Let's Grab Coffee Podcast
1) #175 – Tyrone Thomas | Inside the Mind of a General Counsel: Leadership, Risk & Decision-Making
Tyrone Thomas is the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Doral Renewables, a leading developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy assets across the United States, with a portfolio ex...Show More
2) #174 – Nick Moran | Why Outsider Founders Win and How New Stack Picks the Best Early-Stage Teams
Nick Moran is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and the Founder & General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a Chicago-based fund backing early-stage, often first-time founders building in emerging mark...Show More
3) #173 – Michael Roytman | How AI Is Changing Cyber Risk And What Most Companies Get Wrong
Michael Roytman is a cybersecurity data scientist and entrepreneur. Born in East Germany and raised between Ukraine and Russia, he immigrated to the U.S. and studied industrial engineering at UIUC and...Show More
4) #172 – Betsy Fore | From First Indigenous Founder to Raise a Series A to Becoming a VC Leader
Betsy Fore is the first Native American (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) woman to raise a Series A and is now the Founding Partner of Velveteen Ventures, investing in children and the planet for the next se...Show More
5) #171 – Rola Dagher | Rising from War to the Global Boardroom: Leadership with Purpose
Rola Dagher is one of the most influential leaders in global technology — having served as Global Channel Chief at Dell Technologies and President & CEO of Cisco Canada.Born in war-torn Lebanon, Rola’...Show More
6) #170 – Terry Graunke | From Founder to Family Office: Lessons on Building Businesses That Last
In this episode of the Let’s Grab Coffee Podcast, George Khalife sits down with Terry Graunke, Founder and Chairman of Erie Street Growth Partners, to unpack lessons from more than 30 years of buildin...Show More
7) #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
8) #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
#168 – Pablo Srugo | Inside Mistral VC: How Canadian Venture Capital Backs Startups
45:59 | Aug 16th, 2025
9) #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
#167 – Vijen Patel | From P&G Exit to $41M VC Fund: Why Boring Industries Win
47:49 | Jul 26th, 2025
10) #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