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Contenu fourni par George Khalife. Tout le contenu du podcast, y compris les épisodes, les graphiques et les descriptions de podcast, est téléchargé et fourni directement par George Khalife ou son partenaire de plateforme de podcast. Si vous pensez que quelqu'un utilise votre œuvre protégée sans votre autorisation, vous pouvez suivre le processus décrit ici https://fr.player.fm/legal.
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1 #162 - Thomas Thayyil Thomas | Transforming Deal Strategy Using AI 51:24
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TTT is the CEO of Teragonia, specializing in AI-driven analytics and value creation for PE-backed and founder-led middle-market companies. A seasoned M&A strategist with deep expertise in data science, he previously built and led Houlihan Lokey’s financial due diligence and data analytics practices. He has advised corporations, financial sponsors, and sovereign wealth funds across the transaction lifecycle, driving 8-figure EBITDA improvements through enterprise-wide analytics and AI enablement.…
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1 #161 - Duane Jackson | Investing in Founder-Led Businesses and Building Author Capital Partners 41:14
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Duane is the Founder & Managing Partner of Author Capital Partners with 20 years of experience advising and investing in public and private companies. He serves on the boards of SilverIP Communications and ESD Global. Previously, Duane was an investment professional at BDT Capital Partners, focusing on founder- and family-led businesses, and a Private Equity Fellow at Vista Equity Partners. His career spans roles at Fireman Capital, Manasota Capital, the U.S. Treasury (TARP), and Merrill Lynch. Duane holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA from George Washington University. He is an Investor-in-Residence at the University of Chicago Booth School and a Board Trustee at Lake Forest Academy.…
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1 #160 - Shawn Ellis | Inside a $100M Fund Investing in the Future of Risk 46:02
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Shawn Ellis is the Managing Partner of Distributed Ventures. He co-founded and manages the fund. Prior to Distributed Ventures, Shawn built and lead NFP Ventures, a captive early-stage venture fund sponsored by NFP Corp, the diversified insurance brokerage. Shawn’s investment approach leverages diverse operational, strategic and investment experience. Previously, as President and founding team member of Zest Health, he led the company’s growth from concept to over half a million paid subscribers and partnerships with several health plans less than three years. Zest was eventually rebranded as Yaro and acquired by Virgin Pulse. Prior to Zest, Shawn focused on healthcare technology investments at 7wire Ventures. He was a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group and began his career at Lazard Middle Market’s M&A practice. Shawn holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and a board member of the Linden Foundation. -- Time stamps: [0:00 - 1:51]: Introduction [1:51 - 12:25]: Lessons from IB, strategy, and consulting [12:25 - 16:07]: How to crack into VC [16:08 - 19:47]: Tips for relationship building/networking [19:47 - 25:17]: Investing in the future of risk [25:17 - 28:33]: Thoughts on corporate venture capital [28:34 - 30:51]: Building Distributed Ventures [30:52 - 34:02]: What makes a stand-out founder [34:02 - 37:24]: Dealing with pressure & mental health [37:24 - 41:10]: Navigating burnout [41:10 - 43:15]: Being bullish on Chicago [43:16 - 45:45]: 2025 outlook…
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1 #159 - Chris Crawford | Making Prescription Drug Costs Affordable 51:44
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Chris Crawford founded RxSaveCard to make prescriptions more affordable for employers and employees. With over 25 years in employee benefits, including leadership roles at Mercer and experience in pharmacy benefits, Chris created RxSaveCard to offer cash and discount pricing without requiring a switch in benefit providers. His solution ensures compliance with ERISA fiduciary standards while helping companies manage drug costs effectively. For more on RxSaveCard: rxsavecard.com To connect with Sean: / chris-crawford-0a86424…
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1 #158 - Sean Johnson | Proven Marketing Strategies for Professional Services 54:57
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Madison was started by Sean Johnson. For 12 years he was a founding partner at Manifold, an early stage venture fund and innovation consulting firm. For 9 years he taught digital marketing at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Sean learned the hard way how difficult it can be to market a professional services firm. Much of the playbook he learned working with startups simply didn't apply. He eventually learned how to turn himself and his team into Trusted Advisors who could build relationships and develop trust at scale. He codified those lessons into the Madison Playbook, and teaches other professional services firms how to do the same. Madison | We Market Professional Services Firms (hiremadison.com)…
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1 #157 - Samara Hernandez | Journey from Mexico to $52M VC Fund 53:20
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Samara Hernandez is the founder of Chingona Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on investing in overlooked and underrepresented founders. Born in Mexico and raised in Rogers Park, Chicago, Samara's early life was marked by her family's hard work and resilience. She earned an engineering degree from the University of Michigan and worked at Goldman Sachs during the Great Recession, gaining valuable experience in finance. Samara later pursued an MBA at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business, which led her to a role at MATH Venture Partners. There, she made significant contributions, including leading the investment in Liveoak Technologies, which was later acquired by DocuSign. In 2019, Samara launched Chingona Ventures, raising $6 million for her first fund and raised $52M in 2022 for her second fund. Her mission is to be the first check for founders and companies that don't fit the traditional mold, with a particular focus on empowering women and minority entrepreneurs.…
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1 #156 - Andrew Sykes | The Power of Habits & Building Trust 51:33
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Andrew Sykes leads the Habits at Work team and is a Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He is also part of the Kellogg Sales Institute Executive Education Team, where he teaches the award-winning course "Entrepreneurial Selling," ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the "Top Ten" courses in the United States. With a 30-year career as a salesperson, entrepreneur, speaker, and behavior change expert, Andrew began by building one of South Africa’s largest healthcare consulting companies. He co-authored "The 11th Habit," a book that distills the work of the Behavioral Research and Applied Technology Laboratory (BRATLAB). This research aims to understand which habits are crucial for sustained high performance, competitive differentiation, trust building, and organizational growth, and focuses on helping people practice these habits.…
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1 #155 - Mike de Vere | How Zest AI, a Fintech Breakthrough, is Making Fair Credit Accessible 42:22
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As an executive at Zest AI, Mike has made it the company’s mission to leverage AI in consumer credit underwriting to build financial equity and create a better, richer, and fuller life for all. In his 25 years prior experience to Zest AI, Mike focused on amplifying the voice of consumers to governments and businesses through organizations like Nielson, Harris Interactive, and JD Power. His experiences converge to show his capacity to lead organizations in translating data into insights that enable the betterment of consumers’ lives.…
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1 #154 - Victor Pascucci III | Pioneering Venture Capital at the Forefront of Natural Gas Innovation 42:22
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Vic is a successful venture capitalist with 19+ years of broad professional experience. Top decile performing track record. Extensive ESG, digital transformation, fintech and Insurtech investing experience. Diverse background with Fortune 130 and early-stage venture companies. Complementary leadership roles in corporate strategy/ transformation and as general counsel. Specialties: Energy/ utilities, natural gas, green molecule innovation, fintech, insurtech and financial services technology. Over $650M in venture capital and M&A transactions. Created and executed corporate development function including $330M strategic venture capital program. Led the design and implementation of enterprise wide strategy and transformation programs. To connect with Vic: LinkedIn To learn more about ECV: Website -- If you're enjoying these conversations, make sure to like & subscribe to continue following along!…
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1 #153 - Gale Wilkinson | Demystifying Investing, The Path to Inclusive Venture Capital 42:50
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Gale Wilkinson is the Managing Partner at VITALIZE, early-stage fund & angel community investing in WorkTech startups. Gale is also revolutionizing angel investing through VITALIZE Angels, the largest inclusive angel group globally. She actively supports emerging talents in the VC sector via The VITALIZE Podcast and contributes to diversity in tech and VC as a board member of Chicago:Blend. A Kauffman Fellow and member of prestigious networks like OnDeck, Recast, and Oper8r, Gale resides between Chicago and Nashville, alongside her husband and two dogs. For more on VITALIZE: https://www.vitalize.vc/ For more on Gale: https://gale.vc/…
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1 #152 - Allison Whalen | Balancing Parenthood and Career, The Journey to Founding Parentaly 39:37
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Throughout her entire adult life, Allison has been intensely focused on her career, always ensuring that her current role is not only a stimulating challenge but also a stepping stone towards future growth. In 2017, while pregnant with her first child, Allison nearly resigned from a sales leadership position she was passionate about. This inclination stemmed from the significant disruptions caused by her 3-month maternity leave. It became clear to her that there exists a substantial gap in how companies support working parents before, during, and after parental leave, particularly in ways that do not hinder their career progression. Seizing this realization as an opportunity, she dedicated herself to helping other working parents navigate the challenges she encountered. This mission led her to her current role as the co-founder and CEO of Parentaly, a company committed to bridging this gap for working parents. Website: https://www.parentaly.com/…
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1 #151 - Samir Mirza | The Ups & Downs of Entrepreneurship 57:10
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Samir Mirza is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Fifth Star Funds - a venture philanthropy fund investing in Black tech entrepreneurs at the pre-seed / "Friends & Family" stage in Chicago. He was formerly the Co-Founder and CTO of TapCommerce (acquired by Twitter for $100M). He began his career in Chicago consulting for Fortune 500 clients while building robust content management applications, APIs, and backend distributed systems. In 2012, he co-founded TapCommerce in New York and created the industry's first mobile ad retargeting solution. As the Chief Technology Officer, he led the engineering team and built a backend platform that processes over 40 billion ad auctions per day with the ability to show ads to over 1 billion mobile users for the world's top mobile brands. Samir then lived in Berlin, Germany where he served as a coding instructor at the ReDI School for Refugees and worked as a consultant for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Digital Transformation Team. Samir has a Computer Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. To connect with Samir: https://www.fifthstarfunds.com/…
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1 #150 - Dan Zavorotny | leveraging technology to improve global health 30:29
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Dan is on a mission to personalize nutrition by leveraging CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) and Machine Learning. In simple terms, Nutrisense helps reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes & heart disease, helping people shed unwanted weight, and advise athletes on how to become the best versions of themselves. Website: https://www.nutrisense.io/…
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1 #149 - Chris Kelly | The Sandler Sales Training Methodology 39:59
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Chris Kelly is Owner of the Sandler Training® Center located in Toronto. His firm works with Business Leaders, Sales Leaders, Sellers & Customer Care professionals who are serious about personal and professional success and willing to succeed through ongoing improvement and implementation of growth strategies, structure and skill. Over the last decade, the typical Toronto based organisation that chooses to begin a conversation with Chris has some business success behind it. The leadership is growth minded and they have a belief that how they sell has a significant impact on their growth success. Chris' consulting and delivery and process implementation is rooted in the Sandler methodology. Sandler Training is a world leader in innovative sales and sales management training. You can contact Chris @ ckelly@sandler.com…
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1 #148 - Claude Cimeus | Being Authentic & Bringing People Together 1:04:43
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Claude Cimeus is a close personal friend and peer within Chicago's entrepreneurial ecosystem. He's currently Director of Platform at P33 Chicago; a non-profit focused on driving inclusive growth for Chicago’s tech sector. Prior to that, Claude worked as a Product Manager at five startups and founded three of his own right out of high school. On the side, Claude enjoys bringing the startup world closer together by hosting fireside night chats with leaders in different industries as well as hosting in-person tech events via ChiTech IRL. To connect with Claude: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claude-ci Check out ChiTech IRL events: https://twitter.com/ChiTechIRL…
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