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EP 298 Business Development, Entrepreneurship & Cross-Cultural Opportunity

In this episode, we sit down with Zeus Kajita to explore the intersection of entrepreneurship, business development, international markets, and personal performance. Zeus shares his journey as an entrepreneur and business builder, including the lessons he has learned developing partnerships and creating opportunities across different industries and cultures. We discuss what separates exceptional business developers

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Ep 297 AI, Cybersecurity & the Future of Business with Vineet Edupuganti Co-founder & CEO @ Cogent Security

What happens when AI becomes both the weapon and the defender? On this episode of The Silicon Valley Podcast, we sit down with Vineet Edupuganti to explore the rapidly changing landscape of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, and how founders should think about building companies in an AI-native world. Vineet shares lessons from working with generative

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EP 296 IPOs, SPACs, Uplisting & Taking a Company Public with Shari Mager KPMG  U.S National Capital Markets Readiness Leader

What does it really take to prepare a company for the public markets? On this episode of The Silicon Valley Podcast, we sit down with Shari Mager to explore the complex process of going public, from identifying red flags and selecting the right path to navigating uplistings, SPAC transactions, PIPE financing, and the accounting challenges

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Ep 295 Venture Capital, Startup Valuations & the Future of Entrepreneurship with Brian Mac Mahon

What does it really take to build a successful startup—and what conventional wisdom about venture capital might be wrong? On this episode of The Silicon Valley Podcast, we sit down with Brian Mac Mahon, founder of Expert DOJO, to explore the realities of early-stage investing, startup valuations, venture capital, and the evolving global entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Ep 294 Leadership, Purpose & Building a Scalable Business with Reed Nyffeler

Episode Overview What can Silicon Valley founders learn from the world of franchising? In this episode of The Silicon Valley Podcast, we sit down with Reed Nyffeler, entrepreneur, CEO, founder of Signal, and host of ReedFlections: A Podcast on Life, Leadership, and Learning. Reed’s journey offers a different perspective from the traditional Silicon Valley founder

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AI, Hedge Funds & the Future of Financial Intelligence | Jan Szilagyi, Founder & CEO of Reflexivity

Episode Overview What happens when a seasoned hedge fund executive applies decades of institutional investing experience to building AI-powered software for the world’s most sophisticated financial firms? In this episode of Silicon Valley Successes, host Shawn Flynn sits down with Jan Szilagyi, Founder and CEO of Reflexivity, to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, capital

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Ep 292 Investing Before the IPO:  OpenAI, CoreWeave, and the Future of Public Markets Mark Klein, CEO of SuRo Capital

Episode Overview What if you could invest in some of the world’s most valuable private technology companies—before they ever go public? In this episode of The Silicon Valley Podcast, host Shawn Flynn sits down with Mark Klein, CEO of Neostellar  Capital, one of the few publicly traded venture capital firms providing investors with exposure to

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Ep 291 Inside the World of SPVs: How Special Purpose Vehicles Power Private Market Investing with Mitch Mechigian

Private markets continue to evolve, and Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) have become one of the most important tools for investors seeking access to high-growth private companies. But behind every SPV is a complex legal and operational structure that many investors don’t fully understand. In this episode, we sit down with Mitch Mechigian, an experienced private

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290 Unlocking the Private Markets: Venture, Secondaries & Startup Investing with Brianne Lynch

Unlocking the Private Markets: Venture Secondaries & the Future of Startup Investing with Brianne Lynch For decades, investing in high-growth private companies was reserved for venture capital firms and institutional investors. Today, the rapidly evolving secondary market is changing that landscape—creating new opportunities for founders, employees, early investors, and institutions to access liquidity long before

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Ep 289 Investing Beyond the Pitch & Building Great Companies with Alex Chompff

What separates legendary venture capital firms from everyone else? How do experienced angel investors identify startups with the greatest potential before everyone else sees it? In this episode, we sit down with Alex Chompff, an accomplished entrepreneur, angel investor, and venture capital executive whose career has included working alongside some of Silicon Valley’s most influential

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