Tad Milbourn, Founder and CEO of RankedVote, joins the show to talk about

• The momentum that's building around ranked choice voting. What it is, how it works, and why it's a better method of getting consensus.
• Lessons learned from Tad's first company, Payable, the YC experience, and navigating a successful exit and selling to Stripe.
• "Upgrading state and federal elections". An election software market overview and current state of election reform at state and federal levels.
• Eliminating friction in the user experience to build stronger advocates for ranked choice voting.
• Tad's decision to start RankedVote as a solo founder, and the differences in the founder journeys between Payable and RankedVote.

Jon Staenberg, Founder and CEO of Agate Hound Fund joins the show to talk about

• Growing up in Nebraska to Silicon Valley to Microsoft to Venture
• How Venture Capital has changed and the rise of the Search Fund.
• What is a "Search Fund" and the reason behind why it's such a successful asset class.
• The Silver Tsunami and baby boomers without an exit plan.
• The criteria that Jon has established for the successful businesses he backs and the traits that his funds look for in the entrepreneurs they invest in.
• Launching "Hand of God" wines and challenges of building an independent wine brand.

Travis Schoen, Founder of NW Golf Guys joins the show to talk about:

• How Travis moved from scoring free golf to starting a golf league and growing its member base to more than 7,000 members.
• How the game of golf has evolved over the past 20 years, and how NW Golf Guys thinks about their target demographic and approach to member acquisition
• What goes into putting on a great golf tournament, the greatest golf movie of all time