Episodes

In this episode, I interview Jeff Stade and Will Sanderson, co-founders of Jawnt, a platform that provides access to the city through unified transit. Their innovative platform bridges the gap between mobility providers and organizations, delivering tailored benefits and access that align with the specific needs of each organization and its employees. Jawnt enables organizations to allocate funds for their employees' transit needs, allowing them to fully or partially cover the costs associated...

In this episode, I interview Ben Williams, the Chief Operating Officer of Exyn Technologies. Exyn is a leading company in autonomous systems, specializing in navigation and data creation in unstructured environments. Exyn is focused on commercial applications involving GPS-denied navigation. This includes environments like underground mines and internal building surveys, where the company can rapidly and safely generate high-fidelity 3D maps of areas that were previously inaccessible. The comp...

In this episode, I interview Audrey Greenberg, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of the Center for Breakthrough Medicines (CBM), an innovative organization specializing in cell and gene therapy-focused contract development and manufacturing (CDMO). CBM offers an integrated and comprehensive service, providing a one-source solution to accelerate the market delivery of advanced therapies. Their client-driven approach, combined with a patient-centric culture, ensures high quality and reliabili...

On this episode, I interview Amy Zitelman, CEO and Co-Founder of Soom Foods, a sister-owned company renowned for its tahini and tahini products. Soom Tahini, known for its silky-smooth texture, is made from sesame seeds and has become a versatile ingredient in both Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines, enhancing both savory and sweet dishes. Soom Foods' high-quality tahini has established itself as a staple in professional kitchens and home pantries. Their products are available in numer...

In this episode, I interview Nina Farran, Co-Founder and CEO of Fashionkind, and Josh Mastromatto, Co-Founder and CEO of Rego, following their participation in the Lion's Den event at the 2023 Capital Conference, hosted by PACT (Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies). Fashionkind offers a luxury shopping experience that's unparalleled, featuring a curated selection of exquisite pieces from leading sustainable luxury designers worldwide. Each designer is hand-selected for their uniq...

On this episode, I interview Rick Nucci, Co-founder and CEO of Guru. Guru is the all-in-one tool that keeps your team connected and puts all the information they need in one place. As a collaborative knowledge management solution, Guru is at the forefront of empowering the next generation of knowledge workers. With hundreds of customers, including leading enterprises like Shopify, Square, Spotify, and Zoom, Guru is reshaping how teams create, find, and share institutional knowledge. Guru combi...

On this episode, I interview Dean Miller, President & CEO of PACT, the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies. PACT provides its members with valuable connectivity to capital, talent, and customers, fostering growth acceleration and success. PACT plays a crucial role within the Philadelphia startup ecosystem, facilitating networking opportunities and helping entrepreneurs connect with investors, mentors, and other key industry players. As President & CEO of PACT, Dean is a driving ...

On this episode, I interview Jake Stein, Co-founder & CEO of Common Paper. Common Paper helps you create and sign contracts faster. Their structured contract platform helps you build trusted templates using their standard agreements, then negotiate, sign and manage contracts in a single workflow. Jake and his team felt that buying and selling technology is still harder than it should be. Throughout his career, one of Jake's biggest frustrations was the process of managing contracts of his cus...

On this episode, I interview Brian Glick, Founder and CEO of Chain.io. Chain.io is connecting the software that moves supply chains. Their platform connects systems so businesses have better control over the information they need to manage their supply chain. Chain.io was founded out of necessity, not just desire. With 15 years of experience working with global retailers, logistics providers, and software vendors, they witnessed the challenges and inefficiencies in integrations. They observed ...

Live Episode @ Venture Cafe | Founding Philly Meetup 9/7 This episode was recorded LIVE at the Founding Philly Meetup in partnership with Venture Cafe. On this episode, I got to sit down (in-person) with Dave Becker, Co-Founder & CEO of CampusESP and Catherine Griffin, Founder of ImpactableX. CampusESP turns parents into partners and is focused on student success. Making it easy to keep the most important influencers of students informed, their families. From impacting enrollment, to student...

On this episode, I interview Tiffanie Stanard, Founder and CEO of Stimulus. Stimulus uses data & analytics to help companies make better (diverse, equitable, and inclusionary) purchasing decisions. Stimulus is all about transforming businesses into efficient decision-makers, with a strong focus on nurturing and growing supplier ecosystems. From impacting sourcing, to procurement, to purchasing decisions, maintaining effective vendor relationships is critical for businesses looking to support t...

On this episode, I interview Sam Whitaker, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Mural Health. Mural Health is a clinical trials technology company that is dedicated to making it easy to be a participant in clinical trials. Mural Health’s technology platform, Mural Link, is a patient-first technology that is primarily designed to benefit the study participant but also improves site operations and drives critical strategic value to study sponsors. Prior to Mural Health, Sam founded Greenphire, a leading provi...

On this episode, I interview Dave Becker, Co-Founder & CEO of CampusESP. CampusESP is your all-in-one solution for college parent engagement. CampusESP turns parents into partners and is focused on student success. CampusESP makes it easy to keep the most important influencers of students informed, their families. From impacting enrollment, to student success, to annual giving, keeping parents effectively engaged has proven to be critical for colleges and universities looking to better supp...

On this episode, I interview Co-Founders T.J. Colaiezzi and Jemma Barbarise-Kelley of LifeBrand. LifeBrand is the world leader in AI social media detection. LifeBrand’s mission is to empower all social media users to reach their full potential by maintaining a meaningful digital presence. Their AI powered software and user dashboard makes it simple to curate a powerful personal brand by bringing potentially unprofessional or harmful posts to users' attention. With ease, users can keep, edit o...

On this episode, I interview Mikal Harden, Co-Founder of Juno Search Partners. Juno Search Partners is a women-founded and women-led talent solutions firm working every day to connect the right people with the right kind of place. Juno is a team of experienced sourcers and recruiters specializing in assisting growing companies to build out their workforce through custom-built recruitment solutions. As the "Ultimate Connectors", Juno values the ability to bring many different perspectives to th...

On this episode, I interview Jess Podgajny, Co-Founder & CEO of LLUNA. LLUNA is building the new operating system for hybrid and remote teams. The company's Team Operating System (TeamOS) is designed to deliver real-time insights through comprehensive Team Boards powered by personal operating profiles (POPs). By showcasing team dynamics, TeamOS helps leaders more effectively manage and empowers teams to optimize their ways of working. With LLUNA, teams can accelerate belonging and trust for a...

On this episode, I interview Nick Martin, Co-Founder & COO at Carbon Reform. Carbon Reform is designing the Carbon Capsule, a modular carbon dioxide capture device that helps building owners reduce CO2 and contaminant levels internally, while saving energy on heating and cooling. The Carbon Capsule goes into a building's return air duct and as air moves through the building, it diverts part of it into the capsule. The CO2 that is captured is then sequestered permanently onsite into calcium carb...

On this episode, I interview Bruce Marable, Co-Founder & CEO at Employee Cycle. Employee Cycle combines disconnected workforce data from different HR systems into one user-friendly HR dashboard, empowering HR leaders to view, track, and analyze all their people data in one place. Employee Cycle’s approach to HR data management offers a cloud-based solution that automates end-to-end HR reporting and enables seamless communication between HR and leadership teams. With Employee Cycle, you don’t h...

On this episode, I interview Michael Beauchamp, Founder and CEO of GO. GO is a cheaper and easier alternative to traditional car ownership. GO created a better business model that allows them to provide drivers the best car for the lowest payment. GO is the best parts of a lease, a rental, and a subscription. They removed all the things that add cost and frustration to traditional car buying. By combining technology, data science and fleet management, GO is able to increase efficiency and redu...

On this episode, I interview Abe Kwon, Startup & VC Partner at Goodwin. Goodwin is a global law firm serving the innovators and the investors in a rapidly changing, technology-driven economy. Goodwin's Philadelphia office focuses on the life sciences, healthcare, and private equity industries, including where they converge with other sectors such as technology. Goodwin announced earlier this year that a team of 14 partners have joined the firm in its Life Sciences, Healthcare, Private Equity a...

On this episode, I interview Catherine Griffin, Founder of ImpactableX. ImpactableX helps social entrepreneurs to quantify and forecast their social & environmental impact and drive capital towards the greatest good. ImpactableX is impact modeling for founders & funders. A digital suite of products that use the power of AI to define, quantify, forecast and report on social and environmental impact and direct capital towards the solutions that build a better world. The ImpactableX framework hel...

On this episode, I interview Adit Gupta, Co-founder & CEO of Lula Convenience. Lula Convenience is a software company that enables delivery from convenience stores. They are building the operating system for the convenience industry with the goal to empower retailers to modernize and thrive. Today, Lula is giving stores the specialized technology, data, and customer success merchants need to serve customers. Lula enables independents and chains to compete with major corporations as the nation's...

On this episode, I interview Ted Mann, Co-Founder and CEO of CollX. CollX (pronounced "collects") is the fastest way to find out what your trading cards are worth. Snap a pic and instantly get the current market price. Add them to your collection to track your overall portfolio, and buy, sell, and trade your cards with other collectors. CollX helps answer one of the most basic questions that any collector has: “What’s this worth?” The mobile app enables users to take a picture of a collectible...

On this episode, I interview Scott Nissenbaum, President and CEO of Ben Franklin Tech Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Ben Franklin Tech Partners is among the nation’s leading technology-based economic development programs. Covering the entire Commonwealth through four regional centers, BFTP accelerates the growth of technology-based industries in Pennsylvania. Ben Franklin Technology Partners operates as a 501 C-3 Corporation, using the tools and best practices of venture investment and ...