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Trailblazers is your favorite business podcast, hosted by Erica Wenger, GP at Park Rangers Capital. Each week, Erica sits down with top investors, founders, and business icons who’ve found conventional success in unconventional ways.
From billion-dollar exits to scrappy early pivots, Trailblazers brings you unfiltered stories of how the next generation of firms and companies are really built.
New episodes every Tuesday.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
46 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
193 episodes
since May 26, 2021
episodic
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Michael Broukhim is the co-founder of FabFitFun and Deep 33, a venture capital firm focused on AI, robotics, and frontier technologies. He's also an early investor in companies like SpaceX and Stripe.
In this episode of Trailblazers, Michael explains why AI is becoming a national security priority,…
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Nichole Wischoff is the founder of Wischoff Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in overlooked industries. She's grown the firm from a $5M first fund to a $50M third fund.
In this episode of Trailblazers, Nichole explains why great startup ideas can make bad investments, how she …
In this episode, we sit down with Sara Foster and Phil Schwarz, co-founders of Oversubscribed Ventures, to discuss how celebrity, media, and traditional venture capital are coming together to build a different model for investing in consumer companies.
Sara brings a background in entertainment, bra…
In this episode, we sit down with David Haber, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former founder of Bond Street, to discuss what separates exceptional founders from everyone else.
David breaks down why the best founders study those who came before them, how to stand out in crowded markets, …
In this episode, we sit down with Jeff Clavier, founder of Uncork Capital and one of the early pioneers of seed-stage venture capital.
Jeff shares what he has learned from more than two decades of investing in startups, from raising some of the earliest institutional seed funds to backing companies…
In this episode, we sit down with Brian Kelly, founder of The Points Guy, to break down the business behind one of the most recognizable brands in travel and credit card rewards.
Brian shares how The Points Guy actually makes money, why affiliate marketing became such a powerful business model, and…
In this episode, we sit down with Natalie Fratto, an investor, writer, and new media entrepreneur known for translating complex ideas across technology, venture capital, and culture to a growing online audience.
We discuss why most content fails, how the power law drives viral growth, why Natalie d…
In this episode, we sit down with Nirav Tolia, co-founder and CEO of Nextdoor and a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur who previously co-founded Epinions, which became Shopping.com.
We discuss the lonely reality of being a CEO, building and rebuilding companies through failure, why Nirav returned…
In this episode, we sit down with Jack Raines, investor at Slow Ventures and author of Young Money, a book about navigating the career, money, and life decisions that define your 20s.
We discuss how to avoid wasting your 20s, why you should spend more money while you're young, how to balance ambiti…
In this episode, we sit down with Nadya Okamoto, serial entrepreneur and creator who founded PERIOD at 16, went on to build period care brand August, and is now Co-Founder and CMO of social app Pie.
We discuss why every founder should become a creator, how building an audience can become a competit…
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