Startup HandMeDowns Podcast
1) Episode 96: A Different Approach to Saving the Planet and Why Plastic Water Bottles are the New Cigarettes with Rich ‘Raz’ Razgaitis - CEO of FloWater
Today Philip Kasumu had the pleasure of speaking with Raz who's vision is fueled by wanting to leave a better environment for his children and the next generation, Rich ‘Raz’ Razgaitis is tackling a p...Show More
2) Episode 95: It's Not Enough to Build Something You Have Think About Distribution with Amir Salihefendić of Doist
Today's interview was with Amir Salihefendić the CEO and Founder of Doist and Twist. Amir has viewed life a little differently ever since his family fled war-torn Bosnia for Denmark. He began to see t...Show More
3) Episode 94: Creating a New Way to Shop Online with Girish Ramachandra Co-founder & CEO, Shopalyst
In this episode, Philip spoke with Girish the co-founder & CEO at Shopalyst. Prior to Shopalyst, he was a Vice President at Infosys where he was responsible for their Retail Industry Solutions Busines...Show More
4) Episode 93: Why you Need to Build your MVP End to End with Serial Entrepreneur Peter Yared CEO of InCountry
Peter Yared is the founder and CEO of InCountry, a regulatory technology company that is providing data residency-as-a-service worldwide. Peter is also a 7x founder with more than $500M in exits, A Si...Show More
5) Episode 92: How I Sold a Company Before I Went to College and Building Amazing Consumer Focused Startups - Kal Vepuri - Founder of Hero and Serial Angel Investor
In this episode, Philip speaks with Kal Vepuri, serial investor and founder and CEO of Hero, the IoT-connected device that automatically dispenses medication when you need it, was inspired to build hi...Show More
6) Episode 91: We Were Selling One Car Per Month When I Joined Tesla - JOhn ROkos - Angel Investor and Entrepreneur
John is the Founder, CEO, & Product Architect of Enemy Tree, a California, USA based technology startup whose products are wide-reaching experiments in hardware, software, and services that positively...Show More
7) Episode 90: Austen Allred Founder and CEO of Lambda School - Transforming Education and How We Learn
(Rerun) This week we sat down with Austen Allred of Lambda School, Fit Marketing, Grasswire, and Lendup. On this episode we discuss: - Growth marketing galore - The free upfront model - When to invest...Show More
8) Episode 89: Marketing Mistakes Startups Make with Gaston Tourn - CMO Appear Here, Ex-Googler, Ex-Badoo
(Re-run) This week on Startup Handmedowns, we sat down with Gaston Tourn, CMO of Badoo which for those of you who don’t know is a dating app that is most popular in Europe and South America. Gaston de...Show More
9) Episode 88: How to crowdfund £1million in 4 days with Alex Stefani CEO of Beam
In this repeat episode, Philip speaks with Alex about how you should approach investors or attempt to raise money from the crowd? We talk to the founder of Beam and JustPark's Ex-Ceo Alex Stefan...Show More
Episode 88: How to crowdfund £1million in 4 days with Alex Stefani CEO of Beam
23:49 | Sep 8th, 2020
10) Episode 87: You Don't Need More Processes with Ryan Walsh Chief Product Officer at Splice and Formally Beat by Dre and Floodgate VC
(Re-upload) In this week’s episode of Startup Handmedowns, we sit down with Ryan Walsh who is currently a partner at Floodgate. Ryan has had a very rich career history, from starting out as a performi...Show More