The Unsexy Startup

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This was a very special episode as we brought on 3x founder, Ryan Denehy to talk about all his challenges, mistakes, and successes of starting his first company to his third. Stay tuned for an amazing ride, as Ryan takes you through some of his worst times as a founder and some of his best. We focus on the topic of humility and how the ego can tear a company and its founder down. Ryan's current company is backed by the likes of, Primary Ventures, Bowery Capital, BVP, and many more. A huge thank you to our sponsors, BREX. BREX is the worlds first corporate credit card for startups. For any listeners that have raised up to 100k, please click this link and use the code "unsexy" to receive a discount on your startup credit card.Follow The Unsexy Startup:TwitterInstagramSpotifyiTuneswww.theunsexystartup.com

On this episode of The Unsexy Startup, we interview Adam Erlebacher, Co Founder & CEO of Fabric Technologies.Unfortunately, the current system of agents and brokers can make what should be a straightforward process complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Fabric was built to make life insurance for new parents easy by automating this process and simplifying the steps.Backed by the likes of BVP, Box group and many more, Fabric continues to help more new parents.We dive into Adam's journey cracking into Unsexy Industries such as Insurtech. Tune into this episode if you are building a company that is focus on innovating an old and stodgy industries. A huge thank you to our sponsors, BREX. BREX is the worlds first corporate credit card for startups. For any listeners that have raised up to 100k, please click this link and use the code "unsexy" to receive a discount on your startup credit card.Follow The Unsexy Startup:TwitterInstagramSpotifyiTuneswww.theunsexystartup.com

On this episode of The Unsexy Startup, we interviewed the General Partner of UpSlope Ventures, Kate Shillo. Kate talks about her transition as the Chief of Staff at Huff Post to going into a scrappy environment building out Lerer Hippeau. LH is one of the biggest VCs based out of NY with investments such as Venmo, Buzzfeed, Casper, and the list goes on. After seeing many deals and working with many founders, Kate goes over some of the most common fires she sees founders make from an investor viewpoint. A huge thank you to our sponsors, BREX. BREX is the worlds first corporate credit card for startups. For any listeners that have raised up to 100k, please click this link and use the code "unsexy" to receive a discount on your startup credit card. Follow The Unsexy Startup:TwitterInstagramSpotify iTuneswww.theunsexystartup.com

Shanna Tellerman sold her company, transitioned in VC when she was an investor @ GV. She quickly transitioned back into being a founder and scaled her second company, Modsy. Tune in to hear the challenges Shanna faced when transitioning from VC back to Founder! Would really appreciate the feedback so I can build a better podcast for our listeners. Shoot me an email here, I would love to hear what you have to say :) (sumaytoo@gmail.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below). www.quakecapital.com/ www.gomoment.com/ www.strtupboost.com/ www.rothemedia.audio/ Subscribe and leave a review! Sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com/

Josh and Justin are the co founders of an amazing company called Abraxas. Abraxas is disrupting the $29b OOH market. Josh and Justin are one of Quakes investments, and through their time with Quake, we've seen tremendous month over month growth. But with growth at such an early stage, challenges arise. Tune in to see how Josh handles demands at an early stage while bootstrapping and making sure there is enough cash flow to execute. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below). www.quakecapital.com/ www.gomoment.com/ www.strtupboost.com/ www.rothemedia.audio/ Please Subscribe and leave a review! We would love the feedback, so we can build a better podcast for Founders:) Please click here to sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com/   Thank you for your support!

From Private Equity to Founder, Adam had to take a leap of faith to start UpShow. Tune in to hear some of the sales and marketing challenges Adam had a early stage, and what founders can take away from his experience in scaling a company from scratch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below). www.quakecapital.com/ www.gomoment.com/ www.strtupboost.com/ www.rothemedia.audio/ Please Subscribe and leave a review! We would love the feedback, so we can build a better podcast for Founders:) Please click here to sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com/   Thank you for your support!

In this episode of The Unsexy Startup, Kristy gives us a deep dive on her transition as a CEO of women first company, and some of the challenges female founders may face as they take on their start up. Here are some key topics Kristy dives into - How can women rise to the top, even through the challenges the startup world can bring? - What are some current challenges female founders have? - The Unsexiest moment as a female founder that Kristy has faced, leading a large company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below). www.quakecapital.com/ www.gomoment.com/ www.strtupboost.com/ www.rothemedia.audio/ Please Subscribe and leave a review! We would love the feedback, so we can build a better podcast for Founders:) Please click here to sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com/ Thank you for your support!