The Social Radars

John Coogan, Co-Founder & Host at TBPN

Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel: Silicon Valley Bank Crisis

Justin Kan, Cofounder, Twitch

Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator

Y Combinator’s growth stemmed from organic word-of-mouth among young programmers rather than deliberate marketing, fueled by the tangible value provided to startups. Early challenges included overcoming parental skepticism toward entrepreneurship and navigating intense, often inaccurate, media scrutiny during the rise ...

Peter Reinhardt, CEO & co-founder, Charm Industrial; CEO & co-founder, Segment

Tom Blomfield, Partner, Y Combinator; Co-Founder, Monzo

Spenser Skates, Founder & CEO, Amplitude

Christina Cacioppo, Founder & CEO, Vanta

David Kirtley, Founder & CEO of Helion Energy

Fusion power generation relies on fusing deuterium and helium-3 isotopes under extreme pressure and temperatures, harnessing the mass deficit to release vast amounts of clean electricity. Helion Energy, led by CEO David Kirtley, accelerates this process by treating fusion development like a software product, utilizing ...

Jared Friedman, Partner, Y Combinator; Co-founder, Scribd

Jessica & Carolynn Announce Season 5!

Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO of Boom Supersonic

Founder Mode: Sajith Wickramasekara, Founder & CEO, Benchling

Founder Mode: Jen Herbach, Founder & CEO, Adventris Pharmaceuticals

Jen Herbach, founder and CEO of Adventris, discusses her company's work on developing cancer vaccines that educate the immune system to recognize and combat cancer cells, focusing initially on the KRAS mutation prevalent in lung, colon, and pancreatic cancers. She shares Adventris's plan to submit an application to the...

Founder Mode: Andy Lapsa, Founder & CEO, Stoke Space

Founder Mode: Emmett Shear, Founder, Softmax & Twitch

Founder Mode: Christina Cacioppo, Founder & CEO, Vanta

Founder Mode: Kashish Gupta, Founder and co-CEO of Hightouch

Founder Mode: Paul Gross, CEO, Remora Carbon

Founder Mode: Chris Best, Founder & CEO, Substack