Founders First
Founders First explores how founders got started, what they did before starting their startups, and how you can go from an idea to a venture-backed company.
9. Turning Academic Research into Consumer Micro-Greens with Camille Richman (Hamama)
10 Feb 2020
Hamama is helping people grow nutritious microgreens in their home, year-round. Camille Richman, and her co-founder Dan Goodman, started the company after meeting at MIT. Their product consists of 3
8. Growing a Facebook Group into a Venture-Backed Business with Dylan Gambardella & Justin Lafazan (Next Gen)
10 Feb 2020
Next Gen started as an event that barely sold any tickets. Today, the community reaches tens of thousands of entrepreneurs through weekly emails, daily Facebook group activity, and a yearly
7. Bringing Software to Senior Care with Cameron Graham (Storii)
10 Feb 2020
Cameron Graham and the Storii team are building a software platform for Senior Care Facilities. As the CEO, Cameron is responsible for leading their efforts to sell, fundraise and paint a vision for
6. Making Home Ownership Possible with Cash Offers (Nick Friedman, Board)
10 Feb 2020
Nick Friedman co-founded Board, a disruptive mortgage company, and now serves as Chief Operating Officer. Board’s founding idea is to level the playing field for home buyers by upgrading any offer
5. Building Safe Construction Sites & Making Empathetic Sales with Alex Schwarzkopf (Pillar)
10 Feb 2020
Alex Schwarzkopf is the CEO and co-founder of Pillar Technologies, a company that prevents damages on construction sites by using sensors and predictive analytics. Pillar’s sensors monitor
4. Making Alchemy Real with Pavle Jeremic (Aether Biomachines)
10 Feb 2020
When 1517 Fund looks to invest in technology companies, one of our favorite questions is, “what’s to stop someone else from coming in and copying you?” Pavle Jeremic had an incredibly exciting
3. Helping People Time Travel with Gaetano Crupi (Cabin)
10 Feb 2020
Time travel is not possible… yet. In the meantime, Gaetano Crupi and his team at Cabin are creating the illusion with overnight travel. Passengers of their mobility service get a bed to sleep in
2. Eating Algae with Elliot Roth (Spira, Inc.)
10 Feb 2020
Spira, founded by Elliot Roth, makes functional ingredients from spirulina. Spirulina is a blue-green algae that can be consumed by humans and animals is used as a dietary supplement or whole food.
1. How Stephen Balaban Evolved from eBooks to Deep Learning Hardware (Lambda)
7 Feb 2020
Stephen Balaban’s company, Lambda, is pursuing a lofty mission. They’re aiming to accelerate human progress with computation. The company builds workstations, servers, laptops, and cloud