Hi! I'm Scott Orn, COO and Venture Debt Expert at Kruze Consulting.
On Founders and Friends, I interview top startup founders, venture capitalists, and startup advisors to share their insights on the startup journey.
Brock Blake of Lendio, a small business and SBA loan expert, talks about the recent COVID / coronavirus stimulus act for startups and small businesses.
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Jacob Yormak, one of the co-founders of and Partner at Story Ventures, discusses his journey into venture capital.
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Congress is about to pass legislation that may make it possible for VC and seed backed companies to access “disaster” type SBA loans.
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M&A expert Michael Frankel of Deloitte discusses the steps startups can take to increase their enterprise value during a sale.
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Evan Meagher, who is not only the VP of Finance of Logikcull but who also wrote, performed and recorded the theme song to this podcast, talks about the challenges needed to upgrade a late-stage SaaS business to enterprise quality accounting systems.
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VC Jennifer Vancini explains how her early-growth VC firm, Mighty Capital, uses a network of product professionals to evaluate investments - and drive value for portfolio companies.
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Brex’s Michael Tannenbaum shares how they are building an interconnected FinTech company, and how partnerships with other innovative startups enhance the customer experience.
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Rich Keen, COO of Mind Candy, discusses building a world class-brand that combines apps, media, and celebrities.
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Amy Lazarus, founder of InclusionVentures, shares strategies to increase diversity - and innovation - by building a more inclusive startup culture.
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Kelly Nyland, a multi-time startup founder, discusses how eCommerce has evolved, and where she thinks it is going in the age of text messaging.
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Don Butler has been a Fintech VC for 20 years - he shares his experiences in investing in the original wave of Peer to Peer lenders, and his predictions on why startups have a strong chance to disrupt traditional banks.
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Ron Bland and Dillon Castro of AEIS Advisors strategize on the best ways for startups to provide healthcare benefits to their employees.
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Scott Orn and Healy Jones of Kruze Consulting break down the massive amount of innovation happening in the startup banking space.
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John Popeo of the Gallatin Group talks with Scott Orn of Kruze Consulting about how financial regulations are impacting the growth of the Fintech startup market.
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Nicole Sahin, CEO and Founder of Globalization Partners, has helped thousands of high-growth companies set up their first international hires.
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Kati Radziwon, founder and CEO of iFlipd, talks to Scott Orn about the journey of growing her startup from a textbook rental company to a video game rental business to a FinTech play helping college students pay for college.
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Kruze Consulting COO, Scott Orn, discusses why Gusto and Zenefits are no longer letting their APIs talk to each other, and what this means for startups who use Gusto for payroll and Zenefits for benefits.
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Scott and Healy, our VP of FP&A, get together to discuss Brex, Stripe, Amex, Expensify and the main startup focused banks.
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Kelsey Chase of Aumni is a startup founder, offering technology that helps VCs and founders turn complex deal document data into valuable information.
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David Spreng of Runway Capital talks with Kruze Consulting about how his experience led him to found a venture debt firm.
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Serial entrepreneur Immad Akhund of Mercury Bank discusses why startups need a bank built specifically for their needs.
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Curtis Coleman, founder and CEO of RVillage talks about growing a niche social network.
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Aman Mann, Procurify Founder and CEO, dives into how strategically managing a team’s spend can drive purpose, mastery, and autonomy inside organizations.
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Chelsea Shukov, the founder of Sugar Paper, talks about focusing on quality and distribution to build a successful, offline consumer business.
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Dave Schappell Investor, Board Advisor and Director Of Marketing Operations
Dave Schappell of My Perfect Color talks about raising seed and VC funding as a repeat entrepreneur.
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Brad Gakenheimer of Roast Umber Coffee Company explains what it takes to start a coffee company.
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Jamie Ceglarz, Guild Talent founder, has helped many startups make their first finance and operations leadership hire.
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Andre Gharakhanian of Silicon Legal Strategy talks startup legal strategy and about growing a law firm totally focused on serving fast-growth startups.
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Robbie Mitchell, Heads of Operations of Frame.ai, discusses his founder journey - and much more.
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Stephanie Mann and Anne Foreman of At Your Core discuss how to set the foundation for a strong culture in a startup.
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Andrew Miller of the Toronto Blue Jays discusses aligning an organization to focus on a single goal, winning.
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Lars Kamps, Intermix founder, talks about how to raise a seed round for your startup.
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Mark MacLeod, an investment banker to fast-growing SMB software startups, dives into how SaaS companies prepare for an exit.
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Evan Meagher of Logikcull discusses how to scale finance and sales scale together in fast growth SaaS startups.
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Venture debt expert Scott Orn, of Kruze Consulting, explains what venture debt is and how startups use debt to boost growth while optimizing their cap table.
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Parker Conrad founded Rippling to simplify a startup’s entire back-office by uniting Payroll, Benefits, HR & IT.
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Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures goes over the challenges of raising a seed fund in today’s environment.
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Mary Lemmer of Improv4 shares how Improv improves startup culture and trains leaders.
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Audrey Grubman & Christina Kramlich of Parkside Advisors discuss Financial Planning Strategies for Startup Founders & Employees.
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Joel Gragg of ORIX discusses how growth stage startups use debt as part of their capital structure.
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Eric Frazer & Richard Seaberry of Decisely discuss Startup Benefits & Human Resources.
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David Bergeron, a second-time guest (!!!) discusses T3’s analytical approach to the 2019 Startup Real Estate Market.
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Paul Lappas of Intermix comes by to explain how his company gives developers and data scientists a single dashboard to monitor mission-critical data.
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Brian Mullen of InfluxData comes by to discuss the Company’s Open Source Time Series Database for Metrics & Events.
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Michael Chapp of Utomic talks about the entrepreneurial journey and his Company’s iPhone protection hardware.
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Haje Kamps is a Hardware VC at Bolt VC but in this podcast, Haje gets back to his journalist roots by interviewing me (Scott Orn)!
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Russ Heddleston of DocSend on the Company’s Content Management & Tracking System that helps sales and marketing teams be more efficient.
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Ben Raffi of Growlabs discusses the company’s B2B Lead Generation & Sales Automation solution.
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Haim Zaltzman & Ben Potter of Latham & Watkins discuss startup funding strategies including the benefits and differences between Growth Equity & Growth Debt.
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Sumeet Howe of Hover stops by to talk Startup Product Management and share her career path.
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Ryan Shaening Pokrasso of SPZ Legal stops by to walk us through Startup Legal Best Practices.
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Patrick Johnson of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) stops by to talk about Startup Banking, Venture Debt, and the other ways SVB partners with founders and and investors to support innovation.
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Maren Kate Donovan of Recruit explains how to scale your startup’s recruiting efforts
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Matt Gunnin of Esports One explains the Esports phenomenon and how his company’’s computer vision powered audience experience makes it that much more enjoyable for viewing
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Beth Stevens of Opendoor comes by to talk about her experiences running Legal & Compliance at a Fast Growing Startup
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Aaron Tyler, Managing Director at TriplePoint Capital, discusses Venture Debt for Startups
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Evan Meagher, VP of Finance at Logikcull and another 2nd-time guest (!), stops by to discuss SaaS Startup life
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Eli Ceryak of Cushman & Wakefield, our first 2 time guest on Founders and Friends, stops by to discuss the 2018 Startup Real Estate Outlook
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Lee Firestone of OpenReel makes creating video easy for businesses through OpenReel’s remote capture technology
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Ben Munoz of Nadine West discusses the entrepreneurial journey - from sleeping in his office and renting out his apartment to help fund Nadine West - to a successful subscription commerce business that is profitable and growing rapidly.
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Michael Piacente discusses his firm, Hitch Partners, the leading Executive Search Firm for Security Professionals
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Matt Miller of Embroker comes by to discuss his companies efforts to automate insurance for startups
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Chuck Pettid discusses Republic’s unique brand of crowdfunding equity investments for startups
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Josh Lowy discusses Hugo’s software which makes documenting meeting insights easy and sharing with your team even easier
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Leslie Sagalowicz Barber of Intuit’s Quickbooks discusses Quickbook’s excellent online software package including the newly launched QB Community
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Kaushik Ranchod of the Ranchod Law Group stopped by to outline the H1B Visa Process for Startups
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Zack Blum joins us to discuss Fleetsmith’s new Cloud Based Mac Management Software
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Raphael Crawford-Marks has built a next generation employee recognition service called Bonusly
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Reilly Brennan of Trucks VC invited us over to discuss early stage transportation startups
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Devon Tivona of Pana discusses how Pana combines mobile app technology and virtual travel assistants to make travel easy
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Sarah Schaaf of Headnote retraces her journey from Google Lawyer to legal industry startup founder
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Jesse Freese of Sequoia Consulting Group discusses the PEO approach for employee benefits at startups
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Laurie Lumenti-Garty of Square One Bank joins Founders & Friends to explain the services that every startup should receive from its bank
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Mike Lederman runs the West Coast Region for Bridge Bank, one of the premier banks that serves startups
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Ronjini Joshua is the founder of The Silver Telegram, a PR agency for startups and crowdfunding campaigns
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James Schramko of SuperFastBusiness discusses building productive habits both personally and professionally
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Rene Lacerte is Founder & CEO of Bill.com, the leading online business payment provider and one of Kruze Consulting’’s favorite software tools
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Peggy Chang, Co-Founder & CEO of Activity Hero, explains how she came up with the idea of building a one-stop shop website to find and book kids camps and classes
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Mark MacLeod founded SurePath Capital after serving as Startup CFO for Shopify and Freshbooks
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Steve Gillan of Azure Capital Partners discusses his firm’s strategy of investing in Post Seed Stage Startups
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Healy Jones of ForUsAll discusses Startup 401k’s, including why startups should offer them and how to make them cost effective for employers and employees
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Matt Ziser of Tobi stopped by to talk about running Operations at a fast growing eCommerce startup
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Jacob Colker of Lighter Capital discusses startup funding and how to minimize dilution through Lighter Capital’s startup loans
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Ed Aten of Merchar shares his experiences building the leading ecommerce site for all things music merchandise
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Aaron Moskowitz, an Enterprise SEO Executive, stops by to share his best Startup SEO Tips
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Sonja Hoel Perkins shares her passion for two women centric organization she has founded, Project Glimmer and Broadway Angels
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Steve Walker, Founder of Cobaltix, coaches us through how startups can outsource their IT systems
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Evan Meagher of SigFig came by to share the lessons he has learned helping SigFig scale
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Eli Ceryak Cushman & Wakefield stops by Kruze Consulting to talk about the Startup Real Estate Market
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Steve Bennet is an active Angel Investor, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at San Jose State University, and consults as a Startup CFO
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Jeff Smith of Facebook joins us to discuss Facebook.Design, the company’s initiative that gives back to the design community with free GUI tools and much more to come
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Brian Sterz of Miracle Mile Advisors talks personal money management for startup founders and team members
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John Pettus is the Founder & CEO of Fiskkit, which is developing a better way to discuss the news
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Robert Kohler started Kohler Law Group to provide outsourced in-house counsel for startups
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Jamie Ceglarz of The Sourcery came by to talk about recruiting for growth stage startups
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Monica Ohara & Hannah Russin of Datascore came on the podcast to talk Growth Marketing for Startups
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Kathy Woeber Gardner is a Partner at Montgomery Pacific LLP and has spent her career as a lawyer working with startups
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Mike is the founding partner at Codeword (formerly Knock Twice), a hybrid PR, content, advertising, branding and design agency that puts start-ups on the map and builds campaigns for some of the biggest brands in the world
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In this episode, Ashish talks about how a failed Internet venture (with me :)) helped him recognize the opportunity at 99designs
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David Bergeron of T3 Advisors walks us through the San Francisco Startup Real Estate Market
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Jen O’Neal and Jeff Manheimer founded Tripping.com to make finding a vacation home anywhere in the world easy
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Bill Growney is a Partner at Goodwin Procter, one of Silicon Valley’s leading startup law firms
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David Barrett is the Founder & CEO of Expensify, the world’s best expense management software
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