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Making Virtual Reality A Reality
YouVisit is making virtual reality a reality for brands and corporations by building out a proprietary technology platform as well as providing an award-winning production studio. Users can take immersive 360 degree tours of a university campus or glamorous hotel—via their computer, mobile device, or, best of all, using a VR headset.
By bringing together the tech platform and the production studio, YouVisit founder Abi Mandelbaum, WG’10 explains that “it has allowed us to innovate much faster because we constantly have the production folks talking to the technology folks.” It’s also allowed them to entirely bootstrap the company, because they’ve been focused on revenue since day one.
Karl Ulrich isn’t 100% convinced that this model will work in the long run—he suspects that “at some point you may have to pick what it is that you are uniquely great at, what is your unfair advantage, and bring some focus to that.” Listen to Abi and Karl talk through this fascinating question, and discuss how truly new technologies gain a foothold in the market—and why YouVisit chose to do this without taking outside funding.
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52:16|Rob Coneybeer, co-founder of Shasta Ventures and a 24-year veteran of the venture capital industry, joins Professor Karl Ulrich to talk about his three month Sabbatical all around Europe! https://medium.com/theclutchpedal/why-i-flew-my-land-cruiser-to-europe-a35df754f124CEO & Co-founder, Goodr Sunglasses
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Co-founder & CEO, Bombas
26:40|David Heath, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bombas joins Karl Ulrich to talk about launching the company, revolutionizing the modern sock, growth, and staying true to their mission of helping those in need!
Meeting People's Needs With NeuroFlow
30:09|Chris Molaro talks with Karl about NeuroFlow and how it "delivers the actionable behavioral health intelligence you've been missing, so you can deliver the whole-person care that has never been more essential."
Zwift- More than just a cycling community
52:17|Eric Min, CEO of Zwift shares his story with Rob about how he and his team transitioned traditional outdoor cycling to the convenience of ones home. Soon after, the concept expanded and led to a vast social community of Zwifters cycling together from all around the world.
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27:46|CEO and Founder, GT Dave of GT Dave's Kombucha shares the story of this medicinal beverage, full of natural health benefits and the path that lead to "Living Foods."
Bonus Episode! "Winning in China"
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