitions
This week, I sat down with Sean Smith, co-founder of SMB Investor Network, to talk about a very different slice of the private markets—entrepreneursh…
1 year ago