ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
3 questions about biz building and startup culture: One peers into the past. One speaks to the present. One looks toward the future. That’s how we do it on (Un)Founded, where RevUp Capital's Melissa Withers talks biz building and start-up culture, exploring each topic through short-form Q&A with some (very) special guests.
In each segment, Melissa and a guest tackle a topic by asking each other only THREE questions. These personal vignettes offer a dash of insight and inspiration, delivered on the fly. Made by, for, and with people who believe in the power of entrepreneurship, check it out!
More about Melissa Withers
Melissa Withers is an experienced business builder and fund manager with 130+ investments under management. After working as a seed stage equity investor, Melissa co-founded RevUp Capital in 2016, an early pioneer in applying revenue-based investing to early stage companies. Her mentorship and advisory work focuses on capital strategy, C-Suite development, customer experience, company storytelling and go-to-market strategy. In addition to her role at RevUp Capital, Melissa is entrepreneur-in-residence at Tech Stars Boston and a strong advocate for expanding investment in women, people of color, and those living outside top-tier markets. www.revupfund.com
In each segment, Melissa and a guest tackle a topic by asking each other only THREE questions. These personal vignettes offer a dash of insight and inspiration, delivered on the fly. Made by, for, and with people who believe in the power of entrepreneurship, check it out!
More about Melissa Withers
Melissa Withers is an experienced business builder and fund manager with 130+ investments under management. After working as a seed stage equity investor, Melissa co-founded RevUp Capital in 2016, an early pioneer in applying revenue-based investing to early stage companies. Her mentorship and advisory work focuses on capital strategy, C-Suite development, customer experience, company storytelling and go-to-market strategy. In addition to her role at RevUp Capital, Melissa is entrepreneur-in-residence at Tech Stars Boston and a strong advocate for expanding investment in women, people of color, and those living outside top-tier markets. www.revupfund.com
Hosts:
Update frequency:
daily
Average audio length:
21 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
24 episodes
since Feb. 25, 2021
episodic
explicit content
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
The emergence of AI everywhere is driving a surge in demand for authenticity. In this episode, we take a closer look at how the burden of authenticity has increased, and in some very challenging and expensive ways for early stage companies.
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
There are many hills in entrepreneurship…but very few of them are worth dying on. From the glorification of burnout to the “never quit” mentality, toxic narratives have deeply embedded themselves in startup culture at the expense of founders' mental health. Today, we are talking about how entrepren…
Bitching about inflation was something that only boomers used to do. But that’s changed over the last few years. While we hear a lot about inflation and its impact on consumers, we rarely talk about its impact on early stage companies. In this episode, we dive into the impact of inflation and how i…
Being transparent about challenges isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s actually one of the boldest moves you can make as a leader. And when you invite your team, advisors, and even your peers into the messy middle of things, you’ll unlock trust, collaboration, and growth that not only feels real, but is…
Whether it's marshaling the resources to start or securing cash to fuel growth, funding a business is hard, messy, and less fun than it looks on TV. The complexity isn’t just in finding money. It’s navigating all that comes with it. The costs, consequences, and contortions of taking on …
2024 was a wild ride. Packed with surprises, challenges, and more than a few moments where we had to ask, ‘Did that really just happen?’ In this episode, we look back on the big themes of 2024—the moments that shaped us, the lessons that surprised us, and how it might set the stage for a stronger, …
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Kim Folsom has been blazing her own trail for a long time, First as a founder, as a black female engineer, as an investor and now as one of the fiercest advocates for innovation in startup funding on the map today. In this episode we look back (why did it take so long??) and forward (how do we not …
Companies don't pop from thin air. Ask Allyson Eman, who has been working to create programs to support startups in the Atlanta area for a long time. What didn't go as planned? What can't predict about building supportive ecosystems that support entrepreneurs? Guess you'll have to listen to see wha…
Student entrepreneurship has changed. And for good reason. From her perch at Northeastern University, Betsy is a bridge between where we started and where are going...wherever that may be!
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