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The Yaro Podcast

Yaro

The podcast of entrepreneur, investor and content creator Yaro Starak.

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00:50:38

(EP22): Russ Heddleston, Co-Founder DocSend, Sold To...

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2021/10/07

Russ Heddleston is the co-founder and former CEO of DocSend, which was acquired by Dropbox for $165 Million in early 2021. Russ currently works at Dropbox continuing the vision he had for DocSend. During this interview we hear how Russ went from studying at Stanford, to working at a startup called Greystripe, then as an intern at Dropbox, and then launching his own startup Pursuit. Pursuit was later acquihired by Facebook, where Russ continued to work for two years. He shares some interesting

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01:01:55

(EP21): Sara Mauskopf, Co-Founder & CEO of...

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2021/10/05

Sara Mauskopf is the co-founder and CEO of Winnie.com, a marketplace platform that connects parents looking for childcare and preschool providers with over 250,000 centres around the USA. To date, Sara and her team have raised $15.5 Million in venture funding over three rounds, with the most recent $9 million series being led by Rethink Impact. In this interview we first dive back into Sara's history as a math major, then moving over to computer science, which led her to a job at Google after

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00:53:08

(EP20): Lee Zlotoff, Creator Of MacGyver, How He...

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2021/09/29

I'm resurfacing this interview from 2016 because recently (2021) the team at MacGyver HQ has been sharing this interview on their social media, so I thought it would be a great time to share it with those new to Vested Capital. It was quite a thrill to see the actual MacGyver twitter account tweet out this podcast, especially as I was a kid who grew up watching the show on TV in Australia. Here's how it all came to happen... ****** When I received an email offering a chance to interview Lee Zlotoff,

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00:38:01

(EP19): Wil Schroter, Founder of Startups.com, Blue...

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2021/09/17

It's hard to summarize all the success of Wil Schroter. He's founded so many companies. Today he's founder of Startups.com, a business education site and suite of tools and resources for entrepreneurs, some of which were previous startups by Wil (Fundable, Bizplan) and some were acquired (Zirtual, Clarity). Wil got his start early online, initially exploring bulletin boards with a commodore computer. He then launched a web design agency, Blue Diesel, in 1994, again very early to a new industry. His

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02:10:26

(EP18): Tim Ferriss Trilogy, The Origin Story,...

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2021/09/08

Tim Ferriss needs no introduction. Author, lifestyle design pioneer, angel investor (Wealthfront, Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Alibaba, Shopify, Duolingo), peak performance bio hacker, accelerated learning leader and of course, podcast host. Tim first appeared on my original podcast all the way back in 2007 when few people knew his name and he was talking about his new book, the 4-Hour Workweek. In 2012 he returned to my podcast to talk about how to accelerate your speed of mastering a skill, the main

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00:57:35

(EP17): Sonya Petcavich Founder Of Meowtel, Uber For...

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2021/08/30

Sonya Petcavich is the founder and CEO of Meowtel.com, an 'Uber for cat sitting' service where a vetted cat sitter will come to your house and look after your kitties for as long as you need them to. Full disclosure: I am an angel investor in Meowtel and Sonya via the Jason Calacanis syndicate. When I first had the opportunity to invest in Meowtel I was immediately a yes because I love cats and would use a cat sitting service straight away since I travel as a digital nomad (assuming I had a cat

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01:16:10

(EP16): Paul Biggar Co-Founder Of $1.7 Billion Tech...

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2021/08/25

Paul Biggar got started as a computer engineer early in life. He became a specialist in the field of compilers (software engineers use compilers to test code to see if it works or not). He liked compilers so much he completed a PhD on the topic. Paul had a few false starts as an entrepreneur, including a stint in the Y-Combinator program, but nothing really took off.Eventually in his late twenties, while working at Mozilla, Paul foresaw that the process of compiling and testing software will move to

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01:14:45

(EP15): Todd Garland Founder BuySellAds.com, The...

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2021/08/21

In episode 8 of Vested Capital I featured an interview with VC and entrepreneur Elizabeth Yin. During that interview Elizabeth shared the story of how she founded LaunchBit and later sold the business to Todd Garland, the founder of BuySellAds.com . This happened in 2013. In 2012, I had Todd Garland on my podcast, where he explained how he came up with the idea and launched BuySellAds.com as a startup he created during nights and weekends while he was working at Hubspot. I went back and listened to

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01:02:46

(VCM2): Advice For New Entrepreneurs, Nick's Latest...

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2021/08/16

In the second episode of the Vested Capital Mastermind, featuring Yaro and his three friends - Nick, Mani and Gideon - we answer a listener question about how to get started as an entrepreneur, Nick talks about his latest property investment, Yaro reveals he had an opportunity to invest ConvertKit and Mani and Gideon share updates from their companies. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yaro/message

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00:53:44

(EP14): Dan Young Founder Of PC Laptops, Xidax PCs,...

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2021/08/03

Dan Young is the son of Chinese immigrant parents who fled China to escape communnism. He then went on to live the American dream, building several companies in the computer hardware space, becoming a multi-millionaire. Dan's first big success came in the early 1990s, when with his wife they launched a computer hardware business called PC Laptops. By offering an unlimited service warranty, using stickers to help spread the word and a crazy television ad campaign, they grew from negative $27,000 in

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00:56:37

(EP13): Marcel Herz Co-Founder And CEO Tiliter,...

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2021/07/26

Marcel Herz is co-founder and CEO of Tiliter, a company that is accelerating the democratization of computer vision.Presently they are focused on the grocery store industry, offering a device used at checkout to scan and identify fruits, vegetables, baked goods - anything that is loose without a barcode.This is just the tip of the iceberg however, as you can imagine being able to scan and identify real world objects will have countless applications, especially as the software gets better and

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00:49:58

(EP12): Bryan M Clayton, Founder Green Pal - 'Uber...

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2021/07/23

Bryan M Clayton is the co-founder of Green Pal, an 'Uber for lawncare' technology platform, connecting lawn mowing providers to customers all over the United States. Bryan got his start as a teenager when his father forced him to cut a neighbours lawn to earn some money. Bryan liked being in charge of his income and over the next decade went on to build one of the largest lawncare companies in his city, earning over $10 Million a year in revenue with a team of 150+. After a decade, Bryan decided to

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00:55:59

(EP11): Pili And Jason Yarusi, $75 Million...

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2021/07/16

Pili and Jason Yarusi are real estate investors who today focus on multi-family properties -- buildings that can house for example 90 apartments. They didn't start out focusing on this type of property. Like many, they began with renovation flips, buying single family homes, upgrading them, then selling for a profit. During this podcast Pili and Jason take us back through some of their pre-property investment days, including how they met working at a bar, but didn't get together for ten years. We

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01:20:26

(EP10): Nathan Barry, Founder Of ConvertKit.com, How...

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2021/07/11

Nathan Barry is the founder and CEO of ConvertKit.com, an email newsletter platform for creators to send newsletters and run email marketing campaigns. Nathan is well known for transparency, sharing the behind the scenes growth in revenue of his company from day one. At the time of this interview, ConvertKit is generating over $28 Million a year in sales.During this podcast we first cover all the businesses and roles Nathan had before he started ConvertKit, from running a web design agency at 17, to

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01:06:14

(EP9): Jonathan Little Professional Poker Player With...

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2021/07/05

Jonathan Little is a professional poker player with over $7 Million in career earnings from tournaments (both online and in person) and is one of the most popular poker coaches/personalities in the industry.He's also co-founder of PokerCoaching.com, a membership site and training community with over 5500 paying members, making it a multiple seven-figure business.I met Jonathan via Jason Calacanis and his angel investor syndicate. Jonathan is an active investor in all kinds of different asset

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00:59:34

(EP8): Elizabeth Yin Founder & General Partner At...

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2021/06/30

Elizabeth Yin is the co-founder and General Partner of a venture capital firm that, and I quote from their website, invests in "hilariously early startups".Hustle Fund typically invests $25,000 as a starting point into startups that have yet to show any revenues. Instead, they look for traction in other ways, which Elizabeth explains in this interview.We also go back in time looking at Elizabeth's own history as an entrepreneur, starting a company called LaunchBit, an advertising network, which was

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01:04:38

(VCM1): The Vested Capital Mastermind: Introducing...

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2021/06/27

Introducing a new experiment on the Vested Capital podcast - a group show with some of my best friends. Meet Nick, Mani and Gideon. Three guys I've known for years who I speak to on a regular basis. Through our friendship we discuss all the topics that I cover here on Vested Capital, so I thought why not start a group show we can drop on the feed here once a month - or on whatever schedule we end up focusing on. I'm a big fan of listening in to conversations with people who are doing interesting

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01:05:52

(EP7): Jennifer Beck Founder Of Jihi.com,...

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2021/06/24

Jennifer Beck is currently the founder of Jihi.com, a CBD skin and body care producer that aims to help high performing people sleep better and recover faster.Before this, Jennifer was co-founder of Cannabase, a wholesale exchange platform for the legal cannabis industry, which was acquired for over seven figures by Helix TCS .I knew the cannabis industry was heavily regulated, but I didn't realize how much of a challenge it presents to potential founders until I heard Jennifer explain what she went

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01:07:54

(EP6): Greg Smith Founder Of Canadian Tech Unicorn...

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2021/06/17

I am resurfacing my interview with Greg Smith, founder of Thinkific.com, a Vancouver based SAAS servicing course creators, because this year (2021) Thinkific did an IPO on the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) raising $160 Million. As I type this, Thinkific has a market cap of $1.36 billion dollars, making it one of the rare Canadian tech unicorns. Greg and his brother launched the company initially with a much more hands-on approach (it was more like an agency service to begin with), and then slowly

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00:52:38

(EP5): Chris Bakke Founder Of Interviewed Acquired By...

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2021/06/15

Chris Bakke is currently founder of Laskie.com, a startup focused on becoming the Upwork for enterprise hiring. Previously he was co-founder of Interviewed, which was acquired by Indeed for 'mid 8 figures' after just two and a half years. Prior to this he worked as COO for 42Floors (acquired by Knotel) and RentJuice, which was acquired by Zillow, where Chris also worked for several years.Chris in this interview explains his part in all these companies, first starting as an early employee in the real

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