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The Room Podcast
Welcome to the Room. A series interviewing your favorite tech founders and funders. Our guests were in the room where it happened and they’re sharing their stories.
Episodes
The Room PodcastS4E4: Danielle Cohen-Shohet on the future of beauty and disrupting tech for hyper-local businesses
Welcome to another episode of The Room Podcast! In this week’s episode, co-hosts Madison and Claudia chat with Danielle Cohen-Shohet, Co-Founder and CEO of…
The Room PodcastS4E3: Katherine Salisbury of Qapital on Disrupting Personal Finance
In this week’s episode of The Room Podcast, Madison and Claudia sit down with Katherine Salisbury, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Qapital, a mobile banking app…
The Room PodcastS4E2: Sydney Sykes of BLCK VC on transforming VC and building diverse communities for future founders & funders
In this week’s episode of The Room Podcast, Madison and Claudia sit down with Sydney Sykes, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of BLCK VC. Founded in 2018, BLCK VC empowers…
The Room PodcastS4E1: Kara Goldin of Hint. Accidental entrepreneurship and growing a household CPG brand with the founder of your favorite water.
Welcome to Season 4 of The Room Podcast! We start off this brand new season with Kara Goldin, Co-Founder and CEO of Hint. Hint is known for its healthy…
The Room PodcastS3E8: Heidi Zak of ThirdLove on fundraising, finding product-market fit, and the future of eCommerce and D2C
In the Season 3 finale of The Room Podcast, Madison and Claudia sit down with Heidi Zak, CEO and Co-Founder of ThirdLove, a multi-generational women's…
The Room PodcastS3E7: The Future of Work with Frank Weishaupt of Owl Labs and Roy Hirshland of T3 Advisors
In this week’s episode of The Room Podcast, Madison and Claudia cover a relevant topic as the world begins to re-open and adapt to a life post-pandemic: the…
The Room PodcastS3E6: In the Room with Analisa Goodin of Catch&Release | On building marketplaces, the intersection of art, creatives, and tech, and first-time fundraising
In this week’s episode of The Room Podcast, Madison and Claudia chat with Analisa Goodin, Founder and CEO of Catch&Release, a company making it easier to…
The Room PodcastS3E5: In the Room with Michelle Zatlyn of Cloudflare
In this week’s episode, Madison and Claudia sit down with Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder, President and COO of Cloudflare. Public since 2019, Cloudflare is a web…
The Room PodcastS3E4: Ask the expert- Starting up with Legal featuring Lauren Creel of Cooley LLP
In this week’s episode of The Room Podcast, Madison and Claudia cover early stage startup legal needs, an essential part of the startup journey. Oftentimes…
The Room PodcastS3E3: Founder & Funder Perspectives- The first fundraise featuring Maria Salamanca of Unshackled Ventures
We are so excited to sit down with Maria Salamanca, Partner at Unshackled Ventures, in the newest episode of The Room Podcast. Unshackled Ventures is a…
The Room PodcastS3E2: SJ Sacchetti of Cleo
This week on the room, we are thrilled to be sitting down with SJ, Sacchetti, CEO of Cleo, a working parent family benefits platform for employers. SJ didn’t…
The Room PodcastS3E1: Ciara
In The Room Podcast’s very special Season 3 opener, Claudia and Madison sit down with the one and only, Ciara. We all know her as the Grammy-award winning…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Recap: Claudia & Madison
We cannot believe that we have concluded season 2, but are even more excited for season 3, airing next week! Thank you so much to all of our listeners for…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Bonus: Henrique Dubugras of Brex
Yesterday, Brex announced their Series D round, led by Tiger Global, which now valued them at $7.4 billion. Today, we share an episode of The Room Podcast that…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Episode 9: Trae Vassallo of Defy.VC
In the Season 2 finale of The Room, we sit down with Trae Vassallo, co-founder of early stage venture fund Defy.vc. Out of undergrad at Stanford, Trae worked…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Episode 8: Liz Meyerdirk of The Pill Club
In this week’s episode of The Room, we welcome Liz Meyerdirk, CEO of The Pill Club, a women’s telehealth platform that simplifies and personalizes the…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Episode 7: Zubin Koticha of Opyn
This week on The Room, we sat down with Zubin Koticha, co-founder and CEO of Opyn. Opyn is a decentralized finance platform for ethereum options, which…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Episode 6: Allison Barr Allen of Fast
In this week’s episode of The Room, we talk to Allison Barr Allen, Co-Founder and COO of Fast, a one-click, passwordless checkout platform. Allison started her…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Episode 5: Sridhar Ramaswamy of Neeva
Claudia and Madison welcome Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO and Co-Founder of Neeva, into The Room this week. Sridhar immigrated from India for his PhD in Data Science…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Episode 4: Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures
In this week’s episode, we welcome Jesse Draper, Emmy-nominated television star turned venture capitalist who founded Halogen Ventures, an early-stage venture…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Episode 3: Jane Metcalfe of Wired
This week on The Room, we sit down with Jane Metcalfe. Jane was the co-founder of the legendary Wired magazine and media company, TCHO chocolates, and now…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Episode 2: Ajay Kori of Urban Stems
In this episode, co-hosts Madison and Claudia, interview Ajay Kori, co-founder and former CEO of UrbanStems. They find out more about his journey of founding…
The Room PodcastSeason 2 Episode 1: Amy Chang of Accompany
In this episode of The Room, Claudia and Madison kick off the new season with Amy Chang, Co-Founder of Accompany, an AI-driven relationship intelligence…
The Room PodcastSeason 1 Recap: Claudia & Madison
And that’s a wrap on Season 1! Thank you so much to all of our listeners for joining us on The Room! We have big plans for Season 2, launching Tuesday, Feb.9…
The Room PodcastEpisode 8: Amit Sharma of Narvar
Claudia and Madison close out The Room’s first season with guest Amit Sharma, CEO, and founder of Narvar. Madison first met Amit in Narvar’s offices back in…
The Room PodcastEpisode 7: Alexa Buckley of Margaux
Alexa Buckley is the Co-Founder of Margaux - a direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand of insanely comfortable and beautiful shoes. If you pay attention to Instagram…
The Room PodcastEpisode 6: Amy Nelson of The Riveter
This week, we sat down with Amy Nelson, CEO and founder of The Riveter, a digital and physical community for women. Spending 10 plus years in corporate law…
The Room PodcastEpisode 5: Shishir Mehrotra of Coda
This week on The Room, we interview Shishir Mehrotra, founder and CEO of Coda. Coda is a venture-backed workflow tool recently valued at over $600 million…
The Room PodcastEpisode 4: Jessica Lessin of The Information
This week on The Room, we interview Jessica Lessin, founder of The Information. In Silicon Valley, whenever there is a breaking story, The source that…
The Room PodcastEpisode 3: Hope Cochran of Madrona Venture Group
This week on The Room, we interview Hope Cochran, managing director at Madrona Venture Group. It's probably easier to ask, what hasn't Hope done? Music and…
The Room PodcastEpisode 2: Coral Chung of Senreve
This week on The Room, we interview Coral Chung, the CEO, and co-founder of Senreve. Sitting down with Coral to hear about the start of her luxury D2C brand…
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Episode 1: Matt and Swati of Incite
In this episode of The Room podcast, Madison and Claudia spend some time diving into the history of Silicon Valley power couple; Matt Rogers and Swati…