The Entre Podcast

In this episode of The Entre Podcast, Michael Marra interviews Ike Shehadeh, the founder of Ike's Love and Sandwiches. We hope you enjoy and learn something new!

In this episode of The Entre Podcast, Michael Marra and David Meltzer interview Simon Squibb, an Investor, Entrepreneur, & Founder of HelpBnk. We hope you enjoy and learn something new!

In this episode of The Entre Podcast, Michael Marra and David Meltzer interview Randy Garn, a New York Times Best-Selling Author, Investor, Entrepreneur, and Chief Strategy Officer at Arieli Capital. We hope you enjoy and learn something new!

On this live episode, Michael Marra interviewed Nathan Beckord, CEO of Foundersuite, a venture-backed company that makes software for raising capital. Users of the platform have raised over $3 Billion in seed and venture capital. Prior to starting Foundersuite, Beckord spent ten years working with over 150 startups as interim CFO, Business Developer, and Advisor. Beckord has an MBA in Entrepreneurship, a BSC in Finance, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). In his free time, he enjoys sailing, traveling, and climbing. https://foundersuite.com https://joinentre.com/profile/nathan https://joinentre.com/profile/michael ► Watch the video interview of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2uzkTMvcL-s This episode was recorded live on Entre Rooms. Sign up to start hosting rooms and share your live podcast with our network of entrepreneurs! Entre is a social network for entrepreneurs and the future of work. We have created the hub for a new economy to connect, learn, and build through our app and events. Our platform is designed to promote economic opportunity for our users by enabling you and millions of other entrepreneurs, freelancers, and investors to meet, exchange ideas, learn, and find opportunities, work, and make decisions in a network of trusted relationships. ► Join a community with 35k Entrepreneurs! https://joinentre.com ► SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel to learn more about entrepreneurship! https://youtube.com/channel/UC8nplMh9HgzdOsDqq4xkdJQ?sub_confirmation=1 ► Follow Entre on social media: http://entre.link/community  ► Listen to the podcast on other platforms: http://entre.link/podcast/entre-preneur-show

On this live episode, Michael Marra interviewed Zécca Lehn, General Partner at Responsibly.vc, a California-based PreSeed VC Impact Fund. Zécca is an experienced Environmental Economist, Data Scientist, and impact Angel investor in over 40 Seed investments.  https://responsibly.vc https://joinentre.com/profile/zecca https://joinentre.com/profile/michael This episode was recorded live on Entre Rooms. Sign up to start hosting rooms and share your live podcast with our network of entrepreneurs! Entre is a social network for entrepreneurs and the future of work. We have created the hub for a new economy to connect, learn, and build through our app and events. Our platform is designed to promote economic opportunity for our users by enabling you and millions of other entrepreneurs, freelancers, and investors to meet, exchange ideas, learn, and find opportunities, work, and make decisions in a network of trusted relationships. ► Join a community with 35k Entrepreneurs! https://joinentre.com ► SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel to learn more about entrepreneurship! https://youtube.com/channel/UC8nplMh9HgzdOsDqq4xkdJQ?sub_confirmation=1 ► Follow Entre on social media: http://entre.link/community  ► Listen to the podcast on other platforms: http://entre.link/podcast/entre-preneur-show

On this live episode, Michael Marra interviewed Rob LoCascio, the Founder & CEO of LivePerson Inc. (LSPN). As one of the longest-running Tech Founders in the world, he had an incredible founding story to share with us. His first company flamed out. Ended up sleeping on a couch inside a t-shirt shop and eating ramen while he built Live Person because he couldn't afford an apartment. He then grew that into a publicly-traded $4 Billion company that survived the dot com boom, 2007 market crash, covid etc. He's had to constantly pivot, reinvent himself and his company to survive and succeed. https://www.liveperson.com https://joinentre.com/profile/robloascio https://joinentre.com/profile/michael This episode was recorded live on Entre Rooms. Sign up to start hosting rooms and share your live podcast with our network of entrepreneurs! Entre is a social network for entrepreneurs and the future of work. We have created the hub for a new economy to connect, learn, and build through our app and events. Our platform is designed to promote economic opportunity for our users by enabling you and millions of other entrepreneurs, freelancers, and investors to meet, exchange ideas, learn, and find opportunities, work, and make decisions in a network of trusted relationships. ► Join a community with 35k Entrepreneurs! https://joinentre.com ► SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel to learn more about entrepreneurship! https://youtube.com/channel/UC8nplMh9HgzdOsDqq4xkdJQ?sub_confirmation=1 ► Follow Entre on social media: http://entre.link/community  ► Listen to the podcast on other platforms: http://entre.link/podcast/entre-preneur-show

On this live episode, Michael Marra interviewed Marshall Sandman, the Managing Partner of Animal Capital.  As the first venture firm with access to 100M+ engaged consumers across the world, they are driving growth by leveraging proprietary marketing channels and increasing consumer awareness.   This episode was recorded live on Entre Rooms. Sign up to start hosting rooms and share your live podcast with our network of entrepreneurs! Entre is a social network for entrepreneurs and the future of work. We have created the hub for a new economy to connect, learn, and build through our app and events. Our platform is designed to promote economic opportunity for our users by enabling you and millions of other entrepreneurs, freelancers, and investors to meet, exchange ideas, learn, and find opportunities, work, and make decisions in a network of trusted relationships. ► Join a community with 35k Entrepreneurs! https://joinentre.com ► SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel to learn more about entrepreneurship! https://youtube.com/channel/UC8nplMh9HgzdOsDqq4xkdJQ?sub_confirmation=1 ► Follow Entre on social media: http://entre.link/community  ► Listen to the podcast on other platforms: http://entre.link/podcast/entre-preneur-show

Lyndsey is a Principal at Better Ventures, a pre-seed/seed-stage VC firm in Oakland, CA backing mission-driven founders. She leads their investments in edtech and workforce development and is focused on solutions supporting underserved communities and enabling access to economic opportunity and mobility.   https://joinentre.com/profile/lyndseyb  This episode was recorded live on Entre Rooms. Sign up to start hosting rooms and share your live podcast with our network of entrepreneurs! ► Join a community with 35k Entrepreneurs! https://joinentre.com ► SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel to learn more about entrepreneurship! https://youtube.com/channel/UC8nplMh9HgzdOsDqq4xkdJQ?sub_confirmation=1 ► Follow Entre on social media: http://entre.link/community  ► Listen to the podcast on other platforms: http://entre.link/podcast

Wade Foster is the CEO and Co-founder of Zapier, the multi-billion dollar software company that helps people automate things on the internet. We dive into his full story on how he started Zapier at a Techstars Startup Weekend and was accepted into Y Combinator before raising a seed round from many prominent investors. After the seed round, his company grew organically through its customers without needing any additional capital. We discuss hiring and how startups can build their team culture. Prior to Zapier, Wade worked as a customer development lead for The Idea Works, Inc. in Missouri. He has degrees in industrial engineering and business administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Yong Kim is the co-founder and CEO of Wonolo, an on-demand staffing app that has raised over 50 million. In this episode we discuss the future of work, staffing and flexible remote work.   After attending the University of Chicago and Harvard Business School, he spent several years as an investment banker. He co-founded and ran the Coca-Cola accelerator. He is a scout for Sequoia.  This episode was recorded live on Entre’s Future Of Work Club on Clubhouse. Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media: https://entre.link/community

Joe Foster is the Founder of Reebok, the legendary shoe company. We dive into the full Reebok story: How it all started and how it has grown to what it has become today. Joe’s perspective of the company and where they should go in the future is fascinating to hear. This episode was recorded live on Entre’s Future Of Work Club on Clubhouse, lead by Michael Marra and Simon Squibb. Michael is the Founder and CEO of Entre, and Simon is a serial entrepreneur from the UK who is an investor and advisor of Entre. Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media: https://entre.link/community 

Ben Zises, aka The Super Angel… is an angel investor, advisor, syndicate lead and fund manager. Ben is known for being the first investor and founding advisor to Quip, Caraway, and Arber (among others).  Ben shares his professional background, his own founder journey, how he got started as an angel investor and what he looks for when investing in founders through his new fund, SuperAngel.Fund. You can find Ben on twitter @bzises, learn more about him at SuperAngel.vc or view his fund deck at SuperAngelDeck.com. Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media @joinentre

Simon Squibb is a purpo-entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, podcast host, founder and Chief Purpose Officer at The Purposeful Project. He has started 18 companies, invested in over 60 startups, and mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs! He's mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs, having sold his award-winning branding and digital agency Fluid to PwC. Simon now focuses on inspiring, motivating, and guiding both budding and experience entrepreneurs by sharing his experiences, insights, ideas, and tips. Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media @joinentre

Diane Prince is a serial entrepreneur who has started more than 7 companies (one of which sold for $28M), had 5 exits, and has hired over 2,000 people. As a founder coach, on this episode Diane shares how you can start a business, hire/fire people, bootstrap/raise capital, and the tools that entrepreneurs need to grow a successful business! Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media @joinentre

Geoff Cook is a serial entrepreneur and currently the CEO and co-founder of The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET), a social dating and live streaming company. You may have heard of some of their platforms, like MeetMe, LOVOO, Skout, Tagged, and Growlr. He recently sold the company for $500 million in September of 2020. He started his first company from his Harvard dorm room and sold it for millions of dollars at the age of 24, he sold his second company for a hundred million dollars in 2011, he's done a ton of stuff in the entrepreneur space, the dating space, and in the live streaming space. We discuss both how to acquire companies, and how to get acquired as an entrepreneur! Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media @joinentre 

In this episode Michael Marra interviews Samanah Duran Samanah Duran is a British entrepreneur and media personality with a fierce emphasis on inspiring each individual to embrace their identity and to take pride in their individuality. First known for the crafting of indulgent streetwear brand Critics Clothing established back in 2012, Samanah is best known for her work within female entrepreneurship and digital media having built on that concept as an extension of Critics Clothing, by launching digital media and news company BEYOUROWN. Since its launch in 2016, BEYOUROWN has been on a mission to lead women with a vision. BEYOUROWN is a digital media & news company dedicated to inspiring women in business. Led by founder and CEO Samanah Duran and team, BEYOUROWN’s scale & evolution is down to continuously delivering a fresh perspective from a wide community of the most affluential, influential and entrepreneurial game-changing women of today. Most entrepreneurs know what it takes to build a successful company, but rarely have the right tools, resources or knowledge to amour the journey. BEYOUROWN’s mission is to deliver exclusive content from leading industry experts to cover business building based topics that will aid growth as an entrepreneur. Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media @joinentre

Arabian Prince is a songwriter, rapper, producer, DJ and technologist, Arabian is best known for pioneering west coast electro music and being a founding member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted rap group N.W.A. His passion for technology led to him create a 3D animation and special effects studio in the 90’s working with companies like Saban Entertainment and Fox; including 100+ video game titles for Fox interactive and Vivendi Universal.  As a consultant, Arabian has advised many companies on bridging the gap between technology and the youth, while bringing new product innovations to market. Inov8 Next is a product innovation incubator and technology center designed to empower the brightest inventors by leveraging the power of industry experience, strategic resources and advanced mentorship. Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media @joinentre

Brian is the founder and CEO of O2E Brands, the banner company for 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING and Shack Shine. He is a strong believer in ongoing personal and professional development, and likes to show others how to use goal-setting to take the lead in their own business. In this episode Michael Marra dives into Brian's entrepreneurial journey, how he started 1-800- GOT-JUNK?, and what the future holds for Brian. Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media @joinentre

Charlie O'Donnell, Founder & General Partner of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures Charlie O'Donnell has been an active member of the NYC startup community for over 15 years, with a reputation of being the most accessible early stage investor in New York. After being hired as the first analyst at Union Square Ventures and helping to open First Round Capital's first NYC office, he founded Brooklyn Bridge Ventures in 2012. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures has made over 60 investments since it was founded, making it one of the most active funds investing in pre-seed and seed rounds in the city. It often leads or co-leads, investing in a wide variety of startups founded by a diverse pool of founders including The Wing, Petal, Clubhouse, Hungryroot, Canary, goTenna and Imagen, among others. The fund was the first to be launched in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised. Danny Brown, Partner at MaC Venture Capital Danny Brown is Partner at MaC Venture Capital, an LA-based early stage fund focused on technology companies leveraging shifts in cultural trends and consumer behavior in an increasingly diverse global marketplace. Additionally, he is the current Chief of Staff at Atom Factory, where he focuses on leveraging their unique position at the intersection of tech, music, media, and various other industries to the benefit of their portfolio, as well as the surrounding ecosystem. Gyan Kapur, Managing Director at Bayes Ventures and Co-Managing Partner at RTP Seed (RTP Ventures) | B2B Investor Gyan joined RTP Ventures in early 2020 and became co-Managing Partner of RTP Seed, RTP Ventures’ fund dedicated to investing in seed and pre-seed stage companies, later in 2020. Prior to joining RTP Seed, Gyan ran Bayes Ventures, an early stage fund with a similar focus. Prior to Bayes Ventures, Gyan was a Vice President at Activate Venture Partners (first investor in Medidata, a $6bb exit) and an active angel investor. Gyan graduated from the MBA program at the Wharton School of Business. Before Wharton, Gyan worked for Gather Health, a chronic disease management startup, and Citigroup where he built and scaled businesses in foreign exchange derivatives, focusing on complex products. Megan Ananian, Investor, Seedinvest Megan joined the Seedinvest team in 2019 after receiving her MBA at Yale School of Management. SeedInvest is an early-stage fund as well as an investment platform connecting founders with a community of over 375k investors. They've invested $200M+ into over 200 companies through Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg A. https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow

Alexandra Fasulo is a 6-figure copywriter, serial entrepreneur, and business mogul, best known for the CNBC coverage of earning "$150,000 in 6-months on freelancing site Fiverr.com." Having scaled her Fiverr business to over $400,000 per year as a 27-year-old entrepreneur, Alexandra shares her insight and tricks of the trade with followers through TikTok and Instagram as the "Freelance Fairy." She is also the owner of EyePop, a photo trending map app, designed to make influencing easier in 2020. When she's not running her businesses or helping individuals plunge into the world of freelancing, she can be found traversing the globe as a digital nomad and photographer for her family businesses. Join Our community of thousands of entrepreneurs at https://entre.link/EntrepreneurShow Follow us on social media @joinentre