A Gin Startup Inspired by the Coasts of California
Marsh Mokhtari is a food & adventure show host on the Food Network, National Geographic, and the Travel Channel. Jan Mokhtari is an award-winning creative director and filmmaker, creating campaigns and content for some of the world's largest brands. In 2016, they combined their super powers and founded Golden State Distillery. A distillery that celebrates California and supports the Golden State through nature and wildlife conservation.
Your Neighborhood Storage Facility, Reimagined
NXTSTOR is a revolutionary new concept in the self-storage industry, creating a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects people with space to people with stuff. If you find yourself with extra space in your home, garage, or workplace consider signing up as a host.
A $700B Market Ready for Disruption
Sam Baddoo is the founder of Fleri, a platform helping US immigrants buy health insurance for their families in their home country. In 2019, US immigrants sent over $714B to their home countries in remittances. Fleri wants to create a way to ensure that money is efficiently spent on healthcare.
The Next Level of Reading Education
Joan Kelley, founder of Abound Parenting, is an educator and parent building a tool for educators and parents to help children become better readers. The app facilities conversations with your child to help develop stronger vocabulary and make the connection between words and meaning.
Automating the Security Alert Triage Process
Imagine you had a security analyst on your team who could analyze every single alert generated by your security tools 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and based on external threat intelligence and business context, escalate only the most important ones to you for further review. SOC.OS is that analyst.
Founder Friendly Equity Transaction Software
Capbase is working to streamline legal paperwork for startups to free up time and capital. Their mission is to create solutions for multiple startup business operations to help them launch their company more efficiently.
Freelance Bootcamp
Bradley Jacobs founded Mylance to help freelancers manage their work life with intention and create room for other amazing things in life. After leaving Uber, he offered to work for a few startups which led to him freelancing. Now, he is teaching others in the tech industry and more pivot out of their corporate jobs into freelance freedom.
Sustainable Braless Women’s Fashion
Frankly’s mission is to design braless clothing that works for more women. We discuss the current fashion design process and how Frankly is operating differently to address what women really need and want.
Womxns Workwear, Now with Pockets!
Pairess was founded by Amy Jiang and Showly Wang with the mission to help womxn succeed in the workplace through stylish and functional apparel that makes their life easier.
The Automated Organizational Chart
ChartHop is the world’s first organizational management platform empowering leaders and team members alike to see the past and present of their organization and design its future.
Simplifying the Bookkeeping Process for Small Businesses
Cratosys helps businesses transform their subledger process and achieve maximum growth by automating their end to end data entry processes through Robotic Process Automation and Machine Learning.
The TOMS of Women’s Swimwear
KindKinis, founded by Los Angeles native, Merilyn Lopez, designs bikinis to fit every woman regardless of her size. They carefully create each swimsuit to accentuate every curve without jeopardizing comfort. They draw inspiration from the latest styles creating suits perfect for the beach and as crop tops that pair well with your favorite shorts, skirts, and jeans.
Employer Offered Student Loan Benefits
Noether Rudin is a small team with a mission to reduce the financial barrier to education. They are PhDs and Finance experts that loathe student loan debt as much as you do. Noether Rudin partners with employers to create student loan repayment incentive and contribution programs to better serve consumers pay their student debt.
Naveed Iqbal, founder of Noether Rudin, talks to us about listen to consumers and adjusting his product accordingly to create something that actually address consumers’ problems.
Who Coaches the CEO
Danielle Gopen is the founder of Formosa Coaching. She attended Chicago Booth for business school and worked in financial services before launching her own executive coaching firm. We discuss effective communication, leadership, culture, and the benefits of executive coaching!
Wine, Without the Pretentiousness
Jessica Hershfield founded Just Enough Wines with the mission to change the perception of drinking wine. Whether you enjoy wine in the can, in a glass, on a beach, or on your couch, Just Enough Wines will always be a perfect choice.
Democratizing Venture Capital
Merit is a distributed venture capital platform with the mission to diversify the venture capital space. Users anonymously submit analyses and thinking about a company or industry and provide feedback on other users’ submissions. The goal is to allow aspiring investors to create a track record of investment theses to then pursue a career in venture capital.
Reinventing Fetal Medical Technology
Raydiant Oximetry has developed a safe and non-invasive technology that directly monitors a babies’ oxygenation during childbirth. For obstetric providers who are dissatisfied with current fetal heart rate monitoring systems, this technology leads to better-informed decision-making and better patient care.
The Future of Micromobility
Tortoise can safely drive any small electric vehicle from a location where it’s underutilized or obstructing the road, to a city-approved parking spot, a public transit hub, and in the near-future, your doorstep.