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Ignite: Conversations on Startups, Venture Capital, Tech, Future, and Society

Welcome to Ignite, hosted by Brian Bell of Team Ignite Ventures. Join candid conversations with founders, investors, and thought leaders shaping the future of startups, tech, and venture capital. For informational purposes only, not investment advice or an offer to buy/sell securities.

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01:12:36

Ignite Startups: Eric Ries on Lean Startup and...

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2025/10/02

Eric Ries is the author of The Lean Startup, founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), and host of The Eric Ries Show. With decades of experience shaping how founders build, scale, and sustain companies, Eric has influenced a generation of entrepreneurs to move faster, reduce waste, and think long-term. In this episode, he shares his journey from early startup failures to pioneering the Lean Startup movement, and how he’s now tackling short-termism in public markets through LTSE.In Today’s

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00:53:52

Ignite VC: How Hustle Fund Backs Founders Before...

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2025/09/30

Elizabeth Yin is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed venture capital firm that writes “hilariously early” checks and equips founders with tactical, no-BS startup advice. A former founder who built and sold LaunchBit, and the former accelerator manager at 500 Global where she wrote 200+ investment checks, Elizabeth brings hard-won lessons from both sides of the table.With her deep experience as a founder, investor, and ecosystem builder, she offers insights into early-stage

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00:46:46

Ignite VC: De-Risking Startups with Customers Before...

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2025/09/23

Collin Groves is a venture capitalist and Managing Partner at BDev Ventures, a fund backed by software powerhouse BairesDev. With experience launching five corporate venture capital arms during his time at Ernst & Young Parthenon and leading 50+ B2B SaaS investments across the Americas, he blends data-driven rigor with hands-on customer acquisition strategies. In this episode, Collin shares how BDev Ventures de-risks startups by delivering real customers before investing, why founder–market fit

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00:56:46

Ignite Psychology: The Six Behaviors That Drive...

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2025/09/17

Hugh Massie is the Executive Chairman and Founder of DNA Behavior, a pioneer in behavioral AI that blends finance, identity, and decision-making. As a Titan 100 CEO, published author, and global advisor, he brings decades of expertise in behavioral science, wealth management, and technology. With his mission to impact over a billion people annually by 2030, Hugh offers groundbreaking insights into how behavior shapes money, leadership, and life outcomes.In this episode, he shares his journey from

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01:00:44

Ignite VC: Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital...

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2025/09/14

Ari Newman is the co-founder and managing director of Massive VC, an inflection point venture capital platform backing high-growth technology companies across AI, data, energy, cybersecurity, energy transformation, and the new space economy. A repeat founder who built and sold FilterBox and Juston, Ari also helped scale Techstars and now advises multiple growth-stage boards.With decades of experience on both sides of the table—raising capital as a founder and deploying capital as an investor—Ari

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00:59:29

Ignite VC: Rewriting the Playbook for Startup Funding...

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2025/09/11

Anthony Rose is a serial entrepreneur best known for taking BBC iPlayer from skunkworks to a national success and now transforming startup fundraising as co-founder and CEO of SeedLegals. With decades of experience building and selling companies, as well as pioneering digital products used by millions, he brings a unique outsider’s perspective to legal tech and venture funding.In this episode, Anthony shares how he turned frustration with lawyers into a platform that powers half of UK startups, why

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00:44:51

Ignite VC: Scaling Industrial Startups from Zero to...

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2025/09/10

Renan Devillieres is the founder and CEO of OSS Ventures, a venture studio dedicated to building startups that transform the manufacturing industry. With a background in economics, consulting, and factory leadership—and later scaling his first AI startup through Series B—Renan brings unique insights into the intersection of technology, operations, and entrepreneurship. In this episode, he shares how his journey from corporate life to startup building led him to launch OSS Ventures, and why he

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00:57:53

Ignite Startups: Building Category-Defining Platforms...

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2025/09/02

Rupak Doshi is a scientist-turned-entrepreneur and the co-founder & CEO of OmniSync, creators of the flagship platform TurboInnovate. With a background spanning research at Cambridge, Scripps Research, and UCSD, as well as industry experience in biotech drug development, Rupak has spent the last decade helping deep tech ideas move from lab benches to global markets. Through OmniSync, he has helped unlock more than $4 billion in federal innovation capital for startups and built tools that

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00:54:02

Ignite Marketing: Building Full-Funnel Growth Engines...

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2025/08/28

Anthony Chiaravallo is the Founder and CEO of Vallo Media, a performance marketing agency that’s helped brands from startups to Fortune 500s—including Nike, Amazon, and FedEx—turn ad spend into measurable growth. With 16+ years of experience and more than $100M in media spend managed, Anthony is a recognized thought leader and PR Week 40 Under 40 honoree, known for cutting through vanity metrics to focus on real business outcomes.With deep expertise in paid media, performance strategy, and scaling

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00:50:52

Ignite Team: The Psychology Behind Startup...

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2025/08/27

Dr. Matthew Jones is a licensed psychologist turned startup co-founder coach and cofounder of Co-Founder Clarity. With six years of experience working with hundreds of entrepreneurs—from YC to Sequoia-backed teams—he specializes in helping founders prevent burnout, resolve conflict, and build stronger, more resilient partnerships. His work has been featured in TIME, Business Insider, and Inc., and his new book The Co-Founder Effect dives into the psychology of what makes or breaks founding teams. In

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01:01:58

Ignite LP: The Rise of AI-Driven VC and the Future of...

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2025/08/25

Damir Ibrahimagić Kopinić is a seasoned early-stage investor, advisor, and private asset manager who has spent decades at the intersection of high finance and early-stage tech. As co-founder and CEO of G Plus Quant, he helps bridge top startups with global venture capital, LPs, and family offices. With experience spanning asset management, trading, blockchain, and beyond, Damir offers a unique perspective on how capital markets and emerging technologies shape the future of venture.In this episode,

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01:16:08

Ignite Startups: Why Diversification Wins in Venture...

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2025/08/22

Arian Ghashghai is the Founder and Managing Partner of Earthling VC, a pre-seed venture fund focused on frontier technologies like VR, robotics, and applied AI. Previously, he was a senior ML engineer at Meta’s Reality Labs and an active angel investor, building a reputation as a thoughtful advocate for probabilistically diversified pre-seed investing. With his blend of technical expertise, founder experience, and sharp perspective on venture dynamics, he offers rare insights into how early-stage

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00:51:57

Ignite Startups: How AI Is Fixing a $70 Billion...

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2025/08/18

Dmitry Karpov is the CEO and co-founder of WorkDone, a real-time AI compliance co-pilot for hospitals tackling costly and often hidden documentation errors that lead to denied insurance claims. A two-time YC founder, ex-EY innovation leader, and Forbes Cloud 100 rising star, Dmitry brings deep experience in workflow automation and enterprise AI. With a track record of scaling companies globally and navigating highly regulated industries, he offers sharp insights into the intersection of healthcare,

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01:10:12

Ignite VC: The People-First Investing Philosophy of...

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2025/08/14

Jay Levy is the co-founder and partner at Zelkova Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with over 17 years of experience backing transformative SaaS companies like Help Scout, Klout, and Crimson Hexagon. From designing websites in high school to scaling startups during the dot-com boom, Jay has lived the full founder-to-investor journey. With a disciplined, people-first approach to investing, he offers sharp insights on scaling efficiently, founder self-awareness, and how AI is reshaping the

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00:49:58

Ignite Leadership: Scaling Product Teams and Quiet...

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2025/08/08

Greg Weinger is the Senior Vice President of Product Management at SheerID and the creator of The Powerful Introvert podcast. With over 15 years of experience scaling B2B SaaS product teams at companies like Urban Airship, YesMail, and Jive Software, Greg brings a unique blend of technical depth, leadership insight, and introverted clarity to every role he takes on. In this episode, he shares lessons from building enduring product orgs, thriving as an introvert in high-stakes environments, and

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00:58:32

Ignite Startups: The AI Sales Engine Powering Smarter...

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2025/08/06

Chris Anzalone is the founder and CEO of Knowledge, an AI-driven sales intelligence startup reshaping the way businesses identify in-market buyers. With a unique background in high-ticket finance and agency sales, Chris bootstrapped Knowledge from a services-based business into a fast-scaling SaaS company, reaching thousands of users and notable ARR growth. In this episode, he shares how data, psychographic matching, and real human connection are unlocking the next frontier of outbound sales.In

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01:07:34

Ignite VC: The Future of AI, Consciousness, and...

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2025/08/05

Chuck Stormon is a serial entrepreneur, AI pioneer, and managing partner at StartFast Ventures. With a career that includes founding multiple startups, commercializing early AI accelerators, and building foundational internet infrastructure, he offers deep insights into AI, entrepreneurship, and the future of intelligence. In this episode, Chuck shares his journey from developing neural chips for the U.S. Air Force to shaping the next generation of mission-driven AI startups—anchored by his evolving

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00:26:32

Ignite Partners: What Every VC Needs to Know About...

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2025/08/01

Ravi de Silva is the founder of DeRisk Partners and a seasoned compliance expert with a global track record, having led financial crimes compliance at Citi and held senior roles at JPMorgan and American Express. With deep experience navigating regulatory environments across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, he now helps banks, credit unions, and fintechs build scalable, strategic compliance infrastructures. In this episode, he shares what most founders get wrong about compliance, where AI can trip you up,

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00:55:16

Ignite Startups: Designing Ethical and Useful AI with...

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2025/07/30

Erika Anderson is the co-founder and Chief Customer Officer at Storytell AI, a platform that transforms unstructured conversations into strategic insights. A published essayist in The New York Times and Vanity Fair, Erika brings a deeply human and creative lens to the world of AI. With a background in storytelling, facilitation, and product development, she offers fresh insight into using generative AI to mine value from overlooked data.In this episode, she discusses how Storytell helps teams unlock

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00:55:51

Ignite VC: Samara Hernandez on Building a $60M Fund...

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2025/07/29

Samara Hernandez is the founding partner of Chingona Ventures, a trailblazing venture capital firm dedicated to backing overlooked and underestimated founders. With experience at Goldman Sachs, Math Venture Partners, and a mission deeply rooted in her heritage, Samara brings a fresh and authentic perspective to VC. She's helped grow Chingona Ventures into a $60M firm by rethinking who gets funded—and why.With a thesis focused on early-stage companies, unconventional founder backgrounds, and unsexy

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