Unlimited Partners

This week's Unlimited Partner is Ben Dahl , an early-stage investor based in Salt Lake City. He is a Managing Director at Signal Peak Ventures, a $500M fund which specializes in relatively underserved geographies around the United States. He was also the Co-Founder at Unspam, which was the predecessor company that led to Cloudflare. He held a board seat there for over 8 years, and now at SPV is participating in a $1.25B fund launched by Cloudflare to support companies who are building on their workers platform. Topics Include: Growing up in Utah and being told to pursue medical school by his parents Meeting Matthew Prince (CEO Cloudflare) at a young age Co-Founding Unspam Technologies w/ Matthew Prince Tech culture in SLC Unspam's Project Honeypot as a predecessor to Cloudflare, creating an http blacklist from an IP reputation score Getting 2nd at Techcrunch and being motivated How Cloudflare got partners to try them out in the beginning "I am a better advisor than an entrepreneur...and learning that earlier than later is a blessing" Working with Co-Founders, Lee Holloway and Michelle Zatlyn at Cloudflare Joining Signal Peak, and the importance of relationships with Founders Datadog, Snowflake Ben's song is The Streets of Laredo by Marty Robbins Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

This week's Unlimited Partner is Heather Loomis Tighe a Venture Capital Advisor and Partner and Strategic Advisor to Family Offices. She has made quite the name for herself in the fixed income world over the past 20 years. From Blackrock (Head of West coast institutional family offices), JP Morgan Chase (fixed income manager overseeing a portfolio of $13B), she has a plethora of knowledge which she was willing to share with us.  Topics Include: Being an Environmentalist and thinking about the future Her career arc from being an English major at Duke University to trading Equity Securities to Fixed Income Traveling and attending the London School of Economics, living in Asia Almost taking a job at the CIA "The bond market is the smarter market" "Can you think? Can you work hard? Do you have what it takes to learn something and execute upon it?" Managing risk Heather's song is Bob Dylan's Tangled Up in Blue Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

This is the episode where we go back and hear some gems from some of our favorite guests so far. Kind of like when your favorite tv show of the 90s put out a recap of best-ofs and passed it off as a new episode. We've had an incredible amount of soundbites and we welcome you to go back and listen to our growing catalog of guests. Here's a brief compilation of some of our favorites. We'd also like to thank our newest member of the team Rami Adi for helping us out the past few months. He heard our podcast and asked if he could help out. He's designed a new website for us, transcribed episodes, given feedback, and so much more. We're lucky to have him. As always, continue to listen, like and subscribe, tell a friend. We can't thank you enough for the support. We have a lot of cool stuff in the works. Stay tuned. Kyle Harrison's Ep 119 Link Tripp Jones's Ep 107 Link Amanda Grove's Ep 104 Link Brent Beshore's Ep 103 Link Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

Today's Unlimited Partner is Paul Santos Founder and Managing Partner at Wavemaker Partners, a VC fund based in Singapore. He's built one of the best performing VC funds by finding a great niche in SE Asia. Wavemaker is based in Singapore. His leadership skills and wisdom are very apparent while listening to this discussion, it's no wonder his reputation is so high. Thomas recently visited SE Asia and almost everyone he met said he needed to talk with Paul. "Wavemaker Group is a multi-faceted cross border venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and has raised over $580M across multiple funds. We currently have a team of 70 people across both sides of our practice. Wavemaker is one of the most active early-stage investors in Southern California and Southeast Asia and has invested in over 360 companies in the last 17 years.  US-based investments include MindBody (NASDAQ: MB), DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) and StyleHaul (acquired by RTL). Singapore-based investments include Luxola (acquired by LVMH), ArtofClick (acquired by Xurpas), and Pie (acquired by Google).  In Southeast Asia, Wavemaker focuses on enterprise and deep technology companies." Topics Include: Building Wavemaker into one of the best funds in the world "If you want to fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together" (African Proverb) Finding a niche in Singapore The Man in the Arena Theodore Roosevelt speech is required reading for people at his firm Having Jesuit influences P&G experience yet wanting to build something on his own EFishery, a tech driven fishery company focused on helping farmers increase productivity through tech, 'while at the same time creating a more sustainable, safe, and fair environment for them' Life Lessons and hacks from Paul are abound Paul's song is What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong  Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com, DISCLAIMER: The host and others associated with this podcast may have investments with the guests and/or the companies associated with them. This is for entertainment purposes only. It is not financial advice. Please do your own research.

Today is a first for UP. We share our favorite use case for Tegus - connecting our partners with industry legends! We sit down with Jenny Bloom (former CFO of MailChimp and Zapier) and Akash Khanolkar (Co-Founder of Octane). We get a great deep dive into how MailChimp and Zapier became successful. We get into how Jenny was able to lead and make pivotal decisions along the way. For any SaaS business leader, this is a great podcast to listen to. IOHO! (In our honest opinion!) Topics Include: Jenny Bloom's intro - Starting as a fractional CFO, spending 14 years at MailChimp as CFO (but also many other roles) and Zapier Akash's background (Octane) MailChimp started as a web design company's side project in 2000 Zapier was a startup at the University of Missouri and got into Y Combinator Building a long-lasting company with no exit in mind, no startup funding People are your biggest asset and cost Teaching your employees financial terms so they spend wisely for the company Integrating their platform when automation was a standard in the industry Going through Covid Financial learnings from a SaaS business It's always about your plan Jenny's songs are...Earth, Wind & Fire - September & Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Akash's song is Billy Joel - Piano Man Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today is a special episode of UP with our first returning guest David Rosenthal from the Acquired Podcast (Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal)! David also started a venture fund called Kindergarten Ventures with his friend (from kindergarten) Nat Manning (Kettle). Thomas and David discuss their investment in Vanta, an automated compliance company which "helps companies scale security practices and automate compliance for the industry’s most sought after standards - SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, and CCPA." Topics Include: -David and Thomas' investing thought processes -Software eating the world -Why Vanta? -What is Vanta? -Why you still need the Auditors and why that was smart for Vanta to pursue -Christina Cacioppo, CEO & Founder, at Vanta "Christina Cacioppo is the CEO and co-founder of Vanta, a leading security and compliance platform backed by Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator. Previously, she led product management for Dropbox Paper. She is based in San Francisco and enjoys running and reading in her spare time." -Kindergarten Fund -Terms of the Vanta deal -Vanta deal dynamics -Goals and Future hopes for Vanta -Rule of 40 Company (Recurring revenue growth + cash flow margin) a SaaS company's growth rate when added to its free cash flow rate should equal 40 percent or higher -Liquidation Preference (Benefits and Downside?) Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com (Now with ListenNotes for transcripts of each episode) Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Jake Beebe, CEO of AllRec Awards, a manufacturing provider of letterman jackets and Scholastic awards and apparel based in Waco, TX servicing the southern United States.  Topics include: Morgan Housel The Psychology of Money Key quotes from Jake's grandfather "People don't decide their futures, they decide their habits, and their habits decide their futures" and "Just work hard. If you don't work harder than everyone that's on you because you can control that." Celebrating youth sports Jory Caulkins founder of Enduring Companies What it takes to build a company How to build and sustain culture How to balance intensity and patience as a leader Celebrating successes "If your why doesn't make you cry it's probably not your why" Jake's song is Miles Davis Quintet's Solar Thomas was confident one time that Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) was John Coltrane and his wife knew it was Miles Davis. But it's a great album so here is a link to that too! Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Jake's email is jb@allrecawards.com enduring.co Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Tegus Acquires Canalyst Link  Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Steve Ressler, Co-Founder of The Brydon Group, an ETA fund focused on "partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs to acquire small businesses. We invest in significant stakes in traditional searches and through our Brydon Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) program. We bring our experience and expertise from CEO roles, large cap private equity, and bulge bracket banking to search. Our founders have made over 70 investments in supporting searchers across a range of industries and geographies." Their fund has the board member retired Army General Stanley McChrystal Topics include: Growing up as an IRS "brat" moving around the country as his dad moved about the IRS Wanting to be a teacher Working for the government (Homeland Security, Dept of Education, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GovDelivery, Granicus...) Co-Founding The Brydon Group Search Funds His time working as a Producer for World Cafe in Philly He thinks he's named after Steve Miller Band but his dad says it's just his friend Steve Steve's song is Griffin House - The Guy Who Sings Goodbye to You Is Out of His Mind Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Tegus Acquires Canalyst Link  Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Kyle Harrison, General Partner at Contrary, a venture fund that "identifies and invests in the world’s top talent. Backed by iconic founders from Tesla, Airbnb, Facebook, and more" in early stage rounds. Kyle joined to lead their Breakout Fund. He's also a writer with his blog Investing 101 2.0 where he tackles investing from different angles.  Topics include: Time as a resource, measuring your performance (The Natural Selection of Time) by Kyle Harrison Rome Research note taking app Kyle's career as an Investor at TCV, Coatue, Index, Contrary His videographer's background in college The West Wing clip ("I want to be the guy. You want to be the guy, 'the guy' counts on...") Contrary's Talent Vortex - Fred Wilson's quote, "Talent is the only thing that matters"  The Founder's Book Ramp How Contrary works, Kyle's role in the later phase startups Investing in Pave, "How do you sign up to provide value besides just writing that cheque?" Marc Andreessen quote, "You commoditise one layer to create value at the next." The latest technology landscape, growth rates slowing in the near term "What's In a Valuation?" article (Investing 101 2.0) by Kyle Harrison "A genius is the man who can do the average thing when everyone else around him is losing his mind." by Napoleon Farewell Transmission by Magnolia Electric, "The real truth about it is no one gets it right, the real truth about it is we're all supposed to try" Optimism is better than pessimism Kyle's song is Farther Along by Josh Garrels "So cheer up my brothers, live in the sunshine, we'll understand this, all by and by" Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Tegus Acquires Canalyst Link  Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Jake Hoffberg the Publisher for Equifund, which helps "retail investors diversify their portfolio, increase passive income, and grow their net worth using private market investments. Companies can use Equifund’s technology to raise money under multiple US exemptions: Reg D, Reg A+, Reg CF and Reg S." After learning that The Jobs Act of 2012 would ease methods of capital raising, Jake dove in headfirst and learned the ins and outs of the new laws. He saw first hand how to navigate, what to do, what not to do. Eventually he joined Equifund where he has become the Publisher, helping to provide private funding rounds for investors into vehicles they also take part in. This better aligns the interests of all parties involved. Equifund also helps prepare companies to go public, helping them get used to the new reporting they will be required to submit. Topics include: Attending Indiana University as a jazz musician and figuring out he wanted a different experience Learning about promotions and events while at college Getting into publishing and selling in the world of children's books Investing in his self by buying copyrighting courses Getting hired at Agora Equifund (started by Jordan Gillissie) and how crowdfunding became legal due to The Jobs Act of 2012 Lowe v. SEC, 472 U.S. 181 (1985) and here's the link for the SCOTUS audio which I love to listen to sometimes  Trying to protect investors by vetting incoming deals, avoiding snake oil salesmen Helping companies go public the right way Company curation in a crowdfunding world, having skin in the game Jake's song is Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop) - Got To Knock a Little Harder  Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partner is Katelin Holloway Co-Founder of Seven Seven Six, a venture capital firm with Alexis Ohanian."Founded by builders, built with software, in order to be the very best at supporting founders that are changing the world". Katelin has dedicated her career to building teams and advancing the HR function at some of the internet’s most influential startups, including Pixar, Klout and Reddit. As Founding Partner at the firm, she contributes as both an investing and operating partner, supporting entrepreneurs with all things People & Culture. She is passionate about funding the companies that will shape the future of work, life, sustainability, and the delicate balance that enables us to thrive. At home, she plays the role of mom to two wily little boys – Luca and Juno." She also hosts the podcast All Hands with Katelin Holloway Topics include: Making her first investment in Poppyseed Health with her Mom Seven Seven Six with Alexis Ohanian Working at Pixar Discovering her superpowers at Klout Joining Reddit after having a great experience which saved her child's life Reddit becoming her favorite job Shooting your shot Katelin's songs are Rocky Raccoon by The Beatles and Heatwaves by Glass Animals Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

"Investing in Outsiders", From Danaher to New Stack Ventures to The Full Ratchet Podcast, Nick Moran Joins Us Today's Unlimited Partner is Nick Moran from New Stack Ventures and The Full Ratchet Podcast. New Stack was founded in 2015 with a mission to invest in the Outsiders. Nick launched the first VC podcast, one of the first AngelList Syndicates, and subsequently raised their first VC fund. New Stack now manages $75M+, and leads rounds at the early seed stage with an emphasis on B2B SaaS, Fintech, Supply Chain, Proptech, Healthcare, and eCommerce. The Full Ratchet was the 1st Venture Capital Podcast launched in May 2014 and dedicated to demystifying VC. TFR is one of the top 0.5% most popular shows out of 2,875,332 podcasts globally: Topics include: Getting experience at Danaher, the Danaher Business System, developing a nano-technology that grew the company's top and bottom line against many odds, and then getting customers to pay a subscription model for it at 6x the price Leaving Corporate and getting into investing with New Stack Ventures The Full Ratchet Podcast Growing by use of blogs prior to Twitter What is gratitude actually, in the day of buzz words? The 4 Pillars of Investing at New Stack Ventures "Investing in Outsiders" Where would you like your managers to be spending their time? Nick's song Crucify Your Mind by Rodriguez (Searching For Sugarman (2012 Documentary) Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Rick Rubins Lex Fridman podcast Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,  

Today's Unlimited Partner is Jason Corsello from Acadian Ventures. Jason is the Founder & CEO for The Acadian Company and General Partner for Acadian Ventures, an early stage venture fund. Previously, Corsello was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for Cornerstone OnDemand [NASDAQ: CSOD]. Corsello joined Cornerstone in 2011, bringing more than 15 years of experience in enterprise software, market research, and management consulting. In this role, Corsello was responsible for driving innovation, go-to-market strategies and new corporate initiatives including guiding M&A, leading the company's corporate venture investments and accelerator program and overseeing new product initiatives including platform, content, analytics and mobile. Acadian Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in the USA and Germany. They invest in companies at their earliest days of formation that are leading the work revolution and reimagining how people work in the future. Topics include: Working with Adam Miller at Cornerstone OnDemand Nomi Health Did we mention he beat f***ing cancer? Using Domo to help with Covid 19 testing in the state of Utah John Boyd (military strategist) OODA DPI Adding a partner based in Germany What Jason thinks of today's climate, and why "I don't know" isn't a bad answer Sharing conversations with other founders Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com, 

Today's Unlimited Partner is Tony Perez from Peregrine Capital Group. He's been in the United States Air Force for 16 years, and has started projects like Spark for AFWERX which helps tie together many moving parts of the AF.  He's a proven leader with experience leading cross-functional teams in dynamic and complex environments. Able to bridge an organization’s strategic objectives with tactical-level execution. Rapidly analyzes information, prioritizes competing interest, and makes decisive decisions. Recognized leader who provides mentorship to subordinates and honest feedback to superiors. Builds disruptive organizations by leveraging proven mythologies. Communicates complex information succinctly to small and large groups.  Topics include: History in the Air Force as a KC10 pilot Being the best John Stockton in the world (Getting the assists) AFWERX Spark Starting Peregrine Capital Dual-use technology (a solution that can generate revenue in commercial and national security markets)  Collaborating with commercial enterprises Types of contracts within the military How Peregrine Capital is setup to win Sponsors: Tegus Research  My Marketplace Builder Links: Thomas McGannon LinkedIn Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com,

Today's Unlimited Partners are Joanna Lee Shevelenko and Kelly Graziadei from f7 Ventures.  f7 Ventures is comprised of 7 female operators and leaders with over 20 years of experience in the fastest growing technology companies in Silicon Valley. During their tenures at Facebook, Google, Yahoo and beyond, they managed and developed thousands of people across dozens of teams around the world. They grew and managed revenue from $0 to > $15B. They scaled user growth to over a billion, launched over 30 new products globally and led teams across almost every organizational discipline. Topics include: Taking a $17/hr job at Facebook instead of an investment bank Lessons learned at Facebook as one of the first 100 employees Building teams and growing revenue Deciding to leave and build their own venture The reason for building f7 What to look for in a leader or founder Strategies for growing executives Not being afraid to let people fail Links LinkedIn Kelly Graziadei  LinkedIn Joanna Lee Shevelenko  Thomas McGannon LinkedIn f7 Ventures Follow us on social media: Like and subscribe and all that stuff...stay in touch as we will have exciting updates and content soon... @uppodpod Twitter @uppodpod Instagram UP YouTube Channel up-pod.com Email us: show@up-pod.com