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  • How do you build a company from scratch? How do you take an idea and turn yourself into a founder? Find out from those who’ve already taken the plunge and are in the weeds of entrepreneurship. Every Tuesday, hosts Becca Szuktak and Dominic-Madori Davis interview founders on their origins, product roadmaps, funding efforts — and how they grow from failures. Found is produced by Maggie Stamets
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  • How Midi raised millions for a menopause-focused platform with Joanna Strober from Midi
    Apr 30 2024

    Most OBGYNs are not specifically trained in menopause, which means that women are left to suffer through their symptoms on their own. This week’s guest on Found is looking to change that. Joanna Strober is the CEO and founder of Midi, a virtual healthcare platform built specifically for women in midlife staffed with healthcare providers specifically trained to care for people going through perimenopause and menopause.

    In this conversation they cover:

    • Why there is such a wide gap in care for women’s health and the negligent studies that are partly to blame
    • Working with employers and insurance companies to make sure that their services are covered under insurance
    • How the Midi team has raised $100 million despite many investors not understanding the potential market for care for women in midlife

    (0:00) Introduction

    (1:27) Midi and Joanna’s background

    (4:38) The care gap

    (7:12) Building out research-based care protocols

    (10:00) Demand for menopause care

    (13:28) Joanna’s previous founder experience

    (17:04) Learnings from starting in VC

    (19:33) Building out the Midi team

    (22:56) Working with employers and insurance companies

    (24:50) Launching in 50 states

    (28:59) Fundraising experience

    Found posts every Tuesday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts to be alerted when new episodes drop. Check out the other TechCrunch podcast: Equity . Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each

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    33 mins
  • Bringing down sky scrapers' sky-high carbon footprint with Joselyn Lai from Bedrock
    Apr 23 2024

    Most skyscrapers have sky-high carbon footprints due mostly to inefficient methods of heating and cooling. Today’s guest, Joselyn Lai is the co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Energy, a company that works with buildings to install geothermal systems. They have developed a system to drill the exact amount of boreholes at the precise depth needed to create the most efficient system per building.

    Today Dom is joined by a special guest host, TechCrunch Climate reporter Tim De Chant.

    In this conversation they cover:

    • How the company has built up a customer base of urban builders
    • Why it's easy to fundraise when the technology has been proven to be so effective
    • Creating clean energy jobs for people who work in oil and gas

    (0:00) Introduction

    (1:51) Starting Bedrock Energy

    (3:59) Closed loop vs open loop systems

    (8:16) Building a customer base

    (12:50) Working with and around utility companies

    (17:08) Clean jobs for oil and gas workers

    (21:24) Decarbonizing the built environment

    (26:30) Fundraising

    (34:58) Host discussion

    Found posts every Tuesday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts to be alerted when new episodes drop. Check out the other TechCrunch podcast: Equity . Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each

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    44 mins
  • Building EV charging infrastructure that lasts with Louis Tremblay from FLO
    Apr 16 2024

    In order to get drivers to convert from gas-powered cars to electric, there needs to be reliable charging infrastructure. Today on Found, Dom and Becca are joined by Louis Tremblay, the CEO and founder of FLO, a company that manufactures electric vehicle charging stations and has been creating charging infrastructure in the US and Canada for the last 15 years. Tremblay also talked about how he intentionally built this company to be a rewarding and fun place to work and what advice he has for new founders trying to do the same.

    In this conversation they cover:

    • The components that go into creating superchargers for public use and why these isn’t just one kind of EV plug
    • The process of working with cities to design charging stations that reflect the character of the city
    • The importance of developing the hardware alongside the software to create the best customer experience possible

    Found posts every Tuesday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts to be alerted when new episodes drop. Check out the other TechCrunch podcast: Equity . Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each

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    44 mins

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