A weekly podcast that looks inside the minds of entrepreneurs and at the crossover of startups, enterprise, finance, technology and life as we know it, hosted by early-stage startup investor Pete Townsend.
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Here are some great episodes to start with if you're new to the podcast!
207: What Makes a Great Web3 Team
In this special segment, we’re featuring web3 investors, founders and mentors such as Joey Krug from Pantera Capital, Matthew Graham from Sino Global Capital, Teana Baker-Taylor from Circle, Sam Williams from Arweave, John Wu from Ava Labs, Clarisse Hagege from Dfns, Sean Lee from Odsy, Tim Bos fro…
054: Startup Insights #1: Hard Decisions
The MoneyNeverSleeps crew picked out six founders from past episodes talking about the hard decisions they've made along the way, including taking the leap, operating without a playbook, building teams, penetrating new markets, and finding your way home from the middle of Cambodia!
205: Memory Lane | Sam Williams and Arweave
Sam Williams is co-founder and CEO of Arweave, a blockchain protocol allowing us to remember and preserve valuable information, apps, and history indefinitely. In this episode, Sam shares the inspirational story of how Arweave got started, their life-changing experience with Techstars Berlin in 201…
166: Joey Krug | Pantera Capital, Being Early in Crypto and Shipping …
Joey Krug is the Co-Chief Investment Officer of Pantera Capital, the first institutional investment firm focused exclusively on bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the blockchain tech ecosystem. Joey joins Pete Townsend on this episode originally recorded as part of the Techstars We…
248: Venture Investing and Connecting the Dots
We've remastered and packaged up two of our most popular episodes from 2023 that were originally going to be one episode looking at the venture capital mantra of ‘investing in lines and not dots’ with VC investing insights from Patrick Pinschmidt from Middlegame Ventures and my lessons learned from…
249: Bridging the Gap | Connor Murphy | One Problem, Two Ventures and…
This week’s guest is Connor Murphy, the CEO of Bridge. I met Connor at a Techstars event in Dublin in 2019 as he was just getting his latest venture off the ground in Bridge, and I started using the Bridge app within seconds of meeting him to help me bridge my network.
257: How I Got To Techstars on a Flywheel | Hesus Inoma Interviews Pe…
This week, I’m sharing an episode of the ‘Venture with Hesus’ podcast that I recorded in late 2023 with the unstoppable Hesus Inoma, as he interviews me on lessons learned from being part of the startup ecosystem the last 8 years.
275: Web3 Fundraising Playbook | Pete Townsend | Raising Your 1st Rou…
We're diving deep into the fundamentals of fundraising for Web3 startups and early-stage ventures navigating their first capital raise. Fundraising is always challenging, but in web3, it’s a whole new frontier with unique hurdles. This session, originally presented at a Techstars Web3 Accelerator e…
278: Money Talks w/ Mai Santamaria | The Butterfly Defect & the Futur…
This week, I’m joined by the brilliant Mai Santamaria for a far-ranging discussion inspired by Ian Goldin’s concept of The Butterfly Defect — a thought-provoking take on the risks and interconnectedness of our global systems....
280: 2025 Predictions with Alejandro Gutierrez
In this special year-end episode, Pete Townsend is joined by returning guest co-host Alejandro Gutierrez for a wide-ranging conversation about what the future may hold with their 2025 predictions. Together, they explore transformative ideas, emerging trends, and groundbreaking technologies that cou…
283: Arabian Prince | The N.W.A Pioneer Empowering the Next Tech Gene…
This week, we’re tapping into the intersection of hip-hop, technology, education and startups with a true pioneer—Arabian Prince. If you know your rap history, you know Arabian Prince as one of the founding members of N.W.A, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rap group that redefined music and cultu…
285: Startup Smarts & Web3 Wisdom | Highlights from the Past Year
This week, we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite moments from the past year—the conversations that stuck with me long after we hit stop on the recording. If you missed them the first time around, now’s your chance to catch the highlights, chock full of startup smarts and web3 wisdom!
295: VC For the Rest of Us | Shuttle | Scott Ashmore and Rob Halligan
This week, I’m joined by Scott Ashmore and Rob Halligan, co-founders of Shuttle - a platform giving individuals access to venture capital deals that have traditionally been reserved for the ultra-wealthy.
Recent Episodes
297: Grit, Mud & $400K | Jesse Phillips | Trustware Co-Founder & CEO
296: The Unstoppable Founder | Allard Luchsinger from Techstars
295: VC For the Rest of Us | Shuttle | Scott Ashmore and Rob Halligan
294: Superteams, Startups and Stablecoins - Solana’s Bet on Ireland is Already Paying Off
293: Building Bridges: Simon Brown on Ethereum’s Cultural Gravity and Consensys Network State
292: Done Deal: Ollie Walsh on Pipit’s 12-Year Journey to Qenta
291: Scaling Without VC: The Long Game with Fergal McGovern from VisibleThread
290: The Ethical Hacker Mindset with Yev Broshevan from Hacken
289: BlackRock BTC Flex | On-Chain Politics | Tokenized Fund Liquidity | SBF Still Scheming | Laura Walsh
288: Anthony Rose, SeedLegals | 99 Problems (But My Legals Ain’t One)
287: Worlds Colliding | The Great Web3 Crossover with Alejandro Gutierrez
286: Introducing the Techstars Web3 Accelerator Class of 2025
285: Startup Smarts & Web3 Wisdom | Highlights from the Past Year
284: Operation Chokepoint 2.0 | SEC’s Next Crypto Journey | Solana’s Growth | What’s Behind Layer 2 Blockchains? | Alejandro Gutierrez
283: Arabian Prince | The N.W.A Pioneer Empowering the Next Tech Generation
Trump Memecoin Mania, SEC Shakeups, and the Future of Finance with Laura Walsh
281: The Art of Startup Exits | Brian McDonald from Bay Advisory
280: 2025 Predictions with Alejandro Gutierrez
279: Mastering the Startup Game | Nigel Eccles | Insights from a Serial Entrepreneur
278: Money Talks w/ Mai Santamaria | The Butterfly Defect & the Future of Finance
277: Straight Outta Crypton | Swarm and the Rise of RWAs | Timo Lehes and Philipp Pieper
276: Sponstar and the Rise of Fractional Sponsorship with Manu | Exclusive Interview
275: Web3 Fundraising Playbook | Pete Townsend | Raising Your 1st Round at the Frontier
274: Filmmaker to Founder | René Pinnell and Artizen | Funding Human Creativity
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