Podcast Episodes

Business Breakdowns - Trailer

Welcome to Business Breakdowns, a new Colossus podcast featuring deep-dive conversations on individual businesses. In each episode, we will dissect a…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Jesse Pujji - A Primer on Performance Marketing - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 27]

My guest today is Jesse Pujji, the Founder & CEO of Gateway X, a holding company that builds, buys, and invests in companies that are driving the dir…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Kanyi Maqubela - Dawn of the 21st Century

Episode 219

My guest today is Kanyi Maqubela, co-founder of seed-stage VC firm Kindred Ventures, which he started with his partner Steven Jang in 2019. Before fo…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Roxanne Petraeus - Modernizing Compliance - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.26]

My guest today is Roxanne Petraeus, co-founder and CEO of Ethena, a modern compliance platform for businesses. Roxanne’s background is pretty incredi…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Jesse Walden - A Primer on NFTs

Episode 218

My guest today is Jesse Walden, the founder of Variant, an early-stage venture firm investing in crypto networks and platforms building the ownership…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Jonathan Goldberg - Capturing Carbon - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 25]

My guest today is Jonathan Goldberg, the founder, and CEO of Carbon Direct, a company focused on advising and investing in carbon removal at scale. J…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Marissa King - The Science of Social Networks

Episode 217

My guest this week is Marissa King, a professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management. I was fascinated by Marissa's work after…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Jonathan Neman - Building the Modern Restaurant - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 24]

My guest this week is Jonathan Neman, the co-founder and CEO of Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is a fast-casual restaurant chain that Jonathan co-founded in …

5 years, 5 months ago

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Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas - The Past, Present, and Future of Defense

Episode 216

My guests today are Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas, better known as T2. Josh is the co-founder and General Partner at Lux Capital. T2 is now a venture pa…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Matteo Franceschetti – Modernizing Sleep – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 23]

My guest today is Matteo Franceschetti, the founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, a smart mattress company. I’m a customer of Eight Sleep and this was one …

5 years, 6 months ago

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