PHX Founders
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About This Podcast
We sit down with remarkable founders who are making Phoenix a top software city. In these interviews, we dig in to the highs and lows of company building, and get a little vulnerable to find out what makes these founders keep going.
The PHX Founders Podcast is a production of PHX FWD.
PHX FWD is on a mission to prove Phoenix a top city for sustainable, high growth software companies to start, scale, and succeed. We've seen firsthand how software ventures can be a force for good for individuals, families, and communities.
We believe Phoenix is the best city to start a company, with the best talent, and without a doubt the very best company builders. Watch us prove it.
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S3E1 How Reid Hiatt Built Tactic and Navigated the Challenges of Scaling a Startup During COVID
In this episode of the PHX Founder Podcast, Gregg Scoresby sits down with Reid Hiatt founder of Tactic, to talk about what it takes to build and scale a startup.Reid shares the story behind Tactic…
From Startup Grit to Culture-Driven Growth: Trevor Larson on Building Nectar
In this episode of the Phoenix Founders Podcast, we sit down with Trevor Larson, Co-Founder and CEO of Nectar, to explore how employee recognition fuels engagement and retention in companies of all…
Scaling with Heart: How Culture Fuels High-Growth Companies with Anita Grantham of BambooHR
In this episode of the Phoenix Founders Podcast, we sit down with Anita Grantham, Head of HR at BambooHR, to explore the critical role of culture in high-growth companies. With a career dedicated to…
From Side Hustles & Cold Emails to CRM Powerhouse: Cayden Phipps and Kieran O’Brien on Building and Scaling Shopgenie
In this episode of the Phoenix Founders Podcast, we sat down with Cayden Phipps and Kieran O’Brien, co-founders of ShopGenie, to discuss their journey of building an innovative SaaS company in the…
From CIO to Climate Tech Pioneer: Kentaro Kawamori on Building Persefoni and Raising $175M
In this episode of the Phoenix Founders Podcast, we sat down with Kentaro Kawamori, CEO of Persefoni to discuss his entrepreneurial journey and the impressive development of his company. Persefoni is…
S2E6 PHX Founders interview with Clate Mask, Co-Founder & CEO of Keap
Before Phoenix became one of the fastest growing tech markets in the country, we had a handful of visionary, ambitious founders building software companies. One of them is Clate Mask. He co-founded…
S2E5 PHX Founders Interview with Rachel Mertensmyer & Elizabeth Furst, Co-Founders of Rivia Health
When Rachel started working on a solution to the headache that is patient payments in healthcare, she knew she had a tall mountain to climb. And climbing is always easier when you have a partner on…
S2E4 PHX Founders Interview with Bryce Deeney, CEO & Founder of Equipifi
Few things can prepare someone for being a founder. But poker might be one of the exceptions. In this interview with Bryce Deeney, founder and CEO of Equipifi, Gregg learned that paying millions of…
S2E3 PHX Founders Interview with Cindy Jordan, Founder and CEO of Pyx Health
When we think about the worst epidemics in this country, “loneliness” doesn’t usually top the list. But it should. 44 million Americans struggle with loneliness. And not just older Americans. For the…
S2E2 PHX Founders interview with Anthony Kennada, Founder and CEO of AudiencePlus
Anthony Kennada tells us his story of learning how to be resilient. He got bit by the startup bug early in his career, working for some of the fastest growing tech companies in Silicon Valley. Then…
S2E1 PHX Founders interview with Matthew Pittinsky, CEO of Parchment
We kick off Season 2 of the PHX Founders Podcast with one of the most successful founders in Arizona, Matthew Pitinsky, CEO of Parchment.Matthew found tremendous success with his first ed tech…
S1E12 PHX Founders Interview with Chris and Jonathan Ronzio
In our final episode from S1 of the PHX Founders Podcast, we continue our conversation with Chris Ronzio, founder and CEO of Trainual, and we're also joined by his co-founder, CMO, and brother,…
S1E11 PHX Founders Interview with Chris Ronzio, Part 2
Our conversation with Chris veered into some interesting places. From starting any business he could imagine as a kid, to learning to live with Type 1 Diabetes, to distance running in Antarctica. In…
S1E10 PHX Founders Interview with Chris Ronzio, Part 1
It’s hard to be around Chris Ronzio, founder and CEO of Trainual, and not feel energized. He brings that excited, passionate energy everywhere he goes, and it’s infections. He’s also a workhorse, who…
S1E9 PHX Founders Interview with Scarlett Spring, Part 2
Scarlett Spring is building a software company in a sector of healthcare that is notoriously underfunded and difficult to navigate. Or is it? Scarlett might know something about the future of…
S1E8 PHX Founders Interview with Scarlett Spring, Part 1
When you’re a seasoned healthcare executive, biotech founder, and prominent board member, starting a software company should feel easy, right? When you’re Scarlett Spring, founder and CEO of Taproot,…
S1E8 PHX Founders Interview with Nirit Rubenstein, Part 2
In the first part of our conversation, we learned that Nirit faces the same challenges as every other software founder. Raising capital is hard, building a customer base is hard, building a team and…
S1E7 PHX Founders interview with Nirit Rubenstein, Part 1
Nirit Rubenstein feels a deep responsibility to take care of others, but don’t think for a moment that means she’s a pushover. From training pilots in the Israeli Armed Forces, to building a new kind…
S1E6 PHX Founders Interview with Enoch Ko, Part 2
In this episode we learn more about how he got on a path to both engineering and entrepreneurship. Both start when he was a kid in a foreign country. He didn’t know the language, or the culture. But…
S1E5 PHX Founders Interview with Enoch Ko, Part 1
Enoch Ko, founder and CEO of Soraban, has a solid handle on process, iteration, and relentless learning. He’s also incredibly tenacious, a skill he developed as child when he immigrated not once, but…
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PHX Founders has published 25 episodes since September 2023, covering topics in Business, Entrepreneurship.
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