The Top Entrepreneurs In Money, Marketing, Business And Life

Zooko Wilcox. He’s the creator of Zcash and has more than 20 years of experience in open decentralized systems, cryptography and information security along with startups in general. He’s recognized for his work in Digicash, Mojonation and many other things that he has worked on. He’s also the founder of Least Authority. If you’re following him on Twitter, you’ll know that he sometimes blog about health science and is very active in Twitter and the crypto space. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Constellation Games What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Signal How many hours of sleep do you get?— 8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “That he would start learning by doing than learning from going to school”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:44 – Nathan introduces Zooko to the show 02:28 – Zcash is a cryptocurrency similar to bitcoin 02:55 – Zcash is like the SSL version of bitcoin 03:20 – Zooko explains why additional security is needed in the crypto space 04

Maksim Balashevich. He’s a former IBM software engineer and co-founder of a successful, hosting business in Belarus. He now manages the overall product and leads the Santiment team. He’s a veteran leader, having spent more than a decade trading successfully using Santiment and Elliot Wave as analysis. He’s also a guru in yoga and meditation. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – N/A What CEO do you follow? – Nick Szabo Favorite online tool? — Blockchain and Reddit How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Move faster to the same goal   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:53 – Nathan introduces Maksim to the show 02:30 – Santiment builds information for the emerging cryptocurrency token economy 03:30 – When Santiment had their ICO, they’ve established a token for their platform 03:36 – To get access to Santiment, you can buy the monthly subscription by paying in dollars or by depositing your tokens into the platform 04:12 – There’s no revenue on the

Michael Litt. He’s the co-founder and CEO of a leading video marketing platform called Vidyard. While he’s not bringing leading video-based technologies to market, he serves as general partner at Garage Capital, a seed stage fund focused on supercluster companies looking to expand their networks in the Silicon Valley. He also sits as Communitech’s board of directors, a KW-based organization designed to help companies start, grow and succeed.  Famous Five: Favorite Book? – N/A What CEO do you follow? – Shannon Stubo Favorite online tool? — Coinbase How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – You need a big support network and focus your energy into building a business   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:41 – Nathan introduces Michael to the show 02:16 – Michael was in Episode 414 of The Top and back then, they only had 132 people on their team 02:30 – Vidyard now has around 250 employees 02:38 – Vidyard has 3 offices 02:44 – Vidyard has launch

Barry Clapp. He brings over 30 years of experience in sales and management to Centage. Beginning with IBM, he held successional positions with increasing responsibility on software and internet businesses. At DigitalGlobe, a satellite imagery company, he served as VP of international sales opening distribution in over 20 different countries. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Biography of Richard Branson What CEO do you follow? – Marcus Lemonis Favorite online tool? — Salesforce How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Be bolder, take more risks and get more equity from businesses with potential   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:43 – Nathan introduces Barry to the show 02:12 – Centage makes a budgeting and planning tool simple 02:20 – Every company budgets and most use Excel, which can be very difficult 02:49 – Centage automates budgeting to replace Excel 03:10 – Centage is a SaaS business 03:18 – Centage was launched in 2002 03:37 – Centa

Gustav Mellentin. He’s the founder and CEO of Adform in the adtech space. Before that, he was an engineer in the banking world with an MBA, and was also doing consulting. He just recently came back from a European holiday. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Daring Greatly What CEO do you follow? – Jorgin Vig Knudstorp Favorite online tool? — Vivino Wine App How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Be bold and do what you think is right   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:46 – Nathan introduces Gustav to the show 02:20 – Gustav shares his European holiday experience 02:30 – It was pure leisure 02:50 – Adform is a tech company that has developed an ad tech platform 03:13 – Adform typically takes a percentage of the spend in the trading model which is on a monthly fee 03:27 – Adform also has a per usage model for their application software 03:50 – Average fee from the data model starts at $5K 04:23 – Most of the revenue from Adform is from t

Christopher Engman, the founder of companies like Vendemore, Retain24, TaxiSystem and many others and he’s also an active investor. One of his companies, which he’s now active and an investor in is called Climeon. He’s also involved with Proof Analytics, Trigger Bee and many others. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Inside the Tornado What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — LinkedIn How many hours of sleep do you get?— 7 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Put learning fast in front of prestige”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:38 – Nathan introduces Christopher to the show 02:14 – All of the companies Christopher founded are profitable and are growing companies 02:50 – Christopher’s biggest exit was Vendemore 03:04 – Christopher ran it for 9 years 03:12 – Vendemore was initially bootstrapped and raised funds 03:51 – The exit was three years ago 04:42 – Christopher and his wife owned 75% of Vendemore 05:40 – Christopher took 50% of his Vendemore exit to st

Daniel Chait. He’s the CEO and co-founder of Greenhouse, which designs tools that help create and navigate a new world of work. Daniel has been a technology entrepreneur in New York for nearly 20 years. Before Greenhouse, he co-founded Lab49, a global firm providing technology consulting solutions for the world’s leading investment banks. He’s a proud graduate of the computer engineering program at the University of Michigan. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Nudge What CEO do you follow? – Kim Scott Favorite online tool? — Trello How many hours of sleep do you get?— 7.5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “The dotcom crash”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:35 – Nathan introduces Daniel to the show 02:10 – Greenhouse sells recruiting software that corporations use to design and execute their hiring process 02:40 – Greenhouse is a SaaS company 02:50 – Average customer pay per year varies 03:05 – The pricing model depends on the size of the company 03:40 – Greenhouse tends

Todd Fisher. He’s the co-founder and CEO of CallTrackingMetrics, a top rated call automation and lead management platform serving over 30K businesses around the globe. Todd developed the initial software and continues to be the driving technical force behind the company. He has also made a number of notable developments in the technical field, especially within the Ruby on Rails community. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – N/A What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk and Steve Jobs Favorite online tool? — it How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Get your shit together”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:30 – Nathan introduces Todd to the show 02:00 – CallTrackingMetrics has 30K paying customers 02:45 – CallTrackingMetrics sells phone numbers and provides functionality and features to those 03:08 – It can track which ads resulted to a phone call 03:27 – CallTrackingMetrics was launched in 2011 03:40 – Todd started with Revolution Health Grou

Maria Seidman. She is the CEO and co-founder of Yapp, the top platform for event applications. Prior to Yapp, she was the GM for mobile and VP for Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. She has her MBA from Stanford and her BA from Yale and resides in New York City. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – How What CEO do you follow? – Stewart Butterfield Favorite online tool? — FullStory and Slack How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5-7 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Take more risks”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:41 – Nathan introduces Maria to the show 02:29 – Yapp already has 85K apps published on their platform since they started 02:28 – Yapp was founded in 2011 and launched in 2012 02:56 – Maria left Warner Bros in 2010, then she met her co-founder for Yapp and they started in 2011 03:40 – Yapp’s market is professional events or the “mice industry” 03:54 – Yapp provides event technology for organizers who are in corporations or associations 04:25 – Yapp isn’t for casua

Spencer Coon. He’s the co-founder of HiBox.co and Joincube. He has over 5 years of experience in enterprise collaboration software and 7 years working internationally. He has managed teams across 3 continents and 5 countries. Previously, he was in investment banking at JP Morgan in New York City.   Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Black Swan What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Intercom How many hours of sleep do you get?— 7 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Spencer wished he knew that technology was going to be more of his passion   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:50 – Nathan introduces Spencer to the show 02:20 – HiBox is a collaboration app for teams 02:31 – It has an artificial intelligence to bring everything together and enhance productivity 03:19 – HiBox is a SaaS model with a 14-day free trial 03:30 – It has 3 different versions, including a pro version and an enterprise version 03:57 – ARPU is $32 a month 04:03 – An average account h

Spencer Bogart. He’s a managing director and the head of research for Blockchain Capital, the premier venture firm for investing directly in the blockchain companies. Prior to joining Blockchain Capital, Spencer was a VP of Equity Research where he covered traditional software and internet stocks. He had his first industry report on blockchain technology and is the most active analyst covering bitcoin. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Zero to One What CEO do you follow? – Balaji Srinivasan Favorite online tool? — Telegram How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “I just wish I would have spent more time on bitcoin”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:48 – Nathan introduces Spencer to the show 03:10 – Crypto hedge fund has created a “honey pot” for hackers 03:18 – The “honey pot” is actually bigger on the exchanges 04:23 – Most companies are now making bitcoins more accessible 04:45 – Spencer shares how to use Coinbase 05:00 – Spencer ha

Jayesh Parmar. He’s a serial entrepreneur with two decades of event industry experience. Currently, he’s the CEO and co-founder of Picatic and is listed as one of the world’s top 10 tech entrepreneurs disrupting the event industry. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Hard Thing About Hard Things What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — Amy How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6-8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Failure is just a data point”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:44 – Nathan introduces Jayesh to the show 02:10 – Picatic brings people together and does things that are absolutely different from others 02:22 – Picatic has given away a product for free 02:55 – Picatic has changed the ballgame with their pro product 03:13 – Picatic offers Picatic Anywhere which is a new ticketing service 04:00 – The bigger stream for Picatic is the commission-based stream 05:00 – Average pay for Picatic varies 05:26 – Picatic has a basic product which is

Ransu Salovaara. He’s the CEO of TokenMarket, the leading token sale advisory and information hub based on Gibraltar. He’s also an advisor for numerous blockchain startups. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Digital Gold What CEO do you follow? – Travis Kalanick Favorite online tool? — Coinbase How many hours of sleep do you get?— 8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Don’t be so arrogant, don’t think that you know it all. Listen more, talk less   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:28 – Nathan introduces Ransu to the show 02:00 – In February 2014, Ransu’s friend called him and asked if he knew about bitcoin 02:14 – His friend told him to get into bitcoin 02:50 – Ransu is like the Bloomberg of crypto stuff 03:07 – Ransu gets money from the commission of their services to raise money for startups 03:15 – Ransu is involved in Firstblood 03:55 – Ransu shares what he knows about Joe Zhou of Firstblood 04:21 – Christoph of DAO was in Episode 781 of The Top 04:55 – TokenMarket di

Olin Hyde. He’s the co-founder and CEO of LeadCrunch.ai, an intelligent demand generation platform that accelerates sales with high precision analytics and content delivery. In less than 10 months since they’ve launched, the company has grown to more than 90 customers and are getting 300% higher sales conversion rates. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Humans What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Salesloft How many hours of sleep do you get?— 8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Olin hoped he would have known how important linear algebra is   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:38 – Nathan introduces Olin to the show 02:09 – The last exit of Olin was Auto-Semantics that analyzed social media feeds 02:22 – It was sold to ai-one 02:28 – Olin spent 2 years with ai-one 02:38 – LeadCrunch started with healthcare 02:51 – LeadCrunch has beat IBM Watson 02:59 – LeadCrunch is using their targeting technology to help mid-market companies find their next best cust

Harry Kargman. He’s a passionate entrepreneur who bootstrapped Kargo over 17 years into the leading mobile brand advertising marketplace. He’s obsessed with art, design and New York and has been helping steward the ad council in a partnership for New York. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Only the Paranoid Survive What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Skype, Slack and other product tools How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “It’s going to be okay”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:08 – Nathan introduces Harry to the show 02:41 – Kargo is the largest brand advertising company for mobile 02:45 – Their focus is on high end brands that are highly creative 03:16 – Kargo is a technology company 03:43 – They built a technology that will make an ad on mobile a high end brand experience 04:12 – The ad renders perfectly on a mobile page 05:52 – Kargo works with around 98% of the major media companies and publishers 06:

Irv Shapiro. He’s responsible for the overall business strategy and corporate leadership as the CEO of DialogTech. DialogTech provides the industry a leading, actionable, marketing analytics platform for businesses that value inbound sales calls. The company was named an Inc 500 company in servicing close to 5000 businesses worldwide—ranging from emerging companies to the world’s largest enterprises. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Purple Cow What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? —The Top Inbox How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6.5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “I should have stayed in architecture school”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:04 – Nathan introduces Irv to the show 02:51 – DialogTech is Irv’s third rodeo in the industry 03:10 – Metamor Technologies is a system information business that built large office systems 03:35 – It scaled to 500 people and was sold to Corestaff 03:51 – It was sold in 1997 for $38M 04:11 – After Metamor,

Andreas Antonopoulos. He’s a technologist and serial entrepreneur. He has become one of the most well-known and well respected in bitcoin. He’s the author of Mastering Bitcoin, published by O’Reilly Media. Andreas is also considered the best technical guide in bitcoin and The Internet of Money—another term that he coined—is his book about why bitcoins matter. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Digital Gold What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Trello How many hours of sleep do you get?— 8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “What you’re worrying about is really not worth worrying about, just go for it”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:50 – Nathan introduces Andreas to the show 03:17 – Cryptocurrency is still volatile 03:20 – Most ICOs nowadays still converts 60-80% of funds 04:00 – There’s no single system in crypto 04:21 – Andreas thinks that it isn’t the matter of ideology, but a matter of being a rational actor 04:48 – From a regulatory perspective, An

Alex Austin. He’s the CEO and co-founder of Branch, a leading mobile deep linking platform with solutions that unify mobile user experience and measurement across devices, platforms and channels. He founded Branch back in 2014 while attending Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before founding Branch, Ale founded Kindred Prints, had engineering roles at NASA and holds many research papers under his name.  Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Mistborn Trilogy What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — JMP Statistical Analysis How many hours of sleep do you get?— 7 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – You have to start your own company, don't wait. There is never the right time.   Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:04 – Nathan introduces Alex to the show 02:46 – Alex shares how he moved from NASA to a deep linking platform 03:33 – Alex realized that he hated school and loves building instead 03:57 – Alex still does building projects on his free time 04:33 –

Evan Liang. He’s the CEO and co-founder of LeanData which he founded after managing a data cleanup project at his first company and felt the pain of cleaning Salesforce data by hand. Prior to LeanData, he was the GM and VP of products at Caring.com where he grew a small acquisition within the company’s main business. Generally, he owned 50% of the company’s revenue over 2 years. Before Caring.com, Evan worked at Shasta Ventures, a leading venture capital firm focused on end-user driven businesses. Before that, he worked in project management at eBay and business development at Microsoft where he helped launched the Xbox 360. Evan started his career at Battery Ventures where he specialized in software and ecommerce investments. He holds his MBA from Kellogg and BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Hard Thing About Hard Things What CEO do you follow? – Rich Hagberg Favorite online tool? — Slack How many hours of sleep do you get?— 8 If you could let your 20-y

Sandy Khaund.  He’s the CEO of Upgraded, a platform for tickets using blockchain technologies. Previously, he was the CTO at InStadium, a sports venue ad network and senior director at Turner Broadcasting along with CEO of Iryrnsoft, a video-based learning for mobile devices. He was also the COO of teen social network at Piczo and director at Microsoft. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The World is Flat What CEO do you follow? – Reed Hastings and Mark Zuckerberg Favorite online tool? — OneNote How many hours of sleep do you get?— 4.5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “The secret of life is doing what you do for free and getting someone to pay you for it”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:02 – Nathan introduces Sandy to the show 02:37 – Upgraded has a solution widget that addresses the problem of event tickets 02:52 – Alot of the tickets are fake and being sold on Craigslist 03:31 – The Cryptography has worked so well that there’s only one bitcoin 03:54 – Upgraded has