The Social Radars
by Jessica Livingston
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Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO, Boom Supersonic: Part 2
Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO, Boom Supersonic: Part 2
About this podcast
Jessica Livingston and Carolynn Levy are The Social Radars. Carolynn and Jessica have been working together to help thousands of startups at Y Combinator for almost 20 years. Come be a fly on the wall as they talk to some of the most successful founders in Silicon Valley about how they did it.
Episodes
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- Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO, Boom Supersonic: Part 2 · 47 minIn this Social Radars episode we talk with Blake Scholl about one of the cleverest business model transformations in the history of startups: Boom's move into building gas…
- John Coogan, Co-Founder & Host at TBPN · 1 h 6 minIn the latest Social Radars episode, we turn the tables on John Coogan of TBPN. Now he's answering the questions instead of asking him. We especially liked talking to John…
- Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel: Silicon Valley Bank Crisis · 1 h 22 minIn today's Social Radars episode we talk to Ron Conway about one of the most momentous events in recent Silicon Valley history, the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, and the…
- Justin Kan, Cofounder, Twitch · 1 h 5 minIn this episode of The Social Radars, we talk to Justin Kan, who has spent his whole adult life in startups, much of it around YC in some way. We've funded him three times, the…
- Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator · 1 h 2 minPaul Graham is back in the latest episode of The Social Radars. This time we focus on what was going on behind the scenes at Y Combinator back in the early years. If you really…
- Peter Reinhardt, CEO & co-founder, Charm Industrial; CEO & co-founder, Segment · 1 h 7 minIn the latest episode of The Social Radars, we talk to Peter Reinhardt, who has the distinction of having started two iconic companies that are completely different from one…
- Tom Blomfield, Partner, Y Combinator; Co-Founder, Monzo · 1 h 9 minIn today's episode of The Social Radars, we talk to Tom Blomfield, founder and original CEO of the transformative British fintech startup Monzo, and now a YC partner. The…
- Spenser Skates, Founder & CEO, Amplitude · 1 h 16 minIn this episode we talk with Spenser Skates of Amplitude. Amplitude is a spectacular example of a something people talk a lot about in Silicon Valley: the pivot. Their initial…
- Christina Cacioppo, Founder & CEO, Vanta · 1 h 7 minIn this episode of The Social Radars we talk to Christina Cacioppo of Vanta. Christina is a case study in agency. She actually did all the things founders know they ought to do…
- David Kirtley, Founder & CEO of Helion Energy · 1 h 11 minIn today's episode we talk to the founder of a startup that will have momentous consequences for the whole world if it works: David Kirtley, Founder & CEO of Helion Energy, who…
- Jared Friedman, Partner, Y Combinator; Co-founder, Scribd · 1 h 10 minIn the latest episode we talk to one of the great YC insiders, Jared Friedman, who was in the third batch back in summer 2006, as cofounder of Scribd, and who has worked since…
- Jessica & Carolynn Announce Season 5! · 3 minJessica & Carolynn Announce Season 5 of The Social Radars
- Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO of Boom Supersonic · 1 h 24 minIn today’s episode, we talk to Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO of Boom Supersonic. Building a supersonic airliner sounds hard, and it is: startups often have dramatic ups and downs…
- Founder Mode: Sajith Wickramasekara, Founder & CEO, Benchling · 13 minIn today's Social Radars, we talk to Sajith Wickramasekara of Benchling. For Sajith, founder mode means a pervasive feeling of responsibility for everything at the company…
- Founder Mode: Jen Herbach, Founder & CEO, Adventris Pharmaceuticals · 16 minIn the latest Social Radars, we talk to Jen Herbach of Adventris, which is working on a cancer vaccine. She was in the audience of Brian Chesky's famous founder mode talk, and…
- Founder Mode: Andy Lapsa, Founder & CEO, Stoke Space · 15 minIn this episode we talk to Andy Lapsa of Stoke Space. This startup is literally doing rocket science, because they're building fully reusable rockets. Anyone who meets Andy is…
- Founder Mode: Emmett Shear, Founder, Softmax & Twitch · 21 minIn this Social Radars episode we talk to Emmett Shear, who told us about an interesting founder mode technique he developed when he was running Twitch. He wanted people there to…
- Founder Mode: Christina Cacioppo, Founder & CEO, Vanta · 13 minIn today’s episode, Christina Cacioppo gives us her take on founder mode, which is becoming more important now that Vanta has 1000 employees around the world. She told us about a…
- Founder Mode: Kashish Gupta, Founder and co-CEO of Hightouch · 20 minIn this episode we talked to Kashish Gupta of Hightouch, who made an important point about founder mode: one of the most important things founders can do that employees can't is…
- Founder Mode: Paul Gross, Founder & CEO of Remora Carbon · 14 minIn this episode we talk to Paul Gross of Remora Carbon, a startup that does carbon capture right out of the exhausts of trucks and trains. Paul has a unique take on founder mode…
