Next Unicorn: The Next Great Startups and Founders
Searching for the next great tech startups, we interview startup founders, venture capital investors, growth hackers, product specialists, technologists, legal experts, and others. Hosted by Sasha Earnheart-Gold.
Recent Episodes
March 5, 2024
The Future of Battery Technology | Nick Kateris, Stanford University
Nick Kateris is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University, where his research is focused on new battery technology, and computer modeling to help develop new types of battery technology, as well as on detonation engin…
Jan. 16, 2024
Are Startup Accelerators Worth It For Founders? | Collin Wallace, Lobby Capital | E5
Collin Wallace is the Former Head of Techstars Silicon Valley (one of the top startup accelerators), co-teaches the Startup Garage accelerator class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), and is a partner at Lobb…
Nov. 14, 2023
How Did Famous Successful Startups Get Their First 1,000 Customers? | Ali Abouelatta, First 1000 | E4
Ali Abouelatta is the author of the First 1000 newsletter on Substack (with over 85,000 subscribers at the time of publishing this episode), which is about just that! It also contains all kinds of tips, tricks, and hacks rel…
Sept. 26, 2023
Can This AI Startup Cure Cancer? | Damir Vrabac, Valar Labs | E3
Damir Vrabac is the Co-Founder & COO of Valar Labs, an AI startup that analyzes cancer tissue samples and predicts which type of cancer treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, etc.) would be most successful for each ind…
June 27, 2023
How a Top Seed-Stage Venture Capital Firm Picks Startups | Leeor Mushin, Floodgate Fund | E2
Leeor Mushin is a Principal at Floodgate, an early-stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Floodgate has been an early investor in such iconic companies as Lyft, Twitter, Okta, Twitch, Task Rabbit, and many others. Lee…
April 24, 2023
Can This Clean Hydrogen Startup Disrupt the Energy Industry? | Caleb Boyd, Molten Industries | E1
Caleb Boyd is the Co-Founder & CEO of Molten Industries. Molten is commercializing breakthrough technology to produce the lowest-cost, cleanest hydrogen to decarbonize heavy industrial sectors such as steel, fertilizer, fuel…
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About the Host
Sasha Earnheart-Gold
Host
Sasha Earnheart-Gold recently completed a graduate program at Stanford University where his master’s thesis research was on "How to Invest in the Next Unicorn: Venture Capital Investment Selection...." He has worked on the investment teams at several venture capital firms. He is also a graduate of Dartmouth College and was a US Fulbright Research Fellow.