Melissa Cash: Designing Pok Pok & the Digital Playroom Revolution // 65
Melissa Cash isn’t just reshaping children’s screen time—she’s redefining the future of learning and creativity. In this deeply insightful e...
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20 of 65 episodesKatelyn Bourgoin: Why Buyer Psychology Is the Real Growth Hack // 64
What happens when your dream startup fails, you lose everything—including other people’s money—and you still choose to build again? In this...
Tanay Kothari: Building the Next Generation of Personal AI // #63
What if your voice could replace your keyboard—and be smarter than Siri ever dreamed of? Meet Tanay Kothari, the CEO and co-founder of Wispr...
Sean Busch: Lessons from Bootstrapping to Big-Box Retail // #62
What does it take to scale a business from a $20,000 launch to over $100 million in revenue? In this episode of Forward Obsessed, entreprene...
Mike Lloyd: Building Resilience, Distribution, and Cyber Insurance Innovation // #61
Mike Lloyd’s entrepreneurial story began with a simple childhood side hustle—burning CDs for friends in his small Michigan hometown. That sp...
Anthony Ng Monica: From Bootstrapping to Breakthroughs in E-Commerce // #60
In this episode of Forward Obsessed, we sit down with Anthony Ng Monica, a visionary entrepreneur whose journey from humble beginnings to le...
We Are Taking A Summer Break
As we approach the summer, the Forward Obsessed podcast is taking a brief but much needed break from creating new entrepreneurial content fo...
Sam Parr: Founder Of The Hustle, Hampton And My First Million Podcast
Sam Parr, the founder of The Hustle and the host of the My First Million podcast, shares his entrepreneurial journey from his humble beginni...
Hacking A Startup From Idea To Exit With Ben Lamson
Ben Lamson is the Head Of Revenue at Paperspace, a GPU cloud and software stack for machine learning and artificial intelligence developers,...
Transforming Data Ownership Into A Connective Force With Aaron Lyles
Aaron Lyles is the Founder and CEO of CommonAlly, a company that builds two-sided marketplaces to connect organizations with hard-to-reach c...
Founding 21Seeds Tequila With Kat Hantas
Kat Hantas is the co-founder of 21 Seeds, an infused tequila brand that was acquired by Diageo for $160 Million after just three years in bu...
From Startup To Selling To Starbucks With Peter Thum
Peter Thum is the Co-Founder and CEO of Muse, an AI-powered website builder and collaboration platform. He was previously the Founder of Eth...
Changing The Game Of Alcohol Delivery With Lindsey Andrews
Lindsey Andrews is the founder of Minibar, an on-demand alcohol delivery service that was acquired by Reserve Bar in 2021. Andrews is now th...
The Future Of Venture Funding With Jason Kirby
Jason Kirby is the Founder of Thunder.VC, an AI-powered investment bank that helps startups navigate the fundraising process. Previously, he...
Life Begins At The End Of Your Comfort Zone With Jess Lynch
Jess Lynch is currently the Cofounder and Founding Partner at Raiz Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm using data and community to...
From Pioneering Facial Recognition to Apple Acquisition With Adi Eckhouse Barzilai
Adi Eckhouse Barzilai is the Co-Founder and CEO of RealFace, a facial recognition software company that was acquired by Apple Inc. She was p...
Betting On Blockchain: The Future Of Sports Betting With Alex Dubin
Alex Dubin is the Founder and CEO of BettorOff, a sports betting platform designed to bring transparency and integrity to bettors through bl...
Breaking Barriers For Women In Tech With Beverly Parenti
Beverly Parenti is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and cofounder of The Last Mile, a nonprofit providing technology training to incarcerate...
Best Of Forward Obsessed - 2023 Holiday Recap
This year, we had 25 incredible interviews. 25 deep dives into the rollercoaster experience of building a company - taking an aha moment, nu...
From Startup To Selling For Half A Billion With Ben Kartzman
Ben Kartzman is the COO of Mediaocean, a multi-billion dollar ad tech company. He was previously the CEO and co-founder of SpongeCell, an ad...