by Marisa Messick | Jan 16, 2025 | Podcasts
Some communities have a universally respected and beloved behind-the-scenes leader with a Midas Touch for all things impact. If you have lived in Dallas for long, you know that person is Lynn McBee. Tune in to learn how this biochemist Superwoman simultaneously built...
by Marisa Messick | Jan 2, 2025 | Podcasts
While college years are associated with in-classroom learning and extracurricular partying, Trevor Gicheru proves it is also the perfect time to start your first startup. Startups require an immense amount of time and community support, but the fire-house learnings...
by Marisa Messick | Dec 5, 2024 | Podcasts
Most people go through their everyday lives trapped behind their own lens of the world. This lack of empathy is especially palpable when VCs are raising money from LPs and when founders are raising money from VCs, where the temptation to oversell to pick up a check as...
by Marisa Messick | Nov 7, 2024 | Podcasts
Moving from Vancouver, British Columbia to Oklahoma City, OK is rare enough, let alone for venture capital. According to Matt Waraich, the geographic arbitrage thesis of non-coastal venture firms is resonating in coastal markets more than Oklahomans realize. Tune in...
by Marisa Messick | Oct 24, 2024 | Podcasts
New research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) demonstrates an overwhelming negative correlation between the severity/frequency of childhood trauma and lifetime well-being outcomes. Ed Long overcame childhood trauma to pursue a Master’s of Public...
by Marisa Messick | Oct 10, 2024 | Podcasts
Tech exit to selling “commoditized” water bottles on Amazon? Mike Beckham must be crazy! After 9 years of rapid growth with his company Simple Modern, Mike has proved his doubters wrong by leaning into competition to eliminate market risk. Tune in to hear...