(Un)Founded
Melissa Withers
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S3E6 Magic 8 Ball with Melissa and Micaela: Does Authenticity Matter in the Age of AI?
The emergence of AI everywhere is driving a surge in demand for authenticity. In this episode, we take a closer look at how the burden of authenticity has increased, and in some very challenging and…
S3E5 Magic 8 Ball with Melissa and Micaela: Why is No One Talking about Inflation?
Bitching about inflation was something that only boomers used to do. But that’s changed over the last few years. While we hear a lot about inflation and its impact on consumers, we rarely talk about…
S3E4 Magic 8 Ball with Melissa and Micaela: Should We Die on This Hill?
There are many hills in entrepreneurship…but very few of them are worth dying on. From the glorification of burnout to the “never quit” mentality, toxic narratives have deeply embedded themselves in…
S3E3 Magic 8 Ball with Melissa and Micaela: What’s Radical Transparency and Why Should You Care?
Being transparent about challenges isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s actually one of the boldest moves you can make as a leader. And when you invite your team, advisors, and even your peers into the…
S3E2 Magic 8 Ball with Melissa and Micaela: Pretzel Problems: What Happens When Founders Get Tied Up in Knots?
Whether it's marshaling the resources to start or securing cash to fuel growth, funding a business is hard, messy, and less fun than it looks on TV. The complexity isn’t just in finding money. It’s…
S3E1 Magic 8 Ball with Melissa and Micaela: WTF, 2024?
2024 was a wild ride. Packed with surprises, challenges, and more than a few moments where we had to ask, ‘Did that really just happen?’ In this episode, we look back on the big themes of 2024—the…
S2E9 (Un)Founded: Ageism and it’s Impact on Women in StartUp Culture
Usually I try to come up with a light hearted, clever title for each episode. But this topic is so viscerally important that every time I tried to be clever or cute I just got more enraged that this…
S2E8 (Un)Founded: If All You Have is a Hammer
Kim Folsom has been blazing her own trail for a long time, First as a founder, as a black female engineer, as an investor and now as one of the fiercest advocates for innovation in startup funding on…
S2E7 (Un)Founded: It Takes a Village
Companies don't pop from thin air. Ask Allyson Eman, who has been working to create programs to support startups in the Atlanta area for a long time. What didn't go as planned? What can't predict…
S2E6 (Un)Founded: The Kids are Alright
Student entrepreneurship has changed. And for good reason. From her perch at Northeastern University, Betsy is a bridge between where we started and where are going...wherever that may be!
S2E5 Chaos Proofing Your Partnership
When it comes to talking about partnership and business building, it’s hard to think of having this conversation with anyone other than Allan Tear. Not just because this serial entrepreneur turned…
S2E4 (Un)Founded: Help Me Obi-Wan
Today, the concept of "mentorship" is canonical to startup culture. But when Raiz Labs founder, now turned super-mentor / investor Greg Raiz, was a first time founder himself, mentorship wasn't…
S2E3 (Un)Founded: Square Peg, Round Hole with Salina Brown
Identity. Archetypes. Rules. As a designer, innovator, and activist, Salina Brown has walked many miles in startup land, often knowing she was "out" even when she was "in." In this episode, we talk…
S2E2 And the Brand Played On
Branded experiences aren't just for the giants anymore. Today, even early stage companies need to deliver "branded experiences" for their customers...often before they themselves even understand what…
S2E1 Controlling the Narrative
As the former editor-in-chief for Inc. Magazine, book author, and now publisher of FIN, where he goes deep on all things Fintech, James Ledbetter has told his fair share of stories about…
S1E8 (Un)Founded: Women Writing Checks
In her career as a founder, investor and mentor, Ilana Diamond has (literally) launched hundreds of companies. She’s also a pioneer among an important community of women: female fund managers that…
S1E7 (Un)Founded: “The Pitch”
Clement Cazalot is a startup triple threat: Founder, Mentor, Investor, and equally amazing at all. His ability to hear a pitch, unpack it, and then make it better is unparalleled. His cybersecurity…
S1E6 (Un)Founded: When Deals Go Wrong: Investor & Founder Conflict
Zoë Barry is a serial entrepreneur, mentor and angel investor. Zoë and I are neighboring links on an evolutionary chain, one that shows how the experience of women entrepreneurs is changing (or not…
S1E5 (Un)Founded: Building Capacity as You Grow
Before becoming VP of Growth at Knox Financial, Matt was employee #33 at Uber. There, he was the first Operations and Logistics Manager for Boston, where he launched and scaled Uber Black, TAXI, SUV,…
S1E4 (Un)Founded: Race and Gender Bias in Startup Culture
Harry is Co-Founder of venture development firm, humble ventures, where he accelerates the growth of startups in partnership with large enterprises and investors. A 4x founder he has SEEN THINGS.…
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(Un)Founded has published 24 episodes since February 2021, covering topics in Business, Entrepreneurship.
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