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1) #169 – Brian Wolfe | Private Equity in Chicago: Lessons on Building and Backing Startups
Brian Wolfe is Managing Partner at Funded Ventures, a private investment firm, and is a retired partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. In addition to his teaching at Booth, Wolfe also teaches courses on pri...Show More
2) #168 – Pablo Srugo | Inside Mistral VC: How Canadian Venture Capital Backs Startups
Pablo Srugo is a Partner at Mistral, based in Toronto. Prior to Mistral, Pablo was the co-founder and COO of Gymtrack– a VC-backed startup in the FitTech space. Before starting Gymtrack, Pablo co-foun...Show More
3) #167 – Vijen Patel | From P&G Exit to $41M VC Fund: Why Boring Industries Win
Vijen Patel is the Founding Partner of The 81 Collection, a $41 million early-stage venture fund that invests in founders building across "hard industries" like manufacturing, real estate, retail, and...Show More
4) #166 – Harry Kraemer | Leading with Values: Lessons from a Former Global CEO & Kellogg Professor
Harry Kraemer, Jr. is the former Chairman and CEO of Baxter International, a $12 billion global healthcare company. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Leadership at Northwestern University’s Kell...Show More
5) #165 – Michael Fassnacht | Building Brands, Driving Growth, and Elevating Chicago
Michael Fassnacht is President of the Chicagoland Region and Chief Growth Officer at Clayco, where he drives business development, marketing, and sales while mentoring the team. Before Clayco, he was ...Show More
6) #164 – Landon Campbell | Venture Capital, Community Building, and Chicago Tech
Landon W. Campbell is the General Manager for Drive Capital in Chicago, a $2.3B venture capital firm committed to investing in exceptional founders who are shaping the future of market-defining compan...Show More
7) #163 - Edward Woodford | Crypto, Stablecoins, and the Future of Finance
Edward Woodford is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zero Hash, a leading crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform based in Chicago. Since founding the company in 2017, Edward has been at the forefront o...Show More
8) #162 - Thomas Thayyil Thomas | Transforming Deal Strategy Using AI
TTT is the CEO of Teragonia, specializing in AI-driven analytics and value creation for PE-backed and founder-led middle-market companies. A seasoned M&A strategist with deep expertise in data science...Show More
9) #161 - Duane Jackson | Investing in Founder-Led Businesses and Building Author Capital Partners
Duane is the Co-founder of Author Capital Partners with 20 years of experience advising and investing in public and private companies. He serves on the boards of SilverIP Communications and ESD Global...Show More
10) #160 - Shawn Ellis | Inside a $100M Fund Investing in the Future of Risk
Shawn Ellis is the Managing Partner of Distributed Ventures. He co-founded and manages the fund. Prior to Distributed Ventures, Shawn built and lead NFP Ventures, a captive early-stage venture fund sp...Show More