From Startup to Exit
Welcome to the Startup to Exit podcast where we bring you world-class entrepreneurs and VCs to share their hard-earned success stories and secrets. This podcast has been brought to you by TiE Seattle. TiE is a global non-profit that focuses on fostering entrepreneurship. TiE Seattle offers a range of programs including the GoVertical Startup Creation Weekend, TiE Entrepreneur Institute, and the TiE Seattle Angel Network. We encourage you to become a TiE member so you can gain access to these great programs. To become a member, please visit www.Seattle.tie.org.
Episodes
19 episodes
Gen AI Series - The AI agent redefining travel: Managing Director Mike Fridgen, Madrona Venture Labs
Learn about the founding of Otto from Mike Fridgen, the Managing Director of Madrona Venture Labs where this concept was incubated. Otto is your personal AI travel agent that seeks to be as valuable and insightful as a dedicated personal assist...
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Episode 19
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43:33
Best of 2024: From Startup to Exit
2024 has been an incredible year for TiE Seattle’s From Startup to Exit podcast – featuring inspiring conversations with entrepreneurial leaders, innovators, and changemakers. As the year ends, we’re excited to share the Top 4 Episodes of 2024 ...
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Episode 18
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Founding Smartsheet and its vision: Conversation w/ Praerit Garg, President of Product & Innovation
Smartsheet is a major success story for the Seattle Tech ecosystem. Smartsheet was founded in 2005 as a workplace management system based on a spreadsheet style architecture. In this episode, Praerit Garg (PG) talks about the early product visi...
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Episode 17
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55:31
Legalities of scraping data to build LLMs, a conversation w/ Adam Shevell, partner at Wilson Sonsini
Many of the large language model providers have built their LLM models by scraping data from websites and open source sites. Some have licensed the content like Open AI has done with Reddit. Nonetheless, many of these LLM providers have been su...
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Episode 16
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45:12
How Louisiana is driving innovation, A Conversation with Josh Fleig, CIO for the State of Louisiana
You may not think of the State of Louisiana as a software innovation hub but it is doing a lot to attract startups to its state. It has a $100 million seed capital fund to match VC investment dollar for dollar. It is willing to rebate 25% of yo...
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Episode 15
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54:43
Moderating foreign accents using AI, A Conversation with Soundwave team, winners of the TiE Young Entrepreneur competition
These days you will often call into customer service for a company whose product you are using and will be connected to an agent with a foreign accent. For many Americans, this can be a challenging experience as they cannot understand what the ...
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Episode 14
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33:31
Using Gen AI in a startup environment, A conversation with Jay Bartot of Madrona Venture Labs
On our one year anniversary, we are releasing this terrific episode with Jay Bartot, partner at Madrona Venture Labs (MVL). Jay talks about the model that MVL uses to work with startup founders and vet startup ideas.Like many technology ...
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Episode 13
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59:48
Developer Joy through Generative AI. A conversation with Rajeev Rajan, CTO at Atlassian
Rajeev embarked on his career at Microsoft as a developer after a sabbatical from his Ph.D. to build upon his internship experience in Seattle the previous summer. In this episode, he delves into how his journey and interactions with various le...
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Episode 12
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49:24
Gen AI from a VC perspective, A conversation with Vivek Ramaswami from Madrona Ventures
Generative AI has taken the industry by storm as we all know. Besides Open AI. a number of players like Meta, Google and Anthropic have announced new foundation models. In this episode, we get Vivek's perspective of the competitive landscape an...
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Episode 11
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52:51
Ensuring Data Transparency for Gen AI models. A Conversation with Jai Jaisimha and Rob Eleveld, The Transparency Coalition
Artificial intelligence has the potential to be a powerful tool for human progress if properly trained, harnessed, and deployed. Policies must be created to protect personal privacy, nurture innovation, and foster prosperity. The Transparency C...
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Episode 10
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59:05
Gen AI in the Enterprise with iCertis, a conversation with Sudarshan Chitre, SVP Product
Enterprise SaaS solutions are rapidly adopting Gen AI technology to solve business problems. Learn about iCertis, a leader in Contract Lifecycle Management and how they are deploying Gen AI technology to offer a number of CoPilots to allow ente...
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Episode 9
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57:00
Gen AI - the past, present and future with leading industry expert Joseph Sirosh - ex- VP Amazon and Microsoft
2023 was a dramatic year for AI with the emergence of Gen AI and ChapGPT. Learn about the evolution of Generative AI from industry leader and expert Joseph Sirosh. Understand how enterprises will deploy Gen AI technology to make their workers m...
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Episode 8
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1:09:35
From B2B to B2C and Gen AI, a conversation with Seattle serial entrepreneur Vikram Chalana
Follow the journey of Vikram Chalana, a Seattle based entrepreneur who started his entrepreneurial journey with an enterprise product called Win Shuttle that allowed MS Excel users to exchange data with SAP. He grew the company to significant r...
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Episode 7
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44:05
2024 Annual Investment Outlook
Listen to our 2024 Annual Investment Outlook Panel with four top VCs based in Seattle and the Bay area. Get their perspective on the investment climate in 2024 and their plans to invest specifically in AI/ML based startups.Tim Porter...
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Episode 6
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1:04:10
Special Holiday Episode: Fireside Chat with Sunny Gurpreet Singh
Enjoy this exclusive Fireside Chat with Sunny Gurpreet Singh, Founder of Roundglass, moderated by Akhtar Badshah.Sunny Gurpreet Singh is an entrepreneur and philanthropist based in Seattle, US. He is the founder of Roundglass, a global ...
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Episode 5
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42:33
The story of mega-successful exits with Chronus and Ally.io, A conversation with Seattle serial entrepreneur Vetri Vellore
When Vetri Vellore was given the responsibility to turn around the Systems Management Server business at Microsoft, it was a failing business. In fact, at a business review, Bill Gates famously threw his deck back to him telling him to shut dow...
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Episode 4
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47:34
Ego Dissolution with Raj Kapoor. How to work with acquirers to create outcomes for investors.
Raj has a common theme with his startups Snapfish and Fitmob. Both of them needed to be pivoted and focus on survival. He found buyers for both and his mantra to founders is to dissolve the ego and make sure your company sees another day to bat...
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Episode 3
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44:31
The founding of Rover and the business model behind Pioneer Square Labs, a conversation with Greg Gottesman
In 2011, Greg Gottesman had a bad experience leaving his dog for the weekend at a local Kennel. That experience led him to pitch the idea for Rover at a Startup W...
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Episode 2
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56:43
The founding of OfferUp, a conversation with OfferUp founder Nick Huzar
Today, we have invited Nick Huzar, the co-founder and former CEO of OfferUp for more than a decade. He is currently operating as a board director, brand evangelist, and advising the CEO on strategic projects. Nick's experience lies in building ...
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Episode 1
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