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

Sahand Dilmaghani, Co founder and CEO of Terra Kaffe, joins the show to talk about

• Building the worlds most beautiful and intelligent espresso machine, and the process that went into prototyping a better coffee experience.
• Balancing development for the software user interface and the human machine interface, and the two journeys people take when brewing their coffee.
• How Terra Kaffe thinks about the competitive landscape in coffee, and how Sahand is approaching partnerships in the coffee category.
• How Sahand and team are helping reduce ecological waste and helping customers "kick the pods", one cup at a time.

Jordane Giuly, CEO and Co founder of Defacto, joins the show to talk about

- Jordan'e experience building a Unicorn at Spendesk and the decision to walk away from the successful startup he co-founded.

- The three bets that Jordane and team are making to go big with Defacto.

- Building his startup in Paris vs. Silicon Valley, and the benefits of building outside of the US.

- Lessons learned from fundraising for Defacto vs. Spendesk, the importance of balancing transparency and confidence when going through challenging times, as well as the importance of remembering to find joy in what you're building.

Martin Pannier, Co founder and CEO of Primo joins the show to talk about

• Lessons learned building product at Gusto that led to solving for the "accidental IT Manager"
• The decision to launch a free product SKU, PLG, and considerations to make before launching a free product
• The pros and cons of building your startup pitch with your VCs.

Parker Gilbert, Co founder and CEO of Numeric, joins the show to talk about

- How going through a challenging financial audit led to the insight of founding Numeric.

- The character traits that Parker looked for in his co founders for Numeric.

- Parker's experience closing is $10M Series A and what it took to close a round from Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures and how he iterated to build a pitch that ultimately landed.

- Signing customers that can help Numeric accelerate partner growth, and the "why now" answered for Numeric.

Carin Luna-Ostaseski, Founder of SIA Scotch Whisky, joins the show to talk about

• The process Carin went through to kickstart the SIA brand, and being the first hispanic woman to found a Scotch brand.
• The state of the spirits industry and how SIA positions itself and competes with other liquor brands in the beverage category.
• The "bonsai tree" method of building your company, and the importance of "starting in your own backyard" when launching a brand.