Episode 17 - Jennifer Williams

03/25/22 • 55 min

Our special guest for episode 17 is Jennifer Williams. She’s a Cuddle Clones co-founder who recently exited. Jennifer is currently the VP of Business Development at Dianthus and a Hustler & Tinkerer at Working Title Lab.

Topics we discuss include: the good problem of going viral, moments of pause in entrepreneurship, collaboration is important but can sometimes be limiting, find and utilize your cofounder’s skillset, lean into change and new-ness, research should be your first step into being a founder, have realistic expectations, DETECT model of ideas, failure is not the worst thing; just ‘existing’ is, figure out your long term goals early, and you don't always have to solve an apparent problem.

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Check out Slingshot Ventures at ventures.yslingshot.com. If you want a look at all our episodes, visit our website's podcast page.

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Episode 16 - Roland Achenjang

On episode 16, we're talking with Roland Achenjang. They're the Founder & CEO at C2 Keep (a Slingshot Ventures portfolio-company.) Roland wears a lot of hats; he's an Entrepreneur, Healthcare Leader, Author, Meditation Coach, and Podcaster.
Topics we discuss include disparities between frontline and managers in the workforce, going all out, finding ways to feel supported, being aware of what you don’t know, reducing your scope to ‘must have,’ don’t focus solely on the light or dark side; find the middle, figuring out the next step that’s best for you, putting your ideas into the universe as a place to start, failing vs learning, not letting hurt continue to hurt you, closing the loop for your users, rerouting instead of doing things wrong, and letting your opportunities help others define themselves.

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Episode 18 - Chris Weidmar

For episode 18, we're sitting down with Chris Weidmar! He's a technology leader with a background in business development, human centered design, and new product deployments. He's also the co-founder of Party Horses.
Topics we discuss include: working for yourself, if you can't sell you won't make it, finding a partner that compliments your skills, technology is always changing, building a team who cares, using early money to prepare for the future, Party Horses, learning as you go, criticism isn't the end, and Memento Mori.

Check out Slingshot Ventures at ventures.yslingshot.com. If you want a look at all our episodes, visit our website's podcast page.