Found In The Rockies
Do you want to hear about when the idea hit the founder? When they took the leap?
Episodes
June 26, 2024 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, of Found in the Rockies, Les Craig sits down with a dynamic guest from the Rocky Mountain region, Maggie Rodney, a principal at Massive Capital Partners. They dive into the unique and innovative investment strategies employed by Massive Capital, focusing on deep tech and climate tech ventures. Maggie shares her compelling journey from a finance career to joining the Peace Corps in Rwanda and ultimately transitio...
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May 29, 2024 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, Les talks with Gabriel Wyner, the creator of the most funded app in Kickstarter history - Fluent Forever. Gabe details his fascinating journey from a science-focused student pursuing dual degrees in music and engineering, to becoming a successful entrepreneur in the language learning space. He shared experiences learning languages through immersion programs that led him to dream in foreign tongues. His story pro...
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May 1, 2024 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, Les talks with Quique Nagle, the founder and CEO of Advisr - a sales operating system that helps organizations maximize existing resources to increase revenue and market share. Quique shares his journey with Advisr, discussing the challenges and innovations in risk management technology. He emphasizes the importance of adapting to change and leveraging new tools to enhance decision-making and efficiency. Quique ...
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April 3, 2024 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, Les talks with Blair Simpson, a Principal at Frontier Venture Capital. Blaire shares his journey from being a musician to entering the venture capital world, emphasizing non-traditional paths into VC and the music industry's influence on his career. Les and Blair talk about the impact of AI on creative fields, Blair's advice for aspiring VCs, and Blair's musical inspirations and how they relate to his work in ve...
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March 6, 2024 • 60 mins
TITLE: Travis Lowry (Vinyl VC) \\ Entrepreneurship, motivation, and investing in startups.
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In today’s episode, Les talks with Travis Lowry, General Partner at Vinyl Capital. Travis shares his early background in Texas as the child of an entrepreneur and how that impacted his own decision to jump into the startup scene. Travis talks about his time in Syria, and how that impacted his world view. Travis shares how he tran...
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February 7, 2024 • 60 mins
TITLE: Pete Roos (Bridger Photonics) \\ Revolutionizing Methane Detection
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In today’s episode, Les speaks with Pete Roos, CEO of Bridger Photonics, discussing the company's journey and its photonics technology used for precise methane emission detection and topographic mapping. The discussion covers Pete's background, the founding of Bridger Photonics, its early challenges, and the evolution of its technology from topog...
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January 10, 2024 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, Les talks with John Cordier, the co-founder and CEO of Epistemix. They discuss Epistemix's unique approach to simulation, and how it could be seen as a blend of SimCity, Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, and The Matrix. John shares his background, including his geospatial experiences, university choices, and his journey through public health, leading to co-founding Epistemic X. The discussion covers the comp...
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December 27, 2023 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, Les speaks with Jonathan Meyers, Co-Founder & CEO of DoneOps - which “designs, builds, secures, and maintains infrastructure so your devs don't have to.” Jonathan talks about his approach to balancing work and travel, his experiences in different countries, and his perspective on cultural diversity. He shares insights on adapting to various work environments as a digital nomad and the importance of flexibility a...
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December 13, 2023 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, Les talks with David Lopez who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gritly. David talks about his journey from a challenging childhood in an underserved Colorado community to a successful entrepreneur is remarkable. His mother played a pivotal role in his achievements, including being the first in his family to finish high school. David's entrepreneurial spirit manifested early, leading him to co-found Gritly while stud...
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November 29, 2023 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, Les talks with Patsy Landaveri, the founder and CEO of Impacto - an enterprise risk management solution to the oil and gas industry. The discussion focuses on Patsy's personal and professional journey, including her background, education, career progression, and her motivation to start Impacto.
Patsy shares her story of moving from Peru to the United States for higher education and how her experiences shaped...
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November 15, 2023 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, Les talks with Brad Paz - the co-founder and CEO of Zoptic. The podcast episode features a conversation with Brad Paz, the co-founder and CEO of Zoptic, a sports tech and data analytics company. Brad discusses his personal journey, originating from a family with Mexican heritage in Nebraska, and his passion for sports, which led him to play junior college basketball in California. The focus then shifts to his pr...
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October 25, 2023 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, Les interviews Danielle Shoots, who is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of the New Community Transformation Fund, focusing on investments as a tool for economic equity.
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Pivoting from corporate finance to starting a, with a focus on consumer behavior and financial discipline.
Danielle has extensive experience in finance and strategy, having worked in various ind...
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October 11, 2023 • 60 mins
Trent Mano (Convoi Ventures) \\ First to find and fund Utah's next breakout founders and startups
In today’s episode, I talk with Trent Mano. Trent is a General Partner at Utah-based Convoi Ventures. We dive into the Utah startup community, Convoi’s specific approach, and the growth of AI startups.
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Growing up in the Bay Area and serving as a financial advisor to startup founders.
Convoi’...
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September 27, 2023 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, I'm super excited to welcome my friend Russell Sprole, who is the Founder and Managing Partner of Virta Ventures, which is an early stage, climate tech venture capital firm.
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Russell Sproul shares his journey as a founder and venture capitalist in the climate tech industry.
Career pivot from sports TV to climate tech investing . 1:30
Russell’s Emmy Awards, including thre...
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September 13, 2023 • 60 mins
Jason O’Neil and Sharayah Clancy (Sidecar) \\ Building a tightly-knit community of entrepreneurs, creators, doers, and innovators.
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In today’s episode, we are excited to feature Jason O'Neill, founder and CEO, and Sharayah Clancy, the COO - dynamic duo of Sidecar, which is a co-working community with not one, not two, but three locations in Montana.
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What brought Jason and Sharaya...
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August 30, 2023 • 60 mins
Leah Pagnozzi (RugDoc.IO) \\ Identifying and avoiding potential scams through audits and reviews of various crypto projects.
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In today’s episode, we have Leah Pagnozzi who is the founder and CEO of RugDoc. RugDoc is is a website and platform that focuses on providing information and analysis about cryptocurrency projects, particularly within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. The term rug in the name refers to a ty...
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August 16, 2023 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, we have Caroline Lewis from Rogue Women’s Fund. Caroline is sharing with us what got her into investing, why she thinks investing in women is so important, and what is unique about a venture fund from the Pacific Northwest.
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Caroline’s early days teaching English in South Korea for a year and traveling around southeast asia for another year.
How did you Caroline
Startin...
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August 2, 2023 • 60 mins
In today’s episode, we have a pioneer in change management. Kate DeGon is the founder and CEO of ChangeSync which is a platform working to enable companies to to make strategic decisions and improve change management practices. This practice will allow companies to see internally how they are dealing with changes, and help manage changes in th future.
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Kate shares her background and how she...
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July 19, 2023 • 60 mins
Andres Sigcha (Tariy) \\ Creating a meeting platform that empowers all voices
In today’s episode, we have an incredible founder who is trying to change the way we think about meetings. And most importantly, how we make sure that everyone not only has a seat at the table, but a voice as well. Andres Sigcha, who is the CEO and founder of Tariy has build a way to tackle this problem.
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July 5, 2023 • 60 mins
Lauren Fitzpatrick Shanks (KeepWOL) \\ Using gamification to engage, develop, upskill talent, and retain them
In today’s episode, we have a story that is one of the most incredible trailblazing journeys, you will hear. Meet Lauren Fitzpatrick Shanks, who is the founder and CEO of KeepWOL, which is a gamified learning platform for teams that enables employee engagement and retention insights for employers.
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